look what vacuuming alone leaves behind. this penetrates deep to release trapped in dirt, leaving your carpet looking like new. it looks great. (lab-guy) trust resolve. forget stains. >> new this morning, making your east bay commute easier to see the changes in store. >> lost in all this giants hoopla, it's almost halloween. we will be talking about tips to keep your kids safe today in the east bay. >> good morning, everyone. it is 4:30 october 29th. we have rain in the forecast. when it's coming to the east

bay. >> it's moving in right now. let's take you into oakland and berkeley and you can see pretty heavy showers around 880 and 80 as well. close to 15 miles per hour. you can see the showers approaching as well by concord and antioch and a few more showers west of hayward. not so much in the south bay, but the line continues to advance through the morning commute. the other item to watch, they may fire off thundershowers. we are seeing those offshore and those will track our way this afternoon. the temperatures are a bit cooler than the warm day we had yesterday. the raindrops and the clouds will be running cooler. we have rain today. we will let you know what to expect in your halloween plans in a few minutes. >> halloween is very important.

be careful when you are driving. >> people dressed in dark clothing. wear the reflectives. heading into brentwood, police activity still going on. right around sand creek, head over to the east and you can get shady willow lane. that continues after a deadly accident and don't have word on that because the chp doesn't have the latest. we struggle to find out whether that's opening. this portion of the east bay will be wet. watch your commute. >> two down, two to go. the san francisco giants halfway to a world series win. they leave for texas to continue the quest. the giants's win in game two was remarkable not ohm because they beat the rangers and humiliated them, but the pitching was amazing. the giants exploded and one

game, 9-0. games three and four will be played on the rangers's home field. the first one on saturday. controversy is brewing over one of the giants's out fielders in a scandal. ho a guillen is accuse said of shipping growth hormone to his home. this is from the "new york times." it said the investigation started from federal authorities right before the playoffs. he has been left off the giants's roster f the rest of the series against the rangers. the giants have not commented on this story. >> stay with us for your up to the minute giants coverage. where we have the latest giants news and tune in at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 because raj will be live in texas with world series

coverage. bart marks a milestone. u.s. representative john gar mendy will join lawmakers in pittsburgh to extend the train system into aspect ok. e bart is eastern contra costa county bart. it will extend 10 miles and it's expected to provide more than 600 jobs during construction and 40 to 80 job when is e bart is in service. it's expected to be completed in 2015. this morning, san francisco mayor gavin newsom will head across the bay bridge to cal to stump for votes in his effort to become lieutenant governor. he will join democrats at a get out the vote rally. uc berkeley one of several campuses that newsom is expected

4é÷i final da leading up to tuesday's election. a special day ofñgjr] remembrar victims of domestic violence in downtown from 12:15 to 1:15 at the county administrative building plaza. october is domestic violence awareness month. it will be a time to remember those who died as a result of violence and celebrate those who have survived. oakland taking legal action against four people accused of looting and vandalizing downtown. they filed a lawsuit against the who chose to protest the shooting by ripping off a jewelry store. they spray painted on public property. the former officer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the shooting death of oscar grant in july, a conviction many thauz was too late. he will be sentenced a week from

today. a suspected leader of a street gang is in custody. hayward police arrested 22-year-old samuel at a home in modesto. he faces several charges of drug trafficking. another suspected gang leader, ruben chavez ran from a house in man ticka. police believe they were involved in a homicide in las vegas as well as other crimes. four fremont middle school students are recovering from injuries in a bad car crash. they were hit while walking down a sidewalk. a driver had lost control and it happened at scott creek road. two of the horner junior high students suffered skull fractures. another needs stitches. no charges have been filed against the driver. a trial begins minute for a sexual ra haszment against the

department. one of her supervisors made inappropriate sexual advances towards her and when she complained, her boss and others in the department retaliated by filing unjustified investigations against her. she quit in july after being stripped of her duties with the canine unit. they said they treated her fairly and accused of making the advances was properly disciplined. another burger beef in walnut creek. they want to block a proposed mcdonald's drive through restaurant on citrus circle and oak grove road. the intersection is also the entrance to the woodlands neighborhood. they say a drive through will change the character of the area and they are worried about traffic and noise a mcdonald's would generate. the city is studying the manner. folks are proposing an in and out burger for the same reason. it's a big weekend for sweets.

streets will be filled with kids and parents can make sure it's a safe night. christie kmith is live with tips to keep your kids safe. christie? rep>> reporter: we are in the glenview neighborhood and it's dark and hilly. this would be a good example to talk about safety for your kids on halloween, especially when all they want to do is run to the next house to get more candy. according to the cdc, about 84% of accidents involving kids on halloween happen at non-intersections. some kids are choosing to cross in the middle of the street. another sobering number is that car-related fatalities jump about 30% on halloween weekend. the key here according to those who look into it is setting ground rules on what is and is not acceptable and increasing

visibility on your child. here are some ideas according to the experts. you want to use a flashlight or something bright that blinks to make them more visible. trick or treat on bright streets that you can that are well-lit and only approach houses that are well-lit. in 15 or 20 minutes, we will talk about ideas and things that you can do with the big heavy bag of candy. i was speaking with my photography who said his son came home with about 20 pounds of candy. that's after steve skimmed off the top for himself. he had good ideas of what they did with it. that's the latest from here reporting live in oakland, today in the east bay. >> my family we call that the dad tax. >> we have the dad tax definitely. my kid is getting smarter. there is a lot of candy he

likes. we will take to you an update on the accident in antioch. the investigation is in brentwood down to sand creek road because of continuing investigation. there was a deadly accident that happened and highway 4 itself is going on through antioch without delays through pittsburgh and bay point. talk about an extension that may cause delay for the weekend and up to 15 minutes so plan that and otherwise the bart system reporting on time for about 15 trains. back to you. we turn to weather and i saw the line of clouds coming in over the ocean. >> they waited all the way through game two of the world series and then we started to see the rain. in oakland it's warm. 53 degrees. up towards berkeley and you are seeing moderate showers moving off to the northeast.

you will find wet roads around the east bay. concord about to see the rain in the next ten minutes or so in san francisco and san leandro light showers. not so much in san jose, but towards the end of the commute, the rain is approaching the south bay. cold unstable air for the afternoon. combine daytime heating and we could see a chance of isolated thundershowers for the afternoon. an interesting day to say the least. all-around the east bay and the coast will see highs in the upper 50s. today will be one of the wetter days. lingering showers expected to kickoff the weekend for saturday and showers for the far north bay on sunday. halloween will be dry. look at the temperatures inland. trivalley, mid- to upper 70s early next week. >> thank you much. ditching the front desk. see the growing trend that makes checking in easier for hotel guests.

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welcome back. it is 4:44. you are looking at the bay bridge and a live weather radar as rob zooms in. you can see the orange and the yellow. we will check to see how much will fall across the east bay. if you told a white lie and left work to go to game one of the series on wednesday you may consider yourself busted. you are it on the internet courtesy of tag o rammic. major league baseball created this image by stitching together this remarkably clear photos. fans are tagging photos with links to facebook or useing it to spot vips like mayor gavin newsom and joe montana. today is career expo day and leaders are working to arm laid off workers with the skills they need to reenter the workforce. they will last for the next

eight months. they want to make sure people know about how their ole one-stop career centers work. they provide food, shelter and clothing. good morning. it's 4:45 and this is a shot of oakland. water is kicking up and it's raining for oakland and drifting down closer to fremont after it passes through, passing the bridge. a new accident reported and the parkway for 880. spinouts we have been seeing over the course of the morning. the east shore freeway, we will show you the drive approaching the bay bridge. travel time about 18 minutes. further north as you head towards the bridge. westbound 580 over to the north bay. we have been hit by a lot of rain. flooding reported in typical spots and san francisco as well. >> let's check in on the rain. >> let's show you what we got in

terms of weather headlines. rain for the east bay and pushing south through the afternoon. we are going have to watch fur thundershowers. the weekend will start off with more showers, but halloween looks dry. you can see the loop showing you all the rain from san francisco over towards oakland and berkeley. good down pours. that will follow you up towards the delta. there is the delta towards fairfield and right around ve nearbyia. wait about a half hour or so and the rain will spill into the south bay. temperatures with the cloud and it is raindrops, not as warm as yesterday. we did manage upper 70s around the bay area. mild, but not as warm. low 60s for richmond and oakland 65. mid 60s for san ramon and pittsburgh. rain at times with a slight chance of thunder.

saturday a few more scattered showers. we warm up big time early next week. >> all that matters. new this morning, one of america's great movie studios could be headed to bankruptcy. for more on news before the bell, let's go to courtney reagan. good morning. >> good morning to you. futures are lower as we wrap up the week. stocks did fail to hold on and investors poured on the mixed set of earnings. they had a grim view about the z and european economies. europe is in the red as well right now. how the economy performed this summer, growth is expected to pick up, but not enough to bring down the unemployment. we will get data on employment cost and manufacturing and consumer sentiment. the dow slipped thursday and we will start trading at 11,113.

the nasdaq was up to 2507. mgm studios voted on whether to send the company into bankruptciy that would give them 95% control that produced such hits as star trek and run day to day operations. they are trying to force a merger of mgm and lion's gate. it remains to be seen how the story will end. >> stunning new information on how many families have been hit by job losses. a survey released by a san jose state research center shows two out of five households were hit by job losses since the recession began. slightly more than half said they or someone in their family still had not found a new job. 42% or more positive say the current business conditions are better than a year ago.

44%fóbósh times return in the next 12 months. >> in politics, splitting the vote. this election is hard enough to go to and now increased pressure in three-way races including word that president clinton wants one democrat to dropout. tracie potts has the latest. >> florida's democrats percentage said president clinton never pressured him to quit. >> no one said you need to get out of the race. >> a clinton spokesperson said they did discuss if he drops out, charlie crist can win and keep the seat from going republican. clinton jumped on the story and mocked sarah palin. >> her best line in the campaign that made me cringe is how is that hope and change working for you now. how is that trickle down thing

working for us? >> palin tried to help tea party republican beat a democrat. >> instead of debating, what they are trying to do is throw in everything and the kitchen sink at our joe miller. >> miller is trailing in the polls and so is delaware's republican christine o'donnell. >> it will be very difficult to reign them in. >> candidate carly fiorina is out of the hospital and back on her key issue, jobs. her opponent has an eight-point lead in the polls. in washington, tracie potts, today in the bay. pa. >> a billionaire with no connection to california is given $20 million to restructure state government. he said he wants state government to be more responsive and voters to be more responsible as well. his group, think long for california is full of big names including gray davis, eric

schmidt and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. other groups have tried to do reforms and he hopes the difference is this time his group is supported with lots of cash which could help get things done. he doesn't own a home in california or anywhere for that matter. he has little use for owning things. he is called the homeless billionaire. he made money in investment banking and private business. we want to look at what's coming up later on today in the bay. we say good morning to laura garcia cannon. >> to be a homeless millionaire. the problem people have. billionaire. happy friday. the travel season and new pat down procedures will start at airports across the country. we want to let you know what to expect in child care. necessary for working parents, the money meant to pay for it is going away, leaving many families feeling that financial crunch. we will look at possible

solutions. plus i hear gadget friday is something parents of any teenager might want. >> particular le one just starting to drive. we will show you that in the next hour. >> college tuition cost on the rise again. a new report said average tuition at public four-year schools rose nearly 8% to $7600 and private colleges 4.5% to the positive for an average of $27,000. much faster than inflation. how would you like to avoid the front desk when you check into a hotel. starwood is testing a system at the hotels. customer who is carry preferred guest cards are texted their room numbers before arriving and you bypass the front desk and head to the floor and slided the preferred card. >> if you have young ones that don't want to spook too much,

the habitat children's museum in berkeley is hosting the not too spooky halloween extravaganza. children can play miniature golf and families can enjoy halloween and art including taking part in slime experiments at the mad scientist lab. the fun, but no scares starts at 9:30 this morning. with halloween around the corner trick or treating and cannedy is just around the corner as well. christie smith is live in oakland with a way to keep kids safe. when they are flooding the streets, the first one, we adults have got to slow down. >> it's hard. i have to go for the chocolates and i dig in first. this story got lost in the giants hoopla, but halloween is really a couple of days away. things like picking bright, well-lit streets to take your

children on also and carrying a flashlight and making sure that they are bright and they have something perhaps reflective on their costume to make sure they can be seen. specifically by cars because apparently that's a big issue. you also want to make sure you set the ground rules before they run down to the next house like crossing intersections. make sure they know to do it safely with an adult. the cdc said 84% of accidents involving kids happen at non-intersections. of course once you are home safe, what do you do with the boat load of candy for your child's health and teeth? one halloween mom expert is suggesting that you only allow about two to three pieces of candy per day and that's after meals and suggests donating candy for other things. trade it in for toys. dentists have options as well.

try healthier options of handing out raise ups or pretzels. i tried that and they said flat out no. that's certainly an option. coming up, i have my assistant steve here. yesterday we were talking about the giants. we were talking about stencils they have on a major league baseball website to make a san francisco giants pumpkin. i tried it last night and coming up we will give you a look and show you how it turned out. that's the latest from here live in the east bay, christie smith today in the east bay. >> or martha stewart. thank you very much. we will see how it comes. we did a pumpkin a little early and had to throw it out because it got icky. >> that are can happen with the rainy weather. you may see mold with the pumpkins that got carved early.

you saw what christie was wearing with the rain slicker and you need it towards berkeley this morning. you can see the heavier batches of rain towards the north and east getting into the berkeley hills and approaching st. marys. right around the bridge, a good down pour to the north and east and trivalley with clouds spilling in and the raindrops for the moment holding off. they should be on the approach in the next half hour. temperatures we are talking 60s from the east bay and beyond. low 60s around richmond and oakland. mid 60s across the hilltops of the east bay. the showers will carry over into saturday, but the trend will be drier. halloween looks fine. we will be drying out and warming up early next week. >> coming up, the san francisco giants accused of using stero s steroids. we will tell you which one. 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. more favors for the big teachers union, blocking education reform. more job-killing taxes and regulations. more of the same old failure from sacramento. job killer jerry brown. always more taxes, more spending, and more lost jobs.

she's against banning assault weapons... and that's reckless and dangerous. she's for risky new oil drilling that could threaten our jobs. fiorina's plan would mean slashing social security and medicare, which would devastate seniors. and she'd make abortion a crime. no wonder fiorina is endorsed by sarah palin. carly fiorina. just too extreme for california. [ boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message.