world series storm. what's happening today before tomorrow's big game. it's tuesday, october 26th, today in the bi. good morning. 6:00. >> i'm brent cannon. we want to get to rob with the forecast. it's much more chilly this morning and things are changing. >> upper 30s before sunrise and especially out towards the inland valleys. hour by hour, despite the chilly start, a fantastic finish and should see highs in the mid 60s. before things cool down, no worries about rain, but that will be changing come late tomorrow. we will walk you through the wild changes coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you very much. we want to check in with mike and new details of something going on in richmond? >> a new accident. as you are making the drive from the richmond bridge to the east shore around bayview, there is a report of two cars that got into

an accident. they are perpendicular with the center divide, blocking the fast lane. that may be an issue in the next few minutes before crews get there. the east shore freeway moving smoothly. a 19-minute drive off of the bridge down through berkeley and emeryville. they will see the construction on the north side of the bridge and the tower being assembled as it was yesterday. focus on the road because others might be distracted we are showing you the pictures and more crowds for the world series and bart is adding trains for tomorrow and that's weather-dependent. back to you. >> early voting is under way and a race was left off of the mail in ballots. christie smith is live in martinez with more on the ballot blunder. >> reporter: good morning, brent.

the elections department here was not even aware that there was a problem until a voter phoned in on friday to say that a sanitary district issue that he was watching was not on the ballot that he received. the elections department then spent the weekend investigating and found out he was right. nine precincts were apparently miscoded. these are sample ballots and mail in ballots. the district selects sewage for 465,000 homes and businesses. the elections department then issued an apology and a statement accepting responsibility and promising to review the coding issues that are in the future. new ballots expected to go out today and corrected ballots will be at the polls on election day. this affects more than 2700 voters in alamo, danville, martinez and pleasant hill. the clerk reporter said if you submit a second corrected

ballot, unopened ballot will be held and destroyed. otherwise the first one will be counted. reporting live in martinez, christie smith, today in the bay. >> i murder trial could begin for two teens suspected of killing a san jose boy a year ago. in a hearing, a girlfriend of the suspect said the two talked about wanting to kill. the testimony opened the hearing yesterday in the case against randy thompson and jay williams accused of stabbing michael russell in the back yard of his south san jose home. the girls dated both suspects and would show her videos and photos of animals being tortured. at least six people will testify and a judge will determine if there was enough evidence for trial. >> two people allegedly prevending to be victims of the pg&e explosion face arrest and hefty fines after failing to appear in court.

they did not show up and accused of getting fake ids and said they are trying to get free services for victims. they posted bail last month. taylor may be in custody in san francisco on an unrelated charge. pg&e's extensive evaluations throughout northern california show some 300 manual shut off valves need closer inspection and found at least 38 gas leaks. four are in large high pressure pipes similar to the 1 that ruptured in san bruno. the rest were found in northern california, including more than a dozen in the bay area. pg&e said most can be turned off manually, including the ones located in san bruno neighborhoods. the utility said 300 valves should be replaced or retro fitted. the federal government is trying to crack down on bullying

throughout the country. live outside san jose state with more. >> reporter: good morning. the u.s. department of education is expected to be sending outleters to schools like san jose state. other universities and schools throughout the country to remind them that they have a legal responsibility to prevent bulling on their campuses. if a school turns the other cheek to ethnic, sexual or gender-based harassment and don't try to stop it, the government is warning educators they could be violating federal laws. the department of education said this bullying is a growing problem. having received 800 claims of harassment over the past year, involving students who are muslim or homosexual. last month, tyler clemente was an 18-year-old student at ruetkers and submitted suicide after his roommate secretly videotaped him with another man in his room.

that roommate and another student, a girl, faced criminal charges. the state of new jersey is being called the toughest anti-bullying law in the country. they want to establish a bill of rights that would require training for educators and how to spot and prevent bullying and mandate and investigate any incidents of bullying. the department of education is not just sending outleters to deter this bullying. will hold workshops to help them assist and deal with these types of problems. reporting live in san jose, bob redell, today in the bay. >> thank you, bob. 6:06 right now. a big step forward with their nuclear program. we have a developing story. >> a program that ron said is entirely peaceful. america and israel suspect otherwise. they said engineers have started loading the core of its first nuclear power plant.

the fuel was on site, but this was the first step to start up the nuclear reaction to make electricity. the problem is the byproduct in the reaction could be used in nuclear weapons and america and israel said they will not allow that to happen. meanwhile the australian broadcasting corporation reports the head of afghanistan admits to taking in his words, bags of cash from iran. iran said it has given assistance to afghanistan. karzai said he has been up front about the donations for years, telling then president bush his country was getting iranian cash. >> we are grateful for the iranian help.ñbcq!áeáu$áupáes i same thing, providing dosh some of our offices. if you like to have the details, we will give you that too.

>> critics say both in afghanistan and iraq, the end result has been giving a lot of power over to iran in that area. >> thanks a lot, scott. giants fever building in anticipation of game one in the world series tomorrow. the waiting can be hard, but there things to do to keep you going as the giants get ready to take the field later on. this is media day at at&t park. players and coaches will talk to reporter this is afternoon anda both teams will release the rosters for the world series so we can figure out who is in and who is out. here are the players we definitely know are in. the starting pitchers. the manager said it will go like this. tim lincecum in game one faces cliff lee who has never lost in 10 postseason starts. after that it's matt kaine, jonathan hernandez and madison baumgartner for the giants. >> pretty exciting.

around the corner. can't wait. don't want to think about when the series is over. >> let's focus on during the series we will have a lot of cars in the area. also starting today, before the series we will have a lot of folks heading over into the area of the city. the ballpark with congestion there of course. we will start you south of there. northbound 101 into the city, reports of another disabled vehicle. we had a lot of these over the course of the morning. this one is being pushed out of lanes and should be already in the next few minutes. the peninsula, we have an easy drive. 92, connecting the eastbound reports, two dozen baguettes in the roadway. they are about that big. if they are hard sour doe, be carefu the rest of the peninsula looks good as well into the south bay. things are moving nicely. a little bit of slowing starting here northbound at 101 at the interchange. that means 87 is not far behind

with the slowing around capitol. typical build there. 8 sakt slow and really starting to build in oakland. a live shot shows you what we were talking about, but no major issues for the nimitz and the toll plaza. no metering lights yet. another few minutes for that. >> we will check back for that. >> better bring the jacket and make it the one with the lining because it's cold. >> with the collar. >> you need that this morning. >> of course. >> the winder coat will have to cut it. we dropped down to 38 degrees in napa and even san jose 48. the only spots in the 50s right now near the water. the water will prevent you from getting chilly, but the inland valleys are feeling more like winter. not much wind around the bay and no rain to worry about unless you are north of ukiah. not much in terms of clouds, but midwest is getting slammed. we are watching chicago o'hare airport seeing a ground stop for all flights trying to head towards the midwest.

eventually cleveland and cincinnati as this line of thunderstorms races across the mid-section of the country. if you have flights towards the midwest, call ahead with the airline. a cold start followed by a decent finish. no worries about showers here today or most of tomorrow. it's thursday. plan on packing the umbrella as you head outdoors. more rain thursday afternoon. back to you. >> good to know. it's 6:11 right now. college students like it, but the fda is taking a look at one drink. why it could be trouble. >> what's worse? losing in sports or a devastating natural disaster? see a stunning comparison that is raising eyebrows across the bay area. >> a week before the polls, who do you believe in the campaign ads? we will have a fact checker next. >> a live look outside this morning, i think that's the clock. if we can only get a close are

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>> it's a little cold as you head out this morning. these are expected highs. santa clara 66 and pleasant hill 67. pleasant is a balmy 68. new this morning, 23 people are dead and another 168 are missing after a major earthquake in indonesia. it was a 7.5 that hit a few hours ago in a village of about

200 people. it did trigger a 10-foot tsunami and only 40 people have been found so far. local police are looking for more missing people and setting up emergency posts. >> pat the dig story is the democrat telling president obama to shove it. the president is back in washington back from the campaign stop in rhode island. while he was there he did not endorse the democrat running for governor running against an independent that supported the president in 2008. >> he can take the endorsement and shove it. >> we are just in the 1st quarter. we have a whole dpam to play. >> the president is urging democrats to look beyond the election and last minute campaign pushes are happening around the country and campaign ads play a huge role. chris sanchez will look at the ads we have all been watching. >> my make box is stuffed full

of literature and we see lots of ads. a political writer for the chronicle did fact checking for the paper and thank you for joining us today. we know you are busy. you were at the official obama effect and you are going to the boxer event this morning. we are thankful to have you. let's talk about the first prop 19 ad we will see on tv. >> the war against marijuana has failed. i know from 35 years in law enforcement -- >> he said i support it and law enforcement supports it. it's powerful here because he is a former san jose police chief. is it factual? >> it is factual to an extent. he is well respected in the bay area, but law enforcement is behind it. retired law enforce. on duty cops you want to stay away. a lot of what ifs if that should happen.

>> let's talk about another ad. it's against barbara docks boxer for killing water and jobs in the state. >> barbara boxer is famous for protecting -- >> now this one has a claim that's not necessarily true, but you find it interesting for a different reason. that's because if the chamber of commerce ad, they don't have to disclose. >> you don't know where the money is coming from. the thing about that, if you are a voter, you not only want to evaluate the ad, but who is funding this and their interest? what did they get out of this? a new law allows corporations and anyone to fund unlimited amounts of these ads and they don't have to lift their donors. >> in fairness, we will look at a carly fiorina ad for senate. >> as the ceo of hp, carly fiorina laid off 30,000 workers. >> true or not? she said in her word that is it

happened. >> it is true and probably boxer's most powerful argument. here we are in a time when 12% of the state is unemployed and carly fiorina, ceo of ph lays off 30,000 workers. it is accurate, yes. >> two of the more powerful ads we have seen and that's the one against meg whitman that puts her right next to schwarzenegger and her counter to that. let's watch those. >> i don't oh, anyone anything. >> i don't oh, anything anything. >> jobs, jobs and jobs. >> up know many of you see this as an unhappy choice between a long time politician with no plan for the future. >> i wouldn't say that's how i got my husband to marry me. i'm not as bad as the other gal. >> i'm a billionaire who had no experience. that's not what voters can identify with in this economy. all these people unemployed.

that was the second. the first ad where it's a brown ad with the governor and whitman saying virtually the same things is they have virtually the same advisers. they have pretty much worked off the same playbook. the same speeches. their policies are very similar except on the environment where the governor is more moderate or a lot more than meg whitman. >> he said that's what his legacy. you can find his political musings and articles at sf gate.com and find all of your political information on nbcbayarea.com. we have a prop zero tab and a tab for decision 2010 with a complete voter's guide as well. >> schools, city leaders and health care are trying to figure out what to do about a new drink sweeping across campuses, causing dozens of young people to be hospitalized. it's called four loco, an energy

drink with high levels of alcohol. sometimes as much as 12% alcohol. that's the equivalent of 5 to six cans of beer in one drink. it has five cups of coffee in one drink. it was involved in the illness of several college students at a party in washington state. doctors say that it works fast or women which may explain why so many of them got sick. >> is it absorbed more quickly than red bull because it's more carbonated. >> the washington state attorney general is asking the food and drug administration to pull it off the shelves. some universities have started to education trying to teach students about how dangerous these energy drinks that also contain alcohol can be. >> interesting. >> it is 6:20 right now and time to check the morning commute. see how things are rolling out there. do we have metering lights? >> we are on the cusp of the

time and a lot folks hitting the roadway. off the bridge heading over from san rafael. get off the bridge and there was an accident as you approach the merge with the east shore freeway. updated location, it's a little bit further back to the west and there is glass reported across all lanes of the two-car accident where they are perpendicular with the center divide. two lanes are reported blocked. this is counter commute right now at this point in time. things are moving nicely and still 18 minutes for the east shore freeway. off of the bridge down through berkeley and emeryville, no metering lights just idea, but we have the construction that will be a distraction on the north of the bridge. out of the city is off to the left. we will look at the flow with no major issues. the upper deck shot with the metering lights turned on any

minute. back to you. >> look forward to it. >> phillies fans taking the loss pretty hard. one rider may have gone too far in comparing the loss to a natural disaster in the bay area. kind stunning what he said. >> i have it here. comparing the phillies loss to the giants to the 1906 earthquake in san francisco. that's right. comparing a baseball game to life and death. more than 3,000 people. john gonzalez of the philadelphia inquirer has written in april of 1906, a powerful earthquake devastated the bay area, reducing much of san francisco to rubble. the fires that broke out as a result might have been even more devastating. okay, that's certainly true, but then he writes more than a century later, the phillies and their fans are experiencing their own unexpected disaster. the plans for a third straight trip to the world series along

with the hope of hosting another broad street parade abruptly went up in flame saturday night. >> he is trying too hard. >> we didn't really like the folks in philadelphia to begin with. now not even so much. >> kind of irrelevant. >> they didn't deserve our time. >> the people from dallas seem nice. >> we had the lady from dallas yesterday and she was the nicest in the world. in a polite way. >> take your 10-gallon hats and -- >> we have sad news. remember paul the world cup-predicting octopus in germany that predicted the out come of each germany match and the title match this summer? this morning aquarium workers found him dead. he was just 2 1/2 years old. the workers say it's not unusual for an octopus to live such a short life. rest in peace, paul.

>> a warning for giants fans. find out what you need to watch out for if you buy world series or try to buy tickets to the games. >> lucille like the rest of us wonder figure we will see rain for the world series. rob will tell us coming up. we are trying to get to know the giants better this morning. remember pitcher matt kaine, number 18 known as big daddy to some of his teammates. he is a starter for the giants and considered a work kaine threw e. kaine threw four complete games in the regular season.

state budget cuts are crippling my classroom, so i can't believe the sacramento politicians cut a backroom deal that will give our state's wealthiest corporations a new billion dollar tax give-away, a new handout that can only mean larger class sizes and even more teacher layoffs. but passing prop 24 can change all that. prop 24 repeals the unfair corporate give-away and puts our priorities first. vote yes on prop 24, because it's time to give our schools a break, not the big corporations. welcome back as we talk about the delays and we just checked at sfo. flight arriving and departing has been canceled due to severe weather in the midwest. the best advice is call ahead if you have flights arriving in chicago. severe weather off to the east

this morning. around the bay area, the only thing severe is how cold it is. 30s and 40s this morning and not much in the bay of wind. maybe showers to the north, but today will be a dry day despite the chilly start to the morning. a nice afternoon. mid- to upper 60s and we will be watching inclosing clouds. no rain for game one, but game two, lucille is not going to be happy. we may see showers. >> outfits get all soggy. >> pitching will be tough. be on the look out for fake world series ticks. what to look out for. >> madonna into the fitness business and an east bay company is helping her do it. see the new business venture coming up. >> the federal government could crack down on bullying soon. how it will hold schools responsible. >> a live shot outside this morning. at&t park. cannot wait. it seems like so far away, but

not that far. we will check the giants and world series info coming up. ♪

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a warning from the federal government, i'm bob redell and i will you what this is about. >> ticket scammers looking to take advantage of giants fans. what you need to watch out for coming up. it's october 26th today in the bay. . good morning and thanks for joining us. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. is rain coming along with the world series? >> at least for game one we will be okay, but you want to bundle up. it is a chilly start and a chilly day. even if the sunshine at best upper 60s inland and low 60 no,

sir san francisco and around oakland, 67 in the afternoon and at least for san jose. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> checking the morning commute with mike inouye. >> the update is the metering lights are on. after the last report, the back up to the end of the parking lot and the slowing off of the berkeley curve. 19 minutes and registering for the drive, but off of the richmond bridge, we still have the accident eastbound at 580. both directions approaching the scene of the accident with slowing. glass on the eastbound side across the roadway, but the cars were reported at the center divide and perpendicular to the road causing a distraction off of the east shore and over towards the bridge. we have the slowing spreading out. here's a 22-minute drive out of the pass for westbound 580 and starting to see slow downs in sunol, not quite so bad as yesterday at the same time. we will look for this to start slowing at the start for the

express lane in the next 15 to 20 minutes. a little bit of a break. back to you. >> your child's school is probably getting a stern warning from the federal government. today in the bay is live in san jose this morning with a look at the big steps being taken to halt bullying. >> this is a massive anti-bullying effort. let me throw a number up for you. the number 800 is how many complaints of bullying that the department said they have received over the past year. muslims because of 9/11 and homosexuals bearing the brunt of the incidents. today the department is sending outleters to universities and public schools throughout the country reminding the educators that you are responsible to be a waiver bullying or you could be in violation of laws. we will tell you coming up what the state is doing to combat

bullying. we bring that up because it's possible that that was spread throughout the country. other legislators and other states or possibly in the federal level. reporting live here in san jose, today in the bay. >> the new changes include that. >> 6:33 right now and today is a day neighbors in a rocket of inn corporated areas are dreading. they are expected to begin the annexation process for the came bria neighborhood. protesters are expected to turn out. the city council must have eight votes to overturn the process and continue with annexation. ? would rather be annexed into the city of campbell. the leaders have agreed to take over that area. madonna wants to pump you up and she is teaming up with an east bay company to do it. she is launching a chain of fitness clubs around the world along with lafayette-based new evolution ventures.

it's the same company behind 24-hour fitness gyms. the first will open in mexico city and from there in south america, europe, and asia. no gyms are planned for the u.s. right now. inspired by madonna's vision and high standards of what an ideal gym should be, they will be called hard candy after madonna's last album. giants fever can cause people to do silly things and we hope one is not to buy or sell a phony ticket. stub hub are warning fans to beware of buying paper ticks on the street. >> maybe somebody decided to print out the same paper over and over again. only the first person gets in. everybody else is left out in the cold. >> some fans are willing to do just about anything to get a real ticket. we found one guy on craigslist who is willing to give up his i pad in exchange for a world

series ticket. >> still tickets available if you check stub hub much we checked the site for the latest prices and found standing room only tickets. if you want reserve, be prepare to pay about $575. lower box tickets are about $1080. >> checking the faxes with mike inouye. >> reports of debris. the metering lights just south through the area. that's what's going on. all of the cars backing up and because the metering lights are on, 20 minutes for the bridge down through the berkeley curve. we have a slow downright from university over towards emeryville. reports of debris close to the bridge and i will give you a look at that. right now a live look at the bay bridge with a nice easy flow. because the lights are on, that kept the upper deck moving smoothly. the back up past the 880

overcrossing, a typical build. back to you. >> thanks a lot. >> 6:35 and new problems with the east bay. what you need to know about that. >> you can see taylor swift performing songs from her new album soon. find out how soon, next. >> holiday sales used to be the measuring stick for the economy, but experts are watching something else. we have that story in a live report from washington. >> tracking some very chilly temperature this is morning. 30s around the bay area and more rain on the way soon. how it will impact the world series on today in the bay.

>> welcome back. it's 6:39 and we have a chilly start. 38 right now in napa. 45 in livermore and 48 in san jose. no rain today, but wednesday with areas north in sonoma county may see showers and most of wednesday is looking dry. the rain staying way off to the north. as the rain moves to the south and parallels the coast, this will spill showers. the timing looks to be around midday and stay tuned. we will be watching that for you. that will be holding off and doesn't look like the case. you can see despite the chilly

start, a nice afternoon. mid- to upper 60s and 50s on the coast. another chilly start to tomorrow, but the rain coming back on thursday. another round of rain friday night into saturday as things clear out by sunday. back to you. >> wake up the kids so they don't miss taylor swift on the today show. she is of the most popular performers in music today. she will perform a few songs and insiders say the new album is like a musical diary of her life. >> she has values and she is sort of boy crazy, but she relates that in a thoughtful way that is personal and that's i think what her fans respond to. >> the first single from swift's new album is called mine. it sold over a million downloads. she will sing that and a lot more. >> the holidays are coming and could bring good news for the economy. find out why in a live report.

>> getting to know the giants. if you want a hometown cheer, the bat started out in the san leandro valley high school player before transferring to san jose. he plays left field and a little known fact about pat, he played two sports in high school. baseball and football. on the football field he competed against tom brady. >> here's a live look outside. a beautiful palm tree and such a great-looking park. you get to highlight it for the rest of the nation as we take on something from texas in the world series. 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"

welcome back. time is 6:43 and a live look outside this morning. through the temperatures you can see the southside of at&t ballpark. another cold one to start the day. who is taking over the control room this morning? look there. it's lucille! we are in good hands. here's a scare thought for you. 60 days until shopping days until christmas. did you hear that? that means stores should stock up on the hottest gift ideas and on the help to make sure you can find the items. tracy pots is live in washington with a look at the holiday hiring forecast. good morning. >> they like customers like you. if you want to shop, it creates jobs. that's really a big focus this year because there so many people unemployed. you have double-digit

unemployment, but good news. moody's economy.com said the job outlook for retail in the bay area is going to go up by about 7/10 of 1%. it may not sound like a lot, but it's hundreds more jobs for people who need them. they lot of them are starting this holiday season. toys 'r us are hiring 45,000 people and macy's 65,000 and kohl's 40,000. the list goes on and on. 2/3 say they will be hiring more people this holiday season than they did last year. >> they used to like me, but not now. they see me. the strollers. exactly. good news for the economy and workers looking for jobs. >> it is and folks trying to get around the bay area. traffic not looking too badly. slowing in the east bay though. >> things are slowing because of the volume building. looking good like you said for a

tuesday. we have more slowing showing up here. south of san leandro into hayward. because of the folks heading over to the bridge, reports that on that connector from southbound 880 into hayward, you have a disabled pickup truck on the shoulder. it was in lanes causing slow downs, but watch for that if that is your connection. if you are heading off of 880, we will have a live look with the taililates and a nice easy drive, holding up nicely across the high-rise that is visible today. peninsula not showing any more slowing. building along the east to the palo alto area. keep that in mind starting to build back over on the east bay, we talked about 880 north of the san mateo bridge past the coliseum. building up the volume and seeing the gentle slowing because of the volume of traffic. no incidents. what is a big deal is sunol.

i showed you about 20 minutes ago, there was no major slowing. as you come down out of pleasanton, jamming up around the entrance and a very, very clear view there. >> clear view. the clear dry air letting the temperatures drop off. 30s and 40s outside as the nights get longer and you get the cool dry air. like sleeping without a blanket. the low clouds are gone. we are in the 30s and 40s except near the water. the air is more moist and retains heat better. i want to take you back out to the midwest. checking in with san jose airport, arriving and departing flight. also being canceled out of chicago, if this intense line of thundershowers winds at 40 miles per hour racing through the midwest and call ahead for the airlines this morning. the departing flights may have aircraft that originates before you head out of the bay area. no worries about rain today, but as we go through the nextáv!♪ e of days, we start to see changes

late tomorrow in the north bay. most of the bay area will be dry. same temperatures as today. thursday things start to change up as we see the showers approaching the coast and we will see temperatures cooling off as you approach the weekend. today despite the chilly start, a nice day with the mid- to upper 60s and low 60s around san francisco and oakland and the north bay. the forecast for game one, world series looks fine. just çóclouds. thursday plan on a few showers and friday into saturday, off and on rain and we clear out in time for trick or treat on sunday evening. >> perfect typing. a ballot blunder means election workers and voters are scram belg. one race was left off of mail in ballots and the problem is some voters have turned their ballots back in. we have what went wrong and what they are trying to do about it. christ he? >> good morning to you. the elections department said it was there mistake and they issued an apology and new

ballots are expected to go out in the mail today. it was actually a voter who first noticed it. he called in to complain on friday that a contest involving the central contra costa sanitary district was not on the ballot. they are sample and vote by mail ballots. the department looked into it and found that nine presinkts were miscode and promise to review the coding procedures in the future. the correct ballots will be at the polls on election day in addition going out today. more than 2700 voters will likely have the bad ballot in places like alamo, danville and pleasant hill. the department said if you submit a second correct ballot, the unopened ballots will be held and destroyed, otherwise the first one will be counted. reporting live in martinez, christie smith today in the bay. >> thanks for the update. >> today supervisors will look at expanding the influence beyond the bay area when it

comes to lighting up. they are considering a resolution urging the food and drug administration to ban menthol flavoring in cigarettes. the fda banned other candy flavors because they are considered starter products for teens. they say menthol is a candy flavor. supervisors meet to talk about the proposal at a meeting in martinez. >> your retirement may not be in the bank after all. a report reveals a county pension fund may run dry in 15 years. that would leave the county and taxpayers responsible for $795 million in annual payments. the two professor who is authored that study say as the county tries to maintain the pensions, the retirement system will be forced to sell off assets, leaving the investment portfolio dry by 2025. the professors examined 77 pension plans in 50 major states. >> the suicide of a homosexual college student is turning the

spotlight towards bullying on campuses and classrooms. this morning that light is now shining on your kid's school as well. bob redell is live in san jose this morning with more on the story that matters to so many. >> reporter: good morning. today the u.s. department of education is sending outleters to schools and university campuses reminding them they have a legal responsibility to try to prevent bullying on their campus. if a school turns the other cheek to gender-based and harassment. if they are aware of what's going on and don't try to stop it, they warn that they too could be violating federal anti-discrimination laws. the department of education said it's a agreeing problem, having received 800 complaints over the past year, involving student who is are muslim because of 9/11 or who are homosexual.

tyler elementy was an 18-year-old student at ruetkers university and committed suicide after as roommate videotaped him with another man in his room. roommate and another student, a girl, face criminal charges. the state of new jersey is considering what is being called the toughest anti-bullying law in the country. legislators want to establish anti-bullying bill of rights that among other things require training for educators on how to spot and prevent bullying and mandate and investigate any incidences of bullying in the state of new jersey. federally the department is not just sending outleters to deter this type of thing from happening, but it will hold workshops for schools and beginning of next year to help them to assist them dealing with this type of problem. live here in san jose, bob redell today in the bay. >> thank you, bob. . >> are good morning. talk overnight that apple could

buy sony. sony shares were up bigot nikkei and apple is down, but so too is the entire market. nasdaq down 15. after we got the case schiller report on home prices. home prices in the san francisco bay area falling from last month. that's the bad news. laura, the good news is they are up about 7% over last year. last year was a huge dip. we are well below where we were at the top of the bubble and prices down about 7/10 of 1% from last month. >> it's 6:53 and a former australian prime minister follows in the food steps of president bush by dodging thrown shoes. someone threw two shoes. the shoes started flying after he supported the invasion of

iraq based on intelligence in 2003. he laughed it off and shrugged off the incident. george w. bush had to move fast when an iraqi journalist threw two shoes at him in 2008. that man ended up serving nine months in prison for throwing the shoes. >> for some fans, the giants are more than a baseball team. in fact one san francisco man said the team is actually keeping him out of trouble. the 22-year-old spent years hanging out outside of the ballpark collecting autographs to try to talk to players. he said they got to meet the manager when he was still with the san diego padres. that's what he started giving him advice. he was always told to go to school and study and make an academic goal. he said he listened to that advice. >> bruce, you put a lot in my head when i was younger and got

me through school. i'm not at the ballpark as much like i used to because i'm in school. >> here attends city college and hoping to be a broadcast journalist and said graduateing for college will be almost as exciting as the giants winning the world series. good luck to him and hope he goes with that. one of the people available for media day. a all this talk to reporters and both teams announce the rosters for the series. tomorrow the real fun begins. game one starts before 5:00 in the evening. >> on the way for the world series. louisville slugger bats with each with the world series logo on it. if you watch the game, dha go through a lot of them. between the best designs and how hard pitchers throw, the bats seem to break a lot. they will swing these things tomorrow night.

>> get your name on them and everything. the final game against the fills. one got a broken bat sailing off like a spear. >> better be careful. metering lights are on. >> that's a known issue here, but it's causing a back up going past west grand avenue. 22 minutes and another issue for that portion of the east bay is what is now a sigalert as you come off of the richmond center bridge. you have slowing coming towards karlson. lane is blocked causing a slow down off of the east shore and over towards san rafael. slow past the race track over towards the bridge. we are following that sigalert as it continues. >> we're want to go to rob. if you haven't noticed, it's cold to start the day. we are watching the rain too. >> it's the cold with 30s and 40s out right now.

tomorrow evening increasing clouds. any showers for wednesday should be north of sonoma county. game one will be chilly. it's game two we will be watching because you can see that will be the next opportunity for showers midday thursday with and clearing out for halloween. >> that are got rained out and they would stay here. you have to wait and get a shot to play the game. >> maybe halloween. >> orange and black holiday. >> thanks so much for joining us this morning. the "today" show is coming up next. >> a local news update in a half hour. have a great day and talk to you later. #5ee:ñr