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Of propositions. There are also controversial soda tax measures in San Francisco and berkely, and a hotly contested congressional race in the south bay between veteran congressman mike honda, and challenger, roak hana, both of which are democrats. Were going to begin with the race in oakland. Reporter frank, tomorrow, the Alameda County courthouse on ofallon will be an extra busy place. The registrar tells me 4500 people will be working on the election. Tonight, oaklands candidates were working to get out the vote. At the rockridge bar station, they were treated by several candidates for mayor. Each offering their vision for a city dealing with issues from crime to gentfication, and a rank Choice Voting system. I will move immediately to restore the walking neighborhood beat officers to every beat. So that we prevent crime. Only the only candidate thats presented in writing to police officers. Im clearly the most progressive candidate among the major candidates. I stand for raising the minimum wage to 15. Reorganizing the Police Department to make it more effective. Reporter at the mcarthur bart station, mayor jean quan says it will be a tight race, but that she deserves a second term. If im going to be blamed for all the things that have gone wrong for the past ten years, then i want to get all the credit for everything thats gone right in three years. The majority are saying that the city is going in the right direction. Reporter volunteers are working the phone. We sped up new officer redramatic and training. We also partnered for the first time with an outside Law Enforcement agency. Alameda county sheriffs to put an immediate presence on the street. Weve got to go beyond just adding police. Weve got to make sure were investing in education. Reporter registrar tim dupree encourages all voters to mark their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices for mayor. The least vote getter will take those and go to the second choice, and redistribute them. Well continue going through that process until we get a candidate that has over 50 of the vote. Reporter the registrar tells me, it will take at least until the end of the week to get a good idea of who the winner of the mayors race will be because of rank Choice Voting. Reporting live here in oakland, amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. Now, to the race for san jose mayor in the last minute push for votes there. Ktvu always Maureen Naylor is live. Reporter not only did we visit the Campaign Headquarters for both sam ricardo, and dave lortesi, we spoke with voters who think it will be close. Turning in their vote by mail ballot, including san jose residents choosing a new mayor. I voted for sam. Why . I see him more in japantown, than other candidates. Hes been very approachable. Dave. Why . I dont trust anybody whos on the present council, especially sam ricardo, and chuck reed. Glad hes out. Reporter meanwhile, at cortese headquarters, they were busy on the phones. A little excited. Were going to get votes in the next 24 hours. Cautiously optimistic. Reporter dave cortese says phone banking is key to his final push. We have tens of thousands of people who have said yes to our campaign. Who have said yes, im going to vote for dave. The job at hand is just to make sure theyre reminded to vote. Ingly feel good. We came from 20 points down last year in the polls to the point now, where were virtually deadlocked. I feel very confident, that were going to put this over the goal line. Were calling to see if you will be standing up for san jose. Reporter at ricardo headquarters, the San Jose City council was joined by tom mchenry for his own phone banking session. I believe this will be a close race. Thats why were all working hard. We know that every vote matters. Thats why youve got so many motivated volunteers here working hard. Reporter back here live, were seeing people still come drop off ballots at this hour. See the drop box there. Workers will be starting at the Registrars Office at 7 00 a. M. , until 8 00 tomorrow night. So voters can essentially drive through, and drop their ballot off. Maureen naylor, ktvu, channel 2 news. Stay with the 10 00 news for continuing coverage. At 10 30, tomorrows big prize, the u. S. Senate, and the shift in a balance of power. Plus, our exclusive voter turn out forecast. Its a number never seen before here in california. New at 10 00, a hazmat team responded to a call for help at the Doubletree Hotel in san jose tonight. Right now, they still cant pinpoint the problem. When First Responders arrived, they found about six employees complaining of nausea. You can see a number of guests were evacuated, and waited outside the entrance on gateway place. The workers were treated at the scene. Were told hazmat crews cleared the lobby and tested the air. At this point, Authorities Say they still dont know what made all those people feel sick. A man charged with killing a young mother of four in east oakland made his First Court Appearance today. According to court documents, carl stephen debose confessed to the crime after his arrest. He told a judge today, he is trying to hire a private attorney. Police arrested the 20yearold oakland man last week in elk grove near sacramento. Hes accused of fatally shooting 30yearold pearl avina, as she was driving in a car with her husband. Encouraged to adjust habits now that weve rolled back our clocks and its getting dark earlier. This time of year can be deadly because of the Poor Visibility in the switch back to standard time. Bicycles have a responsibility to be scene. And motorists have a responsibility to slow down, and be much more careful when they drive. Theyre encouraged to wear reflective gear as well. Police in petaluma are looking for a thief who made off with a large excavator from a construction site. It was parked next to a small commercial building at east washington. Police say neighbors did see a flat bed truck in the area. Investigators think that the thief may have simply loaded up the excavator, and then drove away. In marin county, its Home Remodeling projects that are being targeted. Thieves there have stolen thousands of dollars in tools from unoccupied homes. In san rafael tonight, where its now happened at least eight times. Eight times in the city. Several more around the county. Its possible, thieves are looking up Building Permits online for leads on where to hit. Reporter many of the power tools on the job are new. Or the ones burglars left behind. It was a little full. Unfortunately. It was full. Reporter several big boxes carrying expensive tools were broken into last week. The burglars failed to pry this box open, but its dented where they tried. Im really glad they didnt. Really glad they didnt. Reporter the crew is six weeks into a six month remodel. The thieves hit as soon as they broke into the stucco. So the walls were open to walk right through. This wasnt random. This wasnt just a random. This was a planned operation. Reporter the loss, almost 4,000. The money part now, im kind of resolved with, about the emotional part. The violation thing is lingering. You could actually see the palm print. Reporter burglars also broke this garage door. They also raided the homeowners wedding gift, stored downstairs. They stole crystal, they stole china. Left our wine collection, but took the scotch collection. I would love to know who did this and to see them go to jail. That would be great. Id be very happy for them to get caught. Reporter with at least eight construction burglaries so far. Police are warning workers to carry more of their equipment home with them. With any luck, the thieves might slip up, or get spotted. Theyll make a mistake. Theyll press their luck. And usually their luck runs out with a neighbor calling us. Your shocked. Youre shock. You are shocked. I think you may have a false sense of security in marin county, its not going to happen here. Definitely. Reporter locks on the tool boxes were snapped with heavy duty cutters. Its too late for the victims so far, but they dont want to see it happen to any other builders. The total losses so far, close to 30,000. Reporting live in san rafael, debora villalon, ktvu, channel 2 news. San rafael police will soon get body cameras after the City Council Approved funding this evening. The vote was unanimous. They will spend 45,000 to equip their officers. The new purchase will bring the total number of cameras to 74. Thats enough to equip every officer in the department. The cameras will help reduce liability claims. Thousands of Law Enforcement officers gathered today in roseville to pay tribute to a sacramento sheriffs deputy named danny oliver. He was killed in the line of duty last month. We will always remember your sense of humor, your compassion for your fellow man, and your love for your family. We will remember your passion for this profession, and the sacrifice you made doing it. Deputy oliver was 47, and had two kids. He was shot and killed after approaching a couple in a Motel Parking Lot on october 24. Police say after the shooting, the two suspects then stole a vehicle, and later killed Placer County Deputy Michael davis jr. The Memorial Service today was held at a church in roseville, and then continued with a long prosession along interstate 80 to a cemetery in sacramento. A Memorial Service for deputy davis will be held tomorrow. Accused of stealing explicit photos from women, he arrested. Do you have anything to say . Sorry, no comments today restroom his attorney tell us why the former officer says he did it. Key senate races that could shift the balance of power. Talking with a political analyst, but the high stakes for the country and california. They were suppose to make your money safer, but 2 investigates glaring concerns about the light inside this tunnel. Tonight, 2 investigates serious concerns about the lighting inside a busy San Francisco tunnel. An employee of the San Francisco Public Utilities commission contacted ktvu about the problems at the broadway tunnel. Eric rasmussen is there to explain how a project designed to save public money did not go as planned. Eric. Reporter well, we are keeping both hands on the wheel. The idea was to put Energy Efficient lights in here, and save about 40,000 a year. Instead, we it tell you the tunnel actually got brighter, and these new lights saved almost no money. At least one whistleblower at the sfp thinks this tunnel is still too bright. Reporter 1600 feet long. Taking 30,000 driver as day between chinatown and danness avenue. The lights got an extensive makeover in 2009. It was clear something had gone wrong in the design process. Reporter this employee with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Says he noticed a problem. After the agency finished a 310,000 retrofit, designed to make tunnel lighting more Energy Efficient. It was a lot brighter than what it should have been. Reporter he asked not to be identified, but pointed to a city audit of several sf puc Energy Efficient projects. Most of them saving enough money to pay back their investments in 15 years or less. The pay back time for the west bore broadway tunnel . 298 years. Not the result barbara hail was counting on. To see that come back at 298 years. How do you explain that . Part of the challenge there is, theyre always going to find that what youve predicted isnt always your outcome. Thats pretty far off, and thats in part in this case, because the system wasnt performing like it should have in the first place. Reporter in a letter design firm, m core conceded savings were below expectations, and light levels were higher than expected. So bright, internal emails at sfpuc describe driving through the tunnel at night like passing through a super nova. I experience driving through the tunnel and coming out with essentially what would be described as flash bulb blindness for a certain distance. Reporter comparing broadway tunnel to the much lower lighting in nearby stockton tunnel. He says the agency was slow to act. You have managers who didnt want to be the person to walk in and say, you know that half Million Dollar tunnel project that we did . Well thats just a half Million Dollars we threw in the garbage. Were going to have to redo the whole thing, because the tunnel is unsafe. Reporter the employees sought production through the whistleblower program. The puc has acknowledged, theyre taking steps to correct the problem. That year, crews change changed the lights again to improve the safeness. They still insist the lighting levels were never unsafe. I dont think theres an issue of the tunneling about too bright. We have heard that, and we have looked into that. And in advance of your coming, we looked even closer. Reporter last year, managers paid 10,000 for another study of the lighting in broadway tunnel, Lighting Design firm studio 321 concluded current lighting levels generally meet industry guidelines. Its a conclusion this man disputes. He worries going from this bright tunnel to a dark street is still a danger. Someone is going to get hurt or killed. Reporter sfpuc managers say they spend as much as 1. 5 million a year on Energy Efficiency projects. Most of those come back with high marks. Ktvu, channel 2 news. A legal battle is brewing between one of the nations largest Vacation Home rental sites in the city of San Francisco. Home away, which also operates zrdb. Com is suing the city over the airbnb law. The legislation says only permanent residents can rent their homes to short term travelers, but most of the listings on home away are second homes of owners who do not live in the city year round. The company says that part of the measure unfairly benefits its rival, air bnb. Commuters can use the clipper card to get around the north bay. Four bus lines are now accepting the transit fair system. Clipper cards are also good on the San Francisco bay ferry between vallejo and the city, and include a discount. The cost of the new eastern span of the bay bridge is still going up more than a year after it opened. The price tag is 6. 4 billion, included a 900 million contingency fund, that is almost used up. Crews have been fixing water leaks, troublesome bolts and more. Meantime, demolition of the old bridge is delayed. Nesting sea birds have refused to move to new nests that have been built for them. Exact numbers for the cost overruns are expected to be revealed tomorrow. Showers through the pacific northwest. Thats where the jet stream is. Up in the pacific northwest. A ton of water up there. This is a very productive rainfall pattern for anybody who gets it. See the zonal flow, how everything is coming from thousands of miles out in the pacific. Just like a fire hose. This pattern, we can get 3, or 4, or 5 inches of rain from it. Alas, its too far north. Were in the ridge of High Pressure, which is going to set us up with warm weather. Well see low 80s toward the end of the week. Right now, a little bit of fog along the coast. There will be patchy fog in the morning hours. That fog is going to go away, because the winds are going to start. Now theyre going basically onshore. West and southwest at 5 here. Thats an onshore wind. You see the northwest wind up here at santa rosa. Pretty soon, all the arrows are going to look more like this, or more northerly. A warmer direction. Typically, wed be worried about fire danger. A few east winds here, so it is starting to click a little bit. Were going to notice the temperature start to increase with that offshore wind. Fire danger shouldnt be a real concern, because a little bit of rain, the days are short. Its pretty cool overnight. Overnight lows tonight are going to get down there. Were going to see numbers in the north bay. Santa rosa at 48. Santa rosa area, youre going to get 35, 36 degrees tomorrow morning. Really cold as you get going. Temperatures warm tomorrow, and warm further as we head towards the middle of the week. When i come back after the break, well talk about the fiveday forecast, and go looking for rain, because boy do we need it. Well see you back here. A chp officer charged with forwarding nude photos from a womans phone. The apology offered at the courthouse today, and the deal that may be in the works. Up first, new video from the scene of a deadly collision tonight involving a train and a pedestrian. What we know about the investigation thats underway right now. At kaiser permanente, everything you need is under one roof. Another way care and coverage together makes life easier. Okay, a little easier. Become a member of kaiser permanente. Because together, we thrive. New video tonight of a deadly incident on the train tracks of San Francisco. Weve learned an amtrak train hit and killed a person. The fireman on the scene said the victim was an adult man. The Alameda County Fire Department says it happened about 8 15. Authorities dont know if the man deliberately tried to kill himself, or was just unaware of the approaching train. The Coroners Office in Contra Costa County is working to notify family members of a person found dead on a b. A. R. T. Station track today. Part of the investigation is going to be what exactly happened. We dont know if the train hit the person, or if the person was deceased from other means. Service returned to no