good morning. it is saturday, october 31st. 7:00 on the dot. pretty dark outside. happy halloween as we take a live look outside in downtown san jose. this, by the way, is the last day of daylight saving time. our clocks go back one hour tonight. so it will be even darker earlier which i don't love but we do get an extra hour of sleep tonight which is fabulous for all of us. thanks for starting your saturday with us. i'm kira klapper and vianey

arana has your microclimate forecast. it is so chilly out there. >> it is 47 degrees right now in san jose. and 40s really throughout the majority of the bay area so that crisp, fall feeling which i love so early in the morning but then it's very california fall. we start cold and by the afternoon you want to have some layers because it will start to get warmer by midday. san francisco right now 51 degrees. there you can see the moon. stunning moon. let's talk about today's comfortable 70s and 80s, but we could see some periods of moderate area, you may have noticed some of the haze an that's because of the central california fire. the good news, we'll be dry for today and tomorrow and i know it's halloween and we'll be at home, but it will be warmer this evening. so we'll be in the 80s and then coming up i'll talk about the

chance of seeing rain returning. details in a few minutes. >> see you in about 15. we did see that full moon. my older son loved it. beginning this weekend, you have more options for early voting and dropping off your ballot across the bay area. in san francisco, 11 new drop-off locations owned today including the home of the warriors, chase center. at the civic center drop-off location in the middle of san francisco, sheriff's deputies transaction and transport the ballots back for you. >> so we have our personnel at the drop-off station. at least three people and then when we move ballots we involve the deputy sheriff. >> in alameda county, there are 100 locations to go vote in person and now two more are starting today. this is the new voting center at the oakland coliseum, the a's sent us the video of the crews setting up with covid precautions in place. you can drop in person or drop

off your ballot there. there you see levi's stadium in santa clara county opened for voting as well. all locations will stay open until the polls close on election night. with the election coming up, both candidates are making their final pushes. president trump is back in washington after his three stops in the midwest, michigan, minnesota and wisconsin. at an airport rally in green bay, the president talked up the economy and specifically the jump in third quarter gdp growth following a bottoming out the quarter before. >> our economy grew at 33.1%, the largest gdp growth ever recorded and not just by a little bit, by more than double. >> president trump has 14 rallies planned ending in

michigan late monday night. and former vice president joe biden also hit several battleground states. his final stop of the day yesterday, milwaukee, wisconsin. different from the drive-in rallies yesterday, he spoke to a small number of supporters gathered inside an airport hangar. everyone was wearing a mask because of the state's covid surge. biden promised an aggressive attack on the virus and pledged in terms of economic relief. >> we'll bring the republicans and democrats together and deliver economic relief for working families and schools and businesses. i'm not going to shut down the economy. i'm going to shut down the virus. >> today the former vice president is set to campaign with former president barack obama in michigan. here locally, businesses across the country and in the bay area are preparing for the possibility of protests or demonstrations on election night. you can see here some businesses in san francisco already

boarding up their windows. police say there are no known threats to the city or to polling places. but additional officers will be working just in case. now to campaign ad concerns. both the trump and the biden campaigns say they're having a hard time running ads on facebook. both teams say it's happened for two straight days. hindering their ability to reach voters on social media. the biden campaign says there are thousands of pre approved ads that are not live on facebook. the trump campaign mean while says it was experiencing technical issues but did not give further details. facebook meanwhile is only saying it experienced some technical flaws and that the issue is mostly fixed as of lat last night. in the statement, the vast majority of ads that were incorrectly paused are now running. if you have trouble dropping off your ballot or voting in

person, please let us know. you can go to the website or tweet at us, #we investigate. now to breaking news. the original james bond sean connery has died. the scottish actor rose to international fame starring in a total of seven bond movies. in 1988 connery won the best supporting actor award and he starred in two san francisco based films. the presidio and the rock. he became sir sean connery when he was knighted by queen elizabeth back in 2000. sir sean connery died of natural causes. he was 90 years old. back here locally, halloween on a saturday night. any other year it would be a big reason to celebrate. but of course with covid playing the ultimate global trick on us,

many neighborhoods are canceling halloween all together or scaling back the festivities. >> reporter: for the last ten years the two households in the willow glen neighborhood have had a friendly competition. we even spotted a few people drive by with their kids to check out the lights but this year things will be a little different on halloween night. there's usually a halloween parade in this neighborhood. it had been canceled because of the pandemic but there are some households that decided they still wanted to have so some kind of halloween celebration. >> what we're doing this year, we'll keep the gate closed and do like a little chute, some people are doing a little chute with the candy. >> reporter: the family usually hand out hot chocolate to parents while their kids enjoy activities in the courtyard but not this year. the neighborhood has even distributed some suggestions if residents plan to have halloween. >> they put a memo in everyone's mailbox and basically said just to practice social distancing

and respect people if they don't have lights on. >> reporter: many of those suggestions matched the cdc's guidelines for a safer celebration, like avoiding contact with trick-or-treaters, giving treats outside, setting up a station so kids can pick up their own treats, washing hands throughout the evening and wearing a mask. and not just a costume mask. a cloth one too. >> we are wearing masks and most everybody had gloves on so thyme not really concerned. >> reporter: there are several neighborhoods like this one in menlo park that are asking people not to trick-or-treat at all. but in the midst of such a strain year because of the pandemic, a socially distanced carry planned out night of witches, pumpkin heads and candy sounds like a relief to kids. how excited are you see to people this year? >> very excited. >> reporter: in san jose, nbc bay area news. >> some other people are trying to keep traditions alive. people gathered last night at the mexican heritage plaza to

celebrate. in order to keep the social distancing rules were able to drive through in the gallery crafted by local artisans. the day of the dead is a mexican celebration of ancestors and loved ones who passed away. 7:09 on the dot. we have more coming up. controversy in the classroom. the fury a local college professor is accused of teaching. students and faculty calling for his removal. plus, ramping up testing. a new look inside the new high-tech facility here in california. that's helping cut turnaround times for covid tests.

welcome back. 7:11. happy halloween. orange skies as we look at the sun rising over san jose. chilly out there. remember, set your clocks back one hour tonight. it is the end of daylight saving

time. there are calls for the ouster of a local college professor. he's getting pushback from fellow faculty and students for teaching that race influences intelligence. the educator is teaching a series at certain black and hispanic groups are less intelligent than northeast asians. it was first reported by the "san francisco chronicle." >> i think it's appalling. >> reporter: nina hasp believes professor gregly christainsen must go. >> his findings and his whole framework have been based on are debunked. >> reporter: christainsen said that the average level of intelligence in sub-saharan is quite low, that african-american women are overpaid, relative to their cognitive ability and that brain size varies along racial lines. >> there's a difference between

academic freedom and academic malpractice. >> reporter: his beliefs drew complaints at the trustee meeting. an assistant professor of sub-saharan descent was there. >> i received a presidential award. i was on stage, so it -- according to american standards i don't think i have a low iq. >> reporter: christainsen describes his work as uncontroversial and falling within the contemporary research. he welcomes debate on the topic. >> i don't know how he was able -- i don't want to say get away with it, but be able to perform this type of research on our campus and have the administration just turn a blind eye essentially and see that

this research is meritorious. >> reporter: but the university released this statement saying the views expressed by this faculty member are antithetical to the core values of cal state east bay. which is committed to maintaining an inclusive community that values diversity and fosters tolerance and mutual respect. we reached out to the professor and got no response. >> he's not been censored but he's not doing his job. >> reporter: in hayward, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> we do have much more ahead on "today in the bay." a new tool created in silicon valley aims to help prevent parties at airbnb. we'll show you how it works. and it's cold now, but we will be warming up later this afternoon. we're talking about your halloween forecast and what you can expect this weekend coming up in just a few minutes. stay with us.

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welcome back. 7:15 on your saturday morning. oh, look at that. is that the moon still out or am i seeing things? that's a perfect way to start the halloween morning with the full moon shining brightly over san francisco. vianey has your forecast in just about two minutes. a new high-tech testing lab here in california is to dramatically increase the state testing capacity. governor newsom toured the lab and it will cut the turnaround time for test results and it creates hundreds of new jobs. newsom says it will set our state apart from the rest of the country. >> it's roughly double of the testing capacity. we can do 300,000 tests plus every single day. no state in the country can do something at that scale. >> it promises to drive down the cost of testing and newsom said the state is paying $150 per

covid test. now a silicon valley start-up said it's developed a tool to help airbnb hosts to protect their homes from out of control parties. it uses a sensor that sensors the cell phones and then it sends that data to the owner of the home. time to check in with vianey arana for the microclimate forecast. you know from seven months ago when you used to work in the studio with me, we had the little monitors. so i couldn't trust that i was still seeing the full moon right now but it's still out in san francisco. >> yeah, it is. >> halloween. >> i know, right? and you know what? there's some fun facts behind that full moon happening to fall on halloween. i'm going to go over that in a bit because you'll notice it again tonight. so 51 degrees right now in san

francisco. we've got that crisp fall-like start to the morning which i adore. and let's talk about that blue moon which is what they officially call it. do you know it happens to be the first full moon to fall on halloween since 2001. now, even more interesting, this is the first time it can be seen not just in the -- you know, the pacific, but really just across the entire area. so different time zones so that will be neat to see people's photos. those who have much better cameras than -- because the phone doesn't get the right picture. i tried to get a little video last night. definitely not worthy of what it really looked like outside. if you get a great shot, please share it with me. so walnut creek, 45 degrees right now. chilly and cold in san jose. 47 degrees. and the winds are calm so it will be a beautiful day ahead. let's look at your microclimate highs for this afternoon.

it will be warmer this evening, 81 degrees in san jose. morgan hill, 83. gilroy, 85. milpitas, 79. and in through the east bay we're talking 82 degrees in walnut creek. oakland, 78. hayward, 79. around the peninsula we'll be around the 70s. upper 60s and low 70s for the city. if you're out today, expect sort of a nice, cool afternoon. north bay, ukiah, 84. santa rosa, 80. let's talk about the bay area i right at home. halloween forecast because we have talked about how it's different. 60s to low 70s. you may have to wear the dreaded jacket. further inland, 80s in the forecast. 81 degrees by 2:00, 80s as well.

let's talk about what we're expecting ahead. for tomorrow, we'll fall back one hour, gain an hour of sleep. election day, great weather. if you haven't already you know, dropped off your ballot at an official drop-off box, if you plan on heading to the polls on tuesday, the weather is excellent. temperatures in the 80s and then by next week we have a little bit of a change in the forecast that can bring back such much needed rain. i'll get into that coming up to the next forecast. back to you. >> vianey, thank you. 7:21 right now. still ahead on "today in the bay," so many people everything in the recent wildfires. coming up we bring you a happy ending for one little girl who lost her prized baseball card collection. it's a story that will make you bay area proud next. y you guys. hi! it's time to lean on each other.

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this wildfire season has been historically devastating. millions of acres burned, thousands of homes lost and everything gone. we now have a story of one local man's generosity and it helped one little girl recover a bit from her loss. garvin thomas shares the story in this morning's bay area proud. >> reporter: let's be honest, when a home is surrounded by this many firefighters, chp cruisers and tv news cameras it is rarely a good thing. today though, there they were outside of kevin ashford's home because of one rare act of generosity. >> i would give anything to see the smile on her face when she receives them. >> reporter: she's talking about 9-year-old reese osterberg. she lives in fresno county, she was one of hundreds who lost their homes last month in what turned out to be the largest

fire in california's history -- the creek fire. destroyed in reese's home was the young baseball fan's 3-year-old collection of 100 baseball cards. it was cal fire fresno county that first heard of her story and started to spread the word asking for donations to replace her lost cards. >> we have triples. >> reporter: that message made it all the way to san jose and kevin. >> i got to thinking about it. i got to thinking about what i have out here in the garage. i thought, you know what? rather than sell these on ebay i'm going to donate them all and put a smile on a little girl's face. buster posey card from 2019 here. >> reporter: it's not just that kevin is donating some baseball cards. he is donating his entire collection from the past 25 years. >> my best guess at this point and it's probably underrated but probably around 25,000 cards.

>> reporter: the chp and cal fire crews were here today to carry away kevin's boxed treasure and make sure it makes its way safely to the intended destination. kevin says he can only guess at the moment how much this collection would have been worth on the open market. he just knows that in the right hands for the right reason it's absolutely priceless. >> i feel really good about making the choice to do this. >> reporter: garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> i love it. we have much more ahead for you on "today in the bay." a promising trial under way. a hospital is selected to help with the covid vaccine. plus you know by now, election day is three days away. today though, bay area voters will have even more places to cast their ballots.

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it is saturday, october 31st. halloween morning as we take a live look outside. chilly out there in downtown san jose. i found out our photographer rafa actually prefers the chilly mornings. i was a little bit worried about him standing out there in the cold but he says he likes it. so i'm glad to hear that. thank you for joining us. i'm kira klapper. we are joined by the second fan of the cold mornings, vianey arana. she probably has on a blanket. >> well, bink stole the blanket he's here in the blanket and my coffee machine broke yesterday, and i'm devastated. so i haven't had coffee this morning. nothing to keep me warm other than my cozy socks. i do have those on. all right. >> i hope you're doing great. >> i know, we have to catch up.

so 45 degrees right now in walnut creek, it is clear and sunny. it will be a warm afternoon so definitely one of those california mornings because it starts out cold, okay, today it is. today's the day i can bring out all of my heavy coats. finally, you know, as a true californian and then right by the middle of the day it warms up into the 70s and 80s. that's what we're expecting today. 47 in san jose. and we're going to get a lot of sunshine. so let me give you a sneak peek, sort of a minitour. the south bay is in the 70s and 80s and we're warmer than we're supposed to be around this time of the year. even though we'll be dry this weekend, as you guys know, we have been seeing extremely dry conditions. i'll talk about our next chance of seeing rain and sierra snow in a few minutes. >> see you in about 15. thanks. beginning this weekend, you have more options for early voting and dropping off your ballot across the bay area. in san francisco alone, there will be 11 new drop-off locations opening today.

that includes the home of the warriors, chase center. at the civic center drop-off location in san francisco, sheriff's deputies take and transport the ballots back to election's headquarters for you. >> so we have our personnel at each of the drop-off stations, at least three people and then when we move ballots we involve the deputy sheriff. >> in alameda county there are 100 locations to vote in person and now two more. this is the new voting center at the oakland coliseum, the a's sent us this video of crews setting up the voting stations with covid protocols in place. you can vote in person or drop off the ballot there. the warriors' former practice facility in oakland is an option and there you just saw in santa clara county levi's stadium will be open. all will be open with limited hours until the polls close at 8:00 p.m. on election night, today night. this weekend, both presidential candidates are making their final moves for

voters. president trump was back in washington this morning already after he made three stops in the midwest yesterday. michigan, minnesota and wisconsin. at an airport rally in green bay the president talked up the economy and specifically noted the jump in third-quarter gdp growth following a bottoming out the quarter before. >> yesterday it was announced last quarter our economy grew at the astonishing speed 33.1%, the largest gdp growth ever recorded and not just by a little bit. by more than double. >> president trump has a busy few days ahead. 14 rallies planned and ending in michigan late monday night. former vice president joe biden also hit several battleground states. his final stop of the day yesterday in milwaukee, wisconsin. different from his typical drive-in rallies he spoke to a small number of those gathered

inside the airport hangar. socially distanced, everyone was wearing a mask because of wisconsin's new covid surge. he promised an attack on the virus. >> we'll bring the democrats and republicans together and deliver economic relief for schools and businesses. i'm not going to shut down the economy. i'm going to shut down the virus. >> today biden is set to campaign with former president barack obama in michigan. if you have any problems while dropping off your ballot or voting, please let us know. head to nbc bay area.com/voting problems or you can tweet us using the #we investigate. we are breaking records we don't want to see broken. for the fifth day in a row, the u.s. set a record for the number of new covid cases.

nearly 99,000 yesterday alone. those numbers underscore the critical need for a vaccine. one of the most promising trials in the world is being done right here in the bay area. stanford doctors have started the phase 3 trial of the johnson & johnson vaccine to find out if it is indeed effective. "today in the bay's" ian cole spoke with the doctor leading the effort and the first recipient of it. >> reporter: it's the johnson & johnson sponsored study, dr. philip grant is the principal investigator. >> it's nice to be helping out, getting something that will hopefully be available in the springtime. >> reporter: this phase 3 trial will be done at 180 sites around the world with 60,000 participants. some will get the active

vaccine, others will get a placebo and they'll be monitored. the vaccine uses a common cold virus to deliver coronavirus genetic material into the body. the goal is to spark an immune response. >> they wouldn't be, you know, administering this to 60,000 people if there wasn't a level of confidence in what they're doing. >> reporter: stanford graduate and aspiring physician walter got the dose this morning. >> if i can be of service to the rest of our community, both locally and globally, i'm very happy to be involved in that. >> reporter: there are now four vaccines in critical stage 3 human trials in this country. johnson & johnson's was briefly on hold after a participant got sick. astrazeneca's was paused for the same reason, but both trials have resumed. in fact, researchers in the astrazeneca trial with oxford

say their vaccine is shown to have a strong immune response in elderly people and moderna says it expects to have approximately 20 million doses ready to ship in the u.s. so it's still in stage 3. dr. anthony fauci says we should know more in weeks. >> projections that we have that i think and i hope will be reasonably accurate that we will know some time in december whether or not we have a safe and effective vaccine. and practically speaking, when we will be able to deploy that vaccine. >> reporter: people in the stanford trial will take a phone survey every week to see if they have symptoms. dr. grant says they still need more volunteers. >> right now, we're doing the young, healthy individuals and older, healthy individuals. if you don't fit in that category we will later call you once we move on to those with chronic conditions. >> reporter: each will be monitored over two years but the data on if it works will come much sooner. ian cole, nbc bay area news.

a covid spike in a county is triggering a warning from the state. right now, salano is in the red tier and they're at risk of moving back into the purple tier, the most restrictive. that move could happen as soon as november 10th and would mean some businesses would have to close again or stop operating indoors. the rising cases is partially blamed on several large community gatherings. now to a live look, beautiful san francisco. a recent spike in covid hospitalizations is forcing the city to slow the next phase of reopening. you might call, we just told you that restaurants got the green light to expand to 50% indoors, well, now they must stay at 25% capacity. the same goes for indoor places of worship, for museums, for movie theaters as well. some places scheduled to open next tuesday will now not open at all. that includes indoor pools,

bowling alleys, places like that. some restaurant owners we spoke with say they understand the delay. but they hope it doesn't last long. >> for the most part it's sunny out and i don't think it's a problem but during the wintertime it will be more difficult and be more detrimental to business. >> as for schools, mayor london breed said yesterday's decision does not affect schools. some are scheduled to reopen, others are waiting for city approval. at 7:38 right now, still to come on "today in the bay" they're making a push for the playoffs. the san jose earthquakes, close to making a postseason comeback. sports is next.

from one of the worst teams in the league to one of the hottest, the san jose earthquakes have won five of the last eight matches. that means they're in position to punch their ticket to the playoffs for the third time in the past nine seasons.

>> we don't want to depend on anyone else. if we play well, if we get the results that we need, then we're in. >> there are just two matches remaining including sunday's home finale against l.a. sc. and the weather is going to be great today for halloween. we're getting a rare blue moon sighting. i'll talk about that, but i have sort of an outlook on the next chance of rain. the full forecast in two minutes. stay with us. recipient. recipient. resilient.

resilient. good morning. i think it's 7:44 right now. 7:4 3, around there. it's such a great start. our temperatures are cool. even chilly in some spots. definitely a beautiful sight to wake up to. you can no longer see the moon but we saw it at the beginning of the show and don't worry, you can see it again tonight. so we have the wind, it's calm

right now. look at walnut creek. 45 degrees. that's pretty cold. also in through san jose. cool, crisp 47. and the winds aren't going to be a factor for today. however, we have high pressure that will warm us back up again to above normal that means we're running a few degrees warmer than where we should be. morgan hill 83. san jose 81. plenty of sunshine today. that's for sure. 83 in danville. 82 in pleasanton. hayward, 79. oakland, 78. let's talk about the peninsula, redwood city, 7. san mateo, 75. and as far as the north bay goes we'll be in the mid 80s for areas like ukiah. 84. sonoma, 82. it is going to be a sunny day, but you know we have to keep an eye on the air quality forecast

and right now the air quality management is forecasting a moderate day throughout. you might catch the hazy skies because of drifting smoke from the california wildfires. that's a possibility into the afternoon. if you start to notice that, i would say definitely close your windows just to be on the safe side. but overall, we should be okay when it comes to today's forecast. so let's talk about the long range outlook because this is something that's been on a lot of people's minds considering how dry we have been and how much rain we need. long range outlook, what does that mean it means beyond the seven-day forecast, ten days out. it gives you an idea of what sort of what might be happening in the atmosphere. monday, november 9th, a possibility that we could get some rain. now, how much rain that is yet to be determined. we could just see light rain, you know, north they could get a majority of the chunk. but the long range outlook is

showing the possibility once that system makes its arrival as we inch closer we'll be seeing sierra snow which is something we definitely need as well, in the tahoe area. again, this is looking all the way out towards monday, november 9th. we'll get a better idea as we inch a little bit closer. here is your seven day outlook. we have the fall back one hour, don't forget. i think my stove, my microwave and my car will be a bit ahead for a few weeks. >> i'm right there with you, vianey. thanks so much. 7:46. still ahead on today in the pay -- >> my biggest fear is that covid is going to set us back two years on a ten-year time frame. and we can't afford that. >> we investigate how the covid crisis is crippling efforts to address the sea level rise and why some experts believe it is

already too late.

some experts are warning that a major threat to the bay area is growing every day. and it's not covid-19. but it's been made worse by the pandemic. our investigative unit discovered covid has wiped budgets and time lines meant to deal with our rising sea levels. here's senior investigator stephen stock. >> reporter: experts say time is

running out, put out in sacramento, california can see property flooded if something isn't done and that the covid crisis has delayed many projects meant to address the rising seas. >> if we don't start very soon, we're gonna be in a world of hurt. >> reporter: jack liebster showed us around one of the most pristine places in marin county, stinson beach. if we don't do anything what will happen? >> the water will come in the door. >> reporter: beach front property values in the millions, stinson beach is one of the most vulnerable locations in the bay area to the unrelenting rise in sea levels. >> this beach, stinson beach, it will be gone. a lot of it would be under

water. >> it will come flowing in from here. >> reporter: across the marin county, this family deals with flooding every year on the mobile home park which sits on the edge of the bay. though it's flooded with heavy rain, historical maps from the federal emergency management agency shows the flood risk directly from the bay has increased significantly with rising sea levels. >> it is always living on edge. you don't know if you'll wake up and you're flooded. >> reporter: flooding can occur year round and while older scientific models show an increase in recent decades the latest satellite data shows the seas rising exponentially around the bay area. that puts the entire mobile home park several inches under water by 2030 if something isn't done and soon. >> what are you going to do when the water comes? >> i don't know what we're going

to do. i don't swim. i guess get a boat. >> reporter: along 400 miles of shoreline, we found more than a dozen projects that were meant to slow, stop or protect against the rising tides now put on hold or delayed. all because of the covid crisis and the economic impact. projects that have been delayed or halted include exploring ways to elevate the roadways and creating artificial reefs and sea walls. protecting water treatment plants and replacing a new levy with a friendly one. and the salt ponds restoration project, on the west coast, meant to absorb rising sea levels. while some planning work continues most construction has stalled. >> we can't afford to lose a week, a day, certainly not a year or two. >> reporter: the owner is executive director of the estuary institute.

>> this is probably going to rob us of one to two years because the local governments will be cash strapped. >> does that worry you? >> it terrifies me. i mean -- we have an enormous challenge ahead of it. >> reporter: a challenge that currently has no long-term funding thanks to the high cost of the covid crisis. a $4.7 billion bond meant to address the issue statewide pulled by governor newsom. yet another law proposed by kevin mullen would have probabilitied the highway 101, b.a.r.t. lines and residential communities from rising. >> this going to take resources at the local and regional and state level. >> reporter: but the bill was shot down, all due to the lack of funding. >> covid may have such an economic impact that there won't be a lot of resources down the line. >> reporter: that means more delays as time runs out for

residents like ellen and denise. >> they can't let us live here and -- with the water. >> reporter: experts say because of the shrinking tax base, because of the economic crisis due to covid, there just isn't enough money to do many of the projects that were meant to begin now to address the rising seas. and experts also worry that by the time the tax base recovers in one or two or three years, it may be too late. stephen stock, nbc bay area news. still ahead on "today in the bay," a price hike for netflix. how much more it will cost you to binge some of your favorite shows. 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.

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the increase is because of the cost of creating original planning programming. and yesterday was world lemur day. there was a special reason to celebrate at the san francisco zoo. the lemur maki who was kidnapped two weeks ago is back after being quarantined. he was getting cozy with his best friend. who was there at the zoo yesterday to meet and to thank james trin of daly city. he's the little boy who spotted it at the preschool. >> i wanted to give you a special certificate of honor from the city thanking you for helping to rescue maki. >> james, i mean, he recognized the lemur. he's only 5 years old. it's just phenomenal. >> so that man, barry litman,

his family created the zoo's outdoor lemur exhibit, the country's largest. there's a new donation that will quadruple the size of the exhibit. all right. before we go it's time now for our clear the shelters segment featuring our friends from pets in need. meet jagger, he's a 1-year-old dachshund mix. he's extremely friendly, loves to wag his tail when he meets new humans. he loves squeaky toys and is good at sharing which means expect him to share handfuls of slobbery tools with you. he's good at walking on his leash and perfect for a family who would enjoy a small, energetic dog who can pose well for photos. you find out more at pets in need.com or call and ask by name about jagger. what a cutie pie. is binging stressing out for halloween? >> say good morning, bink. >> oh, darn, she can't hear me.

we bid farewell to vianey and her rescue pup binning. we'll have more for you later on today on nbc bay area. .

announcer: when you see this symbol you know you're watching television that's educational and informational the more you know on nbc dylan: hey there, i'm dylan dreyer, and this is "earth odyssey." today, we travel to the western ghats mountains of india to meet one of the rarest species of macaques who live side-by-side with the largest squirrels in the world. plus, we'll watch as two deadly cobras go head-to-head in a battle to decide who will be the serpent king, and later, we'll find out how tigers and wild dogs use two very different tactics to hunt their prey. [music]