now at noon, closing in on game time. we're just five hours from the first pitch of the world series, game 1. action against ebola. the new ways one county is preparing their nurses and the public. and new claws behind the mystery one of this heroic scene walking away not asking for any reward. orange and black, you are looking live at one of the many giants' flags flying in the bay

area right now. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. the countdown is on. the first pitch of game 1 is just five hours away in kansas city. sal castanedo is live in san francisco right now where people are already getting ready for the games here in san francisco. good afternoon, sal. >> reporter: tori, good afternoon. there is a couple of giants' fans and a couple of dogs out here. game three and game four are here in san francisco at at&t park. even though you can't see it, a lot of beer, a lot of soft drinks, a lot of food being delivered. beverage deliveries are being made to get raidy for that -- ready for that. it's easy to see people out and about wearing giants' colors. a giants' fan said she's been with the team since it moved west in 1958 and has made sure that tradition continues. >> we're all giants' fans. you better be. if you want dinner, you better

be. >> reporter: you started them off young? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the city, of course, has recent experience with world series appearances by the giants in 2010 and 2012 but the excitement is still there for this third appearance in the last five seasons. if you have not been following along, this team went through a major slump in the middle of the season which had some of the most arcan't fans having --ardent fan fans having doubts. what turned it around? >> the magic was on. that was it. >> reporter: in 2010, the torture theme was there and, of course, the giants have kind of tried to follow that up with pretty dramatic wins. what comes to mind is ishikawa's walkoff win. today the game is on channel 2. a lot of the bars and restaurants have said they will

have special viewing parties for their fans here in san francisco. so definitely the city has done this before but it seems like everyone is still excited. live in san francisco, sal castanedo, ktvu channel 2 news. >> never gets old, does it even though it's the third time in five seasons. you can watch all of the world series games right here on ktvu channel 2. our coverage of game 1 starts at 3:30 this afternoon with the first pitch just after 5:00 game 2 begins after 5:00 tomorrow afternoon in kansas city. thursday is a travel day and then friday and saturday the games are back here at at&t park as well as game 5 on sunday. protesters gathered to remember andy lopez who was killed one year ago tomorrow. a couple of people protested outside of the chambers where last night a county task force met. it was created following the

shooting of lopez by a deputy who mistakenly believed the toy rifle the teen was holding was on ak-47. that deputy was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing and was allowed to return to duty. >> we're not against police because we need them. but there's bad elements that need to be removed like gelhaus. a calfire pilot who was killed while battling a fire in yosemite was remembered this morning in san jose. 62-year-old jeffrey craig hunt was fighting the dog rock fire in yosemite earlier this month when the air tanker he was flying clipped a tree and crashed. he was a veteran pilot who flew in the navy and served in the army. when he was not fighting fire, he taught chemistry at uc santa cruz. he leaves behind a wife and two daughters. this morning, governor jerry brown and leaders with

the nurses association united at the capitol in california. the group discussed ways to better protect furses against ebola. the proposed procedures hazmat suits and training programs. at 1:30, nurses plan to rally in oakland to demand that the state formally adopt the safety procedures. nurses in santa clara county are raising concerns about whether they are ready to handle ebola. that issue was addressed this morning by the board of supervisors. janine de la vega shows us the changes one hospital is making to protect the public and their staff. >> reporter: people stricken witheen are thousands of miles away but the possibility the person with the disease may travel here is something those in the healthcare industry are taking very seriously. the president of the nurses association in santa clara county has been hearing a lot from fellow nurses. >> they have that concern about what will happen if they do get

the disease and if they are exposed to it and separated from their families. >> reporter: dave cortese brought his concerns to county officials. he wants to no whether the healthcare workers here are trained to handle ebola, medical waste left behind from it and if staff has the specialized equipment to treat the disease. there are questions about transporting exposed people or managing hubs like airports and train stations. >> the clock is ticking. we think this is preparedness that needs to happen in hours and days, not in weeks and months. >> reporter: at the board of supervisors' meeting, the head of valley medical center said they are meeting daily. they have implemented screening for the disease at the emergency room and clinic and they've designated areas for infected patients. they are also putting together an ebola care team and providing training. >> today i know that we can assure the public and reap

assure the public -- reassure the public that this county has never been caught flat fooded. >> reporter: county officials say they will sproe vid equipment or gear to valley medical if needed. in regards to private hospitals, the county doesn't have jurisdictions over what guidelines they follow but they are in communications with them with what's recommended. reporting from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. a top official with the world health organization says tens of thousands of experimental vaccine doses could be in west africa as soon as january. clinical trials are taking place in europe, africa and the u.s. to determine the safety of two different vaccines. the mother of one of the nurses sickened with ebola said her daughter is doing well. amber vinson is being treated at emory university in atlanta. she was sickened while caring for thomas duncan.

nina pham is being treated in maryland. just yaud her dog ent -- yesterday her dog entered a testing phase to ensure he does not have the virus. the alameda county fire department is bolstering the ranks with the new crop of recruits set to graduate later today. alex savidge is live to explain why this was the first group of firefighters to graduate in several years. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. alameda county fire has not graduated a new it set of recruits since 2011 because the money was not there. but today, 13 new firefighters will join this department thanks to a federal grant. and this morning those firefighter recruits showed off their skills during a simulation at this training center in pleasanton. in this scenario, an suv crashed into the building catching it on fire and the recruits had to rescue a firefighter as their friends

and family looked on. this class has spent the last four months in training and many more years than that preparing for this day and as as the first recruits to graduate in three years, they understand how badly needed they are. >> we're ready to get out there and we're ul-- excited. >> it was a lot of work. finally achieved my goal today. >> reporter: because of budget cuts, the alameda county fire department has been forced to do more with less over the past few years. the chief told me this morning, staffing levels had to be reduced at times which meant many firefighters were forced to stay on and work yore time but the department -- overtime but the department got a 4.1 million grant federal funding for new hires. the safer grant allowed us to

bring us up to the minimum staffing levels to fill the positions we have. we don't have vary can cities. it also reduces our overtime because we have a full body to fill. [bell tolling] >> reporter: and during this morning's exercise, the recruits rung a bell at the top of this training building. that sickny fies the start of their -- signifies the start of their shift. the 13 firefighters were officially graduate during a ceremony tonight. after that, they will spend the next few weeks doing field training and thanks to the federal grant money, the department is planning to start up another academy early next year. we're live this afternoon in pleasanton, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. oscar de la renta boutiques are closed today to mourn the death of the famed fashion designer. he died yesterday at his connecticut home from complications of cancer. he first made a name for himself in the early 1960s when

jacqueline kennedy wore his design. since then he dressed many first ladies. every summer, he held a fund- raising fashion show in the sierra to support the league to safe lake tahoe. oscar de la renta was 82 years old. the blaze runner, oscar pistorius, sentenced to prison for five years. why he will likely serve far less time behind bars and how the victim's family is reacting. and a day after the bay area saw some rain, could there be more on the way. steve paulson will be here to tell you and take a lookant the forecast for the giants' game 3 in san francisco. and then the mystery is over. we've learned the identity of this man who pulled a stranger from a burning building. his message for others. californians are discovering the real risks behind prop 46. it was written and paid for by the trial lawyers to make them millions...

while, for the rest of us, health care costs go up. no wonder every major newspaper in the state opposes prop 46. they say 46 "overreached in a decidedly cynical way." it's a ploy "for trial lawyers to enrich themselves." and prop 46 has "too many potential drawbacks to be worth the risk." time to vote no on prop 46.

a bad start to the day for two drivers. this crash slowed muni in san francisco. a street car and a bmw collided. the crash was quickly cleared about 8:00. no one was hurt. the search is still on for whoever shot and killed a chef in oakland right in front of his fiancee. 41-year-old eric harvest was cooking barbecue to make a little money when he was shot on sunday. his fiancee says it was to help

pay for their wedding next year. she was in the driver's seat of her truck. eric was getting in the passenger side when he was approached. >> i feel cheated. i feel lost. i feel anger, emotion, sadness. i lost my best friend. i don't know how i'm gonna hope with that. >> she says the shooter did not demand money or take anything. she does not know why anyone who want to hurt him. pleasant hill police are searching for a woman who assaulted a woman in a parking lot at 1:30 sunday morning in an parking lot in anapartment complex on camelback road. the man tried to remove her underwear after pulling her done. the victim screamed and the man ran away. olympian oscar pistorius is sentenced to five years in prison for shooting and killing

his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. but as amy kellogg reports, he likely won't spend even half of that sentence in prison. >> reporter: oscar pistorius is behind bars. the olympic runner convicted of culpable homicide and given a maximum five-year sentence for the shooting death of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. the judge hoping to close the book on the trial, which started in march and was supposed to last just three weeks. >> hopefully this judgment and sentence shall proside some sort of closure for the family and for all concerned so that they can move on with their lives. >> reporter: the prosecution hoped for a harsher sentence. they have 14 days to appeal. the pistorius family said they won't appeal the ruling. >> oscar will embrace this opportunity to pay back to

society. >> reporter: the steenkamp family said they are satisfied with the ruling but reeva's family said the relatively short sentence sends a bad message. >> i think it's a trav i have of justice. for eight months, sending a clear message to the -- to the -- i think to the world. everyone is watching this today, and i just -- i think she's failed. >> we ought to differentate between what is in the public interest and what society wants. society cannot always get what they want. >> reporter: the maximum sentence for culpable homicide in south africa is 15 years. in london, amy kellogg, fox years. a driver for uber x in san francisco is accused of dragging a bomb out of his car and destroying her phone. according to the san francisco chronicle, martin and the woman got into a disagreement saturday over the address of her destination. martin pummed over on jones street and allegedly dragged the woman out of his car.

when she pulled out phone to take a picture, martin reportedly grabnd the phone and threw it on the street. the woman flagged down a police officer and the driver was cited and released. she said she sent four messages to uber but the company did not respond until 20 hours later. and you may remember uber was criticized last month when another uber x driver allegedly hit a passenger in the head with a hammer over a route dispute. the passenger seen her may lose an eye. developers want to replace a two-story structure on williams road with a six-story apartment building. many who live in the area say the planned development is just too big. >> you talk loud. i talk loud. you answer my questions. >> more than 200 people packed a meeting with a developer last night.

neighbors are worried about traffic, parking and their privacy. >> if they want to buy the property and work with us the way it's zoned right now, we don't have a problem right now. but to come in, rezone, build a six or steven-story structure. this would help provide housing for help to fill the 4600 jobs forecast for this area. city staffers will gather comments before making recommendations to the planning commission. new details about mysterious human remains found at the site of the new transbay transit center in san francisco. the san francisco chronicle reports the remains are native- american and appear to be 7500 years old. that makes them the oldest discovered in san francisco's city limits. investigators are working to identify tribal members who may wish to claim the remains which buried at another site. yesterday, we told but a man who rescued someone from a burning home. we now know the identity of

that hero. cell phone video shows a man in a blue hat calmly walking into a burning home and walking out with another man on his back. according to a tv station in fres know, that hero, thomas, finally met the man he rescued. the pair hopes their story their inspire others to help someone in need. the biggest news from this morning was how cool it was. we also have a breezy pattern out there. it's mostly sunny. temperatures rebounded from yesterday's weak front. everybody good to go for game one in kansas city. 72. it's friday night at home we're concerned about. a lot of cloud cover streaming toward southern oregon, northern california, also the remains of what was hurricane, now tropical storm ana drifting away from the heavyian islands. there's hints some of this may get caught in this jet stream coming across the gulf of alaska and the pacific and maybe take some of that

moisture as it moves north and falls apart, toward washington and oregon. there will be hefty totals around del norte, cape mendocino north between today and sunday. we're waiting on our system to arrive. it won't be here until late friday. today, mostly sunny a few hides clow. a little bit to the north. light rain continues especially up to crescent city. somebody is getting rain. it looks like that theme will continue. a lot of 40s. north bay to santa cruz mountains. even out towards the east bay. had a couple of readings at 43. 68 in novato and 68 at sfo. which is warmer than bakersfield. 66. it's that time of year. a little breeze for some. oakland has a 13 out of the west and there's also a couple of breezes around the airport. even hayward at 12. 54 in tahoe. 54 in reno. 62 in ukiah. 72, 74 down in los angeles. and also to san diego. there's a pretty good long fetch of moisture which is

taking aim. there will be heavy duty totals and also extreme northern california. not hutch here as we head towards thursday, i buy into this. there could be steady rains in santa rosa. ukiah .50 over an inch to maybe 2.50 to 3 between now and friday up on the north coast. what will happen, we'll see clouds continuing to roll in between wednesday and thursday. then hang up in the north bay and then eventually this system coming in on friday will develop right off the coast. that will send a lot of this moisture northward. we'll have a breezy to windy day. it looks like everyone is coming in after 10:00 on friday. there will be a lot of clouds, maybe breezy to windy at times and very mild with a wind to 70 degrees. we have a couple of days to iron things out. that's the way it looks right now. mostly sunny, breezy for some. again, first pitch looks like in the 60s, upper 60s, low 70s and temperatures today, 60s and 70s for us as well. it doesn't look like they will

change too much. maybe a little warmer but a lot of clouds and late friday early saturday i think we'll get some rain. >> all right. we certainly need it. >> yes, we do. another major retailer says it may have been hack and credit card numbers may be gone how the company is trying to protect customers if their cards were used. - ( helicopter whirring ) - ( roars ) ( siren wails ) ( pop music playing ) ♪ when you're ready ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ come and get it ♪ get it, get it ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na na na na ♪

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well, stocks are on track for more gains today. the market is getting a boost from an encouraging report on

china's economic growth as well as strong quarterly results from apple and several other big companies. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up 206. the nasdaq is up 100. that's over 2 1/3. the s&p is up 36, nearly 2%. one of the biggest office supply companies in the u.s. may be the latest victim of a cyber attack. staples said today it's investigating a possible credit card breach and customers will not be responsible for fraudulent use of their credit cards if there's evidence their data was stolen. the retailer is already speaking with law enforcement about the possible breach. and entrance fees at yosemite will be going up starting january 1st. the fee to drive into the park is set to go from $20 to $30 per vehicle. and an annual pass will go from 40 to 60. this is the first price hike at yosemite since 1997. the national park service says the additional revenue will offset rising maintenance costs

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