take a live look outside...... san jose (adlib) good sunday morning. it is now 7:00. let's take a live look outside san jose. some clouds out there, possible rain in the forecast. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm mischelle roberts with anthony slaughter. will we all get rain? >> unfortunately, year not going to see a lot across the south bay but maybe just enough to get the ground wet. the good news is we are tracking showers here as we get into the second day of october. here across the bay area, we may see even a couple rumbles of thunder as we get into the morning hours. you can see from the north bay future cast show that is santa rose, you w rosa, you will see the showers first. then they will push into san francisco. we're not talking about an all-day rain. around lunchtime you see the

showers but by 1:00 we clear out. even the south bay, the start of the 49ers game will see a few light showers but by 3:00 we clear out. the showers will be quick, fast moving, and just produce enough to get the ground wet. overall though, the thing you will notice today, more clouds in the area and cool temperatures. we're talking 60s for most of the bay. wi monday could be another wet day for all of us to get wet and maybe even a little more rain. we'll talk about that and rainfall amounts. >> thank you much. this cooler weather could be great news for thousands of runners in the south bay this morning. the rock and roll half marathon is kicking off soon, which means driving around san jose could be a challenge today. here is a live look in downtown san jose. still quiet right now, just at the corner of santa clara street and almaden avenue where the race begins. several streets downtown and the rose garden neighborhoods are closed this morning. here is a look at the course. it goes through japan town, around downtown, down to almeida

and back. the rock and roll half marathon started back in '98. it takes place in 11 different cities across the country and fans spread out over the 13 miles and play music for the runners as they go by. it will end at cesar chavez plaf pla did. evacuees of the loma fire are allowed to go home and good news, rain is heading to the bay area, but the question is will it be enough to help firefighters contain this wildfire. firefighters are making good progress in the santa cruz mountains. take a look at this video from the area captured from our chopper yesterday. and this morning dozens of families are waking up in their beds for the first time in five days after forced evacuations. we did talk to within couple who live in that area and they describe how intense the past few days have been. >> one of the toughest moments i can actually remember in my life. it was, wow, this may be the start of a new life. i hope it doesn't have to be,

but it may be. >> flames burned 12 homes, 16 outbuildings, and damaged another house. so far the fire has consumed more than 4,400 acres, but firefighters are making steady progress. the fire is now 66% contained. we're continuing to track the progress of the loma fire. find the latest at nbcbayarea.com or download our free app. in the race for the white house today, donald trump is on the defense. the republican presidential nominee has refused to release his tax returns. now, documents obtained by t"ne york times" show trump not have paid federal taxes for nearly 20 years. it comes from his return from '95. it shows trump declared a $916 million loss in '95. "new york times" is reporting the loss was so big trump could legally avoid paying federal income tax for up to 18 years.

trump has not denied this claim, but his campaign did release a statement saying in part, mr. trump has a responsibility to his business, family, and employees to pay no more taxes than legally required. mr. trump knows the tax code far better than anyone who has ever run for president and he is the only one who knows how to fix it, end quote. the clinton campaign is responding calling the release, quote, a bombshell and saying it shows, quote, how a lousy businessman trump is. the sanctuary is in better shape. the pipe organ looks like it's in pretty good shape. that was a great relief to me. >> picking up the pieces and moving forward. a historic church in berkeley is getting a little help from a neighbor after a devastating fire ripped through it on friday. members of the first congressional church have been invited to celebrate sunday service across the street at first presbyterian church this afternoon. on friday flames ripped through

the building. at one point fire crews had to back down because there were concerns it would collapse. yesterday inspectors were able to assess the damage. >> the office building on the south has been red tagged so no entry. the main sanctuary, which is the church part of the church, has been yellow tag so we're allowed limited access to authorized personnel. >> firefighters have not determined what caused the fire. they say it started on the roof in the southwest corner where crews had been working. and in san francisco nine people need a place to stay after a fire broke out inside an apartment building in the mission district. it happened yesterday evening on harrison and 26th streets. the fire damaged several apartment units and a store front on the first floor. the building next door also had smoke and water damage but no one was hurt. a break in a decades' old murder case. richmond police say they've arrested a man for a crime that

happened more than 30 years ago. this is marsha shorter. she disappeared from her home in richmond in 1983. we are young children woke up to find a pool of blood in her bed. months later her body was found in the trunk of her own car in west sacramento. detectives were recently able to identify 54-year-old sherill smothers as a suspect, and he's now been arrested in the crime. now to a developing story out of l.a. where an angry crowd of protesters have gathered at the scene of a deadly police shooting. the lapd says the shooting happened yesterday afternoon at a -- after police chased a man suspected of stealing a car. officers shot and killed the suspect, but it's unclear bhand in the moments before the shooting. and those protests come after days of protests in el cajon after the shooting of a black man by police officers. last night protesters took to the streets near san diego. police video of the shooting released on friday shows alfred

olango taking a shooter stance pointing out what turned out to be an electronic cigarette at an officer. >> i believe this is important and i believe it will initiate, if it hasn't already, initiate some change. >> the father said the death of his son will be a turning point in the fight to change police practices. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, a local cyclist ends up at the bottom of the ravine from a bad fall. plus, an increased chance of a big earthquake in california this weekend. we'll tell you why scientists are keeping a closer eye on the san andreas fault for the next few days. rock and roll half marathon

(adlib let's take a live look outside san jose rock and roll half marathon.

it will begin shortly. should be a nice cool day for all the runners. bracing for a big one. scientists say the odds of an earthquake along the san andreas fault is higher than normal right now. it's because an earthquake swarm that recently started in southern california since monday. the area had nearly 150 earthquakes. the strongest was a 4.3 magnitude. scientists believe activity on one fault can lead to increased stress on another. there's only a 1 in 100 chance of a big earthquake. the warning lasts through tuesday. a daring rescue after a man fell off his bike and down a steep ravine in marin county. it happened yesterday on lucas valley road. the man in his 60s fell because he was biking up the hill too slowly. firefighters say he couldn't brace himself because he was in cycling shoe that is clip into the bike pedals and he tumbled down 35 feet and landed on some rocks. the cause of accident is being

called unusual. >> normally we respond to high speed down the turns. this is the opposite. >> reporter: firefighters used a rope system to pull him up safely. police say he may have a broken bone or two but is expected to be okay. well, not your usual rescue in pittsburgh this weekend. firefighters went to check out some smoke coming out of a storm drain and found a homeless man was trapped inside. you're looking at a picture from the scene which happened yesterday morning on babbling brook lane. first responders were able to pull the man out from the storm drain. he was taken to the hospital, and no word on how long he had been down there. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, a brand new high-tech ride is shut down. why great america halloween scare is quickly going away. and tackled by a baseball star. the activist who ran through the giants' game explains why he did it. and here on this sunday we have more clouds for you than we had yesterday. we've also got a chance of showers. we'll talk about that forecast

plus another chance of rain for tomorrow. that's coming up after this. alto

(adlib) let's take a live look outside. a little bit cloudy this morning on the first weekend of october. this is a look of 101 in palo alto. well, if you're a smoker in the south bay, you need to hear this. starting this weekend, a new law in sunnyvale prohibits smokers from lighting up near the following areas. within 20 feet of apartments and within 25 feet of bus stops. smoking is also now banned in outdoor dining areas and public events like farmer's markets. it includes tobacco products and electronic smoking devices. it's a tackle that went viral and now local animal rights activist who was slammed to the ground is speaking out. giants left fielder angel pagan pa tackled the activist who ran onto the field and tried to hand him a flower. if you look closely, you can see

the man reached out offering him a flower, and the giants star slammed him to the ground. the activist told us he never saw it coming. >> you're a pretty strong guy. you know, i'm a pretty fit fellow myself. i run and work out every day, and he picked me up and tossed me over like a rag doll. >> very bizarre. turns out the two animal rights activists who rushed on the field say they were trying to bring attention to the treatment of animals used to make dodger dogs, the famous hotdogs at dodger stadium. they were part of direct action everywhere based in berkeley. a tihigh-tech ride at great was intended to be scary but some say it's also offensive si. the amusment park is now shutting it down. scott budman has more. >> reporter: it's a cutting-edge attraction that turned out to be a little too edgy. so at least for now great america will head towards

halloween without this. a virtual reality-based attraction called fear vr that blended modern technology with old-fashioned scare tactics, but the ride which opened last week offended some in the mental health xhumecommunity because i takes place in a hospital and within days of opening great closed the ride saying in a statement, the attraction was never intended to portray mental illness and that we have decided to close the attraction. great america fans say the park did the right thing. >> i mean, i think that's a pretty good reason to like shut down a ride. like they are thinking about other people and whatnot and not just like making money. >> i'd still go. they plan to go during the halloween season. >> we usually go. >> you go for halloween? >> yeah. >> reporter: even without a ride that may have been too much of a shock to the system. scott budman, nbc bay area news.

>> it looks too scary for me. anyway, tell us about the weather. a little change in the forecast. it feels like fall out there which i kind of like. >> temperatures have cooled. they were pretty cool yesterday. soup weather i like to call it. we're waking up with temperatures in the 40s and 50s. we have clouds increasing across the bay area because we're going to see a day where we may see some showers across the bay area. most likely it will be measurable rain for the north bay and san francisco. lesser amounts as this thing pushes farther south. but you can see we have the clouds in place this morning and clouds increasing across the peninsula and the south bay right now. later on this afternoon, we will see similar temperatures to what we saw yesterday. 64 for you in san francisco today. 67 for the north bay. 71 for the tri-valley and again you will notice a brief shower every single place across the bay area because of that system making its way into the picture right now. area of low pressure diving south out of the northwest. by about 10:00 in the morning we

will see our first showers across santa rosa, napa. even towards fairfield. this is around 11:00. pushing into san francisco, oakland. light rain, so, again, not heavy stuff here, but as we move towards 12:30, showers will even start to clear out of the north bay, even san francisco. pushing down into the south bay by 1:00. the east bay as well. you will notice some of the yellows and oranges denoted in there. that means we could have moderate to heavy rain. even the potential of a few thunderstorms as in system moves on through. we're done with the rain completely after about 3:00 this afternoon. we'll see a little bit of sunshine and skies will open up and then we get ready for our next round of rain. this is tomorrow. monday morning we'll start out dry but be mostly cloudy across the region. look what happens for the evening rush hour on monday. widespread light rain is expected from the north bay, even into san francisco, and down through the south bay as well and even including the santa cruz mountains. so a good dose of one-two punch headed our way of some showers over the next couple days. today rainfall amounts will be

very light. less than 0.1. same deal for monday's same. we may get a quarter of an inch at most. that's as high as we'll go for places like santa rosa, but everywhere else you will notice the general amount of 0.1 inch. we also have weather advisory, winter weather advisories posted for the sierra. this is sunday today, around 11:00. that's when the snow will start to push over the higher ranges. we're expecting 3 to 6 inches of snow above 6,000 feet, and this will conclude tomorrow around 5:00, and again we're expecting some of the ski resorts could pick up 2 to 4 inches of snow, but you get higher than 6,000 feet, especially the olympic valley could see snowfall amounts up to about 6 inches. all right. let's switch gears, talk about the hurricane. you may have heard about this, hurricane matthew, sitting out across the caribbean. that's going to continue to make its way to the north. it is eventually going to move over towards jamaica and eventually clip cuba as well. once we get towards thursday and

friday, it's going to be sitting right off the coastline of florida. so something you're definitely going to want to watch if you have family or if you'll be traveling that direction. just something to pay attention to. here at home pay attention to showers later on today. it will be a quick burst of rain that will push on through. overall temperatures will stay cool. back into the 60s even in san francisco. back over to you. >> thank you. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up -- >> see you later, alligator! >> a local author who overcame a disability to realize her dream is now giving it all the way for free. she's part of our "bay area proud" series today.

narrator: it wasn't that long ago. years of devastating cutbacks to our schools. 30,000 teachers laid off. class sizes increased. art and music programs cut. we can't ever go back. ryan ruelas: so vote yes on proposition 55. reagan duncan: prop 55 prevents 4 billion in new cuts to our schools. letty muñoz-gonzalez: simply by maintaining the current tax rate on the wealthiest californians. ryan ruelas: no new education cuts, and no new taxes. reagan duncan: vote yes on 55. sarah morgan: to help our children thrive.

reagan duncan: vote yes on 55. can't doesn't mn you accomplish great thgs --ut growing up with a learning disability doesn't mean you can't accomplish great things, but it can make everything a little bit more challenging, but it hasn't stopped one south bay woman from pursuing her dream

and helping less fortunate children in the process. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas has this morning's "bay area proud." >> joule ulie dart says it was mom raising six kids while working full time who taught her you work hard enough at something, you make it happen, though the finished result isn't always predictable. sometimes it's better. >> reporter: julie dart is diving her dream. >> i'm reading the description. >> reporter: or at least parts of it. ever since julie was a little girl, you see, she remembers wanting to be a famous, successful writer. though the possibility of that happening seemed very unlikely. >> well, i just always felt stupid, to be honest with you. i felt like i was always being reprimanded for not paying attention in class, and i really was trying -- i felt like i was trying my hardest. >> reporter: the reason julie later discovered was a severe

learning disability, dyslexia. that literary dream seemed farther away than ever. >> i always felt like i was going to do something big, but then when i looked in the mirror and thought about my grades and how i wasn't smart, i thought there was no way that's going to happen. >> reporter: but one day julie says, protect, riding b.a.r.t. to work in the city and trying not to fall asleep, she started writing. >> today was a special day for -- >> reporter: a children's book about an he will fangt standielo her own bullies. after having trouble finding a publisher, julie did it herself and began going to school reading her book hoping to sell a lot of them. >> maybe six kids would be able to buy a book, and then i would see the kids over on the side in the corner being sad and then i would ask the teachers what's going on? they said, well, they don't have enough money. >> reporter: so julie says she

made a terrible business decision, but a wonderfully generous one. >> i'm going to give away free books. and you get to keep those. >> reporter: visiting low income schools and groups like sunday friends, julie has now given away more than 500 books. that dream of being a rich author on hold, at least for now. >> ellie giggles and ran downstairs. >> reporter: but the one she now has of sharing the story of an elephant overcoming obstacles just like the author who created her, well, that's an even better one. >> that came out so awesome! >> so far instead of making money off her writing, julie is running a go fund me page so she can afford to give away her books. and another book is already in the works. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> that's so great. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, he didn't know he was a wanted man. the unusual way one suspect

found out police were looking for him. and people living in the sinking millennium tower revolt. what they're asking the city to do to keep them from losing everything. they prey on our children, spending billions. addicting 17,000 california kids each year. eventually killing one-third of them. now tobacco companies are spending millions to... defeat prop 56. because in every state that's raised tobacco taxes, smoking rates go down. so who are you going to trust? pediatricians, cancer groups and the califronia pta who all... support prop 56. or the tobacco companies trying to kill it. vote yes on 56.

oaand (adlib) good sunday morning. 7:28. let's take a live look outside. a look at oakland. the sun peeking out. could be some clouds, maybe even some rain today. good morning and thank you for joining us. i'm michelle roberts with anthony slaughter. kind of a mixed bag today. >> yeah. we are starting off with some sunshine but i want to show you the tiburon cam because you can see the leading edge of the system making its way into the bay area. there it is shrouding in the golden gate bridge. those are the clouds that will move inland as we head through the day associated with some rainfall headed our way as well. temperatures not all that bad, in the 50s and 40s, but no big surprise there. but there is the surprise, showers on the radar headed our way and, in fact, put the future cast into motion, you will

notice by 11ow clo-- 11:00 we'l see the showers in santa rosa. even a brief shower possible around san francisco, oakland around lunchtime. yellows denote a quick, brief passing thunderstorm as we move towards 1:00, right as the 49ers take on the cowboys we may see a brief passing shower. by 2:00 we're done by the rain and then get ready for round two for monday. in the meantime, keep the jackets handy. we're only talking 60s for daytime highs. this colder weather could be good news for thousands of runners in the south bay. the rock and roll half marathon is starting at about 30 minutes which means driving around san jose could be a challenge today. here is a live look in downtown san jose. people getting ready, pumped up for this race. this is the corner of santa clara street and almaden avenue where the race will begin. several streets downtown and rose garden neighborhoods are going to be closed this morning. here is a look at the course. it goes through japan town,

around downtown, down almeida and then back. the rock and roll half marathon started in 1998 across the country in 11 different cities. bands spread out over the 13 miles and play music for all the runners as they go by. the race will finish at plaza decesar chavez and there will be a concert at the main stage when it all wrals ps up. a turning point for the loma fire. evacuees are allowed to go home and rain is headed to the bay area. but will there be enough moisture to help firefighters contain this wildfire? firefighters are making good progress in the santa cruz mountains. this is video of the area captured from our chopper yesterday, and this morning dozens of families are waking up in their own beds for the first time in five days after forced evacuations. we talked with one couple who live in that area, and they describe how intense the last few days have been. >> one of the toughest moments i can actually remember in my life. it was, wow, this may be the start of a new life. i hope it doesn't have to be,

but it may be. >> flames burned 12 homes, 16 outbuildings, and damaged another house. so far the fire has consumed more than 4,400 acres. but firefighters are making steady progress. the fire is now 66% contained. and we're continuing to track the progress of the loma fire. find the latest anytime of day at nbcbayarea.com or download our free app. the sanctuary is in much better shape. our pipe organ looks like it's in pretty good shape. so that was, you know, a great relief to me. >> picking up the pieces and moving forward. a historic church in berkeley is getting a little help from a neighbor after a devastating fire ripped through it on friday. members of the first congressional church have been invited to celebrate sunday service across the street at first presbyterian church this afternoon. on friday flames ripped through the building. at one point fire crews had to back down because there were concerns it could collapse.

yesterday inspectors were able to assess the damage. >> the office building on the south has been red tagged, so no entry. the main sanctuary, which is the church part of the church, has been yellow tagged, so we're allowing limited access to authorized personnel. >> arson investigators were on scene conducting a routine investigation. firefighters have not determined what caused the fire. they say it started on the roof in the southwest corner where crews had been working. and in san francisco nine people need a place to stay after a fire broke out inside an apartment building in the mission district. it happened yesterday evening on harrison and 26th streets. the fire damaged several apartment units and a store on the first floor. the building next door also had smoke and water damage, but no one was hurt in that fire. a new twist in the ongoing battle over san francisco's sinking millennium tower. it was our investigation that triggered formal hearings by the city. now, more than 160 condo owners say their multimillion dollar

homes aren't worth a penny, and they want the city to cancel their property tax bills. nbc bay area's investigative reporter jackson shows us who is behind the tax revolt and why. >> reporter: pat dodson who lives on the 42nd floor of the troublinged millennium tower helped organize a mass appeal to the city's tax assessment board. >> our objective was to have a large number of people file so that they weren't paying taxes on a piece of property that may be worth nothing. >> reporter: dodson blames san francisco building inspection officials for not telling owners about the little men yum tower's abnormal sinking, and she think that is the mistake should come from a price. >> i also believe the city is responsible to a great extent for the problems we're facing. so the city doesn't deserve this money, and i don't feel that we should pay it. >> reporter: city assessor carmen chu says shends why the

luxury condo owners are upset. >> we have a lot of folks that are rightly concerned about what's happening in the tower. we definitely sympathize with the information that they are finding out. >> reporter: chu says she is keeping an open mind, but an independent appeals board will make the final decision. >> we certainly will be, again, taking a look at all of the factors that are related to this tower. we're going to make sure that we will do what is fair and what is according to the law. >> reporter: dodson says she knows many will be skeptical of their tax revolt, but, she says, some residents have young families and owe mortgages. others have their life savings tied up in the units. >> we've had someone say to us that they thought they could actually be homeless if this turns out that we had to leave and we didn't have compensation, that this is the only asset they have. this is a very unusual situation, and i believe that the assessor will take that into consideration. >> reporter: nbc bay area news. it could be two years before

these owners get their tax hearing. you can go deeper into the story by clicking on the investigative tab on our website. that will take you to our reports on the tower. that's at nbcbayarea.com. investigators along the peninsula are on the lookout for a man who may have exposed himself to a teenage girl. the incident happened on friday near barn park elementary school. the 14-year-old girl was riding her bike through the park and she rode past a man. the girl says he exposed himself while he was sitting on a bench. she was able to ride home, tell her mom, and then call police. investigators are interviewing more witnesses this weekend to try to track down the cause of a deadly commuter train crash in new jersey. that crash killed one woman and left more than 100 other people with injuries. federal investigators were able to recover one black box from the wreckage. the data could explain why the train failed to slow down before hiding a station thursday, but federal investigators are having trouble downloading information

from that recorder right now. there is also a second black box, but at this point the crash site is too dangerous to reach it. turning to decision 2016 in the race for the president, hillary clinton and donald trump are wasting no time attacking each other this weekend. clinton tweeting early saturday morning slamming, quote, haters who describe america as hopeless and broken. that obviously is a swipe at donald trump who took to twitter in the middle of the night on friday. he criticized clinton and former miss universe alicia machado. while clinton takes a break from the campaign trail, trump's advisers are publicly taking aim at the clintons' marriage. >> if she's trying to act like a champion for women, she doesn't have a leg to stand on. >> meanwhile, clinton and trump's running mates are spending the weekend preparing for the only debate that they will have. that's tuesday night in virginia. the election is 37 days

away. voters in san francisco are about to decide on a controversial tool to deal with homeless crisis. "today in the bay's" joe rosato, jr. takes a look at proposition q. >> yeah, i have been out here going for three years now. pretty much lost efe, everythiny two-bedroom apartment. now i'm here. >> the here is san francisco's streets. on a good night he will get to lay his head in a tent pushing the gritty outside world away for a while. >> trying to survive. >> reporter: there are an estimated 3,500 people like diaz living homeless in san francisco. some 500 tent encampments have made them a very visible reminder of the city's dark shame. >> over the last year and a half the tents have that emerged in san francisco have really become the symbol of the issue that we face as a city. >> reporter: san francisco's supervisor mark ferrell says city residents ever fed up so he placed proposition q on the

november ballot which will officially ban tents from city sidewalks and allow police to remove them. >> these tent encampments are incredibly dangerous places to live. last year 15 rapes, over 100 fires. >> reporter: the measure would allow the city to clear out tent encampment with 24-hour notice as long as they could line up housing for the displaced. >> nobody is getting better sleeping in tents. nothing good is happening in tents. we need to get people off the streets and into shelter housing. >> reporter: with the homeless issue boiling over, city leaders are expanding homeless services, including one-stop homeless navigation centers, but advocates say there still aren't enough housing options available to make proposition q even doable. >> there's no housing in the measure, and it's basically about taking away people's tents so instead they're sleeping on the hard, cold concrete. >> reporter: on a street corner in south of market, rodney peddled clothing down from a row

of tents where he sometimes stays. >> best place to look for is in a tent. tents don't cost that much, and they're not committing any crimes out here. >> diaz calls the proposed tent ban unfair to people already struggling just to survive, but he understands where it comes from. >> hard-working family men wake up in the morning and see needles on the floor and tents half a block bunched up together. i would feel that way too. >> reporter: as for his own narrative, diaz hopes it will some day veer off the streets. >> hopefully one day get off the street. >> reporter: joe rosato, jr., nbc bay area news. not your average arrest. a man says he opened up a newspaper and saw he was wanted man and then turned himself in. vacville police say 20-year-old jonathan muse turned himself in on friday. he's a scht in a beating case. the signature was leaving a party last month and was offered a ride by three men. instead of driving him home, the

men allegedly beat him with a baseball bat and then robbed him. two suspects were already arrested but the third, muse, remained on the loose until friday. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, kevin durant plays his first game with the warriors. and the giants are chasing a playoff spot this weekend at at&t park. the giants and the cardinals are fighting for the last national league wildcard bid. sports is next.

the giants are making their fans sweat it out on the final weekend of the regular season. and expect things to be wild on sunday. the mets clishinched the top wildcard spot on saturday so it's down to the giants and cardinals for the second and final wildcard spot. dodgers/giants at at&t. scoreless until this. angel pagan, hola adios.

solo bomb off clayton kershaw. the giants win 3-0. the cardinals also won on saturday keeping pace with san francisco. it will come down to game 162. if the giants win or the cardinals lose, san francisco is in. but if the giants lose and the cardinals win, there will be a tiebreaker game on monday in st. louis. preseason hoops, kevin durant made his warriors debut against the raptors in vancouver. he was just 2 for 9 for nine months. he had a dunk and this three ball pop those were his only field goals. the warriors lose 97-93. cal hosting number 18 ultimatelutah. final play of the game. zach moss stuffed at the goal line by cal's james loony and that is the game, folks. cal wins 28-23.

that's it for sports. thank you. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, the november election is just weeks away. we hear a lot about the presidential race, but how about some important local measures? political analyst larry gerston joins us live to highlight some important issues on the ballot. they prey on our children, spending billions.

addicting 17,000 california kids each year. eventually killing one-third of them. now tobacco companies are spending millions to...

defeat prop 56. because in every state that's raised tobacco taxes, smoking rates go down. so who are you going to trust? pediatricians, cancer groups and the califronia pta who all... support prop 56. or the tobacco companies trying to kill it. vote yes on 56. every dramatic moment welcome back. while many voters are following every dramatic moment on the presidential campaign, in just five weeks voters will be faced with dozens of other issues, including 17 statewide ballot propositions. and now political analyst larry gerston join ises us to sort some of this out. 17. how does that sound? is that a lot, a little? >> it's the largest number of state propositions, not just in your mind here, it's the largest number of statewide propositions since 1992 and for a reason, michelle. most of these propositions are

initiatives which appear when sponsors secure voter signatures equal to 5% of the votes cast in the previous gubernatorial election. when that happened in 2014, there was an unusually low voter turnout. and that made it easy for initiative proponents who usually spent $3 to $10 for each ballot signature. even then collectively sponsors spent $48 million just to qualify these initiatives, $48 million just to get them on the ballot. >> that's incredible. >> it sure is. >> how much are you predicting opponents and supporters to be paying that time around? >> they will in all likelihood set a record. as of september 30th supporters and pomenopponents have spent $ million, less than the record of $472 million spent in 2008. but given that the next five weeks are the most intense

period for campaign ads, you got to expect another $200 million to be spent by november 8th. in other words, about $600 million will be paid out easily eclipsing the previous record. now, that's about, just to put this in context, that's about six months of the entire budget for the city of san jose. >> gosh. what are the hottest issues right now that you're seeing drawing in the most money? >> yeah. here is what we have to look at here. those that are the most financially threatened interests, they spend the most protect their needs. 2016 is no exception. look, consider proposition 61, which would require the state to buy drugs for government subsidized programs at the same price paid by the u.s. department of veterans affairs. look, the pharmaceutical industry here has spent already $90 million. $90 million opposing the initiative and a lot more is going to be spent, and here is why. the state pays $3.8 billion for those prescriptions each year. so the pharmaceutical industry is trying to protect its

investment. then there's proposition 56 which would add $2 per pack to the cost of cigarettes to help pay for health costs. the tobacco industry has spent $55 million so far this year against this measure. a small amount given that the new tax is expected to raise between $1.1 billion and $1.3 billion per year. yeah. it's a lot of money here. and then the third most expensive issue is proposition 55 which would continue higher taxes for the highest income earners in california with the money going to public education and health. look, teacher groups and other allies have spent nearly $50 million on this proposal, which would not only provide quality education but keep more teachers employed, so there you have it. >> a lot of us kind of glaze over when we think about who is funding all of these issues. what are the other things we should be on the lookout as far as, you know, not so much dollar and cents but more topical? >> there are a lot of social issues if you want to put it that way. propositions on gun control, capital punishment, prison

sentences, bilingual education plus a lot of others, but if you want to see where the action is, always look to the propositions that attract the most attention. chances are that someone has a lot to lose or a lot to gain. >> got it. larry, busy time for you this time of year. >> sure is. >> thank you so much for joining us. and still ahead on "today in the bay," a group of firefighters have their work cut out for them. watch as they rescue this cat from a very tight spot coming up next. and we're tracking showers to move not bay area later on. we're still watching that system to our north. rain already pushing into ukiah. we're back to breakdown your sunday forecast after this.

welcome back. 7:53 the time on this sunday. starting off with our live sky camera network. we are watching clouds on the increase right now. we have cloudy skies for the most part in the north bay but we have sunshine for the tri-valley, even san francisco, the peninsula, and the south bay as like. we will see clouds move in and showers are expected around lunchtime for most of us and then they will push out of here. we will be done with the rain by 3:00. 60s for the north bay. same deal for san francisco. 68 for it's peninsula. we'll manage a few low 70s for the tri-valley and topping out near 70 in the south bay.

the reason we have showers coming in is because of this area of low pressure. yesterday showers in seattle and portland and now it's sagging a little farther south and in the last hour it did bring rain to ukiah.starting to push into the north bay. moving over to napa and even fairfield by lunchtime. notice san francisco very light shower activity by lunchtime. even by 1:00 it will be pushing out of the region back into the south bay. that's where we'll see some showers, light stuff expected for you in san jose and over to the tri-valley by 1:00, 2:00. by 3:00 we are done with the rain. then we get ready for round 2. tomorrow we'll start off dry but we'll be mostly cloudy through the region as another short wave kind of scoots along the jet stream. that's going to bring some rain for the evening rush hour tomorrow. so keep that in mind, especially as you pick up the little ones and head home from school tomorrow. today again we're expecting light amounts, maybe a tenth of an inch at most and that will be mostly concentrated for the north bay. as we get to monday, another

dose of showers. totally both systems again very light amounts, we'll probably get 0.1 of an inch at most. again, not a whole lot but enough to get the ground weight and great news as we get going with rain season, we're definitely on the right track. we have a winter weather advisory posted for today. 3 to 6 inches of new snow above 6,000 feet, and that will remain in effect through tomorrow at least until he 5:00. the castro street fair takes place today. 63 expected today. and a brief passing shower around noon and it will stay cool with temperatures in the 60s. also e vlevi stadium will be buzzing at 1:25. the 49ers fake take on the cowb. we're expecting a brief passing shower and then sunshine. a look at high temperatures for today. mid-60s for most of the bay area. a few of us will top out near 70 like san jose, even walnut creek and livermore. temperatures cool even for tomorrow and then we rebound as we head towards next weekend.

we'll see 80s return for our inland valleys by thursday, michelle, and even in san francisco after today and tomorrow, cool days with a little bit of shower activity. we'll see 70s by thursday, so don't put away the beach shoorts ju shorts just yet. fall is definitely here and it's really feeling like it. >> it's time for pumpkin beer. >> and pumpkin spice. yes. >> fall obviously is in the air and if you have kids or maybe just a really good costume, you might want to check out great pumpkin fest at great america in santa clara. there's a peun kipumpkin decorag station and a maze and that's all month long. take a look at this. a hoot too curious for his own good. this animal in china got stuck in a pipe and had to be cut out with an electrical saw. once the pipe was cut firefighters gently worked its head back inside the pipe. once it was free it dashed off

as quickly as it could. the kat made it out. there you go. we're just a couple minutes away from the start of the rock and roll half marathon in san jose. good luck to all the runners. this is downtown san jose. so because of this, thousands of runners there, there's going to be a lot of road closures so just expect some delays if you're going to be in the area. this will all wrap up in just a few hours at cesar chavez plaza with a concert there. 13 miles. have you done a half marathon? >> no. i can only run about two or three. >> we wish them well from here. that is so great. well, thank you so much for joining us today and making us part of your morning. it's sunday night football, so we won't have a 5:00 or 6:00 news katz today. affinity sports sunday prime will be after the game. then a special edition of nbc bay area news, and, of course, we will be here tonight at 11:00. have a great morning. enjoy the football and the colder weather.

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