the wind is light and humidity high. we are getting closer to the dew points around the inland east bay values which means patchy thick fog. later on today, a nice day in livermore. up to 80 and one of the warmest spots. richmond near 70 and the fog breaks up near contra costa and solana counties. we will talk about the next chance of rain in the in a few minutes. >> thank you much. let's go to mike. there was a crash yesterday on the 101 of a tanker truck carrying wax? >> yeah. 43,000 pounds of liquid wax. >> i didn't even know that was a

thing people carried. >> i didn't know it would stay liquid. it just cleared around 4:00 a.m. for southbound lanes. 101 is okay there. i will take you to another thing that is exciting. watching participate dry. this is westbound 92. down to one lane approaching the high ride. remember the repair work? we have to repaint that. the traffic flow is flowing off of the east bay over to the peninsula. you are down to one lane and into the east bay, eastbound 92 is closed and will remain in place for a half hour. you see that on the map where you join up with 880. joining up with 92 further to the north. take on 880 as is normal. >> thank you much. new this morning, crews will restart work on the bay bridge. the second piece of the tower that will create the bridge's

new eastern span is set to go up today. you see animation of what it might lock like. at 10:00, commuters get a clear view as crews lift the 107-foot tall section in place. the tower will be part of the suspension portion and the signature piece that connects oakland to yerba buena island. the project is set for completion in late 2013. helping people through the financial crisis using financial lit ras to teach people more about the money today at the marriott convention center from 10:00 to 2:30. martin luther king iii will be the key note speaker. be prepared. the rallying cry for east bay fire stations, hoping to get people ready for the upcoming rainy season. christie smith is live for more on how to take advantage of free help. >> reporter: as we learned this

weekend, it's that time of year, time to start thinking about rainy wet weather. the city of oakland has been working for the past couple of months to get prepared for this. they have been doing things like cleaning leaves and debris from out in front of storm drains and reminding residents they might want to start thinking about doing the same in front of their houses and bagging up leaves to make sure they don't get clog in the storm drains. also the other key is that sandbags are now ready along with big sheets of plastic for pick up on edge water over near the airport and at the maintenance office on shepherd canyon for people who live in the oakland hills. you see downed trees and small sly when is the rain starts. the maximum is about 20 sandbags at the fire stations. at the fire stations it's 5. that's where sandbags can be picked up when the weather is bad.

something you don't think about, but you want to know where and when to go when the rain starts. coming up, we will talk about volunteer opportunities with the city of oakland a long these lines and what's in it for you. live in oakland, christie smith today in the east bay. >> the man accused of raping a woman in a walnut creek apartment complex may have to take a lie detector test. william yoke am said he did nothing wrong. he said he was arrested for doing nothing wrong. he made his first court appearance and asked a judge if he can take a lie detector test to prove his innocence. the judge said he needs a lawyer first. he will be back in court to enter a plea. police are looking for this man who said he attacked a woman at the same complex a couple of weeks ago. in that instance the woman fought the man off. concord police looking for two

men who held up two restaurants. the first happened before 9:00 at a round table pizza. 40 minutes later, police say the men robbed a subway. they were wearing sweatshirts, masks and gloves. one carrying a shotgun and the other a pistol. he took off in a dark suv and nobody hurt. the two men are responsible for a similar robbery in concord and some in surrounding cities in early september. there 14 days until election day and voters are getting ready for a new voting system. rank choice voting lets voters cast votes for the top three candidates. odd things can happen. the voters's number three choice theoretically can win the race. >> reporter: the family in oakland know this upcoming

mayoral election is a big one. both parents want don pe rota. what they don't know is as they sit down at the table to go over their ballot, they are facing a new voting system. they get to choose a first choice and a second and even a third choice candidate. >> i have to think about it more knowing who would be the second choice. i never had a second choice. >> it's called the ranked choice system. >> i don't know how it works. >> reed only noticed it on the official ballot. >> it can confusion the voters first time out. >> you would rather play robots with the boys, but the register's office is spending $960,000 to grab your attention and get you to listen to how it works. >> the first choice is who they would want to win. the second choice, who they would secondly like to win and

the third choice. it's basically based on preference. >> it's more like a horse race. >> it's like a trifecta. pe rota, mclain and field. >> for you write pe rota in all three spots, it only counts as a first choice. it eliminates a run off and saves money, but the critics say there is a chance the second and third choice candidates can win over the first choice. >> hopefully it will make the system function more smoothly. >> berkeley and san leandro will be using the system for the first time on november 2nd. san francisco put the system in place for all legislative offices in 2005. it's 4:38. 880. the nimitz freeway, you can't

see everything. there is fog radiating out of the ground. rob will explain more. that's typical through the area. you might find more fog. livermore is 580 westbound. no problems out of the pass. a 14-empty drive past highway 84. sunol shows slowing from the speed sensors. i have been watching the cameras and very few cars to look at. all you see a light here and there. that might be folks moving slower as far as equipment, but no major issues as far as the traffic flow. you are okay with the express lane. >> mike is talking rain and christie smith is talking rain. rob, i bet there is rain. >> coming up through the week and one of the aftereffects of rain, clear skies overnight and quite a bit of fog around the north and east bay. 40s and low 50s and not a lot of wind. three things you need with ground level moisture and clear

skies overnight and as the heat of the day escapes back out into space, condensation equals radiation. for the afternoon it looks good. trivalley, mid 70s to low 80s and the next chance of showers arrives late on thursday. if you are heading to the south, look out for thunderstorms around santa barbara into southern california. that will be waiting for you on the other side of the grapevine if you are heading into l.a. east bay hilltops mainly mid- to upper 70s. the winds picking up for elevations above 1,000 feet. all of this points to a dry forecast today and tomorrow and a chance of showers mainly off to the north. best bet of rain still looks to be on thursday to wrap up the weekend. >> thank you much. talk about your halloween horrors and see how the weather could wipe out holiday traditions. a night on the town.

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just ask jerry brown. he gave california state employees collective bargaining powers. since then the unions have grown stronger and stronger. now state employees can retire at 55 with much of their salary for life. and taxpayers are on the hook for one hundred billion dollars in unfunded pension liabilities. no wonder those unions are 100% behind jerry brown. he'll just spend, and spend, and spend.

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4:44 and i showed you livermore and sunol into this area with a light volume of traffic. likewise for the northbound commute. we have one incident over highway 85. it shouldn't be a reason for slowing, but i have seen slowing for saratoga over the last few minutes. we will watch that carefully and nothing big going on. what was big was here in southbound lanes closed for about 12 hours. we have all lanes reopening just at 4:00 a.m. the overturned truck carrying liquid wax. the bay bridge with a nice easy drive as scott mentioned. there will be construction work going on, erecting a tower. back to you. >> we have the wax on and then they get it off.

>> thank goodness it's off the freeway. we have fog as well. that can slow you down in spots. notice here in oakland, the skies have lightened up and we will be in and out of that patchy fog. in concord and we are at 51. light wins out to the trivalley. livermore is 51 and on the way to 40s before sunrise. jacket weather this morning and t-shirt weather again this afternoon. inland it will be running warmer than yesterday. more 70s around the inner east bay to the east bay hill tops and close to 80. you will find that around fairfield. pretty beautiful weatr. you can see the trivalley temperatures upper 70s to near 80. we will see a chance of showers late thursday mainly north bay and the second half of the weekend, plan on rain as we approach sunday. new this morning, earnings news. we will continue to drive the market this is morning. for more on the news, let's go

to courtney reagan live at world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning to you. futures are a bit lower here on disappointing earnings from apple and ibm. they reported strong profits and sales were shy of forecast. that doesn't usually happen. ibm didn't sign as many service contracts. that's an indicator of future growths. asian markets did take higher overnights. europe is mixed this morning and like you said, bank of america reporting 27 cents per share that beats the streets. right now we are getting johnson & johnson and their 3rd quarter earnings above the street. we will hear from goldman sacks and coke. housing data with no less than seven federal reserve members. 11,143. the nasdaq was up 11 points to 2480. more workers expect to take three years or more to rebuild

retirement savings following the recession. they find people now think they have to retire later at age 70 versus 65. it tracks how investors are growing pessimistic about their jobs and whether money will earn any big return any time soon. back to you. >> bp now in what it calls phase three of the gulf clean up operations. they brought large sisters to orange beach to churn up the sand. the machines sort out items that don't belong like tar balls. the sift the clean sand back on the beaches. it could last several months. >> the court will consider whether drug manufacturers can be sued for injuries allegedly caused by vaccines. the decision could send an avalanche of cases to state courts. some people believe vaccines cause autism in children, though

repeated studies found that not to be the case. they can cause injury in some cases. today's case is a family that said innoculations cause seizures and left their infant daughter disabled in 1992. republicans and democrats around the nation reaching out to their base to make sure they head to the polls. here's tracy pots from washington. >> enjoy your retirement. >> reaching out to the base. >> nancy pelosi, you're fired and mr. obama and your czar, you're next. >> republicans with the tea party in nevada, democrats reporting unions. >> their jobs have to stay here in america. >> steelworkers. >> struggling families. that's what our conversation will be about today. >> you are fired up and ready to go?

just like you were two years ago. i know we can keep this movement going. >> while michelle obama is campaigning, her husband is raising money, $30,000 a ticket last night. >> the candidates are debating. senate hopefuls in west virginia and governor candidates in new york talking about jobs, taxes and corruption and public trust. >> the people of the state of new york are looking for something to hold on to. >> peel just don't have faith in state government anymore. >> state races full of personal attacks. >> negative stuff that they are close and they are kind of feeling the heat. >> 15 days left, the heat is on. tracie potts, today in the bay. >> let's take a look at what's ahead later. we say hello to brent cannon putting together the stories that matter to you. >> good morning right back, scott. a bay area landmark that families love is moving. today in the bay is the only tv station that talk with the

exploratorium about the move and bob redell will have that story and show you what the new exploratorium will look like. pg&e is offering to buy out victims of the san bruno explosion and handout more money to people who act fast. we will look at the numbers coming up. the pent gon wants reporters not to report. we will explain in a few minutes on today in the bay. back to you. >> thank you, brent. attention, halloween fanatic. there will be plenty of pumpkins this year. last year bad weather led to a bad crop and there were enough for jack o lanterns, but there was a canned pumpkin shortage. nestle silence nearly all under the libby brand said the shortage is over and they expect enough to go around. california is the top pumpkin-producing state with ohio, illinois and pennsylvania. the buzz from starbucks will not just come from the coffee bean.

they are offering alcoholic drinks at one of the seattle locations and it's an experiment that could go nationwide. they make small restaurant owners nervous. >> the one thing about a big corporation is they have the staying power. they can do their thing for five years at a loss. >> can you come here for beer and wine as well as coffee. >> starbucks screams coffee or tea. >> what starbucks really wants is a more neighborhood feel, a place where people would hang out after work. >> we had rain over the weekend and more over the weekend. fire stations are hoping to help people get ready for the upcoming wet season. christie smith is live on how you can take advantage. >> good morning. hard to believe it's that time of year, time to start thinking about rain and sandbags and starting this week, free sandbags are available through the city of oakland with huge

sheets of plastic to try to keep that rain out of places like your garage and slippery slopes dry if necessary. they are available on edge water near the airport and the maintenance satellite office on shepherd canyon as well as fire stations throughout the city. it's the kind of thing you don't want to think about before it starts dumping, but you should if you live in the hills. even storeowners have seen flooding before. you are reminded also to keep drains around your home clear. pick up leaves and debro and also this year, the public works department is looking for volunteers. neighbors and even storeowners to adopt the job and the city will give you a free set of rain gear, a rake and debris bags and a big thank you for doing that. that's the latest reporting live

in oakland, christie smith today in the east bay. christie talked about it and we will see another chance of rain into the east bay. this morning, the rain concern really is patchy fog. some of it thick enough to reduce visibility. it is chilly and you want a jacket in the 40s and fiftz. dress in layers. by the afternoon we will see mid- to upper 70s and even low 80s out to the trivalley. next chance of rain is late on thursday. towards thursday evening, light rain. there is potential on sunday and back in the bay area. the radar is dry except if you head into the central coast. san luis obispo and heavy rain across southern california. factor that into travel plans. for the bay area, it's the fog that will slow you down. temperatures eventually later on near 80 around livermore and

pleasanton. 76 around orinda and 78 in concord. the warmest days of the week and clouds for thursday and a chance of a few sprinkles and a better chance of rain into sunday. scott? >> for many people, the idea of binge drinking calls up images of college parties or downing shots. according to the centers for disease control, the average woman drinking four or more drinks in two hours would be considered a binge drinker. there is specific evidence that a agreeing number of young women are falling into that category. >> saddle up to any bar and sit on any patio on any night and you find just as many ladies as men. >> three or four nights a week and after work on the weekends and pretty often. >> wine, mixed drinks, you name it. >> it's more socially acceptable. >> it apparently is. a study of 85,000 respondents

looked at drinking trends and over the course of nearly 20 years, white women consume more drinks per person and among women, white women were more likely than hispanic and african-american women to binge, drinking five or more drinks a day. at author of the study said social acceptance is a huge factor. >> many more women with careers and many more women with professional lives and many more opportunities for social interaction. those social interactions have many more opportunities for drinking. >> most women are more self-sufficient than ever before. >> we are more independent. we are starting families later and getting married later. >> they say binge drink suggest easy when drinks are served at almost every activity. >> buyer we have been to birthday parties or baby showers and there is cocktails flowing. >> women don't quite match men

when it comes to boozing, if the curve continues, the lines could get blurry. >> it's something that our generation embraced, maybe a little too much. >> pg&e is stepping in. we will explain what the utility wants to do for victims of the san bruno explosion. gearing up for game three. giants hours away from taking the field. who may be may be out there and could be warming the bench. [ male announcer ] carly fiorina. as ceo, she laid off 30,000 workers and shipped jobs to china. china. india. russia. poland. i know precisely why those jobs go.

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