stepping up activities, sending postcards and letters like this one to the los angeles judge who will decide what, if any time in prison, the former b.a.r.t. police officer will spend for shooting and killing oscar grant. >> we expect johannes mehserle to go to prison. >> reporter: oscar grant's uncle was one of several people urging folks to turn out saturday for a rally beginning at noon at oakland city hall. they demand that mehserle receive the maximum 14 years in state prison. backing the rally are bay area long shoremen who say they were first galvanized to protest police killings and san francisco police killed two striking long shoremen in 1934. they say their protest will shut down the oakland port. if workers can stand up for justice for oscar grant, they can stand up for justice in this country and it can happen

and i hope to hell it happens this saturday. >> reporter: the 4,000 postcard and letters to the judge were sent. a coordinated cam pain has generated it. shooting a young man in the back as he is lying on the ground is the most horrifying crime. >> reporter: as of today, the los angeles court says that it's received 76 letters or cards on behalf of the prosecution and 75 supporting probation for mehserle. >> most of the letters that he have i have seen are -- that i have seen are from people who believe there should be no further jail sentence. >> they are flying a flag at mccovey coefficient. they are creating an online petition with more than 600 signatures. >> the jury found it was an

accident. jury, by convicting him of the involuntary clearly understood he did not intend to shoot oscar grant. >> reporter: oakland police just told me that they canceled some leave and will have on duty saturday enough officers for what they say they hope will be a nonviolent demonstration. reporting live in oakland, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. across the bay a heartbreaking situation in san francisco this afternoon where a number of people living inside an apartment complex say they lost everything. it appears that many of them don't have insurance. this comes after a massive fire destroyed their complex early this morning. patty lee is live on the scene with more on what happened. patty? >> gasia, fire crews tell me that the building is on the verge of collapse. it may not look that fragile but the wood structure

underneath is demolished. >> i'm looking at my building and it was like this is somebody else's nightmare, not mine. >> reporter: stephanie heinz escaped the fire that startd in her building around 5. you go to bed, climb out your window without your shoes on. >> reporter: the fire may have started small but it quickly swallowed the 8-undercomplex and damaged adjacent building. >> the stairwell had collapsed between the second and third floor. we made the decision to pull everybody out and go defensive on it. three people were transported to nearby st. fran cyst hospital and treated for smoke inhalation but no one was seriously hurt, at least not physically. >> you find something, that's good, guys. >> reporter: financially, that's another matter. these band mate were among the people evacuated. their instruments were in there. >> i'm working, working, everything is gone. everything is burned down. i have nothing. >> reporter: the red cross is

helping at least 40 displaced residents to find temporary accommodations so they can focus on replating their possession and rebuilding their lives. supervisor david chu tells us that many of the displaced are renters and some without insurance and they are now relying on the red cross for help. in the meantime, this stretch of hyde street could stay blocked off until long past 8:00 with security to be posted until this building comes down. reporting live in san francisco, patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. president obama is in california today just two weeks before the vote on whether to legalize marijuana. his visit comes on the heels on attorney general eric holder saying that it the feds oppose legalizing marijuana. the drug czar says that this

may do more bad than good. >> we look at the numbers. more people are going into treatment in california than anywhere else the government says it will not support legalizing marijuana, about half of california state think they are leaning towards voting in favor the prop 19. according to a survey by the public policy institute of california released last month, 522% of californians say they favor the measure. that compares to 41% who say they are currently against it. >> the 9th circuit court of appeals in san francisco is about to become the center of the battle over gays openly serving in the military. the obama administration has asked the 9th circuit to put a hold on the ruling. the judge in the case refused yesterday to stay her ruling while the administration prepares it appeal which will also be heard in the 9th circuit.

president obama says he wants to end the law which bans gays from serving openly in the u.s. military but the president says that he wants to do it through congress rather than through the courts. looks like the san francisco giants playoff run is throwing the obama administration a bit of a curveball. president obama's visit on thursday would have coincided with game 5 of the nlcs potentially causing major traffic delays in the city. now the fund raising event has been moved to the peninsula. president obama will also host the democratic national committee reception in a fundraising photo op for attorney general candidate pamela harris we are now less than an hour away from the first pitch of game 4. the giants your just two wins away from the world series. fans are fired up, including members of the giants world series team from 1989. mike mibach has more on the

frenzy going on. >> reporter: the giants now are two wins away from winning the pennant. we know it. the fans know it. right now, tons of black and orange are starting to pour into at&t park, starting to get ready for something called the world series. >> from huey lewis to giants in the cage, giants making signs. game 4 of the nlcs is underway. >> i'm exploding because there is so much happiness. >> the excitement and the atmosphere is just thrilling. >> reporter: the gates opened at 2:30 and the orange rally rags were on hand. fans are hoping that the energy in the park will propel the san francisco giants to their fourth nl pennant. >> you know i'm fired up. >> will clark knows what it takes. >> pitching and defense and

some timely offense. you know, i hope it pushes them all the way through. >> reporter: and so do these die-hard fans, grabbing whatever gear they can, looking for memories and a pen. >> i'm so glad he can be here to experience with me. back in 2003, he was two years old. this is a once in a lifetime chance possibly for him. >> reporter: and the fans just keep coming. we are expecting another sellout here at at&t park. that's more than 43,000 giant fans. if the giants, led by madison bumgarner can win this one and go up 3-1, this place after wards is going to be rocking. we were here 24 hours ago and it was rocking. if they can get one game closer to the world series, it will be an incredible postgame celebration. mark ibanez is here and he will have more later orange october is sweeping the bay area as san francisco

giants fans get caught up in playoff fever. giants fans have been sharing some of their photos on the website. fans will likely plan mr. wedding long before they knew the giants would make the playoffs are also feeling the excitement. these are examples of photos. if you would like to share your october orange experience, accepted them to us. coupecuppertino-paced apple showed off two more computers. the new thin mac book is from 1/3 inch to .10-inch. the new back book have 13.3- inch or 11 1/2 inch screen and analysts say they are impressive. this is en exquisite product.

not only does is bring it the full capability of the mac but it's just a little bit more than an ipad. >> they will sell for 1,000 to $1,600. the indian tribe which wants to build the casino reached a settlement with environmentalists. the tribe wants to put the casino at the former point malate naval base north of the richmond san rafael base. the environmental group sued over the plans about concerns. the tribe agreed to pay to protect and restore the shore line and preserve about public access many thinks going to be the tribe's home. they are going to live here. they want it the best they can be, want the plants and animals and water around to be as healthy as possible, including the people. >> the tribe has been negotiating with richmond and contra costa county. wall street rebounded today from yesterday's big selloff.

strong corporate earnings and a reverse in course for the dollar pushed stocks higher. investors were encouraged by the more positive business picture and brought up commodities. dow was up 20 points. after a rocky day of trading, the nasdaq ended 20 points higher. for more financial consumer news, go to ktvu.com. it's a giant leap forward. what b.a.r.t. did today to mark the end of a long debate and the beginning of a new ride. and breast cancer survivors and their supporters march for wilderness. at the same time, a disturbing report comes out that may scare many women. and i mentioned it last night. right now, rain comes into your bay area forecast. i will show you which days you're going to need the umbrellas.

los gatos police are trying to determine the reason nor a horrifying accident that left a woman dead. the suv hit the tree so hard that it sheared it in half. investigators say that speed may have been a factor. we checked with the santa clara medical examiner's office just a short time ago but, at this time, the name of the victim still has not been released. we want to remind drivers about something we first reported on the 10:00 news. cal tran has decided to delay work to install section of a tower on the new eastern span of bay bridge. caltrans had originally planned to put together the tower sections at 4:00 this morning

through sunday. now a paint innocent issue with a piece of equipment will delay the start of that work until next week. after years of debate and voirn, the project to connect oakland to the airport finally will kick off. the three-mile long track with connect to the oakland colyseum station. the price met criticism over the price tag but in the long run, b.a.r.t. officials say it's needed. expansion costs but bring in more revenue at the end and that's a legacy project and long lasting project. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. says that crews won't officially break ground until next year. >> hundreds of students in the bay area high school are showing solidarity against bullying. hundreds are wearing purple to show support for gay and lesbian students. it comes in response to recent day teen suicide and bullying of gay students across the

country. senate yo students think their support can send a message of hope. >> i think that's the biggest obstacle to youth is the feeling of being the only one and the feeling of being isolated. and hopefully this purple shirt will help curve some of that isolation. >> the idea has spread to social networking websites with schools nationwide holding similar days. some therapy may raise the risk of aggressive cancer and death. john fowler joins us with details. john? >> reporter: controversy for almost a decade, certainly combination of hormone therapy for postmenopausal women may be worst than people thought. >> you see people walk briskly to emphasize that exercise is important to pre rpt and help with recovery from breast

cancer. several cancer survivors said that they had hormone therapy before their cancer. >> i took it. i wish i had not. i was unsure about it the whole time. >> reporter: 60-year-old jennifer morales diagnose add year ago after taking hormones. >> i had the mammogram months before that. it's actually the tumor grew within that four months. >> reporter: an 11-year study followed 16,000 women who took combination estrogen marketed as prem pro. >> this appears to have the most aggressive cancers. the death rates was higher. >> combination raised the women's risk of lung cancer as well. the effect was not seen with estrogen alone which doctors say may protect women from doctor as well as dementia, bone loss and other problems post menopause. >> we have alternative to this

particular progestin. it has fallen out of favor. that is another reason to not use it. >> reporter: this news should not scare women but empower them to talk to their doctor to use the hormone after menopause. she says that postmenopause deregs from, sleeplessness and lack of concentration can be debilitating and conservative use of hormone therapy key to a good quality of life. >> thanks, john we are now about 37 minutes from the first pitch. looks like the weather will be great. off to our chief meteorologist bill martin. can't do better than that. >> right. we have talked about how nice the weather has been for us and for folks at the ballgame. beautiful night. fog should roll in in about the 4th inning. beautiful evening for baseball. the fog showed up right along the ocean beach area, out

towards daily beach city and pacificca. that's a pretty thick fog. you can see it here through the area. not a lot of wind. here is the forecast parameters for tonight low clouds and fog overnight in the morning hours, like we had this morning. partly sunny and mild for your thursday already. clouds and showers in the forecast. this is going to be in the upper 402s. high pressure with us tomorrow. temperatures come down more. a little more fog. more cloud cover. and then on thursday night -- that's tomorrow night -- into friday, sprinkles in here. not a lot. maybe .01, .02 inches of rain. not a windshield wiper deal but a little bit on the windshield. we roll into friday morning, a little bit of leftover. here is the real deal. this shows up friday evening, starts to show up here. here we go into saturday morning. that's wet. not heavy rain.

ukiah rain. that's saturday morning. saturday afternoon and then sunday morning. sunday morning looks like saturday night into sunday looks like the biggest deal. .01-inch, .03-inch. that's how this weekend is going to be. that's how friday is going to be in the morning, light showers, nuisance showers. not really enough to really make a dent in what we do. enough to get waters in the resevoirs but wet nevertheless. as we get closer to the precipitation event, we'll dial in the exact time. right now looks like thursday night and friday morning and then it looks like saturday night into sunday for the most rain. a little bit of rain on saturday. so it's kind of all over the map. keep your jackets handy. fire days may go away for good for the year. that might be the upstart. air quality is good baseball weather looks great.

>> thanks, bill. anita hill said she had no reason to apologize. she is the woman who accused supreme court clarence thomas. the issue resurfaced because she received a phone message from thomas' wife. >> are you surprised. >> i need for you to get out of the street. i don't have any comment. >> reporter: earlier, hill said that she contacted the fbi and security at her workplace when she first heard that voice mail. >> a man who wrote a biography of arnold schwarzenegger is trying an unusual approach. ianprin staple add two-day hunger strike. the biography, he says he wants

to amend the u.s. constitution to allow the austrian-born citizen to run for president. right now, the constitution only allows us-born citizens to run for president. its the giant are psyched. you're going to hear from tomorrow's starting pitch e tim lincecum. he spoke to the media about all these nerve-racking games. we are coming back with sport right after this. 0!ockñ?çóxo?ñ=çñññçvxqx?ñññ?óioy

the emeryville city council rejected ikea's plan to expand its warehouse operations. customers would have gone there to pick up large items but some neighbors objected, saying they didn't like the idea of cars and big trucks coming and going from that warehouse 15 hours a day, 7 day as week just real quick, we are getting some word here from ap that the federal appeals court said the military should keep in place the don't ask, don't tell policy for now. that has been in dispute for many years. the federal appeals court said

it should be kept in place. the military should keep in place don't ask don't tell. now out to at&t park. ktvu's sports director is here. madson bumgarner, 21 years old is on the mound. that's a lot of pressure. >> can you imagine the butterflies going on right now? a lot of butterflies from the crowd. a little nervous because you realize, yesterday afternoon victory by the giant over the phillies was the first postseason game that was not decided by one run. today, tim lincecum who had the chore of starting tomorrow for the giants in what could be a clinching ballgame was asked if the toll of all these one-run games is starting to set in with the team. >> i think we are more comfortable in those close games. sometimes, you will see those games where you get a big lead, they start to chip away and you

relax and it starts to hurt you. you know, we play well under those high stressed games, the close ones. the new york yankees got tired of being pushed around in their ball yard. they are taking it to texas right now. they needed to win or they were going to be out of it. let's take a look at some of the highlight as the yankees finally put up a couple of runs. curtis granderson had something to do with is. long ball off the bat of nick swisher. he pulls it out of the ball yard and that is backed up by a home run by robbie cano. well on their way to victory, it would appear, to stave off the rangers. if they win that ballgame, 3-2. the rangers go back to texas with a one-run lead in the series. tonight, madison bumgarner. all the highlight for you but, in the meantime, i'm mark

ibanez from at&t. enjoy the game tonight, mark. >> that does it for us. up next, game 4 of the national league championship series. see you after it the game. ["feeling good" by muse playing]

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