race for california governor. ktvu's mike mibach is at jerry brown's headquarters in oakland. >> reporter: from the fox theater in downtown oak land it is the house that jerry brown helped rebuild when he was mayor and the house where tonight democrats hope to throw a major victory party. the former two term governor filled out a ballot this morning at a fire house in oakland. it is the same city he led as mayor for eight years. at the time he took office back in 1999 some business and residents of oakland were leaving town unhappy about the state of the city. jerry brown came in and says he revitalized downtown, revitalized up down, jack lindon square and the port of oakland bringing in extra business. fast forward to today. a similar situation developing although in a much larger square. many residents are fleeing not only oakland but the state of california. there's a multi billion dollars deficit. brown liked the challenge he

faced back in oakland in 1999. and he likes the challenge if he's elected. to get back to being governor, he needs to take down meg whitman, the former ceo from silican valley looking to become the first california female governor. will she carry the female vote? will she carry the latino vote. will the money she spent from her fortune pay off? my colleague maureen naylor has been following the whitman campaign, she joins us now from southern california now live from universal city. >> reporter: you see the color cream of gold and green. and they hope will be part of the victory celebration here. as you mentioned, this has been

a long and expensive campaign. it'll come to an end in just a few hours. i spoke with meg whitman when she arrived here earlier this afternoon. she arrived in this green bus which she's been traveling in through california and says she's feeling good today. the silican valley ceo has been shaking hands with voters. he's been creating a platform of cutting government spending. this is the most expensive general election campaign in state history. the most money come ing from the whitman campaign, 148 million from her own chest. this is a lot closer race and they are not taking anything for granted. in fact, right now they are

still on the phones upstairs. i spoke to a staffer just a short while ago and they said any staffer not working on the floor in preparation for the party tonight should be upstairs on the phone asking voters to go out to vote. we're going to be bringing you the latest, maureen naylor. ballot problems are forcing election officials to comp come up with a creative solution. the error was a result of a smudge during the printing process. workers have been erasing the smudges but hand ever since the problem came up and then reprocessing the ballots. >> we wanted to make sure that the shadows from the toner didn't cause any issues that would result in the ballot being misread. >> election officials are even checking ballots that don't appear to be smudges but they say they don't expect this extra step to delay results.

>> there have been long lines at san francisco's city hall today with some people reporting wait times of 45 minutes or longer to cast their ballots. officials are predicting more than half of voters are expected to vote. officials say this year over all turn out may rival the last midterm gubernatorial election where turn out was about 60%. along with selecting a governor, california voters are also selecting a senator. the main contenders, democrat barbara boxer and carly fiorina. we have crews at both campaigns. >> reporter: i'm at the hyatt hotel in irvine county where republicans have having a victory party. she will be staying up in her hotel room watching the returns

through the evening then scheduled to come down here after 10:00. she will be flanked by signs, they are orange in color. they are sort of a black curtain background. carly fiorina i'm told is a giants fan. and that she tried to catch some of the game last night. fiorina is hoping to emulate the giant's surprise win. she did vote earlier today near her home in los altos hill. then she flew down here to rally the troops at a phone bank and came now i guess where she's at the hotel here. polls have heard trailing senator boxer by as much as eight points. but fiorina's camp says the vote is going to be much closer than projected. and a winner may not be declared until tomorrow.

that is from her camp. i'm sure the boxer camp has a different take and that's where my colleague rita williams is to the north of me in los angeles. >> reporter: lloyd that's absolutely right. we are here in the heart of hollywood for whatever happens for the democrats tonight. this is a campaign party headquarters, for three term u.s. senator barbara boxer who's locked in what's described as one of the closest and hardest fought senate races in the country. this is how barbara boxer spent her last campaign event today in oakland: in what's called a meet and greet, no speeches at an oakland restaurant. she and other democrats know that the key today is which party drives up enough enthusiasm to get the supporters to actually go and vote. quite unlike two years ago when president obama was elected. now democrats are thought to be, less enthusiastic than republicans this year and of course tea partyers. once running neck and neck more recent polls show boxer pulling

ahead of republican opponent, former hp ceo fiorina but it could turn out to be a photo finish and we'll be right here in hollywood for whatever happens tonight. rita williams, ktvu. state voters are being asked to decide several important and controversial ballot measures tonight. prop 19 held a get out the vote rally tonight. that would allow counties to regulate and tax the sale of marijuana. the measure has attracted worldwide attention. the obama administration says it will continue to enforce federal drug laws if that measure passes there will also be several legal challenges as well, undoubtedly. prop 21 would place a vehicle licenses fee to fund

maintenance of state parks. and prop 45 would eliminate the two vote requirement for the legislature to pass a docket. it would penalize lawmakers fehr áf for every day that it does not pass a state budget -- personalize lawmakers for every day that it does not pass a state budget. >> reporter: we're at the union hall for warehousemen and longshoremen where folks already gathering tonight to watch election results. this is the first time for some alameda voters to use the first ranked voting. this system is receiving mixed reviewed. >> if you're going to vote, vote for who you like and that's it. but to vote three times is kind of confusing to me. >> i think it's great because it prevents a run off campaign

which could be very expensive. and very hard on the candidate to have to fire up their supporters again. >> reporter: the way it works, if no candidate gets a majority of first choice votes, then the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. this this example that would be candidate b. if those second choice votes give either candidate a majority that candidate wins. if not the process of eliminating candidates and redistributing votes continues. reporting live here in oak land, amber lee. you can also talk to two online this election, comment on our facebook or follow us on twitter. tag your twitts with @ ktvu. we would like to know whether you think the bay area is

becoming conservative. you can send us your comments now and get feed back throughout this election night. and the coverage couldn'ts as the balance of power is up for grabs. >> the republicans are preparing for a big win. if that happens what's in store for house speaker nancy pelosi? the answer coming up. and i'm tracking a warm up out there, i'll tell you how warm it's going to get in the city. i'll see you again. and find out what unexpected problem the giants ticket parade will have that it didn't have in 1958. ocooer feoel cort eeit t totr r

2008 was the democrats night, republicans are expecting tonight to be their night in a very big way.

top republicans including the presumed next house speaker are starting to gather in washington to watch the election results come in and that's where we find ktvu's carol hann who is monitoring the national picture for us tonight. good evening carol. >> reporter: good evening to you, the room is starting to fill up. it's starting to get loud. the program is already on the way. republican leaders already briefly stepped up to the podium back there and thanked the volunteers gathered here to help push the elephant. house speaker nancy pelosi tried to sound optimistic encouraging democrats to go out and vote. our request to interview nancy pelosi was turned down. the question, what's next for speaker pelosi. she statemented mum tonight. leaders expect her to step down

and perhaps leave congress all together. meanwhile back here live in washington, all eyes are on that board behind me. remember 39 seats are needed for republicans to win control of the house. folks here expect that in deed to happen. live in washington, carol hann. a greater percentage of californians are registered to vote in this election than at any other midterm since 2004. but only a little more than half are expected to cast a ballot. 44% are democrats, 31% are registered republicans. a ktvu field poll expects a little more than half of democrats will vote compared to more than 2/3 of republicans and a bit over 1/3 of those who consider themselves to be independents. ktvu's channel 2 will be providing you with live election coverage from los angeles and throughout the bay

area. with our continuing coverage starting at 9:00 p.m. tonight. the world champion san francisco giants returned home to a hero's welcome very early this morning. the players and team managers arrived home just after 4:00 a.m. and were greeted by hundreds of screaming fans. many fans say they waited for hours outside of at&t park to welcome the world champions back to the bay area. the san francisco sheriff's department says ten people were arrested around the city last night as they celebrated the giant's victory. one person who was arrested on 21st and mission street remained in custody tonight on felony assault charges possibly related to an attack on several people in a car who drove through an intersection blocked by partyers. the other nine revelers were released after they sobered up this morning. preparations are under way tonight for tomorrow's victory parade.

some 100,000 giant fans are expected to pack the parade route to welcome home the world series champions. sal castaneda join us now. he's in san francisco with more on tomorrow's ticker parade. >> reporter: this is civic center plaza, way over there in the back is city hall. obviously that's where the platform and the players will be. so this plaza will be full. excitement usually reserved for election day has been eclipsed by preparation for the world series parade. a sign of a huge event like the city has never seen. as the set up took place, some people coming to vote in city hall were caught up in the moment. >> i was born and raised in san francisco. this is like one of the best things that's happened to the city in a long time. it's really great. i'm really excited.

it's just, it's wonderful, it's a good thing. >> reporter: but what to wear for the event? today hundreds of people stood in line at sportswear stores hoping to change that problem. >> i got any shirt with the world series on the side and my world champion hat. >> reporter: how did you spend? >> over a grand. but i love my giants. >> reporter: martoli was at the first giant's parade after the giants came to san francisco. >> every year i thought, i hope my giants do it for me this year. and by golly, they did it this year. >> reporter: people in 1958 could open their windows and just kind of let confetti go out. the new modern buildings they don't have windows that open. so now they are trying to figure out how to get confetti from the roof of those

buildings down on to the cars just like in 1958. they're thinking about putting janitors on the roofs and sprinkle confetti from the rooftops, we'll see if that works. ktvu. >> a nice low tech solution to that problem. plans are now set for the parade. that parade will begin at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow and it'll start at the intersection of montgomery and financial street. it'll then head down to market and then up market to the steps of city hall. it's the same route that the giants took when they first moved to san francisco from new york back in 1958. the estimates are that 100,000 people are expected to come out for that parade. but if you can't make it to the parade or if you don't feel like dealing with the crowd, you can watch it all live right here on ktvu channel 2. we'll also be streaming it live on our website. >> so exciting, looks like the weather should be absolutely

perfect for tomorrow's parade. our chief meteorologist bill martin is standing by with a look. >> reporter: these pictures taking today at mavericks. the surf is breaking, a high surf advisory through tomorrow. it's real big out there. look at this stuff right here. those boards are about 10 feet long. it was a big day out of mavericks. when they break like this they register on the berkeley seismograph. it pounds the plate so hard, amazing. wow. big surf along the coast. it's going to be big again tomorrow but not quite this big. now we go to the parade. that's a big deal. the weather perfect. 70degrees in downtown san francisco market street. that's parade time, 11:00 a.m., it'll go 75, 77 degrees by 1:00 or 2:00. it's going to be a beautiful day for the rest of the state, the rest of the country to see our city. about daytime high tomorrow downtown, 75. 45 in napa, 46 in santa rosa.

daytime highs tomorrow as i mentioned warmer. jet stream staying well to the north. that keeps us dry. keeps the rain going into the pacific northwest. but that changes toward the end of the week. like saturday night, sunday clouds move in. we'll see lots of 80s tomorrow in our forecast. cool overnight, daytime highs tomorrow up into the 80s in the warmest spots. you're going to see oranges fill in now. those are 80s and 70s. it's just what you expect, above average temperatures, but this weather pattern expected this time of year. wednesday for the parade looks nice, thursday looks nice too. by saturday or sunday looks like a sprinkle. it's way off.

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the giant fans looking for a souvenir of the world series stocked up copies of the san francisco chronicle. we can't even show you a copy of the chronicle front page because quite frankly the copies that came into our newsroom quickly became souvenirs for some of the giant fans here at ktvu. apparently there are a lot of giant fans in our newsroom. >> can't blame them. >> not a copy to be found. >> and they are on an orange and black high. celebratory time. >> wasn't sure i would see this in my lifetime. when you win your first series championship since 1954 you're allowed at least a day to bask in the glory of it all. nelson cruz 52 years of waiting in san francisco and 56 years of waiting over all had come to an end. the giants had won the world series. the giants did it with a line

up that doesn't compare with the best of history but a line up that does. >> the work they put together all year is very evidence. to be able to shut off this rangers offense like that, as potent as they are. it means we nailed down. they pounded the zone and were able to get ahead of the hitters. >> world champions, how does that sound? >> it sound ridiculous, and i'm so happy. and running for one touchdown, throwing for another as the niners won for just the second time this year. earlier in the game, the play calling was decidedly conservative. right now remains the team's starter. >> the guy is a quarterback, defensive backs, line backers, whomever it is on the other side of the ball needs to have

an understanding that it's going to be a long day. we're just not linning up for it to be 3 yards and a cloud of dust. we're going to throw the ball, we have guys here that we can put in situations to make tremendous plays. i really am like a kid in a candy store with all the different things that we can do with the different guys that we have. so, it's on me preparation wise to be able to take care of the big time plays when we have them. and not only that, execute them. >> and jemarcus russell, the raider quarterback that can be considered nothing more than a bust may get a shot with the redskins. russell was one of the players that practiced in washington today. donovan mcnabb was benched in the closing minutes of sunday's loss to detroit. sharks tonight in minnesota scoreless in the 2ndinning. we'll have that for you tonight

at 10:00. the republicans big night is apparently materializing, they have picked up house seats in florida, indiana and virginia so far. they need to pick up 40 seats in all to take control of the house which would mean an end of democratic rule and potentially the end of the nancy pelosi's career. a lot at steak tonight. >> and be sure to stake with ktvu. we're monitoring all the elections and we'll have results for you tonight. >> and you can also go to ktvu.com for more, election coverage coming up on ktvu.com at 9:00. have a good night.

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