a californiaschool gets ready to reopen a few days after a man walked on to campus and opened fire. >> and drama on the field. tensions running high in san francisco today. it could mean a shake-up is coming for the 49ers. today, monday, october 11th, today in the bay. good morning and thanks for joining us. >> time now is straight up 5:00. we are in for a little bit of a warm up and a mini heat wave. we have the first look at the monday morning forecast. >> comfortably cool and you may need a jacket for the next couple of hours. the afternoon temperatures will

turn toasty towards the east bay. upper 80s and low 90s. 85 in san jose and 82 in oakland. mid- to upper 70s in san francisco. the weather looks nice. mike has a electric at the morning commute. >> we have something to look out for on the road. northbound 880 around the exit. a report of a big chunk of metal in the fast lane. stay over to the right if you can, passing the scene and watch for chp. they may have to stop or slow traffic. the rest of the volume is nice with no major issues and a disabled vehicle was reported. we will check on what's going on. back to you. >> thanks a lot, mike. an elementary school where a man opened fire will reopen today. two girls were shot in the arm at kelly elementary in carlsbad north of san diego. the girls were treated and released from the hospital. police finished the investigation and turned the school back over to leaders. the suspect, a 41-year-old man

named brendan o rourke is in jail. an update to a southern california amber alert we told you about friday. new this morning, a 24-year-old man is under arrest suspected of helping to abduct two anaheim boys. police believe the children's father and grandfather kidnapped them. police arrested david nicholas at his home in monrovia yesterday. 4-year-old jacob and his two-year-old brother justin were kidnapped from an alley in front of their mother. the boys are still missing and they are still looking for the father and grandfather. >> are now to an alert in the east bay. a man tried to kidnap two little girls. the sisters told police the man threatened to shoot their family if they didn't get into his car. the girls say the man has a gray goatee and missing a top tooth. the attempted abduction happened

in sunol when the girls were walking their dog near knob hill avenue. police said the man grabbed the 5-year-old by her shirt and her 10-year-old sister pulled her away. they managed to run and the man drove away. he an older green four-door jeep with the tire mounted on the back. it had a blue and white license plate with a g and a 5 in it. if any of this sounds familiar, call police. >> the investigation into san bruno's pipeline explosion is more complicated. the "san francisco chronicle" reviewed public records and found that the public utilities commission ignored many pg&e infractions. they are responsible for regulating public utilities in the state. they accounted for almost 60% of probable safety violations between 2004 and 2009, yet the commission never finds pge and during that time.

the report is especially disturbing because the same commission is responsible for reviewing last month's explosion. firefighting is turning into a political find. they are blaming the destruction of a radio station on cuts made to the fire station. a car caught fire near highway 101 and those flame spread to brush and ended up destroying the building that housed ksjx radio, a local vietnamese station. the fire knocked out kzsf, original mexican station. it took hours to get the fire out. they say that's because the imagine that would have responded first was cut and the back up unit was dealing with a medical emergency. firefighters say they are willing to make consegs to bring back the 49 firefighters laid off and city leaders say the union is not willing to give up enough to help san jose balance the budget. >> it will be another hot day around the bay area and with the rise in the mercury has

increased danger of fires. chris sanchez is live from san jose with more on the red flag warning. chris? >> reporter: good morning, bret. the concern is not only the warmer temperatures that we will likely complain about today through wednesday, but the fact that the winds are switching. instead of winds coming from the ocean and getting on over to the east bay hills and keeping things cool and damp, they will be switching and coming from the offshore. the inland areas and that means they are going to be drying things out like a blow drier. some of us know the wins as a diablo wind and that is a cause for concern. that is the combo that contributed to the oakland hills firestorm of 1991. we don't like to see the pictures, but it is a good reminder that 25 people were kill and close to 3400 families lost homes and apartments and condos. the price tag of that firestorm is at $1.5 billion.

it's almost 10 years now, but this is the same weather phenomenon that contributed to that firestorm. here's what you can do. if you live in an area that is prone to fire danger, make sure you deep a defensible space, about 30 feet where you want to clear brush and trees out to 100 feet where you can thin things out. if you need to clear the area, do it early in the morning like right about now or maybe right after your neighbors wake up or late in the evening when things are less likely to spark from the strike of a blade of a lawn mower and such. clear the leaves out from your gutters and property. rake them off and get rid of them and come up with an evacuation plan. it's not something we like to think about when we like to consider our danger in terms of fire season, but it's important to make sure you have a plan on where to meet with your family and who you are going to call and where your point of contact would be. this is a reminder for the folk

who is live in the east bay hills and berkeley and oakland. that's where the red flag warning will go into effect at 6:00 tonight and will continue until 6:00 wednesday morning. the warm temperatures, i was talking with rob and if we have a game five, it's likely going to be a toasty one. in san jose, chris sanchez today in the bay. >> thanks a lot, chris. >> now decision 2010. jerry brown and meg whitman are getting ready for their final debate tomorrow in san rafael. it starts at 6:30 and airs right here on nbc bay area. you can see it online at nbcbayarea.com. we have predebate coverage and it ends around 7:30. stay with us for post debate analysis. with 22 days until the election, both sides are ramping up campaigning. brown could tip an endorsement and whitman has help from across the country. former new york city mayor rudy

giuliani joined her at the auto club speedway to court the nascar vote. you can get the latest coverage by going to our website and click on prop zero. >> a couple of bay area sports teams are making headlines this morning. one for how well things are going. the other one for how well things are not going. raj mathai takes a look. a good monday morning to you. ever had a bad day at the office? the poor guy for the atlanta brave his a horrible day. the giants are not explaining. they can wrap up the series and move on to round two of the postseason. we will show you what happened yesterday. my goodness. jonathan sanchez was sparkling, but romo gives up a two-run homer. this was at the bottom of the eighth inning. he figured the braves are going to win this game. in the ninth inning, the giants scored two runs thanks in huge part to this.

brooks conrad. the braves second baseman had three errors in the game. right through his legs. that allowed the winning run to score. three errors in one game. that poor guy. the giants are not complaining. they beat the braves 3-2 and tonight's game at 4:37. they can wrap up the series. how about the 49ers. we got it last night. national tv. mick singletary screaming in the face of his quarterback. he was thinking about benching him. he may still be a quarterback switch. we will find out when he addresses the media in santa clara at 11:45 this morning. the 49ers lose on sunday night football to the eagles. testifies close, but they lose 27-24. all sorts of drama around here. no such thing as a normal day. back to you. we want to reduce the drama and take you to the bay bridge.

a disabled vehicle reported. a sparse number of headlights. we saw that a few minutes ago. you city from time to time. we will look at the toll plaza with no major back up out of oakland. a vit volume and the lanes of the upper lek are clear. back to you. >> thank you very much. we are going to check in with rob for a look at the forecast. >> i keep hearing the bells. >> you may be hearing gusty wins and 60 degrees in san jose. 61 in oakland. we will see gusty winds around the east bay hilltops. 60 right now in san francisco. no worries about fog. the offshore wins will be cranking up and fire weather watch for the east bay hills and want to zoom in on san francisco. tomorrow into wednesday, excessive heat watch and could see temperatures nearing 90 by tuesday and wednesday. today the 90s will be found around the trivalley with livermore and pleasanton. 85 in san jose.

upper 70s in san francisco and 85 in petaluma and 92 in vaccaville. things continue to heat up and 70s and 80s on the coast and breezy and dry through wednesday. >> quite warm. >> 5:11 and back to the future for the president. he is campaigning as if he was a candidate. >> important information for parents. a new study looks at how much can affect your kids. this time it has nothing to do with a waistline and everything to do with their brain. >> a bay area tradition will get under way in a few hours. we will tell you about the great pumpkin weigh off this year and show you what's at stake.

>> are new this mornin morning,president obama is back on the campaign trail heading to florida toerous democrats that vote in the november elections. he will attend a fund-raiser for alonzo mourning. he was asking to prove cynics wrong and still moving forward.

president obama will campaign six out of seven days this week. the un is calling on chaina to release a no pell peace prize winner. he is a courageous human rights defender who peacefully struggled for human rights in china. they want china to release the-year-old for peacefully exercising freedom of peach. >> spending too much time in front of the tv or on the computer is more harmful to kid thans first thought t. not only affects their weight, but also their behavior. i can who is spend more than two hours a day watching or playing on the computer tend to have more psychological problems. no matter how much exercise they get. psychologists say aggressive content on the internet may be part of the problem, but there still more questions than

answers. >> we don't know if watching on the computer or watching tv is causing kids to have these problems or if kid who is have problems are drawn to hanging out and watching tv and being on the computer. >> the study was conducted by an ohio children's hospital. researchers recommend that parents try to engage young minds as much as possible. >> housing market analysts say allegations are possible mortgage fraud are forcing the feds to consider a possible freeze on foreclosures. there allegations that many foreclosures are accompanied by forged documents and titles and disappearing paper trails and even fake social security numbers. list of banks suspended some foreclosures is greg. the white house calls it a serious problem, but questions in need of a blank all hall for all foreclosures. attorney generals in at least 40 states are expected to announce a joint investigation.

gas prices are going up again. the bay area has the highest numbers. new numbers out by the lundburg survey and the average price of gas is up eight cents likely because of a spike in crude oil. the average price is 2.78. in san francisco it's 3 .08. the lowest price is in tucson, arizona at 2 .51. microsoft dominant in computers and not smart phones. microsoft tries to change that with the latest offer on the windows phone 7. expected to reveal multiple manufacturers set to build the phone at a news conference in new york. at&t among the carriers that will sell it. earlier reviews of the operating system have been positive despite microsoft's spotty history with phones. expected to hit store shelves in europe within two weeks. u.s. by thanksgiving.

>>. >> video games just got that much more e mercify. the company that makes call of duty said the next version due out will number 3d. you will need a new 3d to make that work. it is available on xbox and playstation 3. one of the hopes is that video games will start to help drive demand. shows have not so far. >> i will see what i can do to help demand in possible. thanks a lot. an added twist to the half moon bay pumpkin weigh off. there will be $5,000 at stake only if the world record is shattered. the prize money was $6 per pound. an iowa man obliterated the competition with a burley gourd weighing nearly 1700 pounds. safeway is the sponsor and the bigger prize is being offered to anybody who can break the world record. it is held by an ohio woman.

good morning, brent. tell you about that pumpkin weigh off. the san mateo bridge is traveling over the water. you will find that things are moving smoothly. it might get crowded because until noon they will weigh the pump consistency. we are looking at the map and northbound 680 had an accident at the off-ramp blocking of the lanes that is completely clear. they are not worried about it. things are moving nicely. 680 at 24 and orinda towards oakland. a nice easy drive so far. we will look at 880 and northbound with the tail lights past the coliseum and around the bend heading into downtown and both showing a nice flow. no major issues and things are light. we will watch for the slow down to start around 7:00 or 7:15. big changes in the forecast are

a big issue. rob is coming back in a few minutes. >> the giants could be without a key member of the team if they make it past roundone. who they may have to leave at home for the next round.

live oversan jose.

clear skies. when the sun comes up, you will see the sun. the temperatures are interesting. 50s and 60s around the bay area, but notice what's happening in santa rosa. 64 degrees and offshore winds picking up around the north bay. that's part of the warming and drying effect we will see over the next couple of afternoons. today with a cool start and may see wind 40s in the wind-sheltered valleys. 80s and 90s inland and fire danger on the increase. these are offshore and the wind and the air warms up and dries out down to sea level. we will see this around the inner bay come tomorrow and wednesday. we could get close to mind around oakland and san francisco for the next couple of days. high pressure building in behind that system moving towards the pacific northwest. under the dome of high pressure, the air bakes. we get the warming and drying effect as the winds we call from the diablo range, it warms up and dries out at sea level.

towards santa cruz, mid 80s and temperatures close to 90. around the rest of the bay area, the warm up as we head through the afternoon. warm and dry. 85 degrees around san jose and pleasanton and livermore, we should be close to 90. 79 degrees and 84 around redwood city. 80s and 90s sprinkled across the trivalley and north bay today. the fire weather watch gets start at 6:00 and likely to be upgraded to red flag warnings through wednesday. hot inland through wednesday and 70s and 80s near the beaches through mid-week. >> it's a hot one. if the giants win against the braves, they will go for game and two of the nlcs. they go without a key teammate. their personal chef. i hate when that happens? we are introduced to the rock star in the giants clubhouse. >> things are heating up where

one man is responsible for feeding an entire team that. is the chef who has been cooking since he was again and after going to culinary school, he started a catering company. >> i weaseled my way in and worked there from when i was 19 until about a year and a half ago. i started here about six years. >> he was called the up to the bigs before last season. if you think he may be too young or even look it, so do the players. >> some guys come up to me expecting this old 40-year-old guy, but sorry. >> the dream job in the kitchen for the giants came at a price. he wound up having to give up allegiance to his favorite team on the other side of the bay. >> i don't want to talk about that. i was a's man growing up. get it out there. that lasted about days. >> the switch may have wound upcoming easier than keeping a

full roster fed and happy. >> everybody has their own kind of routine. these ball players are routine-oriented. >> as they make their way through the playoffs, these boys better be nourish and a guy making that possible does it with a smile. >> you have to be happy and put a good vibe in the area. you can't think about it too much. a, 40 is not that old and that was felipe reporting. the giants are not the only ones getting them all revved up. fleet week continues. a bay area city talking about the maximum sales tax charged by the state. >> berkeley grad sarah shourds e returnso the bay area and shares her story of captivity in iran. [ male announcer ] carly fiorina.

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giants fans recovering after a nail-biter against atlanta. i'm christie smith and we will have fan reaction coming up today in the bay. good monday morning. thanks for joining us. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. time to get started with the forecast from the weather center with how it will get. >> temperatures from 5 degrees to 10 degrees above average. let's jump to the afternoon.

70s and 80s near 90 in livermore. 85 in san jose. even close to 80 today around san francisco. 82 around oakland. >> thanks, rob. today could be the day with last night's win, they lead the series 2-1 over the brifs. meaning the giants could move on to the national league championship series tonight. all they have to do is win one more. today in the bay's christie smith is live at the flower mart this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you. all they have to do is win. it sounds simple, but giants fans have been on the edge of their seat. we have been talking with them at the flower mart and they can barely take the ups and downs that go with it. they lead the series 2-1, scoring two runs in the ninth, wining it 3-2 yesterday. there were crucial errors i'm sure one wish diagnosis not happen. a ground ball through the legs, but this morning at the flower

mart, giant giants fans sigging his praises. they push blood pressure to the limit. >> what do they call it? torture. >> were you able to sit through the game or did you have to walk away? >> very exciting game. >> you are going to watch the next 1 sn. >> absolutely. >> they doll it. what do you think is making the difference? >> just heart. they have a lot of heart. >> this is really not new. the giants played 52 games decided by run. the catcher said that probably prepared them for what's happening right now in the dugout. he said they just don't panic even if we are watching. live in san francisco, christie smith today in the bay. new this morning, a popular

outdoor footwear company based in modesto will move their corporate headquarters to portland, oregon. high tech will make the announcement and move to portland for the commitment to a healthy outdoor style. administrative employees will be moved, but the shipping center will stay in modesto. the company had total sales of about $250 million. election day 22 days away and candidates for mayor in oakland will speak at two forums today. the chinatown chamber of commerce said all candidates planned to be at the asian cultural center and talk about the needs of the asian pacific americans in oakland. later this evening, the candidates will be at the hall in oakland. they will speak at a forum hosted by 12 local social justice organizations and that forum starts at 8:00 this evening. >> police are trying to figure out who shot four people at an east bay golf course, killing two of them. san leandro police said shots were fired saturday night at a

restaurant in the monarch bay golf club south of the oakland airport. the restaurant manager said it was a private event at the time, a birthday party. officers say witnesses scattered when they arrive and are asking anyone with information to come forward. >> the 49ers lost again over the weekend, but scott said head coach mike singletary is probably going to keep his job. he got the inside scoop. >> no probably about it. definitely. although this was before the latest loss. he talked to us on our news maker show sunday morning. he said mike singletary's job is not a risk for the rest of the season. this degs pit the fact that as the team is winless so far. they are coming out of the interview. the possible labor trouble between the nfl and the players. they could stall plans to build a new stadium in santa clara. >> i am surprised by how big the

labor issue is. the potential 2011 labor problems. dinot expect you to say that. that is forefront in your mind. >> you are trying to finance the stadium over the next 30 years. if you have a labor situation, that will be on a banker's mind if they lend you hundreds of million was. >> brent and lauer a no money coming from the nfl, especially with this labor trouble ahead. this is a bit of a hiccup in the plan to move the 49ers down to santa clara. >> i like singletary. my two cents. two east bay cities have measures on the ballot that would not only raise the sales tax, but push it to the highest amount allowed by the state. the sales tax in el cerrito and union city would be 10.25%, making them the highest in contra costa county. the mayor said that measure is crucial and if it does not pass,

the city services will have to be cut. the chamber of commerce also endorses measure r. >> this would tide them over with funning that could not be syphoned off by sacramento. sacramento is a big source of our troubles because the state comes in and takes money away. >> former el cerrito mayor opposes measure r and said the city has a spending crisis. not a revenue problem. opponents are occurred that the increase will hurt senior citizens and people on fixed incomes. also small businesses. >> the uc berkeley graduate release friday an iranian prison is back in the east bay this morning. in her first public appearance since her release september 14th, sar sa shourd called on officials to let shane bauer and josh fattal go. they were arrested in july of 2009 near the iran-iraq border. they were accused of illegally

crossing the border and spying. shourd denies the allegations. she said while she is physically free, emotionally she is trapped in iran where her fiance and friend are being detained. >> there so many ways i'm 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 and friends will be sending the two men letters, but it's unclear how many will get to them. shourd said a fraction of the letters and books sent to her during her detainment were actually received. >> the blue angels roared across the skies over the weekend in honor of fleet week. they are amazing to watch. the show is not over yet. ships are going to be open for tours again this morning at 9:00. they depart london square in oakland. there will be a fitness anywhere

challenge at 10:30. a battle of local high school bands in golden gate park at 11:00. tomorrow you can watch the parade of ships as they depart. 5:37. brent just told you about late washington. heading over to the peer is not too familiar with the locations. the odd numbers are to the north. pier 39 s. pier 40 is south of the ferry building nowhere near pier 39. keep that in mind and local traffic is going to be an issue. also by golden gate park because of the festivities. no major delays. a smooth flow of traffic and bay bridge going to see more folks heading into the city and out of the city like wise. the bay bridge as well as the golden gate bridge. we will take you for a look at antioch where the first show suggest right on schedule.

we see speeds below 50 to about harbor and that will last throughout the morning. you will see spotty slowing through pittsburgh and bay point. you got a break before 6:00 a.m. you have a break towards the 680 with sunol grade into fremont. rob, we are talking about the east bay hills and fire danger today. >> you pinpointed the spot due to the offshore winds. mostly 50s outside, but santa rosa seeing offshore winds and 64 right now. winds basically light right now. we will see the winds increasing around the hilltops into the afternoon. starting at 6:00 this evening, we have a fire weather watch that may get upgraded to a red flag warning for the north and east bay hills. i want to take you to san francisco tomorrow and wednesday. temperatures close to 90. an excessive heat watch for the peninsula around san francisco towards the afternoon and

speaking of the giants towards atlanta. local time by the way. we will catch the game around 4:37. atlanta temperatures, fast fast if we need game five. i don't think we will need it. we will wrap it up, but just in case, look at the temperatures. mid 80s. that's game five happening late or this week. temperatures speaking of 85, that's the high today. 79 in san francisco. near 90 inland around livermore and the trivalley. your seven-day forecast, breezy and dry and high fire danger through the middle of the week and a big drop off in the temperatures by the upcoming weekend. back to you. >> pretty hot there. thanks. 5 time tim 39. comments about gay marriage have a lot of people talking. >> as scott said, mike singletary's job is okay for now, but we will hear from the owner next. >> days away from freedom, the chile miners could be pulled to the surface, but they are

fighting over who gets to leave last. we will explain. af

good monday morning. taking a live look outside and going to be warm across the bay area today. expected highs in palo alto on the peninsula 85. morgan hill up to 90. fairfield a piping 92. >> in three weeks, voters are going to head to the polls and the white house is now raising questions about who is funding the fight. today in the bay's tracy pots is live in washington, d.c. with who is behind the ad wars. it started with a supreme court

decision. >> that's right and now the white house wants you to look so much more closely at the ads you are seeing on tv. we are seeing a lot of them right now from democrats and republicans and from special interest groups. that supreme court decision you talked about talked about who can put the ads on and how they have to be disclosed. the white house said there a lot of special interest groups that are trying to affect your vote. we know that republicans are lagging behind when it comes to fund-raising and a lot of other groups have been running ads on their behalf. the white house said keep an eye out. we believe some of those ads are being fuelled by foreign money. that has been investigated and refuted by major newspapers. still the allegations are out there and it's part of this campaign. president obama back on the road today headed to a democratic fund-raiser in miami. then it's back here to d.c. and

off to delaware and boston and later today, he is even doing a live town hall later this week that will air on mtv. his job is trying to get the vote out for the democrats. the pollsters say republicans are motivate and will be headed to the polls and this election can hinge on how many democrats do the same. >> thanks for the update, tracy. >> the progress for peace continues in the mideast. ha miss karzai said he continues to talk about securing peace in his count rye. yesterday the afghan government named former president to head of a new council with talking to insurgent groups. if all goes well, crews will begin pulling out the 33 trapped chilean miners to safety on wednesday. workers are putting the final

touches on the shaft that will be used to pull out the miners. it was completed over the weekend, but rescuers say the top few hadn't feed must be reinforced with a steel sleeve. it's 5:45 right now. >> we will take a look at the traffic and weather in a few minutes, but first the giants were on the brink of a loss. instead they get a great win approximate they one away from moving on from their quest to a world championship. christie smith has the latest on giants fever. christie? >> good morning. everyone here at the flower mart we have been talking with say it's pure torture to watch the giants, but it's also really hard to turn away from a series like this one. a lot of credit this morning given to that atlanta graves that allowed the ball to go through his legs that. allowed the winning run to score. the giants scored two runs in the ninth and they won it 3-2.

we just caught up with a long time giants fan about his sympathy or lack of. >> we are driving the run and another ball through his legs. the third error of the game. you have to feel sorry for him, but nah. >> this up and down type of ball is really the giants game. it's good for the city and they're thinking they can go ahead and handle philly. some are even talking already about the w word this morning. of course world series. live in san francisco, christie smith today in the bay. >> thanks a lot, christie. and go giants. as you are coming into the hills, an accident involving three or four cars. it has been there for a while. it's completely on the shoulder and taking a long time to clear

that. i did want to give it a shout out as more folks head south. not showing any problems and stanford university grade schools. keep in mind, san jose school his furlough and there will be more folks hitting the streets and kids back in session. if you are traveling through a school zone or anywhere around the neighborhoods. the bay bridge, we will see how things are shaping up from the east bay to the city. ease flow so far and no metering lights get out there now. you will see big slowing and also changes around the east bay hills. >> the winds are cranking up and that's a problem this time of year when you get the wins offshore. temperatures soar upwards. we will see that with 80s and low 90s. 85 in san jose. look at san francisco. 80s around oakland and close to 90. pleasant ton and livermore and 80s and 90s and a sign of things

to come through mid-week. breezy and dry and warm on the coast. we cool down as the clouds fill back in and the sea breeze picks up for the weekend. back to you. thanks a lot. new this morning, governor schwarzenegger praising russia as a gold mine. he is in russia on a trade mission to help companies. in fact schwarzenegger has a delegation of business leaders and venture capitalists with him to try to establish connections in russia. they launched their own version of silicon valley in a moscow suburb. he will visit that town later today. >> taxpayers are footing a hefty bill with college students dropping out. taxpayers are spending billions when students leave school only after a year. between 2003 and 2008, research from the institutes for research shows states spent $6.2 billion for universities to for their

education for freshman student who is did not return for a second year. they spent 1.5 billion and the state spent 1.4 billion for grants for student who is didn't start their sophomore year. >> karl pal deano, the republican candidate for governor is making headlines for what he said about homosexuality. >> don't misquote me as wanting to hurt homosexual people in any way. that would be a lie. my approach is live and let live. i think my children and your children will be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family. i don't want them to be brain washed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option. it isn't. >> he made the comment in a meeting with jewish leaders in brooklyn. he would veto any civil union or gay marriage bill that came to his desk. his democratic challenger said

the remarks show stunning homophobia and glaring disregard for basic equality. >> you may not have felt it, but sometime over the weekend, we all started living in the future. >> we're did. this is a story you hear with the other stories and maybe is doesn't register right away. google is not just working on a driverless car, but made a driverless car. the company said honest blog created a fleet of toyotas that have been driving all over bay area freeways. controlled by robots. there is a guy in the driver's seat in case, but otherwise the car enters the freeway and drives along, exits and stops at red lights all by itself. it's even driven down lombard street. welcome to the future. also souping sci-fi is that wall of toxic sludge threatening europe. we got word that hungarian authorities arrested the manager at the aluminum plant where this

sludge broke free last week. seven people have died as the highly corrosive gook swept through down on the way to the danube. this is the worst environmental disaster in the region since cher nopele. >> the giants could close things out today. they play game in atlanta. take note. the game time has changed. it's 4:37 p.m. another playoff rookie will be pitching. the phillies are waiting to see who will win between the giants and the braves. they finished their sweep of the reds last night. round two will start in philly this weekend. also ready for round two, yankees swept the twins on saturday and now wait to find out who will win out between the rangers and the rays. that series is tied at 2-2. whoever wins tomorrow night moves on. >> the raiders and 49ers don't have to look far. they play each other at

candlestick at 1:00. they took on the eagles right here. sunday night football led to nbc and san francisco taking an early lead with the touchdown pass from alex smith to michael crab tree. they took back the lead and the niners did their best trying to stage a come back. a nice score right here. they were down with 3 w 28 seconds left. they were driving and alex smith throws an interception. so the 49er guess on to lose it, 27-24. they are now 0 life 5 for the first time since 1979. the start has a lot of people wonder figure head coach mike singletary will end up losing his job. the team owner sat down with scott on press here over the weekend to address that very question. does the coach's job relying on whether or not you beat the eagles? it's not? i wanted to make sure. >> when you are losing football games and winning football games t doesn't matter what happened a week before, but what's coming

up. we had to stay focused. >> york talked about a lot of football during his visit. coming up on the 6:00 hour, scott will look at when he had to say about his uncle and how he helps out a little bit and how a player's strike might affect whether football heads to santa clara county or not. a major milestone at the world's first manned commercial spaceship. the spaceship made the first solo guide flight. it carried 45,000 feet and released over the mojave desert. spaceship two landed in an airport runway on its own. it is undergoing testing before it can carry tourists into space. yesterday they didn't fire the engineer to climb into space. today is columbus day, a highway you likely have off if you work for the government. chris sanchez is live in they

with what you will and will not be able to do today. chris? >> good morning to you. in san jose, you will likely see school buses out on the road. after a week of furlough days off, the kids are back in school although it is columbus day in san francisco. the kids do have the day off. for the rest of us, work is likely, but you may get a day off from the errands if your business takes you to a bank or a federal government building. take a look at what you may and may not be able to get done. the banks are going to be closed for today although you can use atm to make withdrawals and deposilates though they won't post until tomorrow. the government buildings are closed and the postal service is closed. at least the upside is no junk mail in the mail box today. some schools have the day off and some do not. this is a holiday that is meant to celebrate the arrival of

christopher columbus in the new world in 1492. because of the impact that that arrival had on the indigenous people, there people who don't like celebrating columbus day as columbus day. they do observe it as what they call indigenous peoples day. take a look at our columbus day trivia facts. indigenous peoples day is in berkeley and santa cruz. for some school children, they learn about it in school. it's called peoples day. in california this is not a public holiday. it was one of two holidays recently eliminated because of budget cuts. the other two states that don't are hawaii and nevada. the folks in tennessee are lucky because they move their columbus day holiday around. they observe it usually on the friday after thanksgiving so folks have a little bit long to digest turkey. maybe that's something we can consider. >> look at all public transit on track to run as usual.

whether or not you are running errands and have the day off, you can count on your public transportation to get where you are going. chris sanchez, today in the bay. >> thanks, chris. >> here's a reminder of holidays around the corner. the ice skating rink in new york city is open. the first public skating diis on saturday. the rink can handle 150 skaters at the time. they are from october through early april. good morning. a sign of the bay area will be offshore winds will show up later o. 61 degrees and north wind wind at 3. a weak sea breeze and west at 5. the temperatures are really going to start to soar. the dry offshore wind, we have a fire weather watch for the north and east bay hills at 6:00 late or this evening if and for

tuesday and wednesday, excessive heat watch. you don't see it too often, but that's the story for san francisco and san francisco as we head towards tomorrow. the temperatures are cranking up. 85 and close to 90 around livermore. the temperatures are inland and richmond is 82 and 79 in san francisco and closer to 90 as you head further inland towards concord and pittsburgh. things are hot and dry through mid-week and a big drop off in temperatures approaching the weekend. back to you. >> thanks, rob. time now is 5:57. bay area ties andy wool show you that coming up next. >> two months without sun light, but the chilean miners don't lack ceidconfence.id b'sd inehan argument between the miners.