popular candidates include rebecca kaplan and libby schaaf. here are the latest numbers -- coming in so far. kron 4's dan kerman is live at election party headquarters for quan tonight in oakland. dan? the mayor is still running second with about 25 percent of the vote in but keep in mind mirror kwan was sacked in years ago but she still ended up being elected mayor no matter what happens please be proud of what we've done together i am not apologetic for anything i have been one of the best mayor is oakland has had always be proud of what we did together i will put my record up against any mere i've been one of the best i have tackled finances and police read form and i've gone billions of dollars invested in the city and i have changed the national and international reputation of the city so when or lose the mayor is proud of what she's done continuing our team coverage. a big challenger to incumbent mayor quan is city councilmember libby schaaf. she is backed by re-elected california governor jerry brown. kron 4's scott rates reports from o

meanwhile, rebecca kaplan fell back. and we have joe tuman and jean quan sharing spots in the top four. if they break their second hard third choices, who would they go to and you split them up, it looks like libby schaaf has the edge. if the tuman votes go to her. she could take over kaplan or quan. >> nothing is a done deal though. as you heard major quan say, she was nine points behind it this time at the last election and ended up winning the thing. >> reporter: the difference here is that prada had a lot of negatives going in. libby schaaf has managed to be a lot of different things to a lot of different people. >> the key is to have a lot of twos and threes. >> reporter: the key is to be the most likable person. >> thanks phil. >>> well let's go to measure z. looks like it is going to past pass. the measure extends a $100 a year parcel tax and an 8% surcharge on parking rates. the funding goes towards police and fire as well as violence prevention programs. >>> all right, let's take a look at the national picture t

and in third place this morning, rebecca kaplan at 14%. >> kpix 5's anne makovec joins us live in oakland this morning with comments from the candidates. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they still have some ballots to count yet some vote by mail ballots that voters dropped off here at the county registrar's office in oakland. but libby schaaf as you mentioned declared victory early this morning. out of the 15 candidates for mayor of oakland, it looks like she came out on top. things look good pretty early for the current city council member after 15 rounds of counting rank choice voting ballots. she got almost 63% of the vote. >> this is the campaign that was fueled by love for oakland. these passionate people stretched themselves. they talked to strangers, they covered every square inch of oakland. >> reporter: current mayor and candidate jean quan came in right after her according to the latest numbers after a tough term as oakland as mayor since 2011 and a hard-fought campaign to keep her job. >> if you are going to blame me for everything that went wrong in the city for the l

councilmember rebecca kaplan with 37%.is a life-long oaklander who says her first priority as mayor will be public safety. >> this is a campaign that was fueled by love for oakland. these passionate people stretched themselves, they talked to strangers, they covered every square inch of oakland. >> reporter: current mayor jean quan was eliminated after the range choice calculation came into play but has conceded yet. in fact, there are still several thousand vote by mail ballots here at the count voter registrar's office yet to be county. live in oakland, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> i'm kiet do live in san jose where all the precincts are reporting but the mayor's race is still too close to call because of all the provisional mail-in and absentee ballots that were dropped off at the last minute. we're hearing from the registrar of voters office that they worked throughout the night counting ballots. they are exhausted went home to rest and will be back to finish up the job. no final results probably until the weekend. sam li

rebecca kaplan is in second place. we caught up with her last night as she was hitting the streets and reminding people to get out and vote. >> i'm incredibly honored at the level of support that i have been getting from the people of oakland. and we know we have to make sure every vote comes in. >> even though council woman libby shaft has 60% of the rank choice votes, the results are unofficial. there are still several thousand votes by mail ballots to still be counted. >>> the chevron oil company came out the big loser in the race for mayor in richmond. tom butt defeated gnat bates. chevron spent big money to elect bates mayor. >>> time now 4:34. no surprise in the governors race with governor brown winning a fourth term. he has 58% of the vote compared to 48% for neil kashkari. we will hear from governor brown and kashkari coming up at 5:00. >> republicans are celebrating winning enough seats to take control of the house and senate. newly reelected mitch mcconnell will be the new majority leader. as it stands now,

rebecca kaplan came incirlik with 37%. -- same in second with 37% and mayor jean quan came in third. >>> berkeley approved the first tax on drinks that has sugar. it will add a penny per ounce. a six pack will cost 75 cents more. supporters hope it will discourage people from drinking soda which caused an epidemic of obesity. soda makers spent $2 million to oppose the measure and in a statement they said more than 30 cities and states rejected soda taxes. berkeley was low hanging fruit. if politician -- [ indiscernible ] >>> californians gave governor jerry brown four year years in office. the governor said in california the way is clear for a government that enjoys widespread support and he plans to main take fiscal -- [ indiscernible ] >> combining the hopes for what government can do with putting reigns on what it should not do will define what i am going to in the next four years. >> governor jerry brown is pleased californians passed prop one and two. the water bond and the rainy day fund. >>> voter turn out for the election was not good. it may be a new low for california. why

. >> schaaf had a commanding 63% of the vote, while fellow city council woman, rebecca kaplan had 37%ight red dress, oakland mayor elect, libby schaaf arrived to her news conference for a rock star's welcome with hugs all around. >> while we love our city, and we truly believe in its greatness, we know it can be better. >> reporter: she previously worked for former mayor jerry brown and has served three years on the city council. >> absolutely, we need more police, but we also need better policing. we need to invest in successful intervention and prevention programs, and go after those root causes of crime. that's jobs. >> reporter: mayor kwan released a statement, i want to congratulate libby schaaf. long time congress member larry reid says schaaf's win will be an improvement for the city. >> libby is one of us. she knows how to communicate with the members of the counsel, not just when you need them to vote on issues. >> reporter: councilmember noah gallo is not so sure. >> at the end of the day, the city council controls the budget, it's going to take a team effort, otherwise, we'

so our first stop is at councilmember rebecca kaplan's campaign headquarters.en tough to not front- runner because second and third choices could dictate the winner. we caught up with libby schaaf earlier today. she is talked about encouraging voters to head to the polls especially with this rank choice voting system. >> we have tried to educate voters about the system and i trust the voters to make a wise decision today. we spent a lot of time trying to explain that you will not hurt your first choice candidate by casting a second and third place vote. >> we have been knocking on doors and making phone calls and talking to voters out here h but when i talk to a voter who already has a first choice, then i ask for their second vote. >> reporter: a kpix 5/surveyusa poll shows kaplan with a slight lead. schaaf and mayor quan not far behind. according to the registrar of voters, the combination of a close race and thousands of uncounted drop-off ballots could make the unofficial winner tough to call. >>> mitch mcconnell will likely be the new senate majority leade

rounds of ranked choice voting, schaaf has a 63- to 37-percent lead over the closest contender -rebecca kaplan. schaaf joined her supporters at lake merritt. for a victory rally. she rode aboard an oakland- made firebreathing snail. and she reached out to those who did not vote for her. mayor- elect schaaf and > > this time for this city to come together and focus on what we have in common which is a love for our city and the desire to deliver a more effectively run government for, and government that is more responsive to its people off, and a government that delivers the most basic service of all, safety. >>pam moore incumbent mayor jean quan will hold a news conference on thursday to talk about how they will work together during the upcoming transition period. voters in san francisco and oakland have approved to raise minimum wage. san francisco voters gave a thumbs up to prop j with nearly meanwhile. in washington, republicans will hold the majority in the senate starting in january. yesterday's vote also gave them an even larger majority in the house. it was a decisive defeat for the demo

schaaf beat rebecca kaplan 63- 37%. our political insider phil matier with what's going to happen in oakland. libby schaaf is charged up after the big win. >> hit the ground running, walk, driving, which is exactly what she did today. she wasted no time declaring herself the winner and saying she wants to start moving right away. here's the story. >> reporter: oakland got a new mayor-elect today a 48-year-old native whose first goal is to change both the city's image and its direction. >> it's time for this city to come together. >> reporter: schaaf's goal is to replace the image of oakland as a chaotic city in the middle of a crime wave. to one of a city on the rise full of neighborhoods that are both hip and more affordable than neighboring san francisco. a vision political consultant larry tramatola says was right on target with voters. >> oakland was saying that we're normal. i'm looking for somebody who can get things done. >> make it more user-friendly, people friendly. a government that's more responsive to its p

jean quan looks to fend off current city council members libby schaaf and rebecca kaplan. professor joe tuman and businessman bryan parker. a recent poll found any one of the five front-runners could win thanks to the city's rank choice voting system. that system allows voters to select up to three candidates in order of preference when marking ballots. it's meant to eliminate the need for a separate runoff but it takes the registrar a lot of time to count the extra votes. >> for a final tally it's going to take into the following week. >> reporter: the ballots in the election were already coming into the registrar's office yesterday where they were being sorted and test run for what is likely going to be a very long complicated count. >> well, hopefully people will get out and vote but it sounds like voter turnout will be low. >> reporter: right. they are expecting between 40 to 45% of eligible voters to come out and vote today. we're live in oakland. i'm tacoma kpix 5. -- i'm ryan takeo, kpix 5. >>> minimum wage hikes are on the ballot today in san francisco and oakland.

that includes mayor jean quan, counselwoman rebecca kaplan, libby schaaf, brian parker and san franciscotate university professor, joe tuman. before everybody headed inside, this morning we talked with mayor quan's four challengers about how to reduce crime and put more officers on the street. >> that's the most urgent need, more police. i have tirelessly studied other cities like particularly los angeles that's reduced violent crime by more than 80%. if they can do it, so can oakland. >> for me, that's the predominant issue in this race. it's the thing that has the greatest negative multiplier on other challengers like education, business investment in the city, creation of jobs. >> if we truly want to be safe, we have to go beyond adding police. we have to make sure that we're investing in education and puts people back to work. >> i would move immediately to restore the working officer beat to every beat so we had a consistent beat presence throughout our city. so would have a chance to get to know people in the community and deter crime with their presence. >> reporter: mayor quan di

add victory on twitter after a lead with 62.8 percent of vote and it took continue rounds and rebecca kaplan came in send. shaft came in from behind after the endorsement from governor brown and senator boxer. alameda county is report they have over 100,000 mail in ballots the seem number of ballots cast in person for the election. >> berkeley became the first united states city to pass a soda tax. voters approved measure d, the sugary drink tax with "yes" getting 75 percent way above the two-thirds needed -- actually they only needed a simple majority. but in san francisco, that is where though need two-thirds and it was closer for proposition e, which did not get two-thirds needed to pass two pennies an ounce tax. >> the governor brown will speak to the media after being elected to unprecedented fourth term. he clobbered neel kashkari if a reagan administration that many say was over months ago. brown thanked the voters and added california is again showing the nation how things are done. >> we show our commitment to building an adequate water supply, building a rainy day fund and living i

libby schaaf, jean quan, rebecca kaplan and it will be several days before a winner is announced. quan won last oakland mayoral race after staging a comeback after the rank choice phase of the vote count. something to keep in mind. >>> the closest race is the one pitting mike honda against ro khanna. here's the latest on that race for district 17's top seat. honda holding a very slim lead right now, up 52% to 48%. the gap was tight last night when each candidate remained upbeat about their chances. >> i feel good. i feel good because all our supporters are here. you don't see a party like this yet. this is good. this is good. but it's still early. >> regardless of the results, and we don't know how the results are going to come out, but regardless of the results, tonight we have a lot to celebrate. we have so much to be proud of. >> and as you saw a second ago, not all the precinct votes have been cast yet, not all the provisional ballots, some of the mail-in ballots need to be counted. we're still waiting to find out definitively who won the race. khanna is popular with tech lead

after 15 rounds of redistributing the votes, schaaf comes out on top with 62% of the vote and rebecca kaplan, the fellow city councilwoman, who was the former front-runner, was at 37%. things started to turn around for schaaf once governor jerry brown endorsed her about a month before the election. schaaf was once brown's special assistant when he was oakland mayor. schaaf is known to be a budget watch dog and good government advocate since being elected to the city council in 2010. current mayor jean quan really never recovered from her handling of occupy oakland. the public's dissatisfaction with that put her job in jeopardy. quan is on track to becoming the first oakland mayor since 1990 to lose re-election. her pitch to voters highlighted a decrease in crime and rise in development, but that apparently, the voters did not agree with. while schaaf has claimed victory, again, there's still the absentee and provisional ballots need to be counted, but i think the schaaf lead is too great to overcome, but officials are still trying to get that final vote count. live in oakland, nannette miran

the mayoral race, schaaf has a strong lead over rebecca kaplan but oakland has a ranked choice votingl take some time for election officials to count the ballots. but libby schaaf celebrating this morning. >>> jerry brown has made political history. he has won an unprecedented fourth term as governor of the state of california. brown won 59% of the vote to republican neel kashkari's 41%. brown is 76, the older governor in the united states. he will be 80 -- the oldest governor in the united states. he will be 80 at the end of his term. the traffic and weather coming up. what's possible today? wi-fi access in more places then ever before. all your favorites in the cloud and on every device. a home you control with the touch of a finger. news and entertainment that informs and delights in ways you never thought possible. comcast bringing media and technology together for you. >>> good morning. another busy one over at the bay bridge. they cleared an accident westbound 80. it was a two-car fender-bender just past treasure island. all lanes are open. behind the pay gates it's backed up. d

rebecca kaplan was second in the voting with 37%. these pictures are from last night. we tried to get a comment from her tonight but she wasn't ready to discuss the results. mayor jean quan congratulated libby schaaf in a written statement. and she thanked voters and pledged to work for a smooth transition at city hall. mayor jean quan's statement reads libby schaaf inherits a city where crime is down, finances are strong, police reforms are near completion and the economic renaissance is underway. www.ktvu.com has complete election coverage, results and a look at the big races. >>> four teenagers injured in two separate shootings are recovering this evening. someone opened fire on a crowd last night before 7:00 p.m. a 16-year-old boy was hit in the stomach. a minute later police responded to 15th and found two more boys suffering from gun shot wounds and later police say a 16-year- old girl showed up at the hospital with a gun shot wound to her hip. no arrests have been made. >>> we are learning new details about a blacksmith accused of stabbing his girlfriend during

you can see there, libby schaaf, 62% followed by rebecca kaplan at 37%. surprised that kaplan didn't do better. she never caught fire. i think there's something to be said for doing more between elections than she has done. she's really been awol for a long time. she's also part of the occupy oakland movement on the wrong side. i think that had an effect. >> talking about effect and momentum, if i can bring in a sporting anamlygy, talking about -- analgy, talking about the endorsements. how important are those? >> i think they are important. if people know that bar ba broxer is for you, jerry brown is for you, it gives you a certain certification that you otherwise might not have. i tend to believe the races are more important than they might be otherwise. >> you had a person, if you will, port commissioner brian parker. he didn't make it past round 10 in terms of the rank choice voting. but your endorsement from a person outside of the city council, why was that important for you and next question is how do you think libby schaaf will do? was she your ch

in the latest tabulation she beat rebecca kaplan 63 to 37%. >> oakland can't wait to start moving in another direction. a government that's more responsive to its people and delivers the basic service of safety. >> schaaf spent time thanking supporters and answering questions this afternoon. she says she ready to hit the ground running. today mayor quan said she inherits a city where crime is down, unemployment is down, and the economic renaissance is well under way. >>> after the election, a new day, a new dynamic in washington. the first time since president obama took office he will face a congress with republicans in control of both houses. >> to everyone who voted, i want you to know that i hear you. >> we're going to pass legislation, um, some of it he may not like. but we're going to function. >> ken bastida is in the newsroom with more on the shift in the balance of power. ken. >> reporter: yeah, liz. republicans have taken control of the senate for the first time in eight years and added to their majority in the house, as well. now the question is, what happens next? >> obvi

jean quan, rebecca kaplan, citywide elected councilwoman, changes the race, frankly i'm not sure if theovernor's endorsement or what's happened since, but suddenly we've had this race emerge as three-candidate race, voters get to rank their top three choices. trying to figure out how to do that strategically, which is a different dynamic. >> do voters know how rank choice voting works? >> i think voters get the basic idea they should list their favorites, right, they have a first choice, second choice, third choice. i don't think they have any comprehension how the ballots are tallied. as a result you get theories, maybe there are good ways of gaming the system and there are not. for voters, the strategy is rank your top choices in order of preference and it works out that way. there's a lot of confusion and conversation about it in oakland. >> definitely not a sleepy election at all. >> no, one of those races where, yeah, absolutely the voter confusion, the mud slinging, we've seen it. kind of mud slinging in the chiu/campos race in san francisco, as well. the amount of stuff voters ar

and in third place this morning, rebecca kaplan at 14%. >> kpix 5's anne makovec jo

returns show her way ahead of rebecca kaplan 63% to 37% but because there are still 20,000 to 30,000 absentee and provisional ballots to be counted and oakland uses ranked choice voting, the winner may not be declared until thursday. still, there was a victory celebration on the lakeshore today shortly after the current mayor conceded. she says she's ready to get to work. >> the very first priority is safety. as you all know, i bring a very holistic view about safety. yes, absolutely we need more police but we also need better policing. >> the runner-up has yet to concede even though the elections office has run the ballots 15 times in the city's ranked choice system. >>> the city of berkeley has done what no other city ever has anywhere in the country, pass a tax on soda. voters approved measure d with a whopping 75% of the vote. this could be the beginning of a big battle in the city. the latest now from abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez. >> reporter: big soda is downplaying berkeley's victory over the soda industry. so much so that it's unlikely they will fight it out in court.

fellow city councilwoman rebecca kaplan came in second. jean quan in third. last night, kaplan released a statement, congratulating schaaf. her tweet said, i'm excited to partner with her on a wide variety of ways to improve the city that she and i both love. >>> well, silicon valley is the high-tech center of the world. however, santa clara county had some low-tech problems when it comes to posting election results. ktvu's janine de la vega tells us the county came in dead last, janine, on election night among california's metropolitan areas. >> reporter: yes, dave. and i just spoke to the registrar of voters over the phone and she told me that she is aware that santa clara county typically comes in last when it comes to counting the ballots on election night and that's because of the way the system is set up. the county doesn't have remote technology the other counties have where votes can be counted at the precincts. the precinct ballots must be driven to the registrar's office here in san jose. the tabs need to be pulled off and then they are counted and

rebecca kaplan trailed her with 37%. jean quan was eliminated after the 14th round. these are still the unofficial results at this point. a winner has yet to be declared officially. brian flores will have more on the race coming up at 6:30. the votes are still being counted in a tight race for san jose mayor. dave cortese facing off against city councilman sam liccardo. janine de la vega tells us that liccardo currently holds a slight lead. >> reporter: yes, he does. but right now we are at the santa clara county registrar's office. i just spoke with the registrar of voters. they stopped counting at 4:00 a.m. with 100% of the precincts reporting. it shows sam liccardo has a lead. so there is just a 2% difference there. so there are still thousands of ballots, absentee ballots that need to billion counted. right now this is too close to call. last night at liccardo's event his supporters were watching the event and cheering. they have been neck and neck in the mayor seat. liccardo's aid say they are being cautiously optimistic. they have not officially declared victor

at jack london square, rebecca kaplan addressed her supporters. >> the voting is over. the vote counting is not yet over. but more importantly the work to build a stronger future for oakland needs to be uplifted and continued in every form. >> this as libby shaft, city councilwoman libby shaft. >> i was calling to see if you had a chance to vote yet. >> reporter: worked the phones to get last minute phone calls. >> i think what oakland needs is action, implementation. change. that's what i'm going to bring to my hometown. >> reporter: you're looking at the quan supporters out here. not far behind quan is joe tuman. but this is by no means the final results. the alameda county register of voters tells me he plans to run the choice rank algarythim and that will give a clearer picture of who the winner will be. but final results will not be available until later this week. reporting live here in oakland, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have some early results for you now on the six propositions on the statewide ballot. proposition one would authorize the state to se

>> reporter: contrast that with her mayoral race opponents mayor jean quan and rebecca kaplan who famously faced off with police during a wild night of street violence. the history of oakland politics has been one of activism and confrontation. the revolution moved from berkeley to oakland city hall. you're changing that? >> clearly, my election represents a generational shift in the city's leadership. and now, let me be real. i'm a lover, not a fighter. um, i am not about confrontation, blame, um, or anger. i'm about trying to find the common ground, being very thoughtful and being, um, very results-driven. >> yeah! >> that was phil matier there. libby schaaf will be sworn in early next year. >>> you heard libby schaaf say that she is not about to use public funds to build a new stadium for the raiders. her hand may be forced very quickly on this issue. san antonio officials came to oakland today to try to convince the raiders to move to texas. owner mark davis visited the city over the summer. and it left enough of an impression for the raiders and the city to survey residents about thei

. >> reporter: while her huge lead over the second place finisher rebecca kaplan appears insurmountable, the registrar says results are not official and won't be for some time. >> it's not official until i certify and i have 28 days to go through that certification process. >> reporter: kaplan's team have not conceded the election and her campaign did not return calls for comment. in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> find real time results where you live on our website, abc7news.com. >>> time for a check on the weather. another beautiful fall day. >> spectacular, spencer christian. >> the hits just keep on coming, don't they? a lovely day. here's live doppler 7 hd giving you a different view from above the clouds. we have mainly clear skies but notice the surge of high clouds into the north bay and beginning to push through the golden gate and out over the bay as well. here's a view looking northeastward over san francisco. mainly clear skies there. 72 degrees in san francisco. oakland, 69. san jose, 74. 79, morgan hill. 72, half moon bay. here's a lovely view of the clouds coming

schaaf is leading at 28%, jean quan in second place at 15%, and rebecca kaplan running in third place. things start the to turn around for schaaf when governor jerry brown endorsed her about a month before the election. schaaf was once brown's special assistant when he was oakland mayor. schaaf is known to be a budget watch dog and good government advocate since being elected to the city council in 2010. current mayor jean quan never really recovered from her handling of occupy oakland. the public's dissatisfaction with that put her job in jeopardy. quan is on track to becoming the first oakland mayor since 1990 to lose re-election. her pitch to voters highlighted a decrease in crime and a rise in development, but they apparently disagreed. while schaaf has claimed victory, oakland does have rank choice voting, which means that the top vote getter doesn't always win, but officials are still working on the final count. live in oakland, nannette miranda for today in the bay. >> thank you very much. >>> in the south bay, san jose's mayor could come down to the wire, couple thousand votes

. >> pam: city councilwoman libby shafts clearly has a lead over rebecca kaplan and incumbent mayor jeanith staff today and she says she's ready to usher in a new era at city hall. >> reporter: 4 oakland city council member should libby shaft she is declaring victory with her supporters. >>: today is the day of thankful has an appreciation and glad you were living in this city of oakland. >> reporter: this is what. >> reporter: even though we know we love our city can be safer if we can take better care of our city. >> reporter: top priority is more cops better policing and intervention programs and our real focus on the root causes of crime. >> reporter: burberry site about the the best efforts. >> reporter: the provision as f we're very excited about. >> reporter: she says she's ready to get to work immediately and she takes mayor kwan for the japanese did over the last four years. >> reporter: at lake merritt kent down germond kron 4 news. >> pam: to recess bastilles reports on what oakland residents today are hoping for with the new map mayor and the future of their city. >> reporter

. >> reporter:yesterday, her two closest rivals, councilmember rebecca kaplan and incumbant mayor jean quan. both victory. >> reporter:and today. mayor quan held a joint news conference with schaaf. kron 4's dan kerman was there. >> reporter:san francisco mayor ed lee has finally announced he will run for another term. he made the statement. while touring the construction site of a new running track at kezar stadium. we both lived in the city. and that now that we will work together to make sure that will continue to rise. i have been so proud to serve the city for 20 years. and to be the first woman and asian american mayor i have been honored to take the city from a tough time at a time where some times you would think they could be tougher. at a time where the city is clearly rising at some level. that is our challenge to make this city safe and make it clean and take their of its children. i am very thankful, for the foundation that mayor quan has laid. and i looked for to build upon it. >> reporter: quan says that is one of many things to she will work on during her final weeks of

rebecca kaplan came in second place with 37%.be to make the city safer by placing an emphasis on fighting crime. >>> you're fighting the commute this morning, it's a tough one. >> oh, yes, people are fighting left and right. just take a look at this, red everywhere, across the dumbarton bridge and san mateo bridge. now this in the northbound direction right at mowery avenue involving a motorcycle. the rider is lying in a lane so one lane is blocked until further notice. southbound traffic is a pain heading away from 238 into san jose. >> the weather looks nice. we'll start maximizing at the place where you always get more than you pay for. t.j.maxx. brands you love, prices that work for you. you deserve it. maxx life at t.j.maxx. first impressions are important. you've got to make every second count. banking designed for the way you live your life. so you can welcome your family home... for the first time. chase. so you can. >>> we're off our morning lows, all of us in the 50s on our way to 70s and possibly 80. you could see the

jean quan seeking re-election and is being challenged by one of her closest allies, question rebecca kaplanor in her district. so a front-runner was her successor. what you have is candidates challenging her from the left, right and right on her base. so it will be interesting to see. there is a lot of talk about her being embattled. at the same time, we know voters will prefer her with her second and 30 choice of candidates, they don't know. it will be interesting. >> you a big fan of this voting? >> it works very well in some, is and less well in others. i'm sort of neutral? i think the systematic effects aren't always harmful as the opponents say and are not always ben fish am as the advocates say. in a race like oakland's 15 candidates, voters don't know enough about the candidates. you limit their choices to three, i think it introduces problems. >> let's talk about the san jose's mayor's race. we saw janine de la vega moments ago talking about how close it is. what stands out for you in that race? >> this is the race to replace outgoing mayor cluck reed. it's largely about his legacy.

jean quan, rebecca kaplan, libby schaaf, brian parker and joe tuman will meet. the forum will be held at the royce school at 11:00 this morning. some election analysts are expecting a 43% turnout. if that's the case, that will be the lowest turnout in state's history. so far the lowest was 2002, when then-governor gray davis was re-elected. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian. >>> new details this morning on what may have caused virgin galactic's space ship to break up and crash in the mojave desert. investigators say the tail boom's known as feathers deployed early. they are supposed to help the ship re-enter the atmosphere. the system requires a two-step process to deploy. the investigation has revealed that the copilot unlocked the system but the second step occurred on its own. the ntsb says it's too early to say whether this was the cause of the crash and the investigation could take up to a year. >> we'll be looking at safety culture, we'll be looking at the design, the procedure. we've got many, many issues to look into much more extens

first choice of voters to look at the numbers as a comment at share 63% of the vote here over rebecca kaplan >> : another big merrill raised through a tire is in san jose city council member said ricardo reis is dave cortese tree watching the race here its tire and now as the numbers 51% and 49% for all cargo at the moment are still being called a type >> : of trend sent her a board of directions >> : will be watching this race four days of weeks to come there are still some of the outstanding ballots out there that need to be counted >> : for the registered voters the account until 4:00 this morning for the precincts not have to do the other part of the heavy lifting that's counting all the mail and umbrellas and provisional balance. video sent a card out 44 air is all the endorsement of outgoing mayor chuck reed. the town agreed in the cargo never popular with police officers fire fighters both believe basically carrying on the policy of pension reform takes away money from police officers firefighters is what this says >> : chuck reed look for a set city needs the fall of budget to make i

after 15 rounds of rank choice voting, city councilwoman libby schaaf has 62% of the votes and rebecca kaplannt results reported by the alameda county registrar of voters. >>> traffic and weather after the break. silent night not so silent? with sleep number, now there's an adjustment for that. give the gift of amazing sleep, only at a sleep number store. where you'll find our lowest price ever on the c4 queen mattress-just $1499.98. know better sleep with sleep number. >>> welcome back now. 9:28. i wanted to take you as far to the north as possible. that's point arena, and you can see just how clear it is on the coast at this hour. we're clear all across the board. as a result, it's going to be warm out there today. about 82 degrees for the north bay. 72 in san francisco. 73 degrees on the east shore, with cooling on the way for tomorrow. then as we get into your weekend, nice and sunny. rain returns by tuesday. here's mike and your drive. >> very slow drive around much of the bay. look at this northbound 101 north 85, still very slow. 87, 280, 880 all cleared up over the last half hour, sta