arrive back in san francisco... and hundreds of fa >> like heroes returning from battle, the giants are back in san francisco and under the -- the fans turn out in the rain to greet them. i'm going to cut my losses, what else can i do? apparently the power has been out for hours. >> pour out and causing problems for drivers. the bigger impact for safety. an employee at a state mental hospital found murder under on -- murdered on the ground. a new poll shows a wider gap in the governor's race. they enter the final full week of campaigning. good evening. well, giants' fans didn't mind waiting in the rain today to welcome their heroes. hundreds waited for hours to cheer the giants as they returned from philadelphia as national league champions.

>> hi, you know when the champs got here, they said they were shocking to see so many people out here waiting for them. well, the fans say, they are just warming up for wednesday. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: the cheers only got louder when some of the players jumped into the crowd for some personal high-fives. bumgarner was in there. tim lincecum just glanced back at the crowd. players said it was a long and tiring flight. but second baseman sanchez said he couldn't help it. he had to thank his fans. >> the energy and the atmosphere that we get to play in every night. a lot of people don't get to experience that, so this is a big reason and we're excited and we got to show that we

appreciate them. >> reporter: even giants' manager bruce join hadn't fray. >> you can tell these guys are excited to see this. i haven't seen anything like this. so it's a big day for us. >> reporter: the fans lined up for hours before the hometown heroes got home. >> it doesn't matter, doesn't matter. let's go giants. >> reporter: there are thousands of world series tickets available. the marketplace is -- >> what we've seen, fans have paid about $700 for tickets. tickets right now vary from $400 to several thousands of dollars. it just depends on where you want to sit. >> or not sit because some of those tickets for standing room only can go as high as $600. you're going to have to take out a loan if you want 0 come see the world series. >> that was neat to see freddy

sanchez, because a lot of those fans aren't getting into the ballpark on wednesday or thursday. >> they were really exhausted coming back from that long flight. >> they looked it. well, some people couldn't get the homecoming celebration started early enough. fans are up and out early to sing the praises of the giants and celebrate the pennant win with bloody maries in san francisco. they have been playing a world series head quarter band since they won the championship. a san francisco native who played for the old -- big storm this -- first big storm this season, but got power problems for much of the day. we begin our team coverage with the wet weather's impact.

>> reporter: as we all know, weather around the bay caused problem everywhere. oakland seems to have more than it's share. 15,000 homes and businesses knocked out today. more trouble, where it reaches downtown oakland caused delays and those delays went system wide at bart. >> when the power went out, the fire alarms came in. nearly all false alarms triggered automatically by the loss of electricity. the fire department's own backup system, a generator failed to kick in automatically as it's designed to do. for an hour, they had to rely on a old-fashioned slower system. >> there was some of the old systems from many years ago. it's all done by hand, by the dispatchers using old box cards

and they had to use handheld portable radios but all in all it went real well. >> reporter: the power failure struck at 2:00 p.m. about 160 square blocks were dark. traffic lights out, pedestrians and drivers picked their way through intersections at some risk. bart station was closed. >> they shut down 12th street and i had to go to 9th street and come back. i walked about, well, more than 12 blocks and somebody told me that the lights are off down to the water. >> this is downtown oakland about 7:15 this evening. only headlights and tail lights imilluminate the streets. the rough weather was blamed for this. four people were gathered in a house whether they heard heard

the large old oak tree crashing lou the roof. >> i guess it made the ground soft. at first i thought it was a really long thunder. like a really long loud thunder, then it was like an earthquake. >> this flooded area is on highway 166 just beneath highway 101. pg&e expected all of those power breaks and short annuals to be put -- shortages put back together tonight. >> their backup to a power outage failed are they concerned about that. >> the chief said that should be automatic. it took them an hour. they are very concerned about it and as frank as the chief was with me, i'm sure he's happy to be focal about it. he wants people to know. well, the rain hit hardest in the north bay. how the downpour has hurt

businesses that is normally flooded with customers. >> reporter: wet roadways, creeks running high, umbrellas getting their first real workout of the season. welcome to the rainy season. >> it's raining so hard i had to hold aphorize bee up because it was stinging my cheek. >> but for businesses that depend on tourists like this store, the rain is not a well come sight. >> there's a recession and then we have rain on top of it. i always look ahead to see what the weather is going to be like. >> it always affects your business. >> always. >> same story across the street. >> a little early, we didn't get too much summer. >> on a typical sunday afternoon, this cav fay patio would be packed. if you go inside, there are still customers who are ready

to soak up the warm and dry a. >> we do a good business inside. >> if people are willing to brave the elements to leave the house. >> we hit some big waterways and water went flying everywhere. i think we have some drainage issues. >> the warning sign is up at the lucky drive exit on 101. check out this creek and it's only october. >> we're all wet and its bad. >> reporter: but ben the dog doesn't mind. >> he loves it and i love it. >> reporter: love it or hate it, it's here in the north bay. let's get the latest on the storm and how tomorrow looks. >> it was some kind of storm, especially folks north of the

golden gate bridge, you got pounded. and we're not done quite just yet. over 4 inches of rain in sonoma. oakland checking in at 1 and a quarter inch. things winding down in a hurry now. now just tapering off to a few scattered showers. we are seeing most in the south bay now. just some light eractivity. -- lighter activity. we're going to see that for the next couple of hours. then maybe 12:00 or 1:00 or so, that rain should come to an end, the skies are going to part and we're going to catch a break. but it's not going to last long. we've got more storms coming our way. >> thanks. well, checking other bay area headlines. an employee at a state hospital

has been found dead at the facilitiment police say a patient is responsible. a 54-year-old was found about 7:00 last night in an enclosed courtyard. a 37-year-old who was declared in insane in 1993 is charged. a 6-year-old girl is in critical condition tonight after a hayward apartment fire that trapped her in a back bedroom. firefighters were able the rescue the teen ablers 8-year- old sister and their father. about 1 five people were evacuated. only the apartment where the fire started was damaged. the cause is under investigation. -- shows not a single fine against pg&e's natural gas system in the past 11 years. documents released this weekend show pg&e paid a little over $6 million during that period for

other violations. the documents confirm what a chronicle investigation found, that between 2004 and 2009, pg&e paid no fines, even though it committed more infractions than all other major pipeline operators combined. the category and miscellaneous game of stealing campaign signs takes a turn. what one group is doing to protect its cause the day after -- the finish line is in site. the message from candidates. and a visionary solution to a shortage of eye doctors. one man invention that is helping some in third world countries see clearly for the first time. ,,,,,,,,

annual campaign shenanigans... some san jose firefighters videotaped a city councilman being caught w a reward tonight for some she unanimous begans. they videotaped a city counsilman being could you tell with opponent's campaign signs in miss -- his trunk. he supports measure v which would end binding arbitration. the unions are against it. they offered a $10,000 reward on information on anyone stealing these signs. he insists the signs he removed were posted illegally on public property. election day is creeping

closer. race is are starting to take shape. brown is pulling ahead of meg whitman. the gap now 52 to 39. on how the campaigns are cranking up. rally in the valley. >> reporter: the election count down is clearly on. today top democratic contenders held their rally in the valley. kicked off by jerry brown. >> people are still losing their homes and jobs because of what people did on wall street to rip off everybody else in america. >> reporter: he's shouting out the latest poll, in the past month his lead has doubled over whitman. leaving it 52% to 39% among likely voters. whitman who campaigned yesterday says those numbers

were compiled before her up take in other tolls. she says they are statistically flawed. she's out giving the economy -- >> we're going to put california's taxpayer's dollars to work more effectively. >> reporter: boxer is maintaining an 8 point lead over fiorina. >> we needed a fighter for our clean energy future. it's now and it's me. >> i think it's very clear. we have a spending problem. so we need to take some very specific steps now to reign spending in. >> fiorina has help worked banks in california during the next knew you days. today's -- not yet 18 and campaign volunteers all say they are making the most of the final nine days before

november's election. >> nine days before the election and an exclusive poll about state propositions show many voters haven't made up thundershower minds yet. on proposition 23 which would delay greenhouse taxes until employment drops 40% say yes, and -- on proposition 25, which would allow a state budget to take effect with a simple majority vote by legislators, 3% will vote yes, 32% will vote know and 30% not sure. on proposition 21, which would raise money for state parks by adding a fee, 59% plan to vote no and 16% aren't sure. well, a day to honor and remember the dead in oakland. the wet weather for the "dia de los muertos" festival. the "day of the dead" -- as it's othe re -- is a be traditiional aztec dancer

raised the wet weather -- the day of the dead as otherwise known here, a latin american tradition, the festival was held at the trans sit village plaza. life, love and death. lawrence is back with us talking about the forecast for the week. this is a busy week. this is an important weather week. >> we've got the world series. i can't get over that. how about this, folks? it's still looking orange out there. we do have some patchy fog showing up outside. a couple of scattered light showers. tomorrow i think we're looking pretty good. we're talking about some partly cloudy skies in the bay area and the temperatures, they are going to be okay. 50s and 60s. so it's going to be cooler than these numbers represent. you get the idea, partly cloudy around the bay area, temperatures to be down just a

bit. 50s and 60s. mild storm running through. most of that heavy rainfall moving eastward. still continuing to see some rainfall up there. now sliding to the south of us, we're going to start to dry things outs. the showers coming to an end after midnight. once they are gone, they are going to be gone for a few days, but there are some storms that will be developing and could be moving in later on this week. might have had night hour -- midnight hour, doppler radar picks up a chance for some showers out there. tomorrow morning's commute looking okay. you may have to watch out for some patchy fog. i think the rain is pretty much done. temperatures, plan on some 50s and 60s by tomorrow afternoon for highs. so not a bad day out there. not a real worm one but at least it's going to stay dry. as we head toward thursday, the clouds are gathering again. by friday, talking about some rain. we've got halloween coming up.

more spooky clouds come rolling in late saturday and showers possible i'm beginning that day. -- possibly beginning that day. have we mentioned, we got to world series here in san francisco? we've got game 1. mostly clear skies for the first day. temperatures running about 60 degrees. after that, it's going to be a tricky forecast i think later in the week, come thursday, there's a real possibility that weather could be a major factor as we got a storm rolling right in. it looks possible right now. >> thank you. well, the gift of vision t eye glass invention that could help third world countries where doctors don't exist.

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>> . >> reporter: after 25 years of research believes there's a solution. self adjusting glasses. they come in two basic models, double lenses that slide to regulate focus and his own design that injects gel for an even cleaner result. >> extraordinary. wow. i could probably read your neighbor's address now. >> for people who haven't been able to see properly for years, putting on the glasses and dialing upper effect focus is a small miracle. caught here on video by adaptive eye wear, a not for profit company -- >> she runs a little shop and they put blasts on for the first time >> -- glasses on for the first time. she was so happy. >> now the technology has been fine tuned the next challenge is to get the cost down and the

fashion factor up. >> what's the most important thing, after saying i can see, they say it's got to look good or i won't wear them. >> my vision would be to see a billion people wearing the eyeglasses they need by the year 20/20. considering only -- by the year 2020. that's quite a prescription.

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