the first lady is on the campaign trail and will bring her to the city by the bay today. >> which candidates have jumped out in front. how much doe you will have to fork over to get inside at&t park for game one of the world series coming up on today in the bay. theachgs for joining us. >> we want to check the forecast with rob after a soggy weekend.

find out what's in store for the workweek. >> things are more calm which is good news for the commute. you may find patchy fog, but that's about it. you want the jacket this morning and you can keep it on throughout the day. highs in the mid 60s and other than maybe a few sprinkles and patchy fog, not a lot weather-wise affecting the commute. a lot of snow this morning. >> you told folks about a jackknifed big rig. two big rigs are jackknifed. keep that in mind. in the north bay, a report of a tree down. that's one report that came in, but throughout the area, reports of roadway flooding. golden gate bridge that cleared out the nice view across the road. back to you. >> turning now to decision 2010, election day is a week and a day away. chris sanchez joining us with how the races and propositions are shaping up and where to get

the information you need to make the informed choices. >> that's what people tell us, that they need more information. this is our website. this race is decided of course. the giants are now the nlcs champions, but the election day matchups are up in the air. we have a tab here with a little hand. that is prop zero. that's where you need to go to click to make all of your votes matter. you will find the information on prop 22, the proposition that would prevent the state from taking money from local government in bad times. meg whitman's promise to not raise taxes is down here and jerry brown's speech to higher education. this is what a student thinks about the election. speaking of the race, a new poll gives brown a big lead. 52% of voters said they would vote for brown and 39% say whitman. this l.a. times poll released

yesterday shows that the lean towards brown is consistent with the lean we saw in a poll last week. whitman appears to be losing women, latinos and voter who is decline to state their party of choice. i talked with our political analyst and for a poll to truly indicate victory it has to show a 60% favorable rating. he also writes many of those prop zero blogs where you can find all kinds of information where you can find information on the propositions that are on the ballot come tuesday of next week. you can find it all here and click on decision 2010 or the prop zero tab. >> the first lady is expected to pay a visit to the bay area tomorrow. michelle obama will be in san francisco for local democratic candidates. the first lady will be joined by

nancy pelosi and held at the fair mond hotel. it is expected to wrap up around 8:00. >> bell beaches closed because of a deadly shark attack. a 19-year-old student was body boarding with a friend off the beach north of santa barbara when a shark pulled autopsy r him out of the water. scientists think it's a white sha shark that attacked. >> the sports complex that will be named in honor of a police officer will be decided tonight. the soccer field will be located behind st. francis church on bay road. the planning commission will decide whether to approve or reject the project. the supporters say without approval, the project could lose critical money. the officer was shot in the line of duty in january of 2006 and last february. alberto alvarez was sentenced to die by lethal injection for

killing may. >> other large banks continue with the corrupt and fraudulent home foreclosures. it's more critical than ever to send a message that they are devastating the community. several councilmembers will join faith and community leaders to discuss the issue. leaders voted last year on an ordinance to consider the loan modification record in making investments. as a result they moved millions of dollars out of bank of america this year alone. the san francisco giants are not taking a break. they are hitting the field for practice. the world series is definitely on their minds. bob redell is live with what's in store. >> reporter: good morning. they can't take a break considering what is on the line. this wednesday evening here at at&t park. around 5:00, the team will have a work out. their opponents, the rangers are close to getting into town and

will have the next work out which will be tomorrow. this was the scene outside the ballpark as the giants return home yesterday. hundreds of fans greeted the playersa said they got off the bus and into the car. just to give you a sense of how dedicated they were, they didn't mind waiting in the rain and since the team was delayed. >> i will get pneumonia and i won't care. it's beyond anything. it's the best. >> this is awesome. unbelievable. i can't believe the sea is supported so much. they have done it all year and to come out today is awesome. these are the best fans in baseball. the stadium as loud as it gets and the energy they bring is awesome. >> the giants have been in the third longest championship draught between the cubs and the indians. the last time they won was in

1954 in new york. they have been to the series twice since then. in 1989 when the a's swept the giants and eight years ago when they were beaten in the final game. it will cost you to see the first gayle. people are selling tickets on stub hub. standing room tickets are $440. the good seats in the front row behind home plate are just north of $4,000. the first pitch is just before 5:00. live here in san francisco, today in the bay. economic tough time are hitting the san francisco 49ers in an unusual way. they may not get free police escorts between the san jose airport and the team training facility. a group of santa clara residents are criticizing police for using resources to help an nfl team. they have idea to build,

escorting the 49ers on more than 50 occasions. they include escorts to candlestick park and the coliseum for preseason games. the team will pay the city if it sends them a bill. 49ers have road games this week and it's a big game to london. they lost to the panthers yesterday. after the game, they flew directly to london. the starting quarterback got hurt and no one know fist he will be available for sunday's game. the 49ers face denver. they led most of the way until carolina kicked the field goal. they steal it 23-20. the 49ers fall to 1-6. >> the raiders will be at home thinking about how they can build on the record setting game in denver. they scored two touch downs eight successes apart to start a bout with the broncos. he had his best game as a pro, scoring four touchdowns to tie a team record for most of the

game. the team also set a record in points, scoring 59. they beat the broncos 59-14. they will be at home on sunday to play the seattle seahawks. . >> folks getting out of the road and even though the rain is easing off, we have the effects of the rain. highway 84 is closed at 35. that's far up in the hills and it has a transformer that has been blown and power out locally. 280 and 101 are moving smoothly with no reports of flooding. back to you. >> sounds good. >> we want to check if there will be reports of flooding. >> we need a boat? >> it felt like it at times. and we have patches of fog and

mist. 56 degrees in san jose and 55 in oakland and in san francisco, 54 degrees and the winds backed off quite a bit that's a pleasant change. we cannot rule out a stray shower or two as the main front moved off to the east. chain controls are up and interstate 80 this morning. the story is we will see moisture around the hilltops and the coast. maybe a shower early. look at the temperatures. the sun breaks out between the clouds and highs in the 60s. between now and wednesday, things are dry and more rain coming in on the morning of thursday. back to you. >> time now is 5:10. the economic recovery may not happen as quickly as we thought. the details are up next. >> we will tell you which country is keeping an eye on this volcano. >> a new study about teen sex. information every parent needs to hear. >> a live look from the south

bay this morning. looking for a pretty clear week. rob has the full forecast 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"

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5:13 and a live look and it's still a little bit wet. rob is tracking the next round of rain. you can check out the forecast highs and we will check the full forecast in a minute. amazing video of a tornado in texas. look at that. you can actually see stuff flying across the road. who got that close? the tornado was one of several that hit dallas over the weekend and did damage to a lot of homes and school. forecasters do expect clear skies today, but a good look at a twister out of texas. >> 5:14 and people in indonesia on high alert, a volcano is spewing ash, triggering the evacuation of thousands of homes near the slope of the volcano. the government issued the

highest alert earlier this morning. the volcano is classed at a red code. almost 12,000 people will need to leave their homes in case that volcano erupts. richard is now a tropical storm this morning. it's over guatemala. it was a hurricane when it passed over belize yesterday. the national hurricane center said richard may drop as much as six inches of rain. it is expected to weaken as it moves further inland. >> here's a little insight to what teens say about sex and their sexual orientation. a study out of new york city and the high school students reveal nearly 1/10 of sexually active students have at least one same-sex partner. they had sex with males and females report higher than average rates of dating violence and teens with at least one

same-sex partner claim they were heterosexual or straight. the study is published in today's medical journal of pediatrics. this is the last full week of campaigning. polls predict republican wins in a lot of races and a possible house take over. the gop is confident they may take the senate, but democrats say don't count them out. >> what are democrats specialize in is the turn out. the more people turn out, the better we do. >> if it continues over the last few weeks, you can see the senate as well. >> turn out varies. there is a lot early voting turn out and other parts, numbers are double what they were in the last mid-term election. >> president obama is making the rounds as the last full week of the campaign gets under way today. he will travel to rhode island to talk about the economy and raise more cash.

the president spoke in minneapolis over the weekend, telling democrats not to lose the faith. democrats are making a difference in the economy and the nation. he will deliver a similar measure in providence. a canadian man charged with conspireing and killing a u.s. soldier years ago will appear before a war crimes tribunal. he is behind bars at guantanamo and his attorneys are trying to work out a plea deal. he was 15 when captured in a bombed out compound. he faces charges cladding spying and throwing a grenade that killed army first class 50 for spear. >> economic forecasters are lowering expecting as and say the economy will still grow, but they are more cautious in the 3rd quarter. more than half surveyed expect growth are more than 2%. the national association for business economics survey

reveals that fewer firms expected to drop in employment through attrition or layoffs. >> all kinds of housing data will come out this week and scott doesn't like any of it. >> we get existing home sales today. tuesday it's case schiller, the very respected look at a number of different cities across the united states. home prices and then wednesday we get new home sales. two things we are looking for. the number of homes sold obviously and the price of the homes. the general bet is we will see solid numbers on quantity, but another slip in the actual prices themselves. remember back on friday, bank of america said their foreclosures were error-free. a few days later we find out the opposite. b of a found hundreds of mistakes in the first 1% of the pile of foreclosures it plans to file. earlier you guys were reporting

about how the city of san jose wants to punish them for lending people money. now they want to punish for the foreclosure on the people it lent money to. we were having two crazy bank errors in one slump continues to amaze me, but b of a said they are wrong and there errors. >> they will not get the tax revenue. >> that's true. we will check in with mike and a look at the traffic. >> good morning. we are all aware with a lot of rain over the weekend and more reports of trees down and wires down across roadways. overnight in general, reports that came all over oakland about minor roadway flooding. this is not enough to close the roads on the freeways and the surface streets. don't drive through the putdss. go around it. 580 and 880 look nice.

oakland heading up to the commute west and north are the directions for the commute and all moving over. an easy drive out of the tunnel, but slowing around highway 13 over the last 15 minutes. i will let you know if that's an issue or as the averages are adjusting. throughout the same area, bart had problems and all stations are open and no delays are reported and 41 trains reported on time. that's a great way to get around and avoid wet roads. the volume is picking up. rob has a clear view of the forecast and what's coming up in a few moments. back to you. >> some of the bay area's smaller giants giving a little bit of fan wisdom from their perspective, coming up. [ mom ] my son ryan didn't know his voulez-vous

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good morning to you. 5:23 and a live look at san jose where we have patchy low clouds. for the most part the rain moved on. the temperatures around the bay area in san jose, 56 degrees and a big change from the weekend with all the wind and rain. san francisco looking good this morning. 54 degrees. patches of low clouds and misty skies around the bay. what's left of the showers in the south bay moved on. you can see the one cell around

fremont and moving off to the south and east. offshore with a few showers here. we may see approaching the coast at times and maybe around the hilltops of the north bay. a stray shower and that's about it. most is heading off to the east and chain controls up around lake tahoe and interstate 80 and highway 50. we are sort of in an in between pattern. just a lingering shower or two around the hill tops and clearing skies and cool temperatures and highs mostly in the 60s. for tomorrow, another system across the coast, but this one far enough to the north it should miss us until about wednesday and thursday the chance of rain is dropping further south. around the bay area, not much in the way of microclimates. mid 60 no, sir san jose out fors livermore. 50s on the coastline today. to the east bay hills, lows in the mid 50s.

hills of sonoma may see isolated showers, but the trend is drier through wednesday. good news for game one of the world series. game two we expect more rain in the bay area. >> thanks so much. we heard a lot from giants and their fans, but what about the fans in training? kids say the darnedest thing and they have plenty to tell us about the national league champs as we get schooled. >> this postseason run is making a ton of fans feel like kids again. it's worth taking a lesson from the kids as we get schooled in giants playoffs 101. we came to east palo alto where the school nurse has seen a rash of giants fever. >> does cody ross have magic powers? >> yes. he has so much power in his that he can do it. >> it's something. >> what is your favorite

nickname? >> sanji. >> when i say barry zito, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? >> george lopez. >> what it take to be be wheezy? >> teamwork. >> do you fear the beard? >> no. >> not even a little bit afraid? >> no. >> why not? >> it's not scary. it's just a beard. >> our thanks to the kids and staff. we will see you in your home room real soon getting schooled for nbc bay area sports. >> the kid in the background there. >> i love hearing for the experts. 5:26 and the innovative south bay teacher with the $10,000 makeover. what she did to get that up next. >> and job hunter boot camp.

which companies are looking for new hires. >> we will tell you about the texas ranger who wins no matter which team takes the series. i know many of you see this election as an unhappy choice between a longtime politician with no plan for the future and a billionaire with no government experience. well, let me tell you my story. my husband and i came here as newlyweds. we raised our family here and the california dream came true for me in ways i could never have imagined. now i'm running for governor to restore the california dream for everyone. i'm not a career politician or a hollywood star. i'm from silicon valley, where i created thousands of jobs at ebay. as governor, i'll do something that's been missing from california politics for far too long. i'll treat you like grownups, tell it to you straight, and offer a practical plan forward.

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new this morning, gearing up for the world series. getting ready and we will tell you how much ticks to a game will cost you. coming up. >> good morning. the storm is over, but we have a couple of weather-related problems. we will tell you what's not working and what is working again this morning. that story is straight ahead today in the bay.

>> good monday morning. thanks for joining us. time is 5:30. >> want to get straight to look at the morning commute and see how it is out there. >> good morning. rolling pretty well and lighter volume and you want to get out there earlier. you never know what you are going to encounter. highway 84 has been closed and a tree is down and transformer out through that particular intersection. that's not affecting the bulk of the commute. 280 and 101 are clear. wet roads and more reports of trees down. what do you see for the commute in. >> good news with rain or wind. it will be a cool day today and plan on taking a jacket with and you keeping it on. highs in the mid 60s. catching a break from the rain

and more will be showing up in the seven-day forecast. >> we look forward to it. the rain is moving out, but the clean up is just getting started. christie smith is live in oakland with how things are shaping up right now. >> considering the nasty storm we went through, things are looking good in oakland. about 15,000 pg&e customers are without power. on broadway it was dark for hours, but the street lights and everything seemed to be back on again this morning. the evenings still lingering. we have new video for you from highway 84 near skyline boulevard where there was a road closure and live wires across the road. our cam ares couldn't get close to it because the wires are live. pg&e transformer blew and lines were shuting it down.

we are hoping to have it here. back to oakland at the height of the storm, 15,000 customers lost power sunday. 12th street bart station left in the dark and what happened is trains rolled through and they didn't stop for hours. this morning i spoke with the agent and she said that all trains rolling again and also the oakland fire department's dispatch center had to operate with a generator for a couple of hours and the oakland police department left in the dark for about six hours. there were no reported problems. pg&e said the equipment failure was due to wind and rain. the good news though is that all power according to pg&e has been restored. live in oakland, christie smith today in the bay. >> thanks christie. new this morning, activists will stage an exorcism against

proposition l. activist and artist and a full gospel choir plan to be at 16th and mission for proposition l makes it illegal to sit on any sidewalk in san francisco from 7:00 in the morning until 11:00 at night. it's a way to fight panhandling and homeless people in local businesses. opponents say it violates fundamental civil rights and would have devastating impacts on the city's culture and community. a boot camp will be held in san francisco today. congresswoman jackie spear will talk about the event at 11:00 this morning. she will be highlighting 20 bay area employees with openings at the conference center on airport boulevard in south san francisco. great news for schools especially with tight budget cuts. a los gatos kindergarten and first grade teacher won a

$10,000 classroom makeover. claudia entered a contest and she is one of five teachers from across the country and the only to win a grand prize. the contest is part of the national abduction prevention called go to be safe. think smart, take charge. >> a patient at a hospital is behind bars charged with killing a long time hospital employee. the state hospital is on napa vallejo highway north of napa college. the sheriffs deputies say the 54-year-old was a psychiatric technician found dead. they arrested a 37-year-old man saying he has an extensive back grund. he was committed to the hospital after being declared insane. the sheriff's department is not releasing any other details president. >> michelle obama will make a second visit to the bay area

since her husband took office. she will be attending a fund raiser supporting barbara boxer and her bid for reelection. these are pictures in the first bay area visit last year. today's fund-raiser is in san francisco. she will be joined by nancy pelosi. president obama was here just last week. >> could bart trains one day reach the pacific ocean? a new line would need the demands of residents under served. james fang is an underground line through richmond could attract plenty of federal support. they are trying to start a dialogue about the proposal. it was stopped in the western edition with 25th and 48th avenue as well as ocean beach. they estimate 100,000 people would use the extension every

day. >> the giants are in the world series and as it builds, so does the price. the cheapest seat available is $440, about $50 more than when we checked on friday morning. reserve tickets cost $556. bleacher seats are at least $610. lower level sees are $650 and you can get a field club ticket. $1,650. >> one man that will be walk, away with a ring. the former catcher for the giants and current catcher for the rangers was traded on july 1st to make way for buster posey. he has enough games with both teams to qualify for a ring. even though he no longer wears the orange and black, she happy for his former teammates and friends. for more on the giants and the world series, head to

nbcbayarea.com for coverage. we have the full video of what it was like at at&t park and the manager talks about what the team needs to work on in the next few days. >> the sparks are back home after a tough loss in cal garr to end a road trip. they gave up four goals in the first period and the sharks were not able to come up with anything. the sharks have a few days off to try to work out kirchgs before they host the new jersey devils on wednesday. we hope the sharks recover and we will welcome them back. we will show you what traffic they find. we see some nice flow of traffic going on. slowing at southbound 80 and southbound 17 as more folks start to hit the road. i am advising lower speeds and you will have wed roads and flooding that might pop up. a smooth drive out of the pass

and just starting to show the slowing out of tracy. before you get to the road, the slowing starts and we see that build. it has in antioch. the 58 marked and you see the red indicators showing speeds below 20. i will restart the machine and make sure it's smooth there. the golden gate bridge and flooding all over the place. keep that in mind as you hit the road. the rain does clear out and we have a nice view across the bridge. >> the city camera is nice and clean. the pressure washing we had over the welcome. the wind and rain right now and things calmed down. we had patchy fog and 40s and 50s to start the day and mid 50s and between now and wednesday, we catch a break. things will be drying out for the short-term as we lose what's left of the spotty showers around the coast and the

hilltops. most of the action is transitioning off to the east around the sierra. chain controls along interstate 80 and snow levels close to 6,000 feet. use caution. around the bay area, a lingering shower for the morning and mainly on the coastline and the hilltops. for the afternoon we have clearing and a cool day, breezy at times. not as windy as yesterday. 65 in san jose and livermore. 60 around san francisco and low 60s in oakland. between now and game one of the world series, increasing clouds on wednesday and an increasing chance of rain around midday thursday. back to you. >> it's 5:39. keeping your kids safe from germs. the germiest places in school and how you can teach your kids to stay clean. next in a live report. >> battling the flu and why a man said flu shots and the flu itself could be a thing of the past. >> i'm bob redell with the

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good monday morning. what a beautiful live look outside. these are expected highs across the bay area. milpitas 65 and san francisco 61. richmond is 62 and finally feeling like fall. >> as you send your kids off to school, here's something to think about. their classrooms, cafeterias and the library are full of germs. today in the bay's tracy pots is

live with a look at what it could mean for your kids. we knew that school is a place where they caught germs, but we know where they get them now. >> no big surprise that germ are in schools other but you might be surprised where they are congregating most. as the 6.3 million california students head out to class this morning, here is information your parents might want to know. the university of arizona did this study and went to an undisclosed school district and tested six school surfaces all over the school. here's what they found. the five germiest spot are the cafeteria table where your kids are eating lunch, the computer mouse, paper towel handles, water fountains and sink faucets where kid guess to clean up are those with the most germs. they're congressigating throughout the day in the morning about 13% of those surfaces had significant germs. by midday and afternoon, it was up to 50%.

bottom line, they are suggesting that staff members and students off the surfaces during the day with disinfectant and you send your student to avoid touching surfaces in the bathroom. don't grab the handle because it's on the list of five germiest places in school. back to you. >> at least 250 people are dead as a result of a cholera outbreak in haiti. the disease is spreading where more than a million are living. the ministry said limited movement and careful disposal of bodies can help stop the spread of that disease. the u.s. swimming federation

expects to receive theed about of a 26-year-old from philadelphia who was on target to achieve a goal of being an a limpian. doctors say severe fatigue caused his sudden death. time now is 5:45. good morning and thanks for joining us. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. we will check traffic and weather in a few minutes, but the torture is over for now. >> the giants have a couple of days off before taking on the rangers in game one. today in the bay's bob redell is outside of the ballpark. the torture is over for now. wait a couple of days. it's coming. >> they don't have the days off. they will be working out later today. reportedly arriving into the bay area as well. the giants have been in the third longest championship drought behind the cubs and the indians. the last time the giants won was

in 1954. that's when they were back in new york. they were the new york giants then. they have been as san francisco giants in 1989 when the a's swept the giants. in 02 when the angels beat them in the final game. say you want to see one of the games, wednesday being the first game here at at&t park, you go on the website like stub hub, it will cost you. we will have the prices coming up or go around the corner where two brothers waiting in line right now as we speak are keeping their fingers crossed that maybe something magical will happen when the box office opens later this morning. we will have their story in a little bit. reporting live here outside at&t park, today in the bay. >> i look forward to hearing. they are die-hard fans. >> per 5:46 and the drive is

pleasant as far as travel time goes. you are close to the limit for most of the drive, but watch it. you want to lower that because there slick roadways and probably flooding which has yet to be report and i don't want you to be the first to report that. we have a pleasant drive for most of the approach. a little slowing out of the tunnel. we see that approaching westbound direction approaching highway 13. the freeway is thick around there. watch that as you come over out of orinda and into oakland. a live look from the toll plaza shows you a clear view and under where it says bay bridge, i think you can see headlights out of the tunnel. that's far over to the east. a clear view and i guess the rain tends to do that. >> clearing skies with the exception being this morning out to the siary where we have snow flying around. chain rolls and highway 50 for

the bay area. maybe a stray shower or two, but the rain rain and wind event moved to the east. cool temperatures and highs in the 60s. tomorrow and wednesday look fine. dry conditions through mid-week and more rain will drop in on thursday. game one of the world series, we should be fine. thursday we could see a few rain delays and off and on showers into halloween weekend. showers early on sunday morning. back to you. . >> thanks a lot and new this morning, it is debate over prop 19 sparks up, but this time studentsa the san francisco state university will host a debate on the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana in california. that debate begins at 6:00 this evening on campus. the two teen boys accused of setting fire to trace elementary school in san jose will be in court today where they could enter a plea. the 16-year-old and 17-year-old are being charged as adults.

investigators said they set fire to trace elementary causing more than $10 million in damage. today marks the start of a transformation of oakland hospital that has been in the works for more than 10 years. the summit medical center will break ground on the new 11-story building at 11:00 this morning. that project will include 238 private patient rooms, a new emergency department and a 1,000 space parking garage. sutter health is funding the project expected to be completed in 2014. >> if you were to search for a company having a bad month, the result would be google. >> all kinds of trouble. they are apologizing for the google cars that reported pictures and passwords and e-mails from unsecured wi-fi. an engineer had programmed the cars to do that even though it

was not google's desire. the company last week promised to stop mapping wi-fi spot spots. running into trouble with google tv. this was supposed to be a way to watch programs that you already watch except do it differently. tv networks are not cooperating. nbc included. they lost tv's to online shows this. left the hardware makers like the east bay's loge tech and sony. they bought into the new idea, but there shows to be seen. >> interesting. it's 5:50 and a florida girl made famous by a case of hiccups that lasted several weeks is facing murder charges. the 19-year-old is behind bars after luring a man to a home in st. petersburg. the victim was shot several times after he reportedly struggled with the accused

robbers. all three admitted to their part in the robbery and are facing first-degree murder charges. >> a few hiccups in her story there. as most parents gear up for a long cold and flu season, experts say you may not have to worry about that anymore. researchers at big ham young university are working on a drug that could stop the flu by blocking a specific protein. that could stop the virus from reproducing. >> a pan dellic could sweep around the world quickly if the flu was virulent, meaning it could kill easily and quickly. if it was infectious and spread from person to person quickly. >> the scientists made a major scientific breakthrough and the next step is to find a drug to find all mutations and that could happen in the next decade. the findings will be published in the journal of science. >> now to decision 2010. election is eight days away. how the races and propositions

are shaping up and where to get the information you need to make the informed choices. >> this should be the first stop for your political shopping. this is the website. obviously the giants's contest is decided. this is decision 2010 where you need to go to make your vote matter. we have a complete voter's guide and you can see prop 19 that would legalize recreational pot. we have another tab that we will go back to. the prop zero tab. there it's right under there. prop zero, when you click on that, you will see blogs about prop 22 that prevents the state from taking money from government in bad times. we also have a scroll up here. meg whitman's promise to not raise taxes and also a little bit further down, a young voter tells us what he thinks and his speech to students about higher education. speaking of the governor's race,

brown gets a big lead over meg whitman. 52% of likely voters would vote for brown if the election were today. 39% said whitman is their choice. this is an l.a. times poll released yesterday and shows the lean towards brown in another poll last week. whitman appears to be losing women, latinos and voters who declined to say their party of choice. another goes counter to the up tick in republican support nationwide. a recent political poll shows republicans are getting 47% of likely voters and 42% said they are voting democratic. the interesting thing is 14% more independents say they are going republican this time around. that could have an impact on the race many are watching across the country. barbara boxer is in a tightening race with hp executive carly fiorina. the out come could determine which party is in control and

could find all that you need to ton make your decision right here. again, decision 2010 is one link and prop zero with blogs on all kinds of information that you need to know for election day which is november 2nd. >> approximate are thanks a lot. trucks and buses may have to get better gas mileage. for the first time ever, the government is pushing for fuel efficiency for the vehicles. the plan would be unveiled today. the environmental protection agency and the transportation department want the changes for new vehicles sold between 2014 and 2018. the white house is pushing for tougher fuel economy standards for all vehicles to reduce oil consumption and cut green house gas emissions. this is the first time that mid-size and larger trucks would be involved. the gulf oil disaster hurt bp and the company has sold their stake in four oil and gas fields in the gulf. they are being sold for $650

million. they continue to sell assets and trying to raise cash for the damage caused by the spill. 5:54 and wet roads from the rain. 56 in san jose and 55 in oakland. in san francisco. we had patchy fog and breezy. nowhere near the wind gusts that got close to 50 at times yesterday afternoon. the radar view looks much drier than the last six hours. you have stray showers around the hills. around the east bay hilltops, maybe drizzle. if you are heading out to the sierra, look out for snow falling as low as 6,000 feet. you need your snow cables and change up interstate 80 or highway 50. around myers andville around interstate 80. first real snow falling. down towards yosemite, we will

see snow closer to 6,000 feet. for now, things are starting to let up. see this batch of clouds coming in for the mid-morning. this may kickoff a few more showers. overall a much drier forecast than yesterday. highs will be mainly in the 60s and upper 50s on the coast between now and wednesday. more rain comes in on thursday. game one of the world series looks fine. game two, we will have to keep an eye on the radar. >> it's 5:56. dozens of referees getting a yellow flag for going pink. refs donated to the susan g komen race for the cure. they thought they were doing the right thing, but officials say the refs broke the rules because the pink whistles are not standard issue. >> it sends the wrong message to the kids and they can choose to

break the rules and why can't other people? >> the message they are sending is simple. we are looking for a cure. >> the refs could be barred from officiating and could lose the games. >> that's kind of interesting. 5:57 and movie so big. into the past and back to the future. >> bengie molina is a giant and now a ranger. texas is looking to take advantage. find out how. >> some people have a rough start thanks to a soggy weekend. we will see the problems that hisin isnior m causing tng mors next in a live report.

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