by now we hope ud recovered. it wasn't pretty, but the giants won yesterday. we will talk about the game and what's next in atlanta. >> read their lips. new taxes. two east bay cities trying to raise sales tax to the highest in the region this monday october 11th, today in the east bay. good morning. it is 4:30 monday morning. let's get to rob. it is going to be hot for mid-october. >> certainly.

we will see 90s popping up in the forecast. right now 61 in oakland and not too bad. northwest wind at 3 miles per hour. fire weather gets started around 6:00. they may get upgraded to red flag warnings. high temperatures in the upper 80s to near 90. the inner east bay kind of toasty. temperatures in the 80s towards concord and pittsburgh and highs in the low 90s. tomorrow and wednesday look hotter. we will see temperatures into the upper 80s and cool things off approaching the weekend. let's check in with mike inouye and a traffic accident in danville. >> it happened over the last 15 minutes. the eastbound direction off of the freeway towards diablo road. still affecting the off-ramp. it hit the center divide and split over to the right side and

that's where you find the activity. 680 with all lines open and a smooth drive through danville. the only slowing you will find early on is through aspect ok. that occurred about 45 minutes from now. things slow down where the 87 is off of the street a through l. we will watch that carefully and follow this. back to you. >> today could be the day with last night's win. the giants lead the series, 2-1 over the atlanta braves. the giants could move on to the national league championship series tonight. all they have to do is win one more. christie smith is live with more. good morning. >> the giants are knocking them down, but this is hardly an easy series to watch. you can almost feel your blood pressure rising. when things go their way and don't go their way and it gets cruel and suddenly they win.

we are here at the flower mart and talking with people who are working early. you see things like the ground ball going through his legs. that allowed the winning run to score. you see incredible things that turn the game around. they scored two runs in the ninth and win it 3-2. that's the ending we wanted, but nothing comes easy. all three games have come down to the wire. a real nail biter. in the end, the giants pulled it out last night against atlanta. they lead 2-1 and one more win and it's on to the next round. that's the latest reporting live in san francisco, christie smith today in the east bay. >> go giants. >> new this morning, 22 days until election day. the mayors will get themselves back in front of voters. all mayoral candidates will be

at the as iial cultural center to talk about the needs of asian pacific americans in oakland. later in the evening, the candidates will appear in oakland speaking at a forum hosted by 12 local organizations. that starts at 8:00. you don't normally think of golf courses as violent, but four people were shot and two were killed at an east bay golf club. shots fired around 10:00 saturday night at a restaurant at the monarch bay golf club south of the oakland airport. the manager said there was a private event, a birthday party. witnesses scattered when they arrived. they are asking anyone with information to come forward. environmental scientists are taking on the army corps of engineers over a controversial flood control plan. the army handles flood control for the federal government and said the state has to cut down all trees on levees that hold

back bay waters that. is hundreds and hundreds of trees. during hurricane katrina the trees wrecked levees as they fell during the storm. california state engineers say cutting them down would be environmentally destructive. contra costa supervisor will hold a news conference in richmond to protest the plan. a refinery is cleaning up after a fire starting yesterday afternoon in a tank at the te soro refinery. crews were able to gain control in about two hours. one contractor was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. no other injuries. they had a terrific fire at a washington state refinery that killed five people. sarah shourd who was imprisoned in iran is back in the east bay. in her first public appearance

in the bay area since her release september 14th, she said she is calling on iranian officials to let her friends go. the three were arrested in july of 2009 year the i republican-iraq border. authorities accused them of illegally crossing the border and spying. shourd denies the allegations. she repeated past statements while she is physically free, she is trapped in iran emotionally with the men still being detained. >> there so many ways i am carrying the prison walls inside of me and my separation from shane and josh is an extension of the punishment i experienced when i was still there. >> shourd and her family will be sending letters to the two men, but it's unclear how many will reach them. she said only a fraction of the letters and books sent to her in her detainment were actually received. >> several bay area cities have measures that would raise the sales tax.

el cerrito and union city take it further. they ask voters to push the tax to the highest amount allowed by the state that would be the highest in the region. as today in the east bay a kim terry reports, the sales tax hits low income people the hardest. >> voters are considering a ballot measure that upped the sales tax to 10 and 1/4%. the mayor is part of the yes on measure r campaign. >> it's parnt to have this passed because we want to save city services to the youth, seniors, and public safety. >> the city's chamber of commerce endorsed the tax boost. >> that would tide them over with a funding that could not be syphoned off by sacramento that is a big source of our troubles because they take money away. >> those against the measure say

el cerrito has a spending crisis, not a revenue problem. >> the city in the past 10 years has had a decrease in population. their budget has gone up over 200% in the same period of time. >> the no on r campaign cites do you means from the city finance department that shows more than 40% of city employees making more than $100,000 a year with the city manager making more than $250,000 when you include benefits. >> i think that it's better for the city to look at their expenses and their budget and employees and do something about it. >> opponents are concerned the increase in sales tax will hurt seniors on fixed incomes and small businesses. those in favor don't think it will have an impact and say this is the only way to balance the budget. >> we have cut salaries. we have gotten salary

concessions from all of the unions. we have nowhere else left to turn. we will take you back to danville for an update on the accident. northbound 680 on the off-ramp. chp is told don't worry about it. we are not going to focus on it. for 680, the freeway is moving smathly. slowing both east and westbound. we have construction in both of the areas, but not enough to be reflected like this. we will follow this carefully and we are looking at equipment and things will sort themselves out nicely. no major problems down 680 through sunol. let's get a live look at oakland. the nimitz freeway, so far, so

good as it grows on monday. >> thank you much. let's talk to rob. >> good morning. we are seeing interesting changes in the hills of the north and east bay. 57 degrees in livermore. take a look at santa rosa. 64 degrees and that's warm. you can see the reason why with the wins starting up. this is the reason why. the next few morningings with warm and dry conditions. we have the red flag warping post and it's the fire weather watch for the east bay hills and north bay hills getting started through wednesday. high temperatures getting toasty and close to 90. 80s around richmond and oakland in the low to mid 80s. near 90 in concord and 88 in san ramon. the seven-day forecast keeps us in the pattern that sees 80s on the coast and well into the 90s through wednesday. >> thank you much. coming up, raiders fans cell britting this morning. just ahead, highlights of the

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the blue angels roared across the desert in honor of fleet week. ships will be open for tours starting at 9:00. lady washington departs for pier 40 in san francisco. there will be a fitness challenge and high school band at golden gate park at 11:00. tomorrow the parade of ships departs. if we are planning to sail out of san francisco bay there will be a lot of traffic under the brimming. >> a lot of distractions for folks and the blue angels. a great distraction. if you want to focus on the area around the city, take bart. it takes you under the bay. when you get on the city, you get a glimpse of things. fleet week brings a lot of traffic. tie ups for 45 minutes getting out of the city across the

bridge. we will see a lot of congestion around the embarcadero. a great option for you. a live look at the upper deck which is moving light. watch for additional slowing about midday from the east bay. back to school for the south bay. the east bay moving fine, but a lot of kids back in school after last week's furlough week. watch for the pedestrians. >> good news to have kids back in school. >> yeah. >> speaking for a san jose parent. >> you will see a nice day for you and the rest of the folks around the east bay. it will be nice, but warm and dry. that's a problem with the offshore winds developing. fire danger on the increase and we have weather watches coming towards the evening for the north and east bay hills. this is a combination of the breezy conditions and moving from the hilltops to the sea. out to the ocean. we will see temperatures starting to warm up. we will notice it a little bit. mid- to upper 80s and a bit

warmer with low 80s. as you head further inland, concord and pittsburgh in the low 90s. we will turn hotter for tuesday and wednesday and we could have red flag warnings and 70s and 80s out near the coast. scott? >> new this morning, bad news for drivers. the nationwide average for a gallon of regular up 33 cents in a year. for more on the news before the bell, good morning, mary. looking into this morning on wall street, the futures are pointing to a higher open on continued expectations. the federal reserve will be buying back treasuries to provide near term support. on friday despite the weak jobs number, the dow finished up since may. no economic news is due out today, but we will have

wholesale prices and the month of september. the earnings are heating up with jpmorgan and july electricity expected to report 2nd quarter number this is week. eli lilly is dropping plans to seek approval for head and neck cancers. two americans are among it is three recipients of the nobel prize for economics. winning f their analysis of markets with search friction. back to you. >> thank you much. >> microsoft dominant on computers and not smart phones. they will try to change that with their latest offering, windows phone 7. microsoft expected to reveal multiple manufacturers set to build them. earlier reviews of the operating system have been very positive despite microsoft's spotty history with phones. the phone expected to hit the shelves in europe, possibly

within two weeks and u.s. by thanksgiving. 22 days to go before mid-term elections and the white house is raising questions about who is spending big money to influence your vote. today in the east bay's tracie potts has a look at the ad wars and who is behind them. >> harry reid said no one can do more than he can. really harry? >> dozens of new ads are popping up on tv screens across america. many of them not from democrats or republicans. the white house claims they are coming from special interest fuelled by foreign moan. >> don't let them hijack your a jend amp the american people deserve to know who is trying to sway their election. >> some groups refuse to say where their advertising dollars are coming from. >> why not disclose and all of the questions will be answered? >> foreign money they say is influencing the elections and they say democrats are desperate to win and are trying to scare

voters. >> $400 million was spent to elect president barack obama. much of that money was undisclosed. today president obama heads to florida for more campaigning with weeks to go. who wins may be determined by who votes. >> the republicans are champing at the bit to get to the polls. >> the question is how many democrats will join them. in washington, tracie potts, today in the bay. >> let's get a look at what's coming up later in the bay. we say hello to laura garcia cannon. >> good morning to you and everyone. mercury going up and we will get a taste of summer. right along with it. too much green time could mean long-term mental health problems for your kids. we will you how much is too much and what doctors are recommending. here's what 49ers owner jed york

said about the team moving to santa clara. later today in the bay. >> jerry brown picked up the endorsement of the san jose mercury news, but as far as we could find, he was not out campaigning over the weekend. his chief rival, meg whitman was very busy. she spent the afternoon with rudy giuliani at the auto club swede way in fontana. the former ebay executive tried to appeal by fans by dressing down and mentioning her taste for fast food. >> i'm a fan of in and out burger. i eat too many of them. >> in and out hamburgers she likes. labor leaders were in support of jerry brown. workers are unhappy with whitman's pledge to scale back pension and state workforce. >> what motivates me is how she is going to affect my wallet. >> voting well under way with early voting at many county

registrars. you have absentee ballots just mailed out. both will be preparing for the final debate. that happens tomorrow in san rafael at 6:30. you can see it here on nbc bay area live and online at n nbcbayarea.c nbcbayarea.com. we have predebate coverage and after that indepth analysis. here is a strange development for you. doing about cell not just working on a self-driving car. it seems to have build one. the company revealed over the weekend it is testing self driving cars on freeways here in the bay area. here's today in the east bay's montiy francis. >> a technician seats behind the wheel of the robot car, but a person is only there if something goes wrong. operating with gps, a rotating sensor and a camera behind the windshield, a computer program is in total control. google said the seven prototypes

traveled 140,000 miles and seldom has a human had to intervene. there is only one fender bender caused by a human driver in another car. >> taking the cars out on open roads with people on them, that's pretty unique. most of the work going on now with automated driving is happening on closed courses and not in the middle of the desert. >> the tech analyst said the self-driving technology is not new. the google engineer behind the project led a group of stanford student who is won a prize for designing an autonomous car that drove through the california desert. some cars already on the market feature elements of ought mattic driving. >> the more advanced systems being put in cars are effectively coming close to driving them. the new infiniti system attempts to drive the cars in lanes and some of them try to anticipate

collisions and apply brakes for you. >> the difference is the integration of artificial intelligen intelligence. now they are taking in all of that information such as a red traffic light or a person in the crosswalk and making a decision to stop. >> this is really one of the first big ap kagsz of artificial intelligence. they are making decisions autonomously and that's more than a robot. >> they argue self-driving cars are safer since computers react faster and have 360 degree perception and don't get tired, distracted or intoxicated behind the wheel. analysts say the technology won't be available on a mass scale for at least another 10 years. >> that was monty francis reporting. the giants could move on to the national league championship series. all they have to do is win one more. today in the east bay's christie smith has more on giants fever.

let's just hope that one second baseman is playing again tonight. >> yeah. i like him. i sboek one man here who is picking up flowers here and he said midway through, he wouldn't keep watching the game. it made him too nervous. that's the kind of ball that the giants have been playing against the braves. in the end they won and that's what everyone wanted. the giants lead the series, 2-1 and they only need one more. we all know it now moves. one guy from atlanta made three of them. he probably doesn't want to talk about that. the giant his great pitching mostly and torture as they are known for. bad defense, but the giants scored two runs in the ninth and people in san francisco are thrilled. probably needing a little bit of anti-acid. it has been a nail biter and we will be talking with workers about their team. why they are keeping us on the

edge of our one more win and they move to the next round against the phillies. we will check in with them. live in san francisco, christie smith today in the east bay. >> meanwhile the raiders's seven-year brought is over and celebrating a win over the chargers. that almost never happens. it came at a price. starting quarterback was hurt here in the 2nd quarter. he tried to return, but he could not. jason campbell took over and was able to hold the lead. racers win, 35-27. they are 2-3 on the season and next sunday they head across the bay to play the 49ers. the warriors at home for preseason play. they beat the kings, 95-86. he scored 18 points and david lee had 13 points and 13 rebounds.

good morning. a plez cant start and the item to watch over the next couple of morningings will be how gusty the winds are. not too bad, but notice the wind direction around the pass, hinting at offshore winds. the wins up towards santa rosa and this is doing something interesting with the temperatures. santa rosa typically one of the cooler spots and 64 degrees. this was a sign of the warming drier air moving from the higher elevations down to the valleys. we get the warming effect and that's the reason why fire danger is going to throttle up over the next couple of afternoons. today the warming trend begins around the trivalley and temperatures close to 90. san jose 85. look at san francisco. 79 degrees and 82 in oakland and across the hills of the north bay, 80s and 90s today. tomorrow and wednesday, i think it will be hotter. we will see easily more 90s and close to 90 around san

francisco. that's the reason why we have an excessive heat watch starting tomorrow and on the coast, 70s and 80s. good beach weather, but high fire danger through wednesday. >> with all that fire danger, we will folks what they need to do to stay in the heat. the giants and the 49ers in action. raj will break down the games and look at what's coming up and a government agency charged with keeping you safe may be partly at fault for the pipeline explos bruno. #