governor brown with 61% to kashkari's 34%. but kashkari remains hope that low voter turn out will switch the vote to him. >> we have to get as many people to turn out. >> reporter: part of the kashkari's campaign has been about rebuilding the republican party. >> i'm a moderate republican and i live in the bay area where we're basically moderates. and i think that's what he's trying to do. and i think if we're going to win, you almost have to do it. >> if we bring forward bold idea that is can help people get ahead, they're going to vote for us. >> reporter: kashkari has been in constant campaign mode where as governor brown has made few campaign appearances, brown is sitting on tens of millions of the dollars of campaign money which so far he's had very little need to spend. ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> a home invasion shooting sent a 52-year-old man in the hospital and locked down an elementary school. it happened at around 2:30 this afternoon just outside the santa rosa city limits. the victim was shot inside the home on m

democratic political analyst steven maliglio . >> right now kashkari is trailing brown by 20 points. >>> some people say sam lacardo should have the job next. chuck reed has endorsed him. lacardo currently serves on the city council. he's locked in a tight race with dave cortezzi. he has major backers including five former san jose police chiefs. >>> there has been a major drop in violent gang-related crime in san jose. police say it's down more than 70% since january. homicides also dropped by nearly 21% in the first half of this year and serious crimes are down by about 9% overall. last year violent crime in san jose hit its second lowest level in a decade. >>> half the courtrooms in san francisco were closed today because about half the court workers went out on strike. many of those union employees walked a one-day picket line outside the three courthouses in the city. one of the big issues in contract negotiations is the court's $16 million reserve spending fund that went to balance the budget and retiree health plans. workers say they deserve some of that money in a raise. >>>

still kashkari says it's not over until it's over. >> every vote matters. and work hard to earn every vote and get as many people to turn out and vote as possible. >> kashkari did some attention. a lot of it was negative about this tv show. it shows him saving a drowning little boy and accused brown of not rescuing kids from poor performing schools. >>> the head of the administration school will update congress today. that canceled 5,000 flights. faa director michael will tell lawmakers the fire highlights the performance of upgrading equipment at the country's air traffic control facilities. now the fire on september 26th is believed to have been set by a contract worker. the faa is pushing for new technology focused on guiding plane by satellite rather than radar. >>> it's now 6:27. a new round in the battle over pot clubs in san jose. coming up in 25 minutes the reason some of the businesses could be closing up shop today. >> and while giants fans are celebrating a return trip to the world series, shirt makers in san francisco were busy over night. we'll

two weeks before the november ee licks, governor jerry brown is leading republican challenger neel kashkari by a double-digit margin. a poll by the public policy institute shows 52% of voters favoring brown. 36% say they are voting for kashkari. the poll surveyed almost 2,000 californians from october 12 through 19. >>> san francisco hospitals are scrambling to find the proper gear to protect healthcare workers from the ebola virus. there are no suspected or confirmed cases of ebola in san francisco. but the city's house officer wants to be prepared. new federal guidelines call for head-to-toe coverage and there are 132 isolation units in san francisco. >>> warnings are being issued not for the ebola virus but the ebola business. people are now trying to profit from the illness. there are no reported case of the virus in california, but even if there were, kpix 5's brian hackney reports, ebola prevention kits would be useless. >> i would like to say i'm shocked but i'm not. >> reporter: advertisements sprinkled across websites like ebay, amazon and craigslist offering ebola preparedness kit

neel kashkari has $687,000. consultants say until neel kashkari picks up he will not have enough to mount a f advertising campaign ahead of the them election. >> the prosecution have told pg&e they are investigating five years of back channel communications between employees and the public utilities commission with e-mails showing pg&e executives privately negotiating with officials on matters related to rate increases and financial penalties. this comes as the commission is weighing $1 billion in fines after the we we san bruno disaster and respond. >> giants fans hope tonight is the night necessity wrap up the division series at home at at&t park and yesterday the giants fell to the nationals 4-1 and the critical plea was a throwing area by pitching east who fielded the bunt but threw wide with two runs scoring. the manager said he had a great game but for that play. >> he tried to do too much on that bunt and you take that if you try to rush, but he threw it away, well, i add, but if a game like that...it wil

but tonight, neil kashkari has everyone talking. joe vasquez tells us why. >> reporter: it is the candidate saving a little boy t. video opens with a dramatic scene. a young boy under water seeming to drown. suddenly, the republican candidate for california governor rescues the child. >> i'm neil kashkari. i'm running for governor because every kid deserves a good education. >> reporter: he is going after governor brown for supporting the teacher's unions. he claims governor brown has abandoned the children of california metaphorically carol freeman of san franci they found her at civic cenr park in berkeley.. and arrested her. the injured woman is now ou the hospital. now the latest on ebola: the c-d-c says it's doubling don its response training after nurse in dallas got sick. 26-year-old nina pham was oe team that treated ebola pat thomas duncan. she wore full protective gear. but the c-d-c says somewhere along the li, she messed up: "at some point, there was a breach in protocol and that breach in protocol resultedn this infecti

kashkari dropped by the republican headquarters for a pep talk and help in the phone bank effort. the latest field poll shows governor brown with 50% of the vote compared to 40% from kashkari. >> every vote matters. we have to fight hard and work hard to earn every vote and get as many people to turn out and vote as possible. >> he did get some attention but most of it has been negative for this new television ad we have been showing you of him saving a drowning boy. he accuses governor brown of failing to rescue california kids from poor performing schools. >>> ahead of the federal aviation administration is due to update congress today in a fire that canceled 5,000 flights. faa director michael will tell lawmakers the fire highlights the importance of upgrading equipment. that fire back on september 26th is believed to have been set by one of the contract workers. pugher that is pushing for new technology. >>> survivors of the leo mappery et that earthquake are remembering that day 25 years ago today. how the 15 second earthquake changed the bay area forever. can't say thank you

. ♪[ music ] >> i'm neel kashkari.unning for governor because every kid in every neighborhood deserves a good education. >> kashkari is claiming governor brown has abandoned the children of our state in favor of teachers unions. critics complain about the ad saying kashkari is using children as a prop to score political points. >>> happening today, a new way to get water from the high sierra to people in the bay area. this morning, water will flow from a new tunnel into crystal springs reservoir in san mateo county. it's the first water tunnel under san francisco bay. it will deliver water from hetch hetchy to customers on the peninsula and in san francisco. >>> fifth graders in walnut creek are sent home after an outbreak of head lice. it's been going on for the past three weeks. at the bancroft elementary school. affected kids in one-fifth grade class are being sent home. parents of other children are angry saying they were never told about the outbreak. >> they said oh, well we have had it, too. no note went home. >

kashkari. i'm running for governor because every kid in every neighborhood deserves a good education. >> reporter: he is going after governor jerry brown for supporting the teachers unions in a recent court case. he says brown has abandoned the children of california leaving them to drown. but some media analysts believe the video's message is not so clear. >> the kid drowning is dramatic video. him pulling the kid out is dramatic video. but the link to the governor's race and the link to the teacher tenure decision is not obvious. >> reporter: when i'm governor, i'll fight for kids, not against them. >> it literally made my stomach turn. >> reporter: crystal brown is with educate our state a nonpartisan parents group that's pushing the state to put more money in public schools. she would see anyone take action rather than just talk about kids only during election cycles. >> here we go again putting kids in the middle in between, fighting between two different candidates. and you have this gros

as of september 30, kashkari has $680,000 and has since raised $400,000.ison, governor brown had more than $23 million. >>> well, you know it was bound to happen. some people are turning the ebola situation in to halloween costumes. ktvu's claudine wong found out the hazmat suit may turn out to be this year's most controversial costume. >> reporter: halloween is creeping closer. >> about to get crazy. >> reporter: and the search for the perfect costume is underway. >> betelgeuese, i had a guy come in, that was interesting. >> reporter: from zombies to wizards. >> harry potter, with wand. >> reporter: it's scary, funny, and then there's this. and then this right here, what was up here? >> this was where the heisenberg costume was, the yellow hazmat suit with face mask and a ventilation suit. >> reporter: it sold out in just a few days. >> like, we got it probably last week, and i had people call in about it like, they were waiting on it. >> reporter: but is it the hot item because of the popular show breaking bad or is it because of ebola? >> i would defini

the ad shows a child nearly drowning as kashkari comes to the rescue.rnor jerry brown has betrayed poor students who are stuck with bad teachers. that's in response to governor brown's afeel to overturn teacher tenure rules. people are calling the ad insensitive. offensive. >>> breaking news now from san jose where police are investigating a fatal hit-and- run it happened just before 8:00 tonight. these are live pictures right now from the scene near mckey road and north 33rd street. when officers arrived there they say they found a woman lying in the road. she was pronounced dead a short time later at the hospital investigators describe the vehicle involved in this incident as a light colored suv. they say it left the scene traveling westbound on mckey road. >>> well the 49ers had a slow start tonight against the rams on monday night football but boy that changed in the second half. and joe fonzi is in st. louis where he spoke to some of the players. >>> and a win for the giants could be in the stars. >> and the safeguards in place to keep people in th

any way -- >> that's why we're sending you back. >> all right, thank you. >> republican neil kashkariillion left. and he plans to roll out an ad before next week's election. >>> two well known media mines spoke out today. ktvu's cara liu is in san francisco with arguments both for and against, cara. >> reporter: it was an inconventional backdrop tonight here at a local bar. a few dozen in attendance here on a monday night. carington's bar and grill was chosen as the location for a bill. jeff adachi supports it. >> we're spending more money on corrections than we are higher education in california. >> reporter: steve wagstaffe argued against it. >> one of the other big problems for me is this initiative is not offender based. it is offense based. >> reporter: known as the safe neighborhoods and schools act, prop 47 would make certain drug and property crimes such as drug possession, shoplifting and check forgery misdemeanors. supporters say the savings would go toward schools, victim advocacy and drug treatment programs. supporters include lieutenant governor gavin newsom, d.a. george

the incumbent democratic governor facing republican neil neel kashkari for re-election. brown says he feels good going into the election because he says california has turned a big corner. >> california was in a disaster state and it's come back. it's not come back to perfection or to utopia. but it's on some very solid footing compared to where it's been for many years. >> governor brown's campaign has been largely based on propositions 1 and 2, which basically are about saving water and putting together a rainy day fund. his opponent neel kashkari has pledged to create jobs and fix the state's public schools. >>> a big quarter for san mateo's gopro. the action sports camera maker blew away expectations with its quarterly earnings. the stock rocketed up 10% after the closing bell. shares are going for about $67. nearly triple the ipo price. the stock market overall got a boost today thanks to strong quarterly earnings from credit card companies. the dow gained 221 points closing back over 17,000. the nasdaq added nearly 17 points. and the s&p was up 12. >>> new at 6:00,

. >> con el 43% de los votantes calificados como demÓcratas dicen que kashkari puede ser una carta fuerte presionar al presidente obama para que la gente pueda quedarse a trabajar y contribuir a nuestra sociedad. >> nos informÓ gabriela. maÑana seguiremos con esta cobertura previa al proceso electoral de noviembre. >> estaremos presentando la plataforma polÍtica del actual gobernador jerry brown. ♪ ♪ >> noviembre es el mes de la diabetes y con 86 millones de personas propensas a desarrollar este padecimiento es importante cuidar los niveles de azÚcar. >> esta enfermedad le cuesta 230.000 millones de dÓlares anuales al paÍs. >> para que giovana rojas logren sus sueÑos debe revisar sus niveles de azÚcar en sangre. su vida cambia el dÍa que cumpliÓ 18 aÑos de edad con el doctor le dijo que padece de diabetes tipo dos. >> cuando me daba mi medicina tenÍa todos los efectos secundarios. temblaba, se me bajaba el azÚcar. >> la diabetes tipo dos pueden tener los mismos efectos que la diabetes tipo i si los que la padecen a la cuidan. >> esas personas ven poco a poco el azÚcar en sangre subiendo y

challenger neil kashkary feature add drowning child . >> he is the one losing oxygen, though n california. polls show him behind by double digits. just ahead, short-circuited, rick scott may lose this election thanks to an embarrassing debate over his opponent's floor fan. and there is nothing quite like a gubernatorial debate in vermont. we will show you why after this. ♪ >>> the political world was in disbelief in one of the strangest debate moments. it happened in the florida governor's race, charlie chris stood on stage for several minutes alone because republican governor rick scott refused to join him there. here is the debate moderator. >> governor chris has asked to have a fan, a small fan placed underneath his podium. the rules of the debate that i was shown by the scott campaign say that there should be no fan. somehow, there is a fan there, and for that reason, ladies and gentlemen, i am being told that governor scott -- >> really? debate. >> after a couple of seconds, chris began to ridicule scott's absence. one-of the moderators asked chris if he was violating debate rules. >

. >> in the governor's race, republican candidate neel kashkari will take the campaign to burlingame this afternoon. he will visit san mateo county g.o.p. headquarters and take part by calling voters at a phone bank trailing governor brown by huge margins in name recognition and campaign funds. >> there was political history yesterday in los angeles, state senator was sworn in as president, the 47-year-old is only the second latino ever sworn in and the first in a century, raised in poverty, he said he wants to give every child a chance at the american dream. >> a stunning admission from a company facing lawsuits over guardrail safety, with the manufacturer say they are safe. in testimony they revealed that in five crash tests the guard rails failed badly and should absorb the impact and cull off to the side but a lawsuit claim they malfunction and have caused several injuries sometimes fatal. the experimental configuration of the guardrails were part of a research project. >> an official criticized for cozy relationship with a company he is supposed to watch is distancing himself fr

thirty- six percent favor republican challenger neel kashkari. it has happened again. another man jumped the fenc the white house. but as susan mcginnis reports... ts time secret service agents quick to react. :00 washington, dc :20-:26 n mcginnis / cbs news washing dc 1:02-:104 julia pierson / former secret service direcr (pkg script:) the streets ad the white house are quiet ts morning.. a lockdown was li at about 9'30 last night.. a couple of hours after (:10 - no excerpting) 23 year old dominic adesanya of belair maryland, jumped the north e line at the white house. fox news video shows him being quickly apprehended by secr service agents and their do. (standup) the secret service says adesanya -wasn't- armed when he jumped this fence . unlike another incident here last month. (gonzalez fencep tues 367 1:07 ) on september 19, omar gonzalez jumped the white house fence, armed wi knife.. and made it much farther. (gonzalez tues367 still photo gonzalez) the ay vet made it through the fro door of the white house and the way into the east room before being apprehended.

challenger neil kashkary feature add drowning child. >> he is the one losing oxygen, though n california. polls show him behind by double digits. just ahead, short-circuited, rick scott may lose this election thanks to an embarrassing debate over his opponent's floor fan. and there is nothing quite like a gubernatorial debate in vermont. we will show you why after this. ♪ >>> the political world was in disbelief in one of the strangest debate moments. it happened in the florida governor's race, charlie chris stood on stage for several minutes alone because republican governor rick scott refused to join him there. here is the debate moderator. >> governor chris has asked to have a fan, a small fan placed underneath his podium. the rules of the debate that i was shown by the scott campaign say that there should be no fan. somehow, there is a fan there, and for that reason, ladies and gentlemen, i am being told that governor scott -- >> really? >> will not join us for this debate. >> after a couple of seconds, chris began to ridicule scott's absence. one-of the moderators asked chris if he

election, that's the latest poll showing governor brown with a 16-point lead over republican neel kashkari. the governor said he'd rather talk about those propositions. >>> it has been called silicon valley's dark secret. highly educated foreign workers reportedly getting treated like indentured servants. the investigation by nbc bay area and the center for investigative reporting exposed this reality that few know exist. stephen stock is here with details. >> we are talking about thousands of foreign workers who come to the united states and here to silicon valley every year, using an h1b visa meant for highly educated, highly skilled laborers. the companies involved are almost all consulting firms. third-party businesses that hire and contract out foreign workers to work at major high-tech firms. our guest elevation with the center for investigative reporting revealed that some of these consulting firms are not playing by the rules and take advantage of these highly educated workers, most of whom come from india. those companies that take advantage of these workers are often called body

the latest field poll shows jerry brown with a 16-point lead over neel kashkari.overnor has not campaigned a lot for him. instead, he is spending his campaign cash on ads for proposition 1 and 2. the 7.5 billion water bond and the state's rainy day fund. >> proposition 1 is a very well- thought-out, well-inty greated plan to such a -- it's a plan to encourage recycling, conservation, water supply above ground, underground. >> now, neel kashkari reportedly has a million dollars left in his campaign chest. his spokesperson tells ktvu he plans to roll out a new 60- second ad before next week's election. >>> now, prop 47 on next tuesday's ballot, it has generated strong opinions on both sides. it would reduce certain felonies to misdemeanors as a way to help reduce california's prison population. last night in san francisco, there was a prop 47 debate. on one side, jeff adachi, he supports it. and san mateo county district attorney steve wagstaffe argued against it. >> we're talking about crimes that should not be treated as felonies, potential of drugs. there are --

challenger neel kashkari. >>> billionaire investor is putting his money on hillary clinton predicts she will run for president and will win in 2016. he made the statement while speaking at a summit willing to bet money on her successful run and speculation has swirled whether she will throw her hat into the ring the next election. show has yet to announce the decision on running. >>> we will see if we and get the forecast: cooler but where it is not. and it will be warm but where it is not. >> right. back to you. hope you have more news. >> here is a look at what is going on outside and it is flowing from southwest to knows the stronger sea breeze and deeper marine layer with the clouds over the ferry building which is orange. trying to get a shot of city hall but it is too foggy to get a shot. it is beautiful and orange and partly cloudy with sunshine trying to break over the horizon. we still have a good 45 minutes before that happens. some areas are above average and some are below average along the coat into san francisco and in between you are fine. warmer everywhere this weekend a

. >> i am neel kashkari running for governor because every kid in every neighbor citizen as good education parent and that is stubbing and nothing to do with education. >> there is more to the issue than putting kids in a pool and drowning. >> the ad was designed to get voters talking but democrats say it is a hail mary attempt from a candidate would lacks funding and support. >> a mom is stirring up a firestorm for intense workouts. the woman was nine months pregnant and still doing a graduating cross fit workout including strenuous weights and she became pregnant with second child she found no reason to quit. >> for women at this level of physical fitness before pregnancy, they can listen to their beds and safely continue to work out at that level throughout their entire pregnancy under the supervision of their health provider. >> being pregnant is not being sick. >> she suffered terrible morning sickness the first pregnancy but felt wonderful during this one and continued the routine until four days before she delivered. she delivered a healthy baby boy two books ago. >>> trading is und

. >> neel kashkari is a republican candidate for governor.early drowning. then he reaches in to save the boy. he says it represents governor brown's neglect for poor and minority students stuck with bad teachers. there are strong opinions about the bad on both side of the political aisle. >> you can tell that he doesn't have children because that's very scary to see your kid in a pool drowning. i think it's way over the top. >> the voters are discerning enough to understand what it is and what is not over the top. and they will be the ultimate judge. >> now, campaign strategists say whether you like the ad or not, it's doing what it is designed to do and that is to get the voters' attention. recent opinion polls say the probability of brown beating him is 99%. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> 7:48. boy, there was some scary moments for students and parents during a field trip in utah. >> what happened? >> she almost hit the van next to us. okay. i'm awfully shaking at this point. >> look at this

. >> in the for's race, neel kashkari will take the campaign to burlingame and visit san mateo countyling voters at a phone bank trailing the governor by huge margins especially in name recognition and campaign funds. >> political history made history in los angeles. a state senator sworn in as president of the senate, is 47 years old and only the second latino to be senate president and the first was more than a century ago. the former activist raised in poverty he said he wants to give every child a chance at the machine dream. >> a state official criticized for his cozy relationship with the company he should be keeping his eye on is departmenting himself from pg&e. he is recusing himself from work related to the pg&e explosion in 2010 and a rate case. for weeks, we have reported on e-mails showing the behind the scene dealings with pg&e as the company requested a specific judge to hear the case. the mayor says that he wants him to go a step forward and resign. an port vote in san francisco could determine your internet speed in the future and whether to support the net neutrality

brown has a 16-point lead over republican neel kashkari. the governor said he'd rather talk about his proposal to improve california's future than his own. >>> election day is one week from tomorrow. if there's an upset it could involve a well-nope education leader. harry gersten joins us. state superintendent for public schools. this is a big one. wasn't this looking very good for the incumbent tom awhile ago? >> what a difference a few months can make. torlakson cruised to the top spot besting his challenger tuck at 47%. in fact, he just missed winning the race outright which would have been 50% plus 1. but that was then. >> yeah, that was june, this is now. what's the forecast heading massachusetts next week's election? >> wow, it's changed dramatically. a field poll released in early september showed that this whole thing collapsed, so to speak. great erosion in support. take a look at the poll and see what happens for yourself. torlakson 28%, tuck 41%. here's the deal, 41%. tuck's pretty much unchanged from june but the bottom has fall

his republican challenger kashkari is trailing with 33%.o describe themselves as conservative. the only race for statewide office that really appears it too close to call is for superintendent of public instruction. tom torlakson has 28% and marshall tuck, the challenger, also has 28%. a large number, 44%, of likely voters, say they are undecided with days to go. >>> 8:26. don per add a is endorsing a candidate in the oakland mayor's race. he appeared with port of oakland commissioner brian parker yesterday. he formally announced his endorsement of brian parker. he ran for mayor in 2010 but lost to mayor jean quan. he says brian parker is someone who speak his mind and get things down. brian parker is one of 15 candidates running for mayor of oakland. meantime, a driver involved in a car crash with jean quan is suing mayor quan and the city. the "san francisco chronicle" reports the lawsuit reports mayor quan was driving too fast for collisions when that collision occurred in june in west oakland. the driver who filed the lawsuit told polic

. >>> i'm neel kashkari. governor because every kid in every neighborhood -- the republican has spent thousands of dollars on commercials to sway voters but starting tomorrow, his campaign is pulling this add off the air. it depicts him saving a child from drowning a swimming pool, while claiming his opponent, governor jerry brown, has turned his back on children. the television ad has been running across the state. governor brown has spent very little on his campaign. the latest poll shows that he is leading him by 18%. >>> the county district attorneys offices has decided whether or not to press charges against an officer. he is being investigated forallegedly obtaining and sharing photographs, a female dui suspects. a search warrant in the case reveals a pair of incidents dating back to august of this year. a criminal justice professor at the college explains what may be holding up the da's decision to press charges. >> these cases are complex because they are getting access to the officer's own personal c