this is where they're going to have the trophy ceremony with the players and the dignitaries for example, congress woman nancy pelosi just rsvp. if this anything like 2010 it's going to be spectacular. the celebration and the parade, though there has been a short time to get everything together. >> david thompson known as a master float builder. now, his reputation being put to the test. with just 48 hours, he and workers have been rushing to build eight floats. challenge is that parade is tomorrow. >> paint takes 24 hours to dry. we're more than nervous. >> billy philadelphia got the call just yesterday the giants want him to play the caliope.

>> there are a lot of piano players in san francisco. i'm grateful they called me. my stock went up with my wife and kids. >> the city expects up to a million fans to celebrate amazing feat by the giants. just about every city department is involved. in trying to make it a success. the mayor combined a year of the giants with the year of the dragon. >> this is a paper draggon that just represents the fortune the giants brought to cities. >> the route will be a straight shot down market no side streets for better police enforcement. the players will not vid rid controlly cars. each will have his own convertible. and the riordan high school

band will march, rehearsing today which includes party rock anthem. >> right now there is excitement at the school. everybody is jealous of the band right now. >> the guys saying the team did not want to jinx things talking about a parade. within the organization they called it the "p" word. tomorrow it becomes a full-blown parade. >> thank you so much. >> police are not fooling around. anyone and everyone will be arrested. it's a family affair they tell us. police being stern about warnings. >> the key word will be crowd management. as carolyn reported there may be a million or more people out tlchl the police chief,

d.a.and city attorney sent out messages if you're going to cause trouble we're going to get you. they don't want a repeat of sunday. abc 7 news learned police believe they've identified this man using a barricade to shatter windows of a muni bus. sunday fight, police took 35 people into custody. the district attorney says of the 11 cases they're prosecuting nine of them. most for various felonies including arson and stealing an iphone. >> we expect some of the cases we've seen where they have been damaged to city vehicles and properties around the city. >> the city attorney says if there was vandalism, he'll take them to civil court. >> we'll go after you and seek

restitution and damages coming out of your pocketbooks for damage that you do to city property. >> the vandalism and trouble happen at night them shot up fire works and barrel bombs. they overturned cars and broke windows on a muni bus, then, the bus set on fire. there an incredible number of bonfires.. >> the other night there were 70, 70 fires around town to varying degrees. >> the chief says they're ready for the parade and massive crowd which may number a million. police will be out in force to deal quick whether i problems like ones that occurred sunday night. there will be a police fire strike force to prevent troublemakers from hijacking and torching muni buss.. >> any fire started will be put out quickly. >> and he says there will be

zero tolerance for booze. >> if there is an open contain yes, it can be seized and dumped. >> the district attorney reminds us there were either few or no arrests. that is the way police want to keep it tomorrow. peaceful, people with savor and enjoy the taste of victory. >> thank you very much. a man fighting homelessness hopes tomorrow's parade does not end up like sunday night's celebration. he shines shoes on the corner of market and new montgomery streets. one of his chairs was destroyed. he lost a lot of toolz. it's a devastating loss for him. >> i never would have done anything like this. this is just not what -- you're supposed to celebrate and be happy not tear things up.

>> workers coming to his aid, some making donations so he can get a new chair and repair his shoe shine stand. >> uc hastings college of the law decided to close up shop tomorrow. no classes or access. hastings is located about two blocks from city hall by the route. officials say closure is because of public safety concerns. and public schools in san francisco won't shut down tomorrow. the superintendent wants to make sure students don't skip school. he urged parents to send their kids to class. if they don't show up, the state won't give the direct full funding for the day. >> if you're planning to attend the parade public transportation is the best option. bart will be operating on a rush hour schedule all day long, cal train running extra trains in the morning and after the parade as well. some will be rerouted around

the parade. golden gate ferry adding service near the start of the parade, you can stay home, watch it live. you can watch it at work, our coverage begins tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. >> san carlo tonight police looking for four men wearing giants masks during a robbery in a consignment center. they used sledge hammers and smashed several cases and then grabbed what they could get. sky 7 was over the martinez jail after it went on lock down this afternoon followed the death of an inmate. detention center officials say this happened during the intake process. they're not releasing any details and say it happened in an area where no guns are allowed. >> here is the latest on super storm sandy.

this is lake michigan. sandy kicking up 20 foot waves today, tying a record. >> this is new jersey. you can see what happened to boats in this hash on. sandy made land fall on the jersey shore last night. they stacked up and several towns were flooded. >> 48 people have now been killed in this storm. many by falling tree limbed. 8.2 million people without power, this video from staten island. the subway system is flooded lower manhattan still in the dark. >> utility crews being dispatched from around the country to help restore power back east. >> pg&e sending people from around california bringing trucks and equipment with them. >> we're live near sacramento

they're loading up, getting ready to leave. >> they are. you know i had an opportunity to speak to crew members who have done this before. some say they look forward to doing it because it gives them an opportunity to work with crews and instill upon others values learned here. and some techniques they go through time and time again. crews decided they'd take on assignments to go east ask help co-workers over there. they're sending work dwrorz new york to get to the nation's largest city, up and running again. some are flying on a 73 p that has been chartered. some are driving but they're sharing a mission, restore power as soon as possible. now, about 150 employees took off today many from the bay

area, they had to make arrangement was families. teams told their assignment could be three days or three weeks but not one of them showed signs of hesitation about going. >> as far as crew goes, they can do it with eyes closed they're ready to jump right in to do whatever they can. >> we expect you to have broken paw, broken pole. wire down, trance formers destroyed just a mess. >> many teams helped other agencies before. the teams expected to arrive in white plains new york first thing in the morning. and they will hit the ground running. many of them will relieve crews that have been working since the storm hit. and asessioning damage. other arriving first thing in the morning. we're live here about to see the plane taking off right now. i'm going to send it back to you live in sacramento.

that is it right there. >> thank you. >> they will be needed for sure. super storm sand eye is quieting down thank goodness. but there is a storm coming our way, next. >> that is true. i'll answer the questions will it rain on the giants parade? will ghosts and goblins need umbrellas tomorrow night? >> a movie deal combining micky mouse with star wars empire. >> we have video showing a man taking down the campaign signs of his wife's opponent. he doesn't deny it. he defends hit. -- it. >> and steal a pace, take a tacko a

the family of a teenager shot and killed by a south san francisco police officer is filing a lawsuit. they made announcement just an hour ago at the arco station close to where derek gains died. police say gains reached for a gun. the officer shot him in the neck. the district attorney cleared that officer of wrong doing. the family says there had to be a better option than firing a shot. >> we're not saying that derek's behavior was okay. but unfortunately our teen-aged boys are coming across guns we have to find out how and y train our officers to deal with it in a better way besides shooting to kill our boy ootz chief of police told us today the shooting is a tragedy but said

he cannot comment on the lawsuit. >> there are new allegations tonight in an expensive city council race in san jose. this is as counsel member rose herera supported pension reform. a videotape has both sides talking. >> videotape appears to show matt walli nismt taking down a campaign sign of his wife's opponent. a consultant for the police officer union which is fighting the reelection says the slashed signs have been turning up in area trash cans. >> there is no good reason to be dumping lawn signs after midnight in a secluded mark. >> he does admit he's taken down, throwing away what he considers to be illegally placed campaign signs. >> i was just tired of seeing

these things being put up where there is no permission. where it was illegal. >> accusations take another turn. the consultant says they call him a second time and there is a confrontation. justin says herera's husband lunged at him. >> he charged at me. i kept moving backwards. he says that he has had a knife here. he pulled something out and swiped at me. i jumped back then i turned around and ran. >> wallin says he was only trying to tee fend himself. >> i was knocked down. and i was walking and someone hit me in my should kbrer. i went to the ground. >> wallin has minor injuries. jimmy win supporters says this

answered questions about disappearing campaign signs. >> this had to have been someone supporting rose, but i dent know who. >> rose herera cause calls the videotape a set up. >> it's cowardly. people hiding behind bushes, jumping up, knocking him to the ground? >> probably not before tuesday's election. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> looks like we're expecting wet weather. >> we are. >> we'll have answers to that and will have to work our way in gradually. looking at western sky, sun just set minutes ago. a beautiful sunset there. let's take a look at doppler radar image of super storm

that was sandy. it's having a powerful affect on the northeastern quarter of the country. it's centered in central pennsylvania but the storm expands 1200 miles. we still have bands of heavy rains and snow being again rated bit storm. it's going to continue to affect the northeastern part of the country. snow falling in places and reaching into parts of pennsylvania as well. it's rain, thunderstorms. let's check out new england now. showers and thunderstorms hitting parts of massachusetts and maine and moving northward. into eastern canada. bay area, we have an increase in fog and clouds right now.

temperatures into mid to upper 60s. forecast features fog overnight, and drizzle. cloudy day and a rainy night for halloween tomorrow night. lows into 50s and there will be spotty drizzle along the coastline and then looking at the satellite you can see high pressure weakening now. so at 5:00 in the morning there will be spotty drizzle. rain arriving in the north bay by afternoon. then that front sweeps south ward and east, by sunset rain heading pushed into san francisco.

into parts of the east bay. rain continuing to push through. a front pushes through into thursday morning will be a wet start to the day thursday. showers continue during day and into late afternoon and evening hours. it will end and we expect to see rainfall totals up to an inch and a half maybe an inch into the santa cruz mountains high temperatures mainly into 60s. here accu-weather forecast. wet weather developing tomorrow and pushing into all parts of the bay area, should be dry for the parade. showers lingering thursday. and we warm up over the weekend. that is right. >> abc news will air a special

report on super storm

walt disney company made a

blockbuster deal as purchasing the bay area lucas film, creator of the star wars series. >> the price more than $4 million. it means the company is about to rev up production as george lucas retires. it's the film starting an empire. the company that disney is buying more than $4 billion. witness comes promise of more adventures. fans can expect film star wars episode 7 in theaters world wide in 2015. >> bob iger and george lucas signed papers to make it official. this after lucas said six episodes have been enough for him. he will serve as creative consultant but he's retiring and feels disney is the best company to continue the legacy. >> we worked out a deal. i probably could have gotten more money but that is not the

issue for me. it's making sure the film is secure and property is secure, well taken care of. kathy has the best shot of continuing it into the future. >> kathleen kennedy will be the division president. >> we're all very excited about it. i feel very confident kathy will be able to keep the franchise going in the way i've wanted it to be. >> in addition to getting the rights, disney is acquiring all of the operating businesses, including industrial light and magic and sky walker sound. >> it means employees at sky walker ranch in marin become disney employees like us on abc 7. lucas says he picked disney because of the success with other franchises like pixar, they're animated films continue to win success.

three years later they bought marvel. >> more projects, games and theme park attractions. >> that track record should revitalize lucas productions. the force is now with disney. >> thank you. >> still head at 6:00 you're going to hear from a bay area woman and why the bay area is a hot spot for human trafficking. >> big money behind a bay area congressional race. why some people see the incumbent

in the battle over the house of rev tiffs, abc 7 news mark matthews sat down with both men to talk about the issues.. >> jerry mcnerny is running in a new district. he had to move because his new district did not include his old home town of pleasanton where he used to live. congressman jerry mcnerny is

walking the streets of his old home town. it's also a lot more in the central valley requiring mcnerny to move from pleasanton to stockton. >> i moved in. things are there. we can go now. >> if he's touchy it's because his opponent ricky gill is the son of a farming family who is pushing his rural roots my opponent is someone from alameda county this, district has been shifted to east contra costa county. >> gill's tv ads are all about that message. >> we don't need to import our congressman from the bay area. >> he's got support from farming groups.. >> i want to be pro laid traid and support regulatory release efforts. >> mcnerny didn't want to talk about that endorsement, he's more comfortable talking about the number one farm issue, preventing delta water from southing south. >> we stood shoulder to

shoulder against the governor and senator feinstein, against the obama administration who want to put in -- i can tell you what we're going to prevent that from happening. >> gill accuses mcnerny of coming late to that option. >> my opponent never mentioned that word peripheral canal on the floor of congress until summer 201. >> 1 he points to the vote against three free trade agreements. >> that is someone not from here voting against the interest of the district. >> mcnerny says the agreements failed to protect workers.. >> they're allowing conditions for worker that's are unacceptable to americans and american workers and american standards. >> part of the tv advertising he's talking up issues with voters. >> some trade agreements have been hurtful to the country.

>> big business interests have been coming in on behalf of ricky gill. gill acknowledges help. these groups move towards competitive races. it's something they decided on their own accord. >> our polls show i have a lead. >> he is the incumbent. his race is likely his to lose but gill is right. money follows close races there has been plenty of money coming into the 9th district. $3 million from outside groups. more than he raised on his own about a half million coming in from outside to support jerry mcnerny. >> there is one not getting a lot of attention. prop 35 is a major problem in the united states.

especially here in the bay area. tonight we'll take a look at what that is all about. leah is a college graduate with a bright future, they began live in a dysfunctional family battling drugs and violence. >> the third time i ran away from home was age 14. i met my first trafficker. >> leah was vulnerable. the man who exploited her knew what to do. >> say things like i love you more than your parents do. you know? and i didn't feel loved by my parents because of the things i'd experienced it wasn't hard for me to believe that. >> soon leah was part of a gruch girls driven over california and nevada to be sold for sex. the man who said he loved her now said she was worthless. >> i believed the lie that in that life i would be in that life because that is what pimps tell you. >> leah suffered four years after bus, physical and

mental. >> you have to disassociate yourself. it's traumatizing. >> the district attorney says leah's story is shockingly common. the bay area is a hub. >> we're talking about what's happening right here in our street. with our children. >> that is why she says it's time for proposition 35. >> by need to change attitudes and laws. we need to increase protections for people being trafficked. >> prop 35 will increase penalties for human trafficking to 12 years to life. with fines up to $1.5 million. law enforcement officers will be required to have two hours of training in human trafficking and every convicted could have to register as a sex trafficker. >> the goal is to stop children and women being treated as slaves..

>> prop 35 supported by a long list of law enforcement agencies. it's financed by more than $2 million from former facebook executive chris kelly. opposition led by erotic service providers legal education and research project. >> it will not bring protection to sex traffic victims not based on evidence that shows that it works. evidence shows education is a bigger deterrent. >> the group believes prop 35 definition of sex trafficking is too broad. >> we think it's an antiprostitution piece of legislation under the guys of rescuing trafficked victims.. >> american civil liberties is against prop 35 because it requires all sex offenders to register their online screen names with law enforcement. aclu insists that infringes on the rights to free speech. others say it doesn't do enough to help victims.

>> we think that traffic victims should not have to be arrest forward prosecution first. >> leah one of the victims but she's supporting prop pa and is reconciled with her mother who just pose forward this photo. >> she was so proud. i saw the look on her face z it's been a long time coming. >> leah rescue bid church outreach workers and has now founded her own organization to rescue trafficking victims. we have links to that group on abc 7 news.com. >> just ahead helping victims of super storm sandy. >> how donated blood here can help back there. stay with us

sandy continues to pummel the northeast, red cross stepped in to help. >> volunteers are already on the ground back east but red krogs also needs your help. >> as a giant wave crash add shore in delaware red cross volunteer virginia heart snaps these photos.. >> winds were very, very,

almost to the point they would knock you over. >> heart left her home to go volunteer spoke to us via skip skip -- skype. she shot this video of a fellowville lun tear trying to talk over the storm heart says it was the only refuge around. >> last night there wasn't a single restaurant that opened in the town i'm in. this shelter was serving dinner. services we've provided are necessary and people are grateful. and often become friends at some point. >> volunteers made friends with these two girls, two out of 11,000 people that spent the night in red cross shelters. >> it's going to take a vast amount of resources to respond

to that we can use help we can get. >> there are others helping the red cross answering a call for blood don yaigs that stem from the storm. >> red cross cancelled 300 blood drives.. >> that is a big problem for patients. cell cell that's give blood ability to clot only last five days once donated. not having two days of platelets is a real serious matter. >> gene anderson its a gift he's happy to give. >> it's a real way to help other people. >> the need is great. here is the number. 1-800-red cross. there is a link at abc 7 news.com. >> coming up next a high security lab where the bay area toughest crimes are solved. >> our vic lee gets a look

inside only on abc 7 news.

an exclusive look inside of the alcohol, tobacco and firearms laboratory in walnut

creek we're not allowed to tell were you it is, but it's where some of the toughest crimes are solved. reporters rarely invited inside. >> it's a story you'll see only on abc 7 news. >> this is one of three atf labs in the country. the others in maryland, and atlanta. the largest in the world dedicated to fire and weapons investigations. atf special agent helen dunkel. >> this covers everything from canada, texas, west. >> this is the heart of the lab where analyst tries to find what ignitable liquides are used to cause explosions and fires. in a side room are samples, clocks, gun powders. also in this room this vault filled with all times of

handguns and rifels. anything that fires a bullet. this marker in the lab that are different types of pipe bombs. >> that is what makes them so popular and prevalent. it's ease of obtaining the information. ease of obtaining components z ease of assembly. >> this chemist piecing together fragments.. >> two different pipe pieces. this is fit together. you can see pressure and everything how it works. >> the equipment is state of the art. this one provides 3 d images so analysts can look at every aspect of a case and firing pin.

she finds a match with a cartridge from another crime scene. see how the lines are. >> this is both from the same gun. >> science is so intricate, scientists can determine if a tool was used to make a bomb or alter a firearm or to construct a homemade silencer. here analyst matched copper wire to the wire of an exploded bomb. these fires belonging to a suspect match markings of a tool used to jimmy a lock. this examiner says tools are like fingerprints. >> each tool has a surface leaving marks on items. >> under his watch criminals can no longer get away with erasing numbers.

>> i use methods to restore numbers and able to see what the original number is. >> here at the lab hard to get fingerprints nor problem. this bottle is placed in a chamber with super glue fumes. a dye stain is added to items placed under a laser that i will lup naits objects, revealing prints on the body. analysts can lift fingerprints from just about anywhere. >> we have everything from garbage bags to paper forms. kit be anything they've seen from forensics. >> and and one might say you just can't get away with anything anymore. >> this is time for another

check on the forecast now. >> we're going to start with another view of that super storm sandy pounding a northeastern quadrant of the country. heavy rain, strong winds still. here in the bay area, most of the remainder of the bay area will be dry this means conditions partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. it will be dry throughout daytime hours. rain arrives here in the city expanding to other and spreads to other parts of the bay area and here is the accu-weather forecast. showers linger through thursday much of the day

warming up over the weekend. set your clocks back saturday night or sunday morning. >> let's hope rain holds off trick or treaters. >> i hope so. >> yes. >> thanks. >> it wasn't a world series bet but a national chain had to pay up for what giant d the clain chain promoted a taco give away if any player stole a base. giants angel pagon did it. today he helped hand out free tacos. >> he told me i won tacos for everybody in the united states. >> the offer ended just a short time ago. they say they will hold another give away later for those in areas affected by super storm sandy. >> terrific. coming up next the guy pitched a perfect game for a's is no longer an a.

join me tonight on cable channel 13. coming up in the middle of sandy. a pregnant woman in labor. the hospital ruses power twice, one spouse described evacuation as a special delivery. >> then, at 11:00 goofy meets luke sky walker. the deal between disney and george lucas. how are fans taking this news?

it's coming up at 9:00 and 11:00. >> on to sports. we're getting set for a big celebration. >> yes. a huge parade. >> there are going to be a lot of people dressed up. >> it could be. >> there is a special moment never heard by audience. john miller is the team's lead announcer. >> romo. cabrerra, strike tree called. giants have won the world series. >> a terrific moment for young broadcaster, fleming describing one of the best moments in giants history. he offered to step aside and let john miller call the final out in detroit. >> i turned to john and said john do you want to do this?

you should do the final out call. he said absolutely not this, is your inning you've got to do it. that was it. and gracious of him to let me do that. >> the a's made news today. dallas braiden with a perfect game. braiden missed last season with shoulder surgery. he's had two operations on that shoulder. he can return to a's he does not get an offer from neither team that he likes. warriors open in phoenix unclear if he will make a debut. he was injured at the time has been working his way back into tape. he did participate in his

second practice today. >> i would love to know right now. but this is what we're dealing with. we're going to be very cautious and smart with this thing understanding we need it for the long haul. >> the season started tonight. ray allen now a member of the heat getting a cold shoulder from kevin garnett. this is lebron being lebron. right now leading in the third quarter, alex smith 18 out of 19. jim har baugh saying he was

quote gobble, gobble turkey talk, he knew where evidence was. >> it was in the closet. i found oit. -- it in there. that is the nature of the nfl. we only play once per week. abc 7 sports brought to you by menz. >> that is this edition of, along with skeletons. thanks a lot. >> from all of us here, thanks for joining us. >> see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

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