. ktvu channel 2 news, the first major storm of the season packs a punch, leaving a bay area police station and thousands of customers in the dark and more wet weather is just around the corner. good evening. i'm maureen naylor. >> i'm ken wayne and heather holmes is off tonight. 50 square blocks, 15,000 courts, seven-hour long power outage in oakland has caused problem for poli and fire service and tonight oakland has used help from outside agencies to police streets and try to keep cars from colliding at darkened intersections.

ktvu's debora villalon is live with the latest on the power outage that is just now coming to an end. >> reporter: that is right ken. we're at 10th and broadway, part of the outage that ended about half an hour ago. as it got dark police laid flares at intersections and asked chp and county sheriffs for patrol help. they were concerned about collisions, and break-ins because of disabled alarms and on this day, when pg&e had a failure, both police and fire did, too. >> do you see the change in color? does she have any history of heart problems? >> reporter: oakland fire dispatchers had a heart- stopping moment when their computers died. fire dispatch downtown was inside the outage zone. the backup generator kicked in, but because of some glitch, didn't feed juice to the automated system. >> they went to the old, old system of handwriting the calls as the calls came in, instead

of processing it into a computer screen. they had to do everything by hand on paper. >> reporter: for an happy new year it was old-school, index cards and a white board to keep track of everyone. hand held radios and cell phones to communicate. fire and ambulance calls were answered, but the response, a bit slower. >> generally, we try to be in a six-minute window. we were probably running 8-8.5- minute window. >> reporter: fortunately for fire and police, 911 rings elsewhere in downtown. >> our generator right now isn't working, but maintenance is working on it. >> reporter: police were working in the lobby by candlelight and taking only emergency calls from inside the outage area. officers arriving for shifts found their door entry cards wouldn't work and got into uniform by flashlight. >> we have two generatorses, one malfunctioned and shut both down. so we have a few emergency

lights and that is it. >> reporter: as the outage stretched on, a fire engine arrived to shine light into the police lobby to work by. so both departments today startled to find that equipped that they tested and thought they could count on collapsed when they needed it. you can bet they will get to the bottom of that. as for the outage itself, it's presume to be weather-related, but pg&e hasn't provided an explanation. reporting live in downtown oakland, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. transit officials close the 12th street bart station in oakland because of the outage. one resident says he liked at the inconvenience as an opportunity. >> good exercise. people rely on it everyday, but however, some things happen and you have to be prepared. >> mr. jacobs said he looks in a condominium on franklin street that lost power this

afternoon. bart trains ran through the 12th street bart station, but did not stop to take on or let off passengers. >> the rain blamed for weakening the growns around a large okay tree that crashed at the home no sebastopol. a friend of the owner was visiting and said everyone was inside the kitchen when they heard a crackling noise. they found a tree limb burst through the roof and ceiling of a bedroom. emergency-responders in the east bay said today's rain may have been a contributing cause to several accidents near orinda. a fire spokesman said a woman and child were injured and taken to the hospital. there is no word on their condition. fire personnel said the area is known for conditions that cause vehicles to hydroplane. much of the rainfall has moved on, but the storm left behind some pretty impressive totals. ktvu i'm meteorologist mark

tamayo in the weather center with details. >> you can see on live stormtracker 2, a little bit of activity and lingering sprinkles or drizzle or light showers to mountain view as well. and also heading to east. just to the south of pleasant ton and to the east of san josi as well. and, in fact, there is the airport showing up there. bulb of the activity heading into the mountains. as far as rainfall totals over the weekend, very impressive amounts, especially for the north bay. look at santa rosa, 4.75", kentfield, 5" of rain over the past 48 hours hewn san francisco and oakland just over 1". winds were a factor as well. we had wind advisories that expired at 5:00 this afternoon. top gusts at golden gate bridge. coming up, we'll let you know when the rain clouds resurface in the five-day forecast. the stormy weather will cause flight delays for a

couple more hours at san francisco airport. it forced them to put ground delays in effect until midnight. the result is arrivals are about an hour behind schedule, which in turn is delaying departures as well. officials at san josi and oakland airports say the weather is having no effect on their flight times. for up-to-the-minute information about the weather in your neighborhood, you can log onto our website at ktvu.com. today's rein did not dampen the spirits of dozens of diehard giant fans who waited in the elements to welcome home the national league champs from philadelphia. ktvu's christien kafton spoke with several players about preparing for the world series, which starts this week in the bay area. >> reporter: the san francisco giants returned to at&t park to a hero's welcome, complete with screaming fans, and a big round

of high-fives from second baseman freddy sanchez. >> these guys are amazing. these are the best fans in baseball. we get to play here every night and the energy that they bring is just awesome. >> reporter: last night's win was a team affair. pitcher madison bumgarner say that is how they celebrated, as a team. they are looking forward to wednesday, when they host the american league champion texas rangers. >> everybody is feeling good. so we're just excited to get back and ready to get started with the rangers. it should be fun. >> reporter: manager bruce bochy says the tough decisions like who to start against the hard-hitting rangers have yet to be made. >> we're going to get together tomorrow. right now, are catching up here. long flight and the boys did some celebrating and they are tired, but tomorrow morning i will get with the staff and we'll have all of that figured out. >> reporter: fans are gearing up for game 1 of the world

series. some fans we spoke with say they waited out here for hours to get a peak at their national league championship san francisco giants. in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. no surprise local ticket agencies are seeing a big demand for giant's world series tickets. stubhub says fans started to snatch up tickets as soon as last night's game ended. stubhub withstanding room only tickets at $425, but say fans are paying about $735 for a seat. so far game 3 of the series in texas is the top-selling game, but stubhub says it game 1 at at&t park is quickly catching up. for those who will be watching on tv here is the schedule for game 1. the giants face off against the american league clamps, the texas rangers at at&t park. broadcast starts at 4:30 financial and the entire world series will air here on ktvu. a mentally ill patient at napa state hospital has been

arrested on suspense of killing an employee. police say donna gross was found dead in a courtyard of the hospital. they arrested jess massey, who has an extensive criminal history. late today the hospital issued a statement say, "it's working closely where investigators on the tragic incident and extending condolences to the family of the victim." in richmond, police are investigating a drive-by shooting that injured a 13 and 14-year-old boys one boy was shot in the lower leg, the other in the hand. both are expected to survive. police say they don't have a motive yet and are talking to witnesses to get descriptions of the suspects and the vehicle. a hayward teenager is fighting for her life after an apartment fire earlier this morning. flames ebb gulfed second floor of the building at delmar about 1:30 this morning.

firefighters rescued 16-year- old sierra steen who was listed in critical condition for burns and smoke inhalation. her father and 8-year-old sister made it out, but were also tape to the hospital for less serious injuries. about 15 other residents evacuated the building. investigators are checking electrical wires for a possible caused to the fire. police and firefighter unions in san josi are accusing a san josi council man of stealing their campaign signs and say they have the video to prove it. ktvu's diane guerazzi reports. >> reporter: firefighters and police posted this video showing pier luigi oliverio and followed the council member to this apartment where they saw oliverio removing a sign from the driveway of willow glen shopping center. >> i only saw him take one

sign. >> reporter: measure v, with a highly visible sign campaign would limit arbitration for police and fire department employee disputes. the police and firefighters unions have raised $800,000 opposing it and supporters have raised half that amount. oliverio says he did nothing wrong by removing the sign, since it was illegally posted in a public place. >> every resident under the municipal code can take down these signs and should, in my belief. >> he says the edge of a driveway is considered a public right-of-way and the municipal code says the city or volunteers working on behalf of the city may remove signs posted there, but police and fire union officials called the move illegal and offered $101,000 reward for information leading to conviction. >> while council memberol viro was found only in possession of four signs, hundreds of signs

have gone missing in beaks. >> reporter: council member pete constant showed up at the news conference saying no on v signs are post illegally. >> what are you going to do to remove all the sign? i saw two on my way here on hamilton avenue. >> reporter: union members responded that they will take the signs down when asked. in spite of the flap, oliverio was not arrested. supporters claim it would reinin the power of out arbitrators who negotiate pay and benefits the city can't afford. in san josi, dianne guerazzi, ktvu channel 2 news. straight ahead, another high-profile washington name heads to the bay area. where first lady michelle obama will pay a visit tomorrow. >> the ballot over how big one east bay city will grow and what is at stake. a mixed report card for the airline industry. the one area showing hope and the biggest complaints about the airlines.

the 10:00 news continues in 90 seconds.

. with election day a little more than a week away a ballot measure in san ramon will determine how big the city will grow. measure w would update the city's general plan, extending san roman's growth boundary to include 1600-acres of agricultural land in tassajara valley. opponents say it's a gift to

developers. >> it benefits the developers that own land in those areas and we're worried it's going to overcrowd our school and it's going to overcrowd our roads and traffic. >> the benefit for san ramon is that local control in the planning process would be given to the citizens. >> the no on measure w campaign has so far outraised supporters in contributions. >> bay area democrats are counting on a white house one- two punch to raise money. first lady michelle obama is scheduled to attend a fundraisers tomorrow in 520 bridge. the event is for senator barbara boxer, who is locked from a close race with republican carly fiorina. carly fiorina visited some of her campaign workers today. fiorina stopped by a phone bank in sacramento after thanking campaign workers, she spoke to at least one potential voter and thanked for that support as

well. latest poll numbers showing fiorina trailing incumbent senator boxinger by five percentage points. with nine days until the mid-term election, top democrats are accusing republicans of hiding sources ever money being raised for their campaigns. april williams explains the complaint and republicans' response in this report. >> reporter: president obama and house speaker nancy pelosi say the lack of transparency in the heavy third-party funding of the republican campaigns is wrong. democrats pressed an attack against the g.o.p. this weekend over campaign contributions by groups that are registered as tax-exempt and not required to release donor lists. democratic national chairman tim kaine say that is not his husband party takes care of business. >> it's a bedrock principle we'll uphold. >> reporter: kainese counterpart michael steele had this to say. >> i suspect those organizations out there, 527s

and othe know the law and are displaying with the law. if you have evidence to the contrary, produce it. otherwise, put up or shout shute up. >> reporter: in one key battle, democratic jerry brown is widening his lead in the race for california govern. a new poll shows brown 13 points ahead of his republican rival, meg whitman. florida's u.s. senator hopefuls met in a sunday morning debate in turnaround. republican marco rubio was in the crosshairs of charlie crist and kend rick meek. republican committee chairman michael steele says his party has gained major momentum. he said today that republicans will retake control of the house. >> i have been on my fire- pelosi bus and we get off the

bus on october 30th and in that time what i have seen is a consistent ground swell of excitement and energy towards this election. >> steele says he is less sure about gaining control of the senate. the head of the democratic national committee, tim kaine predicted his party will keep control of the house and senate. >> if it seems you are paying more for a gallon of gas lately, you are. according to the lundberg surria it's up $0.05 over the last too weeks. san francisco has the highest prices in the nation at $3.16. >> president nohas the lowest prices in the state at $3.05. the average price statewide is $3.11. tomorrow the obama administration is expected to announce new strict emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles. the aim is to reduce greenhouse gas and fuel consumption by as much as 20%. plan will cover new tractor-

trailer, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks with model years 2014 to 2018. coming up on the 10:00 news, the death toll is on the rise in earthquake-ravaged haiti and why doctors say the cholera outbreak may get worse. and a date has been set and when the american hikers accused of spying are expected to go to trial in iran. we still have a few lingering clouds across part of the bay area. a breaker to, but our next storm developing offshore. i will let you know when rainfall rates pick up in the five-day forecast.

. in news of the world, in haiti, the 1.3 million earthquake survivors living in camps around port-au-prince are hoping that a cholera epidemic will pass them by. the death toll from the current outbreak in the northern part of the haiti rose to 300 today. doctors say cholera has not been seen for years in haiti and many won't be able to

recognize the symptoms of severe diarrhea until it's too late. in italy, clashes continued in and around naples where many are upset at conditions about a garbage dump and plans to build other waste site near a national park. the european commission warned italy this weekend it could face sanctions if the estimates 2400 tons of trash piled on interests in napeles are not cleaned up. and in china, typhoon megi has weakened to a tropical depression, but more than 300,000 people are still unable to return home. megi dumped more than a foot of rain along parts of china's coastline. storm is blamed for as many as 31 deaths if taiwan and in the philippines. sarah shourd was released

on $500,000 bail. shane bauer and josh fattal have been been held in an iranian jail for more than a year now. their trial will take place november 6th, most likely behind closed doors. a u.s. document released by wikileaks friday say iranians crossed over into iraq to arrest them. hundreds of mosques and islamic groups invited non- muslims to visit centers in hopes of yelling the anger about plans to open an islamic community center near ground- zero. the event dubbed "a week of dialogue" began last weekend and ended today. >> 9-11 the planes were hijacked and the religion was hijacked and we want to build close to there so people know muslims are mainstream americans.

>> mosques are always open to public, but organizers say the project was organized to encourage non-muslims to walk through the doors. airlines are posting big profits for the first time since the beginning of the recession, but complaints from passengers are also on the rise. casey stegall has the story. >> reporter: remember when jetting off in a plane was actually glamorous? well, the good 'ol days of air travel are over and now court complaints are over. >> it's more of an for to get somewhere. >> it's frustrating and the most frustrating part about this flight was the security. >> you want some of the fees to be gone and some of the services you were used to come back. >> reporter: in the last year the number of airline beefs reported to the u.s. department of transportation have shot up as more people become disgrunled with checked bag fees and crowded flights, despite fares being down on average. >> it's nickel and dime stuff.

i guess that is what their industry has come to after 20, 30 years of being mismanaged. >> reporter: they say the face of airline travel forever changed after the events of september 11th and when fuel prices hit an all-time high a few years later. >> i think people may be upset, but the bottom line is that the airlines have been losing money for almost a decade, and it's about time that they started to figure out a way to make money. >> reporter: the restructuring has taken off. just last week the three largest domestic carriers posted profits, the first time they have been out of red since 2007. >> fact that airline profits are up is really good right now. the airlines need to make money and they need to make some of the money back they have been losing for years. >> reporter: an analysts warned that these prices are here to stay. >> i think the fees are phot going to go away. delta airlines is the world's largest carrier and recently reported $363 million in earnings for its 3rd quarter,

compare that to apple's $15 billion in profits for its 3rd quarter. so it's all relevant as airlines continue to find ways to bulk up its bottom lines. at los angeles international airport, casey stegall, fox news. giant's fever is heating. . bay area fans can't get enough of their boys in orange and black. where they are cashing in on the world series excitement. oakland is poised to pick a new mayor. in a ktvu special report we look at why the candidates want the job.

. giant's fans are opening up more than their hearts to the team. they have their wallets out as with. the gyn's dugout store was filled with shoppers wanting

souvenirs and paraphernalia. >> we're going to get up early. we're going into the city into san francisco and we're going to get some world series t- shirts, hats and just be ready. >> staff at sports authority store in san francisco say they have seen a steady stream of fans today and everyone hopes it's only a matter of time to buy gear proclaiming the giant as world series winners. >> they turned tout for a celebration breakfast held at lefty o'douls near union scare, that calls itself the giant's world series headquarters. they are planning to help fans celebrate even more this week once the world series begins. for those who came out for the early breakfast, they were entertained by the chambers brothers. they are best-known for their 1968 hit record "time has come today." the song they are now called "giant's time has come today."

channel 2 viewers having sending us their pictures jack quon had a four-legged friend in his view-finder long enough to take this photo. and we have there shot of a jack o'lantern in the likeness of begin's pitcher brian wilson, sure to strike fear in the heart of texas rangers fans. if you have fun photos, feel free to send them to us or get more gyn's coverage on our website, ktvu.com. oaklanders are getting ready to vote for a new mayor. first for the time the race for oakland mayor is bringing a name-brand politician who already hell a far more powerful office, leading some to ask why? gasia mikaelian has our special report. >> reporter: being the mayor of this city of almost a half million people is a job that almost everyone in or out of

city hallconsiders thankle. why would don perata, the second most powerful politician in sacramento after the governor want to have the smaller, but more grinding job as mayor of oakland? >> the city is small enough to get your arms around, but large enough to make a difference. >> reporter: former governor now candidate for that job again and two-term oakland mayor jerry brown agrees. >> it has all the urban challenges of poverty, of crime, but it has the potential and actually the actuality of greatness. >> reporter: at lure seems irresistant to these candidates. outgoing mayor ron dellums joked by his decision to trade in his gilded decision as a congressman to be mayor. >> i should have quit when i was aheadment. [ laughter ] >> reporter: why didn't he? >> i was born here, raised here, ran the streets of

oakland and went to school at mcclymonds and so this is my home. >> reporter: his assessment of the job after four years. >> this is the hardest thing i have ever done. >> reporter: nevertheless there are ten people running for mayor. >> i am somebody who possesses the skillset to take the city in a different direction. joe tuman is a first time candidate and one of four considered a serious contender. >> i do believe that if you are going to complain about something, you have to once from a while begby willing to step into the game and do something about it. >> reporter: rebecca kaplan is in the mill of her first city council term. >> i'm going to show up consistently. >> reporter: why does she think she can succeed when so many others have failed? >> i want to personally live in the city that i know we could be. >> reporter: jean quan is giving up her council seat for a shot at being mayor. >> i sort of feel i have worked on this job already.

>> reporter: quan acknowledges it's a painful mission, but -- . >> i don't think i'm a masochist, but i think i'm a dreamer. >> reporter: gasia mikaelian, ktvu channel 2 news nfl the public utilities commission released numbers from the puc, showing it forced utility companies, including pg&e to pay more than $500 million in fines and restitution over the past eleven years. there have been questioned about the regulator's willingness to penalize pg&e for the san bruno pipeline explosion last year. still the information released confirms between 240 and 2009 the puc never fined pg&e for violates natural gas safety laws. following a brief delay, caltrans says construction is set to begin in about seven hours on the landmark suspension tower on the new eastern span of bay bridge. crews are scheduled to starts work at 5:00 a.m. putting massive sections into

place. construction once delayed while an essential piece of equipment was repaired. according to caltrans, even with delay, the $6 billion project is still on schedule and set to be completed in 2013. a decision could come tomorrow on whether to re-open three central beach closed since a deadly shark attack friday. 19-year-old lucas ransom was body boarding when he was attacked about what authorities say was probably a great white shark. the three closed beaches are on the property of vandenberg air force base in santa barbara county. authorities have issued serv warnings after great white shark sightings up and down the california coast. there is much more news straight ahead on the 10:00 news. oakland takes part in an aztec tradition. how people celebrated loved ones and death as part of life. and parts of bay area took a beating today. ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo says there is a break in sight, but the rain is not over yet.

>> what to expect for the workweek.

. the rain here in the bay area is come down as snow in the higher elevations of the sierra. at boreal mountain resort at least 6" of snow fell today. a winter storm warning was issued last night in the sawyer and expired around 4:00 this afternoon. depending on the weather, boreal is expected to open friday, october 29th for skiers and snow boarders. . and we still have high elevation snow up in the sierra, basically up above 7500- feet and some rain right at lake level. back here in the bay area, the rainshowers on the decrease.

not a lot to show you on stormtrack 2. south bay, right here san josi, near the airport, we could have a few sprinkles and maybe some mist where i drizzle around willow glen, but party to mostly cloudy skies. you can see the boys deployed out in the ocean, and look at that wave height, around 21- feet and we're expecting an increase in swell for the bay area shoreline and could have a high-surf advisory kick in tomorrow morning. as far as rainfall, look at the north bay, santa rosa, over 3" of rain. san rafael, 1.76" and san francisco just over .75". san josi just a few handwrittenths with that system weakening rapidly as it moved to the south. concord, just about .5". a soggy sunday for a good portion of the bay area. a few showers this evening, but the overall trend has been decreasing. scattered clouds for your monday, but the extended forecast features more rain.

the rainshowers rapidly moving out of town, setting the stage for a dry monday and also into tuesday. wednesday we gradually thicken up the clouds in advance of our next weather system we'll be watching. all the activity targeting the northern half of the state earlier today. this system will be moving out of town late tonight into early tomorrow morning. a sun-cloud mix for monday, but the cool air continues to filter into the region and that means temperatures om in the upper 50s to low to mid-60s. here is the forecast timeline. we're going to start out with clouds and possibly patchy dense fog. temperatures 48-are a53 and you will see as we head into the afternoon, skies will become partly cloudy, but some gusty winds, winds around 15-25 miles per hour. temperatures, san francisco, 62, antioch in the mid-60s awn concord, 64. san josi 64 and san mateo, 62 and near the immediate

shoreline, increasing swells building in the with west- northwest. wednesday, we're gradually going to thicken up the clouds and you can see what happens by thursday. there is nour next rainstorm and, in fact, the forecast models bringing possibly, potentially, a heavy rain band across parts of the bay area as we head into thursday. chance of showers into friday and one more graphic, the world series game 1, at least the first pitch on wednesday, temperatures around 60 degrees. as we do head into thursday, that will be the game to watch and at least -- i have been wrong once before with the timing, but we'll keep on eye on that for thursday. >> it takes quite a bit of rain to stop a baseball game. >> that is right and right now it looks like the bulk of the activity to the north of the region, but it will pack quite a punch into day 4. >> thank you, mark. an event to mark the day of the dead was hold today in

oakland's fruitvale transit village plaza. there was also food and activity. the day of dead is commemorated in latin american countries to honor family members who have died and embraces the reality of death as part of life. residents near chicago put on an elaborate celebration. the town hoped to break the world-record for the number of light pumpkins in one lace. organizers plan to light 38,000 jack o'lanterns, technically they needed to light 30,129 pumpkins to break the record. a chicago station tells ktvu that they are waiting for verification from guinness that they hold the new record. coming up,49ers are on their way to london, but could they be without their starking

quarterback? we'll explain. >> and an historic day in denver and thers do something they have never done in history. mark ibañez with sportswrap coming up.

. how is it going everybody? i'm mark ibañez and welcome to sportswrap. for the oakland raiders, i tell you what, a blast from the past. it cosc willie brown intercepting a pass and bricking it back. but no, it was the 2010 version of the raiders and their fans hoping that this is the day that they could look back on remember this