captioned by closed captioning services, inc. it is 4:30 a.m. on this wednesday morning. we start the world series this evening. thanks for being here, i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze coming in this morning i had to turn on my windshield wipers. >> had showers around the caldecott tunnel. good morning. sorry to say that it is going to be a tough commute as far as wet weather and residual moisture. this is our best chance of widespread rain for today, good news. pulling away from novato now, here's 37 coming into novato about to push off the shore into the san pablo bay. in the bay bridge entire bay

bridge getting wet now, all of san francisco at least the northern half towards the san mateo bridge rain from tennison, hayward back to san mateo burlingame, this is all sliding down to the south. if you live in the south bay, east bay valleys this is heading your way it is going to be wet in the next half hour to an hour. definitely going to be wet for the morning commute. let's find if there is any accidents. >> there are accidents. live shot of golden gate bridge water coming down, rain coming down, bart on time with the world series game they are adding extra trains. here is the problem "sig alert" highway 12 fairfield at red top road jacknifed big rig affecting both directions of highway 12, you want to use american canyon to get around. game time 5:07 expect a lot of

traffic south of market around at&t park before and after the game. it is going to be tough this afternoon. to expand on that game tonight the giants host the tigers in game one of the world series. baseball fans and local businesses are jazzed about the team's return to the series and money-making potential. amy hollyfield is live at at&t park with a preview. >> reporter: good morning. mayor ed lee has declared this san francisco giants pride week. it is not hard to find pride what is tough to find, tickets. you can find tickets on resale sites but get ready to pay about $275 for standing room only ticket. lower box seat close to $8,000. san francisco police are

saying be careful, there are scams out there, scalpers will see this as an opportunity to make quick money. they say something like stub-hub is the safe way to go. >> everybody is thinking world series. right now over 10% of the traffic on our site is for world series tickets. >> it is illegal to buy tickets from a scalper and to sell tickets in the city and county of san francisco. >> reporter: this rain has kept the grounds crew super busy trying to protect the field. guess who they turned to for help? the a's. the head groundskeeper had to borrow the highly absorbent clay they used all monday night so they had to borrow from oakland. hopefully, this rain will stop by the afternoon for game one of the world series scheduled

to start at 5:07 this afternoon. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. we'll check in with mike hopefully we won't see lake pan that again. this morning gas prices continue to fall, prices are expected to keep plunging. gallon costs 12 cents less than last week. aaa says the biggest drop in four years. one station in concord was selling regular for $3.39 yesterday. analysts say refineries have come back online, summer driving season is over. in oakland, san jose and santa rosa average price $4.34. san francisco $4.45. all down four cents from yesterday. kira klapper will have more in 30 minutes. san bruno city council unanimously voted to recommend getting rid of the head of the

california public utilities commission. city leaders hope it puts pressure on the regulator and governor. latest fallout from the 2010 pipeline explosion. john alston has details. >> it is a disgrace. >> reporter: the mayor of san bruno talking about how he thinks the california public utilities commission is handling the aftermath of the devastating pipeline explosion that killed eight people two years ago. survivors watched as the council unanimously passed a resolution calling on the head to quit are be fired. >> i can't bring my daughter back. i'm so happy that they are able to stand in front of everyone and support basically the what the city needs. >> reporter: the city is faulting cpuc president for suspending public hearings to

determine how much pg&e might be fined and blaming the regulator for poor oversight. george mitchell was brought in to mediate. the resolution accuses peavy of a backdoor deal. now the mayor wants mitchell and his law firm to step down. >> when they came out to talk they are represent entering an insurance company that could be liable for some of the damages caused by pg&e. we feel his firm has a conflict and we want him to step away from this. >> reporter: the governor would have to fire michael peavy we laced calls for comment and we have not heard back -- we placed calls for comment and we have not heard back. john alston, abc7 news. today federal investigators will begin examining wreckage of a small plane to determine why it crashed into a contra costa field it went down north of

byron airport yesterday. searchers thought only the pilot had died in the crash, crews found the body of a second victim last night. local pilots believe the plane came from a private airstrip. the aircraft was an experimental plane registered to a company in nevada. mountain view warning joggers and walkers to be on the lookout for a robbery suspect. this is a police drawing, investigators say he tried to rob another man walking home near evelyn avenue. the two struggled and the victim managed to run with his backpack. suspect described as hispanic male, mid 20s, 5'10, dark clothing and dark baseball cap. one million dollar redevelopment project at former oakland army base has taken another step forward. city leaders and developers

signed off on important agreements yesterday. spelling out terms for creating 5,000 blue collar jobs for oakland residents and helping the port stay competitive. the plan to turn the 366 acre base into a shipping, packaging and redistribution center. the metropolitan transportation commission will look at another way to provide free muni rides to disadvantaged youngsters in san francisco after rejection of two plans in july that would have provided free fares for low income teens. san francisco sets aside a million dollars for the program but it needs another four million dollars from the mtc to get it rolling. mtc has examined ways to provide free rides for youth on other systems. buses, trains, they may all be wet this morning. i'm thinking they could still be an easier commute than driving. if monday serve as as example. >> i think you are right.

and i think you are wearing orange too many mike will have more on why you are doing that. live doppler, moss beach down 1 into half moon bay you can see some of our better radar returns moderate to heavy rain falling now pumpkin patches, christmas tree farms getting much needed rain. to the east, across the dumbarton bridge bridge east palo alto, further down 101, starting to move into mountain view close to sunnyvale especially around south mary those are the areas that are going to be wet or getting wet as we speak. this is all sliding southeast starting to climb into the east bay hills just a matter of time before it heads into the tri-valley through the hotel grade down to the south bay. about a 10th to quarter inch this morning's rain is the

most impressive in the forecast will start to taper by 7:00, clouds noon, mainly dry 4:00, low to mid 60s, isolated shower possible. we'll see increasing sunshine thursday, warmer friday and saturday. good morning. wet roads factor again this morning standing water right now bay bridge looking good you can see the droplets on the camera, it is as mike said, wet, same with san mateo bridge light traffic between foster city and hayward both directions. problem near fairfield highway 12 both direction as affected "sig alert" in effect, use american canyon this is your normal commute. overnight roadwork to begin starting tonight 280880 stevens creek northbound and 280

ramps shutdown through the 31st of october and they will have a detour in place that will be until 6:00 in the morning. warning going out this morning to customers of a popular bookstore chain. why if you shop there recently you want to check your credit or bank statements, right away. critical training for emergency responders. massive exercise will start out looking like a --.

welcome back. live doppler showing healthy set of rain down 80 along the east bay shore into san francisco and points south this is moving south and east if you haven't received rain yet like around 237, sunnyvale, milpitas you are about to get

rain. this is our last good shot, warming trend in the forecast. 4:44. watch your credit if you shopped at barnes & noble recently. the chain reveals hackers tampered with credit and debit card readers at 63 of its stores some in california. they are urging customers to take a close look at their bank statements. the company has disconnected all pin pads at their stores after finding out mid september. investigators asked the company to sit on the information for a while. south bay first responders will practice how they will respond to dozens getting sick at a rave party. rescuers like this -- today's drill is the second of three this week. local high school students and others play the roles of victims who have had too much to drink or taken dangerous

drugs. >> alcohol, drugs no air conditioning, they become quickly dehydrated. many need to go to the hospital. >> the dills resemble what happened inside the cow -- the drills resemble what happened inside the could you pal -- inside cow palace. the drills -- [ unintelligible ] next, new evidence investigators found at a pharmacy linked to deadly meningitis outbreak and why it could lead to the business closed forever. employees at state hospital in north bay mark the anniversary of the murder of one of their own. >> test results are in. find out if a rock found last week came from space. first storm of the season brought soap snow skiers may be able to hit the

coming up on 4:48. heart of the bay best chance of showers today heavier showers right now heading towards san mateo away from half moon bay all siding south and east. north bay going to be quietest. cold pool of air 40s salt lake city, 50s denver, seattle, portland, 70s and 80s ahead of it is veer weather possible today traveling and kansas city, chicago, minneapolis, no delays now at any of our airports they will be there and we'll probably have some here also. 4:48. vallejo police offering $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of suspects in brutal crime. 28-year-old ashley mills was six months pregnant with twins

when she was shot to death with her fiance september 6th at that home. investigators are qualing this a quadruple murder because of the twins. police setting anonymous tip-line: 1-800-488-9383. we have the link to that number on our website abc7news.com. employs at napa state hospital are continuing to improve state two years after a mental patient murdered one of their co-workers 100 held a candlelight vigil last night to remember donna gross on the two year anniversary of her death she was strangled in the courtyard of the hospital. since then safety improvements include alarm devices that send out an employee's check location.

-- exact location. >> they should be armed. we've had escapes recently from custody. >> do you feel they do not need weapons? >> at this point in time there is not a move to look forward with arming our hospital police officers. >> the coalition of few unions asking for specialty uniteds for violently ill patients. police are searching for a band of thiefs who tried to steal a truck load of computer chips. investigators state robbers followed a truck carrying $170,000 worth of chips monday. they tried to rob it at a stop but the truck driver's father in another vehicle intervened. the thieves fled, leaving one behind he was arrested. the thieves escaped in two vehicles.

plate is on your screen. the other vehicle was a fight ford explorer with a california plate. >> follow-up on a story. we are sad to report possible intergalactic discovery in novato has ended up being just a rock. sunday scientists said this two inch rock that hit the roof of a home was a chunk of a meteor. after further examination they have determined it is not a meteorite. scientists have apologized for the error. excitement this morning among skiers, snowboarders after a storm system dumped more than 30 inches of snow parts of the sierra that means they are hoping to open friday. the resort made more snow overnight and will decide if it can open early. resorts see this as a sign of a good season ahead many

>> the earlier we get the snow the more excited people get. they start buying gear and passes. >> we are looking forward to a better season this year early snow is going to be helpful if it keeps up we will be able to make up ground we didn't have last year this time. >> as you probably remember tahoe had scant snow pack last year. >> i remember. being out there i remember talking to the businesses they were saying this is the worst in decades many had to close. >> a lot of great deals for the rest of us, unfortunately, at their expense. they will have a little more today, it is that time of year where we get excited then we get into a lull and it will come back in december. i wish this was maybe a forebearing of a good season the jury is still out on that.

4:52. right now ferry building orange looks good, rain falling on it this morning. north bay first, just because you have barely anything showing up on radar, drizzle and a little fog, this stuff to the north may slide in the next hour or so. by far, the heaviest rain to the south. right when you turn from 80 on to 37 to head towards napa, the amusement park, that area, that's what is seeing heavier rain now. right here sunol grade about to get a little wet, fremont, that's where we have healthy rain. coming across the san mateo bridge towards hayward, union city, fremont, good healthy shower belmont getting wet right there towards redwood city where we are going to see some of the better downpours, ponding on the roads possibly

accidents. we'll talk to sue about that. 40s and 50s this morning, 40s san jose and los gatos with livermore everybody else in the low to mid 50s monterey bay mainly mid 40s monterey about 50°. today showers best chance this morning very isolated this afternoon. foggy tonight mainly dry and then warming trend starts tomorrow through the weekend. here's our last chunk of energy kicking off showers behind it not much upstream, looks like we are going to have this and then just isolated showers as we head towards noon into the afternoon hours overnight as we head into the nighttime hours fog will form more than anything rainfall amounts 10th to quarter of an inch maybe heavier you could get up to 4/ 10. not worried about rain for tonight's world series game 5:07 first pitch mostly cloudy 61 cooling to 58°.

partly cloudy tomorrow, showers stay over the ocean. friday mild pattern develops some of the warmest weather saturday, sunday, monday into tuesday next wave of rain. here's sue. live shot macarthur maze into the bay bridge toll, points beyond you can see this is 880 down on to 80, 580 headed into the bay bridge, everything moving smoothly, no delays just wet roads give yourself extra time today. this is northbound pardon me southbound 101 past civic center tail lights southbound towards central san rafael no problems. roadwork on the golden gate bridge due to be picked up in the next 20 minutes. "sig alert" outside of fairfield highway 12 red top road big rig jacknifed both directions affected chp on

scene. right now you want to take american canyon to get around. massachusetts officials are taking steps to permanently shutdown the pharmacy learned to a deadly meningitis outbreak. inspectors have found numerous sanitary issues at the new england compounding center, including specs of black fungus in steroids. the governor is ordering stricter oversight of pharmacies across the state. the outbreak has sickened 300 people, eight have died. an arizona teenager recovering from ground breaking surgery after being severely injured while riding his bike. doctors removed part of his -- part of the 16-year-old's skull to relieve swelling of his brain they placed it in his abdomen for safe keeping doctors reattached a piece of the skull after swelling went down normally doctors would

have frozen that small piece instead they stored it in his stomach to reduce the chance of inspection he's expected to make a full recovery. one of the biggest one week plunges ins go prices in more than four years. we are live with what is driving prices down so fast and how much lower they are expected to go the signs that it could be another rocky day on wall street after yesterday's big plunge. why mountains of phone books won't be going away any time soon in san francisco.