. who is going to lead the bay area's largest city, catching up with the candidates who has a slight lead and a last minute pitch. >> and they will also be losing a -- choosing a mayor and they are dealing with 15 candidates. up for grabs nationwide, it could cause a shift in the balance of power ktvu channel 2 morning news starts right now this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. good morning, thank you for joining us, tuesday, november 4th election day, i am pam cook. >> let's talk about weather and traffic, teach is right there. a jacket to start? >> yes, i look to see what a

ladies are wearing and if they are bundled up -- >> i felt warmer than yesterday morning. >> we do have areas of clear skies, not a lot but downtown, it is 6:01 mostly clear, there will be patches of fog and higher clouds and yesterday a lot of up eastern 60s to near 70s, it was close for san jose and today will be a lot of 72s also for napa and livermore downtown we will bump you up to 72. some 40s and 30s up near lake county, fso moving as dipped to

46 and mostly sunny and slight rain which means a lot of 70- degree temperatures. >> things are getting slower and good morning to you and let's go out and take a look at the commute on the westbound bay bridge, getting into the city, nothing unusual, driving across if you would like to use the san mateo bridge instead, it does look good heading out to the high-rise and you can see it is looking good today and it's not that bad and 580 on the other hand especially on the pass gets better p.m. as you mooch and it is 602 let's go back.

>> you have decide are he decided across the state and country. we have live team coverage for you this morning and janine de la vega is talking to the candidates for the mayor of san jose. we will start with tara moriarty who tells us this election day is supposed to have the lowest turnover turnout ever. >> reporter: unfortunately they are not familiar with the candidates and nothing really took out and less than half are expected to come out. part of it is because of the reelection bid and with an easy victory, the governor spent no time or money on getting his campaign vote out and that translates to little or no

votes. he is upset with what is being put on the ballot as we spoke with one person. >> stop telling me what to put on my body and telling me how to live my life and how to speak. i am tired of political correctness. >> coos do you -- >> reporter: do you know who is running for governor? >> i know his name will take it where there are most rates and they tend to be better educated white conservative and republican. we'll see exactly how the turnout is going this morning. live from daily city, i am tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> all right, tara, it will be

interesting to see what happens. 604, one of the most hotly contested mayors, two candidates are up early to make one final push through the poles. joining us now from san jose with one of those candidates, janine? >> yes, pam, this is expected to be a close race and we will be talking throughout the morning and we are in sam richardos and he said he is the right person to lead the bay area's city and i am joined by sam right here and i know some of the latest polls show he has a slight lead, how are you feeling? >> i am feeling great. we have an incredibly passionate band of volunteers and i think we will win today. >> reporter: you have the

backing of three former mayors as well as the current mayor, chuck reid, what can you say to those undecided voters who are going back and forth for a last minute pitch. am people like mayor james, they have all decided to support one candidate in this race and they are doing so because we can't go back to the days when we were getting pension benefits and had no idea how to pay for police officers because we are paying for retirements and i have a plan to do it and i have been isn't pleasant da -- implement implementing and i have the leadership. >> thanks so much are this among and i do want to talk

about his opponent, dave quart tess did i is he a former councilman and he supported the firefighter's association. law enforcement views him as somebody willing to compromise and prevent more officers from leaving the department an offers better benefits and pay and here is what he told us last night. >> we are very excited that we are going to get results in about 24 hours and we are very optimistic, cautiously optimistic, it has been a very competitive race and there are tens of tens of thousands who will vote and just make sure they are remind -- reminded to

vote. >> and in the next hour, zoom will be vote being between 7:00 and 8:00 at his polling place as well and if you are one of the people who votes by mail and has not turned in that ballot, it is too late to male it in and they want you to actually hand it in drive to your polling place or drive to the registrar's office and hand in that vote by mail because every ballot counts. reporting live, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> this is certainly one of those counts they had to join 15 states disappoint. we to sped up new officer recruit recruitment and training and we teamed up to

put immediate presence on the street. >> i am the most progressive candidates and understand to raise the minimum wage to $15, reorganizing police department to make it more affective. >> we have toed amore than just police, we have to make sure we are investing in education. >> to make sure am it is even more complicated, and that means, the ballots are reprocessed and then the third as we here three more am on sodas and other sweet ended drinks, if it is approved it will be measure d without a

vote and if it passes, that money will go to the city's general fund. now in san francisco measure e- would impose a 2-cent tax and it needs two thirds approval and it would pay for physical education programs. diet taxes will not be planned for either. they could shift the balance of power, 36 seats up for grabs, and coming um over 30 minutes from now. u.s. professor corey cook will join us here on the set and he will be talking about the closely watched races and make sure you stay here on line. as the poles close ,it will be here tomorrow morning. a man was hit by an amtrak

train in san leandro. it happened on spring lake drive two miles north of the amtrak station and a spokesperson told the contra costa it times a person was trespassing. several people were on the train at the time but nobody was hurt. we are hearing from the only survivor of the boat accident that killed five people over the weekend. the boat capsized after being hit by a large wave. phillips sanchez was able to swim and he said he was turned to stay alive. >> i just seen bubbles, the guilt, why me. >> he said he feels lucky to be

alive and has to cope with the loss of his friend, three men and a woman on that boat drowned and none of them were wearing life jackets and the investigation continues. coming up at 6:30 the investigation into illegal drugs given to an 8-year-old girl in hercules while trick or treating. this is especially -- especially dangerous for both drivers and and the still throw in some areas. why it still may am not be cooler weather and that theme continues into tuesday and

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term planning for drought years. they actually have rivers and streams and it would boost the state's rainy day fund requiring debt payments and it did not require the legislature to set aside money and that will mean less money for school. some of the parents are calling it irresponsible and they say they are upset the school district did not tell them they are getting lessons and notices were sent out to parents ten days before that program started. safety experts are reminding drivers to be extra

careful, this time of year they can be dangerous since it does get dark earlier and they gave way free bike lights in downtown oakland yesterday. >> they have a responsibility to be seen and motorists have a responsible to slow down and be more careful with the way they drive. >> they are encouraged to make themselves as visit wall as possible and wearing reflect if -- reflecters. >> yesterday was dark and here comes to a guy and he was wearing all dark clothing and it was hard to see him. >> yes, especially with this weather -- especially this daylight, you have to be more careful. >> yes, you know what, this morning we are doing okay as you look at highway 4 just to

add on to what was said, this year at this time, we always seem to get more into fender benders and it is correlated with the time change. westbound bay bridge as you come up, about a 24 minute drive, no major problems, if you are looking at the east shore freeway, 680 is fine to the walnut creek interchange so far. let's go to the weather center and steve i have not seen that much fog out there >> i have only had one tweet this morning. >> twitter was off. >> it was awful. room and we do have a couple of 30s near lake middleton and sal touched on it briefly, there will be a few high clouds breaking through and i am

reaching with a few high clouds and occasionally some of these will move through the picture and this tweet me i would be happy to talk weather with you. and 54 and 70, forecasted, be a 70s what is the average, 52 and 56, 42, the record low and record high not that warm and also not that long ago. back in 1986 when downtown is 53 i just went with that, under most live sunny skies, and with that, there are some low clouds from 37 to 41 back to 40, a walnut creek to fairfield, there is some cooler readings mid-40s even san jose and 45, gilroy has gotten to a cool 44

and a lot of 40s in saratoga, los gatos, higher elevations, easterly breeze for most, only 5 with a north breeze or east breeze and that's the coolest they have been for a long time. south bay, still running rather weather there -- warm there and some guys said yesterday, i had two bits, two bits that is a quarter. as my father used to say and how keys in sacramento. overall mostly sunny temperatures are bumping up slightly and tomorrow we we have a bigger jump it does look

cooler on friday and there is another system late thursday into friday and it will bring a slight cool down. there are some signs to the north and i think around the 14 14th it looks better for us. not a lot but there is a little better out there. a lot of 60s to petaluma in concord 72 and 73. 60s on the peninsular, it looks quiet all the way into the weekend. >> we can handle it. >> i hope so. 621 is spirit airlines said 30,000 people answered its invitation to say how much they hated flying on spirit. 40% describe had what they don't like about it and the bickest complaint overall was

the lack of leg room and other passengers who reclined their seats and were stuck in the middle seat. renters are here in the bay area and palo alto's crescent ring says they go for 3100 a month there for renting and san francisco's border neighborhood is third with an average of 36/100l1thl0 a month and the most expensive, new york city, penn plaza more than $3,400 per rent. >> he is certainly no bum he has gone from the baseball field to late night television. >> i keep it in my shirt at all times. >> the surprise mvp world series madison bumgarner heads for a television host last

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>> 6:25, waiting for russell who was found on the cabin of the 8 8th deck. he reportedly gave his life jacket to a passenger as he helped others into the life boats. 32 people died. the captain of the ship is on trial for manslaughter and for abandoning ship and he is denying those charges. the ntsb is wrapping up it's on scene investigation into the says ship. now parts of the ship are being moved from the mojave desert into hangers. they are still looking into what caused it to break apart and crash. the pilot was killed and theco pilot did -- did survive. is he not giving up on space tourism but he is focused on safety. >> i spent many, many years

building a spacecraft and space port and i think i can do the job and can do the job safely and we will not start taking people until we have finished a mess of series test flights. >> they are planning to start early next year and they have already started reservations at $250,000 each. los angeles international airport wants some answers after a fuel truck crashed into a jet parked at a terminal. nobody was on this plane and crews had to rescue the truck driver who was trapped inside that crumpled truck. he is being treated for injuries and still no word on what caused the crash. still ahead, a bedbug problem in an east bay apartment program, how this could lead to jail time for the

landlord. plus a young trick or treaters wind up want candy in her bag coming up. we have slowing on the east bay commute which might get your attention on the east shore freeway on the i am in in its and also -- nimitz and also 508. -- 580. >> thanks for the response on twitter, you ask and people respond. we are talking about fog and we'll see if it will be a little warmer today. over 20 million kids everyday in our country

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me than yesterday. >> yes, it is a little bit. >> it was cool to yesterday, there is a mix of low clouds and high clouds right now. some of that fog in some areas, there is a blanket of it, i have been telling sal it is out there and now he can see it too. temperatures will come up including palo alto and the other sea low, palo alto, am thank you the other one, it is 44 and cold here but everything, all systems are a go after that fog comes down, there are a few up into lake county and there is a little little but 41 in calistoga and

heelsberg and if it is, after today, it looks like even warmer than he have wednesday. some figure fog, a lot of low 70s and these temperatures are on the way up for about 10 minutes. >> sal, you saw that fog. >> you did see that fog be careful if you try to drive through it, nothing is on the freeway and it could cause a little bit of a slow down, there is an auto pedestrian accident and it is not causing a problem on the freeway but if you use that, you will see some slowing mostly police lights as they investigate that crash. the traffic here is doing okay as you drive through livermore,

we had some earlier issues but it is gone. bay bridge, it is okay as trash continues in both directionings pause i want to mention southbound throughout petaluma is very slow. 6:33 let's go back to the desk. this election day is expected to have the lowest voter turn out ever in california. tara moriarty is joining us live in daily city to explain why and i know you are talking to voters for people voting. >> it doesn't seem like too many people are voting and of course we hope people will get motivated and head over there and for 0 the most part,

nothing is motivating them. levels then half and a and the reelection bid with poll is the governor has spent no time or money on getting his campaign message out and that translates to little or no desire to vote. >> they are disend franchised and disenchanted -- disinn chanted, who do we have to vote for, we have to vote for some of these prop circumstances on the ballot and a lot of this is common-sense. >> what you are seeing is spot voting. and as far as who is likely, they tend to be white

conservative and republicans. we will head over there and let you know how things will be shaping up, i am tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> all right tara. thanks you. 6:34 well voters have the most complicated ballot, they have to choose between 15 candidates for mayor and including using the ranked choice voting system. >> i will move immediately to restore are them to every beat so that we prevent crime. >> i am the only candidate for 900 officers for starters and it does not involve parcel taxes or anything on that. >> now candidates were out shaking hands and that includes incumbent mayor jaun. >> i want everything that has

gone right and the local am viewers are saying the voting is going in the wrong direction. >> you mark the first second and third choices for mayor. if no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote than the ballots are reprocessed considering the second choices and third if necessary until somebody gets more than 50%. coming up in just 30 minutes, we will hear from three more candidates from the mayor of oakland and republican challengerrer will be there as well. statewide will have a full slate of statewide offices and mike is facing challenges in the congressional district. stay with us here on ktvu online and on air for complete election coverage and we will

bring you live results as the polls close this evening and we will have live results coming up tomorrow. a shocking surprise on halloween. join being us live to tell us what was found. >> somehow -- >> reporter: somehow an 8-year- old wound up with methamphetamine in her bag, they don't know whether it was an accident or whether it was done intentionally. her father was looking through her bag and found a small ziplocked bag, he called police and testing showed that substance was in fact methamphetamine, it was about a 10th avogram or so. the area where this child was trick or treating, police are trying to pinpoint where these

drugs may have come from and this discovery should interest serve to check your kids' can'tzy bags and if you know who handed out this meth please give hercules police a call. alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. seeking an arrest warrant for a landlord ignoring a bedbug problem. he refused to exterminate despite getting recent notices and fines. he faces 6 months in county jail or a fine or both and so far there is no response from the property owner. they are warning women to

back current and why police believe it is a united states senate. brian flores will sit down with a local professor of politics and talk about the impacts this could have on some major issues. and we found an unusual problem in the east way and now we have some slowing in the east bay. it is not unusual as tonight jones would say to find a little fog, we do have some rain. you are lining but not watching, turn around, there you there you are.

. welcome back time now 6:42 firefighters are serving for the -- searching for the cause of a fire that engulfed several homes. you can see firefighters and police there and cameras are panning around so show you the area we are talking about. again these are live pictures and they are near 680 and you can still see smoke coming out the top there. the fire started 2:00 a.m. this morning and it took them three hours to put the flames out. dispatchers say two homes had

been destroyed and at least one other has been damaged. no injuries have been reported and again this is a fire in pleasanton and again the search is underway to find out what caused that fire and we will keep you posted. oar. >> time is now 6:42 the big price in midterm elections controlled the u.s. senate. they are winning back what they lost in 2006. in the studio with corey cook to talk about the balance of power. good morning guys, this is your super bowl, right? >> yes, they are cares enough and i want to talk about it, this could be the lowest voter turn out historically. this may be why they are and they the particular. >> nationally they are expecting lower turnout and there are wild happening, which

means there were democratic years just based on the elect tore you' all vote. -- electoral vote. most might come in under at this time. >> let's talk about the balance of power, obviously in terms of the leg tore roll this morning dark leg tore roll, do you think theologian enough for the senate? >> it will be close, it is likely three seats where democrats have retired, there are three additional seats and they are likely to win and your more are in play. the zeal is they are in kansas or in georgia and in kansas they pulled off a ballot and there is an independent running for winning that and it is possible they can win a seat

for a 50-50 tie in which vice- president joseph biden can break the vote. >> president barack obama has been making a lot of campaign stops, trying to garner support, what does it say in terms of democrats trying to gain seats the relationship with the president has it hurt them, what do you think? >> well, yes, and no. his ground operation is being used and the polls are not looking good. they will pick up 6 seats and probably more like 8 but the ability to identify voters and get them to the polls, he is employing that if for house races across the country and if they hold on, it will be because they largely stayed away. >> we talked about the house seats, why is that? >> well, they are not gettive and what is interesting, the majority of the house vote,

they did win a majority and actually what happened, they had huge majorities in their seats and they are likely to use it around the country. most people are estimating 5 to 78 seats not impacting the margin overall in the house. when we see next we will talk more about prop 45, we will talk about a raise going under the radar and it is the most experience sufficient, back to you, brian and they are the state's most propositioned it will give them the final say over increased rates and it will lower health insurance rates including health insurance companies saying it gives too much power to one politician. >> treatment decisions should be made by doctors and not

somebody with a political agenda. >> this is one of the biggest descendings ever perpetrated on california. oop they are funding over site and they say it would isn'ter fear with decisions. measure e.would allow them to move from san jose to milpitas. critics say it would change the small town atmosphere of milpitas but supporters say it will bring 900 new jobs and badly needed revenue to milpitas if measure e.passes. it pays 15% in taxes in san jose and that would drop to 10- point 5% in milpitas. a check for what is coming

up, the first cat cafe, why it is so popular and you need to make reservations just to stop in. san francisco police told mvp madison bumgarner to ask if there is anything he can do for him. the one request he made and why it was turned down. that is some of the stories we are working on, now back to you on the morning news. >> i can't wait to hear what sal says about our commute, how are we holding up so far? >> well, we have a couple of areas which are very slow and i am looking apt the list, let's start off with union city. apple are investigating there

and there are reports of the interchange heading south and it picks up and slows on the way to an earlier crash. 580 is slow as usual coming into dublin and 880 is backed up all the way to richmond and it has been a bad commute there. bay bridge is backed up for a 30 minute drive to downtown san jose and getting up that corner into the valley. let's go to steve in the weather center. >> we are talking about steve? >> i have. >> some so we have some areas of fog thanks to an area.

a knap same store livermore jerry sandusky hose 73 and 72. and tomorrow we will be 77 and 778 for many of these, everything goes up and over, david up in willits valley at the rocking 40 ranch. i just like the name. rocking 40 ranch. i know you folks up in mendocino, i do my best to mention you but you are in eureka's book and i do the best i can. some of this thick fog, it is right down there. san francisco has some low clouds and that's the the forecasted temperatures and he can land on the right side, 62 and 72 for a high, a little bit of a cloud deck you can see the

rim of high pressure and occasionally -- ridge of high pressure and occasionally it moves through. novato did check in briefly at 37, walnut creek half-moon bay, right there at alamo 40. san ramon 43 and pittsburgh and brentwood zipped into the 40s and yesterday they were in the 50s. 44 up in ukiah and monterey, 46 degrees and that's at the airport, with the rain staying to the north lightly warmer, there is is not likely, next couple of days warmer upper 70s and you can see on the cloud rain a weak system coming in thursday and friday and it will bring us a cool down even as we go into the weekend and we

could have light rain to the north. some thick a.m. fog lifts 70s for almost everybody, petaluma, st. and sell selma oakland and berkeley, cupertino and 70s on the coast, cities on the peninsular, it looks good, a little clearer warmer the next day. >> sounds good >> thank you steve. 6:52 today's mid-term election could end up shifting power, coming up in 20 minutes, we are going to go over what it means for the direction of the country. >> but first thieves on one bay area city and it's not just tools there after.

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. welcome back, 6:55 san rafael contractors are being warned about thieves stealing tools at job sites. police say the thieves either break in or come in through unsecured areas of the job sites. close to $30,000 worth of tools

have been stolen so far. >> the money is part i am resolved with but the emotional part, the violation thing is lingering. >> at another job site, they arrayed wedding gifts which were stored there and police detectives -- detectives are focusing on these crimes and they are focusing tonight be september. an it is worth $40,000 taken over the weekend and parked next to a small commercial building and police say neighbors did see a flatbed truck in the area and they simply loaded it up and drove off. >> world series mvp madison bumgarner is in big demand as you can marge. last night he was -- as you can

imagine. hehe was on late night television with jimmy fallon. >> hopefully there is more to come. >> what could you do? could you cut an album? >> i have been thinking about it. we smoke about -- we spoke with him about underwear created by jockey and he showed his bootie on camera. >> checking in on the alley bobber stock, it's down a little bit after company reported earnings since first going public. the commerce giant beat revenue expect take -- expectations and they are keeping an eye on that since the company still holds a

substantial steak in the company. and it is teaming up to registered news articles, didn't call and on line television no grams and it will help them decide where to place ads so they are reaching the most receptiontive audiences. the ads are -- the stocks are up a little bit. coming up on mornings on 2, a halloween scare and a disturbing discovery, police are warning parents check those trick or treat bags. polls are opening soon, just minutes from the mid-term election and it involves one of the biggest bay area cities, stay with us. we will be right back.

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>> reporter: a young trick or treater winds up with more than just candy. we'll tell you about the dangerous drug the parents of an 8-year-old girl found in her halloween bag. the polls have just opened