live, from the bay area's news station, this the kron 4 morning news. >> good morning 4:00 a.m. on the kron 4 morning news, this is a camera down and millbrae looking at sfo. let's find out from mark what we have in store. >> we're drang get around the bay area that's the story. irang a out around the by area. drying out today, more rain on the job for the middle of the weektap for the me week. things are drying out

a few showers of shore. a few showers showing up to the east of fairfield, as a drop in you see a few sprinkles up towards sacramento. we have some snow up in the sierra, about seven dozen feetdozen feet. this storm is exiting but a few more lined up. wednesday at 5:00 p.m. is the star of the first game of the world series. it looks like the rain could hold of, look at thursday, rain moves in. game to the world series is was 3 thursday at 5 could be washed out. heavy rain is expected from 5-midnight. scuttered schuller's on and

off on friday, another storm on saturday morning. right now looks like we could try out for halloween on sunday. that is good news for the trigger treaters. today, sunshine, under humid.kind of f. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. tried to date dry today, dry tomorrow, showers and the north bay and the evening on wednesday, it does not look like a game on thursday showers, more rain friday, saturday and sunday looks like it will be clear. erica. >> waking up to pretty easy conditions around the bay, take a look at the a conditions a little wet on

the pavement so watch your speech, and no problems at the golden gate or your other bridge is. you're right is clocking in at just 23 minutes. albany, up 30 shore freeway, westbound 80 traffic is moving well. and if you are headed to the sierra, we have some chain requirements in effect 80, up 50,850,,88. new details on apologetics, we just received word from pg&e that all power has been restored. it's not a partisan 15,000 customers, to include the police department and fire department. again of power is restored at this hour,

heavy rain also cause traffic problems major flooding including the spartans didn't the scope.is sp. >> the rain has caused heavy flooding and some parts of oakland, you can see this large pool of water. caltrans workers have no choice but to shut it down for now, let's see how deep it is. it is about a foot deep but the edge, the reason for this is because of the plug to storm drain you cannot see it because it is under water. the workers out here are waiting for a vacuum so they can suck the water out of here. >> north bay, oftentimes hit hard by rains like these so we sent maureen kelly out there to see if she can find

any problems. >> their relentless rain is believed to be there because of what your looking at, a large oak trees sent crashing into your home. >> i heard a really weird noise, at first i thought it was thunder, then it sounded like an earthquake. >> here you can see where the tree crashed through their room in the back, it fell in the bedroom. >> it fell in the bedroom that is sleeping, thankfully i was not there. >> check out what's left of the 25 ft. tall tree crashed some time last night, a marin county firefighters had to take a chainsaw to. if it's not trees, it's mud, tumbling down cliffs getting in the way of cars. but driving rain and wind deconditions at the chp

dealing with tons of accidents. highway 37, this blue dots during girl was just drag out after flipping over and falling 40 ft.. the driver called out by a passing motorists. >> caltrans crews also have their work cut out for them clearing sklar of the storm drains.claude storm drains. th'e trying to correct the giants the streams of rose water, the national weather service warned of this very problem, flooding in the north bay in the east bay. these puddles make getting around slow going. in the north bay, maureen kelly, kron4 news. >> the giants are back in the north bay after facing some delays. the mud and tired but they seem to get new energy when greeted by

wet but happy fans. here you see the bus pulling out, some 200 soap fans are waiting hours for the team to arrive. they are back, the giants have a chance to do what barry bonds wanted bring the world series title to san francisco. >> at your feet hit the ground? >> not yet. not yet. it is great. we're so excited. the city of san francisco we're so excited. >> it is right back to work, we arrive today, tomorrow we will have to work out, the following day we start off we can't let it go out. >> games 1, 2, thursday and wednesday. three-four will be in texas. and if

necessary game 5 and texas, in game 6 in seven will be back in san francisco. very exciting. new construction on the bay bridge is under way today, here's an animation of the second level. it will be put into place over the next week or so, all in total of four sections will be hosted 30 stories into the air in attached the first level of the tower which you can imagine this construction will cause some distraction for drivers. we will keep an eye on this, one of our traffic stories for the day. first lady all ball will be in the centers as your area today. she will attend in the event hosted by nancy pelosi. she is hosting a dinner to honor extraordinary women of the bay area, joe biden is another guest. we will

follow those stories and more straight ahead on the kron4 morning news, let's go up siding give you in other live look from our group camera, if you cannot see a lot. it is ready, low 60s are around the city. rain expected for later on in the week. we will be right back.

and we are back, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay., today not bad sunshine out there. sunnier condition set for tomorrow, a chance of rain thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. game 1 and 2 on wednesday and thursday, there's a chance we might cause some rain problems for the light came on thursday we will keep you abreast of it. now on to home sales, apparently they are continuing to climb just over 63 home6300 homes, i's

down 20% from september last year home sales or at the lowest level since 2007. the median price was at $395,000 that is down more than 40% from 2007. meanwhile a new survey suggests that forecasters have lowered their expectations of the case of the economic recovery. the national association of business and taught economics released today finds that economists have become cautious in the third quarter, 54 percent expect growth of more than 2%. that's down from 67%. fewer layoffs is expected through attrition, layoffs. the more the jury of those surveyed said employee

levels will hold. wall street stocks are mixed wall street is becoming more sensitive to the three east, earnings, elections and economic data. midterm elections approaching with economic data are affecting much of the sectors. the national association of retailers' reports on sales of previously owned homes for september. that is due out tomorrow. tractor- trailers', school buses and other large vehicles will need to be more fuel- efficient. coming from president barack obama as the administration, there are expected to release a proposal for medium and heavy-duty trucks beginning with those sold in the 2014 year and into the 2018, a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. the average

price of regular gasoline in the united states has jumped 5.2 3¢, the average now $2.82 nationwide, say leaders is the lowesan francisce highest average price for gasoline $3.16. p p says it has sold its stake in for richer or oil and gas in the gulf of mexico that have been selling assets to pay for the damage caused by the blow of the well in the gulf of mexico. we will take a break, we have got more headline straight ahead, here's a quick look as we go shot of the golden gate bridge. it is that up there. this regular to. try it

today, there is more rain on the horizon mark will of a full look coming up.

year are expected to enter a plea. they have been charged as adults with aggravated arson, they exceeded $6.5 million that fire caused $10 million, to san jose's elementary school they're being held without bail. decision 2010, the san jose city council members accused of pulling out some campaign signs around town, a measure b supporter and

video service on www.youtube.com showing him know on the and giving them to police the senate. kron4 eyes reaction. >> measure-be would change th police and fire right.it is e campaign signs if there are public property. he was accused of pulling a no on v signed. and a consultant said he saw the katzman remove the sign for improper property. this video was taken by police and firefighter union members. he says he felt intimidated and called police department when lt. arrives you can see he removed several campaign signs from the trunk of his car including

for no on v sons. >> it allows for removal of signs on public property. we do not have enough people to respond to residents we only have so many resources, having these signs on public property is not the right thing to do so i took it upon myself to grow a few. >> firefighter employees union spoke to the media on sunday accusing council member of breaking the law. >> it is crystal clear that this was on private property firefighters in police officers of offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the prosecution of those responsible for stealing and vandalizing than no on v signs. >> president barack obama is making his final campaign

push today, the last full week of the midterm campaign in rhode island talking about the economy and raising more cash. he will be talking about lending practices, he signed last month. he will also be speaking to democratic donors. with about a week to go before midterm elections democrats are accusing some republican chances of not being clear on whether not their campaign money is goingwe're their campaign money is going. >> president barack obama and house speaker nancy pelosi see the lack of conspiracy is wrong. democrats pressed an attack against the gop this weekend over campaign contributions by groups that are registered as tax- exempt. democratic national chairman says that is not how his party takes care of business. >> you have our right to

know where this funding takes place, that is something we will uphold. >> i suspect that those organizations out there know what the law is an of complying with the law, if you're of evidence to the contrary produce it. otherwise put up or shut up. >> in one key battle democrat jerry brown is widening his lead. i knew pole from the university of southern california and the losses angeles times shows brown 13 points ahead of whitman. four as the u.s. hopes those men ithe message fre interest in florida, these too rigidly conservative to be affective for florida. april williams, atlanta. >> as for whitman's

response, to show jerry brown 13 points ahead you can see your campaign argues approached its old, statistically flawed and there is in no way a current snapshot of the race " the latest jfk polls shows that democrats have a tough time well will i should say, going after undecided voters 45% of persuaded voters say they prefer that the gop candidate 1238% preferred democratic. 50 percent want challenger to defeat their own member. it's a voting out morsome bay ae implementing a smoking ban but are these new rules being enforced? stanley roberts in answers that question. >> cities around the bay are

extra adopting strict no- smoking ordinance but are people paying attention to bomb? i spent a couple hours in oakland where a smoking is banned 25 ft. from buildings and bus stops. people are not allow smoking at bus stops and has been the law since 2007. but you cannot tell from looking. on the 14th and broadway, people some smokers always ignored the smoking ban. and they are right, look around, you will smut is broker tospot a smoker or two. s woman, as to another person was seeing that i am watching, the person i'd she is commenting to insure a year earlier sitting at the same bus stop smoking a cigarette. this guy leaning against a pole is smoking

entirely as ast reported out by a security officer. i have come to the conclusion that no matter what city you visit in the bay it there is a smoking ban there will be people ignoring it. oakland, stanley roberts, kron4 news. >> as always if you, and your story idea let him know. we are going to take a break, we'll be back with more in just 60 seconds.

and we are back, but look to the golden gate bridge. a light one. and they aren't too. all of that rain yesterday, they will dryout just in time for more rain later on in the week. video coming at a texas, a tornado touched down in texas over the weekend destroying three homes injuring four people. see that funnel cloud, in this amateur video, witnesses saw hailed the size of baseballs. the tornado flipped a tractor- trailer over and knocked train cars off the tracks. scary moments. we also had some tornado video, at this video was shot by an emergency management coordinator.

>> (inaudible) >> i don't know if you could make that out he says we are in the tornado. you can see that tornado tearing apart buildings, degree in the air. the national weather service says of that storm spawned and damaged a house obad lead they managed a high school no word of any one was injured. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a live look outside, albany, that traffic westbound on the e. we'll be right back 80. we will.

right back. a quick look from our rooftop camera, a little humid, it is damned. mark is

following the forecast. good morning. >> good morning. expecting some sunshine, dry weather today and tomorrow. when state showers late in the north bay, very wet weather expected thursday. it looks like a reno gray now for game 2 of the world series. there is a looks to be the heaviest rain, rain showers again on friday. right now it looks like maybe a sharp early on halloween sunday.rain n halloween but clearing out. wednesday's game looks like it will be fine. storm tracker 4, seven plus inches of rain. it is now trying out a sprinkle here and there, this could hit around

the golden gate in the next 30 minutes. snow up in the sierra, we are getting some snowshoeing up on 50, 80. 5:00 p.m. when state game 1 of the world series, rain in the north bay. the chance of a jar for game 1, but that is it. heavy rain thursday morning 7:00 a.m., thursday a new heavy, for speeches at 5:00 p.m. we are expecting a very heavy rain. rain all day friday, heaviest rains on thursday. clearing out friday, another storm saturday morning, the latest model shows dry on halloween. temperatures for today, sunshine, a breezy,

highs in the '60s, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. rain returns of the chance wednesday evening heavy thursday, rain on friday, more rain expected saturday. erica with an update on traffic. >> we do not have any problems to report, pretty easy conditions if you are headed up no. we do have some chain requirements. pretty clear conditions on both sides of your screen, those taillights headed westbound traffic is making its way into the eastbound no problems. no back up but the toll plaza 12 minutes from one end to the other. a couple of cars headed southbound toward civil of cisco, if you're headed up north to the syrup we do have some chain requirements. the chain requirements or on 80, 50

and 88. james. >> thank you, this is video of the dal did the dead celebration, it was a rainy day but that did not stop it. rain also cause some problems in the john daly exit on highway 280 it slowed traffic to a crawl. there rain seemed harder because of the strong winds, take a look at this. a little shaky all of that wind is blowing the rain sideways at times. the giants back in the bay area facing some delays from philadelphia they might have been tired, but they were obviously very happy to see

their fans out there some standing around a. for hour 200 and some 200 fans standing around. this is a shot of them arriving from philadelphia, a colorful assortment of characters, they have a chance do what barry bonds could not do bring a world series title tuesday and a disco. >> and of to san francisco. we might be rained out on came to. game 3 and 4 will be in texas, and if necessary game 5 will be in texas. games 6 and 7 will be back here in the city. it has meant big business for the local economy the giants are merchandised of stores have been hard to keep on their shelves, and then after

saturday night's big winner kron4 is a da lin says the demand for anything giant related went through the roof. >> giants fans waited outside of some sporting good stores saturday morning in the rain before there were even opened. people were going after giants merchandise like this t- shirt along with other playoff items. speaking jackets, t-shirts, something for myself my husband, my daughter just a little bit of everything. >> this is special this is not happen for awhile. >> this national league champions t-shirt appears to be the hottest ticket in the town a lot of people bought it sunday. speech is a keepsake. i will kee this >> it is a keepsake. >> 10 minutes after the close it was packed, fans would not leave it had to be brought if it said giant.

>> it is not every year, it is been seven years. in bowl bid, or go home. >> this world with a few hours early on sunday so fans could get their hands on caps like this one. the store managers say the giants' success is great for business. >> were doing about to add a percent more business. there was no giants game at this time last year, anything we do it this time is extra. speaking it has been nice. >> illuthey expect to be even busier on wednesday when the giants play game 1. they say giants fans will buy more merchandise. this had is very popular. dublin, san francisco, kron4 news.

>> now that the job and are in the world series this gamble for tickets has become even more expensive. >> as soon as the last out was recorded in philadelphia the schedule for the world series against the texas rangers was confirmed. it opens with games one and two or wednesday with 8:05 p.m. start time.on wednesday. the nee games would be in texas, game 4 would be on sunday on halloween. game 5 would be on monday november 1st. if needed game 6-7 would shift back to at&t park on thursday and wednesday. if you want to waive your

orange halls you have to pony up some big bucks. all those tickets are sold out. look at the giants' website they are referring goes to stubhub. a look at the website listed its for game 1 at $400 which is normally a $50 standing room tickets the highest price is eight $4,000 ticket for $300 each. game 4 is more expensive $475 for the standing room ticket. there are many tickets available on the internet, prices that are even more expensive. but it is now too late to get world series tickets, even if you put down a positive for 2011. >> let's take another break, that is pricey. let's take

another shot from the set bay camera traffic on 101, we are moving well. we will be right back.

and we ambac, a snapshot of that here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. not are back. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. a sprinkler to wednesday and thursday when state is game 1 of the world series with the giants in san francisco. thursday, a lot more rain expected particularly in the evening when the game is scheduled. it is up and the air weather not that game will be rained out we'll let you know the closer we get to it. temperatures are on the mild side. we don't stand a chance of forming things up. an autopsy is expected to be conducted sometime this week on a hospital employee after she was allegedly murdered by an inmate. they

arrested 37 year-old jesse massey for murder and robbery he was declared insane back in 1993. donna 53, found dead in a courtyard, he will let you know as the investigation continues. in about a week california voters will decide whether not marijuana should be legalized for recreational use one neighbor had is embracing it. a place called bolstered them. >> it may feel like amsterdam but this is oakland california, this five block area is known as foloaksterdam, you can see in the front looks like any other coffee shop but marijuana is sold in the back. he checks people's

courage, if he says it's o.k. you can go on back. behind the curtain is jan, the but a tender. >> height welcome to blue sky this is our menu. >> customers select what type of marijuana they want. >> the city of oakland has embraced them. because the city is getting a cut in the form of tax revenue. officials say there had been no major problems. >> some of the best businesses to deal with have been responsive, they really respond to any concern the city has had. >> there is even a university were students you learn how to grow and sell medical marijuana. >> marijuana for federal purposes is a controlled suspects.

>> on a recent tuesday night students to learn about the difference between state and federal drug laws more than $13 and students have taken clauses here since the school open mor13,000 students e taken classes here. >> i would like to grow it in my own home and give it to people why no need relief. >> it has helped revitalize a dying part of downtown oakland. the owners of the lunch box say their business is booming. >> people are coming to take losses, have prescriptions build, people are in and out so yes there's an increase of foot traffic and it does benefit us. >> if california's vote on november 2nd to legalize it this is one place where it will be quickly and readily available. >> another break, let's go

outside to give you a quick look as we go, sure you would looks like from our rooftop camera. no real rain falling may be a sprinkler to. it will taper off, dry of but we do have more rain for the weekend. mark will be up shortly with your forecasts.

welcome back to the kron 4 morning news, watching bay area weather, drying out today and tomorrow and setting ourselves up for another series of storms coming in with some heavy rain later in the week. a live look at the golden gate, wet, as did the conditions, truck temperatures are dropping off. fog is forming. this week, the sunny today and tomorrow showers late wednesday, heavy rain on thursday, showers on friday, more rain on saturday. looks like it will clear out for halloween. but the world

series wednesday night may be a shower, the thursday game looks like a renoain out. a few light showers showing up of short on storm tracker 4, not much in the way of activity. a few sprinkles to the east of 680, walnut creek. we could see a shower to, and for the most are drying out. lake tahoe, snow we have to change requirements up there. temperatures are cool, 40 napa, 51 concord, 54 fairfield and hayward. 52 livermore and los gatos. a bright moon showing up between the clouds as the storm exits to the east. more storms lining up to the west. for today, not a bad

afternoon, muggy, sunshine, 63 san francisco, 65 in oakland and hayward. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. here come the storms again, wednesday evening in the north bay rain, a game won a chance of showers. heavy rain throughout the day on thursday, it could be arraigned out for game 2. rain on and off on friday. more rain on saturday a slight chance of rain halloween. update on checked with erica. >> it looks like we have a new problem, reports of a problem with the power at the tunnel. that right is very dark due to our baggage this is not been confirmed, but what your speed and make your legs or on as you make your way westbound through the caldecott. no other problems around the bay, traffic is nice and light. san mateo, traffic is building in the westbound direction. but no reports of

any delays. just one report of a dead animal in one of the lanes try and traffic is still little bit. other than that, time slot with the usual should about 13 minutes from end to end. golden gate, also pretty good shape. headlights had set back in the new direction toward san francisco novato and the city limits 23 minute trip. over to the upper east shore freeway it westbound 80 you can see a little bit more company within those had light heading towards the macarthur maze no reports of any problems at the bay bridge toll plaza. james. >> it is not trying to take on apple's ipad, but hewlett-packard has released a tablet of its own kron4 as tech reporter has the details. >> there is a new tablets the h-p's lead, just released on the market there

was a lot of hype when it was for a shot by h-p in january. we have not heard much until now when it shows up on h-p's website for sale. it's quiet release might be because it's aimed at the business and enterprise customers they're not trying to take on the ipad. they just with his video on www.youtube.com how it can be used for doctors and insurance agents to show how to make their job easy it's mainly for professional use. i am not so sure, this might catch on by windows users as the tablet that business or personal. here's what i can tell you, it runs on windows 7, its screen is 8.9 in. just slightly smaller than the ipad. touchscreen and comes for stylus if you prefer that the figures. two figurescameras when the front and one in the back. the ipad has no camera. it supports/the

ipad does not it weighs in at 1.5 lbs. for someone to will rise on a light sauce 7 who uses windows 7 this could be good for them but for now i say the tablet is not the choice. it's still the ipad. gabe slate, kron4 news. finding >> finding a cab could be difficult but one company has provided a at for that. >> sometimes try to call for a cab or hail a cab can be a pain there is an iphone at that can help make that more convenient and stylish. (music) this is the ceo and founder of a company called cougar cat. speaking is a

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we'll tak 59-14. highway 92 looking good, those taillights are headed westbound from hayward to foster city. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

welcome back to the kron 4 morning news, watching the weather with a live picture of some showers offshore. and he showers moving to the east and northeast. snow in this era at chain requirements on 50 and 80. rain at lake tahoe. well we are trying yet today and tomorrow the big news for the most part sunshine this afternoon. all lot of rain is expected this week. 5:00 on friday, first future of the world series game 1. the

rain is the same on the north bay. it looks like rain that the latest mothemodel shows 7:00 a.m. thursday rain. the heavier rain and noon.at . rain on and off expected all day friday. break friday to saturday. more rain in the forecast all day saturday, heavy saturday afternoon. drying out for halloween on sunday. very wet over the past few days. san afternoon sunshine temperatures in the '60s bay area wide, 68 antioch, 66 livermore, 67 san jose. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. showing storm's coming in, heavy rain on thursday looks to be the worst, very heavy rain.

rain on friday, heavy rain again on saturday slow clearing on halloween. james. speaking thank you mark, what was big in the movi >> paranormal activity to make 40 million, jackass' 3 d 22 million, red and 15 million.earning 15 million. bnp another live look this and never live look this morning at the golden gate, it's looking good. will record more in just 60 seconds.

and we are back 5:00 a.m., the first lady will pay her second visit to the bay area we will tell you why coming up. the giants are back in san francisco as they take on the rangers on wednesday. how to get your hands on tickets. we had a wet weekend and the potential for a wet week ahead. the world series is beginning, halloween is on the horizon a check on what we can expect. mark. >> up more rain is on the way a live look from our rooftop camera as guys start to clear. two days to dry out, more rain on the way sunny skies are expected today and tomorrow. wednesday will clear up very heavy rain on thursday, rain again friday, saturday and the possibility for chars

game 1 wednesday night. right now it looks like a brain out for game 2 on thursday night.rain out. for gan thursday. right now, the latest models are drying is out from halloween, good news there for drier weather for trick or treating. the storm tracker 4, not much, snow surest up in the sierra. there's the latest update you can see the snow is still coming down on a80 and an50. 496 rosa, 48 napa, 54 oakland, 51 concord, i've

not you and fremont. here is the storm, a few clouds make stanford today and tomorrow, highs are staying in the '60s. a bit on the muddy side. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. rain shares and the north bay wednesday, a chance for game 1. very heavy rain on thursday. friday showers on and off. more on saturday slow clearing on sunday. erica. >> thank you, the of the problem we're dealing with rainout is reports of the lights being out at the caldecott tunnel to to carry luggage. definite watcher speed as you make your way westbound, make sure your headlights are it turned on. bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is moving freely for your westbound right. those headlights are headed towards the toll plaza. just about an 18 minute ride from the foot of the macarthur maze as you make your way into fremont. the short

freeway, looking pretty good. san mateo, up from free, traffic on the other side of your screen is making its way into a hayward ease about 12 minutes from end to end. no back up at the toll plaza. finishing off with a quick look at the golden gate, just a couple cars on the road, no promise here. traffic is moving at the limit. novato into city limits 24 minute trip. james. >> thank you, continuing coverage of the weather as kron4 is will tran and chose the roads in the state.choses ts as group. >> cheered rather a little bit wet but at least there rain is not coming down. 880 is drying out, you do not see any rain drops in from the headlights the car's driving and are pretty much on dry roads. san jose,

the wet grass should not be wet for much longer. will trent, kron4 news. >> the latest on decision 2010, first lady will be incentives as good today to support barbara boxer she will attend the event hosted by house speaker nancy goes a slated to begin at 3:30 p.m. there hosting a dinner to honor extraordinary women of the bay area, another guest the wife of the joe biden. president barack obama is making its final campaign cars today. and rhode island talking about the economy. raising more cash for democrats. talking about small business tax rates and lending packages that the nine last month. he will also >> to democrat donors in province.talk to democratic vots and province.in the province. 4t

said they preferred the republican candidate, 38 preferred democratic candidate, 50 percent of perceivable voters say they want a challenger to defeat their own member of congress. new details the california you public's utilities commission has replacea database c pci has shon and fines of 479 million it comes after questions or raised over the commission's willingness to release penalties it does not show any fines issued over piccinni's gas system. giants are back in the bay area in will be working out at&t part in preparation for game 1 on wednesday. here you see the blood show up, they're the players are all

walking but 7200 soaked giants fans who waited hours for the team to arrive. look at that. and the giants, we have names like the free, that, they have a chance to do what barry bonds could not do bring the world series title to see if it is. >> at your feet hit the ground? >> not yet. not yet. once we get on pact may be. this is great we're so excited 14, the fans, the organization and the city of san francisco. >> enjoy it today and then back into tomorrow. it is right back to work here, tomorrow we will of our normal workout. the following date we start up. can't let your guard down now. >> here's a look at the world series schedule game 1

is wednesday, game 2 thursday, that is the date that we could potentially see a year rain out. there's a heavy dose the rain come thursday night. game 3 saturday, in texas. game 4 sunday in texas. if necessary game 5 monday in texas. games 6 and 7 will be back here in san francisco on wednesday and thursday. if you want to get a hand on some tickets of course you have to pay a pretty pet inny. if you go to the giants were set st for you toubhuto stubhub, tickets can get pretty expensive anywhere from $400 up to $20,000 for wednesday, thursday anywhere from $440

all the way up to 400,000. it should do range of prices. anywhere from, 2900 for some of them. 372 is the cheapest price there. you could still get tickets you just have to be prepared to pay a lot for them. the giants' pro season success has meant big business for local economy the prime example is giant merchandise. and those stores that sell it had a hard time keeping them on the shells. this is video fans packing into a store the day after the team clinched the pennant. you could see stuff is flying off the shelves there. take a look at some the most popular merchandise, unathletic jurors of theiathletd and $15, championship ready

$55, jim bishop had a $30, and a flight $25. we're goin flag $25. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

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and then that a new survey suggests that forecasters have lowered their expectation of the pace of the economic across every.recov4 percent expect growth of more than 2 percent that is down from 67% in a similar survey just last quarter. fewer firms expected to top unemployment through attrition and layoffs. the majority of those surveyed said the employee would hold. stock futures are mixed at this hour as they were at the close on friday

will street is becoming more sensitive to the three east earnings, elections and economic data. economic data is due in a bunch of sectors and the election is just around the corner. they will get started today with the reading on the housing market the national association of realtors will report on previously owned homes for september. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. much more straight ahead on the kron 4 morning news including the latest in your forecast, changes still on the mixed for this week and we could have gained to in jeopardy. mark deemed to of the world gained to in jeopardy. mark deemed to of the world series in she got caught in insider deals at goldman sachs. she changed her story about physically abusing an employee. she campaigned as tough as nails on immigration knowing her housekeeper of 9 years was undocumented.

her tv ads have been condemned as false and misleading. and even her hometown newspaper said meg whitman has demonstrated "a loose relationship with the truth"

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welcome back to the kron 4 morning news all eyes on bay area weather. a live look from the golden gate, a log is forming around the bay. temperatures are dropping off. the fog will thicken

up. storm tracker 4 a watching lingering showers, a few of short, getting some rainshowers slowly moving to the northeast. a few showers as we follow 80 up. snow is still coming down on 80, 50, change requirements. this storm leaves, dry weather for today and tomorrow. and then the storms come back and a lot more wet weather is expected, future cast four or 5:00 on wednesday rain showers in the north bay. there is a chance bay area were ride that the ring will say no. through wednesday. thursday, heavy rain around the bay. heavy rain from noon-5 which is supposed to be first pitch. from 5:00 on heavy rain in the bay

game two is a possibility of reno. friday morning's showers around the bay, we will dry out friday night, another storm comes in on saturday. on saturday rain at 4:00-8:00. drying out on halloween. it looks like some of this storm is coming earlier which is as dry weather for the church leaders. high temperatures while littleto the teacherschee is a look at your 7 day around the bay. heavy rain all day thursday, showers friday, more heavy rain saturday clearing for halloween. traffic center with an update for america. >> thank you, for those of you having at the door there

are no hot spots very good conditions your the san mateo. 14 minutes between 800 and 101. we are quiet at the golden gate, the pavement is wet, watch your speech. those headlights headed toward you watch her speech nnovato and the city limits is 23 minutes. still clocking in at 8 minutes, down and this the bay we are not tracking any problems. traffic is building. note crumbs for this outbound ride, a bit more company with in this taillights. your ride from this camera shot toward santa clara 14 minutes. james. >> thank you, tractor- trailers', school buses and other large vehicles will need to be more fuel efficient under a new proposal from president barack obama is administration. they're all

working with the transportation department to release new standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks beginning with those sold in the year 2014 lasting through 2018. it is expected that this proposal will seek a 20% reduction from long- haul trucks. the average price of regular gasoline has jumped 5.2 3¢ in the last two weeks. the average price $2.82, st. louis los averaged $2.59, and san francisco no big surprise your $3.16. for a gallon of regular grass. meanwhile san as the firefighters and police officers are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the prosecution of those dealing and vandalizing no on v signs. this is video

of a councilman who is accused of stealing some of those signs he is a measure-b supporter, video for surface showing him taking no sides in giving them two policemen measures v would change the mandatory arbitration process for firefighters a policeman. he tells kron4 what he did was not illegal. >> on code 23-to-380 allows for the removal of science on public property. so, in these tough budget times when we do not have enough people to respond to residence code enforcement only has so many resources. having these signs on public property is not the right thing to do so i took it upon myself to grab a few are in route to the opening of the community center. >> that video of councilman was taken by police and firefighters' union members as they questioned him stealing the owes no on v

sons. the suspect charged with arson with that fire at the elementary school is expected to enter a plea. both of san jose have been charged as adults with aggravated arson with property damage and other losses exceeded 6.5 million that fire cost $10 million in damage to trees elementary school they're being held without bail. opening statements are scheduled to begin in the murder trial of the man accused of killing washington in tort levy, she is on the left there and her suspected murderer on the right. he is an illegal immigrant from el salvador if he tried to make his appearance. she was romantically leaked to congressman gary candidate. he had nothing to do it

heard that, the trial is expected to last a month. autopsies' expected onan employee of napa state hospital has been killed by a mancpmfomed tp the hospital. 54-year-old donna gross was found dead in an enclosed courtyard area of the state psychiatric hospital around 7 p.m. saturday.the 54-year-old concord resident had worked as a psychiatric technician at the facility for 14 years. shortly after finding gross dead, deputies arrested 37-year-old jess massey. massey has been confined to the state hospital system since 1993, when he was declared insane. massey was removed from the facility and is being held at napa county jail on suspicion of murder. investigators have not released details of how gross was killed, but say an autopsy will be conducted this week. the fbi live look as the golden gate bridg as wyour the t the golden gate bridge as weaker traffic not bad. we'll be right back. [ mom ] my son ryan didn't know his voulez-vous

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welcome that the kron 4 morning news, snow coming down in the sierra. a with these new we had chain requirements as the kron 4

morning news continues. >> world headlines, indonesia is warning that its most volatile volcano could erupt at any time. thousands of villagers are getting ready to evacuate. increased volcanic activity over the past week, officials have raised the alert level more than 9,700 ft. high mountain erupted back in 2006 when it sent an avalanche of ggas and rock down the mountain hundreds of people were killed in the previous eruptions. obviously they're very concerned. five people are dead after a bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded at the gate of a famous shrine in pakistan during morning prayers. it is the latest in a string of attacks targeting the shrines in pakistan. outbreak in haiti is a growing concern health officials and aid workers are worried it could spread

to camps for earthquake survivors. the disease has killed 250 people in rural areas and sickened more than 3000. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. much more straight ahead on the kron 4 morning news, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. again we have rain and a lot of it towards the end of the week ended could throw a game two of the world series into jeopardy being rained out. halloween? or will be up shortly with full details on the forecast.

and we're back live pictures of the texas, added the area of race texas said east of dallas. we have tornadoes damaged, this is a story we brought you earlier this morning at the time they had an amateur video of a twister on tape. here you can see the damage and destruction as still local media gets their helicopters

in the air. roofs gone, walls gone. a whole lot of people without homes this morning. as they begin to pick arrives at a put them back together. for a shot of some of the damage out there continue to bring you more of the story as it develops. meanwhile back here in the bay area, on the left san jose on the right the rooftop camera. in both shots we have a mild start to this monday morning good morning mark. >> good morning, trying out but snow in the sierra.drying on requirements in this era. storm tracker 4, a spotty showers turning to snow with the cold air filtering in. here you see 80 and to 50 snow coming down. a few showers up in this era 1-3

in.. scattered showers of store but it drying out, maybe a sprinkle for the next few hours. things will quiet down. currently in the '50s around the bay, as he stepped out the door on this monday. drying out, grabbed the handle adjusting case. watching a series of storms are coming in over the next few days. more wet weather on top on thursday, saturday, i think it will rain from wednesday all the way through saturday trying out for halloween. there is more crabtree here a mix of sun and clouds this morning, before we drive out this afternoon. highs in the '60s, watch in the fog thickened up in the north bay. as we look ahead, we are looking at more rain on wednesday night. it looks

like it will be in the north bay for game 1 of the world series. of rain every now for game 2, rain is expected very heavy at times for thursday and thursday evening. friday, rain on and off. more heavy rain for saturday, that latest model clearing is out fur sunday a looks good for the trick or treaters. as far as baseball there may be a rainout for thursday, when you get it in? friday on saturday and saturday may be green to on sundagame two on sue on trafficker their cut. >> thank you, a possible power outage in a call to cut tunnel.the caldecott tunnel. watcher speed and make sure your headlights are on

because there are no lights on in the caldecott tunnel. highway 84, completely closed due to pg&e problem. in the meantime tell a.m. you may want to use highway- 92. speaking of highway 92 san mateo it no problems in either direction, traffic is beginning to build in the westbound direction towards foster city only a minor delay at the toll plaza still pretty good drive * only about 14 minutes between 101-80, golden gate looking good practically it goes down.a ghost town. mark too but this note in this era and we do have some chain requirements, between 80, highway 50, 88. james. >> thank you, a developing story and a reminder about new construction on the bay

bridge is underway today, computer animation of the second level of the new tower which will be put into place all total four sections will be individually hoisted 30 stories into the air and then attach to that first level that is our key been assembled as you can imagine this construction may cause a distraction as it will be happening above the road that level so for the first time as you drive on the upper or lower deck you can see the stars being moved people may slow down to take in the view of all of that going on. we'll have more on the story and a live report coming up. giants are back in the bay area that will work said its at&t part today in preparation for game 1 of the world series on wednesday. here is video of this team approaching fans, 200 south, waiting for the team to arrive home. the giants have a chance to do what barry bonds and the two dozen to and could not drink

the world series title to san francisco, the texas rangers will likely start one of the first two games in the world series. normally that the designated hitter for the rangers but with no d h in the park he will have to play it. they held a workout at home sunday and washington confirmed that cliff lee will start game 1, but they did not say which order. or who would start in game 4. here's a look at the world series schedule game 1 is wednesday, start time for 50 7:00 p.m. game 2 thursday, saturday in texas came three game 4 saturdaunday texas. if necessary game 6 and 7 will be back here in the city on wednesday and thursday. let's talk football, the

raiders are in high it mild euphoria after what to be described as a perfect game on sunday. they spot a wide open zack miller who goes 43 yds with the touchdown. the broncos on their first possession, not starting well as cattle through the intersection to chris johnson who takes it 30 yds for the touchdown, look at him go. readers at 14-0, campbell closed a screen pass, too daring, there is, make that it goes in for the 19th your touchdown. readers are in control with a 31-0 lead. the 57 yd touchdown run going, going, gone. that is for touchdowns on the day. the raiders scored the most points in their 50 year

history 59-14. meanwhile alex smith and t 49 hours in callow laurel anthe 49 yearsn carolina. the fourth quarter tied at 13 matt more intercepted by reed mcdonnell to those 13 yds for the touchdown there he is hobbling to the end. 23 or strike for the game-tying touchdown. next possession, smith's replacement david carr is picked off by richard marshall. they go, there it is, that would lead to a 37 yd field goal to run out for the panthers. the forty-niners are off to

london for next week's game against the broncos. we will take our break, much more straight ahead and a developing story near dulles. live pictures to show you as we go, that is what left of the house, homes nearby east, texas the right near dallas many destroyed. as a tornado swept through that area late yesterday much more on this story and live pictures coming up.

this yea in to be at bareback, a mix of sun and cloudhere is a look at your 7 day around the bay. a chance of showers on wednesday back in the forecast, it is until thursday will receive the biggest shot of rain particularly around game time for game 2 of the world series. there is a very good possibility that game could

be rained out. the showers last thursday, friday, saturday, it might be sunday before some break in that just in time for a trick or treating on halloween night. more details as we approach halloween day, that is the way the outlook is shaping up at this point. also falling whether other taxes, video on the left-hand side yesterday of the tornado that rolled through the area of texas rate near dallas. on the right-hand side live pictures this morning as helicopters are finally up in the air. they're giving a shot of some of the damage houses of liberated by that twister. at this point there's only reports of four people injured, no reports of anyone killed hopefully that is good news is that number holds true. texas and tornado damage one of the developing stories we're following this morning. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. back with more in just 60 seconds.

watching bay area weather and more storms that are headed in our direction. drying out rainout at the golden gate, fog showing up at the north bay valley's. maybe a scattered rain showers this morning. catching a break for today, and into wednesday. and then more rain. lots of sunshine this afternoon to march to be pretty nice, showers late on wednesday, thursday, friday a lot of rain. thursday rain is heavy all day. similar to yesterday. another storm on saturday. in looks like we will clearing out for sunday just in time for halloween. we should be clear for a trip retreating. two or treating. foe most part rain is done with us. the rains are moving up to vacaville. snow is coming

down up in the sierra. snow on 80, 50, 88. hmm visibility in the bay area around novato, santa rosa. half a mile in novato. dance of showing up in 37, 121. a little bit of blood in hayward. the bayfog in hayward.d the ark, 66 livermore and fremont. 65 oakland, 67 santa rosa. tracking the storm as it looks like wednesday night is the next real chance of rain around the area may be just assured to for game 1 of the world series. for a washout very heavy rain on thursday. more on friday and saturday clearing out on sunday.

trucking the timing as these storms get closer. rain now it appears to be a washout for game 2 on thursday. stayed tuned. an update on monday traffic. erica. >> thank you, reports of the lights being echoed in the caldecott tunnel. caltrans is working on the problem, in the meantime watcher speeds and make sure your head lights are turned on as you make your way westbound. no problems around the bay, traffic is getting by just fine, clear condition that the san mateo bridge other traffic is building in the westbound direction. traffic on the left-hand side is making its way east founded to hayward. dry times are typical 14 minutes for an end to end, a very minor back up but the toll plaza. bay bridge is looking pretty good. no problems at the golden

gate, traffic sailing on by headed southbound toward standards as corp., no problems reverend. traffic is in the green. screeds are pretty good 60 mi. per hour novato and the city limits. have a 37 over to the east 88-9 minutes. james. >> take a look at the damage left behind from tornadoes, the start reified dallas tx some of the homes you can see here are destroyed. i mean just gone beyond repair. this video adjusted the kron4 news room, we have turned some of that around to give you the idea of the devastation. more on that threat the morning. the pieces it has sold its stake in for mature oil and gas field in the gulf of mexico for $650 million the oil company has been selling assets to raise cash to pay for the damage caused by the blowout of the while in the gulf of mexico they had

acquired a four fields in march when they bought a range of assets. more stay news, previously sealed documents from the diocese's san diego showed that church officials long knew about the recent record of 48 abusive priests were moved from paris occurs despite complaints. the judges said they had to make public in a civil lawsuit are more than a hundred and 40 victims they were released just as today. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. much more straight ahead on the kron 4 morning news, quick look to the golden gate bridge a shot of your ride coming out of marin county. we will be right back. meg whitman's hometown newspaper said it best: "meg whitman has demonstrated a loose relationship with the truth"

"a poor understanding of government" "pat solutions for problems whose depth and complexity clearly elude her" "she utterly lacks the qualifications to be governor" jerry brown "offers california exactly what it needs" "good ideas, strong principles, a reputation for telling the truth" and the ability to "get things done in sacramento" meg whitman's hometown newspaper and newspapers across the state have endorsed jerry brown for governor.

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although emboss the kron 4 morning news tonight red in the caldecott tunnel.the lightse caldecott tunnel more coming up. >> thank you, today,

tomorrow a mix of sun and clouds swirling in the drizzle here and there, thursday that is when we are expecting widespread rain. it will all come down primarily at game time. and it stays with us all the way into saturday's who knows what is going happen if thursday's game is rain delayed. were you have to wait and see, halloween, looks like at this point may be the rain will stop. bit is not trying to talk on cables artake on the ipad but ge slate has details. >>there is a new tablet on the scene hp slate 500 was just released on the market. there was a lot of hype over this thing when it was first shown off by hp in january, and we haven't heard much about it until now, all of a sudden it shows up on hp's web site for sale. it's quiet release might be because it is aimed

at business, and enterprise customers. hp is not trying to take on the ipad with this device. this video on youtube show how it could be used by doctors, and insurance agents to make their jobs easier. but it is not really meant for personal use, it is meant more for professionals to use for their job, but i'm not so sure about that. this might catch on by windows users as the tablet to have. business or for personal. here is what i can tell you about the hp slate 500, it runs on the windows 7 operating system, this screen is 8.9 in., just slightly smaller then the ipad, is a touch screen, and it comes with a stylist you can use if you prefer that to fingers. it has two cameras, one in front, one on the backside, and for taking pictures or video. so you can do video chats with the slate 500. the ipad has no camera. it also supports adobe flash, the ipad does not. it weighs in at 1 1/2 pounds. for someone who really relies on microsoft windows 7, computing for their personal life, or business, this device could be a great gadget to have to use when away from the

desk. but for now i would say the ipad is still the tablet of choice for the regular consumer. the hp slate 500 tablet is on sale now, on hp's web site for $800. game slate kron 4 news. >> here's what was big at the movie theater first- place the sequel to the horror film paranormal activity just in time for halloween made 40 million. a lot of folks enjoyed being scared. in second place jack asked read the earned 22 million. rounding out the top three the action thriller red are earning 15 million. a break, back with more headlines in a minute including the latest on your forecasts the rain is our droppings' no look to this live picture at 80 more and your forecasts coming up.

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