world series, pretty penny people are paying to see the team play in person. >> >> the reason cal-tran is regrouping and looking for a better way to get the job done. >> i think we'll have problems down the road, people basically hijacking your information. >> there are mixed emotions on the heels of another big apple launch. the new service that could put an end to credit cards. >>

good evening, i'm ken pritchard in for ken wayne >> and i'm heather holmes. >> san francisco giants kansas city bound. the players showed up at at & t park to sign autographs for a friendly group of fans. game one of the world series is set for tuesday in kansas city. today. n o, lle caught up with the fans. >> reporter: going on a giant spending spree, it's like christmas, but everything is orange and black. the giants played today. a friendly game with familiar names as the giants took on -- well, the joins. >> they get a chance to run around like a giant.

>> reporter: playing in the shadow of at & t park. >> >> today, the world series bound giants signed autographs and boarded a bus for the airport. next stop, kansas city. where stub hub is selling tickets, starting at $388, a bargain, compared to neck week's home games going for as much as $625, right now. we have no business being here, but here we are, just like the last few times. it's awesome. >> reporter: they are stocking up on hats and official world series gear at the dugout at at & t park. everything -- twins and bruer fans, but we are here. >> reporter: and band wagon fan could want. >> 2010 world series hat to be replaced with the 2014 version.

>> reporter: ready to play ball and make another run at a world series title. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: and we are your world series station, you can catch all of the games here on ktvu, we will be live in kansas city and here in the bay area. giants and royals get underway tuesday in kansas city, first pitch after 5:00. game two is set for wednesday, then on friday, the series heads home to at & t park for game three. in the newsroom, noelle walker. ktvu news. right now, you can listen to interviews -- remember to tweet us your giant photos using the hashing that giants to win. >> >> new at 6:00, cal-tran is suspended a project on the

western span of the bay bridge dill u until it can come up with a plan that won't have a major impact on traffic. this after traffic was brought to a stand still after installing two steel plates east of the freemont exit. the plates took many by surprise, causing some to slow down and some to come to a complete stop. the bay area could finally see some much-needed rain in time for the week to begin. our meteorologist, mark tomeo is here with more on what you can expect as you head out the door tomorrow morning. >> for right now, we'll take anything we can get. right now on live "stormtracker" 2, we are in the clear, a bit of activity to our north, up towards crescent city and the activity will gradually spread to the south. beautiful out there, a few high clouds in the distance, to the

southwest of san francisco. for the most part, most of the bay area in the clear with patchy fog. we'll be sliding to the south overnight generating a few rainshowers across parts of the bay area. forecast models picking up on that theme. here we are at 11:00 tonight. look what happens tomorrow, there is the clock, 6:00 tomorrow morning. this is your monday morning commute and shower active activity on the increase, especially in up are parts of the north bay. this will be changing as we head into the afternoon hours, we'll look at that with your full forecast coming up in 10 minutes, also, i'll let you know how much rainfall you can expect in your neighborhood. >> >> a solo car crash in the north bay that left the driver dead. police received a call reporting an accident near churchill lane. emergency responders arrived at the scene and found an older model red pickup smashed into a tree. the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. no one else was in the pickup

and police have not said what may have caused a crash. >> >> a man due in court after police say he intentionally ran over his ex-girlfriend and another woman in have lay who yesterday. sheriff's detectives investigating the death of an inmate found unresponsive in his cell last night. he was discovered by a nurse dispensing medication in a special unit for inmates going through drug withdrawals. he was arrested on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance, bringing a controlled substance into the jail. this is the third inmate in

three weeks to be found inside of a jail cell dead sonoma county. >> >> the deadline where all mail registraonbe post mark you can register online until 11:59 p.m. if you move, change names or political parties, you are required to reregister. >> >> it looked like the catholic church would making a more lib cal stance. but that language was scrapped. brian ny a saying the debate ifrom over. >> reporter: francis beatifying

>> over the world have sum to porter: the b welcoming he church. a last eks should be accepted and valued a ho, language was cardinal timothy dolan, the archbishop of new york explains some of the thoughts of those in his group. there was a good dee bait. >> reporter: language on whether or not catholics that were divorced would be able to take communion out. >> i think these issues will continue to be discussed during the coming year, especially,

how to deal with people that have been divorced and remarried. the document doesn't resolve it. >> reporter: this is not the end of the debate. there is another larger meeting of bishops scheduled for next year. >> >> forensic teams combing through a wooded area in rural virginia after human remains were found yesterday by searchers looking for a missing university of virginia student. remains were found eight miles from where hannah graham was found alive. authorities have not confirmed what the remains are, but they have called off future searches for graham. >> >> remains were found near where morgan hairington was found four years ago. jessie matthews was arrested for kidnapping graham and police say he is linked to the other case as well.

>> >> devices on utility poles on schools and the utility is placing devices on 35 power polls around the city. this comes after pg and e agreed to reduce their installation fee to $15 per pole to $200 and $400. >> >> california school bus drivers are more prepared for situations involving guns. every year, dozens of school bus drivers meet for a workshop to help prepare them for dangerous situations. this year, the focus was on firearms. in addition to learning some new defensive driving skills, drivers were taught how to get a gun gun out of the hands of a gunman. >> i would be ready to lay down the life for any of these kids whether i know them or not. if taking one of the kids that

is the asass sin, i would take them down. i don't want any of my other kids getting hurt. >> >> reporter: many of the bus drivers say they they want to be prepared, though the opportunity to use this may be slim. >> >> u.s. stepping up efforts against ebola. we are learning more about the strike team assembled to help protect the spread of it throughout the united states. >> >> tonight, good news for those heading to hawaii. >> back here in the bay area, we are bracing for rough surf a week after marine county waves turn deadly. a new warning and dangerous conditions you should watch out for.

>> new developments in the fight against ebola. the defense department is preparing a 30 person military quick strike team. it will be made up of 20 nurses, five doctors and five trainers in infectious disease protocol. the team's mission will be to

travel anywhere in the united states to help with future ebola cases. defense officials said president obama wants a more aggressive response to the virus. the dallas hospital that treated the first and so far only person to die of ebola in the u.s. has apologized today. texas health resources ceo issued a letter saying they made mistakes in the case of thomas eric duncan. the letter was printed as a full page add in two dallas newspapers, mary maloney reports on the apologies. >> reporter: officials facing a pr nightmare. the dallas hospital it is he center of the ebola controversy in the united states. thomas duncan was treated and died from the disease there. two nurses that cared for him have the virus. sunday, the hospital issued an apology -- >> sunday, the last day of the monitoring period for 48 people duncan came into contact with

after entering the u.s >> thankfully, they are asymptom attic, it looks like none of them will get ebola. >> one lab worker, who might have handled duncan's specimens caused a small scare when she boarded a cruise ship bound for belize. sunday, she was back in the u.s., symptom free. >> >> senator ted cruz said public health officials are telling the president what he wants to hear. he said obama should ban flights into the u.s. from ebola stricken countries. >> what is unfortunate is watching the obama administration treat this as yet another political issue rather than as a public health crisis. >> reporter: health officials say cruz is off the mark. >> i never had an opportunity where the president is telling me to tell him something he wants to hear.

>> >> more details, now, governor brown is scheduled to meet with leaders of two nurses unions on tuesday in sacramento. the governor will talk with health care workers about safety standards for treating ebola nations. some bay area nurses have held rallies and marchs calling for more hands on training in treating ebola. >> >> in the mideast, u.s. lead coalition air strikes hit a gas distribution facility controlled by islamic state militants. this as coalition forces continue to pounded area. >> last 24 hours, syrian border town the biggest clash in a week between isis terrorists and kurdish mely sha. isis, we are told in the last two days has been bringing in

reenforcement and trying to take the offensive. the kurdish defenders tell us they have repelled them and we are told the battle lines in the town basically are unchanged. one hospital in isis held a -- syria has reportedly has taken in reportedly 7 bodies of terrorists. they have been on the offensive as well, hitting isis with 11 air strikes starting 20 fighting positions. five vehicles, two occupied buildings. analysts are telling me as brave as the kurdish fighters are. these air strikes are the only thing keeping them in the game. it's not clear whether they win out, because, another reason, turkey is still taking a hard line. president obama speaking on the phone over the weekend with the turkish president, no doubt trying to get him to play ball. he said publicly, woe not allow the u.n. to transfer weapons to

kurdish fighters. nothing easy, nothing straightforward about this war. hawaii residents and visitors breathing a sigh of relief as hurricane anna passes to the south of the island. the storm did produce big waves from the big island this weekend. it also left a lot of rain, which resulted in localized flooding. the latest, a few months after tropical storm pounded the island with winds and heavy rain. our local forecast, starting out with low clouds and fog this morning. locally dense after a shallow layer of marine. right now, on live "stormtracker," you can see activity to our north, green

showing up there to reflect our next cold front approaching the coast. there we go with the live doppler radar sweeps. by tomorrow morning, we will have activity to show you on the bay area radar, especially in parts of the north bay. north bay will be picking up the most rainfall with this system. it won't be a major deal, but strong enough to produce scattered showers. numbers currently out there. santa rosa checking in at 70 degrees. for tonight in the short term, fair skies, high clouds will be moving into the region later tonight. live camera, beautiful, looking out towards san francisco and low clouds off in the distance. tomorrow, clouds and showers. it will be cooler, tomorrow, notice the change compared to the numbers we had today. in the extended. tracking rain in northern california. keaching an eye on that to see if it approaches the bay area. shower activity later in the week confined to to the north.

rainfall expectations, not impressive. the wettest locations of the north bay could be on either side of a quarter of an inch, we'll put the forecast model into motion at 7:00, not widespread, but enough to wetted roadways near parts of the county coastline. as things get going mid- morning, 10:00 in the morning, the activity begins to shift to the south and east throughout the day. mostly cloudy skies, showers for your monday morning. it's not everywhere, but still a few scattered showers out there increasing chances throughout the morning hours. here is the weather pattern. we are talking about the cold front for your monday. scattered showers, swinging out of the area by tuesday, tuesday, it will be dry, wednesday, thursday, we'll warm things back up. the storm track could be generating rainfall to the north of the bay area. we are thinking towards the north court, but some of the forecast models have been

generating a few models close tore us. for us, a little chance of a shower. we are watching the weather closely in the bay area with the series returning later in the week. forecast model for friday, showing rainfall to our north. bay area picking up a lot of clouds by thursday and friday. forecast highs for this afternoon, tomorrow afternoon, a lot of 60s, our towards fairfield, oakland 60 -- san francisco, 66 degrees. here's a look ahead. temperatures warming up later in the week. >> >> credit cards could be getting the boot. the new service apple is set to launch that some are calling a regame changer when it comes toed way you pay.

>> >> someone from the bay area is a lot richer. the question is does he or she of the lottery even know he or she has the ticket. >> >> college town turns dozens arrested and now students can face serious consequence.

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hampshire cleaning up after a pop kin festival turned into mayhem in the street. the violence lasted for hours and dozens were injured. >> i got hit with a jack daniels boddle across the face. i was in the health center for a little bit, but i left. >> came in with shields and started to tear gas me. really crazy. >> it was a pumpkin fest. it was supposed to be a fun weekend and it was stupid. >> crowds started fires, threw bottles. s.w.a.t. teams responded spraying tear gas and firing rubber bullets. at least 50 people were arrested. the dean of the college said that students that took part in the violence mace suspension and possible explugs. >> >> treasure island music festival is underway,

continuing until 10:00 tonight. headliners the british alternative group called massive attack. a word of warning, the bay bridge may be tied up as thousands leave the festival. >> >> the winner of a california lottery ticket worth more than $200 thousand has yet to come forward to claim their prize. it was sold in san jose at the cafe on center road. the lucky lotto player matched all of the numbers to win. winner, you have 180 days from the day of the drawing to claim that prize. >> >> so, lucky winner, step forward, claim it. >> >> apple set to unveil a new service that could change the way you shop. >> is the world ready to put asay the past. >> >> we talked to a tech expert

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it's being called a possible game changer and could make credit cards object sleet down the road, tomorrow, apple will launch apple pay, a new and some experts say a better way to pay with your smart phone without fumbling through your wallet. >> >> live with more on how it works and how the idea is already getting mixed reviews. >> reporter: it's not a new idea or a new technology, but with apple behind it, more companies could follow suit. they take older versions of the i phone, only with the i phone 6 and newer versions of i pad. many people heading into the apple store knew very little about apple pay or how it worked. >> i don't know >> i don't know how to get started with it or if it's even available. >> reporter: apple announced the program last thursday. it works like this, put your

credit card information on inches phone pass book atmosphere, go tony store that excepts apple pay, seen it to the reader and you are good to go. >> you are going to recognize you have lost your phone probably more quickly than if you lost a credit card. number two, you can wrap the card card in security. >> as for privacy >> i know a lot of people are concerned about privacy, but every time you use your credit card, somebody somebody knows you used it. >> is it or secure enough, i wouldn't mind doing it. >> more others, it would take time for them to trust apple pay. >> it seems like every week, there is another hacking.

>> maybe, i'm sure in a year or two, it might be something everybody have will bizing, but right now, i'll sited oned side lines and wait and see. >> >> visa, american express all on board. you will need certain devices to use the new apple pay service. only the i phone 6 or i phone 6 plus will work. for other purchaseses, you can use apple's eye pad. and they will not work at retail stores. >> >> a fire in pleasant hill has sent one woman to the hospital. firefighters received that call of after 4:00 in the afternoon. the victim was taken to the hospital by ambulance for minor burns on her leg.

firefighters say it appears the fire started by inattentive cooking. >> two road rage incidents that escalated into violence the first after 7:30 near the intersection of 580205. investigators say a passenger in the toyota pulled alongside the audi and fired multiple shots inside of the car. police don't have a description of the two suspects in the white toyota other than to say they were male and in their 20s. >> two hours later in livermore, chp said road rage lead to a standing that left a man injured. officers say the two men got out of their cars and began to fight. a 52-year-old of livermore used his pocket knife to stab the other. he was arrested and cooked into

alameda county jail. learning the identity of a man woe died after police say he repeatedly found his female roommate. deputies found his body on friday in the drive way in his house. they say he had multiple stab wounds, but it is unclear if the wounds were self-inflicted. investigators say an autopsy is scheduled for tuesday. >> >> the man arrested for allegedly groping two young girls inside of target and wal- mart stores is you due into court tomorrow. surveillance cam are at the target store showed him walking in. he touched a girl there after doing the veryver same thing

earlier. a 13-year-old boy shot and killed by a somona county deputy will be remembered to u andy lopez, shot and killed by a deputy, one year ago on wednesday. the deputy thought the replica firearm lopez was holding was real when the teen pointed it toward the deputy. >> >> santa cruz ordering the lee

attended law school at santa claira university. he was 57 years old. >> >> fans of thousands of people ran through the streets of san francisco for the nike women's half marathon. the action from the starting line and explains the it with big changes to this year's event. starting line in the square had the look and feel of a nightclub with lights flashing, music pumping and the first of 25,000 runners anxiously waiting to take off. it's the 11th year for the nike woman's health marathon >> it's crazy, insane and people dress up in hospitals. >> this year, the source is different for the first time, it starts in union square and

ends up in marina hills. there is a lot more hills this year than last year. organizers say the shorter race is more accessible and more popular. >> this is on my bucket list. i wanted to run a full marathon, but half is great for me. >> tino martinez flu in from -- flu in >> flew raise u over the past decades racing reich this one have costed 150 million. >> i while i was standing there and her daughter is one of 46 survivors running in this. i said we might as well cheer for your daughter, too.

hundreds of oakland school kids teckels see upto see the raiders take on arizona cardinals. the kid says are students in the oakland unified school district. the whole day is made possible through the first and goal program run by the raiders >> i'm excited just to come with all my people, people that i know, we'll root the raiders on. thank you to the raid raiders while giving back to your community. >> 800 home game tickets for the students for open unified opportunities the kids received run u lunch -- >> what a nice thing for all of

the kids there. final day of sunday street, celebrating miles of car free space with food and fun activity. event closes out the last sunday street season, but plan something already underway for next year's events. great chance, they go out there and explore on foot. >> >> we are counting down to the world series. while we are cheering on the giants, hear our the six-year- old landed tickets to the worlder is i haveries and how his family are paying it forward. >> >> mark next with details on waves that are heading our way and world series forecast.

a young cancer patient and true blue kansas city royals fan just found out he is going to the world series. >> it's how the boy got the tickets that surprised everyone. >> "i will be announcer for the royals." the six-year-old has been battling bone cancer. he has been through 20 rounds of treatment and through his last treatment, he found out he will watch the world series. noah's dad received a surprise in the form of an e mail from none other than joe torrey >> we would like wilson to be our guest at the 2014 world

series. >> instead of school, they are putting the $9,000 raised for his world series dream towards buying tickets for other kids with cancer. >> that's how you pay it forward. but look at that face and sweet little voice and now he will get there, be there at the world series i love it when folks like joe, it orre step up for the young kids. >> and now other kids will get lucky, too. >> let's find out about the kansas city forecast coming up for game one of the world series on tuesday. . >> >> we have mostly clear skies. clear for game one and forecast mod ills showing clear skies, all of the rain is out of the area, as a result, we are going to have nice conditions for this part of the region.

here we go with the pay area forecast. sunset this evening, great out there. this was the scene looking out toward the golden gate bridge. beautiful out there. a building swell, increasing wave. look at the buoy -- waves 24 feet. the swell will continue to build into the region. be extra careful for the immediate coastline for monday, tuesday and possibly wednesday. lear we go with the "stormtracker," showing high clouds off shore. rain to our north and west, drifting to the south, here we go with the forecast, showing you the current numbers out there these numbers really warm. extended forecast, watching some rain to the north. it will be mild out there and the rain we'll keep an eye on. some of it could be approaching the bay area.

mostly cloudy skies, showers likely, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, we'll be dry, fairly warm. friday, the developing weather pattern with the rainfall to the north. close enough to the bay area. it warrants a slight chance of a shower, we are watching that forecast closely. but for us, right now, it looks like the main focus of the rainfall will be to our north. monday, rainfall about 2/100th of an inch. they were not expecting much. here we go with the forecast model at 11:00. rainshowers very scattered out there and then by 2:00. partly cloudy skies and by 5:00, the rain probably long gone, setting the stage for a warmer forecast, that will be for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. >> >> temperatures for tomorrow, 60s and 70s, oakland, 68 degrees. hayward, 69. gillroy checks in with a forecast high of 72.

san francisco, 66 and half moon bay, 64 degrees. watch out for the big waves out there. showers developing into monday. tuesday, partly cloudy then we'll go with pretty warm temperatures, thursday there is the slight chance of a shower on friday, continuing to saturday, but the bulk of activity will be to the north of the bay area. something to keep an eye on. keep an eye on the forecast closely in the world series, games three and four return to the region. possibly five, we'll see what happens. >> all right, good advice there, thank you, mark. >> >> coming up, two trick plays you have to see as the rams foiled the say hawks. >> here what the head coach had to say about another disappointing raiders loss. sports wrap is next.

i'm in for joe fonzi for this early edition of sports wrap. the raid ares played a little better, but no victories on the season as they host the arizona cardinals, the team leading the nfc west and their former quarterback. taylor, early on first quarter, two yard touchdown and get out to a quick 7-0 lead in the second quarter, palmer again, this time deep for mike -- he has it an a quick 14-0 lead for arizona.

second quarter, later. derrick looking good. rolls out and the lucky four, bryce butler got it 55 yards inside of the five and that leads to a short first for darren mcfaden. touchdown, a couple of minutes later, palmer falls into the hands of charles woodson, the first pass arizona has had picked up all year. woodson to the 30 leading to a field goal, raiders trailing in the half. 52-yard field goal from sebastian, but the cardinals capping an eight play 80-yard drive and capping off their victory. taylor, stanford man, raiders on the short end 24-14.

oakland's consecutive loss. 0-2 under the head coach. >> i think that our kids are starting to believe that they are close, but that's not a consolation, right now. in other words, it's not good enough. it's not good enough for our fans, own are or the kid the in the locker room. you can't seep saying with the we'll get it next week." that's not one of the things that works in this league. have you to get it when the opportunity is out there. we put ourselves in a position to win and didn't win the football game. >> >> meanwhile, things not going that well for san francisco 49ers in the mile-high city. two minutes last, trailing the broncos, the big story there as peyton manning has thrown three touchdown passes. he is the all-time nfl touchdown pass leader. full highlights tonight at 10:00 and post-game interviews. the only consolation for the

49ers, things not going well for the seahawks, rams leading when daley fakes everyone out by attempting the punt on the weak side, returns it 90-yards for a touchdown and the rams built themself as a lead against the seahawks, superbowl champs. the hawks are always good for a comeback >> nine ward touchdown, hawks back in it. graham forced to punt, but it's a fake. 18-yard gain and more importantly, they keep the tribe alive. just over a minute left when rookie tray mason tries to get the ball punched up. there is a mat scramble for the ball. pairs own pete carol. he can't believe it. rams hold on to win it 28-26. third loss for the seahawks, 3-

3. >> >> other action around the nfl, great game san diego and kansas city, the chargers trailing. phil rivers to antonio gates, back in the end zone. chargers would lead at intermission. >> >> chiefs trailing, remember alex smith, here's anthony sherman. three pass. sherman doing the west. chiefs would take a 20-14 lead. game tied at 20. game winning field goal. 28-yards. chiefs take it, snapping the chargers five game winning streak. >> >> dallas cowboy, jason garrett constanley onto the field. 17-yard touchdown pass. not to worry cowboy fans, tony

rom o, 26-yard touchdown, escobar's second of the game. cowboys, 31-21, their 6th straight victory. green pay, game -- packers would roll easily to victory, 38-17. >> >> meanwhile, san jose sharks continue their brutal beginnings this season for them out of the road. we'll tell you who will keep the winning stuff going. we'll be right back at you.

don't know what the sharks did to irritate the schedule makers, but they start 16 of the first 21 games on the road. the trip continues. shooting the puck, makes

the initial save. rebound out too far. aglin put it back in. as it turns out that would be enough, rangers up in front 2- 0. four seconds later, rick nash shoots this one in, again misplays it. nash, five holes, to third of the game and 4-0 as the sharks get their second loss of the young season. >> >> talladega, lap 103 wrecked down the back stretch between eric and jj. they collect a number of cars, including story unit, kyle bush, getting eliminated. brad will take own the win and automatic first with the chase of the -- others eliminated

from the competition. victory lane right there an the 49 ares will have to do coming back if they are to taste victory. they are at half time. 49ers trailing denver, 21-10. peyton monning broke a record. >> go home, get some sleep, you will be catching a flight -- >> kansas city, here we come. >> >> more on the traffic nightmare averted on the bay bridge. >> we'll talk about cal-tran about its decision to suspend a project after metal -- >> that's coming up tonight at 10:00. we'll see you, then. 0!ockñ?çóxo?ñ=çñññçvxqx?ñññ?óioy

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