he' just spend, and spend, and spend. s. >> a massive early morning fire leaves dozens without a place to live. >> it was reported 5:20 in the 800 block between sutter and bush street. terry mcsweeney joins us and they had to make a run for it. >> they really did. and 75 people have checked in at the evacuation center at st. frans hospital which is one block where that fire burned. you can see the blackened face of that artment building. that is the one. many are allowed back int surroundinbuildings but maybe 40 forced to find somewhere else to live on a permanent basis following spectacular fire that gave firefighters all they could handle. the call came int the fire

departme a little after 5:00. before crews could arrive, pictures of the flames of that fire. >> reports inside from the safetyfficer that the stairwell collapse made the decision to pull everybody out of the building and go defensive on it. >> dozen of residents had all managed get out. many escaped with ju the clothes on their back. like academy of art university student banner who lost it all. >> everything. my portfolio, my books, my supplies. everything was there. i have nothing left. i have to pretty much star over. >> the fe was so intense the 12-unit apartment buding next-door had to be evacuated. jose lives there. he was awakened by a neighbor pounding on his door. >> i can feel the at already, my building. it just like burning, boiling, like cooking.

big fire. >> the buiing where the fire started is red-tagged, probably a tear-down. >> the bricks are standin aloaning by themselves. we're not letting anybody on the back side of the building or in the alleyway betweethe two buildings. >> three were jured by smoke inhalation. evacuees wit taken to shelters. the morning commute was pay long one for many people. >> i only have myself. that's all i had. so i had no idea. >> things getting a little better for shamila. she is going to be put up at a dorm of the academy. good news there. as to the cause of the fire which started they believe on the fit floor, it is under investigatio live in san francisco, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thanks very much. two teenager boys accused of starting a fire are scheduled to

enter a plea th afternoon. officials lieve the suspects ages 16 and 17 are responsib for the july 5th arson at trace elementary school. the santa clara distric attorney's office is charging the boys as adults. each faces one felony count of aggravated arson. prosecutors say there's evidence the fire was premeditated and intentionall set. donations helped the school reopened as schedule in august but the students are attending class in portable trailers. >> officials at san francisco general hospil are hoping you can help identify a mystery patien this woman is listed in critical condition there but nobody knows if she is. she was found injured next to a wheelchair on the embarcadero in san francisco ten days ago. if you know who she is, please call the hospital. the number is on your screen there, 415-206-5822. we have it posted on our webse abc7news.com. >> the obama administraon is now asking a fedal appeals court in san francisco to

suspend a judge's ruling that overturned military's don't ask don't tell policy. president obama favo eliminating the policy concerning gays in the military but the governor believes that allowing the judge's current ruling to remain in place would create a majo problem for the military. the department argues that leaving -- unless that stay is issued members that reveal their sexual orientation could be discharged if the ruling is overturned by a higher court. >> the federal government may sue california if voters approve position 19 which would legaze marijuana in the state. eric holder was in los angeles to announce that the u.s. government wld "vigorouy enforce federal laws tt ban the possession and distribution of marijuana even if a state law allows those activities." the drug czar weighed in on voters previously approving medical marijuana. >> we believe that medicine should be determined by the process that already exitses in

this country. the unit states has a world-renowned process for medicines to be put on the shelves or given to patients. really doesn't involve a popular vote. >> prop 19 would legalize and tax recreational use making it subject to the same laws california uses to regulate alcohol. that would conflict with federal laws that classify marijuana as an illegal drug. >> federal agents are getting involved in an investigation to determine whether a financial industry broke any criminal allows in the mortgage crisis. officials say the f.b.i. is in the inial stage of a long process sorting out which agents will looking into why financial institutions mishandled the paperwork in the foreclosu crisis. the officials say the questions is whether banks were acting with criminal intent or simply overelmed by events following the housing collapse. >> six hours the giants will try to repeat what they did yesterday against thehillies.

(cheers and applause) >> the giants can go up 3-1 in the series with a win tonight. fans are riding the orange wave and showing their spirit in all sorts of creative ways. jenee wang is live at at&t park to show us. jenelle? >> hi, kristen. fans are arriving but not crazy yet. the bars in the area just opened. not at 5 a.m. but that's because the game is starting a little later at 4:30 instead of 1:30. a lot of peoe are wearing their orange and black. the demand for gear is high, so high the giants opened up another dugout store at third and king at the old boarders bookstore. there the coveted playoff gear. arou the city a lot wearing their giants colors. a sold out crowd this afternoon, over 40,000 people and thousands more will be hanging out around

the ballpark at bars and restaurants to enjoy the atmosphere and feel the energy. we ran into a couple fans that drove in from reno. we're going to meet friends hopefully. enjoy the whole day. >> the beard! (laughter) >> are you going to grow a beard? >> i can't. i try but it doesn't come in too good. >> today i'm going to the game so i'm taking my seven-year-old. he bought a ticket with his own birthday money. >> ben pillgreen actually has three sons. his two-year-old is a big giants fan as well. listen to him rattle off the players' names in this youtube.com video. >> okay, batting fst andre. >> second, freddie. >> buster. >> here's some of our pitchers, tim, matt, jonathan.

>> he's so good. isn't that so cute! as far as tickets go, i did look up craigslist. the upper deck go for about $100. lower box i saw some r about $175. i checked out stubhub and standing room only, you can grab those for 80 bucks and the best seats in the house go up to $850. the giants could go to the world series if they win tonight. just need to win two more games. after that the series goes back to philadehia on saturday. reporting live at at&t park, jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> here at home! thank you so much. here's ather cute fan, all right. mike nesh from danvill sent us this picture of his dog cosmo claiming to be the number one follower. send us your pictures and video to abc7news.com e-mail.

>> now, everybody's a giant fan today. there is more new ahead. two major auto makers recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles. the problems that could pose safety risks. >> the claim wife of clarence tom

>> anita hill says the wife of

clarence thomas acted inappropriately because she left a bizarre message demanding an apology. she reopened a subject that happened 19 yearsago. that's when hill accused the supreme court nominee of sexually harasng her. t. j winick has more. >> i don't have any comment. >> you said itas unfortunate and inappropriate what e did. >> anita hill this morning refused to comment on the surprising october 9th voice mail she received from the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. good morning, i would love for you to consider an apology sometime and a full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. so give it some thoht and certainly pray abou this and come to understand why you did and what you did. >> judge thomas began to use work situations to discuss sex. >> she accused thomas of sexual

harassment at hi confirmation hearing. he and his wi spoke about the ordeal. >> i think she owes us an apology and i look forward to receiving that phone call or visit one day. >> she confirmed she left the messe at 7:30 on a saturday morning saying s was extending an olive branch to he after all these years. no offen was ever intended. but hill said it was no way conciliatory to begin with a presumption i did in 1991. i simply testified to the truth of my experience. forer to say otherwise is not extending an olive branch anita hill kept the message a week trying to decide if it was really a prank. unsure she turned it over to the campuspolice. >> a series of product recalls to tell you about starting with baby gear maker graco. the company is recalling 2 millio strollers after reports they may have killed four

infants. the strollers recalled are the quattro tour and metro light strollers made before 2007. the consumer product safety commission says if babies are not strapped in properly, they can slide through the opening between the stroller tra and bottom of the seat where they can get stuck and be strangle the company's providing customers with a free repair kit. two auto makers announcing recalls. volv recalling 10,000 vehicles because the air bags may not deploy in a crash. it has vehics from the 2010 and 2011 model year and 201 v-70 wagons. there could be a proem with the wiring connector in the air bag system. the company says dealers will fix the problem free of charge. and chrysler is recalling about 26,000 cars and pickup trucks because power steering fluid ca leak and start a fire.

it includes 2010 models of chrysler, seebring models and challenger and journey and some 2011 dodge ram pickups. dealers will replacee the fluid hoses for free. we made it easy for you to get information on all these recalls including the model numbers of graco strollers at our we be site at abc7news.com under "see it on tv." >> mike ahead with the forecast. a little foggy. >> taking longer for the sun to come out. delays at sfo, nearly 90 minutes. also gng to bring our temperatures down today. we'll talk about the basebl game forect. the chance of showers tomorrow and th rain's looking better for the weend. >> mik thank you. the new voting procedure that could have people in alameda county waiting days or even weeks for results from the upcoming election. >> the stunning information from a secret service agent, how he

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a young cupertino apple ceo showing off the latest innovations for mac computers. steve jobs has an apple series of programs editing music and video. the new program creates new links to social net working site facebook.com. it also iludes new photo editing features and allows users to e-mail customized photo postcards to friends. jobs is expected to release details abt a new mac operating system. david louie will have a complete wrap-up at 6:00. >> turn things over to mike now talking a lot of clouds this morning. >> a little more stubborn than yesterday. looks like this from mount tamalps. the elevation of clouds a little higher with that cold front drawing near. it has intensified the marine

layer. not as much sunshine today. let's take you out to at&t mark. maybe it's a good thing it's a late afternoon, early eveni game. you weren't going to see much sunshine anyway because of that and also because of the clouds. forecast for four of the nlcs. we're going to see mostly cloudy conditions. a little hazy as times. temperatures 4:57. about 58 degrees. a little breeze and once the sun sets at 6:25, look for that temperature to drop to 54 degrees. san pablo bay and into the north bay valleys and all along the coast, those temperatures l in the 50s with sunshine the better part of the day. fairfield and east bay valleys, low to mid-60s. sunshine around salinas, 58. monterey 57 but cloudy santa cruz, watsonville, gilroy. temperatures there mid-50s. partly sunny and hazy today. a quiet kind of fall day.

cloudy tonig, look for patchy drizzle to form during your morning commute tomorrow, especially the higher elevations of the east bay hills and also the coaal mountains. as far as tomorrow, there are showers in the forecast, the evening hours. rain looking more likely. temperature change, big change some areas. 6 redwood city and san jose. also santa rosa 8 degrs cooler in san francisco. let's start in the south bay where we have sunnyvale, 69. mid to upper 60s along the peninsula. sout towards los tos you may hit 71. along the coast, mid-50s for you. south san francisco, sausalito, san rafael the low to mid-60s. low 70s to north bay valleys. mid-50 at your beacs. everybody in the mid to upper 60s throughout the east bay shore until you get to cast valley and front, near 70 for you. low to mid-70s the east bay hills with the most amount of sunshine. morgan hill, gilroy, hollister,

low to mid-70s there. clouds stubborn along the monterey bay. drizzle developi along the coast. the clouds will keep us a lite warmer, low to mid-50s. heree are tomorrow morning and watch as we head througut the afternoon. may see more sunshine tomorrow even with the cold front drawing near. by midnight the rain starts to move io the north bay and should be hanging around for friday's morning commut so it could get a little interesting with our first morning commute rain we've had in a long time. all right. here's your accu-weather 7-day forecast. even cooler tomorrow. it should dry friday afternoon before the rain comes in saturday and sunday. even cooler then. >> mike, thanks. alameda county voters may have to be patient rating to fine out their election results. that's because the county is offering ranking choice voting for the first time. it may take three days to get meaningful results and longer than that to coun all the votes. several races are expected to be

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later today at 5:00 we investigate why the port of oakland is being shut down for an entire day in support of oscar grant, the bart passenger shot by a bart officer last year. a woman orders a jacket over the internet but it neve arrives. "7 on your side" examines what you should do if you run into this problem. those stories later today at 5:00. >> you ready for the game? >> oh, yeah! >> all right. >> a fun time. >> yep. thanks for joining us. "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. >> bye-bye.