the world's most gold medal awarded tequila. different this year, with many opting for outdoor dining. while, others, a little bit earlier than usual. the goal is to stay away from large crowds. >> think halloween's dead? think again. we'll take you inside this outdoor haunted house in walnut creek. >> and i am tracking a chilly night tonight but tomorrow going to feel a bit like summer. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. >> closing in on election day, and more than 90 million americans have already cast

their ballots. the two men who want your vote for president are pulling out all the stops in the final days of the presidential campaign. good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. i am dion lim. we begin, now, with your voice your vote and election exuberance is flooding election offices with early, mail-in ballots. out of 21 million registered voters in california, more than 10 million have now returned their vote-by-mail ballots. in the bay area, more than 700,000 returned in alameda county. more than 540,000 in santa clara county. and more than 282,000 in san francisco county. abc 7 news reporter, cornell barnard, has a look at -- some call home. >> said it's time to vote. and i said oh my goodness, let's go. >> reporter: rosa vaughn made a trip to the oakland arena, saturday, to vote. the home former home of the war has been transformed into a

voting center, one of a hundred locations in alameda county. >> if we have the voice, we need to spoke. >> reporter: tim dupuis says you can still vote here if you don't feel comfortable going inside. >> they have curbside voting where we can bring their ballot out to them, and they can vote in their car, in this parking lot. or they can drive through, if they have their ballot, already, that we mailed to them. >> reporter: josie just voted in her halloween costume. >> i lost my ballot. i literal wi . >> reporter: 20-year-old katani franklin is voting for the first time. >> it's my civic duty. you know, excited to be able to participate the first time. >> reporter: early voting happening, a record number of people have already voted.

>> we are at 520,000 votes, as of this morning, received so far which is 54% of our registered voters. >> here, in marin county, 20 locations now open for in-person, early voting. 60% of the county has already voted by mail. volunteers are helping out at this voting center at the novato library. >> the most important time i voted and i have voted every election since i was available. >> making sure their voice and vote is heard. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> in san francisco, a ballot dropoff location opened outside the chase center at the city's thrive area. >> we are trying to make it as easy as possible to exercise your vote. and it's important for -- for everybody to have -- have that right and to -- and to -- and to have easy access.

>> the drop-off location will be open through election day. and arena of the santa cruz warriors are also being used as polling sites and drop handcu-o locations. to the south bay, abc 7 stopped by one at levi stadium in santa clara. that stadium chosen a way to make it exciting and easy for fans to come out and vote. vote centers will be open 9:00 to 5:00 on election day and hours will expand from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with just three days to go until election day, both candidates are in the final stretch of trying to win support. president trump and joe biden are barnstorming across battleground states in this final weekend of campaigning. abc news reporter, carina mitchell, has a look at their message and the states they are focusing on. >> reporter: on this final weekend before the election, both campaigns are making their cse to voters across key battleground states. joe biden reaching out to voters

in michigan. a state president trump won by just 11,000 votes in 2016. >> three days to put the end to a presidency that has divided this nation. three days. we can put the end to a presidency that has failed to protect this nation. >> reporter: joined by former president obama, together, for the first time on the campaign trail. >> this tuesday, everything is on the line. the good news is, on tuesday, you can choose change. >> reporter: biden's running mate, senator kamala harris, working to get out the vote in florida. >> i believe that folks are turning out because, again, they know what's at stake. they want to know that they have a president who understands the commonality between all of us. >> reporter: president trump holding four rallies, saturday, in pennsylvania. >> if joe biden is elected, he will cancel our -- and you know that he's going to terminate, frankly, better word, terminate your energy industry. they want to go to wind. you know, they don't even want wind.

honestly, i don't think they want energy, period. >> reporter: the first lady, also, visiting pennsylvania and wisconsin. >> joe biden say it will be a dark winter. his solution is to move backwards, to shut things down, to scare the people of our country. that is not leadership. >> reporter: more than 90 million americans have already cast their ballots. a record for early voting. voters waiting in long lines in oklahoma, new york, florida, and in georgia. >> if you want to make change, the best change that you can do for our count ry is to vote. >> in texas, 9 million people already cast their ballots, surpassing the state's entire voter turnout in 2016. some officials urging to drop off ballots in person. >> we'd like to know how voting is going for you. you can share your experience voting by mail, dropping off your ballot, or voting in person through a form we have posted.

it's at abc 7 news dot com slash election. we are also interested in knowing if you have any concerns about the process, this year. now, a focus on your health. one of the five issues in our ongoing mission to help build a better bay area. covid-19 cases are on an upswing in california and more than 40 other states across the country. the u.s. has set a new, global record for the number of cases reported in a single day. more than 99,000 cases were reported friday, surpassing previous record set by india in september. california reported more than 5,000 new cases, yesterday. that is well above the state's daily average of nearly 4,200. experts say this is the only -- the start of this new wave of infections. well, this halloween, due to the pandemic, people were urged not to gather at party hot spots in san francisco like the castro and union street. abc 7 news reporter, luz pena, has a looked at the scaled-down

ways people got into the spooky spirit. >> reporter: if we could scare off covid, this mask would do the trick. but reality is different. not even on halloween we can let our guard down. mike and wendy opted for this. >> a party of two since we can't really have a big party. >> reporter: i briefly turned their party of two into a party of three. they shared their covid-recovery story, influencing this small, halloween celebration. >> to avoid, you know, contact and spreading, superspreader events, i think everyone should be conscious of that. >> reporter: this group of friends turned a halloween party into a zoom costume party. >> basically, all the holiday celebrations, at once. and i am also a christmas ornament. >> reporter: in a sea of humans, i spotted two fins. they were headed home. >> walk around in this costume. and then, we're going to go home and watch a horror movie. >> reporter: these two four-legged mates.

>> no party or resaurants or bars like we usually do. so just heading to the dog park. >> according to the marina neighbors emergence. >> try not to have big parties at your bars and restaurants, you know? try to be responsible. and it looks like we're doing it. >> san francisco police officers have been urging residents to not oly celebrate responsible by wearing a mask but also by announcing dui patrol from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. now, to the kids. while trick or treating mostly was cancelled, abc 7 news reporter matt boone met a family in walnut creek, determined to safely share the halloween spirit. >> there's a witch projecting there. >> reporter: raquel and her husband robert had been looking forward to this halloween for several years. >> originally, there was going to be a big to-do this weekend

because of saturday, the full moon. of course, covid kind of put the kibosh on that. railro >> reporter: but they still figured they could do something safe but spooky in their backyard. >> not a lot of decorations going on and not a lot of trick or treating so just kind of a fun thing for them to walk through and see. >> i'm not really scared easily. i mean, i can be, if anything pops up. >> reporter: the virus, scary enough. >> i like it when it's not covid-19, more. you go trick or treating and you get a bunch of candy. >> though, she had a secret to share about the candy. >> i have a stash. >> reporter: but the real fun didn't start until the sun went down and the moon same came out. over in san francisco, trick-or-treating looked like this. dropping candy with tongs or other creative ways for a no-touch transfer. >> trick or treat. >> reporter: in berkeley, gone this year are big street parties with elaborate decorations and

candy for hundreds of kids. instead, costumed families enjoyed a quiet stroll down fourth street. >> i think it's at least important to celebrate the holiday but by still being safe and wearing a mask. >> kathleen and valerie rodriguez came with their family, making the most of halloween 2020. >> it's a good time to spend with your family. >> reporter: matt boone, abc 7 news. >> good to see all that fun, still, happening. now, we do have a tool at our website. that is abc 7 news dot com to help you safely navigate the holidays during the pandemic. take a quiz and learn the risk level for different activities. remembering an original. >> bond. james bond. >> coming up. a look back at the work and the impact of the first james bond, sean connery. and we have some of the best views of tonight's blue moon. but it doesn't really live up to its name. the science behind this rare sight. and i'm meteorologist, drew

tuma. under those clear skies, we already have cities into the 40s. so we're on our way to a cold night, but a warm start to november,

around the world for the late actor, sean connery. >> mister? >> bond. james bond. >> of all the roles the actor played, over his five-decade career, he is best known for being the first face of ian fleming's james bond. connery played the role in seven films. he was born to a working-class family in edinburgh, dropping out of school at the age of 13. he discovered his calling after

a stint in a musical. >> i was in south pacific at the theater in london. yeah. that was like in the chorus. and i never seriously considered being an actor. it was two hours of an evening and i had a terrific time. >> connery was knighted by queen elizabeth. he died at his home in the bahamas. sean connery was 90 years old. no stranger to san francisco, in fact, he was a fan of the city. he spent a lot of time here, in 19 1996, while filming the action thriller, "the rock." connery played the role of a former prison escapee, who helps the if i know defeat a nerve-gas attack. a peninsula bowling alley through a big, outdoor party for locals who helped save the business from closure. the bel mateo bowling

raised $60,000 to cover vital expenses during its closure. it is open today with a capacity limited to 25%. and as a gesture to thank the community for their generosity, the bowling alley held an outdoor, socially distance party today. the blue moon is just in time for halloween. the phenomenon happens whenever there are two full moons in a month. talk about spectacular. this is the first blue moon on halloween, since 1944. and here is another vantage point. this is looking over our bay-bridge tower cam from earlier tonight. in case you are wondering, the term blue moon, that actually has nothing to do with the color. the moon can sometimes appear blue because of dust, particles

in the earth's atmosphere. this is the first blue moon on halloween since 1944. plenty of people got their own photos and video. you can see people here in alamo square. in the distance, you can see the top of city hall right there, lit up orange for halloween. and, of course, all eyes were on the forecast. and nothing too much to write home about, drew. a nice evening out. >> yeah. really was a treat on this halloween, dion. we had clear skies, early on, temperatures were comfortable in the 60s and 70s. but the flip side. at night, those clear skies and night winds really cool off pretty rapidly. so we a live look at the san francisco sky line. not a cloud to be seen. and temperatures are falling as we speak. already down to 45 in the half moon bay. so it is chilly. but 57 in oakland and san francisco. 58 in san jose.

we are down to 52 in santa rosa. so, overnight, tonight, there will be very limited fog right up along the immediate coastline. but that's about it. for a majority of the bay area, we are going to deal with the clear skies throughout the entire night. you can see, though, it does get chilly in our sheltered valleys like the north bay. santa rosa dropping to 39 tonight. cool on the coast. half moon bay will continue to fall to about 42 overnight, tonight. along the bay shoreline, most spots will drop into the mid and upper 40s, first thing tomorrow morning. don't forget to set your clock back one hour before you go to bed, tonight. daylight saving time does come to an end tomorrow morning at 2:00 a.m., as standard time begins. it's also a good idea to change the batteries in your smoke detectors, this time of the year. so with the time change, that means, tomorrow morning, the sun's up here a little bit earlier. 6:35 in the morning. but our sun set is earlier, as well. that's sun going down, now, at

5:10 in the evening sky, tomorrow. so prepare yourself for that. nonetheless, once that sun gets up here, it's going to warm us pretty quickly. future tracker showing by 10:00, it's a really mild morning. 60s, if not 70s, already on the map. and into the afternoon, despite the calendar saying november 1st, it's going to be warm out there. we do expect widespread 70s and 80s so tomorrow is warmer than we were today. 75 in the city. it's going to feel warm in san francisco. 80 in oakland. very nice for the first of november. 84 in concord. 82 in antioch. there is that beautiful, blue moon. air-quality forecast. you probably noticed in the sky the past couple days some haze in the atmosphere. we will keep that with us sunday and monday, moderate air quality. when we have calm winds and warm temperatures, we will keep that moderate air quality.

it's election warmth, even through election day on tuesday. and then, dion, by friday, into saturday, there is a chance of some rain returning to the forecast. we are going to fine tune it but it looks like we will have a storm system

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sports on abc 7 is sponsored by your local toyota dealers. the 49ers return to seattle for the first time since their nfc west clinching win in the 2019 regular season finale. running back tevin coleman and quarterback k'waun williams. they have a been activated from the ir. richie james out. they will play three nfc-contending teams in a row. they play at seattle. host green bay on thursday. >> two games in six days and i believe we have one game in 24 days. so you are going to go one extreme to the other. and both can, sometimes, be a negative. but both can, sometimes, be a positive just depends how you

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. today, of course, is halloween. we are just weeks away from thanksgiving. and before you know it, the december holidays will be here. but this year, because of the pandemic, there is a new way to holiday. and finding that is part of building a better bay area. once again, good evening, and thank you for staying with us. i'm dion lim. all week, abc 7 examined our new way to holiday. how the holidays intersect with the key pillars of building a better bay area. two of those are education and health. thousands of bay-area college students will return home, next month, for thanksgiving break. potentially, carrying with them, covid-19. as abc 7 news i-team reporter melanie woodrow found, only a small percentage of colleges and universities are conducting mandatory coronavirus testing. >> reporter: university of michigan freshman, abby young,

traveled more than 2,000 miles across the country from walnut creek to begin her college career, which looks nothing like she imagined. >> it's going well. it's definitely different being on zoom, and i am spending a lot more time in the dorm than i probably normally would be. >> reporter: she's not alone. thousands of bay-area residents left to college despite the pandemic and most will return next month for thanksgiving break. >> what you don't want to see is students moving across the country either bringing covid-19 with them to campus or leaving campus with it. >> director of the college crisis initiative at davidson college in north carolina. along with a student-run research lab, created a covid-19 testing data focuses on four-year institutions. out of 1,044 four-year colleges and universities examined, only 7% are testing the entire student population at least

weekly for covid-19. 30% have no clear testing plan, as of several weeks ago when the research lab collected the data. >> we are sort of terribly concerned, i think, is the best way to say it. >> reporter: terribly concerned because he says a substantial portion of college-aged individuals who contract covid-19 are asymptomatic. >> so it's extraordinarily important to test everybody and do so as much as possible so you can catch those people before they start to spread the disease. >> there is no universal testing at university of michigan. >> i got tested at home, before coming out to campus. and i have not been tested since. >> reporter: a university of michigan spokesperson writes, while testing is not mandatory, it is wide hi available. quote, we have kprcapacity for to 6,000 tests a week. the university will roll out additional testing for students before they leave for

thanksgiving break. it will be mandatory for students living on campus. grace corrigan, also from walnut creek, is a freshman at uc santa barbara living in an off-cam pause apartment. >> there isn't flea kiany kind mandatory testing. everyone's encouraged to get tested if they experience any symptoms. >> reporter: the campus has mandatory testing for approximately 2,000 students. quote, while we cannot mandate testing for students who are not living in campus housing, we have been working closely with the santa barbara public health department. health and human services, mark galley. galley says students traveling home who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic could affect somebody else. >> offset by an extraordinary understanding that institutions just don't have the resources to

test everybody, every week, once a week. >> reporter: san francisco native, jack isaac, a junior at emerson college, a small, liberal arts school in boston that is conducting mandatory, weekly testing. >> came in thinking it's going to be a hassle. and then, at the end of the day, you kind of feel better knowing you tested negative every week. you get a negative result at the end of every week. >> reporter: spokesperson writes, quote, by following these and other safety measures which have resulted in a low infection incidence rate throughout the semester, emerson has continued its learning plan without interruption. mandatory or not, the students we spoke with said they all plan to get a covid-19 test before returning home. now, many students and families will likely choose to travel this holiday season. this is a live look at san francisco national airport right now. drew tuma joins us with a little trip of sorts he took at the

airport across the bay. drew. >> yeah, dion, we wanted to see if you could get to your gate without touching a thing that you did not bring from home. turns out, it's not so easy. some folks may opt to fly during this holiday season. now, passenger loads are not expected to be anywhere near years past. but if you choose to fly, we are at oakland international airport to show you the experience you can have, to keep you safe during the pandemic. if you opt not to take a ride share, your first point of contact will likely be the parking lot. the good news, it's a contactless experience, from entering to exiting. a ticket will automatically come out as you enter the parking lot and as you are ready to leave, you just use your credit or debit card, without touching a single thing. if you decide to take bart, as soon as you exit the station, there is hand sanitizer waiting for you. your next stop, heading into the terminal. our next area is ticketing and, thankfully, it's 2020. so, a lot of us check in on our

phones and grab our boarding passes. however, if you do have a bag to check, a lot of airlines have kiosks where you can print your own baggage tag, put it on your own luggage, and drop it right off. and, of course, there's hand sanitizer. so, your next stop is going to be security. unfortunately, the oakland airport spokesperson won't let us tape it. you've got two options. you're either in general boarding, where you have to go through that maze. take off your shoes. and touch a bin to put your electronics inside of to go through the x-ray machine. or you have beautiful, tsa pre-check, where you don't have to take off anything and you walk on through. either way, on the other side, there's hand sanitizer. now, when it comes to finding water, if you have brought your own water bottle, you will likely find these touchless water bottle filling stations. okay. so you are in the terminal and you are thinking, i want

something to eat or drink. well, in covid times, not everything's going to be open. some things will be. however, good idea. check your airport's website, see what is open and when it is open. whatever you grab to eat or drink, there's hand sanitizer. so, you've made it to your gate. and you sit down. there's measures in place, that no one sits next to you, and you have a safe distance from your neighbor while you wait for your flight to board. and when it's time to board the plane, the process is contactless. take your paper boarding ticket or your phone. scan it. and, of course, there's hand sanitizer. so if you decide to travel this year, there are many ways to keep you safe as you go from your home to your destination. >> i am thoroughly entertained. i think the one, big takeaway was that, if you forget your hand sanitizer, there will be plenty of it. >> right. yeah. airline officials wanted you to know, if you do have to touch things that you did not bring

from home, you are never too far away from hand sanitizer so you can clean your hands, once again. but dion, i will tell you. you have seen this before. there is a full spectrum of what people are comfortable with. we saw people in their mask just doing their business, going on their plane. but we also saw people fully in a hazmat costume making their way to a gate. so however you feel comfortable, i think there is a solution for you if you must travel this holiday season. >> everybody has their own comfort zone. drew, many thanks to you. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00. more of our building a better bay area holiday week. when it comes to one popular christmas gift, even

official ballot drop box near need to fiyou?he closest just visit vote.ca.gov to find your nearest location. then drop off your ballot. your vote will be secure and counted. there are other ways to vote too. just return your vote-by-mail ballot at your voting location or mail it back. or you can vote safely in-person during early voting or on election day. vote the way you're most comfortable - but vote by 8pm on november 3rd.

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as the holidays near, some parents may experience parent guilt when they see other families going to events but they also want to stay safe from covid. >> so and so went to the irvine

park pumpkin patch. like, should i be going to take my kids to take pictures? going to a kid's birthday party. do we even do that? do you even go to that? >> yeah. i get it. experts say it is okay to say no but tell your kids why. >> you can't communicate unless you genuinely empathize with them and validate their feelings. they're very smart. they'll understand what you are saying, as long as you're able to -- to validate their emotions. >> they also suggest finding creative solutions. maybe, for thanksgiving, do a recipe swap and cook together on zoom. or for the december holidays, send presents for the holiday ahead and open them virtually. the rush for essential products like hand sanitizer has eased but there is one thing that's increasingly hard to find, these days. puppies. 7 on your side's michael finney explains what's behind the shortage and how it could impact your gift-giving. >> he's been good, so far.

he goes through these weird phases. >> reporter: jonathan shows us his new puppy, the nushewark resident just picked up the puppy less than two weeks ago. >> he is kind of a calming, you know, influence. >> reporter: jonathan, four figures to be put on a waiting list 13 months ago. since then, he says the price has doubled and the wait for a puppy for a breeder has increased to two years. >> we were expecting a handful of months, at best. maybe, six. we had no idea it would be this long. >> reporter: the demand for puppies since the pandemic has surged. it's not just breeders but shelters, which can't supply enough puppies to keep up with the demand since the pandemic. >> i think that we've had, maybe, 15 puppies since the beginning here that have come through our shelter. >> reporter: buffy martin of the

peninsula humane society says it's that way, all around the bay area. it's the same at the family dog project in san francisco. >> puppies probably don't stay in the shelter for more than a couple days. >> reporter: sadly, they've found many pets roaming the streets. >> they are still abandoning them but i would say it was probably pretty critical when people started losing their jobs. >> you have to potty train. you're going to have to teach them how to walk on a leash. you're going to have to teach them not to be mouthy. >> anyone who wants a puppy for christmas may have to wait. >> they're getting adopted so quickly, they're probably not going to be there. >> some say there is an easy solution to this. adopt an adult dog or a kitten.

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the day of the dead. big events are held every year in oakland, san francisco, and san jose. abc 7 news anchor tells us how the pandemic is affecting these celebrations in the latino community. >> and the love of my life who is gone now. >> reporter: phyllis has been making day of the dead altars for 30 years. >> it's a celebration of life and we all need to think about how we're going to be remembered. >> reporter: it's a tradition that dates back centuries in mexico and central america. the altars remember those who died. families placed their loved one's favorite food or drinks on the altar, along with bright, orange marigolds, to attract

their souls back from the afterlife, for one day, november 2nd. the altars are put in homes but public-altar displays are gaining in popularity. the san jose multicultural artist guild organizes a public display, every year, at san jose's main library. bt the pandemic forced a change, this year. carasco and other artists have, instead, set up in other, more private settings. one section honors martinez. >> her nickname was pumpkin. she was one of the first women that died of covid. there will probably be a lot of altars this year because of covid. it's a sign of our times right now. >> reporter: another sign is the cancellation of day of the dead festivals in oakland and jose. they are shifted online. san francisco's annual nighttime procession has also been cancelled. the public altar display that followed has been modified. >> pre-covid, we would set up at

the park. last year, we had 126 community altars, and five altars representing the elements. this year, we brought the five community of altars indoors so we can honor our ancestors. >> reporter: inside the mission cultural center and recorded a special ceremony that will be streamed on november 2nd. >> every altar, this year, is dedicated to the people that have died from covid. or violence. the air altar is dedicated to children, and there's a thousand cranes. representing a thousand children that have died from covid. >> reporter: georgina set up an altar honoring farm workers. >> because of all they do, all the people who are working and are coming down with covid and, even worse, dying from it. >> in san jose,

months what to do with the annual day of the dead play. >> we learn about the power of community that is not about one individual. it's about what everybody does, for the benefit of everyone. >> reporter: to exemplify that message of community, the actors wore masks and face shields during the recording. but the essence of the play wasn't changed because of covid-19. garcia says it didn't have to. the message of day of the dead is already about honoring those who have died by celebrating their lives. >> death has been so present, these days. in knowing that those relationships do not end with covid, that gives us a sense of hope that, i feel like, at this moment, it very much needed. >> reggie, abc 7 news. >> if you want to watch all of our stories on the new way to

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