so much change in the last 21 years since the earthquake. live in oakland with more on this coming up. the bay area with the most famous power couple. >> for the second commute in a row, part of the bridge is closed. i will keep you updated on the expect traffic shift and a shift in the weather can cause another issue. tracking what you can and can't see along your commute with today in the bay. you made to friday. >> it is going to be a busy weekend so we want to start with rob. checking out the forecast, some of the vents are outside and it had been hot, but that's changing. >> for will be comfortable and you might need a jacket or a sweatshirt by the time you get to sunday. it is foggy around the golden gate bridge. that is part of the ocean air

conditioning turning on. 60s and 70s and upper 80s in san jose and mid-70s in the forecast today around oakland. >> are new video of fire crews mopping up an early morning blaze at the 7-11 on almaden expressway in san jose. fire officials told or photographer that the fire was contained to the attic and the roof of the building. probably started in the back of the building. the laundromat next door suffered damage and will be closed today. luckily no one was hurt. >> the hot weather is forcing allen rock park to be closed again. the city said it's too hot and there is too much wind to keep the park open. it is too dangerous. if the weather conditions change, the park could reopen as soon as tomorrow. >> a warning for residents on the peninsula this morning about gas line work. pg&e will work on a gas line near hills borrow to improve the gas supply before the winter

months. work will wrap up around 8:00 tonight. pg&e said gas and electric will. we wanted to pass it along so you weren't concerned about the sound and smell. >> pat communities are making sure they are prepared and if the disaster strikes again, kim berler terry is live with how people are responding to a crisis in the past to protect them in the future. >> 21 years ago sunday, the oakland a's were involved in the battle of the bay. the world series against the giants when the earthquake struck. since then so much has been done to ensure that the infrastructure is ready. the 7.1 earthquake shook the bay area. that was october 17th, 1989

according to the u.s. geological survey, there is a 63% chance an earthquake with the magnitude of 67 or greater will occur before 2031. in and around the bay area, schools and highways have been retro fitted. the bay bridge is being worked on with construction expected to be done by 2013. in the last two decades, a lot has changed and thousands of private homes and apartment buildings are still vulnerable. most of these buildings were built before state building codes were upgraded and others were built on landfills that could cause buildings to collapse in a major quake. hospitals and some of which have fallen behind to retro fit their buildings because of the high cost to do so. an earthquake emergency preparedness drill is going on at pier 45 in san francisco. that's expected to start at 9:00

a.m. dozens of residents and business owners are expected to participate in the drill. live in oakland, today in the bay. >> thanks a lot, kimberly. >> a police officer is waking up on the wrong side of the law and on the right side of the jail cell. according to the county sheriff's department website, clay rojas from the santa clara police forces out of jail. he faces changes he gave the hell's angels information about private citizens from the dmv. no one know what is the hell's angels did with t information. the police cef thinks this is ce isolated incident. he said the remaining members of my department are hardworking, ethical professional who is are just as appalled as i am at the breech of the public's trust. two other people are under arrest as well. a san jose woman and that hell's angels member that you see on your screen with a long criminal

record of assault and making criminal threats. >> a string of holy heists in san francisco. chiefs are ransacking everything from donation cashboxes to computers from religious centers. police say church looting, particularly in the city's southwestern districts are happening at an alarming rate. there have been nearly a dozen robberies at six churches between august and september. investigators say a few thefs seem to be linked to one person. the others could be homeless people taking advantage of outreach. parishes are trying to work with police to get more security. the wait is almost over. the giants will hit the field for another work out in philadelphia. the team arrived yesterday and took part in a short work out. they couldn't go on the field. the tarp covered it because it was raining. baumgartner will pitch game 4 and not pitch tim lincecum on three days's rest.

it has nothing to do with the blister on lincecum's hand. enough about game four. game is tomorrow. the battle of pitching aces. that game starts before 5:00 p.m. >> there is a new bull pin board coming out of philadelphia this morning. check it out. it's a newspaper columnist who wrote saying lincecum is the ace and one of the most entertaining pitchers to watch simply because it's remarkable that someone who looks like a roller board dude can lead with 231 strike outs. he goes on to say it would be understandable if lincecum gets the once over by security when he enters citizens bank park. some material there to fire him up. stay with us for all your giants coverage. nbc bay area is in philadelphia and she will have live reports for us. we were teaming up with comcast, the only place to see our

hometown announcers. we will join the central team for live coverage. after the final out on fox, you switch over to comcast bay area and we have more giants coverage for you this morning as well, including a live report from philadelphia at 6:45. >> there will be no cost of living increase. disappointing news to anyone on a fixed income. while we acknowledge more money is nice, the government is not trying to punish you. social security saw a huge jump.

inflation is the second most economically damaging thing. the first is losing your job. inflation makes it worth less. that money you save for retirement or the pension you get won't buy as much. so again and i understand the pain and i'm not seeing a big check increase. the news and the lack of a cost of living increase could be seen as the less of two evils. that's the latest news out of the financial world. >> 6:08 and this sunday, napa and san jose state university welcoming bill clinton. he is on a tour of california to join brown's campaign. he will be speaking at the wine country uptown theater and make his way to san jose to join the vote 2010 rally with brown and

newsom. hillary clinton has her own to do list here in the bay area. on sunday she is visiting the common wealth club to talk about innovation and american leadership. tickets are sold out if you are not a club member. for those who are, they have a few tickets going for $75 and $100. >> i want to check the commute with mike inouye. >> there is still emergency repair work on the san mateo bridge. the chopper is scanning the bridge. you see the light volume of traffic. lights away from us are along that section as it starts the incline. flashing lights and the lane closed with not a lot of active stuff to see there. when the sun comes up, crews start to install the piece they fabricat fabricated. hopefully it gets open, but we will take you to the map and you see the slowing approaching the high-rise. the crew just there on the scene

blocking the roit lane. a light volume of traffic and yesterday we didn'tee see a back up, but we are suggest the dumbarton bring. bay bridge as an alternate and will be in the east bay for our meals on wheels doing bay area proudly. we are focussing on traffic late or in the day. >> it will be a lot of fun. >> a lot of fun. >> help people out. >> nice weather on tap too. >> hayward not too bad. temperatures into the low 80s. 50s and 60s outside and the fog starting to fill in and big changes today. mainly the cooling and the sea breeze coming back and thick fog. visibility down to a quarter mile in monterey and the fog wrapping around. for the weekend it's this cutoff low that will form.

here's a look at the temperatures. 82 looking nice and mid- to upper 80s and much cooler for san francisco and the coast. 80s across the north bay and inland over to sacramento. the seven-day forecast shows the weekend will be cooler and partly cloudy skies and even the chance of showers sunday into monday. back to you. >> thanks, rob. >> 6:11 and baseball, football, concerts and more. a busy bay area and more. >> we will look at what was sold and how that impacts southern california's drug trade. >> the host of "the view" walk off the set. see what made them so mad. a live look outside. flags blowing in the breeze and the giants flag this morning. they are heading to the east coast and we will be talking baseball coming up. our real national pastime -- saving money.

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good friday morning to you. taking a live look outside, it will be a nice weekend across the bay area. we will have a look at what's coming up. >> a lot of people talking about what happened on abc's "the view" yesterday. take a look. debating the ground zero attack and the mosque that is set to be built near there with

fox news host bill o'reilly. they took offense when blamed 9-11 on muslims. barbara walter his something to say about them walking off. >> you have seen what should not happen. we should be able to have discussions without washing our hans and screaming and walking off stage. i love my colleagues, but this should not have happened. >> on his show last night, o'reilly said he loves jousting with the ladies on "the view" because most of them don't see things his way and wants their viewers to get both sides of the story. . >> are new this morning, on stage is the gridiron with more on the fun. bob, what are you doing? >> hanging out. good morning to you.

>> tomorrow from 5:00 to 7:00, the team will be showing a rally for the first home opener for the season. at 7:30 in the shark tank is when the sharks will be taking on the thrashers. less than 24 hours ago, the giants boarded buses for sfo. tomorrow and sunday at 5:00 on sunday, by the way at&t park will not be broadcasting as they do in the season. you can see it mediate and

second round action resumes with john daily and pleasanton's own paula creamer will be competing and the challenge in the country club this is assuming she doesn't make the cut. you are looking for music and rascal flats and jimmy buffett both at the shoreline amphitheater for rascal flats. 8:00 for jimmy buffett. other than that it's a quiet weekend. bob redell today in the bay. >> you missed a couple of things. the cal bears. down the road you can find them on tv. they are heading south to face a rival. they kickoff at 12:30 and usc has a losing streak that lost to stanford last weekend. the bears beat up ucla and they are 3-2 on the season. it could be a good with bears and trojans saturday.

>> a boy scout who wants to help a south san jose elementary school will try to get through red tape. ryan bird will have to file the proper paperwork to build benches and tables near the soccer field so they can sit during recesses. it got stobbed by the oak grove school district because the union wouldn't approve of the idea. the district superintendent told us there was never a formal request. >> i feel really good. i thought it was just dad and i had to find a new project. all my work may not have gone to waste. >> his mother said she will file the paperwork later today. >> the first group of rescued miners are out of the hospital in chile. they went through a full day of tests and all 33 are in surprisingly good health given they were trapped a half mile underground for over two months. they plan to release more miners later today.

the only miner who is not working. they are talking about o livian guy. the 24-year-old was the fourth to get out wednesday morning. a neighborhood drugstore for is sm and a meth making superstore for others. those are the federal accusations against cvs and they will pay $75 million in fines. they allowed repeated purchases in pseudoephedrine without monitoring buyers. they add the lack of safeguards lead to a spike in trafficking and it violated drug rules in more than 20 other states. hard to detect and often untreated, there is a blood test that can help. head injuries are easily missed because they don't show up and

symptoms are downplayed. a study looks at special proteins that spill into the blood from a brain cell. that test can help the 1.4 million americans that experience brain injuries every year. >> a lot going on everywhere. including wall street. scott, the fed is ready to step in and rescue the economy once again. >> we heard that he hinted when the fed meets in november, they will inject more money by buying treasury bonds. ge owns this television station as the parent company really disappointed on revenue. google stocks near $600 a share after the company posted huge revenue and profits. the main take away on this is it shows it can make money on things other than traditional search particularly from mobile. google not a one-trick pony. the city of oakland discovered how to make money off of pot if proposition 19 passes, it makes

pot legal for anyone under 21. lots of people can make money. they will talk about cannibis for capitalists. you can make money. weed for the lack of a better term is good. good for business. sunday after "meet the press." >> it will be interesting. thank you very much. >> we want to check in with mike and take a look at the south bay commute. >> we will mention a few things that bob rattled off. rascal flats the concert will cause the slowing past 85. the rest of the south bay is shaping up nicely. lower on a friday. down to carmel or monterey, use highway 17 to highway 1. you can cut over and jammed up towards morgan hill.

the tournament is going on there that bob told you about. coming into the south bay, sunol is smooth and slow slowing from time to time. over the hill into fremont. no major delays and traffic starting to build. westbound 580 as you come out of the pass. debris reported at north first. a drive shaft in the lanes. we will let you know if you have to run a traffic break. more traditional traffic on 680 coming through that area. bay bridge with no major back up. it's friday light and a later start and perhaps the metering lights are closer to 7. >> thanks so much, mike. >> time to build a stadium for the a's. what's happening, coming up. >> a live look out in downtown san jose. so much going on across the bay area. we will keep you posted. and 30 rock was live last night. you can see how they got around

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monday is the deadline to register to vote. if you want to vote in the november election and if you want to do more than vote, you can. the alameda county election department is looking to hire about 4500 poll workers. jobs range from attendance to precinct inspectors. pay ranges from 85 to $180 a day. you need extra training to do the job. oakland, berkeley and san leandro will have vote this is year. instead of picking candidate, you pick out several. here's the top and the number two and number three. >> interesting. let's check the forecast. it's been a hot week across the bay area. i think change is in the works. >> we have seen summer in october. another day into the 90s and today the coastal fog is back spilling into the inner bay. that means even the inland spots cool down a little bit and we are talking more than a subtle

cool down. highs only in the 60s and 70s as we roll into saturday and sunday. the last of the summer-like days inland and we are talking mid- to upper 80s around san jose towards fairfield. no worries about showers on saturday, but keep a close eye on the sunday forecast south of san jose. you may see scattered showers and cooler and breezy into next week. >> thank you very much. >> time now is 6:27 and giants back into action and we will have a live report from philadelphia coming up. >> san jose's plan to lure the a's could be hitting a snag. we will show you why, next. another live look outside. east bay 880 and things moving smoothly. we want to c the h the morning commute with mike coming up.

you know it's bad when the press asks if you'd take a lie detector test. meg whitman didn't tell the truth about not voting or about how long she lived in california. she got caught in insider deals at goldman sachs. she changed her story about physically abusing an employee. she campaigned as tough as nails on immigration knowing her housekeeper of 9 years was undocumented. her tv ads have been condemned as false and misleading. and even her hometown newspaper said meg whitman has demonstrated "a loose relationship with the truth"

live in oakland and i will have much more in a live report. >> the infamous slugger is back in. what barry bonds is saying. >> a live look at what you can see. i'm watching traffic here and into san francisco. it's jamming up after an accident on the same highway. i will guide you through the problems if you have them today in the bay. good friday morning and thank frgs joining us. 6:30 and the bay area is hosting golf tournaments and football games and a lot going on. what about the forecast? let's check in with rob. >> the forecast looks cooler and this morning the coastal fog no longer coastal. it is spilling over the peninsula and temperatures in the 50s this morning. for the afternoon, 80s inland

and san jose near the mid- to upper 80s. 76 in oakland and by 4:00, san francisco is cooling into the 60s. >> just into the newsroom, a sketch of one of the men police say was attacking people at a court tower back in august. take a look. officers say this man and another one attacked two people before 2:00 on august 21st. both of those men took off. if you know who this man is, call san francisco police. it happened at a 7-11 in iron wood. inside the store, here is the brand-new video you can see. the firefighters are inspecting the ceilings. it probably started in the back of the building and a laundromat

next door was damaged. they are closed today, but nobody was hurt. >> a curveball could cost the city a plan to win the oakland a's. live at the oakland coliseum, she joining us now with the details. it's all about the money. >> that's right. it all comes down to the money and the possibility of not having enough to secure those last couple of parcels of land needed to build a stadium in the south bay. it appears the redevelopment agency is feeling the effects of the recession. a bit hearder than well over a year. there have been talks of moving the a's to san jose. the redevelopment agency is buying up pieces of land in downtown san jose hoping to get major league baseball's approval to build a ballpark there. there reports of the agency that represently has been cut nearly in half personnel-wise. it hay not have enough money to seal the deal.

there is speculation that lou wolf may step in to help buy some or all of the land. he said "whatever issues we run into, we will figure out a way to get them done." the mayor chuck reed deeply committed to the project saying there multiple ways to put it together. we got word that the san jose city council and the sant sa clara board of supervisors are meeting this morning and one of the items is the stadium. live in oakland, kimberly terry today in the bay. >> thank you very much, kimberly. >> giants fever is back and this is when it kine of gets nerve racking for the fans and the big name players too. by the end of the day, the giants roster will be finalized and the big names may not make the cut. philadelphia is greeting the giants with a major noreaster rain storm. the field was closed and the giants had an optional batting practice at indoor cages.

as rob tells us it's supposed to be dry, but windy by game time saturday night. another cause for concern, a blister on tim lincecum's pitching hand. he's in good spirits, but we have to wait to see if one of the nagging injuries turns into a big problem. laura is also live. she will have reports on his pitching hand and more on all that coming up at 11:00. >> a familiar face is throwing support behind the giants. >> i always try to tell people, i don't have fans in san francisco. i have family. that's my family. if you think i'm going for philadelphia, forget it. i never go out without my people. i'm a giant for life. my love is in san francisco. i hope you beat the [ bleep ]. >> that's what's up, baby. >> you might recognize that guy. tmz capping up with the great

giant. barry bonds outside of a santa monica restaurant. the career home record was set with his time with the giants. they did not resign him amid controversy over steroid allegations. they have always said he has a great base of fan support here and he loves the giants. >> he loves them. want to check in with mike with the morning commute. i know we were keeping our eye on the bridge. >> the emergency repair work. we have another accident that happened over the last few minutes. this is coming into san francisco. right before you get to caesar chavez street. four lanes blocked for a few minutes. that is causing quite a bit of slowing at 6:35 in the morning. this might force more folks over to 280. two lanes open into the city at the 280 interchange. we have the other issue you have been talking about. the bridge still has that right most lane just as you approach

the high-rise. it is closed for emergency repair work. it happens on wednesday and expect it to be fixed by this afternoon. we will see. it will affect your morning commute. we are suggesting folks use the dumbarton. southbound 880 shows heavier traffic heading out of the area. a little slowing with the toll messrs.a and a live look at the camera shows the steady flow of traffic. along that flat section. so far we have not seen a major impact as you approach that high-rise. back to you. oakland police officer sam yum will be recognized by the california state firefighter's association. he rescued an unconscious vehicle from a burning vehicle on 880. he and others will get the

prestigious medal of valor in sacramento. the officer is among 27 heroes from all over california. great that they all get recognition. >> kids are always asking to play tsa agents, right? we will show you just the things that help them do it. >> as they have been talking, giants versus phillies tomorrow. we will check the pulse in philadelphia in a live report. >> that are time of the year again. in india, see what's behind a dangerous looking ritual. >> tracking fog over the peninsula into san francisco and that leads to big changes in the weather starting today. we will have the forecast today in the bay.

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62 degrees and if you get a nice set, you can see the fog at the bottom of the screen starring to roll in from the coast. this morning that's the reason why our temperatures the cool down through the afternoon. 5s and 60 thz morning. more day of temperatures inland having a chance to get close to

90. nowhere near that this weekend. we are talking about showers. 82 around hayward and 70 no, sir oakland. we may stay in the 60s around the tip of the peninsula and the coast for sure. cooler and breezy tomorrow. there you see the weekend ahead. we are talking a chance of showers south of san jose. sunday heading into monday. back to you. >> harrison fort will be in palo alto. the star of the indiana jones series will amount to the creation of a new award named after arthur williams on. a prize-winning novelist who will be at the garden court hotel with ford at 3:30 this afternoon. >> there lots of unusual traditions around the world, but have you seen this? none quite as unusual as this tossing babies off of a building. babysit are tossed from the

ledge. that's higher than six feet from the ground. they catch the babies with blankets. it's a tradition more than two centuries ago. back then they were tossed from 40 feet. normally children from 10 months to four years are dropped. often childless couples are given first dibs on holding the blanket. don't worry, children are never harmed. >> yeah. i'm going to call cps. 6:42. the giants are in philly this morning. we will have a live report from the home of the phillies coming up next. >> should be a lot of fun. taking a live look outside and keeping an eye on the morning commute. folks getting an early look at the weekend. >> on 30 rock, during the show that helped them keep their jokes up to the minute. >> the chilean miners are all out and angry about what you have been saying. >>. >> i guess they are geniuses for getting stuck in a mine.

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san francisco, we have all lanes of northbound 101 blocked at caesar chavez as a result of an earlier injury accident. the ex-at the present time is unknown, but the freeway is closed. getting folks over to 280 northbound, that is causing slowing as well. we will follow thisdaley and closely as we hope it clears, but the back up is starting to form out of south san francisco into the city. we will look at the bay bridge from the east bay. we have the metering lights curned on, but the fast track lanes are slowing. we still that have repair work blocking the far right lane. here's the shot. here the cars for yesterday yet. it's going to result in back ups

along the flat section. right now the bridge is structurally sound. this is a precautionary measure that will repair one piece. we will follow it carefully and send it back to you. >> i don't know if you want to sit next to scott. this is gadget friday. >> scary. my goodness. gadget friday this morning. we will talk about philadelphia. i have to get to gadget friday first. this is spy gear amount of san francisco company. this is the tsa wand for kids. >> modern day kids play tsa. >> i guess they do. it does work. your earrings are not good enough. there we go. the earpiece in the back will find the metal across your arm. stick your arm out. about $25.

there is your watch. it actually works. it's fun to have toys that are likely grown up tools and they do work. about $25 from wild planet and spy gear. >> they really do. it's fun to play grown up even if it's an annoying thing. right here. we have philadelphia stuff. i know we will talk to the philly guy, maybe. i want to get ahead. i want to talk about the things that happened in philadelphia. are you ready? >> i am. >> number one, in december 1968, the booed and pelted santa claus with snowballs. the philadelphia fans. >> the city of brotherly love? >> let me get them out here. >> the phillies booed santa claus. >> philadelphia is actually the second team there. the original won five world series and moved to kansas city in 1954.

the team moved further west in 1967 and settled into a fine, fine city and won four world series including 3 in a row. we know them as the oakland athletics. if anyone is headed to philly for tomorrow's game, behave yourself. in may, stadium security shot a guy with a tazer. don't taze me, man. they should have used the gadget friday to check in on the field. then the guy who ran out into the field. there he is. red body suit. none of the philadelphia players approach it, but the braves player approached him and his dad picked him up the next day. picking him up from jail; son. hi, dad. >> caustic remarks about tim lincecum and he should be going through security. >> i believe in philadelphia they said roller dude?

>> he has a great arm. >> that's right. >> go giants. there is your philadelphia facts of the day. unbiassed as usual. >> we may talk to philadelphia. we have a guy on the line. guess what. their equipment on their end is broken. if they can get it fixed, maybe we will talk. maybe we won't. meantime check in with rob. >> today in the bay weather. >> we are keeping a close eye on the weather in philly which is lousy. they have a noreaster racing up the east coast. we have low clouds as we see the ocean air conditioning turning on once again. 62 degrees right now in san francisco. tomorrow around game time, late or tomorrow evening it will be windy and dry. the rain should have moved on, but the wins may cause for interesting baseball for the pop flies. right now we are not seeing much in the way of showers, but a windy and wet day for the coast. around the bay area, system passing by and bringing changes

in time for the weekend. partly cloudy skies and big drop off in temperatures, especially around the peninsula and coast. 60s and 70s and inland still having a chance to get into the upper 80s. sunday afternoon into monday, this area of low pressure to the south can kickoff scattered showers. today nice weather around the bay. 73 in san francisco. 88 around san jose andhe sea breeze will cool us off into the evening. your weekend forecast looks cooler and breezy and keep the umbrella on stand by especially in the south bay sunday into monday. back to you. >> new this morning, a warning for residents on the peninsula about gas line work. we got a live look at black mountain road at interstate 280 near hillsborough. it will start working on a gas line in the area. work was slated for 7:00 and now it's going to start at 10:00. it is supposed to improve the

gas supply before the winter months. people will likely smell gas and hear loud noises. work is going to wrap up around 8:00. pg&e is not going to interrupt gas or electric service, but we definitely wanted to pass it along so you wouldn't be concerned about the sound and smell. >> the city may be running out of steam in the quest to bring the a's to the south bay. kimberly terry is live in oakland with the latest financial set back. >> reporter: later on this morning a meeting is set to discuss the future of the oakland a's. a joint meeting between the council and the board of supervisors scheduled for later on this morning. for well over a year, there have been talks trying to lure the a's to move to their city. the eamgs has in fact been buying up pieces of land in downtown san jose, hoping to get

major league baseball's approval to build a ballpark. there report that is the redevelopment agency that has been cut in half personnel-wise may not have the money to seal the deal. city leaders are looking over the redevelopment agency's finance as the agency continues to work on securing the final parcels of land they need. the mayor chuck reed has been deeply committed and hopeful about it and saying that there multiple ways to put this thing together. while all of this is going on, the commissioner of major league baseball is still waiting on a report for the viability of the move. beyond finances, there is a way to go before any stadium is built. today in the bay. >> thanks a lot, kim. >> new this morning, whether you are wearing ice skates or throwing a football or strumming a guitar, there plenty of things to do or watch. live at the shark tank in san jose with more on what he is

calling the feast of fun. good morning. >> good morning, laura. it will start here tomorrow night. the sharks with the home opener for the tent 102011 season. they will have a pregame rally outside hp pavilion and the game is at 7:30 versus the atlanta thrashers. the sharks are not the only major franchise. the giants are of course in philadelphia and kicking off the national league championship series and taking on the phillies. you can see them yesterday. the players boarding the bus at at&t park to take the trip to philadelphia where they are at, warping up for the first two games. first is tomorrow at 4:30 and the second is sunday at 5:00. over to candlestick on sunday when the 49ers will host the raiders kickoff at 1:05. we checked on line and the single game tickets are sold out. by the way, the raiders are 2-3

and the 49ers are hoping for a win at 0-5. in the south bay, the san jose state spartans will take on the broncos. tickets are still available for that game at 5:00 tomorrow at spartan stadium at san jose state. if you have too much sports on your mind, you want to chill out with october fest. it's in historic downtown from 10:00 to 6:00 tomorrow and 10:00 to 5:00 sunday. in other words, there is pretty much not much to do this weekend. you will be sitting on the home bored to tears. >> i will come to your house. that's why we love the bay area. >> the weather should be better. some of these events they are talking about it being hot. not so much now. it will cool off. >> good timing. the two golf tournaments in town with danville and san martin. today is the last of the warm days inland. we have the fog near san francisco as we go through the weekend.

a chance of showers maybe for the south bay to wrap up into monday. much cooler and tuesday, wednesday, and thursday important because that will be games three, four and five. looking good and a bit warmer. >> better than what they have. that's lousy. >> lousy commute. two more beings to tell about. >> northbound 101 is closed and you will find more folks on third street. shifting over to 280 as well. bart heads up from millbrae and caltrans into the city. i heard about this. el camino real is close friday atherson avenue. we hear about an accident and on scene doing traffic control. it sounds like it might be related to a pedestrian who was hit through the area. use middlefield has the alternate. heavier flow right now because folks are avoiding the bridge and the emergency repair work is blocking for the morning commute as well.

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