Contra Costa Airs Voter Forums as Magic of Lights Comes to Concord

CONCORD & MARTINEZ, Calif. — Multilingual voter education broadcasts in Contra Costa County, regional ballot casting across 52 congressional districts and 14 statewide propositions, and preparations for the winter Magic of Lights drive-through at Toyota Pavilion at Concord anchored East Bay civic life on Tuesday, November 3.

Contra Costa Television and League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley Air Election Forums

According to Contra Costa County, Contra Costa Television partnered with the Contra Costa Elections Department and the League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley to produce and broadcast nonpartisan voter education roundtable forums for the November 3 (November 3rd) election. The programs are available on county cable television and through an online video playlist featuring voting information in multiple languages.

Bay Area Voters Decide 52 House Seats, 100 Legislative Races, and Regional Transit Measure RTM

Across the region, NBC Bay Area, KTVU FOX 2, ABC7 News, and KTVU FOX 2’s House tracker reported that polling places operated from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, while ballot drop-off boxes that opened October 5 closed at 8 p.m. and mailed ballots required a postmark on or before November 3 (with first-time mail registrants missing a driver license number or the last 4 digits of their Social Security number advised to bring identification).

Key contests across California and the Bay Area included:

• Statewide Executive, Legislative & Ballot Measures: Replacing term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom in the race between Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton, deciding 14 state propositions (including Proposition 40 and Proposition 45), and voting on all 80 California Assembly seats, 20 state Senate seats, and all 52 of California’s U.S. House districts (part of the 435 representatives serving 2-year terms nationwide).
• Bay Area Congressional, Transit & Municipal Contests: Voters weighed the Regional Transit Measure (Measure RTM, the Connect Bay Area Transit Initiative), San Francisco’s District 11 House race between Scott Wiener and Connie Chan to succeed Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, the District 14 South Bay rematch between incumbent Rep. Aisha Wahab and Melissa Hernandez (after Wahab won the August special election for former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s seat), mayoral races in Oakland, Alameda, Fairfield, Santa Clara, and Petaluma, and San Francisco Board of Supervisors seats in Districts 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10.

KCBS Radio and Live Nation Launch Ticket Contest for Magic of Lights at Toyota Pavilion at Concord

Looking ahead to the holiday season in Concord, KCBS Radio announced an online contest running from November 3, 2026 through November 8, 2026 (at 11:59 p.m. PT) for tickets to Magic of Lights at Toyota Pavilion at Concord. On or about November 9, 2026, up to 5 (five) winners will be randomly selected to receive 1 (one) ticket valid for 1 vehicle—valued at $24.99 courtesy of Live Nation—to attend the drive-through light display between November 20, 2026 and January 3, 2027.