live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> it is election day and voters are going to the polls with serious issues to consider including a potential tax on so ask and who will run the bay area's largest city? >> four hours into the election day and voter turnout seems low at bay area polling places even with important issues at stake. nick is in the newsroom to explain. >> we have been out all morning. it is still early but with that in mind it is clear without any controversial local issues to generate the buzz voters are expected to cast ballots.

according to san francisco's director of elections calls from voters seeking information suggest a 46.1 percent turnout only 8.2 million of the 17 million registered voters will cast ballots. in san francisco that means only one in every three eligible adults will vote. and vote by mail ballot is still on your coffee table it isn't too late to drop it off and have the vote count. >> you can actually drive up to the city hall we have space on grove street and we can take the ballot and make sure they are sealed and signed. they and drive off and go on with their day. >> of those who vote 60 percent are expected to cast votes by mail ballots in 2012 and half of the voters went to the polls and the other half voted by mail. officials expect all of the vote by mail ballots counted by this

weekend. thanks, knick. every voter in california will vote in the governor's race today. republican neel kashkari is trying to unseat jerry brown. he is running on the theme of restoring the middle choose. governor brown has not focused on the campaign. instead, his arresteds are supporting a rainy day fund. >> there are conflicting poll results on who is ahead in the race if the 17 the congressional district, with a challenge to the seven turn incumbent with a third of the voters undecided. >> the rare for mayor in oakland is a hot one. the candidate who gets the most votes may not necessarily become mayor. officials say the combination of, extremely close race and thousands of uncounted ballots could delay the results so we may not ever have an unofficial winner by tonight.

14 candidates are running against the current mayor quan who has been criticized over handling of the occupy protest and the police force. >> in san jose two men are vying to replace chuck reed as mayor. both agree that public safety is the key issue. they do not agree on what to do about it. matt keller has more on the race. matt? san jose faces many issues including public safety but it is that issue that has caught the attention of voters in what is the most watched political contests in the south bay. >> election day isn't what it used to be. the workers outnumber voters because it is more popular than ever to vote by mail. in santa clara county 583,000 ballots were issued with 29 percent return by election day. san jose mayoral candidate sam liccardo and dave cortese are battling for every vote in a close race. >> i am thrilled we are at the

end of the campaign. we have done a great job talking to voters and i am confident we will prevail if a close race. >> we fought the good race and run the good race and people have a clear choice here and we are hoping that it is decided our way. >> current san jose city council members sam liccardo cropped off the ball the although. and hers opponent, dave cortese has work at the board after he voted at the elementary school. liccardo points to the endorsement of past san jose mayors to showily qualifications for the job and cortese has the support of several farmer san jose police chiefs. this election public safety took center stage with pension reform an issue for the police department. liccardo credits it with saving the city $50 million and cortese feels they need to stop the record breaking news of resignations and retirements that shrunk the department.

>> we can sit down with police officers and other employees on salary and wages and try to get them to where they are more competitive with the other jurisdictions that have been pirating them away. >> we need to spend smarter and we will build the police department back we have to have the money to pay them to work not just to retire. >> in adecision to the mayoral race, three seats are up for grabs in the city council. the polls close tonight at 8:00. matt, a hot issue on the ballot in san francisco and berkeley is a tax on sugary drinks. in berkeley a penny an honest on so ask, and in san francisco, two pennies an ounce on the tax. in both cities, the distributor would be taxed and it is up to that person to pass on the cost. republicans need six seats to take control of the senate. with president obama's low approval rating, some experts

see democrats as very vulnerable. if republicans capture a senate majority it is welcome news for senator mcconnell assuming he is re-elected because three would be majority leader. he vote with his wife and said he is not worried about keeping his john, the 30 year incumbent has an advantage over alison lundergan grimes, his challenger. >> if you are trying to sort out the races and the issues, download the abc app and look for "voter resources," page with the frequently asked question. we will have real time election coverage from around the country starting at 5:00 p.m. this evening and local coverage begins when the polls close at 8:00 p.m. on coffee tv 20 at nine and right here at eleven. developing news in sonoma, a fire destroyed a victorian house this morning. it broke out at 8:45 at the to

story home. the fire department says it may have started in a fire chief and firefighters knocked it down in an hour but not before it put a lot of smoke in the area. no reports of injuries. >> there is a new determination in pleasanton on the nature of an overnight fire that destroyed several homes under construction. amy hollyfield is at the scene. neighbors have theories. >> yes, arson or not, kristen? people thought it was or san because of the political landscape here in pleasanton but we have just learned that firefighters think it was accidental. >> the fire was so big that people could see it from the interstate. they called it if after 2:00 a.m. and reported the general area but firefighters pulled out of the station they realized they didn't need an address. >> as soon as we pulled out we could see large volume of smoke and flames from the kress.

-- address. >> two homes were on fire while under construction. firefighters found out that the fire high dramatics do -- hydrants do not have water yet. >> it had these or four minutes to get water on the fire. we had to use incoming units to bring water to the scene. >> neighbors woke up and speculation started swirling especially on election day. residents say growth in the city is a big controversial here. >> there are candidates who are pro growth and some are slow growth. when you see something like this it makes you wonder, are there factions, crazy people, who are out to do something to try to get a point across. >> it looks suspicious to me. >> firefighters suspected arson at first, too. but investigators later determined that copper pipes that were heated earlier in the

day started the fire. the developer says interest in the new neighborhood is high and they will rebuild. >> it will be 97 single family homes, 210 apartments and a night pool area. it will be a nice development. >> they will have to demolish the two homes that were destroyed by fire and two others suffered minimal damage. happening now the south bay, police are investigating a fatal accident in san jose. right now, hillsdale avenue is closed with sky 7 showing an overturned scar and the accident happened shortly after 7:30 this morning. a man died on the scene. there is no word open his identity. police are suggesting drivers use alternates with the investigation taking another hour. >> a car hit and pilled a

pedestrian in union city on alvarado at almaden boulevard, a car hit a man at 5:00 this morning and the victim was taken to the hospital but was pronounced dead. the driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators. >> a huge turnout to honor a northern california sheriff deputy killed in the line of duty. >> chilling video of a woman an discussions and what -- of a woman being abducted and what is being offered. we are taking you outside for a live look at san francisco from our cameras on mount sutro with a clear day so far and blue skies. mike will have more on the forecast.

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police officers from all over the country and california are in roseville for the funeral of a fallen sheriff deputy. homicide detective michael davis was one of two killed last month. a 32-year-old is charged in the murder of davis and danny oliver during a crime spree october 24th. hows of men and women in uniform are paying respects. >> new details in the search of a young woman abducted on a philadelphia street.

a $42,000 reward is offered to find carlesha freeland gaither. someone used her a.t.m. card this morning in maryland and the 22-year-old was abducted and the terrifying an deduction was caught on surveillance video. a man grabbed carlesha freeland gaither and dragged her to the car. she kicks and screams and tries to get away. police and f.b.i. are now pouring over the video and it appears to be random. >> several lanes of highway 101 are closed starting this weekend so crews can start work for a long awaited $30 million barrier on the golden gate bridge. workers are trained on a new zipper tuck to move the bay area. each section weighs 1,500 pounds. officials believe it will make head-on collisions on the bridge a thing of the past. 36 people have died in collisions since 1970's. >> in the middle lane it is scary. >> the bridge will close to

traffic for an entire weekend in john to install the full barrier. >> the san francisco giants have offered $15.3 million to world series hitting star sandoval to keep him in giants uniform. >> could you make it on that amount of money? sandoval is unrestricted free agent and can sign with any team and has until monday. he was paid $8.25 million this season and reportedly rejected a three year $40 million contract extension offer in march but is expected to reject this offer as well and he what he can get on the open market. the red sox and yankees are expected to pursue sandoval but he hopes to stay in california. the giants can match any offer under the new draft and compensation system, or they can try to match the offer but yankees and red sox have big check becomes. >> do they have the fans we

have, the love and adoreation? >> they have big checkbooks. >> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> this weather is impeccable. i see a cruise ship to the right. we do have warm temperatures coming at us in the afternoon with chilly nights and i will tell you if the above-average temperatures will last through the weekend with a hint of some rain next week. >> a major united states airline is being sued over safety and what the federal government accuses southwest of not doing when it repairs dos of its planes. >> a growing trend among men looking for the fountain of youth.

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management district the next five days are not supposed to have a "spare the air" day and the his is hacking around from the east bay hills camera. a few of the high clouds are in the sky and they are going to be thinner today than yesterday and, sure enough, also look to the right side of the screen, that is the snow across the sierra from the weekend storm. from mount tamalpais to the south you can see the filtered sun and why we will be warmer today than yesterday. low-to-mid 60's but check out half moon bay, how often is this a warm spot, 68 degrees right now. we had a few clouds in the east bay valleys this morning and with the offshore wind that will be less likely and we are looking southbound along 680 into the san ramon valley where temperatures could push 80 by the time we get to foam but today if you vote for warmth and sunny conditions you win today, it clears tonight and milder and highs remain on the warm side of average and you can

see how sunny it and in san jose and, also, our temperatures, san francisco is 69 but the rest of us at three to six degrees above average and that will put us in the mid-to-upper 60's in the coast and san francisco and low-to-mid 70's for the rest of us, our deepest valleys, mid-to-upper 40's and the rest of us it to upper 50's almost as cool as this morning but without the marine layer clouds because of the area of high pressure and the one over the ocean is our blocking high, the one over land is the one that will bring us the on shore flow tomorrow. look what it does to the temperatures, the average high is 68 and we could get to 69 on thursday and 68 on monday but in between we will be in the low-to-mid 70's. this is going the wrong way. usually the novembers get cooler. we have had extremes of 36 and 84 and normally we get 2.5" of rain but the most we have had is 9.23". in rain in our forecast, though,

with temperatures between the mid-60's and 70's and mid-70's to low 80's around the bay and inland and tuesday and wednesday we could have a changes of light rain. otherwise, gorgeous weather. >> still to come --. >> watch how kids react when they have been told that all their halloween candy has been eaten by their

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