for the november election. if the early numbers are any indicator, voters are eager to have their say. the secretary of state's office sent out this tweet on friday saying more than 2.7 million ballots have been returned. that is well ahead of 2016. early voting continued today outside san francisco city hall and so far the numbers are pretty good. >> we have about a 23% turnout in san francisco which is really good at this point in time. this next week will tell us more on what the turnout will be. >> president trump was in southern california this afternoon for a private fund-raiser. alex tells us the candidates are focusing on battleground states. >> president trump in nevada receiving a blessing in church services in las vegas. >> i go to many churches. i love going to churches. >> reporter: in michigan yesterday the state criticizing

gretchen whitmer to chants, lock her up. >> lock them all up. >> reporter: days after the fbi revealed it had uncovered a flot kidnap her. >> i guess they said she was threatened. right? she was threatened. and she blamed me. >> reporter: governor whitmer responding, the president is at it again and inspiring and incentivizing and inciting this kind of domestic terrorism. it is wrong. it's got to end. >> reporter: the house speaker nancy pelosi urging voters to head to the polls. >> the biggest antidote to his poison is the vote. >> reporter: rnc chair mcdaniels said it is inappropriate to blame the president. >> these were sick individuals. they were attacking the capitol as well. >> reporter: joe biden on the campaign trail in north carolina this afternoon at another drive-in rally. supporters socially distance in their cars. >> folks, as my coach used to say, it's go time.

the choice is as clear as it's ever been and the stakes have never been higher. >> reporter: long lines forming as early voters flock to voting locations. >> never seen lines like. this never seen as many young people. >> reporter: with just 16 days before election people, more than 26 million americans have cast their ballots. abc news, washington. >> california's proposition 15 targeted an east bay country club today. >> $12 million annual tax savings. >> reporter: the group east bay democratic socialists of america staged a protest pretending to be members of the orinda country club. they accused the club of donating to a political action committee against the measure. prop 15 would raise taxes on commercial properties. supporters say it would help fund schools and social services while opponents say it is the largest tax in state history.

the country club has yet to respond to our request for comment. abc news zokt your one stop shop for everything. we have mail-in ballot versus in-person voting information. no arrests have been made after a free speech rally turned violent yesterday in san francisco. a warning now, some may find the following video disturbing. this video was taken as protester punched the rally's organizer, phillip anderson, in the face. he had already been hit at least one other time prior tom video. his mouth was bloodied and he ended up losing his two front teeth. he spoke to dan noyes last night when the rally and his intentions, including a flyer had had prominent right wing figures on it. >> it sure as hillary had nothing 22nd the proud boys. joib biggs, they weren't there. the entire event was literally

just about big taxes. >> reporter: san francisco police say at least six people were hurt including three officers. in developing news now, it's been an anxious 24 hours for a san francisco man who has been frantically searching for his two french bulldog puppies. the pups were stolen from the owner's home yesterday. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard walked the the dog's owner. and i understand, you just heard about a major break in this case. what is it? >> reporter: timing is everything, right? we just learned that both puppies have been recovered safe and sound. one of the puppies was found about two hours ago. the other literally in the last ten minutes. and employees at the 7-eleven right behind me say a man came in yesterday and tried to sell two dogs matching the very same description. >> wow! this is a big city for such a little dog. >> reporter: doug just got

reunited with his 10 week old french bulldog puppy indigo recovered in the mission district. as he dog trainer and breeder said indloig and her sister lila were stolen from the san francisco home saturday. >> i discovered this window was open. >> reporter: the puppies missing from their pen. he said the apparent suspect left behind a shirt and a drug pipe. >> we've been working the police department and i put out about 400 fliers last night. >> reporter: hours later, this man was spotted inside a 7-eleven store on 18th street with two puppies on the counter, matching the same description as lila and indigo. he said the man wanted to sell them. >> he offered to me. i don't have any money. you want them? do you want it? i gonna sell. i want $500 each. >> reporter: then he got a call from a woman who said she bought one of the pums from a man on the street for her daughters.

the man didn't want to be identified but said it was too good to be true. indigo reunited with her owner. >> i thput the word out and started connecting. >> reporter: police detained had man on mission street about his possible connection to the stolen dogs. meantimize happy to have one of his pups back safe and sound. >> reporter: and lila has been found safe and sound as well. just got this picture texted to me. his reunion this week this sweet french bulldog lylea. he said he was contacted by awol in the mission district and was keeping it safe at her home. >> reporter: police have a lot of questions and they are investigating the case. live in san francisco. cornell better nafrltd abc7 news. >> we are all cheering for this story, cornell, in the studio. great work. happy to see both dogs are okay.

san mateo people to use caution after another mountain lion sighting. this cat was seen walking through a backyard. it all after two other sightings, one on freeway at 10:00 p.m., and another saturday morning at 6:45. police officers could not dauktd thorough search of the area but were unable to low date animal. one man is dead following a shooting morning vallejo. police found him at the blue rock apartment complex at about 4:00 a.m. you can see there the heavy police presence. no arrests have been made and the victim has been identified as 28-year-old vallejo resident. a covid-19 compliance team gets on work starting tomorrow at san mateo county. today they said the team will warn people who continually refuse to wear face masks and

retain social distancing. they may have to pay fines and face criminal charges. most pelosi said she and the president's negotiators need an agreement on the new stimulus package by tuesday if they want to pass it before election day. and case growth is holding teddy since yesterday. the total is at more than 867,000. a popular xlis become city's next park. and heavy equipment called in to clean up. and criminals have forced another local walgreens to close. temperatures tumbled today. that's because of a stronger onshore flow

what? never. are you kidding me? for years, the residential burden has gone up. while the corporate burden has gone down. prop 15 reverses that.

it closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. and when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. that's right. a savings of a hundred twenty-one dollars a year for the average home. give homeowners a break. vote yes on 15. i'm jerome gage. i'm a full-time lyft driver. when this pandemic first started, i bought my own ppe because uber and lyft didn't provide it. these companies have been exploiting drivers like me for years.

now prop 22 denies us basic rights like unemployment benefits and sick time. uber and lyft are billion-dollar companies, and they still won't let drivers get access to unemployment benefits. that's just wrong. tell uber and lyft to stop exploiting their drivers. vote no on prop 22. caltrans spent this morning cleaning up a homeless camp in berkeley. the state actually brought in an excavator to clear it. the work forced the closure of the westbound i-80 on-ramp.

the city tells the berkeley site that no tents will be removed. it has grown in site considerably in recent months. the walgreens in san francisco is set to close because of rampant shoplifting in the store. it has been happening for months and the abc news contributor phil mattier says the store shelves are empty or near empty. most of the remaining products are locked behind plastic theft cards. it is the seventh store to close in the last year. you can read it in the chronicle on sundays and wednesdays. an effort is on the way to make san francisco's great highway permanently car-free. the great highway park initiative has gotten more than 2,000 signatures online since its launch in june. would it transform great highway from lincoln way into a park. the city temporarily closed part

of the road to cars in april due to the pandemic. an orphaned mountain lion club is at the zoo. a recovery for captain cal and a sure sign that he is improving. and it has been a steamy weekend in some spots. the weather as you can clearly see with that fog, changes are coming. the meteorologist is coming up next with the forecast. and 31 years ago this weekend, a 6.9 magnitude quake marked the bay area. as we mark the loma prieta anniversary, we're look at how prepared the bay area is for the next big one. join us for "staying safe." and the best of the bay. go head to head in the nfl. who won between tom brady and aaron rodgers. is this the must-see play of the

uber and lyft are like every big guy

i've ever brought down. prop 22 doesn't "help" their drivers-- it denies them benefits. 22 doesn't help women. it actually weakens sexual harassment laws, which are meant to protect them. uber and lyft aren't even required to investigate sexual harassment claims. i agree with the la times: no on 22. uber and lyft want all the power. so, show them the real power is you. vote no on prop 22.

is you. woman 1: get your woman 2: you can stay healthy and fill it out from the safety of home. surfer: or you can fill it out anywhere. man 1: it's easy to mail it back. you don't even need a stamp. man 2: or you can use an official drop box. woman 3: you can even drop it off at the polls. man 3: then, track it to confirm your county got it. see? they got it! woman 4: mail ballots are the simple, safe, and secure way to ensure that your vote is counted. there is some good news to report about captain cal, the mountain lion rescued. check out his new playpen at the oakland zoo.

he looks so comfy. vets say he is improving daily and is enjoying a new wood shavings pan. he was taken to the oakland zoo for treatment after a firefighter found him wandering around with his paws badly burned. the zoo says they are happy to see him out and about after surviving such an ordeal. and it's alive. a popular halloween decoration became frighteningly real. a man in florida turned a giant skeleton decoration into a tremendous wearable puppet. you see him walking around with this giant skeleton taxed to his feet. he says he's been working on it for a month with the help of a welder and his desire to do crazy things. with that, the weather doing some crazy things going from hot, a little cooler and feeling like fall. >> it will feel like fall. especially tomorrow as the cooling trend continues. that's due to the sea breeze and the marine layer.

some clouds off the coast, but check out this pretty shot from the east bay. looking out toward sunset which sets in about ten minutes. we have plenty of sunshine except at the beaches. and the temperatures were cooler. novato, 81, napa, 79.79. livermore, down to 88. and here is the fog that is moving in and causing the temperatures to be much cooler. as you can see, it is marshal oeflt we can still see the top of the towers. in san francisco, it is currently 64 degrees. it is right about 92 degrees. there is a huge range if inland areas in the 90s. we've got the clouds and 67 degrees. we'll see the temperature change, 24 hours ago. much cooler. 12 degrees cooler in san francisco. 13 in san carlos.

notice the inland areas, we didn't get double digit drop. we'll see the temperatures continue to drop as well for inland areas. and it will be not quite on the cooler side. we're still slightly above average but cooler than what we experienced the last few days. overnight lows will drop. you can leave the window open and hopefully you'll sleep better. down to san jose. 56. some low 50s through parts of the north bay with some clouds at the coast as well. so tomorrow, look for temperatures to come down even a little more. we'll see 60s at the beaches. only upper 80s. san jose, 81 degrees. much more comfortable weather, especially for the inland areas. temperatures will cool down but then they start to ramp up mid being. with that we have a fire weather

watch for the north bay mountains. the offshore flow will return late tomorrow night into wednesday morning. so there's a risk of wildfires starting and spreading pretty quickly. for example, we're dropping but still above average. then we ramp up mid-week and then really drop into next weekend. as the system moves to our north for next weekend. i hope you did get to enjoy the beaches. we start to warm up. plenty of sunshine tuesday and wednesday. it will feel more like fall. closer to average. in fact, it will be below average next weekend. we'll get you the highlights at

11:00. let's go to one of the games. two future hall of famers taking on san mateo's tom brady. the packers jumped out to take lead and then it all fell apart. rodgers throws two picks in the first half. dean takes it back 32 yards. rodgers's first two interception game since 2017. brady out of shotgun. finds his old pal, 31 yards. the first touchdown, almost two years. brady threw for two touchdowns. a tough day at the office for number 12 in green bay. just 160 yards. no touchdowns. sacked three times. green bay, unbeaten no more. they win 38-10. the raid letters host tampa bay in vegas. a good time to be a tampa bay fan. tom terrific is your quarterback. >> we just have to keep growing and growing. there's no light at the end of the tunnel. learn from the mistakes and see

if we can win on the road here. >> they stopped the run early. i missed a few throws. those are frustrating plays. getting them 14 points. i don't feel like we're being very efficient. just the fifth guy in nfl history. he goes 94 yards. no one will catch him two 12 yards on the day for number 22. the 10,000 titans fans in attendance were nervous. ryan not tannehill to aj brown. touchdown? or is it? let's look at the replay. it is a touchdown.

to o.t. guess to win it on his own. tennessee is 5-0. despite all those covid tests, they keep plugging along. the niners will be in new england next week. they're taking on a struggling team. that was six field goals. yeah. mcmanus, that is. those were the only points. the wide receiver pass. julian edelman. first down. moved the chains. broncos, 18-12 winners. so many guys with connections. miles sanders breaking free. it looks like he will score a touchdown but watch the defenders. this never give up. and there goes the football. rolls in the end zone and there is stanford man.

whiteside falls on to it. blocking and then alert. the ravens do win. look at marcus mann, the jets, make this catch. you need on pay close attention as the ball goes around his body. we'll show you the replay. you can see where he secures the ball. easily the best play of the year. the jets have made it all year. they're your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. i'm sorry baby... i don't want you to play with that... (singing) twinkle, twinkle little star. how i wonder what you are... how are you doing? schedule a video visit with your doctor. kaiser permanente. thrive.

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239 feet across. the slack line or high shrine a sport that involves balancing on a flat rope about an inch wide. he said the most difficult thing was keeg his concentration while dealing with a queasy feeling. not to mention weather, nerves, watching this makes me nervous, let alone being on it. that's it for us. we'll be back at 11:00.

but i can't say i expected this. because it was easy. to fight these fires, we need funding - plain and simple. for this crisis, and for the next one. prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. so firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. the big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. it's what they do. well, i do what i do. if you'ld like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15.

[ old-time music plays ] ♪ ♪ [ music slows, distorts ] >> there was the great quake of 1906... [ indistinct shouting ] [ rumbling ] >> oh! >> my god. look at that. >> ...loma prieta in 1989... [ objects clattering ] ...the napa quake in 2014... and the next big quake is coming. we don't when or how big. >> we've designed it for, essentially, a repeat of the 1906 earthquake. that's about a magnitude 7.9. >> but we can be ready. >> so the earthquake hits, and it's just business as usual immediately afterwards. >> the pandemic has proved the bay area is resilient... >> you educate yourself as much as you can, you prepare yourself as much as you can.