get rid of prepaid problems. get chase liquid. chopper 2 has been checking out the scene at at&t park. it's on lip hours away. game -- only hours away, game one of the world series. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. the first pitch of the world series will be five hours from now. there's already crowds starting to gather outside of at&t park. ktvu's brian flores has been out there for much of the morning. i understand fans are anxious

for the game and something else. >> reporter: that's right, tori. good afternoon to you. there's already such a presence of fans of national media outlets and security, and that means everyone is getting ready for the big game. giants' fan frenzy has taken over the bay. >> i couldn't be happier. in 2010, i had a premonition they would do it and now we're here this year and it's amazing. >> reporter: giants and tigers in game one of the world series. crews and fans are frantically getting ready. >> i don't want to be a fair weather fan. this could be the beginning. it's a good beginning. i'm going with winners right off the -- right off the bat. >> reporter: inside the dugout store, fans were getting whatever world series gear they could grab. some hard-core fans looking to get the hats and t-shirts they

don't mind the wait. >> i gotta get my gear before the series begins. >> reporter: inside the ballpark field crews are putting together the final touches and outside national media outlets. there's also a police patrol presence as well. for chance this was a part to -- this -- this was a chance to be world series history. >> they win game seven, we're going to san francisco. i don't care. sure enough, we're out here. >> reporter: if you are coming out, officials say say take public transportation. the biggest question, when is the gear gonna be out? it will be around 1:00 when the shirts and hats will be available. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian. it's been a short, two-day

turnaround for the giants. the tigers have not played in nearly a week. yesterday crews finished painting the world series series logo on the grass at at&t park. the players went through a light workout and took batting practice. the giants' players say they've overcome a lot of adversity this season but things broke their way. >> that's the thing about baseball. that's why i think it's a hard game. you have to go through the highs and lows and keep that even kiel. >> that's the thing about baseball, when things are going good, the balls seem to bounce your way and when things go bad, they are bad. >> bruce bechi announced that barry -- bruce bochy announced that barry zito will start the series tonight. the mayors of the cities have made a friendly bet.

here's the bet -- the losing mayor will travel to the other team's city where he will take part in a day of community service. he will get a tour of local services, based in the winning city. bay area transit agencies are expanding their services. b.a.r.t. is adding extra trains to help people get to and from at&t park. the vallejo bay link service is offering direct runs to and from the park and caltrain says if its trains are filled to capacity, it will add extra service as needed. also, forecasters are keeping an eye on the sky just in case rain could getten the -- rain could threaten the game. steve paulson will have more on that coming up. if you look closely in this picture, you will see the giants' logo there. and you can watch the world series right here on ktvu. our pregame coverage begins at

4:30 this afternoon. it follows an early addition of the news which starts at 4:00. there's growing concern about school safety in mountain view. tonight, parents, police and school officials are holding a meeting after several students were hit by cars during the past two weeks. janine de la vega is live in mountain view to tell us about the growing concern at this school. >> reporter: good afternoon. the speed here is 25 miles an how -- an hour. we've seen cars traveling here faster than that. a boy was crossing when he was hit by a car. this morning, there are three crosswalks with students. in the last two weeks, a child has been hit at each one. this girl said one of her friends was a victim. >> he got hit on the side of his, like, won'tdy and then he

-- on his body and he didn't come to school for three days. >> reporter: and then the children suffered minor injuries. it's stepped up inforcement in the area -- enforbesment in the area. enforcement in the area. >> the car i just waved over. he's doing 27 in a 25 -- 37 in a 25. that's unacceptable. >> reporter: officers say the children were either distracted or not looking both ways before crossing. >> some people are, like, walking down the street and just fooling around. and that's -- that's the reason why they get hit it would be better if -- why they get hit. so it would be better if we had crossing guards. >> reporter: police say it's up to the school to put up

crossing guards. parents are welcome to join a meeting that will be held at graham at 7:00 p.m. back to you. >> thank you. the contra costa coroner's office this morning removed the bodies of two people killed in a plane crash inbyron. the homemade plane went down yesterday afternoon at marsh creek road andbyron highway. at first, they thought only the pilot was on board but any discovered a second body. the coroner had to wait until the faa deleted its preliminary investigation. the victims' names will be held until their families have been notified. there's new information about a woman whose body was found in her home. officials say 0 now say she was beaten to -- say -- officials now say her body was beaten to death. the sheriff said it appears

someone killed her and then set the house on fire. this is a sketch of the suspect. the sheriff also said the suspect stole the victim's car. it's the final stretch in the presidential race. both candidates are busy. president obama began the day in davenport, iowa. >> i have a plan that will create jobs, reduce the deficit and unlike mitt romney i'm proud to talk about what is in my plan. [ cheers ] >> because my -- my math actually adds up. >> he flew to denver after that and goes to burbank, california next for a tape aid eastern on "the tonight show" and continues with a campaign event in las vegas. tomorrow he stops in florida, virginia and ohio where he plans to vote in chicago. and mitt romney is also pushing

his campaign into overdrive. >> what you are seeing from the obama campaign is an incredibly shrinking campaign. the president is out of ideas. he's out of excuses and in november you are gonna make sure he's out of office. [ cheers ] >> after a rally in red rock, colorado last night, mitt romney is taking stops in nevada, iowa and ohio today. we have these live pictures right now of mitt romney. polls show the two candidates are neck-and-neck with some key king swing states, favoring mitt romney -- key swing states favoring mitt romney, others are favoring president obama. p. as we mentioned -- as we mentioned steve paulson is keeping an eye on

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the board of supervisors in san mateo county has unanimously approved a ban on plastic bags in stores in

unincorporated areas of the county. the ban goes into effect in april. after that, people who don't have a reusable bag with them will have to pay 10 cent insurance a paper bag. several cities in san mateo and santa clara counties have indicated they will follow suit. the future of the contra costa county fire protection district will be decided by voters next month depending upon whether they support measure q. new at noon, alex savidge joins us live from pleasant hill and you just talked with the chief during the last hour. >> reporter: i did. the fire chief said he's preparing for the worst this afternoon in case this tax measure fails. potentially, it would mean sutting -- shutting down at least seven fire stations and it could also impact response times and lead to more dramatic increase in those response times. the department already above the national standard as it stands right now when it comes to how quickly they get to

emergencies. the chief told me today that the department has run out of $25 million in reserve funds and now it needs an infusion of money just to maintain services. measure q asks voters to pay a $75 annual fee, a parcel tax to bring in that extra revenue and avoid station closures. >> the chief said people should be aware after the -- be aware of the consequences as they fill out the ballots. >> i hope the community is aware of the criticality of the measure, so we can have the additional revenue. we've done everything we can to control and reduce costs. >> reporter: opponents of this measure, though, believe voters are being held hostage here, strongarmed, if you will, into paying the parcel tax. but the- -- but the chief says the department has cut efwhere it can and he says the failure

of measure q would also force firefighters to stop responding to low priority calls. >> some incidents we won't be able to respond to at all, as an example, some low priority medical calls. and we'll try to minimize the impact, low priority medical calls, service calls, broken pipes. those type of things. >> reporter: they adopted a framework, a backup plan of sorts, if the tax measure does fall short in november. the chief said it's still not been decided at this point which fire station would be closed in the county if it comes to that. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. it was three years ago today, that the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in richmond shocked the yarr and -- bay area and the nation.

manillea ortega was described as the -- manuala ortega was describes as the ringleader. he was sentenced to 32 years in prison. five other defendants are due in court on monday. mountain view police are warning people about an attempted robbery last week on stevens creek trail. they released this sketch based on a man's description of the person he says tried to take his backpack while he was hiking on the trail a week ago today around 8:00. according to police, the man said the would-be robber came up behind him and tried to take his belongs. >> i -- belongings. >> i fear someone may call -- may come out and attack me

because you can't see where any are coming from. >> police hope people will keep an eye on -- an eye out for the man, they say he's in his mid- 20s, 5'10" with a medium build. yesterday morning, a man was killed in an accident. the accident happened in the 500 block of third street. the 60-year-old man was hit when a woman backed her car out of the garage. authorities have not released the victim's name. ed lee and gavin newsom announced a new service this morning to help the homeless. the mayor and former mayor made the announcement that takes place five times a year. they say they are expanding the city's 8-year-old program to include an everyday connect. the expanded service will offer help to those who need it. 24 hours a day, seven days a week. >> we don't just get a piece of paper that says go to this

place. good luck. we say here is where -- we say here is where you need to go. do you want us to go with you? here is where the metro is. >> they help with things like a pair of socks and eyeglasses. healthcare workers will be walking a picket line. workers say sutter health is proposing drastic takeaways and this afternoon, they will conduct a three-hour walkout. the picket begins at 1:30. chain require importants are in effect right now for roads in the virginia. here is placer county -- in the

mountains. here is placer county. well, even at noon there's still some snow up at blue canyon, also truckee. tahoe says partly sunny. this is the tahoe airport. the wind gusting to 30 miles an hour. we had a little bit of rain. that cleared out. we got a break. now clouds are beginning to build. we'll be okay tonight. it just won't be warm. cool and breezy out at game one tonight. a couple of hours in marin county. nothing compared to game 7. just kind of bundle up. temperatures will be chilly and that temperature will be dropping. the low responsible for sending in our rain and showers is moving. as it moves north, it will take the rain with it. you can see there's plenty of cloud cover streaming in from the north and also popping up. a few isolated showers. i mean, it's hard to pinpoint

them all. but out towards the delta a little bit. also in marin county, there's been a couple. now heading over to interstate 880, it looks like el ter retoe, heading to crockett, benicia. nothing too big but these showers will develop. by tonight, once we hit sunset, i think everything will collapse. you can see a little bit towards sonoma. 60s on the temperatures or 50s. really cool. temperatures struggling to rebound from the 40s and 50s this morning. but the cloud line, the rain line, you can see where it's taking aim now. fort bragg, ukiah will still have a couple of partly cloudies. i think you will notice the cool and breezy. still some isolated shower, they had a lot of snow as tori just touched on. so sun and clouds, a few

showers and cool and breezy. as temperatures take a pretty good drop. highs today. 60s. a couple of locations could pop off in the mid-60s. there's a lot of cloud cover out there. it looks like this is it. it did its job. tomorrow morning, it will be cold. it will be mostly sunny and a little warmer, tori, as we head to the weekend. but there will probably be some of that inland fog that we get after a first rain. so this is beginning to be fall heading into winter. >> correct, long overview. a followup on a story from last week. the san bruno commission wants the president of the p.u.c. to either resign or be fired. last month, they passed a symbolic resolution demanding that michael peavy be removed.

they oppose the appointment of george mitchell to act as a mediator in what the council calls a backroom deal. san francisco is putting a law on hold that would have curbed delivery of the yellow pages. this comes after the court of appeals overturned a similar ban in seattle. the court found that yellow pages are protected free speech under the first amendment. san francisco officials wanted to stop the delivery to those who don't request them saying the books clog up the landfill. but the city decided to suspend the law, spending more court hearings. we'll talk to people who can't wait to get their hands on a new apple product. and you may smell and see something different the next time you take b.a.r.t.

indexes wavering. the stock market turned calm. in a policy state, the federal reserve just announced in the last hour, it will stick to its plan until the job market improves and repeated to keep

rates near zero until mid-20 15. taking a live look at the big board, the dow down 25, the nasdaq down 8. s&p down 4. some apple fans want to be among the first to get the new ipad mini. there are new people camping outside of the store. they will have to wait a few days. apple will start to take orders on friday but they won't start shipping until next month. san francisco mayor, ed lee, is supported -- is reportedly giving the cold shoulder to those people who supported the statement of endorse -- of reinstating ross mirror cau rimpy. he's ignored calls from art agnes and he pulled out of the a campaign appearance with a supervisor who voted in favor of mirkarimi. b.a.r.t. is making noticeable improvements with cleaner

trains. b.a.r.t. says it has reached its goals. b.a.r.t. recently started replacing hundreds of cloth seats. new floors are being installed. ktvu channel 2 news lightning on early. coming up -- will be on early because of the world series. thank you for trusting ktvu channel it 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. card hassles?

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