. >> and the east bay, 700,000 people are registered to vote in contra costa county to vote in person. you have polling centers that are still open, as we mentioned until 8 o'clock tonight, there are 152 polling centers and 37 drop boxes in contra costa county. we caught up with some voters earlier today. and here's what they had to say. >> i really do believe that democracy is on the ballot this year. so get out there and vote very important for everybody to vote. everybody get a legal vote, get a chance make opinion is noted. >> contra costa county officials say so far voter turnout has been a bit low in the county. also statewide today, of course, is the final push for the candidates to, you know, reach those last minute. voters. >> our capitol correspondent eytan wallace, very busy day was with governor gavin newsom and joins us now live from sacramento with the message. both parties are hoping to get out before the polls close. 8 on. good evening to you. >> well, vic in grafton, everybody in the bay area. good evening to was well. and, you know, we've seen it over this election.

the radar has been lit up from about solano county, contra costa county to santa clara county.y, brentwood, antioch, byron and discovery bay. yes, there's been a lot of rain here. the most, though at least so far has been in the santa cruz area. santa cruz mountains ben lomond, incheon three quarters, davenport's mentioned a third santa clara in mountain view both over an inch of rain. it was as the commercial went really coming down out there, saint, lean and inch and a quarter three months been going crazy over an inch of rain loss goddess also over an interim can't field. probably there now. 99 100. palo alto's had good rain. 1000.98 san jose three quarters oakland 30.53 in san francisco 0.48. you can see the activity moving ashore. numerous lightning strikes observed especially that's the radar beam by the way from mount hermon, um right there, and that's what you're seeing right there right there. numerous lightning strikes have been observed cloud to cloud not sure about any cloud to ground but that's been off of santa cruz mountains area that hasn't been a few to the nor

there's 152 point centers in contra costa county. you can also vote in person and you can still mail in your ballot so long as it is postmarked on or before. today. contra costa county officials say voter turnout so far has been low and they want to remind people every vote matters yet. still fairly low. we had about a 28% returns so far. >> certainly we're hoping to double that if possible with our voters, every vote does count. you know, i've been through some elections that have the margin of victory have been 2 or 3 votes. and in fact, that had one that was a tie vote. and so every vote can matter. the rain has been on and off throughout the day. so make sure you have your raincoat and umbrella handy. >> because the polls close at 8 o'clock tonight. sarah stinson reporting back to you. >> all across the nation, the fight to control power in congress is at stake in today's midterm elections. deadlocked races in georgia and pennsylvania could decide the fate in the u.s. senate. and in an unusual twist, california could actually shif

ktvu sally rassmann's now inside election headquarters and contra costa county. good morning, alex. good morning, david. those election workers ready for the big day today. the polls have already opened behind me at the contra costa county clerk recorder's office. this is their command centers. you see about a dozen people. these are workers with the county and they have headsets on in front of computers. they're fielding calls from some of the polling locations, so there's about 152 polling locations in contra costa county. if there's a problem with the equipment, or maybe a volunteer poll worker has to go home sick. the people here, field those calls and respond to them and send a backup person and send out some new equipment to them. but the polls opened just about 30 minutes ago, and we were there to watch. here you are now open. operation. and that's the county clerk recorder, officially opening the closest in person polling location to the county office. it's the kind of announcement is a tradition here. california election code says they have to officially declare the polls op

federal guidelines have all voting centers with spanish speaking poll workers and signage and in contra costa countye number of the mail ballots have been returned, might indicate a low turnout for the election. but the county's chief deputy clerk says there's still plenty of people that are going to come. >> feeling great about our 152 polling places. the open up bright and early 07:00am. we understand there may be other reasons why people feel the need to vote. in-person voters can make passed a ballot independently and confidentially, for example, if their friends that if they have a certain disabilities. >> and san mateo county officials point out that you need to make sure your ballot a sign. that's the leading reason that they've seen that they've had to reject him. so make sure that it signed. make sure it's postmarked before midnight because they can't counted if those things are not done correctly. >> well, a lot of voters have already cast their ballots, putting him in the mail or they went early to vote at various locations. many of those still waiting for the actual election day to cast

in fact, contra costa county health department is offering those kids free to county residents through a new mail order program as kron four's dan kerman tells u.s., medical experts say testing is one of several ways to stay healthy over the holidays after a bit of a low covid cases are on the rise again. we're already starting to see an uptick in cases. we're going to see more with. >> thanksgiving christmas, new year's that confirm this trifecta that we've gone through the last. >> 2 years, the case is up and thanksgiving approaching contra costa county is offering free covid test kits to county residents. and in just the first 4 hours the county received 900 orders. doctors say having everyone planning to attend your thanksgiving gathering test before coming heads that extra layer of protection still car leads pretty well with the level of virus that you have. >> and therefore, carly, it's pretty well with how infectious you are. if let's say, we're having thanksgiving dinner with 10 people. we all test a couple of hours before and were all negative. you have made that dinner substa

this is a picture from the contra costa county sheriff's department showing. >> staggering stacks of requests for a concealed carry weapons permit or a ccw. a sheriff's spokesperson says that the numbers are on precedent. >> we currently have a backlog of over 1000 ccw applications that exact number as of yesterday was 1010 start in jimmy lee is the spokesperson for the contra costa county sheriff's department. >> he says that they typically receive about 20 applicants a month. now they're up to hundreds. what's changed? well, a ruling by the united states supreme court. so essentially. >> some states require applicants for c c w's to provide. >> a compelling reason. our just cause as to why they want to carry a concealed weapon in public and the supreme court ruling on june 23rd. it's essentially struck that down. >> sergeant lee says that immediately following the ruling, the requests started pouring in. is this something that we should be it sounds like on base. you know, people in the east bay are arming themselves. >> yeah, i wouldn't quite >> say that the sergeant explains desp

. >> this happened just after midnight, according to chp and contra costa county coroner's office. 27 year-old tra tucker of allay was driving the wrong way on the westbound lanes when they hit an suv. there were 3 children inside of the car with tucker and all 4 died at the scene. the driver of the suv. 44 year-old lisandro, good of vacaville, was also killed in the crash. an investigation is still ongoing. and in concord, investigators believe that the fire that was intentionally sent to a home was caused by the person who died inside kron four's philippe djegal reports that that person was found near a gun and it appears they shot themselves. >> within hours of a home on euclid avenue in concord, going up in flames. contra costa county fire protection district arson investigators determined fires were set in multiple areas throughout the house. concord police joined the investigation. that concerns me greatly it. there's all kinds of possibilities going on in my mind. but i'm not willing to speculate. on friday. the concord police department said more light on what happened. police

contra costa county sheriff's deputies detained robbins at the home. he was booked on suspicion of murder. there's no word of a motive in the killing yet, and the residents of the home did not want to comment that thanksgiving is supposed to be a peaceful and what people gathered the family and they have a good time in lives next door. you don't want to see nobody die. you know, over some ridiculous stuff. i'm pretty sure it was ridiculous. several miles away. candles mark the spot where a second man was shot and killed. hours later on thanksgiving. the man who was in his thirties, was shot on wharf drive at about 3 45 in the afternoon outside this woman's home, heard this boom sound and how how collins puerto worked in medicine before retiring. she and others try to help the victim. but he died at the scene as a woman with the victim watched in horror, told the woman when she i kept saying the also pray for him and his family. that's all i can say. and i did what i could, deputies found 18 year old emanuel morales nearby and arrested him on suspicion

. >>> and voting is going on in polling places across contra costa county. this is from the clerk recorder in martinez. officials say it's crucial to exercise their right to vote. >> it's very important to vote and make their opinions noted. >> as for mail-in voting, contra costa county is reporting that 1/4 of mail-in ballots that officials sent out have been returned, 177,000. >>> the latino vote could prove pivotal in the election with as 13 as three million latinos casting ballots. an outreach foundation said that they care about many of the same issues as the broader electorate. >> housing and homelessness, and what we are seeing is they are active. they are look to address a lot of the issues and depending on the out comes, latinos will make a difference because they are living with the issues like everyone else. >> they are, and california is leading the way. a diverse group of local and national lawmakers could benefit everyone. >> big wins. >> reporter: voting in this year's election marks a significant moment for the political director for equality

federal guidelines to have all voting centers have spanish speaking poll workers and signage in contra costa countye number of returned mail in ballots may appear to indicate a low turnout for today's election. but the county's chief deputy clerk recorder explains why some still choose to vote in person. so they're waiting. >> feeling great about our 152 polling places. the open up bright and early 07:00am. we understand there may be other reasons why people feel the need to vote. in-person voters can make passed a ballot independently and confidentially, for example, if their friends, they have a certain disabilities. >> i don't know if i feel any. i just you know, i'm a procrastinator. plus, i like the feeling election day. you know, i mean, you go to the polls. san mateo county is over there. they say that the ballots that are not signed are one of the leading reasons that they find ballots are rejected. so make sure that you sign it may spur sure that it is postmarked. if you're going to put it in the mail by midnight today or can't be counted. >> well, in nevada county man in his wife now are

she reports from contra costa county. liz: in contra costa county, concern over this year's school board races can be traced back to a single yard sign. >> back to education in lafayette. liz: chad, who runs a facebook group called chronically right wing extremism, said it seems reminiscent of make america great again. he made in question, who are these candidates running for school board, and what is their agenda? >> what are we getting back to, and where we going that they don't want to go? liz: the sun, it turns out, are part of three candidates part of a loosely coordinated group of parents who are frustrated by how schools handled the pandemic and decided to run for school board, but chad said it is part of a larger effort we covered across the bay area in conservatives of school board positions. he is one of more than 500 parents who signed a petition in the area against these candidates. one piece of these, wife of supreme court justice clarence ch ginni thomas. chad: conservatives have explicitly said we, conservat

officials in contra costa county actually going to be getting ballots ready so they can begin countingmediately on tuesday, kron four's camila barco is live in contra costa county with the details. hi, camilla. >> good morning, you guys. yeah. election day is quickly approaching and we are currently inside the tabulation room here in contra costa county at the elections office. and with me, i have helen nolan, the u.s. assistant registering and right now we're taking a look at kind of gearing up for election day. there's a lot that goes into it. so tell me a little bit about what is going on right now. kind of what you see behind us ballots that have already been checked in verified and extracted. these are ready for they're being put through high pros scanners. now the votes are being tabulated, but they will be they're being stored on a secure server and no sooner than 08:00pm on election night. we then cooler report and then we'll know at least preliminary results for the people back home to get a further understanding. this is kind of the process before you guys actually tabulate a

. >> plus, the height of the fire season is officially over in contra costa county. coming up, the message from the fire department and a look back at their fire season. >> one will get comfortable this afternoon after such a chilly start pack down in the 30's for a lot of us 60's later on and some sunshine. we do have one chance of rainfall between here my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger. >> it's 8, 14 and in the east bay contra costa county fire say that the fire season is over. they were really worried by fire seasons is good news. yeah. they said some of the rains that we got earlier this month really help lower the danger. kron four's camila barco following the story for us live from lafayette this morning. hey, kayla. >> we've got morning. you guys that rain helped a lot because they definitely had a busy fire season at the height of the season contra costa county fire. they had to use sever

so darya james here in contra costa county. in the next hour.e will be going inside the election offices to get an idea as to how operations will run on election day. of course, is going to be a very busy day for these officials and will have more in the next hour. but for now, back to you. >> all right. thank you very much for nearly 33 million voters have already cast their ballots. democrats and republicans are putting things into high gear to try to motivate more people to go to the polls. washington, d.c., correspondent reshad hudson has the latest. good morning. just to show how much these races are tightening. president biden, former president trump are both campaigning in what's traditionally safe political areas for their candidates. >> we're just getting started. president biden spent thursday evening campaigning in san diego for congressman mike levin, who is in a tough re-election battle. it's not a referendum. >> this is choice. >> the choice between 2 fundamentally different versions of america. >> the president warted voters about

ktvu is james torres spoke to voters in contra costa county on what measures matters most to them. contra costa county. you can vote in person until about five o'clock tonight. otherwise you have all the opportunity in the world to drop off the ballot into one of these secured boxes until eight o'clock election day. only one more sleep to go until the end of the midterm election season. we saw voters dropping balance off today in martinez, just more convenient had it for done for a week. nationally all eyes are on congressional racist. governor gavin newsom spent the weekend rallying votes for democratic candidates. he also pushed support for some of the key ballot measures statewide, including prop one, which would codify abortion rights into california's constitution. other propositions drove voters to get involved like everybody, you know 26 27. those there and 30. and so. that's why i get a lot of things this time around. you know, there's a i have a dear friend who lost her husband who was going through dialysis and you know, so that one um you know, i wanted to make sure i get

according to officials, all the fires in contra costa county was because of human activity. bout 600 of them were in or near homeless encampments. the good news is that this year no residents were displaced by wildfire incidents. contra costa county made the decision to end the height of fire season because of the rain that we saw. and officials say that they fear well this year thanks to that rain, but also people being proactive but darted games despite the announcement that they just made, they say they are advising people to still practice fire safety and also prepare for the next fire season because the reality is that we're living in california. so it's best to always keep your guard up. i'll send it back to you guys. all right. very good advice. thank you. >> ok, time now is 5.15. let's head will happening today. we've got another thing that may have helped this fire season which were investments in wildfire prevention governor gavin newsom visiting napa county yesterday afternoon to speak with firefighters and remind california's that fire season can be year round as

plus the height of fire season is officially over in contra costa county. coming up, the message from the fire department and you run a small business, u need the most from ery investment. at's why comcast business ves you more. re innovation... th our new gig-speed wi-fi, us unlimited data. re speed... from the largest, stest, reliable network... d more savings- t t60% a year th comcast business mobile. l from the company that wewe more businesses an any other provider. t started with fast speeds d advanced security r $49.99 a month r 12 months. us ask how to get up a $750 prepaid card th a qualifying bundle. in east bay contra costa county fire officials say the heightened fire season is now over. yeah, that's good news. they say recent rains helped bring the danger down. kron four's camila barco standing by live. >> in lafayette with the story. good morning. camila. >> good morning. you guys see at the height of fire season contra costa county fire had to use several fire engines to respond to several wildfires. but now because of the rain that we got, t

in the east bay contra costa county fire officials say the heightened fire season is over. yeah.thankfully, firefighters say the recent rains. >> sure help bring down that danger level. kron four's camila barco following the story for us live in lafayette. good morning. camila. >> good morning, guys. yeah, that rain was tremendous help to put things into perspective at the height of fire season contra costa county fire had to use several engines when responding to wildfires, but now they'll be using only one fire engine when they have to put a grass fire. take a look at your screen. one of the biggest fires that they had to respond to, actually the biggest fire that they had to respond to was the marsh fire out in pittsburgh. it burned more than 700 acres and it caused massive flooding because crews were dumping water to put the fire out this year's fire danger season last 187 days, which is just a few days shorter than last year's. however, grass and exterior fires increased by more than 10% this year compared to 2021. officials say human activity caused a lot of the fires in th

voter turnout for these midterm seem lower than usual in contra costa county. it's about 23% which it's clerk says could be result of many special elections in the last year. but even if you're feeling voter fatigue officials want you to always join the conversation. every single vote matters and it's your voice and by not making that decision to vote. you're letting someone else make a choice for you. james torres, ktvu, fox two news. former president showing up in the same state today will sway votes coming up the other working to help their party's candidates in a pivotal senate race. oh, wow. flaming basketball coming out of the sky. we're going to get to the bottom of what had a bottle of light soaring over the northern california sky last night and see the damage left behind after a fatal outbreak of tornadoes to hit multiple states. detect this: living with hiv, i learned i can stay undetectable with fewer medicines. that's why i switched to dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 regimen. detec

the contra costa county fire protection district says the home was intentionally set on fire and one person was found dead were inside the house. and we just heard, boom ball, man. >> before you know it, the house up in flames. embers fell on nearby homes and in back yards. but the fire never spread beyond the property. the concord police department says during the course of its arson investigation, investigators found the body with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and a gun nearby. >> they believe the person who died set the fire. neighbors say an older man lived in the home. i know the father lived the sun came. it seemed to be coming in doing work. >> and then leaving neighbors were already on edge. this is at least the second house fire on this street this year. it was a horrible thing because it was a woman who is aging and >> has dementia and asleep with open with a lit cigarette. as for thursday's case, police say there are no outstanding suspects and no ongoing risk to the public. the contra costa county sheriff's office coroner's division has not identified the person who died

and election officials still taking those ballots there in contra costa county county. them it's going to be a long night along morning tomorrow we'll take you live to martinez, where some of that work is underway. still tracking the weather. most of the raindrops have ended, but there's still some out there, and there's still potentially some more to come. what makes the train so magical? it's not just the enchanting call of the whistle or the adventurous spirit in every bend of the track. it's about where it goes. to places. and faces. and the warmest of memories. the magic of the train is more than how it takes us away. it's how it brings us together. ♪ for power in congress. right now , four seats are in play, with both republicans and democrats securing 48 senate seats of political party needs 51 seats for control or 50 seats, plus a tie breaking vote from the vice president. both independent senators caucus with democrats right now, effectively giving both major parties 50 senators, with vice president harris making tie breaking votes, the situation has created co

this is a picture from the contra costa county sheriff's department showing. >> staggering stacks of requests for a concealed carry weapons permit or a ccw. a sheriff's spokesperson says that the numbers are on precedent. >> we currently have a backlog of over 1000 ccw applications that exact number as of yesterday was sergeant. jimmy lee is the spokesperson for the contra costa county sheriff's department. >> he says that they typically receive about 20 applicants a month. now they're up to hundreds. what's changed? well, a ruling by the united states supreme court. >> so essentially some states require applicants for c c w's to provide a compelling reason. our just cause as to why they want to carry a concealed weapon in public and the supreme court ruling on june 23rd. it's essentially struck that down. >> sergeant lee says that immediately following the ruling, the requests started pouring in. this is something that we should be it sounds like on base, you know, people in the east bay are arming themselves. >> yeah, i wouldn't quite >> say that the sergeant explains despite the r

contra costa county sheriff's deputies detained robbins at the home. he was booked on suspicion of murder. there's no word of a motive in the killing yet, and the residents of the home did not want to comment that thanksgiving is supposed to be a peaceful and what people gathered the family and they have a good time. milton lives next door. you don't want to see nobody die. you know, over some ridiculous stuff. i'm pretty sure it was ridiculous. several miles away. candles mark the spot where a second man was shot and killed. hours later on thanksgiving. the man who was in his thirties was shot on worf drive at about 3 45 in the afternoon outside this woman's home, heard this boom sound and how how collins puerta work in medicine before retiring. she and others try to help the victim. but he died at the scene as a woman with the victim watched in horror. the woman when she kept saying the also pray for him and his family. that's all i can say. and i did what i could, deputies found 18 year old emanuel morales nearby and arrested him on suspicion of mur

200,000 mail in ballots are sorted and boxed up, then moved upstairs to the tally room at the contra costa county election center in contra costa county, 95% of the people that vote so by mail. there is a lot of prep work involved getting those votes by mail ballot ready to be tabulated. once the polls close on election night, we're beginning to process the vote by mail ballots that we've received up until you know saturday, for example, and we're processing imaging these ballots so that will be ready for eight pm report tonight for people who want to vote in person. the polls opened at seven with a flowery and fun announcement. here you here you all are now open. contra costa county has 100. 52 polling places and luckily this year, no shortage of volunteer poll workers long day but i'm ready. i'm ready. franklin is one of them. i believe this is my civic duty. i enjoy coming out meeting people and telling them what? how important voting is. i am with just a few hours left to vote. you have three options. you can drop off your mail in ballot at any polling place or at a dessert designated site in

bare does. >> reporter: janet is bare's handler, an investigator with the contra costa county district attorney's office, part of a team that interviews children after crimes have occurred. often, victims of second assault or molestation, who have witnessed violent crimes like a domestic violence involving the parents. >> bear's most important job is helping victims uncover probably on notable lives. the types of cases we see, nothing we can say or do would make them feel any better. >> reporter: 19there was brought from canine teams for independence, a nonprofit organization based in santa rosa. it provides service dogs to adults, children and veterans with disabilities at no cost to the recipient. >> i have had children refusing to speak to law-enforcement, who don't want to testify, the neighboring bear in, and their entire attitude changes. >> reporter: bear also goes to court, supporting children at the testify on the witness stand, often curling up with their feet or putting his head in their lap if he senses them getting upset. deputy attorney, santos says, the first case he won

we're that's the count so far with mail in ballots in contra costa county. while the number may appear to indicate a low turnout for tuesday's election. tommy gong, the chief deputy clerk recorder for contra costa county says he is staying upbeat, feeling great about our 152 polling places. the open up bright and early 07:00am khan says if you plan to cast your ballot, make a plan and know where you want to go. he says there is always help for those who need it. we understand there may be other reasons why people feel the need to vote in person. for example, we that we have the accessible voting equipment at the polling place so that voters can make passed a ballot independently and confidentially, for example, if their friends, they have a certain disabilities in on county is a new bilingual county under the federal voting rights act. section 203, the latest census in sonoma county reflected. >> a high spanish speaking electorate. >> and that triggered a mandate per federal guidelines to have all voting centers have spanish speaking poll workers as well as s

it may be santa clara county or contra costa county. let's just see and you can walk us through this, for folks at home who want to see just how much has gone to your county. santa clara county. carolyn: i actually cannot see it on my screen. you have it there. i can see you showing our interactive map. anyone who can log onto the internet can check out this map on calottery.com. kristen: it's like $22 million in the last quarter and that is a lot of money just in the last quarter and as we look around here, i'm going to ask you, for every dollar spent on a ticket, a one dollar ticket, what percentage of that dollar goes to the schools? not administrative, not marketing, but the schools? carolyn: for powerball, those tickets are two dollars. about $.40 goes to public schools. we have a number of buckets. mostly, the money goes to the prizes. $.40 per every powerball ticket goes to public schools. it does vary for scratchers games. a little harder to break down, but for our draw games like powerball, mega millions, super lotto plus, for p

in fact, contra costa county's health department is offering the kits for free to county residents through a new mail order program. and as kron four's, dan kerman tells u.s., medical experts say testing is one of several ways to stay healthy over the holidays. >> contra costa county is offering these free covid test kits. 2 residents that once somebody for the holidays and in just the first 4 hours, the county has received 900 orders. some glad to see that. >> we're seeing some proactive stuff coming from public health. infectious disease experts say with covid cases ticking up. >> having everyone planning to a 10 year thanksgiving gathering test before coming. that extra layer of protection? the key thing with the test is yeah, it's not a completely reliable test in a negative test. doesn't say with 100% certainty that you don't have covid. >> but it says with a pretty high level of certainty that you not infectious with covid. that's the question you're asking. but testing is just one step. another is staying home. if you have any signs of illness, if anybody. >> has sniffles or a littl

in contra costa county fire officials are not ready to call it into the fire season just yet the call forcefully to reports that will likely change if we can another week or so of rain. >> the contra costa county fire protection district recently began tailing back its initial response to wildfires during the summer cruise staffed up because fires were growing rapidly due to the extremely dry conditions. now crews are instructed to head to a call and evaluate the situation before requesting more resources will still run exterior fires even through november and december. >> but they just the likelihood to spread and get very large are drastically reduced. the rain was expected and caught on fire. assistant chief and fire marshal chris bachman hopes that heats up for at least another week or so. he says his crews had a busy summer by the end of september. we had already ran more fires and we did all and then we ran all last year for exterior fires. so our numbers >> well, the rain bought some positive news. the santa rosa fire department has declared and into the 20's already too. wildf

the contra costa county sheriff's office warning people about a phone scam. the office says the scammers are calling people saying there's a warrant for their arrest and they will be arrested unless they pay them money. authorities say there have already been multiple victims. the sheriff's office says anyone getting such a call should refuse to provide any personal info to the caller just or simply just hang up and then contact your local law enforcement agencies and report this. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news sideshows take over cities in the bay area. >> now, one city mayor. what's more to be done to stop them. we'll be right back after the break. >> that will welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. a time for you now for 29. go on for 30. and you're probably thinking, you know, it's on traveling out for thanksgiving. is any of the weather going to be inclement? i know for me john lee on thursday. i think you're very smart because you did all the things in the last yeah, it's all the way we do things giving for my grandma's birthday. so it's nice

contra costa county animal services was tasked with investigating how often does this happen? y, estimating roughly 20 calls a day for aggressive dogs. the county has a dangerous animals ordinance. if a dog when unprovoked bites or causes an injury, it can be designated as if it causes severe injury or death designated as a dangerous amal , both require a paid permit and strict rules. dana shows 100 animals have those designations countywide, potentially dangerous animal. it must have a muzzle. it must have a big red tag, and there's posting on your door and the front of your home that says potentially dangerous animal lives here for dangerous animals. they're not even allowed off the owner's property and must be secured. in both cases, the dog is allowed to return home get the neighbors may not like living next to someone like that, or bite victims may not like that. that dog has a second chance. we get that a lot, too. but the reality is that the process in place for people to go through it. and see whether they want to maintain that animal at their home. that process began f

well, fire season is over in contra costa county. thanks to the recent rain we've seen. >> this year, their biggest plays was the marsh fire out in pittsburgh, which is what you're seeing on your screen. it burned more than 700 acres and caused massive flooding as % crews dumped water to put the flames out. this year's fire danger season last to 187 days. just a few days shorter than last year. >> governor newsom is highlighting what he calls unprecedented investments in wildfire prevention saying he knows wildfires year round, but the state is already getting ready for the potentially worse times next year. >> we're now moving our efforts to prepare for next year with ernest folks that otherwise would be fighting fires. we're out there preparing to mitigate fires next year. we have invested as was stated an unprecedented aerial support. that next year there will be 7 new firefighting planes joining the fleet under the banner of cal fire. >> still ahead tonight at 8, thousands of starbucks workers staged a one-day strike at stores ac

contra costa county. tell us we're in a noisy area. this is the warehouse.is our vote by mail processing equipment, and what we're doing here is what the system does is. it goes through two passes. this is the very beginning of what we do when we received the ballot from the post office from our drop off. these are ballots that come directly from those designated drop boxes or the post office and this is their first stop. yes, exactly. and what the system does is it captures that scans the barcode the unique barcode on every envelope, and it captures a signature from every envelope could be signature verified by staff, and then this is the second path where all the good onest all th. and exactly opening the top of those that are good so that they can be extracted and be prepared for counting. you mean all the ballots that the signatures complete and the signature matches up so that it can go on to the next process to the tallying room that we showed in our last live shot at 8 30? yes to the tally room, you'll see every so often out sort of one or two. and th

more personnel. >> he spent the day with the local firefighters talking to north by leaders contra costa countyas made the decision to collin and officially to the height of fire season because of all that recent rain, the biggest fire this year and that county was the marsh fire in pittsburgh. it burned more than 700 acres of cause flooding as crews were dumping water on the flames. this year's fire danger season lasted 187 days. just a few days shorter than last year. a group of california lawmakers says returned from egypt after attending the united nations climate change conference. >> state senator bob wood koski says california's long-term goal to phase out fossil fuels and go carbon neutral by 2045, is a good first step. but he argues it's not enough. >> i don't. believe that people have the urgency that we need. we're always going to have a wildfire challenges. we're always going to have a drought challenges and we have to adjust our public policy. so that incorporates stat. >> governor newsom has said climate is one of his top priorities for this next legislative session. >> still ahea

in 2017 following a rash of shootings along contra costa counties highway for corridor. romero says he and other public officials fought for and won approval to have the state fund roughly $3.5 million to install cameras and licensed readers along i 80 and highway four from richmond to antioch. romero says. shootings have since declined and it's helping law enforcement when they get a vehicle description. what's your capture? what the car is that the license plate readers? will be able to tell again law enforcement. where that car got off the freeway. right now. the city of hercules has about 30 license plate readers that cost roughly $2000 each, romero says . they're proving to be a useful tool. while some may argue the expanse and added big brothers scrutiny or unnecessary to drivers, we spoke to support increased use of such tech security tool. one told us she's been personally affected by a freeway shooting. i was in a car accident like last year. and it was because it was a shooting on the freeway, and it was a four car accident. i feel like that would be a good ide

they will answer your question to help any caught contra costa county voter. there's about 700,000 people registered to vote in contra costa county should have received a ballot in the mail. take a look at this video from early this morning. people dropping off their ballot in the secure ballot box there in front of this building. i mean, it's dark outside. it's raining and people heading to work barely have time to chat with me but said they wanted to drop off their ballot before heading to work. now you can drop your ballot into any of these secure ballot boxes. these drop boxes and you can start by doing it today. as i said, polls are open many options drop your ballot off in that box. drop it off at a local polling center tonight by 8 o'clock. you can still mail in your ballot so long as it is postmarked before on today before today. if you're million from a post office box, be sure that, you know, the pickup time hasn't already passed when you're dropping it off. and honestly, i think the best way is to by one of those boxes. they're all over the county an

encourage people this year to get out and vote because they have already seen a low turnout here in contra costa county. they're going to be sorting through thousands of ballots. almost 700,000 people are registered to vote in the county alone. and tonight they're going to be busy counting every single one of them. last friday. we got a look. they want to show us, you know how they counted to give voters some kind of, you know, security that their mail in ballots and their ballots will be counted and they will be coun ed correctly. i know people have been skeptical about the security of mail-in ballots and voter integrity really across the country. and that's why they're going to be letting us indoors today to show us all the behind the scenes. and that could be fun to watch. so live at 6 o'clock. we'll be inside where they will be busy. busy, busy and you'll be busy all day and all night darya james. but hopefully everyone gets out and they vote. i always say you want to vote so that way. you can tell your opinion to people because if you don't vote, how can you then, you know, complain about anything

there are 37 drop boxes in contra costa county. you can also drop it off at a polling center is 152 polling sites. you can go to where you're either drop off your ballot or you can vote in person those are your options. you can also mail it in. still just want to make sure it's postmarked on or before today. now i caught up with one man as he was casting his ballot right after he said he was feeling good. >> i feel good one and done come in today to vote and and here we are. yeah, it was important for people to vote. it's very important for everybody to vote. everybody get a legal vote, get a chance make opinion is noted. >> and that's what we keep hearing overwhelmingly today is it's important for you to cast your ballot in that way. you have a say in how our local state and federal government is run. and i saw people out here, you know, 6 o'clock in the morning still dark pouring rain dropping off their ballot before work. people going above and beyond. and then we also did see at the polling centers. it was a little slow and it

contra. costa county has been prone to mud and landslides. so that prevent the we're just and mitigation effort to >> reduce amount of material that could potentially come down. the crew several of materials over time the concrete roadside ditch overflow traffic for much longer during the storms. and it does well, public works cleans up if they were full of water has nowhere to go but all back onto the roadway. so we want to make sure motorists and bicyclists are safe by making sure that the rover. >> maintenance division manager for contra costa public works. chris lau says this is considered routine work in the fall in preparation of winter storm strikes be aware of your surroundings and >> and reduce your speed. >> public works is also an clogging storm drains and catch basins. you can help out too by clearing any loose leaves and debris around your drains to prevent flooding in contra costa county police to go from 4 news. >> several warming centers will be open through the weekend in santa clara county. temperatures there are expected to

now in contra costa county fire officials say they're not ready to call an end to the fire season, but kron four's philippe reports that will likely change if can get another week or so of rain. >> slippery roads may be frustrating for drivers that the water falling onto the ground is soaking into the east bay hillsides and every inch of rain. the contra costa county fire protection district moves closer to calling an end to another lengthy wildfire season. we anticipate next week will will start to see those lights flash. you feel starting to green up >> you'll see the he'll start to the green color, get new growth to end when the extremely dry vegetation surrounding the county turns green on fires, assistant chief and fire marshal chris bachman says the fire danger will be significantly reduced. the cautions against letting your guard down in the next week or 2. if if with wet weather was followed up. >> but a couple days northern% wind events with low humidity, though the risk is still there, says card fire recently tailed back its initial response to wildfires during the summer cru

now, keep in mind, we're still waiting for contra costa county to clip certified the we'll keep an eye on that from the newsroom. but for now, send it back to you, james reyna. all right, sara, thanks for that breakdown. there. >> 503, the time and on the peninsula. palo alto police now looking for the gunman who fired shots into a restaurant at stanford shopping center on monday. now police responded to a call at about 4.25, in the afternoon from an employee of the fleming steakhouse. police arrived, they say they saw a window near the front door and a nearby car that struck by bullets. police say a witness reported seeing someone stick out a handgun from a black chevy camaro at the time of the incident. >> i just heard like fireworks. cops pulled up and told everybody to leave. that's when everybody started running. so. >> yeah. police say the car was last seen driving northbound on el camino. real that car. that was shot at was unoccupied at the time of shooting. so nobody hurt there. police believe the incident. was possibly drive-by shooting. they're still looking into it. >> well

. >> now to the east bay were contra costa county fire. officials say that the heightened fire season, the danger of that is now over. kron four's camila barco tells us firefighters say the recent rain has helped reduce some of their concerns. at the height of fire season contra costa county fire had to use several fire engines. >> when responding to several wildfires, but now they'll be using a single engine whenever they have to respond to a grass fire. take a look at your screen. this is the biggest fire that they battled year. it is the marsh fire out in pittsburgh and burned more than 700 acres and cost massive flooding as crews dumped water to put the fire out this year's fire danger season last 187 days, which is just a few days shorter than last year's fire. danger season, however, grass and exterior fires those increased by more than 10% compared to 2021. officials say human activity caused all the fires in the county this year, about 600 of them were in or near homeless encampments. the good news is no residents were displaced by

contra costa county sheriff's deputies detained robbins at the home.was booked on suspicion of murder. there's no word of a motive in the killing yet, and the residents of the home did not want to comment that thanksgiving is supposed to be a peaceful and what people gather the family and they have a good time. milton lives next door. you don't want to see nobody die. you know, over some ridiculous stuff. i'm pretty sure it was ridiculous. several miles away. candles mark the spot where a second man was shot and killed. hours later on thanksgiving. the man who was in his thirties was shot on worf drive at about 3 45 in the afternoon outside this woman's home, heard this boom sound and how how collins puerto work in medicine before retiring. she and others try to help the victim. but he died at the scene as a woman with the victim watched in horror. the woman when she kept saying the also pray for him and his family. that's all i can say. and i did what i could, deputies found 18 year old emanuel morales nearby and arrested him on suspicion of murder an

this is a picture from the contra costa county sheriff's department showing staggering stacks of requests for a concealed carry over one-thousand ccw applications that exact number as of yesterday was 1010 start in jimmy lee is the spokesperson for the contra costa county sheriff's department. >> he says that they typically receive about 20 applicants a month. now they're up to hundreds. what's changed? well, a ruling by the united states supreme court. so essentially. >> some states require applicants for c c w's to provide. >> a compelling reason. our just cause as to why they want to carry a concealed weapon in public and the supreme court ruling on june 23rd. it's essentially struck that down. >> sergeant lee says that immediately following the ruling, the requests started pouring in. is this something that we should be it sounds like on base. you know, people in the east bay are arming themselves. >> yeah, i wouldn't quite >> say that the sergeant explains despite the ruling getting a ccw is a multi step process to get a ccw permit. you have to fill out a detailed application. you ha

contra costa county. you can vote in person until about five o'clock today, but only about 5% of voter turnout does that they say they opened that in person voting to accommodate a number of people who might need some different accommodations. but of course, you can drop off your ballot at these ballot boxes at any time of the day overnight this morning later this afternoon, up until eight pm tomorrow. on election day. we're live this morning in martinez. i'm james torres. ktvu fox two news. alright james. lots of good information. there are several issues that seem to be driving voters to get involved in this midterm election. you can get a look at some of them, according to a new poll by the usc schwarzenegger institute, the cost of living is the top issue for 15% of california voters who were surveyed that was followed by homelessness with 13% 11% named the environment and climate changes. their main issue. crying and affordable housing also ranked high among those who were surveyed to make sure you tu

polls close at eight o'clock tonight in contra costa county, people can drop off their ballots at theorder's office without even leaving their cars. so far, they say they're seeing a stronger turnout in contra costa county than in the june primary. this morning's heavy rain flooded some bay area roadways, and that kept chp very busy. this is what it looked like on 84 between ironwood and thornton and fremont. caltrans pumps in the area were shut off, which did cause those lanes to flood. chp reminding people not to drive through deep standing water. there still hasn't been any sign of a winner in last night's any sign of the winner in last night's record powerball, drawing the one powerball ticket matching all six numbers was sold near pasadena in southern california at this joe's service center store in altadena, that winning ticket is the multistate game in the multistate game is worth a record $2.4 billion. three other tickets matched five numbers minus the powerball. one was sold at 1001 castro street market in san francisco. those tickets are worth more than $1.1 million, and you

contra costa county, the county changed the process this year.ting votes at local precincts anymore. we decided to go to our central count of our ballots, so that work that way we're bringing them all into the office. we feel that provided the most amount of security of the equipment because instead of putting the equipment out in the field equipment is all here in our office, where we have the greatest amount of security and we have cameras. we have all kinds of procedures here. that really elevate the amount of security we have. election officials say they saw an increase in the number of people voting in person this year. that includes dropping off of vote by mail ballot at the voting center on election day. alright guys, your time 7 32 on the national scene, the big red wave that a lot of people are predicted did not materialize. the house and senate are still in the mix. here is a number of races in both houses of congress are still very much in play would like to turn out a ktvu frank mallicoat for the latest numbers on what boyfriend was a

and many people here in contra costa county came out for republican watch party looking at the resultst they had to say, and their optimism for retaking the house . but first here's a look now at a couple more statewide races, democrats shirley weber wants to keep the job of the state's top election officials. she's being challenged by republican businessman robert noski and in the race for treasurer, democrat fiona ma hopes to keep her job. she's up against republican challenger jack carroll right now, fiona ma was 61% of the vote. more results from the national races for you right after the break. you're watching the 10 ♪ ♪ ♪ get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. contact your volvo retailer to learn more. battle. for the balance of power in congress. right now, just five senate seats remain in play . we just mentioned this race before the commercial break, fiona ma, leading her race here in california, 61% to 39 over jack guerrero. here we go. a political party needs 51 seats for control of the senate, right or 50 seats, plus the tiebreaking vote from the vice president. t

. >> election day is quickly approaching contra costa county election officials are urging voters to return their vote by mail ballots as soon as possible. and they're also being very transparent about the entire process saying we're going to be a small ask last name first name or whether you vote in person or by to county election. officials have their own levels of security. >> for all i have not voted in jacob stalled election service technician says, but this time i could confirm poll workers can identify whether someone has it through their vote in person for us to check in first, they have to prove that they're eligible to vote. and once that's done, >> they're given a card that has their exact ballot type on. if they have not. >> a poll worker has the power to activate this computer, allowing them to cast their ballot, which is then printed out and saved in this spots. mail in ballots go through an extensive security check. >> once are returned to the elections office, the envelopes had to go through 2 rounds of this machine and a signature verification process. they then sent