>> we continue to track a pain at the pawn. gas prices across the bay area may finally be falling not by much but by some. we will have those numbers in a few minutes. >> it is by dan against ryan tonight and the first and only press vice-presidential debate. >> also a quick look at traffic and whether we will start with erica good morning >> good morning. we to have a severe thunderstorm alert issued for 4:00 p.m.. we are dealing with a lot of instability. the showers are wraparound and could affect some of our south bay spots.

we do have some dry weather and with temperatures in the '80s and the forecast. i will tell you when to expect that in just a bit. >> we were tracking a hot spot in moraine with better news about it now. the mall to vehicle crash has been moved out of traffic lanes on official and now. traffic is still sluggish they're coming from highway 37 but it is improving past the scene. all of the lanes are open and the drive time is 26 to 28 minutes coming from a buy note to note the golden gate bridge. >> are big story today is both bay area teams are in it for game 5 today. with their backs against the wall the san francisco giants pulled out a big game. they finally came alive in game 4 and beat the cincinnati reds 8 to 3. the giants' offense came up big with three

players hitting home runs. starting pitcher barry zeno was saved by the stem lipscomb. he came in and his and struck out six people. >> we knew of timmy would play a critical role in this series which he did tonight. i know part of it was tammy buying into what we were doing and saying i just wanted to anything i can to make the ballclub when. -- tammimmy >> that all comes down to game 5 which is this morning and just a few hours at 10 07 a.m.. the winner will move on. >> the oakland a's will live

another day! >> i can't get enough of that video they're going crazy. they came down to the bottom of the ninth with two outs. they have 14 walk off lands during the regular season so it's just par for the course. of course it would take to the bottom of the ninth with a big hit from coco crisp. game 5 is scheduled for 6:37 p.m. this evening against the detroit tigers. will tran is out there right now and that is where fans are going out of their mind in the parking lot. >> absolutely they have one more chance to do it in the game is at 6:37 p.m. tonight. the lights are still on the they could have been turned off last night.

we pulled off. lots of electricity are in the air in the cardiac kids once again did it. coco crisp is leading the team with three of the walk of twins. we had a chance to talk to some fans this morning and here's what they had to say. >> send death games are always exciting. we pushed it to game 5. >> it is an excellent thing that case, back, they're ostomy know. >> what to the a's winning means to oakland? >> it means everything it's been a long time. as the long time since we've been excited like this. >> can you tell these have a bias faced james? he also went on to say it's good for morale. is that it's good when good things are happening in the city. for

winning game 4 when a trip to game 5 but we are facing the best pitcher in all of baseball just denver lander. he is--justin verlander he has lost in oakland and we hope he loses again tonight. >> let's hope the momentum is solidly behind the a's as we go in game 5 this evening. >> a potential break and a 24 year-old case of the missing hayward girl. police are testing a bone fragment that is linked to the speed freak killers. mchale disappeared after a man snatcher from a hayward store in 1988. the victim's mother said they called her and told her they were testing their remains and it

is likely to be her daughter. hayward police are expected to discuss the case later today. new reports say that there remains linked to the killers were not properly identified. they said that they were mixed and because of the large equipment that was used to dig. the men that were convicted of four murders were suspected of killing a dozen women during the 1980's and 90's were high on methamphetamines. the city has apologized for a botched job. taking a loss left at this station and casino we wondered if the gas prices would go above $5 and it passed. you can see $5.39 a gas. i say why would you go for that high when the

average price is not near that. the latest in san francisco's $4.32 a gallon in san jose. $4.65 also. we are saying things go down by a penny. we will talk with mike pelton about gas prices at 6:30 a.m.. >> vice president joe biden and paul ryan are facing off tonight in the first and only vice-presidential debate. with just 25 days until election day they will take the stage in danville ky. a poll shows the latest fighting tightening up here. coming up later this morning at 815 are political expert will be joining us and studio to tell us what we can expect from tonight's debate. he can watch said on

on interrupted at 0247 news channel comcast 193 or digital 4.2. the vp debate tonight and the presidential debate live and on interrupted. >> will be back in just a few minutes and oil shane was showing from the oral spill off the coast coast and mexico. the major allies are showing up early this morning but traffic is still moving but slowly. we will be right back.

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and we're back at 6: 15 this morning san bruno residents will appear from of the california utilities public commission to demand a reopening of the hearing of

the deadly pipeline explosion which happened in 2010. the explosion killed eight people injured many others in damage or destroy their number homes see how intense the flames were in this video. cherry hill will be at today's meeting tickets under way at 9:00 a.m. this morning. the south bay thasos some weird weather yesterday take a look. hail came down quite a bit is covering the entire ground. in los gatos and south had no say also

reported seeing hail as well as in gilroy. it all came down around 4:00 yesterday. >> isn't it funny how we have such different weather in the bay area. i mean there was talk about it was a little chilly or nice i had rain you had nothing. >> a severe thunderstorm over around 4:00 p.m. yesterday they did see henry through out the majority of the bay. '70s for the delta. parts of the north bay as well and that we pushed the clock into the evening hours check out 8:00 p.m. a chilly evening. all that blood flowing into the screen. keeping jack handy and ice water for the afternoon. sixties in the south bay san jose at 66 degrees. cupertino and conditions mid-60's for mountain view 67 on tap for campbell and we could some low seventies for fairfield antioch. six degrees of livermore 67 in

castro valley. expect while to cool conditions for east bay shore line 06 is for berkeley and oakland. and check out daily city pretty chilly conditions into the afternoon a 58 degree 3 for those of you heading to that all important oakland a's game against the detroit tigers first pitch at 6, 30 7:00 p.m. a hot game in termsthe the upper seventies a round of bay and

the upper 60s for the coast. george. >> the drive times are not quite so bad and the southbound direction. we are still looking at a 242 to 26 minute drive time normally at this time of the morning it would only be about 22-23 minutes. the accident was clear to the right-hand shoulder. it is taking time to g is the only slowing through marin at 101 south and even better news the drive times are not so adversely affected. the only incident we are tracking so far this morning here is a check of the bridges. westbound bay bridge metering lights now active incidents free but we are starting to see a backup nothing like yesterday's. things are moving pretty well for the westbound ride at the toll plaza. for a ride to the san mateo bridge and highway 92 at 11-12 minute drive problem free across the bridge. the golden gate bridge by looks good the only slowing is the trip for marin county. korea. >> to block a controversial subway line in san francisco. the group filed a suit yesterday hoping to

stall or killed a 1.7 mi. central subway. a spokesperson says the project follows all walls. the man suspected of trying to kidnap a girl from park site a mr. school in san mateo has pleaded not guilty. the suspect growth a nine year old girl in the girls' bathroom and carried her off campus. she was able to fight him off and run

back to the school. he is expecting of trespassing into two san detailed schools. police say he was the one who made lewd comments to girls and offered alcohol to voice. he is also believed to be the man at a another elementary school trespassing he remains in jail. sheriff deputies have been given the all clear after finding a suspicious package of it was. the package was discovered yesterday's in the are buildings. firefighters are worried that one day they might. police have not identified a suspect. >> a federal lawsuit is filed against the u.s. department just to prevent the government from evicting one of oakland's largest medical marijuana dispensaries. the u.s. want

to use his property seized power to shut down harbor health center in downtown oakland. the threat is said to me list the interfere with setting up local for collecting taxes. and other prosecutors fought similar action. a survey from cal berkeley finds about 400,000 california coastal trees have died this year that is up 40,000 from last year. a wet spring in 2011 helped to spread of a sudden oak desk disease which kills the inner layer of the tree, cut off its supply. >> will take a quick break we come back out the pain at the pump is good news for amtrak that story straight ahead. we're following live pictures out of our beta colorado were police are searching bore a missing tenure who have more on this story.

>> and were back 6: 26 amtracs is the high prices of gas are the reason why they sought a hike in passenger riders. amtrak says july was their best month ever. here in california to train set new records >> the shots for back pain the stair rods shots that were tainted ta second firm has temporarily agreed to shut down for inspection is run by the same executives who ran the massachusetts firms. slaughter governor rick scott get a phone sex hot line number to floridians seeking information on that deadly fungal meningitis outbreak. he was providing updates to

the cabinet meeting when he announced the toll-free number for this he gets out the wrong number. the governor was quickly notified that that number was a sex hot line. loopo oops

>> and we're back the time now 629 a m in your looking at live pictures at the new york stock exchange on the left and on the right the nasdaq as we're hearing the opening bell. for trading begins this morning. futures for all the indicustries were positive. we would back in about 14 minutes to break at or gas quick for $5.39 per gallon

hi mike or are you. >> i am in cupertino near stern and stephen creek boulevard. leiter ashley turned off the pumps turn on the sign this turn on their own for business. drivers are cruising by understandably so that more than $5 per gallon. the good news is the price to stop once it is a small drop, hopefully it is the start of a trend. initially how much pain across the bay area. san francisco the average $4.73 a gallon. oakland for about a 66¢ a gallon san jose 4 of 65¢ a gallon and that is for a gallon of

regular unleaded gas. hopefully these prices you won't see these in the longer this being a lot higher than they are across the bay area. the drop the smallest is is exactly what triple a " and predict let me ae there any of the gas stations around the corner

where you are. >> not that i can see i peered down a couple of side streets there it is a 7- eleven but no gas pumps. i really have not seen anyone stop here even though they are open for business. >> that is what i'm saying. you should like stopped the person who is about to fill up their tanks there send heading south through

northern marin. there was an accident at st. vincent that has been cleared from the lines when you get to the golden gate bridge you have an easy ride. chris will send it into right field a base hit. the oakland a's will live another day. game 5 is tomorrow. >> that's right they live to fight another day the oakland a's. ninre i players hie runs. starting pitcher berries ito did not last more than two in the third innings then they brought in a couple more than ultimately it was actium stepping up to the mound. he came in and pitched four and

one-third innings striking out six it really was his gave the deciding game 5 will be later this morning. tin 07 a.m. first pitch. >> 634 a m right now and housing protesters broke into an occupied and vacant building in the castro last night. dozens of protesters marched. in conceding gathered out police cleared the building out about an hour later. the protesters with

the city to use vacant buildings to hot house thousands of homeless in the city. they began to use tools to screw signs and banners into the roof and the side of the building. >> at one. a metal chain fell or was thrown from the roof and landed on the sidewalk below. the decision at that point was made to int6 celebrate the occupied oaklands perfect day.

>> let's back up this was just today with the one-year anniversaries of the occupied move began it looked to be a lighthearted gathering as people were chatting with everyone. they have birthday cakes there. this was about 11:45 p.m.. >> let's turn to decision 2012 we continue to monitor politics. the first a. a reminder you could watch the debate at 6:00 p.m. we will provide it for you at our 24-7 news jourchannel. also on

comcast channel 193 and digital channel 4.2. >> president obama and mitt romney is first debate. romney has made progress in swing states. the largest gave is in virginia where he now edges the president by 48 to 47. in florida obama leading by a point at its ohio obama leaves 51% to 41%. in all threi3 some people if one person raises their hand to get that free pizza. >> we will take a break at 6:38 a.m. here is a live look outside as we checked right on highway 92. it looks like the traffic is flowing will see the traffic flows dowslows down later on ths

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>> pokeberry baseball team stay alive in the play of the santa scott giants and the oakland a's both when there came just today forcing game 5 today. the oakland a's take on the detroit tigers at home in oakland at 6:37 p.m.. the giants are on the road and on tv and watched him at 10

07 p.m. at fiatm. m >> the vice president to debate will be held in danville kentucky today. >> does take a quick look at the markets this morning. a lot of the big board following the dow. 30 points to the positive side is still climbing 13,00376 the first level. trading is report out there. it is interesting. it is more of a real-estate play on spectrum then going into that business. there's some good economic data this morning. some of the other numbers are coming in the labor department last hour san applications for unemployment fell to 330 mou339,000. jobless claims are improving in the number of 400,000 is typically pretty good. this is good news . the

report is consistent at the labor department is slowly but surely improving throughout the year. >> real-estate is having a very good year this year the number of four places have agreed to a five-year low calif. florida and illinois and new york in jersey welcome this news i've listed the the kind in foreclosure ouej6 1n loss follot san carlos. you may have to pay more taxes under the state which means pensions in those cities the city workers they may lose part of their promises and guarantees. it has some widespread ramifications will still top the story. was a robbery in at 9. >> 6:51 a.m. as the time we had a mixed bag in the whether the check and see what we faced this morning. >> good morning doria that's taken out side to our roof

cam in downtown sentences: a lot of people dealt with wet weather yesterday. we have isolated showers pastor. as we take a look is a 24 hour range fault total gilroy wins by a long shot not only did they see rain they saw instances of hail around 4:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon and the receipt of to three-quarters of an inch of rainfall. we could see a similar conditions as we

head into the afternoon we do have the potential for what whether satellite and radioradar showed the all systems. i have been looking at some of the extent models and it looks like we could get hit around livermore, the santa clara valley. those of you down in san jose as well be aware that could impact youof t delta again is the coolest a we had for quite some time. not only is it going to be cool but we could see when a gust up to 20 mi. per hour and still contending with the help the sea breeze pretty chilly conditions especially by 8:00 p.m. tonight you can see the blue appearing on your screen indicating where will see the '50s. in terms of their afternoon highs wor fairfield, antioch

probably the only spots that are actually getting to low '70's looks like downtown san jose coming in at 66 degrees. if your kron 47 day around the bay forecast shows a more a pattern of morning fog and afternoon sunshine which could be in the '80s for your warmest in the areas of the weekend. a warming trend as we start the next work week in fact pretty pleasant conditions lot of sunshine as we head into the middle of next week. george >> couple of big problems as we're tracking hot spots for the commute interstate 80 west about a crash that

now coming in at 36 minutes. and for ryder san jose 101 northbound another accident here that block lies this was a motorcycle crash at key road. the two right lanes were blocked is backed up all the way into the car cody valley with a 25 minute drive time on the 101 north. and a stock is being cleared from the upper deck of the bay bridge even now as we speak caltrans is escorting it off of the island it blocked the lay ride on the incline section so it stopped the traffic for a while. tt ride to and from the golden gate bridge still a pretty easy one. no. wren had early delays because of the earlier occurring accident that sanctions is dry. this time is 65 the we will take a break the kron for more news will be right back.

>> here are live in oakland waiting for game 5 after a season filled with dramatic comebacks and memorable endings. it was a magical day yesterday as they beat the tigers and the giants are still alive to hi, i'm amy for downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters, here with my favorite new intern, jimmy. mmm! fresh! and it's been in the closet for 12 weeks!