this is give 10% to the big man, joe, what is that all about? >> what the difference the new debate made. what did the voters think? >> a warning from firefighters after this close call. flames pushing dangerously close. >> this is a sampling of what we need to be prepared for moving through the weekend. >> right now on the special

edition it appears muting the candidates works. or were they just sticking to the script? either way it was a different debate. >> tonight and much more measured approach from both trump and biden. as the men traded over several hot button topics like the response to the coronavirus as well as allegations over controversial foreign interests. >> the president defended his handling of the pandemic. >> we closed up the greatest economy of the world in order to write this horrible disease that came from china. we have a vaccine coming, it's ready and going to be announced within weeks.

>> 220,000 americans dead. nothing else i say tonight, here this. anyone who is responsible for many deaths should not remain as president of the united states of america. >> they will pay a price if i am elected. interfering with american sovereignty. >> he responded to the claims about international business dealings of biden and his son hunter. >> no one said anything he did was wrong in ukraine. >> even before tonight's debate, about 47 million americans have already voted. in who i am, you know who yee is. you know his character. in his reputation for telling the truth.

i am anxious to have this race. >> i ran because of you. because you did a poor job. it without you did a good job i would have never run.>> i would like to terminate obama care and come up with a new healthcare. >> i am going to pass obama care with a public option. >> there's far fewer undecided voters now than 2016. >> this final debate wrapped up the and is will focus on key battlegrounds as the campaigns hit their final stretches. >> some of you attended socially distant watch parties. >> one e. baywatch party there's one thing people on both sides of the aisle could agree on. we spoke to voters in pleasanton to get their reactions. >> they were watching this debate and yes, if there is one

thing that is divided group of supporters can agree upon is that this debate was more civil and had more substance. that's about all they could agree on. >> the final debate. >> we want people to tune in and listen to the message. >> this crowd was hungry for substance. >> i like the idea that they can't interrupt one another. >> i'm trying to confirm what i hear and read because i have been a real political junkie. >> this was not a dealbreaker, many already had their minds made up. >> i voted for joe biden. >> i am a trump follower. >> the reasons buried for this biden supporter, one of them has character and one of them

doesn't.>> the big man himself, joe with set aside 10 million for him. he is the funniest candidate we have ever had for the presidency of the united states. >> before the debate a different scene, tensions mounting on a posing street orders.>> they try to attack arises. supporters on one corner, and he loves everyone of us even the people who don't agree with him. he wants this country to prosper. he is a decent man and he cares about people. trump cares about himself. >> i have no idea who is winning. >> we will here from kpix 5

alyssa kane later on in this hour. >> it was a close call in oakland tonight. one point this fire got close to several homes. we tell you what could have made the situation a lot worse. >> when the fire started just before the clock panthers concert about the gas station behind me. and the potential for a greater catastrophe. firefighters believed this fire began in the westbound of 580. it spread and flames went to the edge of the gas station. >> the wind is not our enemy right now. >> is not surprise the fire

sparked. >> they have a lot of stuff at these homeless encampments. i'm not surprised. is not the first time that this has happened. >> firefighters they spend time educating young children about fire risks. because of windy days like this. >> is a high risk for anyone living in the area. is a be a terrible waste of resources. >> this is exactly what he worries about heading into sunday. firefighters got a jumpstart on putting this fire out because there's a very strike team repositioned around this neighborhood due to the red

flag conditions that funding came from the state. >> is a warning in effect for much of the bay area and continues until 8:00 tomorrow morning. the fire danger is going to be borderline in terms of the most favorable ingredients. still something we have to treat seriously. the humidity will be lower than 30%. that's where the wind could gust up a bit. on our fire weather tracker were not seeing any widespread fire weather conditions. the red dots on the map there's only 11 of them. those are the ones that are reporting red flag conditions right now. yellow dots are at 25 or so on the map and are close to red flag criteria.

we have a stronger offshore wind event that will kick in beginning sunday and continuing to monday night and early tuesday. the what is going to be stronger and humidity is going to be really low. single-digit humidity levels. that is a bad combination. you have cooler temperatures i will get into that in a few minutes. >> this app gives you access to the latest weather information along with real time news updates and breaking news alerts.>> a california court has ordered huber and lift to treat drivers as employees. not as contractors. the ruling found the giants were likely violated state labor laws. uber and lyft say a lot has a plot to them.

it comes less than two weeks before voters decide on prop 22 which would exempt the companies from the states economy law. they have previously threatened to leave the state if they were forced to make their drivers employees. >> tense moments in oakland as police waited for a barricaded murder suspect to release a hostage and surrender. the situation lasted about six hours. it was centered around a shoe store. the suspect turned himself into police around 5:00 p.m. hostage had been released. all police would say that the suspect was wanted for a double homicide in oakland. throughout the afternoon police were in contact with the suspect and used a robot throughout the negotiations. eventually the suspect walked out of the building. >> it's always a very tense and unknown situation. we are very

fortunate and thankful that it ended safely. >> the suspect did fire six shots during the course of the standoff. no one was hurt. coming up, a late announcement from uc berkeley that will get students back to class in a very different way. more bay area businesses are reopening, but why one community says not so fast.>> they're going to pass the virus to our community.>> this is 60 minutes. >> president trump is in a dustup with 60 minutes. the move he pulled today just before a big interview was set to air. the former 49er who is about to be locked up in prison for a very long time. in the bay area, we believe in science.

traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. that's why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. to keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. and measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. relieve traffic. reduce pollution. rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr.

we are learning how a former 49er convicted of is going to jail for a long time. stubblefield was sentenced to 15 years to life back in july. the jury found he was guilty of . he assaulted a developmentally disabled woman who has shown up at his home for a babysitting job. more reopening's will be allowed in the south and east grays. the city will reopen over 290 playgrounds and outdoor facilities. it will happen in phases started in the morning and restaurants, movie theaters, and gyms can operate at 25% capacity. uc berkeley has given the green light for in-person

classes. a pilot program launching monday is allowing the university to hold in person lectures outdoors. students and faculty will meet only in small groups and will be required to wear masks and maintain physical distance. they will have to show a negative test for participating. more businesses will open further as the city moves into a two-year. while that is a promising sign once it is sounding the alarm. >> severances is good news restaurant owners, office space, not everyone is celebrating. about half of all positive test aren't in cisco. >> the silver lining is that health officials say the overall infection rate is way

down. >> things are moving in the right direction as they are in san francisco.>> in july positivity rate will identify at 13%. that has gone down to 7% in september. >> moving to yellow is just another color. >> they're working cramped conditions and still going to large regional households. if they are owing to pass the virus to the community, it's important that we all work together and continue doing this work and not overthink it. >> these folks at the food hub say now is the time to increase even more.

they are pledging vigilance. >> there some fog drifting in. bead pg&e canceled the possibility of power shutoffs for today, but they could happen this week. when the wind picks up. >> we are in the cycle paul of -- you think you're out of it and here comes another one. does it have to just rain, and it will be done? >> basically, it's simple as that. there is no chance of it in the next few weeks. the bursts of the red flag warning continues in the east bay hills. and its included. not too concerned about the fire tonight, but it something we watch very quickly. we can to sleep on it.

it's good news but another burst of stronger offshore wind. will kick in on sunday and continue sunday night into monday night. is the timeframe i am concerned about. 's have a beautiful look at downtown's to spread out as we had out tomorrow morning. santa rosa, he were down to 50 degrees and it's not even 11:00. will be in the 40s by we start the regular newscast at 11 pm. we show the fog filling in. only right around the bay. is going to back up towards the coast as we head towards the late morning. cool temperatures around the bay and cooler temperatures and lend compared to what we had today. it's going to be very october by tomorrow afternoon. it's a nice change of pace.

your down to 50 already in santa rosa and end up in the mid 40s. is the coolest temperature. were not going to be that far above average inland tomorrow. and not that far below. within five degrees of was normal for this time of year. let's show you what we expect. high temperatures in the low 60s along the coast. mostly in in the mid to upper 70s. 76 degrees for a high temperature in san jose. upper 70s close to 80 degrees even the warm spots on the map tomorrow. it will only reach the low 80s compared to the triple digit temperatures that we had not that long ago. >> in terms of air quality over

the next several days there was hayes on the horizon today. in the north bay and the santa clara valley it looks like they are going to collect more of that as it blows in from the creek fire. for the east bay and right around the city tomorrow, and improvement for saturday, sunday, and monday if we can keep it. here's the good news, look at the cooling trend continuing into the weekend. mid-sixties around the bay before a modest warm-up. with the community as low as it's going to be, early next week and the wind is strong as is going to be does not matter a whole lot what the temperatures are going to be like. still ahead, explosive

claims coming from santa clara's mayor. the owner of the 49ers accused of buying city council seats, but not everyone believes it. >> this is once again political theater to make it look like we are all owned by the 49ers. >> covid-19 has struck the vegas raters. will tell you about their schedule change and who they are playing. i didn't choose this job because it was easy.

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

in san francisco. 39th newest and largest business is expected to open in just a few hours. a ribbon cutting ceremony was held outside the new shop today. the sports retailer occupies 7000 square feet. they are celebrating the grand

opening tomorrow with scratch off discounts, and a free facemask with purchase. >> you can't beat that if you're looking for a raters hat or 49ers had. hat. >> i need a remote, because i will have the turning channels on sunday. the entire offensive line was placed on the covid-19 list because trent brown tested positive no new positive tests for the raiders today. with the uncertainty surrounded the game the nfl has moved sunday's game from prime time to 105, the sunday night game will be seattle and arizona. five players were added to the covid-19 list . the earliest they can be cleared to return

his sunday. for the first time since he was training four years ago, jimmy will face his former team the patriots. he spent three seasons in new england as the backup, but he did make two starts in 2016 going to-0. unfortunately that's not the most memorable moment. >> did you get to see those two starts that he made for brady? >> he went undefeated, right? i'm not going to lie the only thing i remember is him getting hurt. because he fell on his shoulder. i will eliminate those bad vibes. >> sunday's game can be seen at 1:25 followed by the fifth quarter with myself and lorenzo o'neill breaking it down.

the eagles host their giants the third quarter. he's got nothing but green grass, should be an 80 yard touchdown. is down inside the 10. they lead 21-16. they dropped a perfect pass. that's the game winning 18 yard touchdown and the eagles went 22-21. their record is 2-4 and one. there in sole possession of first place in the nfc east. andrew landry is doing his best. it's not going to happen this year. there are 12 strokes behind the leader.

tiger is only playing three competitive rounds in seven weeks. you want to play better, you have to play more, not in the field enough. >> he's got them right where he wants them right now. >> for the masters. >> thank you dennis. >> coming up, several cases are being dropped by one bay area district attorney why he claims they are tainted by police prejudice. >> we should be this is the last thing you want to talk about. >> that's why i got elected. >> some highlights and analysis of the presidential debate tonight, what is behind the different tone. >>

who's supporting prop 15? joe biden. biden says, "every kid deserves a quality education and every family deserves to live in a safe, healthy community. that's why i support prop. 15." vote yes. schools and communities first is responsible for the contents of this ad.

but that's tough to do on a fixed income. i'd be hit with a tax penalty for moving to another county, so i'm voting 'yes' on prop 19. it limits property taxes and lets seniors transfer their home's current tax base to another home that's closer to family or medical care. being closer to family is important to me. how about you? voting 'yes' on prop 19. who's supkamala harris.5? harris says, "a corporate tax loophole has allowed billions to be drained from our public schools and local communities. no more. i'm proud to support prop 15." vote yes. schools and communities first is responsible for the content of this ad.

everyone seemed to want a caller debate and that is exactly what they got tonight. the muted mike affect and inside from our political analysts. the drug that just received approval to treat the coronavirus. the city is launching a new fight against gun violence. a deadly shooting that sparked the new effort. >> we do not know if it was fireworks or something else. we don't get a lot of shootings around here. >> but first, more than a dozen criminal cases will be dismissed after a lengthy review of cases involving several police officers. they are being investigated for racist, sexist, and anti-muslim social media posts.

>> the district attorney's office say the cases had to be untainted by prejudice. they spent more than three months looking at two cases involving police department officers still being investigated. >> messages like this, black lives don't matter, and another one repurposed with nooses and a smiley face them og. this is a code for off-duty triggered an internal san jose police department investigation in june.>> it becomes clear for some statement that appears all members of the community in contempt that's a real problem. >> they reviewed more than 250 cases and 14 of them all misdemeanors including resisting arrest, and driving under the influence will be dismissed. >> i wear a headscarf, i think twice about calling the police. i can't imagine the last time i felt safe doing so.

>> they released a statement saying, the scrutiny they are receiving regarding inappropriate behavior is warranted and in this instance i understand the decision to seek dismissal in minor cases. we are holding any officer found to have acted inappropriately accountable. >> we have no reason to believe that they discipline these police officers and they remove them from the force. they have not said anything in months. >> they respond to the announcement to dismiss cases involving the officers. criminal convictions often turn on the credibility of one or two key witnesses and a police officer's expressions of racism and bigotry undermine the credibility. decision today isn't about group correctness, it's about the integrity of the criminal justice system. >> they cannot comment on any ongoing personal investigations.

>> the final showdown between president trump and joe biden. ended with a remarkably different tone than their first debate. tonight exchange focusing more on major domestic and foreign issues fade spacing in the nature nature. they break down the major moments. >> i will take care of this and i will end this.>> nearly 3 weeks after president trump announced he tested positive for covid-19. and has since tested negative for the virus. the candidates are flashing over the handling of the virus. >> we can't close up our nation. we will talk about immigration

now. >> we have a stronger boerner that we've ever had. >> is a laughingstock and every notion of who we are as a nation. >> any country, no matter who it is, will pay a price. >> there's nobody tougher the donald trump. >> no matter how wealthy or poor the parent is given entities their child when you're walking on the street don't have a hoodie on.>> more allegations made by trump hon son hunter. >> >> here in the bay area san

francisco's first drive in debate watch party -- it was known to host events and political watch parties before the pandemic. the debate was projected onto a big screen and used for drive- in movies. we talked to voters who were there tonight. >> the debate this round has been a lot better than the debate previously. >> i think he's been doing really well without being interrupted. i think his points have been coming through really strongly. the ability for him to actually speak and share his thoughts, he's done it an impressive job. >> we want to check in with melissa kane, it seemed like this time around we got to hear from the candidates. it seems like just the threat

of the mute button was enough to shut them up and let the other guy finish is thought. >> that's true, it seems really helpful that there is the new button out there. he did a great job under any circumstances. >> he seem like he had a lot more actual plans for the future he's a lot more detailed and some of his future planning. >> president trump, not as willing to go out on a limb and talk about what he is going to do in the next four years.>> it also seemed like that when biden would talk about his plans it opened up the door. >> he conducted a focus group

of voters. i was watching them, here's what they had to say. they said that joe biden was vague and looking for more specifics. and the presidents restraint may be necessarily so for straying performance and made it more presidential. and may be towards president trump. >> he was very affected and remaining the outsider after being president for four years. the non-politician. that he was effective in keeping up that persona whether it's accurate or not. it would go back to bite in and say you were here for eight years, why didn't you do something.>> president trump

said that aside from abraham lincoln -- >> melissa kane, thank you for your time. >> president trump is in a dustup with a confrontation interview for sunday segment on 60 minutes. in a move the white house released the interview ahead of sunday show. >> despite of my campaign.

you can't put on things that you can't notify. >> there's contextual reporting which presidents have participated in. the interview with president trump and joe biden will air as planned. the pharmaceutical company has been developing the drug. and works by preventing the virus from replicating.

that helps patients recover faster while the health organizations study found it has little or no effect on hospitalization patients. they were granted emergency use authorization back in may and was one of the drugs used to treat president trump. a woman who was shot in berkeley last night has died. she was struck in a drive-by shooting around 7:00. they're searching for clues. he and his wife initially dismissed the sound of gunfire. >> here some shots and we do not know the was fireworks, or something else. she dismissed it. as background noise. we don't get a lot of shootings around here.

>> no word on a motive for the shooting. the owner of the 49ers called out for pouring millions of dollars into politics. the fight of the ballot box taking tension with the city of santa clara to a whole new level.>> the spending $3 million to pick the councilmembers and by a controlled the city of santa clara.>> we are concerned about the fire danger this evening. they will weaken tomorrow and temperatures will drop. we still have more fire concerns down the line. we will talk about the set up on how things will change, coming up in the forecast. woman 1: get your vote-by-mail ballot?

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today she and councilmember noel gile dropped off their ballots outside the public library on 12th street. one of 66 official drop boxes across alameda county. >> it is safe, secure, official. it is the time for everyone to lift their voice for their democracy. >> it's important in these communities here. >> kpix 5 is bringing you the tools . and streaming on kpix.com. a new fight exploding in the years long battle between the santa clara mayor and the 49ers. the mayor says 49ers owners is pouring millions of dollars in the city council elections an attempt to buy candidates to benefit the team.

we see the city news conference that took a very unexpected turn.>> they would be in the pocket of the 49ers if elected. >> this is unprecedented. >> they cannot firing for what she called the big-money involvement in santa clara politics. >> you spending $3 million to pick a city council members and by and control the city of santa clara. >> she was joined by the police chief. >> what is you want in return? that's a big concern.>> some of the candidates consumed and crash the news conference to say, no.>> this is to make it look like we are all funded by the 49ers and we are not funded by the 49ers. i have not taken a dime from the 49ers. >> this comes from the 49ers

independent campaign expenditures. wish the candidates have no control over, but benefits them and media messaging. they were accused of getting similar, but smaller benefits from the police officers association, and developers. >> they are going to come about. >> the 49ers called out the mayor in a statement, her hypocrisy knows no bounds and we will not shy away from supporting diverse representation and upholding voting rights.>> it's the latest worry in the management of levi stadium and a 10 pm curfew that they don't like because it blocks late-night events such as concerts. >> they're not supporting candidates that are going to oppose him. they're open to changing the curfew laws which removes the protections, and gives him more money. >> he is open to changing the curfew because the city will also make money.>> we have big- name acts and they say were were not staying because of the

curfew. i'm looking at trying to make the most money from the stadium. >> the 49ers campaign contributions which we should point out are completely legal, stand out because other campaign contributions are much smaller, in fact the budgets for the city council candidates are $20,000 and less. in santa clara, kpix 5. take measure in 2010, the campaign to build levi stadium spent over $4 million on tv ads. still ahead, gruesome discovery and now a decades-old bay area cold case is finally solved. 100,000 acres destroyed in just a few hours. the urgent situation of the rockies. staying loyal to the lotto. really paid off for one guy on the peninsula. wait until you hear how much you one. norge more changes

coming in the forecast. the wind will pick in the bay area, we believe in science.

traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. that's why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis.

to keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. and measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. relieve traffic. reduce pollution. rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr.

police identify the body of a woodland woman who disappeared 41 years ago. a body that washed up in 1979 is a match to dolores wolf. who banished that year. they found her body more than 50 miles from her home in yolo county. she left behind for children. her killer has never been found. tens of thousands of pounds of garbage is trying to be cleared out and that guadalupe river before the winter rain arrives. everyone from rugs to prescription bottles must go.

baking create 10-15 feet of raging water. unlike years past due to covid- 19, officials can't evict those that have been living in the storm drains. >> since the pandemic started the cdc issued guidelines that we should not disturb the homeless they are worried that intentionally moving the homeless around would move the disease around. >> most recently officials have had to clean up 500 homeless encampments. that's a big increase from the 120 that they usually clean up every year. is a site that californians are all too familiar with. this wildfire is in colorado. it spreading into the rockies. and exploding in size. >> there are concerns, two massive fires could merge into one huge fire. this started last week, strong wind, dry conditions and acres

fueled the flames. they ran to make sure the neighbors are getting out of their homes.>> never expected, we planned for the worst. >> the other two fires are a dozen miles apart. the cause of both fires are still under investigation. >> it looks similar to things we have experienced here. colorado is a lot cooler than it he is here, but that does not matter. you get huge fires. >> that part of colorado that he beetle infestation that has killed a lot of trees. a lot of dead timber sitting around waiting for buyers to engulf that. we're keeping an eye on the fire danger around the bay area. we're looking at the west seeing fog on the horizon but is not spreading too far. temperatures were a lot cooler than they were yesterday. they will drop again tomorrow.

current temperatures will dip down into the 50s. they will end up in the 40s very shortly. it is pleasant out there right now. temperatures will drop down into the lower half of the brake. with the coast and spread across the bay. not too far. not going and the fog is out there will be breaking up dissipating as we head towards late. there in the 40s for the valley. some of the coolest temperatures we have seen for a while. low 50s across the bay area. high temperatures tomorrow also very close to normal for this

time of year. mid to upper 60s near the bay. mostly 70s inland. is going to be even cooler than this. changes as we head into the weekend let's talk about what's going to happen. big area of high pressure has been directing the offshore wind that and intensifies with heightened fire conditions. that will stay in place. the system will drop in from canada into the southwest. that will drive the cooler air into the bay area. these two features are going to direct strong offshore wind. no rain in store for the next several days. as the atmosphere gets pinched we will see very strong offshore wind. i think those wins will make

their way through the higher terrain. temperatures are going to be pleasant over the weekend. we do warm up, but is not going to be flat out hot. i think more clouds and sunshine on saturday will break through on sunday. we are talking about this evening's fire went threat. coming up next the bay area man hits the lottery, his system to winning big. and all new, it's become a hollowing tradition in the east bay, why there

the unfair money bail system. he, accused of rape. while he, accused of stealing $5. the stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. the senior citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on public safety. because the size of your wallet shouldn't determine whether or not you're in jail. vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail.

on san francisco's oldest restaurant is getting ready to reopen for indoor dining after offering takeout at the start of the pandemic. owners of the historic 171-year-old restaurant plan to reopen number 9th at 50% capacity. this shell station in san carlos sold a $20 million super lotto ticket to a very lucky man. if you're wondering the numbers he picked, they're the same ones he's chosen for the past two years. plays the same six numbers. he's played every drawing. and a pregnant woman ran a mile in under six minutes a week before her due date. she lives in orange county. her husband bet her a hundred dollars she

couldn't break an eight-minute mile while nine months pregnant. she took that bet and ran with it. crushing the goal by 2.5 minutes, coming in at five minutes 25 seconds. >> looks painful. >> yeah. it would be. and i hope that she got a lot more than a hundred bucks out of that one. hubby. thank you for watching. >> 11:00 news starts right now. we can't close up our nation. >> the president thus far still has no plan. >> we're fighting it hard. >> i will take care of this.