supported today's protest because of its timing. >> reporter: it's paul chambers, 200 students took part tonight in the day of action. they received help even from the alameda county sheriff's. they temporarily shut down after they took up three rooms. they brought in required and limited -- police required in limiting the access to that room just to keep the peace. for several hours, students took part in a day of action. some students walked out because they say the state isn't doing enough for education. especially when the budgets are being cut. there will be 1,000 positions

eliminated on this campus alone. >> i feel it for students when they can't get into classes, i feel it for our professors when classes are being cut. >> the problem is we all just stay in our classes and do our normal thing, everybody will forget there's still a mayor problem. >> this isn't letting people out of class, this is part of education. >> reporter: while some came to protest others say they suffered because the protest permitted students to study for tests. >> that's why the protest is a big problem, they say this is all about education, why get in the way of my education. >> reporter: and the disruption continued as students decided they wanted to take over two rooms of the library as students held a sit in.

>> reporter: police did say today's event was peaceful. and a student allowed students to take home a midterm exam. paul chamber, ktvu channel 2 news. it's all about to happen at at&t park. the giants only about 90 minutes away from taking the field for game one on their play off series against the atlanta braves. already some fans at the ballpark are pumped up. fred inglis is on the field but we begin with sal castaneda who is outside the stadium. fred, take it away. >> reporter: hi. sure i would love to. this is ideal weather out here right now. just beautiful as you see, the braves taking batting practice, 6:37 is the first pitch. this is only the fifth time that the giants have been in this so called division series. it is the one in three is the -- the only time they've won this best of five format was

back in 2002 when they beat the atlanta braves. buster posey was just 15 years old in 2002. he was a braves fan, now posey is one of the braves biggest assets. buster got that nervous returning hometown hero and family distractions out of the way. >> just get it out of the way. it won't be new at least. >> buck said, we let one get out of the state. did you ever think you would be wearing the big a. >> as a fan you would hope so. when you're a little kid, i'm happy to be here with the giants. it's a good group of guys and

i'm fortunate to be on this team. >> reporter: this team has become a home run hitting team, is that the way you look at yourselves now? >> i don't think so. i think we can score in multiple ways and i don't think guys are going over there trying to hit the ball out of the ballpark. >> on paper looks like it's going to be a tight low scoring ball game. >> i mean, you know the two teams match up with pitching. i mean our strength is pitching and their strength is pitching and it looks like that on paper but you never know. >> reporter: buster posey be bat clean up and bat in the fourth spot as we said. but it's barry zito by the way has not been put on this roster. not only is he not going to start, he is not even on this 20 man roster, barry zito. the national anthem will be performed by salvatore santana, the son of carlos santana. of course we're going to be fleet week, they are going to have the angels comes flying

over. they've already done it several times today. the very first pitch will be thrown by emergency rescuers if rescuers from the san bruno fire. the braves still taking batting practice, giants already back into their clubhouse trying to get themselves mentally ready for game one of this best of five series between the braves and the giants. the division series, they're first play off here since 2003. should be some fun you guys. >> all right, yeah, a lot of people can't wait fred. with thousands of excited baseball fans converting on at&t park. police are also stepping up their patrols in that area. >> we'll have officers around, the perimeter, the exterior, around the water ways. we will also have lines that go through there. lots of pedestrian traffic. >> coming up at about 5:30, we'll have a live report on the types of criminals who wait for events like this and what fans

can do to avoid becoming a victim. we've been posting your fan photos in a special giants section on our website ktvu.com. and if you would like to add your pictures to our orange october slide show, just e-mail them to photos at ktvu.com. well obviously a lot of fans already starting to show up at at&t park. sal castaneda has been talking to fans and he's live outside the ballpark now, sal, what's up. >> frank, the fans are already here. the folks are beginning to line up. a will the of people are just down here, they have no tickets they are just here to take in the play off atmosphere. some of the die-hard fans came early and started taking seats at local accomplishments, to wait until the gates open. at many of the bars and restaurants, preparations will be added to lots of people. this fan got here early to take it all in. >> just take in the atmosphere. the giants taking the play offs

is almost like an eclipse. every seven years you have to come in here and take it in for a whole day. all the tickets are sold out. >> it's nice to have a packed stadium. although it's a little cramped, americans are getting wide and the seats are not. >> i would like to see them win once. >> reporter: fans have their good luck tokens. >> orange shirt i wear all the time. if i win they keep wearing it. if they lose, i switch it out with another orange shirt. >> reporter: this game is

attracting worldwide media attention. the giants have issued three times as many press credentials with these fans. the fans get loud. the joints have said the fans act as a tenth man. police say they've been i investigating allegations of misconduct in their crime lab. >> through this investigation we have no reason to believe the ago accusations are true or have validity at this point but we will continue our investigation. chief bat say assuring the integrity has been a priority for him since he took on the department one year ago.

and a drop for unemployment claims has helped -- freddie mac says the reality on a 30 year fixed loan is now just 4.27%. this is the ninth time in 12 weeks the interest rate has hit a new low. mortgage rates followed. president obama has decided not to sign a bill that would have losened some of the regulations covering morning foreclosure documents. the president used a rare pocket veto in which a bill can die if the president does not sign it in 10 days. the president is worried that the bill could worsen problems

involving foreclosure documents. >> our concern the unintented consequences on consumer protection. particular in light of the home foreclosure issues and developments with mortgage processers. president obama is sending the bill back to congress to rework it and says he will reconsider it if it is changed to deal with his concerns about consumer protection. caution was the word of the day on wall street. despite an unexpected improvement in the number of jobless claims filed, expert claim investors were cautious today as they wait to see if the suspect jobless reports which will come out tomorrow. the nasdaq picked up three, for the latest financial news any time visit ktvu.com and click the business tab. you could see short lines at your polling place next month. napa officials say they have reduced the number of polling

places county wide to 23, serving 132 districts. napa county has implemented a mandatory vote by mail system over the past four years in many of the counties less popular precinct. officials say they get better turn out where voters are forced to vote by mail. right now santa rosa are set to expire in 2016. but if measure d passes the boundaries would remain in place until 2035. and if petaluma's measure t passes, it's boundaries would stay in place until 2025 instead of expiring in 2018. right now lawmakers are voting on a state budget, coming up we'll take you inside the capital building and tell you why most lawmakers say they are not very happy about it. and big weekend coming up,

over a million people coming into san francisco, what will the week epd be like and which day will be the warmest? we'll have the details.

san francisco's police chief is warning his department could see drastic reductions. limits on new police academy classes could mean the city loses 20% of their police officers. the chief says the concern would be much greater if the city were facing a rise in crime during these budget troubles. but right now, crime is over all 10% compared to last year. tonight there is progress to report on the state budget. lawmakers are beginning to cast their votes. the end to this budget battle

though is still not in sight. >> reporter: we'll tell you where we are right now. assembly members are starting to vote on the main budget bill, saying that they'll work on the small changes later on. these are the smaller bill, details that need to be works out before they can reach a final budget. the negotiations could go late into the night. with the budget 99 days overdue, state lawmakers are finally voting on the state budget. leaders such as speaker juan perez crafted the budget with the governor. tonight they are reporting it is flawed. >> there's no such thing as a perfect budget. this will compromise necessary to find a 2/3 majority. >> reporter: both houses are scheduled to vote today on the

97 bill budget. and provides 9 million more in spending than last. the bills pushes those deficits off to a new fiscal year. critics also point out the budget proposal relies on $5.3 billion in federal aid. so far the state has only secured about 1.3 billion. lawmakers who cast their votes in favor of the bill say they need it to end the more than three months of budget limbo. >> i did vote for the main budget bill, the trailer's bills is where the details are. and so i think there are concerns there and we'll continue to have the style out hopefully. >> reporter: the one thing republicans and democrat lawmakers can agree on is that the system needs to be reformed. >> you can keep sending new people up here but if you don't change, the governor is not going change the outcomes. and what we're doing tonight is a necessary thing but not a good thing. >> taxpayers are upset. and we need to get the job

done. that's what we elected to do. we continued to fail step after step and it needs to change. >> at this point there's still no word own when the vote will be finalized. the bill will then have to make its way to the governor's desk for his signature. christien kafton, ktvu. caltrans riders will soon be paying for more less service. caltrans's board of supervisors voted an increase in fares. the board voted to cut four weekday trains from the schedule. the changes are a part of a plan to close a $300 million deficit and they are set to take effect in the coming january. a sea lion famous here in the bay area is getting plastic surgery. you probably remember sergeant nevis. he's the sea lion shot in the

head, he was rehabilitated by the marine mammal center. marine mammal veterinarians as well as a doctor who does plastic surgery on people will carry out the surgery to repair the captain's nuzzle. we're talking about all the events going on, including the braves game. >> this weekend is huge. easily a million people coming into the city saturday and sunday with all the active tiffs and the weather, perfect. out of the ballpark as well. let's go to live storm tracker 2. no rain to show. look how cool it is up in the mountains. we have 50s and 70s around the bay. let's take a look at the giants forecast. you're sitting around all these

people, 50,000 in there, frank? in the ballpark? >> i believe about 40,000 or so. >> it's a lot of bodies, you're throwing off heat. so the actual temperature, especially if there's any sunlight, the temperature is going to be in the mid-60s. by the time you go home today, 58, 59 with the giants victory. fog not really a player. that's a concern because as you go toward fleet week. you want the blue angels to be able to fly and have good visibility. last year we had an issue with visibility and previous years. overnight lows on the cool side. 53 in oakland. and daytime highs are going to go in the 70s. so freemont tomorrow mid-70s. so that's up from today's high.

freemont at lunchtime 59- degree, a beautiful day. air quality not so bad. fire danger coming up a little bit. when we come back, we're going to let you know what to expect as we roll into the bay area weekend. we'll see you back here. >> all right we'll see you then. a dangerous disaster in hungry could not be spreading to other countries. a gigantic sludge reservoir killed four people and dangered about 1,200 others. hungry's prime minister calls it terrible. >> this is the first time a geological disaster has happened here in hungry. >> clean up crews have to use

protective clothes and masks since the sludge can burn. and there's new plans for a visit to the red plant. a physics professor and former director of cal says the main goal was to learn about a key development in mars past. mars lost his atmosphere 20 billion years ago. they hope the space probe can help them figure out why. an oil spill response team working right now in oakland. we'll tell you where the oil spill came from. what many americans are agrees on for the first time when it comes to same-sex marriage. new at 6:00, four weeks after the explosion, we get an up close look at the work that's been done in san bruno and what still needs to be

accomplished. >> and newsom versus maldonado, they square off. and from wheelchairs to walking. >> i am wheel bound, and maybe one day i can walk. >> they're testing out the bionic that may one day have them walking.

the coast guard has been working all day long to contain a diesel spill . the diesel is coming from a 37-foot recreation boat that sank. they put boons around the spill. the white house is rejecting the findings of a preliminary report that is highly critical of the way the obama administration handled that bp oil spill. the report says the administration blocked government scientists efforts to inform the public of worse case estimates of the amount of

oil spewing in the days immediately following that oil rig explosion. the white house insists it did not try to block any of the information it had and says it responded to the disaster in an unprecedented manner. >> it was the largest environmental disaster that we have ever faced. and we attacked it with the largest federal response. the report also says white house officials were overly optimistic in believing that bp could handle the gulf disaster. the report is being conducted by a commission appointed by president obama. the commission is expected to issue it's final findings in january. for the first time fewer than half of americans say they oppose gay marriage. the research center shows the shift in public opinion. 48% of those asked say they are against same-sex marriage. 42% of people surveyed say they

support it. last year 37% said they favored it. interns -- 62% of college educated 30 years were married own had been married. it's a very significant shift since the 1990s. that's when less college educated americans were married. and as the iraq war enters its tenth year, the loud and also the quiet day some americans are marking the anniversary of the country's longest war.

they are desperate right now. tonight as our count down to the game is beginning, there's warnings for people who are trying to get in the game. police are cautioning fans of the ugly side of such an exciting event. john sasaki is live with more. >> reporter: gasia, we are standing right outside at&t park which is the center of san francisco's world. but all the excitement making this a place where fans need to be careful. >> there you go, have fun. >> reporter: more than 42,000 fired up fans are pouring into

the park right now to catch game one. as often happens, at big events some people come out to take advantage of others. their focused on people selling illegal tickets and on other criminals such as pickpockets. >> we'll have officers around the perimeter, the interior around the water ways, you know we also have lots of pedestrian traffic. >> reporter: the giants organization is hoping for a crime free night but are warning fans of scoupers. >> it might look like a ticket but is not a real ticket. >> reporter: a scouper we spoke to said he hasn't seen anything like that. >> another thing is you can have them walk you to the door. >> reporter: the fans we met

all said they got their tickets through a ticket agency instead of relying on scoupers. >> i wanted to make sure the tickets were going to be valid. i wanted to make sure they were going to come through as legitimate tickets. >> everybody want to go to the play offs, everybody wants to see the team and i believe that these people are here to make money and they jack up the prices. >> reporter: not surprisingly, ticket agents are warning fans to be careful. >> you should certainly buy from a credible source. you don't want to hand off cash, you never know what you're going to get. to stay safe from criminals, people need to be aware of their surroundings and keep a close watch on their personal bags. john sasaki, ktvu news. the giants flag is currently flying at san

francisco city hall. mayor gavin newsom made a deal with the atlanta's mayor, if the braves win newsom will fly the braves flag. in turn, the atlanta mayor agreed he would fly the giants flag. a highway patrol sting today was bad news for some drivers on four wheels and also 18 wheels. chp officers say the main goal is to catch speeders but this part of i580 is one of the only interstate highways where big trucks are not allowed. some truckers who miss or ignored the signs were reminded

of that fact when they were cited. right now people are not allowed to have firearms in parks and the city prohibits the sale of firearms by home businesses. now if police department is recommending additional laws for gun dealers. the additional rules would require the gun dealers get an additional license from the police department. and gun stores would have to give police an inventory report every six months? here in the bay area and around the country, americans are marking this day. nine years since the start of the war in afghanistan. tonight the work continues here at home about how it should end. >> today a heartbreaking reminder of the toll of america's longest war. an army ranger who had 12 war zone deployments and was killed in afghanistan last friday

comes home. in washington, veterans protesting multiple deployments saying too often soldiers are redeployed even though they're suffering from post-traumatic stress and other war related injuries. >> i don't think it's worth it. >> meanwhile, civilians are protesting drone attacks. >> failure in afghanistan would mean a taliban take over of much if not most of the country and likely a renewed civil war. >> reporter: still public opinion polls show most americans think the war was a bad idea. that the united states is not winning and that it will probably get worse. >> it's important not to lose sight of the progress in afghanistan. >> reporter: but jim phillips of the heritage foundation says america is safer today than it was at the start of the war. shortly after the september 11th attacks. >> there has not been a mayor

terrorist attack inside the u.s. since then. i think it's much better that we are fighting over there because if we allowed the taliban to come back to power, there would be bombs going off over here. >> and while much has been made of the financial cost of the war in afghanistan, more than $350 billion to date, many consider the human toll even more staggering. as of tonight, the defense department says 1,215 servicemen and women have died as a result of the invasion. in addition, more than 8,500 u.s. service members have been wounded in hostile action in afghanistan. bay area based yahoo is stepping it up. what the company did to compete with giants like google. it's all the rage, going green. up next what california is getting over countries all over the world. plus what doctors have uncovered about the relationship between morning

sickness and miscarriages.

construction is set to begin later this month on uc san francisco long awaited hospital dedicated to the care of women, children and cancer patients. the $1.5 million cancer center is set to go up in the mission center. project officials say the

university is working to make sure that contracts hire as many local workers as possible. ground breaking is scheduled for october 26. a nonprofit group says california received nearly half of all of the venture capitals invested worldwide in green technology during the first six months of this year. next 10 is the name of the organization as it issued a report today saying california has 90% of all the solar installations in the united states, a trend that dates back to the 1970. environment friendly industry has grown 250% since early 1999. yahoo has announced a number of improvements. yahoo has also introduced a number of new apps to mart phones saying it will also

speed up their service. ktvu's heather hoels presided over this year's breakfast. the recipients included six people, one foundation and one dog. the dog was honored for alerting a woman was choking. scientists tracked 2, 2,700 pregnant women. researchers say the absence of morning sickness does not mean however that a woman will miscarry. it's been billed at the biggest fleet week, find out what to look for in the skies and on the bay. and what a weekend it will

be, i'll have the details on what you can expect, the weather is getting warmer, i'll show you which cities will be the warmest tomorrow. four weeks after the explosion, we get an up close look at the work that's been done in san bruno and what still needs to be accomplished. and newsom versus maldonado. they square off for lieutenant governor. >> from wheelchair bound to walking. >> maybe, maybe one day i will slow dance. they're wearable bionic device that gets the disabled standing and walking, tonight at 6:00.

we all know southern california is famous for their traffic jams. bull this morning you might say they had a traffic yam. a truck spilled 30,000 pounds

of yam. the yam mess caused a traffic mess for 7.5 hours as crewed cleaned up. it's not all about baseball in san francisco tonight. many have their eyes to the sky as they kick off fleet week with something new and something blue. >> reporter: the ship you see behind me is the uss making the island. it is being described as a hybrid vehicle. fleet week promoter says it's a symbol of a new direction that fleet week is taking. the blue angels swept through partly cloudy skies across san francisco getting in a few practice runs. spectators along the embarcadero were left speechless. >> it's pretty cool. i really liked it, i love the blue angels. >> reporter: with the $40 million blue angel budget, the navy sees the fleet week

appearance as a recruitment. >> promoters are billing this as the biggest fleet week in decades. after a lackluster event last year in which bad weather cancelled one but angels performance and few ships showed. >> this is an important week, there are the most ships ever. >> reporter: the u.s. ss island is the first navy ship in town for the event. a couple of cobra helicopters and hybrid electric technology used to save fuel. >> we have motors that will bring us up to 40 knots. >> reporter: a massive table top disaster relief exercise will be performed. >> there is a specific focus to fleet week. the goal of fleet week is to

promote emergency preparedness. >> reporter: for many the message is secondary to the spectacle. >> it is all about san francisco and it's a pretty cool thing. >> the san francisco convention and visitors bureau says fleet week helps sell out the city's hotels even before the giants made it here to the play offs. fleet week estimates 1 million people will turn out for this weekend's events. coming up at 6:00, the excitement continues to build up outside at&t park. we'll continue coverage on game one of the play offs which is just now less than an hour away. the device developed right here in the bay area that allows people who are paralyzed to walk again. one woman says she is now living her dream. it's called elegs. how it works and when it will be on the market. also at 6:00, heated moments this afternoon in the

race for lieutenant governor as newsom and maldonado squared off in the south bay. and thieves targeted a memorial meant for bay area heros. steve jobs has apparently lost the battle to demolish a building. jobs will bulldoze the current mansion which preservationists fought to keep. the new $8.5 million home he will build will actually be about 1/3 the size of the one being demolished. the architect firm handling the rebuild is also the one that designed the iconic apple stores. san francisco and berkeley are among the oldest cities in the country. in both cities more than half the houses were built before world war ii. they are the oldest cities west of the mississippi river to hold those distinctions, the others are in england.

the bay area went through a housing construction boom. in you live along the russian river, keep an eye on your boat tomorrow because the rivers flow is going to increase. that's because the army corp. of engineers plans to start releasing water through coyote dam. with the rainy season just around the corner, they need to make room for storm run off in the months to come. increasing flow into the russian river is expected to improve migrating conditions for salmon. and the bay area is opening its arms for all the visitors that are coming this weekend for many reasons. >> reporter: i have to confess, i know we're not supposed to have favorites. but october is my favorite month of the whole year for the bay area. and here we have fleet week, all combines to make for outstanding bay area living this saturday and sunday. first we go outside. we have no fog at the coast.

that's why like october it gets super clear. friends out in the avenue, you guys fog free. downtown san francisco you're in the mid-60s. here's what the temperatures looked like today. it wasn't hot, but it sure was nice. fleet week is just outstanding. close to 1 million people as you heard headed to the bay area. temperatures over the weekend should be in the 70s. forecast highed tomorrow, lots of 70s, 60s. and the 80s will start to if i woulding in for our saturday. high pressure building in, winds tweak offshore and we have a nice weather pattern. i have some patchy coastal fog. but don't get too worked up over that. i have some nice weather. saturday and sunday, not worried about visibility for

flying or viewing. temperatures will get into the upper 60s and low 70s as we head into the afternoon hours. tomorrow night i'll dial in sky conditions. 74 and clear like tomorrow, it's friday already. the weather is going to cooperate. stinson beach in the mid-60s. lots of upper 50s coast side. 69 in san leandro. fire danger is coming up a little bit but not a lot for this time of year. this is when you worry about it. we're going to stay okay. it's not that hot, not horribly dry. and winds are not going to be really strong. 70 in san mateo. there's lots going on this weekends. right, frank. frank is all worked out. you have a cal game. >> call-ucla. you have the cardinals against the eagles. >> we have a wedding on sunday. unrelated to this stuff. but the perfect vantage point for a little bit of fleet week

watching. >> any where you go in the bay area, it's going to be great viewing. and it's going to be warm in the stadiums. >> how about at the stick. >> it'll be 65 degrees at first pitch then down to the 50s. >> you couldn't ask for better weather. >> no it's fantastic. first lady michelle obama has been named the most powerful woman in the world. forbes has released their list of most powerful women in the world. other world leaders who made the top five include german chancellor mercola and secretary of state hillary clinton. oprah winfrey came in at number three. and entertainers fill in the top 10. calling all twins, why stanford is looking for twin volunteers. what they could do to help you fight the flu. plus scientists are pretty sure now about what killed that huge blue whale that washed on to a local beach.

scientists now say a pregnant blue whale that washed ashore over the weekends likely died after it was hit by a ship. scientists at the california academy of scientists had a chance to examine the whale's caucus yesterday. they concluded it died from

blunt force trauma. they plan to take more tissue samples in an effort to determine exactly what happened. a former bush administration praised the obama administration decision to deny endangered species protection for a california fish that can only be found in the central valley. environmentists say the number of split tail fish have been on the decline. the wildlife services found that the fish did not warrant protection. the agency says their numbers go up and down dramatically in response to snow and rain. only 60% of americans plan to get a flu shot this year. today the national foundation for infectious diseases met in washington to stress that everyone six months and older should get vaccinated this flu season. and that those who got the h1n1 vaccine last year still have to get one this year to be protected.

>> will h1n1 play a large role this year? we're not sure about it. it's going to play some role, so here and there there might be outbreaks of h1n1 and we want everyone to be protected. there shouldn't be any long lines to get a shot this year. supplies of the vaccine are expected to be 10 times larger than last year and will be available in more locations. scientists are genetically the same but have been exposed to different environmental pathogens. the study is founded by the institute of health. minutes to go to the big play off game. we'll have more coverage of that coming up for you on ktvu channel 2 at 6:00. we also have coverage on everything going on regarding the giants fever and count

down. and what we're learning today about people's plans to return here.

this isn't good enough anymore, it's time to win one. giant fans are pumped up and ready to root for the hometown. >> one man calls it dancing on the graves of those who lost their lives. vandals strike a memorial. good evening everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. thousands of giants fans are making their way into at&t park right now as the team gets ready to battle the atlanta braves in their first game of the play offs. the first pitch is just about 30 minutes away. ktvu's sal castaneda joins joins us now, he's out at the ballpark with our first report. >> reporter: julie, i want to show you the crowd of fans that