right now, winner takes all. a lifetime of dreams comes down to one final game for the giants tonight. >> new video, lava creeping closer to dozens of homes in paradise. >> a rocket explodes moments after takeoff. the connection to the bay area, coming up. good morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. we've got big changes coming to your forecast. today a return of the 80s. temperatures tumble thursday, clouds increase. talking rain by halloween. i'll give you the time line for the very tricky storm system coming up in just moments. problems for the peninsula right now. the early morning commute, unexpectedly slow through palo alto. we'll show you what's weighing you down for southbound 101. how about a live look outside this morning? this is the downtown landscape of san jose. darkness still abounding

outside. getting ready to see the light come on in. it's wednesday, october 29th. you are watching "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." very good wednesday morning to you. thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. all comes down to this, after 162 regular season and 16 postseason games, the fate of the 2014 giants determined tonight at kauffman stadium. winner gets a ring, loser goes home empty handed. >> last night the royals strung together hit after hit, seven runs in the second inning alone. tack on a couple more to trounce the giants 10-0. you know what? today's a new day. the giants say they're living the dream. >> it's a wonderful opportunity. and, yes, i think, you know, it's great to be a part, to you know, the dream is to win the world series. you know, however you can get from a to b, it doesn't matter.

>> today the giants will try to do something that hasn't been done in 35 years. we win a game seven of the wovr rl series on the road. >> janelle, giants fans know this team can win with their backs against the wall. they've done it before. good morning. >> reporter: you know the giants love torture, it goes hand in hand, series, like you said, ties up 3-3, game seven here at kauffman stadium. the city do or die time for the san francisco giants. last night's game tough to watch for giants fans. they lieft disappointed. giants didn't win last night, fans admit, it's been fun to watch this matchup, giants and royals, wild card teams making it to the world series and playing to the decisive game seven. we spoke to giants fans after last night's game, they remain

hopeful and confident. >> game seven, baby. we got it. >> we thought we'd give kansas city one more night to enjoy the world series and tomorrow we'll take it. >> we flew out here today, me and my best buddy, phenomenal day. today's great. the k.c. fans are great people. >> they are. >> great people. >> love you, man. love you. >> great people. >> but the giants are the champions, baby! >> reporter: so giants fans leaving disappointed but feeling confident about tonight. many have to shell out more money for another night at the hotel, another day for the rental car and those expensive tickets. i checked stub hub this morning, standing room only tickets going for $600. it was cheaper than yesterday's. so if you want to sit behind the dugout you have to pay more than $2,000. giants fans shelling out more money. it's all worth it if the giants take home the world series trophy. live from kansas city, janelle wang, "today in the bay." >> you're right there.

janelle could go. >> find out if she will. giants will turn to 16-year veteran tim hudson to get the job done. he's squaring off against former cardinal jeremy guthrie in a rematch of game three. hudson took a tough loss. but he says this opportunity is why he plays the game. >> you know, as a kid growing up, you think about it as a big league player you think about it. often wonder if you ever are going to have that opportunity to do it. 16 years in the big leagues, i finally have that chance. >> just a once in a lifetime opportunity here for hudson. he will get the nod to start. giants have their ace, madison bumgarner, lurking in the bull pen. could pitch on a couple of days' rest. bumgarner tossed a complete game shutout sunday. would be a shot in the arm. >> thousands of fans plan to

spend another evening at the civic center plaza rooting for the orange and black. >> bob redell is live. some folks started at 5:00 a.m. to get a preview. anybody out there yet. >> no one yet but plenty of space. you can see where the big screen is set up in front of san francisco city hall. if you come out now, get a front row seat and only have to wait 11 hours to game time, first pitch 5:02 tonight here. obviousfully kansas city. the game shown here in san francisco civic hall civic center. one thing weighing heavily on fans' minds today, unlike last night, tonight game seven, winner take all game. the last time a visiting team won game seven in the world series back in 1979. obviously history is not favoring the giants. but then again, history has

nothing to do with what's going to happen tonight. a lot of fans hoping the giants make history. this would be their third world series win in five years, if they were to win game seven tonight. disappointment last night as fans, thousands, watched the game, game six here became very depressing, very fast, within the second inning the royals had quite the lead. of course they did end up crushing the giants 10-0. as far as response from police for tonight, since there is going to be a final decision, they are prepared for celebration and for the possibility that fans might get out of control. we heard from san francisco police chief who tells us they will be boosting a number of officers they'll have on the street by 20% and they will be targeting specific areas in the city. >> the mission district, broadway, marina, geary boulevard, and now we have a

ballpark down on king street. >> reporter: if you come to the civic center viewing party tonight, again, same rule as last night, do not bring alcohol. the police mr. force you to pour it out, as they did last night. you might want to show up early. 6:00 in the morning early, probably not necessarily. but i'd say around 1:00, 2:00 this afternoon. live here at the civic center in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> good thing you're there to tell us all about it. thanks, bob. we are your home for all things giants, win or lose. stay with us, complete coverage of decisive game seven. head to our website nbcbayarea.com for up-to-the minute information. >> 6:07 on wednesday. as we take a live look outside of san francisco, the city by the bay. hopeful, optimistic. it would be great if we could forecast game seven home game for the giants and the royals but they will not be home,

they'll be in kansas city. >> weather here's going to be decent today. enjoy it, right? >> yeah. it's going to be beautiful. take a look at that viewing party forecast in just a moment. want to start by saying, thanks for waking up with us especially after game like last night. might have been difficult getting to sleep. i almost had to cry myself to sleep. i'm being overdramatic, but what happens new. temperatures in the 40 and 50s this morning. we'll end up in the 70 and 80s. big warm-up coming your way. next couple of days, temperatures crash, between now and friday, talking about a 20-degree drop-off in your daytime highs. 80s today. 60s across the board by friday. just want to make you aware of changes coming your way, all things in perspective. san francisco at 76. 78 on the east shore. 82, gorgeous condition for those of us in the beautiful south bay. this is what we are expecting if you're headed to san francisco or, hey, if you want to watch

the game from maybe sports bar outside on the patio, temperatures comfortable, 5:00, 77 degrees in san francisco. by 7:00 down to 68, that's comfortable. but once that sun starts to drop off, cold air settles, down to 66. bring a jacket. if you're out there last night, notice a warmer viewing party tonight. rain on the way for your halloween. i know this is a high interest to not just the big kids, especially for the little kids. i've got a couple of things to talk about when it comes to the forecast. trying to avoid the heaviest time frame when it comes to the rain, you want to stay indoors from 1:00 to 5:00. things let's up after that time and it's not going to be heavy before we can get into lunchtime in the south bay. but that's the time frame we're watching for for the heavy downpours. if you want something to do indoors, you want to make a couple of plans to avoid those showers, fairfield at the jelly belly factory, daily tours from 9:00 to 4:00, a hountsaunted ho.

oakland museum, live music. my favorite, thriller dance lessons. get out to the brewery, san carlos devil canyons brewery, live music, costume contest, avoid the rain. but hey, i can do thriller. ready. over to you. >> it's close to midnight. close to midnight. we get up so early. 6:10 now. palo alto, unpleasant surprise wake-up call, southbound 101, behind the trees we lost the flashing lights, but it's on the right side you see overpass, the signs that willow road, that's the off-ramp there, over on the right side headlights coming towards us. we have one lane with flares. what happened was a truck dropped weights off the back. sounds like weights using an elevator, large, mettle pieces on the roadway. look at your map. slowdown that happened until they cleared it seconds ago

before the shot. slow at south out of marsh road, toward menlo park and palo alto. clear by the time we get to university avenue. activity on the right shoulder now. rest of your peninsula moving more smoothly. el camino would get around that. you can stay on 101 and you don't have to get off of the freeway. san jose, north of 680, a fender bender pulls to the right, added distraction but nothing dramatic. the rest of the bay moves nicely. south 880 slowing through high ward and the tri-valley for the build. san mateo bridge, smooth drive westbound. toward the bay bridge, westbound your commute as well. approaching treasure island say stall approaching left as you head towards the tunnel. >> nonmichael jackson mike inouye. >> 6:11. big changes for vallco. what the sale of macy's jcpenney's and sears means.

fed set to end kwon taquant easing. >> upclose look as lava threatens to destroy an entire town. >> announcer: you're watch

"today in the bay." >> welcome back. i'm meteorologist christina loren. we have a spectacular day shaping up. although it will be warmer than yesterday, rain moves in for the remainder of the week. we'll talk about that. plus, your world series forecast is coming up in just moments. over here on the peninsula, we have a much, much smoother drive developing south 101, headlights, completely stopped up by debris in the roadway. we'll talk about the debris and the traffic flow along that peninsula. right now recovery continues. today's top stories.

quick like, suspects serial arsonist accused of terrorizing san jose last winter could enter a plea in court. william patrick brennan charged with ten counts of arson and three counts of attempted arson. he admitted he started fires in january and knew the locations and times of each one. >> people in hawaii living near the path of a slowly moving lava flow have left town while others are ready to take off. the lava on the big island is 70 yards from homes in the town of pahalo. it's already burned tires and other materials. >> investigators trying to figure out what caused an unmanned rocket to explode on take-off. nobody was hurt on board, supplies for astronauts including 5,000 pounds of equipment and experiments. one of the experiments turned out to be from sixth graders at urban promise academy in oakland. 6:15. the federal open markets committee expected to announce it will quit spending money to

boost the economy. >> scott mcgrew, so-called quantitative easing coming to an end. >> that's right. qe to its friends, sam. really kind of a new thing for the federal open markets  committee. a few years ago the primary job to raise or lower interest rates. after the big crash of 2009 that was not a powerful enough tool. they lowers interest rates to zero. the fed started buying things including mortgages, shopping mall, to try to inject cash into the economy. we do believe the fed will announce it's no longer going to do that. the economy can stand on its own without qe look a parent letting go of the back of the bike. we'll have to start pedalling on our own, at least in the economy. speaking of malls, new hope for a south bay mall struggling forever. chrkris sanchez live at vallco mall. somebody bought the big anchor stores, right? >> reporter: yeah. talking more than half of the property's owned by a single developer, and that is menlo

park base sand hill properties well known in the bay area for what they have done, not just menlo park but around the bay area. and they have now acquired the macy's store, sears store, and jcpenney. sears and jcpenney announced they were going to close these stores anyway. so fortuitous timing. but being able to say they can control the majority of the property, this means that though they have no plans they submitted to the city, they can start to move forward. based on the reporting of the silicon valley business journal, following this, looking at title and deeds. so this looks like it is a go. bad news two stores close in the near future. but the good news is that at some point perhaps something will happen. i think if you ask anybody here in cupertino, what about vallco? they'll say, yeah, somebody should do something about that. no one can seem to agree on what

exactly should happen here whether it should be traditional mall, more like a town square, whether it should have housing or retail. so a lot of that still in the works. scott? >> you've got the big apple campus across not far from there. that should help again rate something. >> reporter: sure. >> all right. kris sanchez, live at vallco. tech spending important to the local economy. last time we learned facebook's going to spend more money. mark zuckerberg says facebook will spend as much as 70% more on resent, acquisitions. not at the mall but still, that is music to ears of small companies hoping to be bought up by the big guy. facebook behaving like google these days. not content to be a social network, experimenting with all kinds of things including virtual reality. you remember google, also youtube and maps and self-driving cars and military robots. yesterday announced cancer research, a moon probe, they've had that for a while.

when you have that money throw things at wall, see what sticks, that's a good way of ensuring your future. that's what facebook wants. >> the more stokes in the fire, so to speak, more tune for success. we need to invest in our future. concerned about the amount of water people are using. in last night's meeting they discussed goals to reduce water usage. they say over the past seven months, people cut their water use by 12%. but the goal is 20%. almost there. you have to keep conserving, even though we do have talk of rain in the forecast. >> which is deaf in thedefinite thing. live look out of the civic center plaza in san francisco. bob redell out there. telling us everything there we need to know about the viewing party for the giants/royals game. does he need to bundle up in early morning hours or bring

other -- >> i want you to try that again. >> never try that again. that's the last time. >> come on, sam. play it again. 6:19. out that front door because it's chilly out there. want you to get to work on time and safely. a couple of things that you need to know before you put that wardrobe together. you can break out some of your summer or spring gear for today. we are going to end up in the upper 70s to low 80s. that's right. big warm-up for today. what i want to point out difference between yesterday and today. and yesterday was a really warm day. today's even warmer by about five to eight degrees. you'll notice the difference. 82 degrees in the south bay. this is our final day in the 80s. by tomorrow we trade this number in for the mid-70s. trade it in for the 60s with rain and wind on friday. we need the rain as long as storm systems keep shaping up, it looks good for us. that jet stream is right where

we need to be. we need storms to develop and hop down to the bay area. let's talk about where the bay area's eyes are concentrated later on this evening. that is on game seven, the fine game of the world series. weather again will play an impact. last night wind was not a big deal but the cold was. tonight it's going to be colder out there, kauffman stadium. first pitch 57. 50 degrees by the fourth inning. as you continue on through the game, between the fourth and ninth, we're talking about the 40s. it will be colder out there tonight. you'll get that dense sinking air. wind again on the light side. then this storm brewing for your halloween plans, unfortunately. it's a trick and treat. talking about water restrictions, the more rain, the less likely that will become a reality. friday, stop the clock, 11:00 a.m., showers. widespread activity between 11:00 and 5:00 the heaviest. everything clears out between 5:00 and 7:00. overnight, clearing trend.

saturday morning you're going to have lingering activity. trying to make outdoor plans, sunday is your day. plus, you'll be coming off an extra hour of sleep. >> i'll take that extra hour. better than candy. it's not better than candy. same as candy. 101, slowing here. we had a crash in that slower drive. over to the shoulder distraction for south bay. recovering into the south bay through palo alto, out of menlo park because of earlier debris spill. live shot, traffic flows nicely with headlights southbound past willow. the other side of the bay, fremont, southbound 880 into the area, slowing at tennyson out of hayward because of the crash involving motorcycle. it will add to the slowdown out of hayward and that's the traditional build. watch it again. i'll bring you more details. a stall across the bay bridge. look at toll plaza, we may have metering lights slow down so they can clear that stall from around treasure island exit.

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welcome back. 6:25. the doctor who investigators say ran a pill mill out of her practice in los gatos is expected in court today. accused of prescribing large quantities of powerful prescription medicines to under cover officers without performing exams or reviewing

medical records. also charged with knowingly prescribing drugs to addicts. she was arrested in 2012 for a year-long investigation. that investigation revealed a null of her patients were reselling drugs on the streets. 6:26. a new study in sweeden suggests the office of drinking milk. swedes to who drink cow's milk died younger and had more fractures. authors admit more research is needed and association may be, they say, coincidental the team used data from 61,000 women and monitored them for 20 year, and 45,000 men for another 11 years. scott mcgrew joins with a look at numbers. >> former a jose canseco shooting off part of his finger. why this was all an accident. south bay, should be a nice day. changes when it comes to forecast as well maybe a little

heat, halloween trick-or-treat forecast, all that and more news and traffic coming up.

slow motion disaster. river of red hot lava threatening to wipe out one town. temps here are going to fall quickly but not before we hit the warmest day of the week. 80s in the forecast, temps tumble by tomorrow. and rain moves in for halloween. the timing of the next storm system in just moments. >> speeds dropping quickly as well. bay bridge, toll plaza, you know the reason why. a second reason, watching the peninsula slow down for 101. >> market's on cruise control as

we wait for the fed announcement about quantitative easing. there's your in stock exchange, over on the nasdaq as well as they count down to the opening buzzer. always three seconds behind. >> let the confetti flow. hey, hopefully we can throw a lot of that around as well. giants taking on the royals tonight. the final final, winner takes all. following it on wednesday, october 29th. this is "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area, those is "today in the bay." >> very good wednesday morning to you. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. happening right now, a slow motion disaster inching its way closer and closer to towards dozens of homes on hawaii's big island. the red hot river's victim an empty shed in an open field. but the lava's next target two-story home yards away.

>> reporter: we are at the origin of the lava flow. this is the kilauea volcano. moving fast underground, it's slowing down as it gets closer to the town but not stopping. the lava's traveling at a rate of 10 to 15 yards per hour, sometimes slowing down or speeding up, depending on the terrain. 40 to 50, maybe 60 homes and businesses could be in this flow's path. no mandatory evacuations in place yet. you are seeing in some cases folks packing up and leaving. but in other cases people staying until up to the last second. that's okay. hawaiian officials are allowing folks to watch as lava takes over their property. part of what they call the grieving process, allowing people to say good-bye to land that's been in families for generations. one school is closed indefinitely. students shuffled around because the school's in the lava's path. coming up on the "today" show,

we take you above this thing. we show you the destruction and path it's cutting all wait from the vent, the source of the lava, down to town. you won't want to miss it. >> definitely, fascinating to watch. >> aerial must be amazing. time to check your forecast here. orange, none of the lava nature but the light nature. this is the entire area, bay area supporting the san francisco giants. game seven tonight. forecast, it's in kansas city but halloween here on friday. let's check what's going on outside with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. kauffman stadium exposed to the elements. i think the weather will impact the ball tonight. not dramatic fashion but i think that we will see some impact. we'll talk about that coming up. sam's right, he's thinking about candy, halloween, looking good for the beautiful, beautiful conditions that we want on halloween for today. and rain moves in as we get into

the 31st of the month. unfortunately, that's the trick. but the rain itself is a treat. we're going to get maybe a quarter of an inch right here in the beautiful south bay. here's the deal. cold start, fog-free at the coast. you get clear sky. no blanket of low clouds to trap in any warmth from the day before. it all radiates back out in the atmosphere. as a result, it is chilly out there this morning. nonetheless, we're going to jump by 35 to 40 degrees over the span of the day above average by 10, 15 degrees. this is why i'm laughing when isao that. tomorrow, everything changes. our temperatures drop off. we bring in overcast sky. and then halloween night is going to look kind of spooky in the weather department. as we get into your evening hours, temperatures looking comfortable, if you're viewing that game from outdoors, temperatures are going to be nice tonight. look at that, san francisco, you're at 76 degrees and that will hold up.

5:00 p.m. first pitch, take that number 0 only 70. nice conditions for a viewing party. then that storm moving in, tomorrow, skies overcast. breezy to windy by 2:00 to 3:00, winds whipping at the coast. rain for morning drive. no worries. mike and i will be here on halloween morning to guide you through the rain. heavier stuff comes in for evening hours, for trick-or-treat time. however, i think i can get you out there. stick around, i'll show you the time line on futurecast in my next report. first, my partner in traffic, hi, mike. >> good morning. partner in candy as well. trying to track down the baskets. here towards the bay bridge, looking at westbound traffic, taillights making their way around the bend towards treasure island, yorba buena island, reports of a stalled vehicle near the off-ramp. i haven't seen a change of flow of traffic it's slowing because of volume. talking about the approach, worst of it off of 580 and 24.

east shore freeway continues to build, speeds drop down towards 15 mile an hour. carquinez bridge, no drama, not like yesterday. clear through vallejo and richmond. highway 37 out of vallejo towards navato smooth drive. and looking at tri-valley new york problems. focus on this crash south 880 at tennyson road, a crash blocking middle lane. motorcycle reported involved, no injuries but fast lanes blocked by additional activity. slowing out of hayward two fremont. rest of the bay typical pattern. southbound, 101, 87 slower speeds. palo alto, we had the earlier metal debris spill, reports of washingtons or something, whatever it was, no one injured as a result of the debris. they had traffic break, that cleared. >> thank you, mike. 6:35. markets open for a few minutes. >> let's check numbers with scott mcgrew.

>> facebook lower after the company said it was going to spend more. shareholders not to like that very much. live look at big boards. dow industrials up 22 points. on cruise control as we wait for the fed announcement that will come this afternoon. 6:36. digging deeper, what joan rivers' daughter is doing to get to the bottom of her mother's death. police say it was an accident. how jose canseco is doing after shooting himself into the hand.

happening now, president obama is meeting with american health care workers who have been on the front lines in the fight against ebola. he does not want them to be discouraged from helping ebola patients in west africa. president will talk with members of his public health and national security teams, they'll be discussing the government's response to that virus. >> joan rivers' daughter hired a law firm to find out what led to her mother's death. the new york city-based firm confirmed it was hired to "us weekly," planning to file a lawsuit against the clinic where her mother was undergoing a throat procedure. she went the clinic to find out why her voice became ras pi. . you remember former star jose canseco, recovering, after he apparently shot himself in the hands while he says cleaning has gun.

this happened yesterday at his las vegas home. police say his injury is, quote, serious and his fiancee tells us part of the finger on his left hand was blown off. she says the gunshot destroyed a main artery in his finger. he did help the oakland a's to win the 1989 world series, played for several other teams before admitting to using steroids. changes for vallco. what the sale of macy's, jcpenney and sears means for the mall. >> a winner gets a ring, loser goes home, we don't want to consider that. >> good memory. >> giants' season coming down to one final game tonight. a rocket explodes moments after take-off. the connection to the bay area. a live look outside, this in from the san bruno mountain of the city of san francisco, the bay area as a whole, all lit up, excited and ready. back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic and weather after the break. what's possible today?

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>> announcer: you're watching 15 minutes of continuous news, weather and traffic on "today in the bay." it all comes down to this, after 162 regular season and 16 postseason games, the fate of the 2014 giants will be determined tonight right there at kauffman stadium. it's winner gets a ring, loser goes home with some memories. >> we're not trying to consider that. the giants hoping to bounce back with a vengeance. last night royals strung together hit after hit, pounding out seven runs in the second inning. stack on a couple more for good measure. trounce the giants 10-0. today is a new day. >> yes, it is. janelle wang, the giants are trying to do something that hasn't been done in 35 years,

win game seven of the world series on the road. >> reporter: fingers crossed, this is it. series tied up 3-3, decisive game seven here at kauffman stadium tonight. right now giants have a starting pitcher, tim hudson, on the mound. he'll be facing off against jeremy guthrie of the royals. this is a rematch of game three. that game, the royals took it 3-2. last night the royals took us, pummeled us 10-0, giants fans left disappointed, tough to watch, but tougher when it comes to their wallets because many giants fans now have to shell out more money to stay longer and pay for tickets, which are selling for $600 for standing room only to $2,000 plus for a seat behind the dugout. but they admit, it's been worth it. >> enjoying it. giants baseball torture, right? you fall behind, you come back, you lose a game, you win the next one. >> i spent everything i had to come out here, but you know, it

sucks, it was rough. you know, the game was over in the second inning, but you know what? we still got one more game. >> we got it, game seven. >> reporter: he's going to have to ask his dad for a loan to attend game seven tonight. game seven should be tliling. in 5 of 6 games one team outscoring the other team by five runs. you know, we all know the giants have a better postseason record going into the world series for the third time in five years, hopefully they'll emerge as world champions again tonight. that's the latest from kansas city. janelle wang. bob redell live in san francisco where there's another watch party going on tonight. >> reporter: we've got the same fan out here again, this early in the morning, just like yesterday morning. if you want to look. that person sitting there all by their lonesome in the middle of civic center plaza. out here yesterday around this

time. again, here they are, a good 11 hours before the first pitch at 5:07 to make sure they get the front row seat in front of the big screen tv showing game seven tonight here in front of san francisco city hall. fans, of course, hoping they have something to celebrate when this game is over tonight. not the case last night when just the second inning royals took an enormous lead over the giants, eventually routing them 10-0. a hard game to watch, if you're rooting for san francisco. depressingen thousand of fans who showed up yesterday left early by the seventh inning. not all but a lot of them did. one person who did stick around, 73-year-old howard lowe. >> because i'm a giants fan. win, lose, or draw, i wanted to see how it would end up. >> i was scared, worried to the point where they had to take buster posey out made me depressed already. >> reporter: police tell us even though last night was a busy night for them, the fans are

mostly cooperative. they only had to deal with people who brought alcohol on the plaza, having them pour it out. it's not allowed here tone as well. extra officers in certain sections, sfpd in case fans become unruly. it did happen in 2012 after the win. tonight, of course, a winner take all, there will be a decision, whether the giants win or lose. police don't know how they're going to response but want to be prepared. if you're thinking about coming out to the civic center plaza, you do not need to come as early as that lady back there but you want to arrive before first pitch, maybe 3:00 in the the afternoon, somewhere in that ballpark to make sure you're able to see that big screen there. again, first pitch, 5:07 our time tonight. showing at civic center plaza. don't bring any booze. live here in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay."

>> maybe she has the best seat in the house. >> covered in the dark abusiness over there we'll take your word for it. tim hudson getting the start tonight but giants have their ace, madison bumgarner up their sleeve and lurking in the bull. when asked to pitch after a couple of days' rest, he joked he's good for 200 pitches. sun he tossed a complete game shutout. he did not need 200 pitches. >> giants went or lose, stay with us for coverage of the decisive game seven. anytime we're not on air, head to nbcbayarea.com for up to the meant information. talking about, time to check your forecast. this as we give you a live look outside of downtown san francisco. looking spiffy. >> yeah. nice start to our day. >> yeah, it's going to be really, really nice out there. excited about that giants game. temperatures this morning, on the chilly side, 6:48. we'll get into your forecast in

one moment. before i tell you about your current temperatures i want to tell you what's coming our way for the next few weeks. that's a significant pattern change. so right now we're in the 40s, we'll jump by 35, 40 degrees over the span of the day, ending up in the 80s. but this, my friends, is it, when it comes to the warm temperatures dive. next two days, they stay below average through the next seven to eight days. looking really good for that game tonight at kauffman stadium. first, your kansas city forecast. then i'll show you what to expect if you are headed out to civic center park. game seven, big game, first pitch 57 degrees, cold, dense air like last night. i don't think wind is going to play a factor. when you have cold, dense air coupled with high humidity that you get out there in kansas city, it tends to keep the ball from traveling. between the fourth and ninth inning is when you want to watch

for that, that's when the coldest air starts to settle. you'll hear announcers talking about it's brisk, chilly, even colder for tonight in kansas city. the opposite case here in san francisco. we're going to end up warmer, 77 degrees, comfortable conditions, later on this afternoon. over the course of the viewing party, temperatures in the 70s and mid-60s, really comfortable out there. then everything changes for tomorrow. take your temperatures back down to the 70s. clouds increase, stop that clock for you, tomorrow 8:00. showers starting to push into the north bay. we stop that clock again for you, moving you forward to 11:00 a.m. friday. yes, the shoe l. showwers movin. expecting activity along the peninsula and north bay, dry in san jose and the east bay until 12:00 to 5:00, that's the most active time frame, clearing you out by 7:00, showers deteriorate and head out of town in time for

a beautiful saturday afternoon. you get extra hour of sleep. don't forget, if you've got one of the clocks you have to set manually, i don't, i don't anybody who does, but you want to make sure you have the right time. extra hour of sleep. i certainly would not want to keep anybody from that extra hour, mike than wouldn't be right, would it? >> no, not at all. make sure you get that hour at some point even if you have to cash in with a nap. here, after you pay your cash or fas-trak, west bound 92 across the san mateo bridge, slows considerably. we've seen this. look at your map. overall bay area standard flow. two slower support spots. 238 and 92 san mateo bridge, slow down because of crash continues to smooth out to typical morning commute. just a build off the castro valley y. additional slowing towards eight street.

really jamming up north 87, coming into downtown, i heard about a crash toward the interchange, that may be tying things up as well as burst of traffic. 101 slows around capitol expressway, things get better toward the airport. unusual pattern. rest of the bay smoothly towards the bay bridge. slowest drive for 580, approaching toll plaza where metering lights are on. fas-trak lanes actually moving. we've had no dramatic effect after the stall reported around treasure island that has cleared. roadway's smooth towards san francisco. >> thank you. the question, what went wrong? a rocket exploded moments after take-off. officials scouring for debris and answers. nanette miranda joining us. >> some sixth graders from the urban promise academy in oakland had an experiment on the rocket. but like all things on board it's been lost. unmanned rocket headed to the international space station

carrying supplies when something went wrong just seconds after takeoff. the rocket from contractor orbital science explodes and crashes down to the launchpad. located in wallace island, virginia. the 14-story rocket plunged to the ground in a ball of fire. the fiery descend could be seen for mile nopz one was hurt. the first accident for nasa since turning to private contractors for space delivery. >> a tough time to lose a launch vehicle like this and payload, not as tragic as losing a life with. we're happy to report no injuries and the safeguards in flight and on the groundworked as they should have. >> most damage confined to the launch site facilities. a russian rocket lifted a few hours later with supplies and arrived at the space station a few moments ago. spacex has a contract with nasa to resupply the iss, supposed to launch in december. >> thanks so much. 6:53.

new hope this morning, south bay mall struggling for decades. one of silicon's valley's most prolific real estate developers bought three of the four buildings there. kris sanchez at vallco shopping mall. >> reporter: ask anybody here in cupertino, what about vallco. >> somebody should do something. the problem is there's never been a consensus about what to do. that could change now that sand hill properties out of menlo park acquired three of the big box stores, talking about macy's, talking about sears, talking about jcpenney's. last two sears and jcpenney's said they were dgoing to close because of national downsizing strategy. but with acquisitions, sand hill properties owns 32 acres of the vallco shopping center property, that is more than half. they have greater control over what happens here. this is prime real estate across the freeway from apple's spaceship campus.

even as the developer benefitted from good timing with sears and penny's national downsiding, developing vallco is not going to be easy. it noose plans for development here and no approval from the city and the city's cautious about how it goes forward with changing its general plan. that is still in the works by the way, there's also matter of a lawsuit that has kind of tied up a lot of the sites interior part of the mall. too much inside baseball on that except it has stalled a plan for development of the inside of the mall. now that sand hill properties has control of the majority, perhaps that will change. changing everything and nothing for now at least. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> changes everything and nothing. for more of today's top business and tech headlines, let's turn to scott mcgrew. >> good morning. apple rolling out software, sam, in the last couple of weeks, apple pay registering more than 1 million credit cards in the

first three days. foster city-based reese visa go talk to reporters and analysts after they report profits today. i'm curious what they may say about the new apple pay system which replaces their cards yet drives transactions to them as well. as we've reported, cvs drugstores has an nfc system in place. they've turned it off so you can't use the new apple pay. apparently cvs working with other companies on its own system. funny tweet from dan frommer, i cannot wait for the mobile payment app from the company that designed this receipt at cvs. speaking of twitter, the british charity the samaritan has a new service. register your twitter handle. keeps an eye on people you follow, looking for words that people may need help, sad, lonely, e-mails you and gives you a heads up. go to samaritansradar.org.

give them the twitter handle. you're not giving them anything private because when somebody posts something on twitter it's public, right? if you miss one key tweet in the middle of the night from a friend, they'll e-mail you, heads up, friend tweeted the following. >> wasn't there a case where demi moore helped a follower. >> it's worth a try. >> 6:57. final check of the day's top stories. suspected serial arsonist accused of terrorizing san jose could enter a plea in court. william patrick brennan reportedly told the investigators he started fires in january and he knew locations and times of each one. >> people in hawaii leving near the path of a slow moving lava flow set to take off. it's burned tires, a shed and other materials.

the world series -- not sure if you've heard about this -- has come down to one game tonight, something about a game seven. giants and royals ready to square off in a winner take all matchup, taking the hill for the giants, tim hudson, spent 16 seasons waiting for a chance to get into the world series. now he's taking the bump with everything on the line tonight. we'll pulling for mr. hudson. >> we've been wearing orange all week. we're in mourning so we're wearing black but still cheering them on. >> one day hiatus. good morning. >> good morning. hopefully he does okay. i have a feeling if he gets any hits he's going to be taken out of the game quickly. replaced with bumgarner. 53 degree on the peninsula. 55 in san francisco. and look at your temperatures for today. not feel like fall but it will by tomorrow. enjoy today, enjoy the sunshine, get vitamin d. we turnover cast and bring in the wind. i'll have seven day for you

every 15 minutes over the course of the "today" show. your favorite part, the kathie lee and hoda hour. >> you did. >> looking here toward palo alto, sam loves this shot. 101 moves smoothly through palo alto, reason recovs nicely. bay, nothing unusual, slowing northbound through the south bay. 880 out of oakland into fremont. north bay, build continues for southbound 101. a lot of company. no surprises. >> quickly, story you hear about on our friends of the "today" show. kid who never played basketball in his life is $10,000 richer thanks to abilities on the court. >> collect it out. select for a contest earlier this week. he had to make a layup, free throw, three-point somewhere half court shot in 30 seconds to win. you know what? he did it at the buzzer. he played soccer for the college

team. he won $10,000 to go towards his tuition. nice, right? >> crowd reaction. >> he did it. >> that's great. >> have a great one. $200 million disaster. unmanned rocket carrying supplies to the international space station explodes in a massive fireball seconds after taking off. what went wrong? closing in, that slow moving river of lava overtaking a community of dozens of homes. this morning the path of destruction from the ground and the air. >> right now it feels like we're in a furnace. >> lost and found. the dad missing for five days after vanishing from a crowded stadium in denver finally turns up 100 miles away. how did he get there without money, credit cards or a car?