bellow kron 4 news. >>still ahead working to prevent accidental fires during this high fire season, the latest barriers installed along grizzly peak >>tonight popular turnouts along scenic grizzly peak boulevard in the east bay hills have been entirely blocked off from the public. >>kron four's phillipe djegal tells us the cities of oakland berkeley and a park district are working together to try to prohibit gatherings of those locations to minimize the risk of fire danger. >>boulevard from oakland are now off limits to the public. initially last the 2 cities in partnership with u c berkeley and regional park is. >>shooting the areas off late at night through the early morning but not everyone listened so this is the next step it's a pity there, but they have to be blocked off, but they do have to be blocked off i've seen. >>nighttime and daytime but mostly nighttime behavior appears absolutely crazy. >>the council member dan cole says prohibiting the public from parking or gathering at the turnouts will

but those record numbers do come with some questions from voters kron four's noelle bellow is breaking down some of the common questions we are receiving. >>can i really trust this trough box. can i mail it just basic basic questions as millions of ballots continue to be cast in california voter questions are also filing into local registrar offices. >>a big one what to do if you haven't received your mail in ballot. as of yesterday officials are urging anyone who hasn't received their ballot to contact your local registrar's office. now if you haven't registered yet don't worry we'll online registration may be over in california, you can still register in person at a polling place all the way up to and including election day. now the county's register voters says we're urging people to use or saturday sunday and monday dates. >>because they're usually not busy solano county officials say they currently have 12% more registered voters than in the 2016 election and 3 times as many ballots have already been returned. >>but after someone set fire to a ballot drop box and la county over th

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>a hearing is now set for a vacaville barber who kept the shop opened despite state >>and the north bay of barbershop in vacaville is facing fines and maybe even closure by the state since the owner refused to close his business during the pandemic. >>rowena shaddox shows us how the community is now rallying around him. >>during the covid crisis against the governor's order. >>start off as a 15 day closure has turned into a 7 month hostage. and we're just we're just not going to i'm just not going believe >>it's the reason why won't ameris never closed his business creemos barber shop in downtown vacaville, even when the governor ordered businesses to close in the early days of covid with rising numbers back in the spring. he says he needed to stay open in order for him to survive and his workers to keep feeding their families but one may be paying for that now on monday the state attorney general notified him that a hearing is scheduled for the 23rd when a state judge will oversee a

officials say contact tracing is being done noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>we now want to go live to our washington dc correspondent alexandra le mon for the latest on what's happening at the white house since the president's return, thank you alexander for joining us tonight. so what is the latest the very latest on the president's condition as well as the growing number of cases showing up at the white house. yeah well the very latest information is that we watched past president trump arrived back at the white house then he went up to the white house balcony and removed his mask. >>then we saw him walk into the residence and in the background you could see several people milling about as the president walked in without putting his mask back on this is prompting new concerns tonight from doctors and democratic lawmakers. >>who say there's already an outbreak of coronavirus cases at the white house at least 26 people who came in contact with the president or his top aides have now tested positive for coronavirus so there is a fear here that we could see m

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>new technology could speed things up on election day in contra costa county poll workers no longer need a paper list to confirm voter information the law actually using these little ipads instead the pope had contained all registered voters information. the new technology also expedites the in person voting experiences and also enhances voter far fraud prevention. i like it. we'll take a look at this as people putting their i voted today stickers on susan b anthony is headstone. they're seeing something new this year a plastic covers so this idea is actually to protect the marvel from you know that little sticky glue that's on the back. well the sticker trend became popular on election day back in 2016 when as many as 12,000 people visit the cemetery a chester new york, a spring restoration revealed that the stickers had you know, don a lot of damage so they decided to go the plastic instead. before we go we're taking a live look outside at sfo if you have a flight to catch no repor

officials say contact tracing is being done noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>our coverage continues at kron 4 dot com there you can track the president's progress and treatments monitor the virus outbreak at the white house and watch expert analysis from doctors here in the bay area and beyond again it's all at kron 4 dot com. >>story we are following tonight, alameda county's district attorney has agreed to reopen the investigation into the high profile 2009 bart police killing of oscar grant that decision comes after a call from grant's family to charge a second officer with murder kron four's dan kerman covered the case for us back then use at on hand for today's news conference and now he joins us live with the latest dan. well what they are saying is that the second police officer put a need to the neck of oscar grant similar to what was done to george floyd. >>they say with this renewed focus on equal justice they want the second officer charged and that's why they're calling for the reopening of the investigation. >>our family stands here today along

but those record numbers to come with some questions from voters kron four's noelle bellow explains. >>can i really trust this trough box can i mail it just basic basic questions as millions of ballots continue to be cast in california voter questions are also filing into local registrar offices. >>a big one what to do if you haven't received your mail in ballot officials are urging anyone who hasn't received their ballot to contact your local registrar's office. >>now if you haven't registered yet don't worry we'll online registration may be over in california, you can still register in person at a polling place all the way up to and including election day. now the county's register voters says we're urging people to use or saturday sunday and monday dates. >>because they're usually not busy solano county officials say they currently have 12% more registered voters than in the 2016 election and 3 times as many ballots have already been returned. >>but after someone set fire to a ballot drop box and la county over the weekend. some voters are concerned over the safety of those boxes

well governor newsom gave an update on california's covid-19 status kron's noelle bellow has more on why state officials say that contact tracing is so important. >>a lot of work has been put in this place not as much attention. perhaps is deserved governor gavin newsome used monday's press conference to tout the nearly 11,000 person contact tracing army. >>the state has built over the last 7 months all dedicated to making sure one positive test doesn't turn into 10 or 20 i talked to you many weeks ago about. >>the need to get our case rate down in our infrastructure of contact tracing and disease investigation up we've done that with these 10,000 plus train staff doctor mark galli says as the state continues to see thousands of positive test result today, it's critical to figure out who else may be at risk. >>right now 90% of covid-19 tests are coming back within a 24 to 48 hour period, meaning local health departments are able to act more quickly. 97% of them are reporting they're now able to reach out to potentially exposed contacts on the same day that a positive result was recei

governor newsome giving an update today on california's covid-19 status kron four's noelle bellow has more now on why state officials say contact tracing is so important. >>a lot of work has been put in this place not as much attention. >>perhaps is deserved governor gavin newsome used monday's press conference to tout the nearly 11,000 person contact tracing army. >>the state has built over the last 7 months all dedicated to making sure one positive test doesn't turn into 10 or 20 i talk to you many weeks ago about the need to get our case rate down. >>in our infrastructure of contact tracing and disease investigation up we've done that with these 10,000 plus train staff doctor mark galli says as the state continues to see thousands of positive test result today, it's critical to figure out who else may be at risk. >>right now 90% of covid-19 tests are coming back within a 24 to 48 hour period, meaning local health departments are able to act more quickly. 97% of them are reporting they're now able to reach out to potentially exposed contacts on the same day. but a positive result wa

noelle bellow kron 4 news back to you. >>all right, no noel thank you for that. new this year for voters in contra costa electronic poll pads officials at the voter registrar's office tells kron four's haaziq madyun how the new technology will speed things up on election day. >>now we'll go ahead and go through an example of checking a voter in so we're going to enter the last name election poll workers no longer need a paper list to confirm boulder information in contra costa county. >>that information is now accessed electronically on full pads, the poll pad is actually an ipad that contains all registered voters info. >>coco county assistant registrar scott caan up asik explains how works in voter walks in the door and they go the person with the i got. >>and then they give their name their looked up their addresses confirmed. the verifies that the voter has not already voted. if they have not already voted then doesn't want about to get them and then they're issued the ballot the voter votes. >>he says the pope had will also expedite the in person voting expe

but the news never stops on kronon noelle bellow in the newsroom with a look at what's up well. >>hey the area at the confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee judge amy coney barrett is underway this morning, we'll be giving you a live look at those proceedings plus halloween guidelines are being announced today by state health officials going to stream that for you right here on kron on be sure to download the app is free and the upstart back to you. >>all right, thank you very much noel all right take a look at this. the oakland zoo is now caring for 2 more little mountain lions that were displaced by this on fire up in shasta county. >>way right. >>these are 2 female cubs will actually join a male cub the zoo received about 2 weeks ago from the same area. the zoo says that they're doing all they can enter some all back to health and eventually they're going to introduce all of them to each other, so they can hang out. >>and we can tell where they just clipping that little not lines nails and i can even click my dog's nails without going nuts. >>all anyone needs to date

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>public health officials in alameda county of given middle and high schools, the okay to reopen, but don't look for public schools to be reopening their doors any time soon in person instruction can begin as early as number of nights if safety plans have been submitted and approved but the safety plans only part of it. an agreement must also be reached with teachers unions. teachers want to work with districts on the plans to make sure they're both safe for teachers and students, other issues include logistics and scheduling sense, middle and high school students typically change classes throughout the day. >>many businesses in san mateo county can now expand their operations indoors. the county has now moved to the states are and covid tier of reopening dine-in restaurants churches museums, movie theaters and malls can all open indoors at 50% capacity gyms and family entertainment centers such as bowling alleys can also reopen but at 25% capacity. some people hesitant to make the mo

>>and that was noelle bellow reporting the state's department of public health released new guidelines for private gatherings during the pandemic just in time for halloween and the holiday season. the guidelines now allow up to 3 households to gather outdoors as long as everyone wears a mask of course if you feel sick or are in a high-risk group you should not be attending gatherings at all. if you do go to a gathering you should practice physical distancing make sure that you wash your hands and wear a mask. >>the health department is also discouraging singing chanting and shouting during these outdoor gatherings to lessen the release of those respiratory droplets. the department also recommends that these gathering should be no more than 2 hours long. we have the complete state guidelines on our website at kron 4 dot com. >>in his latest tweetstorm president trump slammed california, new york and illinois this morning, according to his tweet california is quote going to hail the president went on to say that new york has gone to hail. >>and illinois has no place to go all those tweet

but those record numbers to come with some questions from voters kron four's noelle bellow explains. >>can i really trust this trough box. can i mail it just basic basic questions as millions of ballots continue to be cast in california voter questions are also filing into local registrar offices. >>a big one what to do if you haven't received your mail in ballot. as of yesterday officials are urging anyone who hasn't received their ballot to contact your local registrar's office. now if you haven't registered yet don't worry we'll online registration may be over in california, you can still register in person at a polling place all the way up to and including election day. now the county's register voters says we're urging people to use or saturday sunday and monday dates. >>because they're usually not busy solano county officials say they currently have 12% more registered voters than in the 2016 election and 3 times as many ballots have already been returned. >>but after someone set fire to a ballot drop box and la county over the weekend. some voters are concerned over the safety

>>and on tuesday halloween guidelines will be announced as well in the newsroom noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>a pair of bay area cities are among those topping the list for business closures during the pandemic according to a study from yelp san francisco claim second place with nearly 22 closures for every 1000 businesses, san jose ranked 5th with 20 closures per 1000 businesses. yelp says restaurants have been hit hardest followed closely by shopping and retail stores as well. >>happening today is day 2 of the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee judge amy coney barrett this morning. judge barrett will take questions from members of the senate judiciary committee democrats are expected to ask her about her position on health care. what she thinks of same marriage and abortion. we'll have more on what you can expect in today's hearings coming up in a live report about 20 minutes at 5.30. >>we'll take a quick break here 5.10 coming up on the kron 4 morning news, an armed robbery caught on camera when somebody confronted 2 men that were trying to steal a catalytic converter

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>well time now is 5.21 coming up on the kron 4 morning news high school students in gilroy are being told to get tested for coronavirus after one student tested positive at a large party. plus a california teacher is connecting to his students trump card. and this story just ahead. frustrated that your clothes get damaged when you wash them, and they just don't look the same? well now there's a solution, with downy defy damage. downy defy damage protects your clothes from the stretching, fading and fuzzing that happens throughout the wash process, all cycle long! simply toss in detergent, add defy beads, then toss in your clothes. and downy defy's unique formula conditions and protects fibers, so clothes stay looking newer, longer! now you can protect your clothes so they look newer, longer, with downy defy damage. our retirement plan with voya gives us confidence... ...so we can spend a bit today, knowing we're prepared for tomorrow. wow, do you think you overdid it maybe? overdid w

this mass noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>and signs of hope take a look at this baby plants are sprouting again a big basin redwoods state park part of the area was burned during the czu complex fires. it is definitely an encouraging sign for scientists that are tracking regrowth of the forest. the czu complex was contained about 2 weeks ago. it burned more than 86,000 acres. time now for 4 zone joining us now chief meteorologist lawrence karnow a look at live here at the golden gate bridge and we were hoping friday saturday. >>that thing would be soaking wet first big rain of the season, you know you got the oil on the as fall there that makes it a little bit dangerous. but hey that's the rain some time and we need it now we were ready we're ready to go unfortunately right now looks like models of really backed off on the rain so we're going to keep a chance of it i think really mainly best north of the golden gate bridge and of course we need to get the rain we've got to stop these fires we've got the glass fire continuin

but those record numbers do come with some questions from voters kron four's noelle bellow explains. >>can i really trust this trough box. can i mail it just basic basic questions as millions of ballots continue to be cast in california voter questions are also filing into local registrar offices. a big one what to do if you haven't received your mail in ballot. as of yesterday officials are urging anyone who hasn't received their ballot to contact your local registrar's office. now if you haven't registered yet don't worry we'll online registration may be over in california, you can still register in person at a polling place all the way up to and including election day. >>now the county's registrar voter says we're urging people to use or saturday sunday and monday dates. >>because they're usually not busy solano county officials say they currently have 12% more registered voters than in the 2016 election and 3 times as many ballots have already been returned. >>but after someone set fire to a ballot drop box and la county over the weekend. some voters are concerned over the safety

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>an extra day, how you can celebrate halloween without the usual trick or treating state health care leaders have an answer. and as for giants general managsr talks about the giants almost run to the playoffs despite >>senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says that he is scheduling a procedural votes on the gop covid-19 relief bill for next week. mcconnell says aid to hard-hit businesses should be held up by gridlock involving other aid proposals. the vote is set for october 19th democrats filibustered a gop drafted a bill last month and recent talks on a larger deal with house speaker nancy pelosi fell apart this past weekend. mcconnell's announcement came as president trump continues telling republicans to quote go big rather than the limited approach they've been advocating. >>halloween could look a lot different this year in california state health leaders release of new guidelines today for trick or treating and other holiday gatherings our capitol bureau reporter ashley zaval

noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>coming up a rare dinosaur skeleton found in our home was burned to the ground in the tubbs fire. the flames, the ash, it was terrifying. thousands of family homes are destroyed in wildfires. families are forced to move and higher property taxes are a huge problem. prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims so families can move without a tax penalty. nineteen will help rebuild lives. vote 'yes' on 19. >>take a look at this discovery. it's a fossilized skeleton of an alice or us the ancestor of the t rex was found in a wyoming ranch back in 2016. auction off today in paris for almost 3 million dollars was initially estimated to get between one and 2 million skeleton is 32 feet long and close to 12 feet high it is one of the largest known today. it's pretty fascinating would look great in your living room or inside >>sad, but true that's exactly what i was thinking about the effect as guys so we are looking at a major wind event coming toward the bay area is that time of year of course y

>>i love safari west concourse noelle bellow takes us inside. >>it's a great afternoon we're open eager to greet guests once again executive director of safari west cayo horn boss tell says the last week was a bit touch and go after the glass fire forced evacuations and road closures leading to the preserve it basically forced us to close down and then. >>just out of sheer prudence because of the smoke levels that we had we kept it through this last weekend and we open for tense last night and then tours are going strong today the preserve is home to 98 different species and nearly a 1000 animals. >>kao says staff stayed on the property throughout the week or animal staff stayed on site for the whole time we had that here just to monitor animal's health and the animals did find a a. >>during his during the smoke events they become a little bit more lethargic and don't move around as much. but they're fine and the vets gave us a clean bill of health in. and funny or animal stay lethargic when there's no guests here and they get very excited when

bellow kron 4 news. thank you know well. >>well there's some good news for parents for caregivers and children in san francisco city officials announcing the reopening of playgrounds in the city. more than 180 public playgrounds are back open but as with any other reopening there are strict rules and guidelines in place signs with the rules are to be posted park officials will be monitoring to make sure they are followed among the rules capacity will be limited and this is our limited to 30 minutes if the playgrounds are crowded mayor breed says reopening playgrounds is a positive sign is that home that. >>the time that we spent in isolation the time we you know doing what we needed to do during this pandemic we know that there's a light at the end of the tunnel. >>and this reminder to those looking to visit one of the public playgrounds, you must wear a mask and stay 6 feet away from any na household members leaders of the state agency tasked with processing millions of unemployment claims during the pa

bellow explains. >>can i really trust this trough box. can i mail it just basic basic questions as millions of ballots continue to be cast in california voter questions are also filing into local registrar offices. >>a big one what to do if you haven't received your mail in ballot. as of yesterday officials are urging anyone who hasn't received their ballot to contact your local registrar's office. now if you haven't registered yet don't worry we'll online registration may be over in california, you can still register in person at a polling place all the way up to and including election day. now the county's registrar voter says we're urging people to use or saturday sunday and monday dates. >>because they're usually not busy solano county officials say they currently have 12% more registered voters than in the 2016 election and 3 times as many ballots have already been returned. >>but after someone set fire to a ballot drop box and la county over the weekend. some voters are concerned over the safety

noelle bellow kron 4 news. and kron four's committed to helping make sure your vote counts if you have any kind of problem casting your ballot. >>let us know about it we will investigate you can e-mail us at voting problems at kron 4 dot com. covid-19 outbreak among high school students is being traced back to a private party in the south bay as officials they say hundreds of students and their families might have been exposed. kron four's rob fladeboe reports from gilmore. >>students at north christopher high school here on senator risa boulevard and gilroy high school on 10th street are impacted. and it's not clear exactly how many people may have been exposed to the coronavirus but school officials in conjunction with the county health department are encouraging all students between the ages of 1418 get tested. district confirms that at least one person attending a private party has tested positive. there are approximately 200 people at the party at a private residence back on october 16th, 64 people were te

this mass noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>that to a developing story out of kentucky tonight, the attorney general of that state daniel cameron is seeking to keep grand jury proceedings in testimony in the breonna taylor case secretive that is according to a motion. he filed today. cameron had until today to respond to a motion filed last week by an anonymous grand juror on the taylor case that motion sot are release the recordings and transcripts and reports related to the case. in a statement released today, cameron said in part quote allowing this disclosure. wood river simply alter kentucky's legal system by making it difficult for prosecutors and the public to have confidence in the secrecy of the grand jury process going forward. taylor was killed in march when 3 louisville police officers conducting a drug investigation came into her apartment and started shooting. last month a grand jury indicted just one of 3 officers but they were not indicted in relation to taylor's death specifically. a grand juror then filed a

bellow has some answers. >>can i really trust this trough box can i mail it just basic basic questions as millions of ballots continue to be cast in california voter questions are also filing into local registrar offices. >>a big one what to do if you haven't received your mail in ballot officials are urging anyone who hasn't received their ballot to contact your local registrar's office. >>now if you haven't registered yet don't worry we'll online registration may be over in california, you can still register in person at a polling place all the way up to and including election day. now the county's registrar voter says we're urging people to use or saturday sunday and monday dates. >>because they're usually not busy solano county officials say they currently have 12% more registered voters than in the 2016 election and 3 times as many ballots have already been returned. >>but after someone set fire to a ballot drop box and la county over the weekend. some voters are concerned over the safety of those boxes

bellow kron 4 news. >>we're crown for a committed to make sure that your vote counts and you get it right if you do have a problem though casting your ballot you can email us and we'll investigate email voting problems at kron 4 dot com. >>well happening today, house speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary steve mnuchin are scheduled to continue negotiating the next covid-19 stimulus bill. this comes even after pelosi's 48 hour deadline to reach a deal has come and gone, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is reportedly telling fellow gop senators that he has advised the white house not to strike a deal with pelosi. democrats are hoping that republicans will sign on to their more than 2 trillion dollar proposal even the president is urging his own party to go big on a plan, however, many republicans say they don't want to spend that much. >>we'll take a break here at 5.21 coming up on the kron 4 morning news after being separated from their parents. more than 3 years ago, hundreds of kids are stil

noelle bellow kron 4 news. thank you know well kron 4 is committed to helping make sure that your vote counts if you happen to experience a problem casting your ballot do let us know and we'll investigate. >>you can e-mail us at voting problems at kron 4 dot com. >>want to bring you an update now on that silverado fire burning in orange county in southern california 90,000 people now have been ordered to evacuate that number just went up by some 30,000 this wildfire is moving fast. the winds are whipping it. it started shortly after dawn this morning just outside or vine and it is already scorch 7200 acres and that update was an hour or so ago, so it's clearly the number is greater 0% containment. 2 firefighters are intubated right now critically injured today to ground crew young guys, 2630 i think they. say suffered burns across half their body second and 3rd degree burns, so. clearly this fire has already taken a toll on firefighters, they don't know how it started but they know it is spreading fast and we'l

bellow kron 4 news california is unlikely to get federal money to offset billions in budget cuts the state budget includes more than 11 billion. >>in cuts and deferrals those cuts were made to colleges court state worker pay and more those cuts could vanish if the federal government the state more money by thursday. >>the pair bay area cities among those topping list for businesses that had to close during the pandemic that is according to a new study from yelp which also says california is the hardest hit state in the u.s. with more than 19,000 permanent closures. for closures for every 1000 businesses, san francisco took the second spot with san jose 5th among us metro regions again that's according to yelp some industries have fared better than others yelp says restaurants have been hit the hardest followed closely by shopping and retail. the u.s. could see 20,000 more covid deaths by the end of october that stark warning today coming from a former cdc director doctor tom frieden says that this projection is based on the number of infections already confirmed. >>meanwhile, the uni

bellow kron 4 news. >>here kron 4 we are committed to helping make sure your vote counts if you experience a problem casting your ballot. let us know and we'll investigate you can e-mail us at voting problems at kron 4 dot com. >>bullis live outside the sea was happening in the area of the golden gate bridge is just or fs but holthus fog you see just up there in the corner of the towel, i guess is the robin williams tunnel there peeking out through the fog and morris is standing by to tell looks a lot different if you get away from the coast. so yeah, it certainly here's another look at down below looking up toward the golden gate bridge you can see a little bit of bridge out there right now. >>as the fog trying to break up somewhat the winds more of a northerly component setting itself up and that will of scour out much of that marine layer tomorrow, we're looking a lot of sunshine. the san francisco temperature little bit cooler into the 70's as you work your way along the coastline should be some very

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noelle bellow kron 4 news. >>ucsf medical center is now contact tracing its staff after 5 people tested positive for covid-19. the hospital says that 2 of them were patients and the rest were employees. now in a statement the hospital said it is not it has not yet determined the original source of the infections. the hospital says it has isolated these patients and employees are doing contact tracing to see who else may have been exposed the hospital has said both patients had negative covid-19 test before being admitted to the hospital. well to the east bay now health officials in alameda county have given middle and high school students. the okay to head back to school schools can reopen, but don't look for public schools to be reopening their doors any time school in time soon. now in person instruction can begin as early as november 9th if safety plans have been submitted and approved but the safety plan is only part of it. an agreement must also be reached with the teachers union so teachers want to work w

>>thanks for joining us here on the kron 4 weekend morning news, i'm noelle bellow marty gonzales has the morning off it is saturday october 3rd we still have one more day of warmth across the bay we'll get a check of your morning forecast with dave spahr in just a minute a minute. but we want to get straight to the latest on the president's condition, president donald trump is still your reed hospital this morning after being diagnosed with covid-19 on thursday, this is video of him, leaving for the hospital on marine one friday afternoon. the latest reports say he's experiencing shortness of breath and is being treated with remdesevir as well as an experimental antibody cocktail. he is expected to stay in the hospital for at least a few more days for very latest on the president's condition reaction from washington we're joined by our dc bureau reporter trevor shirley. he is live from the nation's capital this morning, good morning trevor. and good morning, thanks for having me in terms of the president's condition we're going to find out more about it in about an hour from now. >>t

bellow jins us now to break that all down for us, i know, i'll pay sanaa's yacht, the trend we're seeing continues. >>this year's voter turnout could be historic for million completed ballots have already been returned here in california, 30 million ballots and counting have been cast across the country. so some big numbers. now online registration is over in california, it ended at midnight last night. but you can still register to vote in person at a polling place all the way up to and including election day. places like solano county are seeing an uptick in registration after yesterday's deadline. the county has 12% more registered voters than in the 2016 election and 3 times as many ballots have been returned already compared to last election. those numbers are pretty similar across the board in the bay area. now after someone set fire to a ballot drop box in la county over the weekend though some voters are expressing concern over the safety of mail in ballots and using those boxes but solano county register voters says you should not be worried. >>all of our ballot boxes are observ

bellow joins us in the newsroom and as breaking some of those questions down for us noel. >>yes, an awesome questions we've been receiving for weeks now include what to do if you have to balance and which signature the registrars comparing your ballot too that first question is pretty simple if you have 2 ballots a vote on one of them and destroy the other one doesn't matter which ballot you use as long as you only use one. if your ballot hasn't arrived yet elections officials say you need to contact your county registrar's office immediately to requests one however at this stage it might just be best to go in and vote in person usps was calling today the last day to drop your ballot in the mail if you want to guarantee its arrival by next tuesday, when it comes to the signature on your ballot solano county assistant registrar of voters john gardner says you shouldn't be too worried because they aren't necessarily looking for an exact match take a listen. >>we use the latest signature that we have which in most cases, your signature from dnc. however, it's not an exact mat

but today their reopening their doors and resuming excursions for visitors kron four's noelle bellow joins us live with their story well hey sanaa's the edge of the evacuation warnings put in place for napa and sonoma counties was literally just across the street from safari west they were never under any evacuation orders. >>but of course they had closed as a precaution as of today though they reopened officially and we are almost sold out for their excursions today. >>the executive director told me the main reason they had closed was because several of the main roads leading to the safari were shut down. and of course those smoke levels were just awful out there. but on sunday, the skies started to really clear up and allow them to clean up the facility and accept visitors once again. >>our animal scout state on site for the whole time we had that here just to monitor animal's health and the animals did find a a during his during the smoke events they become a little bit more lethargic and don't move around as much. but they're fine and the vets gave us a clean bill of health in an

die with think site in right now because of all of this as noelle bellow now the lakers made the clincher look easy tonight and lebron james is now on his 4th title. >>and he's done it with 3 different franchises so here they are celebrating in los angeles going to i long. all week long all week long. i don't know they're going to parade or not let's look into that standoff that's even possible these days done but we'll have a much more on the game tonight on sports night live with jason and that for a while for coverage, firefighters were quickly able to contain a small fire in morocco this afternoon it happened on irvine drive. >>and this is video that a viewer sent us. firefighters say the blaze has grown to about 30 acres and is about 50% contained right now no evacuations were issued but a lot of people could see the smoke. fire crews tell us now this fire is under control. >>cal fire says it now expects the glass fire to be fully contained by october 20th. tonight the fire now at 92% containment. the fire has burned through more than 67,000 acres in napa and sonoma counties destroyi

bellow joins us live from north beach where there are a lot of good restaurants where customers finally could eat inside a restaurant for the first time since march noel. >>the and a lot of people are really happy about it for lack of a better term ken and pam. all of that the nice cool temperatures that we're seeing here in san francisco tonight really have people out here in north beach. these are pop and for lack of a better word i'm going to step out of the way so you can see a little bit i'm here on green street where several different restaurants have spent the last several months and weeks making these parklets like you see here and today was the first day that restaurants could allow people in side. told by these owners that the 25% capacity. limit is a challenging one, but it's better than 0. >>well many still dined in parklets outdoors in san francisco wednesday, there were several restaurants ready to reopen indoors at 25% capacity from john's grill in union square safety is our number one priority. >>a real that one in 3 that up. 5% we're going to cost $0.25. >>very seriousl

bellow has more on the features in the debut of the new 5 g network know know a lot of people have been waiting for this announcement. >>well yeah if you're in the market for a new iphone like i am this was something you've been waiting to hear about the new iphone not only both a more durable screen. but as you mentioned it is being launched with the new 5 g wireless connectivity however those who do decide to purchase the iphone 12 likely won't be feeling the effects of that 5 g right away. the 5 g capabilities are expected to be 10 to 20 times faster than 4 g. but the country as a whole the network for our country isn't developed fully yet so it's going to be more of a gradual difference for consumers over the course of time but when it comes to the phones themselves. the iphone 12 will feature a smaller smoother design as well as a ceramic shield to help protect the glass cover when you inevitably drop your phone like me so more durability there. there's also a mini version and then of course a larger pro version of the iphone 12 is boosting some innovative features. >>these some of

>>governor gavin newsome gave an update today on the state's covid-19 status kron four's noelle bellow joins us live in the newsroom with more on why state officials say contract tracing is so important well yes, and as the state has actually built a contact tracing army as governor, newsome calls it all to try and speed up the process. >>of contact tracing that army includes nearly 11,000 people dedicated to making sure that one positive test doesn't turn into 10 or 20 right now the state of california is averaging more than 125,000 daily coronavirus tests over the weekend that average was just north of 150,000 90% of the tests are getting back within a 48 hour period which the governor and health and human services secretary doctor mark galli say is enabling contact tracers to get to work more quickly newsome and galley both say testing is important but what follows a positive test is even more critical. >>the key is issue of isolated individuals that have come in the county and it's like a war that has transmission of the disease made positive meaning we want to make sure that the t

bellow is standing by in the newsroom with what they're working on i daria we're continuing to cover the destruction that the glass fire has left behind we're checking in on some wineries today. but we're also checking on safari west which was spared by the flames. so tune in for that their reopening and we're keeping a close eye on covid-19 in santa clara county. got an update expected this afternoon for folks out there so we'll bring that to you live be sure to tune in to kron on all day long back to you and i guess we're both playing for the giants may go ways. >>all right and you may have noticed a few navy ships out in the bay. this san francisco's fleet week kicking off virtually this year. fans will be able to take virtual ship tours and attend a tribute concert on weekly facebook page. >>and on youtube as well the virtual experience will feature a special social media programming it runs through sunday october 11th, the blue angels unfortunately, not part of this year's fleet week because of the pandemic not quite the same without know, yeah and i don't if you saw it the othe

bellow has more on marine county's new virus tracker and while jason has yeah the new online tool will. >>debut tomorrow former and families and officials say it will be a transparent map and the dashboard showing if when and where any coronavirus cases pop up at local schools now the dashboard will be launched on them are in schools dot org web site tomorrow. it will cover public private independent and parochial schools within the county. officials say they wanted to make sure all members of the community had as much information as possible and that families feel confident there's a system in place should any incidents occur. now that dashboard map will include gray dots for each school if the school is open to at least 10% capacity, those dots will then turn green and you can get some information on the total number of students attending classes. among other details than a separate part of the dashboard will give information about virus transmission. the type of transmission and number of cases reported. >>now a related any students who have tested a covid positive or staff and whet

>>morning shows almost over but kron on is always on noelle bellow has a look at what they're working on daria something pretty interesting happening over in san mateo county. >>with so many people questioning the mail in ballot process, san mateo county is inviting the public to come watch staffers open and process those ballots for this year's elections we're going to be there live. so you can see for yourself how all that works plus we'll bring you governor newsom's latest update on covid-19 and the wildfires across the state. that's coming up at noon so be sure to tune in to kron on all day it's easy just download the free app on your phone back to you thanks noelle and it was a breaking news that happened after we. >>recorded the buzz in sports, a bay area legend baseball great former hall of famer, joe morgan died yeah best known for being part of the big red machine. >>they won back to back world series championships for the cincinnati reds back in the 1970's, but don't forget many people will always remember him as playing 2 seasons with the giants. we're fans. remember finall

>>she was almost over on kron 4 but on kron on they never stop noelle bellow is in the newsroom with the latest well paid if you can see my necklace but it does say voting and wearing it because today is the last day to register here in california. we're going continue to talk about that all day long plus we're checking in on san mateo county and their new covid compliance team. all that and much more for you on kron on the 24 7 streaming service is free to download in your app store back to you too i do like necklace all right take a look at with his dad is doing in the time of coronavirus where he can't be with us on in the hospital. he's dancing every day. so the sun is undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia. and the debt is down below a parking lot sidewalk with friends alone whatever he needs to do. >>because he's wants his son to know that he is fighting for him he supporting him the whole way even if he can't be. >>up there in the room really adorable to see the sun >>and it take to make you smile through that's a tough thing for a kid to go through. all right well. here's anoth

bellow kron 4 news. >>and as more businesses begin reopening across the bay area, the next step is to also allow students back on campus and today state school superintendent tony thurmond gave an update on what's being done to make sure that safely. >>we're monitoring closely working closely with the state department of public health on how to enhance and support the efforts of our schools in the counties in terms of their testing protocols so that we can support those schools that will be open. >>so far there is no concrete date for when major school districts in the bay area could reopen but superintendent thurman is praising the work of parents and teachers and saying that they're making long distance learning a success and that he would give them all and a here's a look at the latest covid numbers worldwide there are close to 34 million cases united states has more than 7 million cases. california continues to lead the country in the number of cases with 819,000 of course were the most populous stat

. >>9.54 that means our newscast is almost over but kronon never stops us go noelle bellow in the newsroom for what they're morning hey daria morning we're checking in with more registrars offices to get a better idea of just how many people plan to make their voice count this election we're going to answer some common questions we're getting from voters plus state health officials are expected to release a theme park reopening guidelines today we're going to stream that announcement for you live at noon right here on kron on be sure to download the app free in your app store back to you. >>well, here's a fun story for you rule mirza in san francisco that a new marvel movie is being shot word on the street is it's shang-chi and the legend of the 10 rings. it will be filmed in san francisco this week if these rumors are correct, we know there's a film crew in town in fact people in the city got this notice that a stunt scene and multiple actually are going to be film now the the secret title for this project is called steamboat and that there's going to be shooting today and tomorrow on lar

governor gavin newsome give an update today on california's covid-19 status quo for noelle bellow has more on why state officials say contact tracing is still so important. >>lot of work has been put in this place not as much attention. perhaps is deserved governor gavin newsome used monday's press conference to tout the nearly 11,000 person contact tracing army. >>the state has built over the last 7 months all dedicated to making sure one positive test doesn't turn into 10 or 20 i talked to you many weeks ago about. >>the need to get our case rate down in our infrastructure of contact tracing and disease investigation up we've done that with these 10,000 plus train staff doctor mark galli says as the state continues to see thousands of positive test result today, it's critical to figure out who else may be at risk. >>right now 90% of covid-19 tests are coming back within a 24 to 48 hour period, meaning local health departments are able to act more quickly. 97% of them are reporting they're now able to reach out to potentially exposed contacts on the same day. but a positive result wa

noelle bellow kron 4 news. you know you're not the trick or treater have big parties and that is why this halloween there shut the ha the halloween favorite destination which is the castro absolutely so we've got problems will tran standing by with. >>the latest now on what city officials are putting out their terms of messaging 4 people well. >>for years, the biggest party in san francisco, regardless of halloween new year's eve. it was right here at the castro district with thousands of people turned out on october 31st. the party and they did so much so that back in 2006. the city crackdown on that because of violence and destruction but they do expect a lot of people to still show up and that's why they're sending the message out this year. there's something even scarier then say destruction and even violence. there's the deadly silent killer out there covid-19 which is why they're telling people you could do it at all. peter in adam. just don't party on the streets of san francisco here for halloween you'r

bellow is standing by in the newsroom with a preview. well. >>daria all eyes are on walter reed medical center today we're going to be closely watching to see if the president is released his doctor say that could happen as early as today plus the fleet week we know and love it's a little different this year we're going to take you live to the virtual kickoff as the city safely continues that well loved tradition we've got that and much more all day long right here on kron on back to you, thanks a for gas john. >>well daria i think you're going to like because we've got some better weather ahead of us as far as getting outside and enjoying from the 90's today and tomorrow for inland areas which cooler than we have been to only the 80's and eventually the 70's by thursday for the same inland spots now we also have a chance of showers in this forecast will be looking at that best chance from friday night into saturday all depends on the development of that system and how far south makes it. but hey great to be seeing cooler weather better

bellow kron 4 news. >>do you see professors are receiving the 2020 nobel prize in physics the out taking california for a ride. companies like uber, lyft, doordash. breaking state employment laws for years. now these multi-billion-dollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. to deny drivers the rights they deserve. no sick leave. no workers' comp. no unemployment benefits. vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. one ride california doesn't want to take. in the tubbs fire. the flames, the ash, it was terrifying. thousands of family homes are destroyed in wildfires. families are forced to move and higher property taxes are a huge problem. prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims so families can move without a tax penalty. nineteen will help rebuild lives. vote 'yes' on 19. >>u c berkeley professor is celebrating a world famous achievement tonight, ryan hargan wsil is among the newest recipients of the 2020 nobel prize in physics for discovering a supermassive black h