captioned by closed captioning services, inc. good morning, i'm cheryl jennings. and i'm kristen sze. we could be in for record heat today. in the city of oakland expecting red flag warmings in some areas. good morning. we have a red flag warning that goes into effect 6:00 tonight through 8:00 tomorrow morning from the national weather service. they've extended it, it started out with sacramento valley, carquinez strait now expanded north and east bay hills, sonoma, napa, diablo

range we could see winds gusting up to 30 mights an hour and humidity dropping below 20%. average highs for this time of year 60s and 70s. we are looking at today the oakland airport 84, a record forecasting a high of lower 80s. 10 to 12° above average even in the north bay with downsloping winds, maybe santa rosa could see a record as well. in weather conditions similar to these crews are fighting a wildfire in the hills above santa barbara. here's a live look of the smoke and flames. smoke rising as crews try to gain control of the fire line. it started around 8 a.m. has burned 15 acres so far. homes are threatened. evacuations are taking place. six air tankers have been called to help slow the blaze. the cause remains under investigation. a captain says there are power

lines down in that area. >> in the bay area firefighters put out a debris fire in newark. this fire burned through a fence and torched a truck. the cause is under investigation and officials say there is a homeless encampment nearby. in san jose, this plume of smoke rising from trees near kelly park caused by a small grass fire that crews quickly put out. earlier this summer kelly park had a series of fires that officials suspect was started by people from a homeless encampment. right now crews of oracle team u.s.a. are trying pull a 7 foot broken 10 million dollar yacht out of the -- 72 foot broken 10 million dollar yacht out of the water. katie marzullo joins us live from pier 80. >> reporter: the catamaran was towed overnight. we've been watching all morning since 7:30 this

tedious protest of righting the upside down boat and getting it out of the water. last check the crew hadn't decided how they were going to do that. divers moved quietly around the ac-72 oracle team u.s.a.'s massive catamaran this morning it looked more like a submarine than a racing yacht. >> i call it destroyed in several piece. >> reporter: he's talking about the wing or fixed sail. you can see the splintered remains in this video from sky 7 hd. he wasn't on the boat but describes what happened. >> dangerous maneuver in these catamarans is go if up wind point of sail to down wind that's what the guys were doing. >> reporter: now oracle is without its biggest, fastest boat. because there is a defending america's cup champions they don't have any other competitions between now and

2013. >> hopefully we can get things fixed and we have a second boat coming next spring. i think at the end of the day we'll be in good shape. >> reporter: optimistic outlook as team oracle brings up 10 million dollar boat piece by piece. once fully out of the water the crew can assess the damage. the skipper just wrapped up a news conference and said looking at it right now it does appear to be in relatively good shape. between here and new zealand the team has 60 people who can do the maintenance. katie marzullo, abc7 news. the santa cruz sheriff's office says a south bay man who went missing last month is the victim of a homicide. the body of eric teen garcia of saratoga was found saturday by a hiker in the santa cruz mountains. the cause of death has not been released. he was last seen alive september 18th, riding his motorcycle in san jose, that

bike is still missing. the plate 18 w 5272. police have two men and a woman in custody after a high chase through antioch and pittsburg last night. the suspects crashed near this i-hop in pittsburg. investigators say it started around:30, a couple was carjacked after leaving -- around 8 30, a couple was carjacked after leaving a restaurant in antioch. oakland police are looking for the people posting fliers downtown calling for violence against occupy oakland protesters next week telling oakland residents to bring baseball bats to the occupy anniversary event to beat up vandals and anarchists. a group claims responsibility for that fire police are investigating who posted those fliers. what may be the final fall

from grace for cyclist lance armstrong. two big losses he suffered today, including being forced out of his own cancer-fighting charity. gearing up for game three. how many giants fans will play hooky to watch this afternoon's playoffs game against

president obama and mitt romney are back on the

campaign trail this morning after last night's debate that saw a much dunk president obama than americans saw in the first. t.j. winick joins us live from new york where the debate was held. >> reporter: whether president obama won or not last night most believe he did what he had to do to make this a real fight the last few weeks before election day. president obama made his first post debate campaign stop in iowa where he jocked with the crowd despite favorable -- where he joked with the crowd. >> >> the president: i'm still trying to figure out how go the hang of this thing, debating. we're working on it. we'll keep on improving as time goes on, i've got one left. >> reporter: mitt romney stumped in virginia. >> i love these debates. these things are great. [ cheering ] >> i think it is interesting

that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. >> reporter: the president and his republican challenger came out swinging, circling each other much of the night like two prized fighters. >> you will get your chance in a moment i'm still speaking. >> reporter: mitt romney was more at home when hammering away at the president's economic policies. >> president's policies exercised over last four years, haven't put americans back to work. >> reporter: one of the most tense moments came when discussing the terrorist attack in libya. >> it took the president 14 days before he called the attack an act of terror. >> get the transcript. >> he did. >> the president: can you say that louder candy. >> he did call it an act of terror. >> reporter: most polls on pundit as warding this to barack obama. >> in the end he won -- not by a lot, points no knockout he did what he needed to do. >> reporter: what the president in fact said about

the libya attack was that no acts of terror will shake the resolve this -- of this great nation republicans insist that was not a reference to ben gas. >> what is the latest reaction on one of the most memorable lines when romney said he considered binders full of women to fill key posts? >> reporter: that was a reference to him taking cabinet positions for -- picking cabinet positions for his cabinet when he was governor in massachusetts he went looking for qualified women and they sent back binders full of women i think the romney campaign admits that was an unfortunate choice of words and the governor wasn't trying to objectify women. a lot of folks online are having a field day with it. the third and final debate set for next monday october 22nd in florida. with the focus on foreign policy. the debate starts 6 p.m. and you can watch it live here.

the bad news just keeps coming for lance armstrong more fallout that he used performance-enhancing drugs. >> reporter: today may have marked the final fall from grace. he announced he's stepping down as chairman of his cancer-fighting charity live strong. on the heels of that nike said they were severing their endorsement deal. nike previously said it was standing by armstrong because he maintained his innocence. in a statement nike president said: >> reporter: at nike's world headquarters his name will be removed from the fitness center. nike has faced enormous pressure to drop armstrong. in portland yesterday demonstrators took to the streets.

>> not only took drugs to get the results they wanted in the sport they made other people take those drugs within the team. >> reporter: in august the u.s. anti-doping agency banned arm strong for life and disqualified him of all results going back 12 years, a move expected to ultimately strip armstrong of his seven tour de france titles and his sole olympic bronze. armstrong still denies taking per -- performance-enhancing drugs. >> to deny the reality of lancing doping would be like denying graph tpweuplt >> reporter: his announcement he's -- he's announcement that he's stepping down from live strong is on the 15 anniversary of the group he said he leaves to focus on the group's mission instead of his problems. [ unintelligible ] 39-year-old santa rosa resident confessed to using

performance-enhancing drugs as part of the investigation that brought down average strong they rode together for five years for various teams. he was already serving six month suspension when quick-step terminated him yesterday. we've talked about the offshore flow not the gusty winds, the humidity has not recovered, we are down to 12% this livermore, drier, 17% around the delta and san jose 23% humidity, hot temperatures combine that and high fire danger, your forecast is next. giants game is starting in less than two hours, people are already planning what they are going to wear and where they are going to watch it. i'm amy hollyfield, that

excitement is in the air in the bay area over something happening 1700 miles away. in less than two hours the giants will try take the lead in the national league series when they battle the cardinals in st. louis. amy hollyfield is live at a

sports bar in walnut creek. we got new word about scutaro. >> reporter: that's right he will be playing, great news for fans. going to have a huge audience here in the east bay. we are in walnut creek, empty now going to be packed later the owner has brought in tables, fold-out tables to throw into the mix because he doesn't have room for everyone. he said it has been so jammed lately. he says people have been calling him from daly city and san jose asking him how to get here. we checked in at the dug-out store in walnut creek it has been there for a year some workers say they were nervous locating there. this is the east bay could be considered a's territory. they say it has been very busy especially in these last few days people not only buying merchandise but watching the games they have screens in there, the games playing. giants' fever is alive and strong here in walnut creek. >> i bleed orange and black

baby and it is our anniversary tomorrow so i'm buying this for him now he's going to know. >> there hasn't been an open seat, in the restaurant, standing room only at the bar over 150 what we were supposed to have. crazy weekend. >> reporter: scutaro was hurt monday when mat holliday slid into him but he is okay he will be playing today. he will be hard at work, but a lot of fans will be skipping out of work today to watch this 1:00 game. we've seen people coming in their work clothes this morning and placing a reservation for lunch. they say why not come here. the question will be will they say for that 1:00 game start or head back to work? while willing to bet we'll see a lot of people playing hooky. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> hopefully playing hook if i for a good reason -- hooky for

good reason with the game starting at 1. >> 68 now, cloudy, rain looks like it could happen within the hour there and possibility of thunderstorms throughout the afternoon. doesn't look good. back home we are talking mega heat, low humidity, this is san jose, right now temperatures in the 70s humidity is at 23%. you add in a puff of wind and it is going to get dreyer. south beach now -- strong enough to dry out more relative humidity crashed overnight there will be no recovery today, because the atmosphere continues to really dry out with those winds blowing from the land to the sea. no fog, live doppler 7 hd, this going to be changing in the days ahead, first significant rain perhaps coming our way as early as monday. right now 76 in con covered,

san jose 75, 71 in the -- concord, san jose 75, 71 in the city, 66 san rafael, add just a little of wind out of the north northeast and these temperatures are going to come up very quickly overnight lows are going to be mild. right now winds are calm, out of the east at three, calm from san jose, mountain view and at the airport. by later tonight, that's when we are expecting things to come up just enough. here's the red flag warning extended if the carquinez strait, delta, napa, sonoma, lake county, diablo range, hills of east bay. because of that, we are looking at relative humidity dropping between 20 and into the teens through tomorrow. sunny and hot, we'll get the sea breeze tomorrow night for the game at candlestick there will be a little breeze and a few puffs of clouds perhaps. then the cooler pattern takes over the entire bay area over the weekend.

really we are going to start that friday. 60s tonight with upper 60s towards the delta, very mild evening. the set-up is high pressure center off the coast, also to the north and east of us, upper layers of the atmosphere when high pressure cell is pushing down and the wind flow is around that, we are looking at winds to real lay lou for the warming to happen from the coast to the inland valleys and dry things out even further. temperatures in the 70s now, 10° of warming in san jose for high of 86. no records there. numbers here in the mid 80s, 85 redwood city, san francisco, upper 70s even could top out around 80 in the north bay today perhaps maybe a few records strong winds or those northerly winds maybe the temperatures go up quickly 83 san leandro, east bay low 90s today and talking about more beach weather, lucky to be around santa cruz with upper

80s today. here's a look at the game forecast, which of course is tomorrow, low 60s with maybe a little fog sea breeze is going to be stingy tomorrow, overall we warm a bit tomorrow most locations 10° drop friday, saturday cooler and we're looking at rain perhaps into next week. tomorrow abc7 will give away $49,000, the winner will be an right after the 49ers game here on abc 7, october 18th, which is tomorrow you can still enter go to facebook.com/abc7news and click the win $49,000 button that will take you to the form where you can enter. how would you spend that -- that money if you were to win. frank h says: get best seats for a game, go on vacation. roberta wants to payoff her car. lucy would take her cub scout

pack to disneyland, take me too. >> you have to wish them all good luck. still ahead, the fancy footwork of another star comes to an end on "dancing with the stars." .

coming up at 3 on katie. then at 4 the one small thing you can do everyday to help prevent cancer. and then at 5, local firefighters are doing more than just wearing pink for breast cancer awareness month. see what else they are doning to raise money those stories

and more today at 4 and 5. the vote is in, palin is out. >> on dancinging with the stars -- on dancing with the stars bristol palin was sent back to alaska. >> voters favred alley. >> eight couples go on the dance floor live next monday at 8:00 right here on abc7. before we go, wayne freedman in st. louis for the game just tweeted a picture of lights going on getting dark because of the storm coming. >> i wouldn't doubt if it is rained out, we'll see. >> thanks for joining us. >> who wants to be a