into center, at the wall! another pablo sandoval with a three-homer game! >> that's what i'm talking about, the new mr. october, also known as the panda. the giants simply stun the favored tigers. plus we talked to the man who bought a piece of giants history, then gave it back when he realized how special it was. and as a tribute to your san francisco giants, how about a live look over the city by the bay. that is san francisco. the giants flag blowing victorious in the early morning on this thursday, october 25th. this is "today in the bay."

orange fever is upon us. and it feels so good. it is 4:31. good morning, everyone, i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. how do you not wake up happy this morning. let's check that forecast with meteorologist christina loren. i know she's smiling. >> indeed i am. you know what else feels good? the weather this morning. i want to start with a live picture of a bone dry radar. we are looking so much better when it comes to our weather. if you're looking for warmth, we've got that for you. today is going to be kind of cool. it's going to take a little while but look at your temperatures this morning. you're at 57 degrees in san francisco. meanwhile we had the 40s at this time in the north bay. enjoying the mid to low 50s at this point. this afternoon headed toward the upper 60s. your full forecast taking a look at that weekend in just a few moments. first we'll check your drive with mike. >> good morning, folks. we'll take you for the shot in the south bay. north 280 coming toward us at

the 880 interchange. in that same area the map shows you the construction zone just north of there on 880. the yellow down towards 60 not a concern. you saw the light volume there. and we do have the south bay with a smooth flow as well. that's the only issue down here. there's an issue through sunol underneath that 680 sign reports of an accident. we'll let you know about lane info when i get it, guys. back to you. to baseball now and let's just get it done. call him the home run panda. the very first game of the world series certainly one to remember. yeah, the giants coming away with a big-time victory thanks in part to a guy by the name of pablo sandoval. steps up his first three at-bats, home runs. >> he's already decided what to do with the bat. pandemonium. he donated it to the baseball hall of fame and for good reason. sandoval joins legendary players on this exclusive list. take a look, albert pujols, reggie jackson and babe ruth, the only other players to hit

three home runs in one world series game. >> pretty good company. >> no kidding. sandoval was understandably emotional after the game. lawrence scott caught up with him. >> reporter: an unbelievable night of baseball here at game one of the world series. pablo sandoval making history. as the giants walked off the field up the stairs from the tunnel and into their clubhouse, they were greeted by family and friends. pablo's family amongst them and pablo very, very emotional after this game. >> you know, it's things you're going to never forget, especially in the world series. you dream as a little kid being in the world series. >> there's no word to describe this. the whole family is happy. i bet all the giants fans are happy too to see pablo come through in the first game. >> the fact that panda hit three home rupz off the best pitcher

in baseball is about as great a historical moment for a san francisco giants lifelong fan as it gets, in game one of the world series. with my brother in tow. yeah, this is kind of perfect. >> we'll see if the panda can do it again. game 2 of the world series starts at 5:00 tonight. the pitching matchup is madison bumgarner versus doug fister. dune in for complete game highlights from at&t park. pablo's amazing night overshadowed another amazing story. if you recall barry zito, he was dropped from the lineup during the last run by the giants in the world series. a lot of people dauogged him, called him overpaid but last night he outduelled the best pitcher in all of baseball, justin verlander. zito gave up just one run and battled to the finish. >> i didn't have all my pitches

working early. i was just trying to battle. i fell behind in some counts which was not the thing to do against this lineup but i was able to get out of this jams with some cutters and some curveballs and such and just felt great out there. >> zito had a great game. he was relieved by tim lincecum on a comeback of his own. this is the first time in baseball history since 1983 that a former cy young award winner relieved another cy young award winner in the ball game. >> you know, the giants got one of their good luck charms back just in time for the game. hunter pence's broken bat from game 7 of the nlcs was accidentally sold to a fan for $400. he bought it from the clubhouse store which sells game used memorabilia. when his three sons found out about it, they knew what needed to happen. >> i got up in the morning and i told my boys about it. and my 22-year-old said to me, you know, you should give hunter

that bat. i go, oh, man, i just got it. >> that's the dad to the son. he says he wanted to set a good example to his son. sounds like he raised them well so he made sure he got his bat back before last night's game. in exchanging he got a signed bat from pence and two tickets, get this, to larry baer's suite, the ce oft of the giants. good seats there. coming up in our next half hour, another piece of giants memorabilia this morning. what the team is looking for and why the team wants it back. one fan and one of the most memorable moments of the game. yeah, the most famous grandmother in the bay area. we'll tell you about her long-time connection to the giants coming up in about 15 minutes. everybody celebrating. it is 4:36. we have a follow-up and new details in the murder investigation of a former east bay schoolteacher. the husband and wife arrested for the death of susie ko in her

hercules home are right now on their way back to california to face charges for this crime. prosecutors in contra costa county charging darnell and tanya washington with that murder, carjacking and a number of other felonies. the two are being extradited from washington state. investigators say the couple killed ko inside of her home and then stole her subaru and fled to the seattle area. it's 4:37. occupy oakland marks its one-year anniversary later today and a new movement is threatening to disrupt it. someone posted flyers around downtown oakland urging people to bring bats and defend the city from anarchists and vamg vandals. they call themselves defend our oakland movement. activists plan to rally and march today exactly one year after they were eevacuatvicted their encampment.

opd says it is optimistic things will remain peaceful but warns mutual aid is on stand by in case anything gets out of hand. they say first impressions definitely make a lasting impression so the giants in game 1 looking good. they have game 2 tonight. mother nature going to be agreeing tonight? >> oh, she certainly is. good morning to you. what a game. a lot of people waking up a little bit tired, i'm sure, after celebrating that major victory in the first game of the world series. we will continue to see good weather as we head through this evening. lots more sunshine and a little bit more wind which will carry the ball in another direction. 52 degrees in novato, 57 to start. it is mild out there. in san francisco we're only at 55 in san jose where this time yesterday we were 40s. it all works out like this. cool and cloudy to start. some areas drizzle on your way to work but we're not talking about showers, not just yet. we've got more on the way as we

get into next week, looking like a rain week. you'll want to enjoy the gradual warmup we have for you. it's going to be pretty nice around here. highs are going to be cool. 70 in livermore, 69 in santa teresa and sent in gilroy. upper 60s along the east show and you'll hit about 66 degrees, a warmer day in san francisco. your seven-day outlook is ready to go. i want to help you make those weekend plans and your giants forecast coming up next. >> good morning, christina. great job yesterday out there at the ballpark. i know it's not easy to do. a great job of showing us the effects on the game. smooth drive through fremont. 880 moves nicely here. we'll show you a little farther east. i do have an update for 680 northbound just north of castlewood. the map shows an accident by the sunol exit so chp may give me another update in the next few minutes. we don't see any slowing out of the last ten. a little build coming out of the

altamont pass. eastbound construction still blocking one lane, that's why there's yellow. live look outside, here's the bay bridge. crossing the bay on the san mateo bridge very clear heading toward the toll plaza. remember, there was originally scheduled closure but it will not make place this weekend because they did extra work last weekend so it will be open this weekend. back to you. new this morning, a brand new report out shows children's booster seats are in fact getting safer. the insurance institute for highway safely releasing the latest test results. nearly 50 of them received that best bet rating. four years ago only ten made the list. more seats now allow the belt to be in a safer position. >> it's not riding up on the tummy and shoulder belt is sitting snugly across the center of the shoeulder.

>> boosters are generally intended for children 4 to 8 years old who weigh up to 80 pounds. a detailed list of booster seats tested by the insurance institute can be found at iihs.org. the president stops by "the tonight show" and talks about his biggest rival not named romney. >> what's this thing with trump and you? it's like me and letterman, what has he got against you here? >> hear how the president answered that question coming up. >> it's actually very funny. plus, where are the president and mitt romney campaigning today? we have all the details to show you coming up. and if you want to go to the world series, get ready to dish out a lot of cash and we're not even talking about how much a ticket costs.

welcome back, everyone. look at that, at&t park. boy, was that place all lit up. lit up this morning but lit up with excitement last night. fans were going crazy with those rally towels last night. game 2 is tonight. empty that bank account, you're going to need some money if you're headed to the world series. very, very expensive and we're not even talking about the game

ticket. "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd tells us more. >> this morning it looks like it's going to be 1600 just to get a standing spot in right field. sitting would have been $2,000 or more. >> reporter: a quick calculation for a day at the park for a family of five to watch the giants take on the tigers at the world series. getting inside is one thing and eating. >> we wouldn't eat in there. it's too expense i've. >> reporter: everything is so expensive when it comes to watching a world series game. let's begin with the tickets. >> $600 each. >> for? >> lower box. >> reporter: standing room only tickets cost $200. >> really good ticket costs you about 1,000. >> reporter: parking your car can cost as much as a parking ticket. valet parking or the lot around the corner can set you back $90 to $130. >> let's go giants. >> reporter: having fun on the

street is free. but if you want to remember this history-making event, well, you have to pay. >> we have pins for $10. t-shirts are in the 30-35 range. >> your most expensive item? >> a jersey is $125. >> reporter: you had to wait in line inside the bars an restaurants youchoutside at&t p too. for the out of towners, bring your plastic. >> the hotel is upwards of 400, 450 and the dinner and drinks in the neighborhood of 100, but i got a free san francisco wristband. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> wristband priceless. if they're going to charge you $130 for parking they better wash the car, rotate the tires. apple's mini announcement causing many to give up on those ipads and just dump them.

we turn it over to bertha coombs live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> reporter: hi, jon. i used to wonder how people could afford to get the latest apple device and now i know. taking a look over, the futures are pointing to a higher start. company earnings are starting to spook investors a bit. while companies continue to beat on the bottom line in terms of profits, they're coming up short on the top line, the revenue line and sales. we're going to get some economic data today. most notably it's thursday, we get unemployment claims. we'll hear about durable goods from the government, pending home sales and we've got earnings ahead of the open from conoco phillips and pg&e. apple and amazon on tap after the bell. the dow losing 25 points yesterday. it will start today at 13,077. the nasdaq starts at 2981 after losing 8. as soon as apple unveiled

that new ipad mini on thursday, the first thing a lot of apple owners did was put their old ipads up for sale. 140,000 tablets were listed on its site between tuesday and wednesday. that's an increase of 700% from monday. half of that activity occurred in the hours just before apple's announcement. the most common model up for sale is what had been the new ipad, the one introduced seven months ago. a lot of those putting that one out. there's yet a new big ipad in addition to the mini. it's almost like these guys are just cranking them out. as soon as you buy one, it's obsolete. >> yeah, that's just how they do it. they keep us wanting more. thank you very much, we'll check back a little later on. >> we're still high on that giants win last night. christina was there yesterday morning. >> good luck charm. >> it was a lot of fun. thank goodness they won. now it feels like we're invincible. that's scary, guys. don't let your guard down. good morning to you. we want that win.

looking really good right now. in san francisco we're 57 degrees. 52 to start in novato and 54 in sonoma. basically we've got a blanket of clouds overhead. that's why your temperatures are warmer by 5 to 8 degrees than this time yesterday. as we head throughout the morning hours, we're going to see these numbers jump into the mid-60s and then round out the day in the low 70s. you might find some drizzle on your way to work. it looks like we may see fog between 7:00 and 9:00 today. we have a gradual warmup ahead. sunshine comes back in full force. high pressure is building and that's going to nudge the storm track up to the north. we're looking tropical. showers keeping up from the south. things will change so enjoy this dry pattern while it lasts. 80s inland as we get into the weekend but it's going to take a day for that cool air to mix

out. 69 in santa teresa, 68 in san jose and sent in gilroy. san francisco, you hit the upper 50s yesterday. i've warmed you up to 66 degrees today. it's going to be nice out there. seven-day outlook tells the story. things are going to change but not much. we'll climb 4 degrees on saturday, up to 82, peak warmth on monday. come tuesday we start that cooling period wednesday and thursday. but temperatures will remain in the 70s. tropical showers coming up from the south usually also equates to a lot of rain. we'll keep watching that and keep you updated. back to you guys. turning now to decision 2012 and the race for the white house. this morning president obama is pulling an all-nighter and governor romney has nonstop appearances in ohio today as his campaign really revs up. we've just got 12 days to go before the election.

and nbc bay area's tracie potts has more. >> we're going to pull an all-nighter. >> reporter: the president's tour of battleground states continues today after a late night rally and impromptu greetings in las vegas. today he'll vote at home in chicago and hit three more states. florida, virginia and ohio. he joked about it with jay leno last night. >> and then we will red eye to florida. >> you mean red bull to florida. >> there's a little caffeine drinking going on on air force one. >> reporter: governor romney has three stops in ohio today, one of several swing states up for grabs. >> and i'm optimistic, not just about winning. we are going to win, by wait. he doesn't have a plan to get jobs for america. i do and that's why i'm going to win. >> what did i say i was going to do in 2008 and what have i

delivered. they can have some confidence that the things i say i mean. >> reporter: both candidates confident, despite tightening polls, especially in ohio. >> if obama wins ohio, romney will have to win wisconsin, and colorado and either new hampshire so new hampshire is in the mix. >> reporter: election math getting tougher as more americans cast their ballots early while the candidates are still trying to get their vote. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> during that late night appearance, the president's candid conversation from jay leno getting some big-time applause from that "tonight show" crowd. the president greeted with a standing ovation. he talked about a wide range of topics near and dear to the bay area, including both facebook and of course the world series. being politically correct, he did not endorse a team. one of the night's highlights was when he asked about the ongoing bout between him and

donald trump. >> this all dates back to when we were growing up together in kenya. >> i've got to give you that one. >> and coming up this morning, president obama goes one on one with brian williams in an exclusive interview. you can hear his views on the state of the race and his relationship with mitt romney coming up on the "today" show. that starts at 7:00. it's 4:53. a lot more ahead. stick around.

welcome back, everybody. we give you a live look from the south bay. that is san jose. but i know the good vibrations are sweeping all the way around the bay area with the giants. you notice that out there, it's orange. that's not by coincidence. it's all about the giants fever out there. we have more of that coming up. it is 4:56. welcome back, everyone. i don't know if you caught this, but in the bottom of the fifth inning of the game it was really quite touching. the entire ballpark stood united in the fight against cancer. you may have seen tens of thousands of fans holding placards with the names of loved ones affected by cancer. before game one former giants players, including vida blue, went room to room visiting young cancer patients at uc san

francisco children's hospital. sadly enough, everyone knows someone affected by the horrible disease or fighting it right now so it was very moving. >> that was beautiful to see. 4:57 right now. let's check in with mike inouye to see what's happening on the roads on this thursday. >> good morning. look over here toward the maze basically. we're looking at 80 and 580 as they blend together in emeryville. folks headed off to the right heading to the bay bridge toll plaza. very light volume right now. we'll watch it build. in the city no problem. there is a game or something going on so watch for traffic later. of course we know what game that is, the giants. we'll sending it back to you on a high note. >> that's right, they are playing a game tonight, right? we'll be back after this with more world series coverage.

and sandoval hits it into center. back at the wall. goodbye! 1-0 giants and a home run. >> oh, yeah,