cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> cornell, thank you very much. >>> a turn california red rally at the state capitol got heated when counter protesters turned up. >> no more hate in our city! >> the rally was formed to promote conservative issues ahead of the mid terms. counter protesters chanted "immigrants are welcome" and "no more hate in our state." in 2016 a clash at the state capitol erupted in rils. as a safety measure, dozens of police lined the streets today. the organizer behind this rally said he called for a peaceful protest, and just wanted to inform people. >>> early voters have been in force across the nation and the numbers easily surpass those seen for the last midterm elections in 2014. >> reporter melissa rainey says first time voters. >> reporter: long lines stretching down city blocks. people waiting hours to cast their ballot in the 2018 midterm election. >> every vote counts. if i didn't vote, it would be on my conscience. >> reporter: based on information provided by data company catalyst, at least 12 states have already surpassed early voting numbers seen in 20

abc reporter cornell barnard begins our team coverage from san francisco. cornell? >> reporter: these masks are definitely still in high demand. we want to show you this, check it out. it appears that the air quality has improved ever so slightly over the san francisco skyline. you couldn't even see downtown from here yesterday. despite that, folks still taking steps to protect their health. >> there you go. >> thank you. >> reporter: the line is long at ace hardware in palo alto, most every customer in search of the very same thing. >> 95 masks. >> she can't wait for the masks she ordered on amazon to arrive. >> it's serious, it's gone on for days and i want to guard my family's health. >> how many masks are you buying? >> i'm buying five. >> five is the limit for every customer. they've posted a sign telling the customers the store has gone to great lengths to keep the masks in stock. >> one of our employees drove to the warehouse in bakersfield to acquire more masks. >> but finding masks wasn't easy for jerry anderson and his wife betty. >> we went out last night

live in san francisco at at&t park, i'm cornell barnard, "abc 7 news." >> thank you, cornell. >>> "abc 7 news" was on hand for one of mccovey's last public appearance. the golf classic was held in san francisco. you see him there as usual. he was all smiles. larry mentioned this. the event took place just three weeks after mccovey married estelle au so of the condolences. >> you will find lots of reaction pouring in. house minority leader nancy pelosi sweets, thank you, willie, for all you did for baseball and our bay area community. paul and i are praying for estela and your entire family. you will be missed by the legions of players, fans and admirers you inspired on and off the field. civil rights lead ever, the reverend jesse jackson tweets, rip, rest in peace, willie mccovey, one of baseball's all-time greats. former giants outfielder andrew mccutchen -- first let's look at pitch el will smith's tweet saying it was an honor to have been awarded the willie mac award by willie mac himself. now from andrew mccutchen, i will cherish the time i spent with you. to talk to an all-time gr

in -- cornell barnard. >>> now cornell mentioned more rain is on the way. let's get a check now with abc weather anchor spencer christian for a look at when we'll need the umbrellas again. >>> at the moment things are dry, wet spots left over from yesterday's rain. there's no rain falling at the moment. check out this beautiful view at the western rescue from emeryville, lots of blue sky over the bay. but tuesday morning, very early tuesday morning, start our forecast animation, see rain moving into the north bay during the morning commute. and by midday that light rain will have pushed down past the peninsula, onto the south bay, over into the east bay and all parts of the bay area will be wet by tuesday evening. that's the first wave of midweek rain next week i'll give you a look at the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. dion. >> spencer, thanks. >>> the coast guard is investigating what caused a ferry boat to crash. abc 7 news was there today as crews made repairs to the dock and towed away the damaged ferry. service isn't greatly impacted while all th

abc7 news reporter cornell barnard with the advice for drivers coming from the chp. >> reporter: a chp patrol unit sits undrivable and heavily damaged. its back window smashed after officers responded to a spinout on southbound highway 101 involving ed atherton's suv. >> it was foggy, drizzly. the roads were wet. >> reporter: the chp says officers were laying cones and flares when the driver of a toyota corolla lost control of her car and headed right for one of the officers. >> we are very fortunate that that officer was able to see ci. he jumped into the back of the patrol vehicle less than cla d t surve the crash. bay, a 24- san jose man and three others injured in a suspected drunk driving crash early saturday on interstate 280. the chp says the driver who survived missed a curve at the highway 17 connector, struck a tree, and rolled over. >> losing control, spinning out. >> reporter: we rode along with chp police officer vu williams. he says speed will be the biggest hazard this rainy season. >> drivers slow down and drive appropriately for the conditions, we would not see nearly

we're live in emeryville, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. as that bay area air quality official said there's no corner of the bay area that's escaping this. this is the live look from san jose camera looking towards downtown san jose, there are biddings there, put you can't see them. drew tuma is here to let us know how long the smoky air will last. >> the air quality is terrible across the region. that live look behind me, you should be able to see the san francisco skyline, but you cannot. the air quality right now anywhere from unhealthy to very unhealthy. i can't stress this enough. if you do not have to be outdoors, stay inside. unfortunately the air quality the next two days through monday afternoon will be poor. i think it will fluctuate between poor and unhealthy. the air quality is not improvng through monday afternoon. now we have a new concern, a red flag warning will go into effect at 10:00 tonight, bring in some very gusty and dry winds, bringing our fire danger to very high levels overnight. detail the red flag warning, show yo