take the mound to start for the giants. pandemonium is hoping for as many people to pour in for a huge viewing party in san francisco. and police are prepared in case those celebrations become too rowdy like they did a couple of years ago. >> we have live team coverage. abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler at the jumbotron in san francisco. >> wayne freedman and mike shumann are in kansas city. mike, let's start with you out there. >> reporter: tell you what, guys, it's exciting. you can feel the anticipation in the air. i'm a little worried about this stat. eight of the last ten teams in the world series that came home trailing three games to two have walked away with the trophy. of course, the royals are going to have to win both of those games and they are the little team that could. they have been the cinderella team not even picked to make the playoffs. they swept their way into the world series. but the giants are the more

seasoned and experienced team and they know that means a lot in the world series. >> there's no margin of error like you had during the season. the team that gets here is usually the team that does get on a roll and play their best ball. it takes talent. it takes guys playing on top of their game and guys who can handle playing in post season because it's really tough to get here. >> when you're playing in your backyard as a kid, did you ever imagine this would happen to you this early in your career? >> as a kid, you always dream about this. to be doing it is pretty cool. i really haven't been able to take a step back yet. hopefully in a couple days i will be able to enjoy the ride i have been on. >> reporter: the giants can clinch tonight with a victory. royals fans are hoping to force a game seven. if you couldn't make it to kansas city, well, the civic center's the place to be, i understand, with the jumbotron and local san francisco fans and that's where carolyn tyler is. carolyn? >> reporter: people are still streaming in here and they tell

me that this is the next best place to being there, being here and the crowd has been just crazy, festive all day long. san francisco police are hoping the celebratory mood throughout the city remains under control. dave arrived at san francisco's civic center plaza before noon. >> i got a couple of newspapers, got a buddy coming in a little while with a sandwich and a box full of cigars. >> reporter: you're set. >> i'm set for the day. >> reporter: he wasn't the only early bird. staking out seats near the front of the jumbotron. this fan with the fabulous mani/pedi placed her umbrella in the ground at 9:30. >> i did this in 2012. we were a little bit late and the energy level, it's such a blast to have so many people want to win and go through the whole game together. >> reporter: hours before the

game, it was already party time. >> i'm known as crazy legs howard. crazy legs howard. that's me. >> reporter: what do you do that's so crazy with your legs? >> i dance a lot. whew! let's get it on! >> reporter: well, all righty, then. if you need some music to help you shake a leg -- ♪ >> reporter: my new friend malibu has written a song called "you don't understand, i'm a giants fan." ♪ >> giants in six, baby. another world series here. >> reporter: san francisco police hope this celebratory mood will be felt throughout the city and that things won't get out of hand like they did in 2012 after that world series win, when a muni bus was set on fire along with other acts of violence and vandalism.

this time, they will have 15% to 20% more officers than normal and all patrol cars have fire extinguishers. >> there will be uniformed officers predeployed. there will be plain clothes officers moving around as well. then we have contingency officers at the ready for rapid response to any area that demonstrates itself to be a problem so that we can act upon that before it gets out of control. >> reporter: the chief told me he personally has confiscated a six-pack of beer. this is supposed to be a family-friendly event. no tolerance for alcohol. my buddy wayne freedman is live in kansas city. wayne, i'm wondering what the mood is like there. >> reporter: it sounds awfully loud there. sounds very loud there. what we have here tonight is a drama playing out in two very large american cities. here's a fact a lot of people don't realize about the kansas

city royals. they have been complaining since the royals haven't won a world series in 20 years since 1985 but the fact is this city has won 26 baseball championships. ever hear of the kansas city monarchs? >> let's go, giants! >> reporter: when fans attend a world series game, especially a potential closing game, they get an "i was there" claim to baseball history. why else would giants fans come all the way back to kansas city? >> i did want to see history. >> reporter: but texting history is different than learning it. for that, visit 18th and vine, where you will find the negro league baseball museum. >> you don't have to be a baseball fan. >> reporter: this is a place where baseball provides the theme but segregation would be the real back story. how while major league baseball remained all white, african-american players formed their own leagues and filled their own stadiums, an alternate baseball universe. >> this is america at her worst but also america at her triumphant best. >> reporter: bob kendrick runs the museum which celebrates more

than 100 teams and players ranging from satchel paige to willie mays. >> before he was known as the say hey kid, he was young buck. >> reporter: it is a museum in multiple dimensions. intellectual, emotional. >> it touches a special place when i actually get to see it and put hands on it. >> reporter: and it's physical in the form of uniforms, bats, balls, even a hotel room showing how the players traveled. >> those are like dress shoes with cleats. >> reporter: for laura and john, who came to kansas city for the series, this visit put today's game and era in a different light. >> you could say the glass is half empty or half full. it's the history of segregation, representing the worst times in american history but it also represents the best times in american history that we were able to overcome segregation and integrate the greatest players in baseball history. >> reporter: if you are looking for historical context, you will find it here. the first colored world series, yes, they called it that, took place in kansas city 90 years ago this month. the hilldale daisies versus the kansas city monarchs. there is one other historical

parallel you might not like. the daisies had a two game lead going into the end of it. >> the monarchs would win that world series and you know how they did it? they had to win the last two games of that series to win the world series. so we are hoping here at kansas city that a little history might be on our side. >> reporter: we will see about that either tonight or tomorrow night at kauffman stadium in kansas city. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. dan, cheryl? >> wayne, thank you so much. giants fans all across the bay area have been sending us great fan pictures. here are some of them showing their team spirit. here's a sweet little boy. we would like to see how you are celebrating the giants. e-mail your pictures to kgo-tv.com or tweet them to us. let's turn our attention to some other matters tonight. the utah couple accused of a deadly shooting rampage that left two sheriff's deputies dead

last week made their first court appearance today. marcelo marquez and his wife, janelle, appeared in sacramento county court separately today. they face more than a dozen felony charges. a third deputy and civilian were also wounded in last week's crime spree. prosecutors say they are still deciding whether to pursue the death penalty. >> the facts speak for themselves. that is always a special circumstance case so a death penalty eligible case. but that would assume we automatically do everything without review, analysis. >> the two did not enter a plea. authorities revealed marquez, who also goes by an alias, was deported twice for drug arrests and is not in the country legally. uc berkeley police are warning students to be on guard after three people were robbed within a four-hour span this weekend. the first robbery happened around 8:00 p.m. on a pathway south of eucalyptus grove. that incident, the victim was

punched in the face. the second robbery occurred five minutes later on the strawberry creek bridge. two men pointed a gun at the victim and demanded his property. the third incident happened around 11:00 p.m. and involved three teenagers. so far, nobody has been injured. the sad news on the missing man. the subject of a major search in sonoma county. he has been found dead. the 53-year-old had been missing for five days. his car was found on the sunset beach parking lot with his belongings locked inside. marin, napa and san mateo county search and rescue teams joined in to help find him. jones was found this afternoon about 20 feet offshore of sunset beach. an autopsy has been scheduled to find a cause of his death. moving on, there is talk of rain out there tonight. >> that's right, dan and cheryl. there's a spooky storm coming for halloween. i will have the chilling details coming up. it feels amazing. >> such a nice thing to do. >> lots of hugs and kisses after

one man did the right thing for students whose instruments went missing after performing at a giants game. also ahead, if you have ever wanted to redesign b.a.r.t. trains, well, now's your chance if you have a got a better idea. plus how cancer cells are part of google's newest search.

we have a terrific ending to a story we shared with you a couple of months ago here on abc 7 news. a local high school band's instruments vanished in august when they were at at & t park to play the national anthem. well, those instruments are back where they belong tonight. abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live at the high school with the story. great news. >> reporter: great news. credit goes to a good samaritan

but i have always been one to give credit where credit is due. so i'm going to give abc 7 news also a pat on the back. now, listen, this story has a lot of twists and turns before it becomes a happy ending. here's how it all unfolded. >> i don't really have the words to describe it. i don't know. just feels amazing. >> reporter: annabelle got her flute back, one of 14 musical instruments of the high school band that went missing two months ago. it happened after they played the national anthem at a giants game. the instruments were accidentally left in a bin at the stadium parking lot. when the band instructors realized they were gone, they went back but the instruments had disappeared. most of them belonged to the students. >> my mom had it since she started playing the flute which was when she was in fifth grade. so we've had it in our family

for about 35 years. >> reporter: no one thought they would ever see the instruments again. >> they thought they were gone for good considering it's san francisco and a lot of things happen there. >> reporter: one thing did happen. on thursday, the band director got a phone call from a woman called jack. she had the instruments. >> i just couldn't believe it. it was, i mean, mind-blowing. >> reporter: jack's friend, a homeless man who collects tin cans at the stadium parking lot, found the bin with the instruments. he stayed with it for an hour thinking someone would retrieve them. no one did. he stashed them in his hovel near at & t park for safekeeping. eventually, he brought the instruments to jack, asking if she could keep them. >> this is a band. he goes i know, but i don't know whose and i don't know what to do with it. i can't keep it on the street. >> reporter: jack began searching the internet to find the rightful owners. bingo. she found my colleague, wayne freedman's story which she did shortly after the instruments were missing.

>> she watched the story and figured out that it was that high school and how to find us. >> reporter: there were hugs and thank yous when band members got their prized possessions back. the students wanted to personally thank their homeless hero, but he could not be found. >> if he's out there, i would really just like to personally thank him for getting these back to us. it's such a nice thing to do. >> reporter: vic lee, abc 7 news. we have new information this afternoon on the number of californians targeted by hackers. a report from the attorney general says personal information on more than 18.5 million californians was hacked last year. a third of those people will become victims of fraud. the report says retailers, banks, health care providers and other organizations reported 167 different breaches during 2003. there were 131 breaches in 2012 but the number of hacked accounts was much smaller at two and a half million. according to gallup, what people fear most nowadays is not assaults or thefts but having their personal data ripped off

by virtual bad guys. 69% of those surveyed say they worry about hackers making off with their credit card information from stores. the second most feared crime is having a phone or computer hacked. the two crimes are far more worrying than home burglaries, car break-ins or muggings, according to this survey. one out of four people say they or a member of their household had their credit card information stolen from a store. that's what they worry about the most. >> it's happened to most of us. b.a.r.t. is asking for your feedback on how to improve two of its most overcrowded stations. workers were at the embarcadero station passing out survey cards, asking riders what b.a.r.t.'s biggest priority should be. they are considering redesigning the embarcadero and montgomery street stations in order to keep up with the increase in ridership. >> i think the crowds around the escalators, elevators, but there are ways to manage that operation.

it will take some effort. >> b.a.r.t. is also considering safety, access, appearance and the overall customer experience at the stations. workers will be at montgomery station thursday to ask riders for their input. to give b.a.r.t. your feedback, visit b.a.r.t..gov and click on the survey link. reclining seats. that's what i want. >> that would be lovely. if you need a quick pick-me-up to keep your house looking nice, listen to this. >> consumer reports is partnering exclusively with 7 on your side's michael finney to check it out. >> these are lightweight. they are a big deal right now. stick vacuums, they are called, weighing less than ten pounds. many cost under $100. there are some new ones that promise to be better cleaners but they cost a whole lot more. consumer reports put them to the test. >> need a quick pick-me-up to keep your house looking nice for the holidays?

new lightweight stick vacuums from shark and dyson promise to not only do the trick but promise to be as good or better than full-sized vacuums. so consumer reports challenged them with this deep cleaning test, where dirt is poured on and pressed in, a test normally reserved for full sized vacuums. the stick vacs couldn't keep up. >> suction alone isn't enough. vacuum needs to have some weight and a powerful brush roll. stick vacs are generally under ten pounds and just won't do the job. >> don't count them out. when compared to others, they actually took the top three spots in consumer reports' tests. number one is this dyson dc-59 animal that does an excellent job on pet hair, light carpet cleaning and bare floors. but the animal is a beast when it comes to noise. one of the loudest stick vacuums tested. another dyson, the dc-59 motor head, came in a close second. it's a little quieter but wasn't quite as good on bare floors.

both are cordless but at maximum power, only run about seven minutes before they need recharging. at $500, they cost far more than most decent uprights. if you don't mind a cord, the shark rocket is a more reasonable $180. the way it's designed prevents it from cleaning well along the left edge. but it sucks up pet hair like a champ. if you prefer a full size vacuum cleaner, consumer reports named a $100 hoover a best buy. the bagless hoover wind tunnel t series rewind offers impressive cleaning and superb pet hair pickup plus does really well as deep cleaning carpets and has a really long cool name. there you go. >> what more do you want? >> thank you. let's talk about the weather forecast. obviously people outside at civic center park trying to enjoy the giants game tonight. >> perfect for the season, right, sandhya? >> absolutely. it is just mild for the viewing.

right now temperatures in the mid 60s in san francisco. right here it's bright and sunny. let's check out live doppler 7 hd. we do have a storm coming. live doppler 7 hd just watching clear conditions right now, which you see from the emeryville camera. looking at temperatures in the mid 60s around san francisco and half moon bay. 70 in oakland. 70 in san jose. morgan hill, 72 degrees. the high so far, mid 60s to upper 70s. beautiful view from the lake tahoe cam. snow is coming and if you are traveling up there, be prepared for winter driving conditions. mid 70s if santa rosa, fairfield, livermore, napa 72 degrees. here's telegraph hill. sunny skies and warm tomorrow. haunted by rain on halloween, we are looking at mainly dry and mild conditions this weekend. the satellite picture showing you this first system bringing showers to the pacific northwest. our next storm is the one we are watching. it's a cold storm, due in here for halloween. all the speckled clouds there

behind that cold front is the colder r. when you take a look at the timing of this system, 11:00 p.m. thursday night, the rain is still north of the bay area. as we head towards the rush hour, 5:00 a.m. friday, looking wet. halloween morning, you will need that extra time for the commute. now, around 9:00, when many of the school parades are taking place, it looks like definitely some rain for parts of the east bay, peninsula down towards the south bay but the north bay might be okay. then trailing showers behind the cold front for those afternoon school parades, going into the evening hours for the trick or treaters. rain fall totals in the north bay mountains, looking at half an inch to an inch. most lower elevations, tenth to a third and in the santa clara valley, five hundredths to a tenth of an inch. in the sierra nevada, be prepared for wintry travel between friday and saturday. couple of inches expected for higher elevations. snow level will come down to about 4,000 feet saturday morning. significant delays expected so

carry your chains. you are likely to have chain controls, especially heading across blue canyon, interstate 80. tomorrow morning, cool start, clear skies, mid to upper 40s for our coolest inland valleys. most other areas in the 50s. a jacket or sweater will come in handy first thing in the morning. 80 by afternoon. i think it's short sleeves for the south bay. on wednesday, san jose, cupertino. 84, morgan hill. warmer than today on the peninsula. redwood city, 80. 72 in half moon bay. sunset district, daly city, downtown san francisco mid 70s. north bay, 70s at our beaches. really it will be a nice beach day for fall. 81 santa rosrosa, napa, towardse east bay. 77, oakland. 76 berkeley. inland spots, you will be above normal with low 80s for livermore, concord. accuweather seven-day forecast, warm for tomorrow afternoon, cooler thursday with fog and high clouds. then halloween, we are looking at rain giving way to showers,

much cooler weather with 60s. chance of some early morning showers on saturday, and don't forget, saturday night, set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed. sunday morning, we actually end daylight saving time, standard time begins. don't forget to check the batteries on your smoke detectors. >> good time of year to do that. sandhya, thank you. good reminder. we have more ahead. more than six billion hours of content every month. what would you do to keep watching it? and new at 6:00, the opening of a remarkable museum in poland made possible by a bay area man. i'll have the story. it is the culmination of his lifetime of giving back. we'll be right back.

google has taken over our computers and now plans to get into our blood streams. google's head of life sciences made that announcement at the "wall street journal" digital conference. he says the tech giant's secretive google x lab has been working on tiny magnetic

particles that would patrol the human body for signs of cancer. here's how it would work. the particles would be inside ingestible pills and would float in the blood stream and emit signals if something is wrong. the alert is transmitted to a wrist band device. this work is at least five years away from becoming reality but we are moving in that direction. would you pay money to watch youtube videos commercial free? google is acknowledging it is considering a subscription service that would allow viewers to skip the ads that run before many videos. analysts say such a move would dramatically change youtube's revenue model which largely relies on advertising to pay the bills. no mention how much a service like this would cost or if and when it would become available. more than 800 people joined a conference in san mateo today called seniors on the move hosted by congresswoman jackie speier. the goal of the day-long conference is to inspire a healthy active life. i had the honor of being the keynote speaker.

i met an amazing woman, 97 years young. >> as far as i'm concerned, age is irrelevant to me. i just have a life that is full and exciting. >> you did this in honor of your grandmother. >> i did. she had just passed away and i thought it was important to give seniors an opportunity to stay abreast of programs that existed in the district and ways that they could stay very active. >> the theme of the 27th annual conference is celebrating the good life. as my cell phone video shows you, with a little help from the san francisco banjo band. the young lady 95 years old was dancing. busting a few moves. >> good job. it is all about the orange and black. you have your orange and black on. it seems the world series windfall may hold true for halloween sales.

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coming up new at 6:00, escape from isis. tonight, only on abc 7 news, families finding refuge in the bay area but they are still afraid for their lives. also, taking on at & t. 7 on your side's michael finney on the service millions have paid for but the company is accused of shutting off. and another way to get across the bay. got a big group that need a ride? call a cab. all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> thank you so much. finally, a lot of people are finding inspiration for halloween costumes from the baseball field. >> giants-related items are hot sellers at costume shops this year. fans are talking about goofy hats, orange colored wigs to dress up in team gear. >> panda hats are now doubling as a costume as well. thenhere are those fans who don't need clothes for their costume. >> we have body paint as well. the people go the half body and the wig and they are just super over the top.

>> giants mylar balloons good sellers today. that's our broadcast. welcome to "world news tonight." and the breaking news. the unstoppable lava. the structure on fire, the evacuations. and abc meteorologist rob marciano right in the middle of it. the lava, 2,000 degrees. also developing right now, just days after that attack in canada, the gunman running through parliament, homeland security here and the new move tonight at hundreds of federal buildings across america. the breaking development in the joan rivers case. her daughter taking action tonight, after what the medical examiner revealed. vanishing without a trace. the american dad with his son at an nfl game, the dad suddenly missing. our team asking about the cameras. what they're saying now. and breaking tonight, millions affected. has your cell phone company done something to your cell phone service? have you been asking, what's