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six days left in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime, and we have work to do. >> the homestretch to election day. both former president donald trump and vice president kamala harris are visiting key battleground states, hoping to tip the scales in their favor by capturing the precious few undecided voters. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. both trump and harris are holding dueling rallies in wisconsin and north carolina today. >> the trump campaign is seizing on president biden's comments last night. the president reacted to a racist comment about puerto rico made by a comedian over the weekend. >> mexico president said to me, the only garbage i see floating out there is your supporters. his his his demonization of latinos. unconscionable. and it's un-american. >> president biden tried to clarify that he was referring to the comedian by writing on social media, the demonization of latinos is unconscionable. that's all i meant to say.

harris was asked about biden's comments today. >> well, first of all, i think that the president has explained what he meant. but i've said it earlier. i strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for. >> my supporters are far higher quality than crooked joe or lying kamala. my response to joe and kamala is very simple. you can't lead america if you don't love americans. >> trump is addressing his supporters right now at a rally in green bay, wisconsin. harris will hold a campaign rally tonight in madison. >> former california governor arnold schwarzenegger announced today that he is endorsing kamala harris. the republican posted a lengthy statement on x, saying he doesn't like either major party right now, but feels trump's actions are disqualifying and wrote, quote, i will always be an american before i am a republican. that's why this week i am voting for kamala harris and tim walz. i'm

sharing it with all of you, because i think there are a lot of you who feel like i do. you don't recognize our country and you are right to be furious. >> and with such a close presidential election, the results will likely come down to crucial votes in swing states and swing counties. that's why some bay area volunteers are heading to those places to help turn out the vote. abc seven news reporter monica madden talked to some of them and is here with those details. hi, monica. >> that's right. these seven states are what it's going to come down to on election night. i'm talking about nevada, arizona, wisconsin, michigan, georgia, pennsylvania and north carolina. so whether it's the candidates, surrogates or volunteers, focus on these seven states is going to be absolutely critical in the next six days until the election in order to get out the vote, you got to get out the door. at least that's the philosophy for friends bethany dubowski and tamara osheroff, who typically don't get this involved in politics.

>> i have never done it before. >> it is the best way to reduce your anxiety is to get involved and do something. >> they say something is different this year. >> it really was a situation of not wanting to sit in my home and watch it on tv, but actually be on the ground when things are happening and i have family in nevada, my mother was very active in politics in the democrats up in nevada, and she passed away in 2020. and i feel like i'm carrying on her work. >> the two are headed to nevada to canvass for democrats, hoping to turn out undecided voters. >> it's the margin of error. now. we're in the margin of effort, so we don't want to give up on any opportunity to turn things around. >> they'll also be volunteering as poll watchers, a position that's increasingly under the microscope in recent elections. >> it's just presence to make sure that voters, especially on election day, that voters are allowed to vote, that they're not being asked to present id when they don't need to, with certainly the questions and allegations of fraud in the last

couple of election cycles, we're seeing more people show up to observe. >> experts say it's becoming more common for out of staters to poll watch elsewhere. >> it used to be pretty rare that, you know, someone would volunteer to go to another state, but we're seeing an increase in this in in this election cycle for sure. you know, there are a lot of california democrats who are really fired up about this election. well, you know, it's not going to help that much to knock on doors in california. >> but as far as impact goes, grassroots organization is everything. >> it's that social connection that i think, you know, is more motivating to people than seeing another ad and we spoke to bay area republicans, too, about what their ground game is looking like in the final days. >> they're less focused on the presidential race and more focused on local races and competitive congressional seats. in california that the gop is hoping to pick up. >> dan ama all right. monica, thanks, monica. matt reporting. a city council candidate in the south bay says he's been

targeted again by anti-asian messages on his campaign signs. bill quan is running for milpitas city council. we told you last week that his campaign posters were spray painted with racist graffiti. he replaced the banners this week, but found out today they had also been vandalized with the same message. milpitas mayoral candidate han lien's banner was also hit with graffiti, quan tells abc seven news that he's meeting with the milpitas police department to discuss it and stay with abc7 news for election coverage. we have a voter guide with information about the propositions and the candidates you're voting on. just go to abc7 news.com and look under the election section, or use the qr code right there on your screen. >> happening tomorrow, congress members nancy pelosi and mark desaulnier will be in contra costa county to discuss a $166 million grant aimed at easing congestion on 680. the federal funding will help implement first of its kind technology to tackle the commute. abc seven

news reporter anser hassan has more on how bad is the traffic on 680? >> well, 680 is actually one of the one of the top five congested corridors in the bay area. >> tim hill is executive director of the contra costa transportation authority. he says commutes are back to pre-pandemic levels. the 680 corridor is congested and constrained, and they can't build their way out of the problem. so they're turning to tech, leveraging the ramp metering technology that we're planning on using, which is state of the art first of its kind in california. it will use real time traffic data to instantly change ramp metering timing so it can adjust to traffic conditions along six 8-80 and to coordinate all ramps together. >> we actually will know the exact traffic or occupancy in each lane. and so by really knowing exactly where those gaps exist in the highway, we can actually strategically let people get into the corridor. >> they'll also study travel behavior to better understand when or why commuters would consider alternative forms of transportation, if at all. one

idea is to allow busses to drive on outside emergency lanes during commute hours to bypass traffic, and hopefully with that, people will want to take transit because it's going faster than the car. this project was newly awarded $166 million from the national infrastructure project assistance grant program, known as mega. mega falls under president biden's infrastructure investment and jobs act, which is the largest allocation out of the mega program for california. us congressman mark desaulnier, who represents parts of contra costa county, spoke to u.s. transportation secretary pete buttigieg to help secure the funding. >> we're using smart technology. we're connecting to all the street lights all through the corridor, so the system management can be smarter about moving people through the corridor and reducing our pollution and our carbon impacts. >> hill says the design phase will take two years. construction will begin thereafter, creating upwards of 10,000 jobs. the entire project is expected to be completed in 2028. in contra costa county, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> oakland unified parents could

soon find out more about possible school closings in that district. the san francisco chronicle reports superintendent kyla johnson trammell is expected to present a comprehensive plan to the board on november 13th. a couple of weeks from now, a plan that includes recommendations to address the $79 million budget deficit. one way to do that could be to shutter or maybe merge schools. a vote on school closings could come as soon as december or as late as the spring. >> a hotel worker protests could disrupt traffic in downtown san francisco this evening. right now, hundreds of striking hotel workers are marching, as you see, from union square to powell and geary streets. they tell us that's where they plan to block the intersection and expect to get arrested. about 2000 hotel workers in san francisco are currently on strike. they're demanding higher wages, fair staffing and workloads. so far, the strike has hit five major san francisco hotels, including marriott, union square, grand, hyatt, hilton, westin, saint

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for clemency from governor gavin newsom. that request was submitted today. today, gascon sent letters of support to the governor. this is on top of gascon gascon request last week that the brothers be resentenced. since resentencing could take months, clemency would likely be the quickest path for the brothers to be released. they're serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 1989 murder of their parents. >> families around the world will celebrate dia de los muertos this week. while some families in the south bay are coping with loss, they're also celebrating new life. abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes explains why and what those families are calling on. everyone to do. >> this was joe. cheers. he was a sacramento police officer, but first a beloved son. he died of a brain aneurysm on the job

while making an arrest. jess said that before joe graduated from the academy, he told him that he wanted to be an organ donor, a decision jess initially disagreed with. but when joe passed and doctors asked jess if his organs could be donated, he knew he had to think that over. >> god gave me an answer right then and there, and the answer was, if i honored my son, i'd be honoring him. >> joe saved four lives that day. >> five years later, i got to meet the person that has my son's heart, and i got to put my head against his chest. >> joe was one of many organ donors being honored on this ofrenda at all three santa clara county run hospitals. the goal is to honor the past donors and raise awareness for organ donations, especially in the latino community. >> in california alone, there's over 20,000 individuals waiting for an organ. latinos make half of that in the california waitlist. >> eileen delgado spoke with donor network. west says many in the latino community are hesitant to register as donors

because of common myths. >> when the medics come to take care of you, they're not going to take care of you because you're a donor. and why waste resources taking care of you, right? >> something they say is far from the truth. >> we need the organs to be in really good shape, so they're going to take care of you anyway, because that's what they have to do. and paramedics are not looking at their driver's license for that donation dot. they're looking at it to identify who you are and get you to a hospital and call your next of kin. >> someone has a beating heart today because of someone like joe, who registered to be an organ donor year before. >> i was literally playing to praying to god to like, at least give me a couple of years so that i can see my son go to college. and yesterday we applied for his admission, his request now is for more people to consider registering as organ donors. i think that's the ultimate thing you can do. >> for more on registering, head to donor network west.org in san jose, zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> coming up, leaning into the

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with a halloween display, unlike many others. owner dan balsam says while he puts up elaborate decorations every year, this year he wanted to specifically focus on the election, so he created his so-called project 2025 halloween carnival. balsam's interpretation of an anti-trump carnival. >> we have pinned the crime on hunter biden, which is not exactly a carnival game, but it's what mags like to do. we have the maga fun happy wheel. >> the display has gotten a lot of attention and has drawn people from all over the bay area. elena durante says she lives in the area, but has brought friends over just to see the house. >> it is a time of very, very high anxiety. so yeah, i think this is this is a nice a nice thing to see. and it also might even educate some people about some things. >> balsam's house isn't the only politically inspired halloween home in the bay area. in san francisco, wade geoffrion and his husband incorporated several political figures in their graveyard themed holiday

decorations. >> i started adding a few people that got on our nerves and annoyed us over the years, and trump is one of them, so we've been burying him for about five six years now. >> while the bay area has a notorious liberal lean, we wondered how some local republicans were reacting to the home's john dennis is the chairman of the san francisco republican party. he says he thinks most republicans would find the decorations funny, but he does wonder how local democrats would react if someone created a kamala harris themed display. >> in a way, i think it actually helps. i think it's i think it's good natured uh. it's sort of fun. and, you know, we need to have a sense of humor about these kinds of things. it's discourse has gotten a little too harsh. >> back in alameda, balsam tells us he thinks most people see the entertainment value in his display, something he plans on keeping up for election day. balsam says all jokes aside, he hopes his display reminds people of an important message. that message, of course, being to get

out and vote. in alameda, tim johns abc seven news. >> creative? definitely. all right. let's talk about the weather forecast for halloween and trick or treating. >> yes, hopefully the kiddos won't need any umbrellas tomorrow. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the details. sandhya. yeah. ama and dan. the costumes are not going to get wet tomorrow, that's for sure. let's take a look at some live pictures right now from our tower camera. just beautiful views. there is a mix of clouds and sun out there. here's a look at the halloween forecast. 7:00 in the morning a chance of an isolated shower 4050 noontime. you're looking at 50s and 60s and a cauldron of clouds at 4 p.m. all treats, no tricks at 8:00. so let's go hour by hour. i want to show you those temperatures 7:00 in the morning. as you're getting your kids ready for school, perhaps 40s and 50s, by 9:00, when those parades get underway, it's going to be cool. so you might want to bundle them up a little bit underneath those costumes. noon time, comfortable weather, 5060s. and as we head towards

sunset, which is shortly after 6 p.m, depending on where you are, temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s for those late night partiers. 11 p.m. it's going to get cool 40s and 50s, some cloud cover around speaking of cool, we do have a cold front headed our direction. it is up to the north right now where they are seeing a mix precipitation around northern california. that front is going to come in. it's going to be a fast mover. right now we don't have rain on our radar. it's still well to the north. just some cloud cover that will change come later on tonight. temperatures right now. seconds and 60s. live view from tam cam and you can see some sun out there late tonight into tomorrow. showers arrive and spread. halloween is no tricks. all treats and friday night into saturday morning we do have our next round of rain coming in. so on our storm impact scale, this is a light level one late tonight through early tomorrow morning, you'll see those scattered showers with slippery roads, light accumulations and it will be breezy, especially over the hills and along the coastline. 7:00 tonight that rain is moving into mendocino

county as we head towards midnight, crossing the north bay and starting to push into the east bay. parts of san francisco. 3:00 in the morning, we're going to see those scattered showers in southern and eastern part of our viewing area. and this continues into about 430 isolated pop up shower around 8 a.m. and that's about it because it's a fast mover, the rest of the day will be just fine. so we look at your rainfall estimates anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch to about 11 hundredths in half moon bay. there will be some areas that pick up a little bit more. the greater lake tahoe area going under a winter weather advisory at 11 p.m. tonight until 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. gusts up to 90 over the crest. up to four inches of snow above 7000. with those slippery roads. morning temperatures primarily in the 40s and 50s 30s around lakeport. isolated showers, as i mentioned to our north and for the afternoon hours, 50s and 60s across the region, there will be plenty of sun around mixing in with some clouds. accuweather seven day forecast. morning drops. beautiful halloween. it's a level one for early tomorrow

morning, but no problems with trick or treating. late night chance friday level one for saturday morning. we do have more wet weather coming in and then sunday. don't forget fall back one hour. bright and windy. taking us through election day. it is going to be warmer. dan and ama. >> all right, sandhya, thank you so much. we have now some really sad news to pass along to you today from our abc seven news family. one of our beloved coworkers and longtime employees, emily montgomery, passed away suddenly yesterday. >> yes, just a total surprise to say she was a longtime employee is an understatement. she began her career here back in 1983. she worked in news archiving as well as our teleprompter operator, and recently trained to be a director. >> emily was a bay area native and her knowledge helped improve our newscast. she was great. she was a friend to all of us, and she will absolutely be missed. >> we adored this woman. our thoughts are with her friends and family.

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set to reopen november 30th. brad johnson, the owner of east bay booksellers, tells abc seven news he's ordering books now to fill a temporary location on college avenue. he'll be there at least six months while looking for a larger, more permanent location. since the fire, the bookstore has been holding pop up events and selling books online. >> former san francisco 40 niners quarterback colin kaepernick says his experience being shunned by the nfl after his silent sideline protest in

2016 inspired his new business venture. kaepernick spoke at the techcrunch dispute conference today in san francisco. disrupt conference. i'm sorry. in san francisco, he's promoting his ai driven storytelling platform, lumi, which is meant to help others tell their stories. >> when we look at storytelling on lumi, where we're really where we're focused is how do we enable stories? and that may come from ai assistance. it may come directly from users. >> kaepernick says he was inspired by his experience taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality, saying he lost control of his own narrative at that time. >> all right. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> we appreciate your time. the stream is coming up next and we'll see you again at six.

>> david: tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the tornado watch just as we come on. also breaking, the sprin