y sarah palin. carly fiorina. just too extreme for california. [ boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. the giants on the way to making history. what's ahead in game two at at&t park. plus, what texas ranger fans are saying about our bay area. a nasty pest that's a problem in east coast hotels is becoming a problem right here in the east bay. i'm christie smith and we will tell you what it is plus a meeting to deal with it. that story straight ahead on today in the east bay.

>> good morning. it's 4:30 october 28th. we do have rain in the forecast. rob is here with the latest models where it will fall and how it will affect the game. >> as we head through the afternoon, the rain moves from north to south thanks to the cloud cover. we are a lot warmer. nothing but mainly 50s across the board and you can see the reason why. the rain already starting around sonoma and moving down into marin late or this morning. mainly in the north bay to start. as we go through the day, we will see the rain on the approach to san francisco and oakland as we head through late or this evening. the forecast around the east bay, livermore and fremont and dublin, you will be dry throughout the day and dry into the evening, but the temperatures are starting to cool down as we are going to run into rain as we head to napa for this afternoon. north bay seeing the rain, some of it heavy at times. we will talk you through the timing and the inning by inning

forecast on tonight's game. >> let's go over to mike inouye with trouble in hayward. >> police activity that closed 880 and 92. the southbound side, the connector on towards the bridge is reopened. nothing to see. move along as you have all activity cleared up. a minor pursuit and no injuries. it should be cleared in the next few minutes. taking you over the water from the east bay. the bridge moves shootingly and a clear view across the water. if you are heading across the water, bart is a great option as well. no delays on the system and if you are heading to the game, that will help you avoid the crowds or some of crowds at least. we have longer trains running because of the trains. the bay bridge with the upper deck. back to you. >> let's get ready for game two of the world series. giants fever continues to sweep the bay area. it's contagious. even oakland a's fans are catching this.

today's game starts once again at 4:57. the starting pitcher will be matt and for the rangers it's c.j. wilson. wilson said he knows the giants have a heavily right-handed lineup and will focus on mixing up the pitches well. in game one, the fifth inning will go down as one of the great moments in bay area baseball. the giants scored six runs in the fifth, including a three-run homer by juan uribe. they cruise to an 11-7 victory. giants fans showing their prideb female fans in particular spending a lot of money. we hear the guys who run the dugout store, the giants dugout store restocked the women's section first. they are searching for style and many say it's hard to find flattering team sports wear. when they do, it feels good. >> for would be nice if there were a few more things and things are not really fitted towards the women.

what can you do? >> it makes me feel like it shows my curves more. >> boyfriends and husbands say if there were more options for ladies, they would buy them. as for the women, they say they look great in jerseys and looking best is the second priority. victory is the first. the sale of giants gear was not the only thing smoking at at&t park. watch when a reporter from dallas takes in everything at the park. >> right over there there people smoking weed because it's coming this way. people are nice here. we are not in new york. nobody is going to spit on us or tell us we are bad people. we are san francisco. people are smoking weed over there. they don't care. they want to see the team win, but they are buzzed out. >> at least he called ugs nice. with all the buzz in and around the world series, san francisco's green image has gone a bit far. to capitalize, businesses like the relief herbal center medical

dispensary pushing the fight to legalize marijuana in a unique way. >> our giant are in the world series and every home run they hit, we were honoring everyone in house at that time a free joint. >> her name really is stony. juan uribe's homer meant joints all-around. to clarify, only people with medical marijuana cards inside the dispensary are allowed to get free marijuana. it is still illegal to handout drugs in public, even in california. stay with us for continuing coverage of the entire world series. you can find the latest updates on nbcbayarea.com. out of the hospital and back on the campaign trail, carly fiorina is resting at her home. she had an infection due to reconstructively surgery for breast cancer. she was diagnosed with cancer

last year and said she remains cancer-free. >> are new this morning, a major milestone in security at the port of oakland. they are celebrating success of their new security system for trucks. 5,000 trucks enrolled in the program as well as what's brought inside. the port of oakland is the fifth busiest container port in america. and the two big bay area lawmakers will draw attention to clean energy job training programs this morning. senator barbara boxer and george miller will visit contra costa college and go to the jobs training program preparing students to build the next generation of fuel-efficient cars. they will be at the college this morning. bed bugs becoming more and more common and can be in the best homes and hotels. new york city had a tremendous problem with them.

now they are investing an east bay city. christie smith is live with what's being done to get rid of the pests. >> reporter: good morning, scott. it's a problem when your own county created a bed bug task force. that's what's happening in contra costa county. the health department received a number of reports and complaints about infestations in apartments along the monument corridor. speakers from that task force will be educating neighbors on how to detect and manage bed bugs. bed bugs are small insects that feed on human blood and the bites get swollen and itchy. they are trying to get a better sense of how widespread this issue is here in the east bay. several groups are involved tonight to get that information out to you. if you want to learn more, it's tonight. 6:30 p.m. in the multipurpose

room at meadow homes elementary school on detroit avenue. kild care and spanish language interpretation will be provided. live in oakland, christie smith, today in the east bay. getting you started, southbound 880 and reports of a minor accident involving one car. the car itself is over on the shoulder. missing a tire just on the rim. the tire is approaching mallory. watch for the debris and potential between up and a crew should help that person out shortly. we will let you know if there any delays. the commute out of the pass and an easy drive right now, 13 minutes as you expect. it doesn't start here until about 5:30.

that's when we see those indicators change and over towards the maze, a nice easy drive through the interchange. 580 shows a nice drive. 13 at northbound. the freeway shows slowing towards 24. that should sort out over the next 15 to 20 minutes. we will let you know. no problems towards the pay bridge and that will have an odd flow because of the giants game this evening. yesterday the city got crowded around 2:00 or 2:30. packed along the embarcadero. back to you. >> now will you tell us it's going to rain for the game? i waited nine minutes. >> we will wake you through the game time forecast. it looks like as we go through the game, chances of showers will be on the increase unlike yesterday. thanks to the clouds spilling in, we look at temperatures mostly in the 50s. not too windy except for in fairfield, an offshore wind. the system offshore kind of

slamming on the brakes. the low pressure off to the west and it is basically stopped moving to the east. in theory that should be good because it keeps most of the rain off in the north bay. we suspect after sundown, the rain line will approach the coast. futurecast picking it up around the start of the game. most of the rain off to the east. as we head through the fifth and sixth inning, we see the rain line into tonight and tomorrow. scattered showers and cooler temperatures. game time forecast calls for increasing clouds and scattered showers. plan accordingly as we go through the game. the chances of rain drops will be on the increase through the end of the game. temperatures around the bay area and the east bay. mild across the south bay and obviously out towards the trivalley where the day could be dry. towards solano county and the northern end by this evening, we could see a few showers. the seven-day forecast, let's hope the game gets in because we have showers in the forecast friday into saturday. halloween we should dry out to

wrap up the weekend. back to you. >> can i put you on the spot and ask you -- i will talk about what's coming up. another huge car recall to tell you about. we will see if your car is involved and halloween is coming up and we will look at your favorite tv shows. it's 4:41 and we will look at the live picture and the home of the winning golden state warriors. we believe keeping kids healthy can start with healthy hands. with the lysol no-touch hand soap system healthy hands can be automatic. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. after another. and another. just a dishonest politician, trying to hide his record of failure. the real brown plan? more spending on out-of-control state pensions.

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i was supposed to retire there. carly fiorina changed all that. [ cheri ] fiorina laid off 30,000 people. and she shipped our jobs to china. and india. i had to pack my bags and i was out the door that night. we even had to train our replacements. she didn't need 5 corporate jets. [ farrell ] one hundred million for herself. fiorina never cared about our jobs. not then and not now. [ boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. good thing the expertise of spray n' wash is in our new resolve in wash stain remover. just add to the wash. the stainseekers will find, penetrate and lift away the toughest stains.

trust resolve. forget stains. >> welcome back. it's 4:43 and rain is ahead. we will check back in with rob and find out about the game. wishing on a star, berkeley's most famous restaurant has been stripped of the michelin rating. they released the full entree of hot eateries in the bay area and left off the list, losing the only michelin star. it's most famous for its founder and they held this coveted star since 2006 when they launched the michelin guide to the san francisco bay area and wine country edition. east bay kids will have fists full of candy by the end of the day. trick or greek halloween event runs from 4:30 to 5:30. campus fraternities and

sororities will open their doors for trick or treating and games like pumpkin bowling. trick or greek will be at 25 houses on and around channing circle in berkeley. got a great idea for a business and want help bringing it to life? a new seminar will help people do just that. the five-week seminar will offer speaker, discussions and lectures for people working to become entrepreneurs. the private industry council is sponsoring it. it will happen once a week to december 14th. no more than 30 people will be accepted. the phone number there and e-mail as well. >> are southbound through newark as well, this huge east bay thoroughfare. we thought we had debris and that proved not to be the case. i read the report wrong.

the person was not driving on the rim. they had no rim on the car. i'm not sure how you drive at all. southbound 880 and we have a carrot side of the road with damage and a miss rim. moves smoothly through oakland. a clear commute so far through the east bay. >> we are watching oakland and the east bay. we will show you the temperatures we are seeing. 56 degrees and more mild this morning as we have clouds spilling over the bay area and the wind in concord and livermore, 48 degrees and may see low 40s, but not as cold as yesterday. patchy frost and a lot of moisture aiming in mainly to the north of the bay area. this system bringing in showers across the north bay and for areas north between now and friday, we may see as much as five inches of rain, but probably less than a half inch south of san francisco. let's try to walk you through

the timing towards the evening. most of the showers should be north of san francisco around 5:00. at least marin county northward. through the evening, lift and moisture increases and we will see a chance of rain starting to move further south into the afternoon reaching the south bay by this time tomorrow morning. around the east bay and beyond, areas to the south may see low 70s. watching the showers later this evening. north bay rain today and 65 in fairfield. more rain to kick things off. wrapping up the weekend, halloween time things will be drying out. >> that's good news. >> new this morning, we have weekly jobless claims. more on that and other news, bets go to courtney reagan. >> futures are higher, but only slightly. stocks did at least end off the lows of the day, but we have concerns about whether the fed's plans to buy bonds to drive down

interest rates and encourage lending would be smaller than hoped. in mixed economic earnings and news, that dragged down the market. asia was mix and asia a touch higher. we will get data and weekly members that comes out at 8:30 a.m. eastern time and more earnings ahead as earnings season marching on. 43 points on wednesday which means we will start trading today and the nasdaq edged up five points to 2503. attention shoppers. black friday begins now. start of the season asç they t to capture the bargain-conscious consumers. they are rolling outdoor buster specials friday and saturday. amazon will put blu-ray players on sale friday and toys 'r us is putting everything in the 80-page christmas book on sale this sunday. forget the costumes. go shopping for christmas.

back to you. >> a big merry christmas to everyone. new this morning, nissan announced the third largest recall ever. some two million vehicles mostly in the u.s. and japan that affects the cube and a dozen other models between july of 2003 and 2006. it wants to fix a relax that could cause the engine to stall or not restart. no accidents have been report skptd recall is a precautionary measure. americans may be thinking twice about buying beefment a tight supply of cattle may keep beef prices high over the next couple of years. ranchers reduced supplies in response to higher prices to corn and soy beans that feed the cattle. they expect more americans will turn to chicken and turkey. in politics it gets personal with days to go. candidates are trying to connect with voters as more predict a

republican blowout. tracie potts reports on what democrats are doing to minimize damage. >> jobs are coming back to california in six days. >> analysts predict big losses for incumbents. >> unless something strange happens, their time in congress will be ending. >> a blow out against democrats. >> this was an unearned win. you are beneficiaries, not victors. >> the republicans could win 60 seats in the house. the "new york times" reports women, catholics and independents all who voted for obama are going republican this time. >> please join me in welcoming the president of the united states, barack obama. on last night's daily show, the president begged for support for democrat who is bit the bullet. >> a bunch of folk who is during the course of this year took tough votes that they knew were bad politics because they thought they were the right thing to do. >> what about wrong things?

>> i committed serious sins. >> candidates promised to change the tone. >> i am going positive for the rest of the campaign. >> barbara boxer winning in the polls, but barely struck out against special interest. >> the other side has the special interest who down the have the courage to say who they are. i you have and the people of california. >> let's take a look at what's coming up later and we say good morning to laura garcia cannon. the warriors won. >> that are game. sorry. go, warriors. i was pretty focused on the giants. it was a great game and a lot of fun. we will have the highlights as well as elections five days to go before decision 2010. there was a new poll that shows the race for governor may not end up as close as we started. how smart is the bay area? we have grades that add to the

fuel to the fight on which coast can boast the most. >> tracie potts had a little bit of it in her story, the president's historic conversation with jon stewart. we will show you later today in the bay. >> thank you much. a new study said most preschoolers are watching too much television. the american academy of pediatrics suggests parents limit screen time to two hours a day, but a study found 66% watched far more. on average, children were exposed to four hours of screen time each weekday, mostly at home. maybe there is such a thing as love at first sight. a study found falling in love takes less than one second. couples newly in love had high levels of a nerve growth factor which plays a large role in the love at first sight phenomenon. researchers found intense love activates 12 areas of the brain,

flooding you with euphoria-like chemicals similar to cocaine. you may have heard about the new bed bug problem in new york city. they are having a bed bug problem in the east bay. christie smith shows us where the creepy crawlers are festering. >> good morning. the health department in contra costa is getting more and more calls, reports about possible bed bug infestations in several apartment buildings along the monument corridor in concord t. has been such a concern that the county created a bed bug task force. several health and environmental groups will be trying to educate neighbors about this tonight. they will be talking about tenant rights and landlord responsibility and trying to get a clear picture of how widespread this bed bug problem really is and how to prevent the spread. bed bugs are small insects that feed on human blood and the bites cause itchy swollen bumps

similar to mosquito bites. if you want more information, the meet suggest tonight in the multipurpose room at meadow homes elementary at 1371 detroit avenue in concord. they are saying that child care and spanish language interpretation will be provided. in oakland, christie smith, today in the east bay. let's show you the temperatures we are waking up to. waking up to mid 50s in oakland and hayward. 48 degrees and overall things are more mild as clouds are coming up out of the south and rain is flying at least across the north bay. the system is slowing down some. not going to move a lot during the day today. hanging out around the north bay. the northern sonoma county where the rain is right now. all eyes on san francisco later on this evening. right now the trend with the models is to hold off on the

heavy rain until after the game started. with any luck if the trend continues, maybe the showers will hold off and we get in most of the game. by tend to into tomorrow, the odds are the showers will be on the increase as the system slowly moves towards the coast. temperatures yawn the east bay, 70 oz the southern end of the trivalley. mild air out of the south and cooler further north. we will see rain drops flying in the seven-day forecast. the kickoff to wrap things up, halloween looks dry. back to you. >> halloween is days away. thursday comedy lineup starts with halloween special featuring the shrek movie series. nbc's 3com dee regulars have a halloween theme. we have a preview. >> there is some kind of infection at the party that makes people act weird and bite each other. >> that are means halloween is just another day. some rancid meat turns students

into the walking dead and they take over the community college. >> that's totally realistic and happened before in a number of different community colleges. it's almost like a documentary. >> like deja vu for a cast member. >> we combined a zombie horror move we a ha halloween party that resembles my childhood. >> 57, 58. >> they are also in the halloween spirit on the office. a costume contest with money at stake. >> people go all out. they lead boring lives and this is a moment where they get to spice it up a little. >> yeah, and they do. >> halloween is a novelty on outsource. >> you give out candy? >> yeah, but scaring people is a big part of the fun too. >> todd dempsey forgot to

explain that to employees. he is still trying to bring a little bit of america to the call center. >> that are leads to a baliwood halloween party. >> a meeting later today between pg&e and public utilities commission will be talking about money for the people affected by the san bruno explosion. that and the governor pays a visit to the bay area. we will look why he is in town and -- >> high flyball to left! uribe! shoots one out! >> the giants jump out to a mee-ga t onmegao to nothing lead. what's in store for today. (announcer) while there are some home disasters you can't avoid,

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