a stellar pitching performance by matt cain as the giants back on top of the nldsed good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. a sell out cloud filled at&t

park. they now lead the phillies 3-1 and we'll hear if fans in just a moment. but first, mark ibanez join us, he says there's a game and there's a definite but in the city. >> it doesn't happen that often but when it does, it makes you proud to be from the bay area. the phillies never scored, and matt cain had a whole lot to do with that. he strikes out raul ibanez and the beat was on. matt cain went on to win because this guy continues to hit the ball when they need it most. this would be cody ross. and then it's ryan wilson in the closer, the man on, again

raul ibanez this time a double play ball. wilson saves it, matt cane the victory and 3-0 the final to put the giants out in front 3- 1. matt cain was asked if he faced this game like any other game. >> it's not. you find your way looking for little things. try to stay to your plan and try to stay to your strengths. >> all right, tomorrow it's madison-baumgartner. the phillies trying to even they thinks out, the next game will be at at&t. both of them night games. you can imagine if fans were as wild as they were like they were this afternoon. they are going to go unglued

the next couple of months if they go the giants way. >> he seemed to relax after the game, matt cain. >> he's handled pressure real well. it has been eight years sense the giants played this deep into october. this time there's no superstars on the team. instead there's a collection of players that overcome the word team. david clemons is live downtown where they impossible run came. >> reporter: can you believe here across the street at momos

restaurant. fans are still partying after the victory. >> the last month of the super bowl has been forture but at the same time it's been fun to watch. >> the was a big game. we needed to take this game. the first one of the home stand, this was clutch and we did it. we're going to do it tomorrow, we're going to do it thursday, see us in the world series, see us. >> reporter: the stars of the night, pitcher matt cain and cody ross. ross is responsible for most of the runs in this series. >> for the most part it's about knowing you're going to go out there and do something for your team. >> reporter: momos bar has been pack all day. >> mostof the time, we have a term for it it's called tumble weeds. this is much better.

>> reporter: and the cash registers will be fast and furious for the next few days. >> it certainly been great not only for us the managers but for the employees to make tips. >> reporter: it's also been a financial boom for fans who cashed in two of his four play off tickets. >> i still go but i sell my tickets and i sit in my other seats. >> that's great, how much did you make today? >> about a thousand bucks. >> reporter: restaurants have a few hours to clean up and setup again before tomorrow's game. priya clemens. >> reporter: the giants play back here again. the fox broadcast begins at 4:30 with the first pitch at

55:00. not just ghouls and goblins to fear this halloween. take a look at this fan, it's all part of our orange october coverage. the city of oakland agreed today to pay a half million dollars to the family of a 15- year-old boy who was shot and killed by police two years ago. officers with oakland aos gang unit opened fire on jose luis -- with oakland's gang unit opened fire on jose luis buenrastro. investigators were out searching the area to see if they could find clues or additional bones.

on supd two hikers -- on sunday, two hikers found the bones. police in san leandro say death of a man who's body was found may have been homicide. there is a $1,000 reward being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction if it turns out that foul play was involved? late word tonight from caltrans. an essential piece of equipment must be repaired before a second set of massive sections for the self-anchored tower can be lifted into place. as tom vacar reports, instead of starting that work tomorrow. caltrans now says it'll start sunday. >> reporter: four sections,

each 600-tons, each 110 feet long will be stacked on top of each of the sections already in place. >> when complete the tower will stand 265 feet tall. a little more than half way than the 500 feet that the tower will actually be. >> reporter: the four sections will be hoisted more than 300 feet in the heirlooming over the current westbound upper deck. each section will take about 16 to 24 hours to install. though the work will be done at an unpreceptable place, the radical change of view will be unavoidable. >> we want to make motorists aware this work will happen. are. >> reporter: as each of the five tower sections are stacked on top of each other they will use bolts and welds to

literally splice them together. >> we will go through 2011 to complete the towers. >> reporter: when it's all done, the signature tower will stand 525 feet tall about the same height as the western span suspension towers but more than 200 feet shorter than the golden gate bridge. i'm consumerred editor tom vacar, ktvu news. vice president joe biden is in the bay area to attend a fundraiser. the vice president attended the taft elementary school. the military made it clear that for now gays and lesbian

are welcomed to join. but there's confusion among recruiters and the issue is far from settled. >> reporter: this 23 venetian man is finally accept into the military. while he's straight, he says people should not have to stay in the closet to join the military. >> i don't think sexuality will affect the team. >> reporter: today for the first time the military is accepting applications from gay and lesbian recruits. but they are operating as if don't ask don't tell was still in effect. quote as this time there's been no change in the department of defense under which we recruit. a spokeswoman for the department of defense says he

doesn't know why any recruiters would still be operating under don't ask don't tell. and she says recruiters are supposed to tell possible don't ask don't tell officers that they maybe repealed. >> i couldn't embrace the air force like it did because before it has a policy that discriminated against me and people like me. >> reporter: the administration wants don't ask don't tell put back into place until congress can resolve the issue.

in an francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. fogs back in the bay area tonight but will it affect your day tomorrow? chief meteorologist's bill martin's forecast in just a few minutes. we check out a computer gambling operation in the east bay. we'll show you what happens, coming up. let's focus on

we have several few developments to bring you after our gaming investigation. one of the game establishments decided to shut down. >> reporter: tonight is the last day of business. but another such business just a few blocks away is still going strong. >> reporter: this was the reaction we got this afternoon when we walked into an unnamed

store front next to a bingo hall on mcarthur boulevard. we could see what appeared to be video machines, customers and some angry staff. >> reporter: is there a property manager we can talk to? >> no, shut it off. >> i am not totally surprised to hear this that you know we found some and we were told they are illegal. >> reporter: several speakers complained about these operations saying they are puttingly legitimate charity binfo halls out of business. >> we do a lot of things to try to get the kids off the street. without this money, if we don't have a way to bring the money in it's just gone. >> reporter: crystal says they

are investigating the computer bingo halls. we are also told investigators are involved. fighting illegal gambling has not been a top majority. >> we're going to have to increase the money for monitoring. every year we get a report on where the money goes. >> reporter: there's a meeting this thursday with the owner of that foothills operation we tried to get into. after that meeting on thursday, they expect that the foothills plaza operation will also shut down. live in oakland, ken wayne, ktvu. a pg & e vice president testified at a senate hearing that the utility still doesn't know what caused the san bruno pipeline explosion. the blast and fire killed eight people. the mother of one of the victims told investigators that they need to keep looking.

>> this for me is a huge loss. i can only hope and pray that we continue to find the right answers to make this right. >> san bruno's mayor also testified that residents want the pipeline to be moved. pg & e has said that they increased testing of the pipeline. also, two separate families filed separate lawsuits against pg & e. one goal is to get the pipeline removed from the neighborhood. the families also want financial recompensation. >> the fact of the matter is, that it's tempting faith. i mean you you got away this time, next time what's going to

happen. >> reporter: the utility is committed to rebuilding the neighborhood. stocks fell sharply on wall street. the rate hike might slow economic growth in china. the dow ended up losing 165 points to close below 165,000. yahoo had positive news to report this week. and revenue was $1.6 billion, 2% higher. yahoo credited good growth. intel says it will build a new manufacturing plant in oregon and upgrade plants in arizona. new machinery will allow intel

to make smaller machines capable of higher speeds. meg whitman stepped into what may be called enemy territory, oakland. political editor randy shandobil reports. >> reporter: meg withman doesn't campaign in liberal oakland often. so today working the phones she assured voters she was real and not a tape recording. >> it's really me. >> reporter: whitman toured an east oakland elementary school, met with second graders and said if she was elected governor she would redistrict all the savings. >> let's focus on getting more money into the classroom. >> reporter: then the attack. >> jerry brown's record i think

everyone would agree, it's terrible. >> reporter: whitman is critical of happened to schools here during brown's tenure. but there has been improvement during that time. >> if you're pinning the bankruptcy on him, why not give him the credit of what's going right. >> because much of what happened during brown's tenure did not go right. >> reporter: some school officials agreed with whitman. >> the question you have to ask is how many types does jerry brown visit our public schools. >> reporter: but other district officials defend brown saying the bankruptcy was the board's doing not brown's. >> when he was mayor he was really limit on what he could do. the school board has the authority to run the oakland school system.

>> this is what is wrong with career politics. he promised to be the education mayor, then when it didn't work out he said, not my fault, i'm not going to take accountability. >> not brown's fault, not the board's fault. who's fault? randy shandobil, ktvu. the brown campaign released a new ad today showing meg whitman repeating the same words as arnold schwarzenegger when he ran for governor. >> i belt a business. >> met a payroll. >> i handled this office. >> reporter: the ad was other parallelled and ended quoted from san jose news in his endorsement of jerry brown. just a bit warmer today. temperatures up a few degrees. 75 in oakland, 79 many livermore. temperatures tonight slightly cooler. we're looking at an unsettled

pattern thursday night into friday morning. overnight lows tonight a cool 45 in napa. 45 in santa rosa. reminisce september of last night. got a bunch of fog along the bay shore. the fog, the visibility very low out of the west highway as well. if you're driving out of the beaches or in the bay be ready for some low visibility. be ready for some baseball tomorrow at 4:30. 53degrees for game number four. you might need those umbrellas as we head into the weekend. >> thanks, bill. an unexpected guest for diners. what sent a vehicle

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an suv smashed into a restaurant this afternoon. no one inside the mi pueblo restaurant were injured. a driver in the other vehicle suffered minor injuries. the cause of the accident is still under investigation. the highway patrol today said it pointed to what it called an unsafe turning move as the possible cause of a tanker truck accident in morganhill. the truck was carrying molden glass when it overturned. before the tanker could be up righted, the wax had to be siphoned off. highway patrol doesn't believe drugs or alcohol was involved. an overloading switching system caused a stop. it wasn't a problem with the automated system as first reported. the first problem happened at

10:00 p.m. then it happened again. concord police say the men who robbed two restaurants within an hour last night are still at large. today, police released these photos taken by a surveillance camera. police say the two men entered the round table pizza, actually i guess we don't have the surveillance shot but entered the round table pizza then ordered everyone to the ground. about 10 minutes later they robbed a subway sandwich shop. in both cases the men ended up getting away with cash. 17-year-old joseph gonzalez barbosa received a sentence for shooting out of a car. the couple was targeted bratuchi's former boyfriend who ended up suffering only a hand

injury. bank of america is under pressure to buy back defective mortgages and b of a is fighting back. bloomburg news report reports bondholders want b of a to purchase the soured mornings. and b of a said it will not make any quick settlements to resolve matters, saying investors are feeling buyers remorse. to many he will always be mr. c from happy days. happy days debuted in 1964 and lasted seven seasons. his character was number five nine of the greatest tv dads. bosley went on to murder she wrote. he won a tony and also a

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a packed meeting at city hall in emeryville tonight, the topic an empty building that ikea wants to turn into a warehouse. the problem, some residents are opposed to it. heather holmes has the story. >> reporter: i just came down

from city hall across the street where many people for the past two hours have been speaking out against this project. most of them were holding these signs and just minutes ago, the city council voted. council members siting with residents unanimously and they shot down ikea's proposal. that is exactly what a majority an overwhelming majority of people wanted as they argued that this particular proposal would negatively affect their quality of life. >> angry residents voiced concerns that what ikea wants to put here at hollis and 53rd street will shatter the piece they say currently exists here. >> we really feel it would change the character of our neighborhood to have that kind of activity right next to our

home. >> reporter: it would operate seven days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. with deliveries every morning. >> there would be constant activity and noise and comotion. whether it's from the delivery trucks or from the customers in their vehicles and the banging and talking and cars in and out. >> reporter: creating safety hazards and generating air pollution argues turner and other residents. ikea though says it needs the space. and says it hazarded residents concerns. >> we offered to put up a sound wall along the truck dock area. we're increasing the landscaping all along spur alley which is the area that fronts the neighborhood and we're also doing some things operationally to control the noise that would be emitted from the trucks during delivery. >> reporter: but again, tonight despite those commitments from ikea and despite getting the green light from the city planning commission. the city council said this project was not right for this

neighborhood. and frank and julie, an encouraged ikea now must look at other options. i'm heather holmes, ktvu channel 2 news. san jose police are investigating one of their own tonight after his patrol car struck a pedestrian. the accident happened around 7:30 last night. the security guard is hospitalized tonight in critical condition. the officer tran is a 17 year veteran of the police force. envest gators are trying -- investigators are trying to determine if the victim was on the crosswalk or if the driver was distracted. police say geraldo

canchola was taken in for possession of drugs. his wife was also arrested during the bust. statewide, authorities seized more than 4 million plants worth about $17 billion. the two american hikers still detained in iran now face a trial. the iranian government has set a date and that has drawn a fresh demand from the u.s. that the men be released. rita williams has this report. >> reporter: there's finally a trial date set for the two uc berkeley graduates still held in an iranian prison and their families are actually happy about it. the mothers said their

espionage trial will begin november 6th. they said quote, you don't know how anxious we're awaiting the trial. but at least it's a sign that things are moving. >> we believe that they've done nothing wrong. and that they should be released immediately. >> reporter: a month ago when the third uc berkeley graduate sarah shourd was released, iran finally charged patal and boward with espionage. if the americans crossed iraq's unmarked border with iran it was not intentional says the mothers. >> there are many areas where we need to be discussing matters between the united states and iran that are of great significance to not only our two countries but the world. and it's unfortunate that iran

would be holding for now more than a year two young men who should be released and returned to their families. saturday iran released an iranian american held even longer in the same tiran prison as the hikers. tagavi 71 a retired orange county businessman was freed after 2.5 years. the mothers of sean boward and shawn petal will not be attending the trial. san francisco general hospital is offering the public to help identify a woman who is in critical condition. the woman was found next to a wheelchair on the embarcadero. she has not been able to tell hospital officials her name. anyone who knows her is asked

to call san francisco general. tough new restrictions on smoking, where it's been targeted and when the new restrictions will take effect. and tracking some showers, possible for your bay area, low pressure center moving in. rain in the bay area. you will need your umbrellas in the next ú ♪

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some said there is no escaping secondhand smoke. >> it's unbearable, we have some people who are chain smokers, they smoke all day and all night. >> the supervisors are expected to finalize the new laws next month. in news of the world tonight in mexico, authorities displayed 15,000 packages of marijuana in the largest seizure ever of marijuana ready to sell. 134-tons. one people were arrested, police say the marijuana possibly belonged to the sinaloa cartel. in france, six days of protest against raising the retirement age turned violent

today. in leon young people set cars on fire. the french president said that the retirement age would have to be changed from 60 to 62 or the pension system would collapse. the caretakers of the dead sea scroll say they are teaming up with google to put the archaeological work online. until now, only a very limited number of scholars have been allowed to study those scrolls but in a few months, they will be available to everyone. in san francisco, the exploratorium held a celebration for their opening at the waterfront. actually it was like a water breaking. a diver retrieved a giant o and brought it to the surface. that was a real crowd pleaser for the students at comodore

elementary >> i thought what is that tube doing there, and i thought, oh it's for the exploratorium. >> it was very exciting when he brought it out because the diver was in the ring. >> reporter: the new home for the popular hand on museum will be built on pier 15 and 17. millions of the dollars must still be raised to pay for it. the shoes are made by athletic propulsion lab. the company says it's tests show the shoes increase vertical lift by 15-inches. the nba says that's

finally starting to happen. the bart extension to the south bay which has been talked about now for years and even though most of the funding is in place, there is still another obstacle ahead. jana kastuyama has our report. >> reporter: for bart riders traveling south, freemont is the end of the line. many riders say they would like to see bart from side a way to san jose. >> it would be fabulous. a lot of times i want to get down there but i can't. >> i think that would be a good thing. it would open the door for a lot more people to travel without using their cars. >> instead of driving here, take a bart. i think it's a good idea. >> reporter: that idea is gaining ground. as construction crews in milpedas today prepared an old

freight train right of way to be converted into a bart line. the 16-mile extension would run through milpedas and downtown san jose ending in santa clara. it's a $6.1 billion project but only 85% of the funding is in place. that's why today, u.s. representative mike honda and bill logrin invited a federal official to tour the site. >> we're relocating this track that you see here. >> reporter: silican valley has applied for $12 billion of stimulus funds. today the federal official had encouraging words. >> this bart project is a great example of the type of thing that the obama administration really is looking to support which is bringing new modes of

transportation to people who don't have access to it. >> reporter: but he warned that with the economy it will be a tough decision. >> there's also lots of other places around the country that are doing their best. so it'll be a horse race. >> reporter: for now local officials are moving forward and they say that this bart extension project could create more than 7,000 jobs for the region. jana katsuyama, ktvu news. the a's are thinking about buying their flagship radio station. although the a's said they are just in the beginning stages for the extra sports 860 which is also called ktrb. the large apartment complex in san francisco has a new owner tonight it is the largest

privately owned investment. fortress bought it, the terms were not released. the united airlines 747 was part of the fleet week air show and viewers of this video show it appears to pass awfully close to the bridge. in fact, it did not. the faa says it just looks that way because of the angle and that the pilot was being directed. certainly gave folks there a thrill. and in fact, it was a good quarter mile from the golden

gate bridge. but it was exciting to see. fleet week is wonderful as always. there's fog at the coast right now. it's very dense. we got weather headed our way up in the form of this weather system right here. it's going to move in. probably on thursday night into friday, bring us a slight chance of a sprinkle. that leads to more shower possibilities as we head into your bay area weekend. sunday looks wet. forecast overnight lows, as we go through the day not in the 90s, no 80s really. just 70s and 60s around the bay. so cooler tomorrow. today was the warmest day of the week. tomorrow will be slightest cooler. as you march into the area's microclimates, 70 degrees out in oakland, showers down, saturday cool. after this the high pressure breaks down and we get an opportunity for some showers in here. there's your tomorrow, there's

the high pressure. fog along the coast. i think it's going to stay all day. temperature coast side just in the upper 50s. but as we head into the next 24, 36 hours, this high weakens, this high comes in and it lingers. then again saturday night into sunday. the sunday event looks significant. when i say significant maybe 1/4-inch of rain. thursday night at 10:00, there's that overnight sprinkle, shower drizzle. no big deal. so then we drive it a little more, we get into friday night. here we are again saturday afternoon, evening clouds increasing. looks like a chance of showers. i mean it's a long way out but you get a feel for what's going on here. there's sunday afternoon. that looks pretty well. that looks like you are going to get some snow in the mountains. long way out. this is the computer model as it stands on tuesday. we'll look at this thing and see if things change a little bit. but right now we have showers back in the forecast. which be nice, it will knock

the fire danger down even more. good air quality and we always need rain in southern california. a five day forecast that includes tomorrow as pretty much the nicest day. after that it just changes right back to fall. deep fall and almost feels like winter saturday night into sunday. good baseball watching weather tomorrow and thursday should be nice. >> thank you, bill. despite our high unel phroeupl rate and other problems, california is still -- despite our high unemployment rate and other problems, california is still high

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we're going to practice waving. >> a 17-year-old pasadena girl is the latest winner in a 93- year-old tradition. ivonne friedmann beat out more than 5,000 pasadena area women

to win that honor. and cody ross, matt cain. >> giants. great team unit, you know one of the most likable things about this version of the giants they don't seem to dwell on what they've done, they seem concerned only on what they need to do. no ill concerns on the loss sunday. just a tiny brush off of the phillies today. slick version of barry bonds. and who needs barry when you have cody 4th inning. edgar renteria who had the first pitch off hamels and it's 1-0. with his run they keep the inning going. aubrey huff with a chance to go to the top. off chase utley, then the very next inning, freddy sanchez. this is a tough chance.

utley can't deal with a weird bounce. and aaron rowan who started the inning with a double getting the start today comes in with a run that made it 3-0. wilson getting raul ibanez to hit into the double play that ends the three game victory. >> i had a few key additions this year. but you know, that's the kind of ignorance i have in spring training thinking about that we're the best team. and it's falling through. we knew we had great pitching, we knew we had a great line up we just had to play together. we're taking october and start to play as a team. which is helping out a lot. >> meanwhile in the american league, it's like watching the bully on the block getting his

butt kicked in its own front yard. the yankees get whopped. benjie molina, yeah that benjie molina three run crush to left. he went three for four on the night. and you see nolan ryan getting a big kick out of that. josh hamilton two home runs tonight. and that ball leaves the park. their manager ron washington continues to get a kick out of things. but the long ball show not over. nelson cruz in the house that ruth built. 3-1 texas up in the series. >> and hurricanes up to a 3-0 lead but patty marlow with two goals to cut the deficit to 3- 2. but that was it. chad laroe on a nice assist.

the rooster 5-2 your final. the sharks are now 1-2-1. little sluggish start but nobody seems to notice. don't forget giants and phillies tomorrow, 4:30 right here. >> thanks very much, be sure to join