>> the champagne is flowing fast and furious here. i brought my champagne goggles, but didn't help me. the a's have done it again. clinched the a.l. west title for the second year in a row. >> the champagne is flowing inside the a's locker room, for the players clinching the american league west title, it's oh, so sweet. >> this is why you play baseball, for moments like this. so happy for everyone. so exciting. >> clinching anytime, it's a season's worth of games. it's not one game that makes a difference. but to do do it at home, the fans, their enthusiasm off the charts. >> go oakland! >> a great day to be an oakland a's fan. so, great to have a great turnout, considering there's nfl

going on, and they deserve it. >> derrick drove from phoenix with his kids just to watch the a's win. >> last time the a's won the world series i was 16. my daughter is turning 16, so we're hoping it's going to happen this year. >> tickets for the first round of the playoffs now on sale. the a's are selling the champagne bottles used in the locker room celebration today. on their web site. it's been a great day here. live in oakland, abc7 news. >> ama: a's fans are already sending us celebration photos. this was taken in the game just before the seventh inning. you can e-mail your photos to us or share them on facebook. or on twitter. we will show some of your photos on the air as the a's make their way through the postseason. >> we will have all of the game highlights and reaction from

tonight's big win coming up in sports. we're in the postseason of the america's cup right now, and oracle team u.s.a. is making a run. team oracle won both races on the bay, cutting into new zealand's lead. sergio quintana is live in san francisco. reporter: for most of the matchups between team new zealand and team u.s.a., the key weis -- kiwis have been dominating, but today, riveting for fans of both teams. the last few days saw postponed matches and disqualified races because of the weather. team new zealand only wins one more win to take the cup home bush but the double win by team u.s.a. today. if team u.s.a. wins tomorrow

they stay alive and could win it, but some creative planning is in progress for fans who are hoping to see the final race. >> we were prepared to go home today, but we kept believing, and here we are. we'll be back again monday, hoping we can keep our jobs. >> we're off tonight but the racers are staying for another couple of days, change flights to stay behind and support the team. >> henry boyd there is part of a sizable con tip -- contingent of new zealanders who came here to watch anywhere from one to six weeks of the sailing competition, and you can imagine it's not cheap, and trying to stay a few days longer has been a little more pricey in part because of another larry ellison backed event. oracle world conference is beginning this evening so kiwis are having difficulty extending their hotel stays because so many rooms are booked up for the

conference. reporting live in san francisco, abc7 news. >> ama: that's dedication. 489ers management has decided aldon smith with not play thursday and it suspended indefinitely. he faces a suspension from the league but the team has stepped in to take control of the situation. >> we thought it was the best decision for aldon and for him and the future and for him to make progress and get better. >> smith will be arraigned in court in november. electricity is back on in san francisco after an apparent hit-and-run accident brought down a fire pole. it just before 9:00 this morning when a car careened out of control and slammed into a pole alongside highway 280. the vehicle landed upside-down and look at that. just burst into flames. the driver took off running. in santa cruz, southbound

highway 1 was closed for a half hour this morning because of a fiery accident. when firefighters arrived they found one car on top of another and both on fire. two people were taken to the hospital. one needed to be airlifted to a trauma center. a man who was speed-flying died this afternoon on mt. st. hell loan na, the sheriff's office identified the man as a 35-year-old st. helena resident. the man was able to call deputies from his cell phone after he crashed but emergency crews did not reach him in time. speed flying is similar to paragliding. the difference is speed flyers skim close to the ground. >> b.a.r.t. and union leaders will meet in hopes of reaching a new contract. tive -- wages, pensions and health care are the sticking points. b.a.r.t. says the two sides remain 112 mental apart right

now. plenty of opportunities to get a deal done. there are negotiating sessions scheduled almost every day through the end of the cooling-off period. this calendar shows the dates when both unions are planning to meet with b.a.r.t. negotiators and then two days when b.a.r.t. will meet with one union. -- nancy pelosi says she republicans would have enjoyed if i they succeeded in closing down the government. they passed a funding bill that stripped obamacare of money. pelosi says republicans know the bill cannot pass. >> for many of them i call them legislative arsonists. they're there to burn down what we should be building up in terms of investments in education and scientific research and all that the things that make our country great and competitive. i don't paint them all with the same brush, but enough of them

in their caucus to shut down the government. that would be a victory for them. >> senate leaders and president obama have said publicly the bill with not be approved. the government will run out of money at the end of the month unless an agreement is reached. still ahead at 6:00. the new iphones go through the first crash tests. why more tsunami debris from japan is expected to reach the pacific coastline in the next few months. >> a big celebration nor a bay area school. we'll join the party. >> leigh: i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. what a difference a day makes. all the rainend. today lots of sunshine. temperatures a lot warmer. enjoy it in my seven-day forecast we'll cool things bac

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the first classes were held in burlingame at mckinley elementary school. a centennial celebration was hound this afternoon. good turnout there. the school was built in 1913 because burlingame's population jumped so much after the 1906 earthquake. mckinley elementary was originally called burlingame gramar school and was changed in 1915. >> up next at 6:00, why disney is ending its current program that allows disabled visitors to move to the front of the line. >> a beautiful day in the bay area after our stormy day yesterday. leigh glaser tells us if it's here to stay. >> for the first anytime jim harbaugh's tenure as coach of the 49ers, the team loses lost. defeated be a former pupil. across the bay, the unherdded

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visit sleepnumber.com to find one of our 425 sleep number stores nationwide. >> ama: debris continues to wash up on the pacific shoreline of the u.s. two and a half years after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit japan. there have been 1900 reports of debris.

the government confirms 35 came from the quake site. more debris expects to reach northern california as winter arrives. federal officials aren't sure what will likely reach the shore in hawai'i recently a plastic bin arrived that had a live bird trapped inside. scientist believe the debris will arrive for months to come. >> next month disney end a policy that allows disabled people going to the front of the line. too many people have been abusing the system. disabled people were being paid to be tour guides so people could be at the beginning of the line. disney is he the parent company of abc. >> tests are show the apple iphones or more breakable. the company which provides protection plans for gadgets did the testing. it's on the iphone 5s and c

are less durable than last year's iphone 5. phones are dumped in water, then dropped five feet of the ground. the word reporter was samsung, the best, google x. >> leigh: fall arrived at 1:44 this afternoon, and that's a little fallish out there. temperatures toy, our highs where we should be this time of year. turning to live doppler 7 hd, we had al the rain yesterday that has since moved out of our area, looking at some moisture along the north coast, and looks like the jet stream will keep that moisture to the north of the bay area for at least the next 24 to 36 hours. we're going to see some high clouds venture over the bay area. that is about it. here is a look at some of our highs for today. we climb as much as ten degrees in some locations thanks to all the sunshine out there. 78 was the high in santa rosa.

novato, 75. 66, san francisco. oakland, 72. 76, livermore, and morgan hill, 74. still keeping a little heat of the day with us. san francisco, 65. los gatos, 70. mt. tam cam showing you the blue sky over the bay. 71 right now in livermore. golden gate bridge clear right now, with lots of sunshine there blue sky, and we're going to keep it clear overnight tonight. in fact our forecast highlights cooler overnight. maybe a little patchy fog around the coast, maybe down towards san jose. get ready for sunshine, mild temperatures for monday. enjoy it because a big cooldown is expected as we head into tuesday and wednesday. temperatures will drop as much as ten to 15 degrees in some locations. overnight temperatures, because of the clear sky, 40s in the north bay. mid-to-low 50s near the water's edge. half moon bay, 52. 53, livermore, and just a touch

of patchy fog near the coast. this is the setup. the low bringing the north coast some rain, will continue to stay to the north. high pressure will build back in for one more day. so a warmer day for monday. we'll climb another two or three degrees and then after that the high is going to push to the south, and a cooler air mass to the northwest will set until. here's the week ahead for the livermore valley area. tomorrow, monday, 84. check out, by tuesday and wednesday, upper 60s to low 70s by, by friday and saturday, offshore warm winds will redevelop and temperatures will go back up. so a yo-yo. we'll be warm tomorrow, cool tuesday and wednesday, and then warm up at the end of the week. tomorrow, san jose, 81. los gatos, 83. the beaches warm up. half moon bay, 66. redwood city, 80. san francisco, 70. north bay, delightful with 81.

sonoma, 82. oakland tomorrow, get ready for 75. 77, castro valley. interior east buy mild. 84, livermore. and 83, concord. the seven-day forecast, nice day, mild day monday. tuesday, wednesday, temperatures bottom out, only in the mid-to-low 70s inland. friday, friday, saturday, offshore winds and we warm things back up. >> ama: not a major change. thank you, leigh. >> ama: things are heating up in the east bay. colin is here with the a's action. >> kind of a good news/bad news forecast. i like to start with the good. when does the money ball sequel come out. billy bean and bob melvin's boys do it again. a.l. champions for the second consecutive year. the rangers were in a scoreless game with the royals in a seventh inning. a texas loss or a's win would assure at pennant.

sogard, reddick scores. then coco crisp, the delivery down the line, into the stands. three-run shot. 22nd of the year for coco. 5-1 a's. this happened in kansas city. tenth inning, bases loaded. look at justin maxwell, walkoff grand slam. royals beat the majors. a's fans see the score and then give bob melvin and the team a standing ovation. they clinch with six games left to play. the nut kc meant nothing. our carlos deroach partying with the a's. >> join us today and then get back to work and get ready to go. baby. >> they need to do this 100 times, never get old. >> a great feeling to have. >> when you win the first 25, and we really telling everybody it's not just a one-person show,

and we really believe that we have the guys here that can win. >> the overriding feeling when we got to spring training, we would be here again, and if you believe it with that kind of conviction, most times you end up getting where we are right now. >> melvin wasn't wrong. giants and yankees. final home game for mariano rivera. presented with a willie mays signed guitar and paintings. yankee fans saying goodbye to the 43-year-old. and giants shortstop, a day to remember as well, first major league home run off andy pettite, playing the final game of his career. rivera got in the game, struck out adrian ya in the eighth. the giants get the win. >> a first time for everything. right? in case of today's 49ers-colts game, first were not a good thing at all. trent richardson, traded mid-week to the colts, making his first start for indy. first touch of the game,

touchdown. he combined with bradshaw for 130 on the ground. 49ers, nine play drive. ties the game. that's where the scoring end for the niners, collin kaepernick, game to forget for him. two completions in the first half. sacked three times. andrew luck efficient as always. 164 yards passing, 24 on theground. six on the boot leg, for 20-7 fourth quarter lead. the niners beaten in every stat. lose the turnover battle. 27- 7 the final. first home loss as a starter, but everything is fine, right? >> we just didn't execute. just didn't execute. >> you can question just about everything right now. we didn't play well enough to win in enough areas. they made the plays, offensively, defensively, and we did not. >> we came out here and got a win against a very good, tough,

san francisco 49er team. so proud to be part of this team. >> a reminder, despite not playing today with the hamstring injury we'll have not addition of vernon's view tonight. one-on-one conversation with mike shumann. henrik stenson, the best golfer on the planet all summer. the wire-to-wire victory at the tour championship today. the fedex cup champion $10 million bone fuss to go with the 1.4 million he earned for today's win. 11.44 million. nice. brought to you by orchard reply hardware. >> not a bad sum of money there. up next, at 6:00. a look at the new movies that finally bumped lee dan

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experts expect. all coming up at 9:00 and 11:00 once abc7. the days of the summer blockbuster are long gone as hollywood starts to release more mature features for fall. hugh jackman is a father who toes he moral line as he seeks justice after his two daughters are abducted. prisoners earned $21 million with three-quarters of the audience between the ages 18 and 50. insidous came in second with 14-1/2 million, nearly the times what it cost to make. spanish lange comedy, instructions not included, came in fourth. and chris brown's dance drama, battle of the year, debuted in fifth place. and that's it for this edition of abc7 news at 6:00. i'm ama daetz forks leigh -- foh glaser, colin rush and mike

shumann, thank you for joining us. have a good evening.

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