that has to be one of the biggest parades in san francisco history. >> yes. it's a magical day in san francisco. so many years, so many disappointing seasons you tell but today all of that was in the past. this day was about your 2010 world sham i don't know san francisco giants -- world champion san >> reporter: the orange and black, the giants baseball. they warmed into civic center plaza. for 52 years they have waited and today their giants brought home to them their first world championship in the city by the bay. >> this day is a bless he had reminder -- blessed reminder for a dream fulfilled. >> you guys have waited so long for this and we brought it home for you guys. >> reporter: they introduced the team one by one. they are a group of guys that gelled over the season. each june filled with a unique

personality. >> i'm sure all of you heard about the ramly thong. -- rally thong. >> i'm not a man of many words. i don't even know what to stay right now. i'm kind of having a mini heart attack. i'm not sure what it's from, either the electricity in the crowd or maybe the smell of prop 19. >> the correspond turf is over. -- torture is over. >> it is something that does not happen often, the key to the city, neither did the world series, though. bruce bochy knows it. >> they want to do win it as bad for you as they did for them selves. >> reporter: as many of them said today, thank you to san francisco for believing in our 2010 giants' team. >> coming out here and seeing

guys give us support from day one like brian said, from spring training to the torturous august. all the way to texas, just seeing black and orange out there was so awesome. all i can say is thank you and go san francisco! >> reporter: right now san francisco needs a good cleaning and it's getting it but other than that, what a party, what celebration. your world champions the san francisco giants. >> for the young men at the have center of today's parade and party, they are still no doubt riding high. we got right into the middle of things. tell us some more about that. >> there is no real way to fully predict or prepare for today's parade. but the sense of purpose was clear and the idea was to allow the entire bay area to share and experience the thrill of

being baseball's world champions. now it was stationed -- i was stationed at the jam parked start of the race at the corner of washing ton and montgomery. will maybin ---- willie mays was there. he also led the '58 parade. the energy reached unexpected highs. >> i couldn't have expected this, not this intensity. what a great day for san francisco and the giants. >> my body is tingling. it's not real. >> i wish we could have done this in '6 2 -- '62 but we didn't and i'm enjoying it this year. >> when i was younger and the 49ers won, it was exciting. >> you know how important this is to the entire bay area. >> we needed this, after the fire in san bruno, the emergency people that helped

out. >> the pitching coach did an incredible job. >> look at all these people. they deserve it. you know, they waited a long time for this. >> 21 years old and you win a world series game. you are part of a world series championship team. can you put it in perspective with this crowd. >> this is unbelievable. this is something -- i don't even know how to explain it. it's just crazy. i'm speechless right now. >> this is the best day san francisco has ever had. this is the most electric crowd i have ever been a part of. i couldn't ask for a more special day. it's a beard -- for now it is. >> the beard stays. unofficial historian will appear on the tonight show tomorrow night. but today's parade reminds us that baseball is a business, yes, but it's a chance to build

civic pride. to think we almost lost this franchise twice. >> there was a lot of civic pride today. well all those hundreds of thousands of people coming into the heart of san francisco today caused some huge backups, especially on bart. the trains were parked. was it worth it? >> reporter: well, i think many fans would say, yes, bart and cal train had near record breaking crowds on their trains this morning. cal train had an extra five trains as tens of thousands of giants fans flooded into san francisco to celebrate. >> reporter: a flee of passengers poured -- bart said today ranked in top five of all

time. >> it was -- so that's a lot of folks. >> if you were one of the extra 70,000 people on bart in the morning, this is what it looked like i object side the train. even the train operators commented. >> reporter: these giants' fans weren't complaining. people were chanting and cheering. it was great. >> it was so worth it. >> reporter: getting on to one of those trains was another challenge. >> huge lines that were actually winding around just to bide -- buy a ticket. >> this commuter snapped a photo of one of the lines. >> just to get the ticket. >> this was at the bart station where they opened the gates to prevent over crowding. some of the fans from the south bay and peninsula cook cal train to get here. they had 19,000 more passengers

than their usual weekday. some passengers refuse he will hadn't -- her fellow giants fans stepped up when a passenger almost fainted --- >> there was a lady that was next to her that was a nurse. somebody got out a magazine fanning her. they held her up through the whole ride. >> you're looking at a live picture of highway 101 near the 80 split. traffic is moving very smoothly. is of it looks like all th people who took bart and cal train helping to keep the highways clear. over at the golden gate bridge, officials there plan to have two north -- four northbound lanes and two southbound lanes. the golden gate ferry service has four extra ferry trips

scheduled this morning. and throughout this newscast we're going to share some of the memorable moments from the parade. but we also want to see what you saw today. so send us your pictures to photos @ktvu.com. the results from election 2010 are still unfolding at this hour. but we do know jerry brown is headed back to the capitol. how will he overcome the deficits that swamped the previous two governors. we are here with more. >> reporter: for california, it's back to the future. the man who decades ago was labeled governor moon beam is now announcing himself as governor practical. >> it was a really good victory

last night. but of course it just pace the way for a lot of very hard work up ahead --- >> meeting with reporters today. the governor elect damaged that beating his wealthy opponent was the easty part. finding a way to pay for everything california wants is the hard part. >> i'm aware of the deficit. it's defied the best efforts of several governors. i didn't create this mess. i'm going to be straight and tell it like it is and i will do everything i can to make it work. >> some good news for the governor elect. last night californiaians voted to get rid of the two-thirds requirement to pass a pudge -- budget. they should have an easier time of getting budgets. but they also passed other initiatives that make it difficult for the state to

raise the revenue necessary to balance the budget. >> voters gave and they also took away. >> reporter: . >> with democrats now controlling everything, voters many blame them. >> it does take two-thirds now to raise revenue. >> so on the one hand the people said by majority give us a budget. on the other hand they said don't pick my pocket. so this will take all the know- how that i said i had and all the luck of the irish as i go forward. >> reporter: his first step will go to sacramento tomorrow to begin discussions on how to tackle the deficit he's likely to inher right about $12 billion. moments after conceding the

governor's race. whitman was overcome with emotion. she was seen trying to fight back tears. the republican candidate lost to jerry brown by more than 10%age points . it appears san francisco will need to find a new mayor. the unofficial results show mayor newsom with a sizeable lead. he holds 50% of the vote compared to maldonado with 39.5%. harris holds a very slight lead over cooley. harris has 45.9% of the vote compared to cooley with 45.7%. voters decided a number of statewide' propositions including some that drew international attention. prop 19 which would have legalized the recreational use of marijuana and ---- was

defeated. global warming act was soundly defeated as well. 61% said no in response to 39% saying yes. a volunteer election worker from san francisco is facing another of felony charges today after he stole 75 ballots from a polling station yesterday afrnoon. while police have found their man, there is still a problem with the ballots. >> reporter: the stolen ballots may be the most well-known, police say they have their man but not the votes he stole. >> the prelim near search unfortunately did not result in the stolen items. >> reporter: they -- the home is in the 11th precinct. he was working here yesterday when the votes went missing. police say nicholas took a

roster of voters and a memory pack that backed up the information on the paper ballots. >> there wasn't any notes that couldn't ---- that indicated that he couldn't handle the responsibility. he scored very well on the test. he interacted fine with our staff throughout the training process and from election to election. >> reporter: like she does every election, lid i can't takes snacks to the workers --- that was about 3:30 yesterday afternoon after the theft but before police arrived. >> she said a few abusive things to her but i'm not quite sure because she did happen to message that he said something to her like saying you're not going to say anything about this and that was it. >> reporter: they say the registrar never says much. >> they don't tell us. they just run the --

>> police arrested nicholas early this morning at a san francisco home. he was booked into the county jail. they will ask the da to charge him with three felonies. the registrar is yet to tell us to the ballots if and when they are found. will they be recounted or recast? and for complete election results for the bay area and the state, you can go to our website and click on the election 2010 tab. a work site accident at a major bay area transportation project --- an early morning accident has halted the construction of the tunnel. i will tell you the latest in the investigation. >> a spectacular day throughout the bay area. you saw the pictures in downtown san francisco but we've got changes coming and just in time for your weekend. here is another look at today's celebration for the

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is at a standstill right now. what caused a member of the construction crew to get hurt on the job. we are live now in oakland with more. >> reporter: good afternoon. newt time the incident caused any problem with traffic today. we are above highway 24. now earlier today construction inside the tunnel was temporarily suspended while they completed an investigation of an early morning accident which sent a contractor to the hospital. they were inserting a -- into the ceiling and some of the concrete fell through the ceiling. >> reporter: here's a look from chopper 2 this morning. cal tran's officials say just before 7:00 this morning he was injured when shock create fell on him. ironically it fell from the ceiling of the tunnel today and injured the worker. since that time all work has come to a standstill while

officials investigate the incident to see what went wrong. >> perhaps it was too brittle. we don't know at this point. but somehow it didn't set properly. >> was there an air pocket behind it that weakened it. was there some way that it was applied or that the members turf was incorrect or not -- >> they don't believe there is any structural issues to theton until. the tunnel project itself is on schedule. but before construction can start again, they want the workers to know that safety comes first. >> no one wants to work in a tunnel where an accident has occurred. we want to make sure that the workers know we found out what went wrong and we will prevent that from happening in the future. [ audio difficulty ] well obviously having a little

problem there with his signal. but an accident that injured two people there at the tunnel where they are working to build that. on to our weather now. we saw that parade. the pictures from the parade. the weather just could not have been more spectacular. >> we talked about it last night, too. you get a big deal like this, some say a million people down there on market street and you get a day like today. a perfect san francisco today and it's a formula for just out standing feelings throughout the bay area. temperatures outside right now are still in the 70s. we've got 77 in santa rosa. warm out there. 77 in livermore. a few high clouds but heck of a nice day tomorrow. a little cooler. told's temperatures we had some low 80s. breaks down like this. we are looking for mostly clear and cool conditions as we roll into the bay area evening. mostly sunny and warm tomorrow. increasing clouds. there are includes coming in, going to get in here friday. saturday a little more cooling.

then there's rain in the bay area forecast. i will get more specific with that in a few moments. 49 in fairfield. maybe some batchy valley fog. it was out there in patches this morning. tomorrow, thursday and most of friday it will be kind of warm. 60s, 70s. high pressure stays put. nice day of the both he of them. well tomorrow is nicer than friday. then things start to change around. the low pressure drops in, temperatures come down into the mid-60s. by sunday we've got a good shot and rain and showers in your bay area forecast. that would be for much of the bay area. right now, we got rain for the second half, supped, i will get more -- sunday. i will get more specific and just know that the computer models are continually updating so it will change a little bit. we will talk about the timing and look at the bay area forecast for your city and weekend temperature. well could compromise be

coming to capitol hill. what the president says he will and will not do. as we head to break here, some live pictures from outside at&t where a lot of fans are lining outside the dugout store there. they cannot get enough giants' world series t-shirts, hats, bats, balls. thinking they have, fans want to buy it. you see the line there right now as we speak. we will be back with more after this.

election officials are still try to go figure out who is going to be oakland's next mayor. but with rank choice voting, the winner needs 50% plus one vote to claim victory. tonight at 6:00, counting all the votes and when the registrar this is that will finally be done. president obama is blaming the weak economy for democratic losses in the mid-term elections. he says his administration has managed to stablize the economy but admits it has failed to boost jobs. >> yesterday's vote confirmed what i've heard from folks all across america. people are frustrated. they are deeply frustrated with the pace of our economic

recovery and the opportunities that they hoped for their children and their grandchildren. >> reporter: republicans will now control the house of representatives but the democrats still have control of the senate. that means that san francisco house speaker nancy pelosi is out but harry reid is still senate majority leader. he spoke today about his hopes of working with republican leaders in the house and senate. >> i have a -- i have known john for many years. this is time we need to set aside our speeches and start rolling up our sleeves and have a little sweat on our brow. >> he says he's willing to make some changes but it's sheafing america from bankruptcy. >> what could get 1 million people out, a celebration for

the ages. continues to fight to win freedom for two friends. the action she's taking. the torture is over. giants. it's good. it's good we brought the terminator here. ah, focus group. so what are we testing here?

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this is channel 2 news at 5:00. >> i can't even explain it. >> it's beautiful out here. just amazing. >> handmade signs lots of orange and black and even some goose bumps. people from all around joined a huge celebration in honor of the world champion san

francisco giants. we were right there along the parade route. he is live now in the city with more. >> reporter: from here on market street you can look in each direction before during and after the parade and not see the end of the crowd. by far, the biggest group of people i have ever seen all here to celebrate their champions. [ cheering and applause ] it's been a long time since san francisco had a party like this. fans came from across the bay area to thank the giants for a magical ride. >> i am beyond excited. i'm a british born baseball facility nationallic. --- fanatic. >> she had a long wait for this day as did many others. >> i waited since i was a little kid. my dad -- [ audio difficulty ] >> reporter: the parade itself was relatively short, a san francisco fire engine led the

way. followed by the cal marring band then -- marching bad. and san francisco's political leaders including the man who was just elected lieutenant governor. >> i grew up dreaming of being a professional baseball player. my mom when i was your age had to turn off the radio every night and the second best thing is being mayor of the world champion's san francisco giants. >> reporter: the stars of the hour were the men who made it happen between the lines. with every player, the crowd showed moran more love. >> it's beautiful, orange and black everywhere. people are together laughing and crying and hugging. it's beautiful out here. just amazing. >> nate schierholtz -- >> this is home for me. i'm going to remember this forever. this is one day i will november forget. -- never forget. >> he came down to meet his

fans face to face. >> i like posey. >> yeah, posey. >> he's going to be the rookie of the year. >> also in the crowd, a couple signs asking catcher buster posey to go to the prom. people are in love in love with their giants. well, the giants' season, it thatted a lot of twists and turns. for a while there, no one thought the giants were going to do anything, especially make the playoffs or the world series. >> how long this glow might last. certainly the whole off season but one of the more amazing things about sports is how results change perception and the court of public opinion. [ cheering and applause ] the radio talk shows were abuzz about how beach he auto must

go. in the both season his juggling of players and his ability to keep them all happy was -- the giants' tight games all year may have been tough on the fans, but they took their toll on bochy as well. >> we do apologize a little bit for the torture. believe me, it gives you gray hair. don't feel like you're the only one. i looked in the mirror today and believe me i said what the hell happened here? so, if you good did get a little gray, i can bring in my closer. he can help you on that a little bit. >> giants' closer brian wilson was responsible for another slogan that he involved during the season, "fear the beard" became the cry for his high wire act. >> he start in spring training. i would also like to thank the mayor for allowing me to try to

take the reigns. i don't think i'm up for that job. i know a man who is. where is the machine? >> lard to imagine how -- hard to imagine how wilson will re- invent himself this off season. whatever course he chooses, beard, machine, he will also be described as 2010 world series champion. >> as will the entire collection of spare parts and castoffs the team that nobody gave a chance to win. truely it's one of the great recent sports stories. most fans were just out to support the giants today but a few took their separate abrasions a little too far as the large crowd was leaving downtown, some fans got a little rowdy jumping on top of trains a long market street. at times traffic came to a stand till blocked by fans getting out of the city. the police department has not

confirm whether any arrests were made. to see more highlights from the victory parade and some of the from -- the greatest moments from the world series, go to our website. a vigil will be held in oakland tonight to call for the release of the two american hikers still being held in iran. -- will join the original it. the three hikers were captured on july 31st of last year. she was released on compassionate grounds. she under the iranian government to do the same for the two being held in prison. >> i am urging and pleading for the iranian government and the iranian leaders to find it in their hearts to release them on the same grounds. >> it's being held at 7:00 p.m.

those happy meal toys are one step closer to being banished in one bay area city. the action just taken to push fast food chains to get healthy or give up those toys. the new milestone week -- a highly contagious virus spreading here in california. and giants -- here's another look at the celebration. you see there, baseball hall of famer willie mays and willie mccovey. they were honored guests today. we will be right back.

the half a billion users of facebook will now be able to use a single virtual cure rienzi when they purchase credits. the gaming company announced today that play fish will use electronic credits. they purchased the game for $300 million last year. toy give aways could be a thing of the past. they have approved an ordinance setting nutritional requirements for kids' meals. they have banned offering toys in meals that lack fruits and vegetables or have too much fat or sugar. the ordinance is set to take

effect december 1st of next year. there are now more people diagnosed with whooping cough here in california than there have been in 50 years. 174 cases last week a loan. 1500 and 53 cases have been reported here in the bay area. infections in marine county are eight times higher than the per capita average for the rest of the bay area. new research is found to possible link between asthma and lung cancer. scientists discovered that 46% of lung cancer patients had as mass before developing cancer . investigators say asthma patients should not be overly concerned about this finding. a lot of new faces are

heading to washington. yesterday's election brought a major victory for republicans on a natalie, but democrats here in california have reason to celebrate. it's going to be a warm day tomorrow. i'm going to have your forecast and i'm talking about rain, coming up. this is an amazing picture. the scene at civic center plaza as thousands upon thousands of giants' fans poured into the city to celebrate their hometown heroes. some people hung out ever windows to try to get a better look. we will have more. we will be right

the republicans picked up more seats in the house last night than any party in any election in 60 years. this new balance of power has some major ramifications. we are live tonight in oakland with a look at what all this means to us here in the bay area. >> reporter: well, frank, we are here at the federal building where we talked with congresswoman barbara lee a short time ago about the newhouse of representatives that she will outpatient in the new year. one where democrats and bay area influence will be diminished. bay area incumbent kept their seats, many by wide margins. only the -- nationally, republicans won the day and took control of the house of

representatives. >> nationally, people of course sent allowed signals about the frustrations around the lack of jobs and unemployment and the economy. >> reporter: she says she would like to see speaker nancy pelosi become minority leader and -- >> northern california will continue to be a very strong delegation. >> reporter: california republican party tom says the election was historic and a historic opportunity. >> the republicans need to move beyond the party of no and show concrete examples of how they can improve government and help people's lives. >> reporter: in california, they say republicans may lose one seat in the state assembly but democrats scored a major victory. >> a little bit of power can be a dangerous thing. >> reporter: they say state

democrats may have an easier time passing budgets but they will own the blame if voters are unhappy as democrats in california will control the legislature and the governor's office. let's turn to the numbers and take a look at some of the results. barbara boxer appears to be headed back to washington. the unofficial results showher with 52% of the vote. in the race for california's 7th congressional district, miller will likely hold his seat. he holds more than 67% of the vote. and remember you can get the latest results for all the local races just by going to our website. our complete bay area election coverage can be found online anytime at ktvu.com. coming up next at 6:00, there was virtual nonstop cheering today except when it came to one person.

find out who many people in the crowd booed when he was announced. there are still some key races that haven't been decided. we will have late numbers in the race for state attorney general. and in the battle for jerry's -- seat that is close tonight. there is a leader but still no winner in the race for mayor. plus, president obama was just there a few weeks ago talking about what a great company it was. but this company is closing one of its plants and laying off workers. those stories and a lot more coming up next at 6:00. i know our chief mostly cloudy skies has said some of our best -- meteorologist says it comes in these months. >> throughout the bay area, not just san francisco, a beautiful day. we go outside. there are clouds out there and there is also a big weather system. look at this guy. you can see it off to the corner of your screen. that's a big system. it's going to start rolling in

here as we head toward the bay area weekend. the clouds you see out there right now, just some high fair weather clouds that will filter your sunshine and keep things a bit warmer tonight. these were the highs today. it was warm. tomorrow, about as warm and cooler as we head toward friday. so there's the weather system i'm tagging. this system is going to start to provide more clouds on friday, saturday and then sunday right now it looks like it's going to rain in the bay area on sunday. right now, the best weekend day will be saturday. temperatures tomorrow afternoon, lots of 70s and a few 80s. a lieutenant like today. it's going to be a little cooler around the coast. livermore tomorrow downtown. 73 degrees at lunch time. tomorrow will be the last warm day of the week as temperatures begin to trend down on friday, saturday and sunday.

it's not going to get cold but there will be more clouds. the forecast, this is all going to change, but i want you to see what the thinking is. friday at 6ening, the clouds increase. it's not going to rain on you. then as we get into sunday morning, look at that. that's that system out there. this gigs to bring some rain -- going to bring some rain. it's going to go south. then by the afternoon, more scattered showers. that's going to change. tonight at 10:00, i'm going to show you the updated model run. the timing will change a little bit. but here's the key, they are on to something if it doesn't change. if they are not did i verging from each other, this might be the way it is. a beautiful thursday, it was a beautiful wednesday.

78 in sunnyvale. lots of low 70s along the coast. outstanding chamber of commerce weather in the bay area that will last right into friday. you see more clouds coming into the picture. >> i can't get over how great it was today. i mean, it's fantastic. >> thank you. well newsom is headed to sacramento. >> he is leading for sacramento and san francisco is about to get a 10th mayor. find out how much or how little power the new mayor will have. now every baseball team in the world knows why to fear the beard. and i thought i was the only machine but now you have a machine on your team. ♪ [ female announcer keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪

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san franciscoians voted on several ballot measures. measure b was defeated 57 to 43%. it would have required city employees to pay more toward their pensions and healthcare. it was very controversial. san franciscoians voted overwhelmingly to -- rather than mandating that their salaries equal the second highest of any transit operators anywhere in the

country. measure g passed 64 to 36%. voters also approved measure l, the sit/lie law which prohibits people from block sidewalks from 7:00 p.m. to -- voters rejected measure m. m would also have overturned the sit/lie law. but perhaps the most visible change will be to the city's leadership newsom is the next -- what happens next year. >> reporter: even though the election is over, a horse race of a different kind has begun here at city hall. >> this town is going to need another mayor and i just have three words. fear the beard.

>> newsom today celebrated the giants' victory. speculation centered on who will complete his term. david will then act as mayor until the current board or the new board select a replacement to serve for about a year. >> no one has achieved enough power, either the current board or future board to sell themselves as inat the rim mayor -- >> we are more likely to see a nonpartisan or someone who doesn't have political ambitions, maybe it's someone who has past experience. >> you know i'm not looking forward to that conversation, period. >> the mayor dodge had the

secession question last night. some people, like myself, would probably like to see a interim mayor. someone who is more of a government leader, not someone who is a politician who could lead the city until the election takes place. >> this is a very important moment for the city. this is an opportunity to do some special things but also some opportunities to do some damage. >> reporter: some people said the temp mayor will accomplish little. >> reporter: aaron and willie brown did not return our calls requesting comment on whether they will make a bid for the temporary mayor role position. there is much more news just ahead. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is up next.