>> reporter: good morning, everybody. we're live in kansas city where crews are putting the final touches before game 6 of the world series. coming up a live report from kansas city and how the giants are one step closer to bringing home a championship. the weather in kansas city will be just fine. mostly sunny and temperatures will be warming up. big changes for us by the end of the week. >> reporter: we're live in cupertino, where a teenaged boy is being remembered this morning after being truck by a

big rig on his way to school. how the school is dealing with this tragedy. a warning going out to people living in one bay area city after a spike in purse  snatchings and jewelry thefts. what you need to be on the lookout for. "mornings on 2" starts right now. good morning. you are looking live at kansas city, missouri, where the san francisco giants are waking up this morning with the reality, they could be world series champions by the end of the night. ktvu's brian flores is also there in kansas city and in minutes, he will tell us about the vibe and excitement building there for tonight's big game. i start counting down the outs. they need 27 outs. >> 27. >> good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. let's talk about your weather and traffic. steve, it looks like today will be a nice day. >> not only in kansas city but

right here. very similar. starting off in the 40s. ending up in the 60s and 70s. we'll be warmer here than there but a picture-perfect morning here under clear skies. temperatures on the cool side. kansas city will be good. first pitch, low 60s. that temp will trop in the 50s -- will drop in the 50s. but no rain. we to have clear skies. not much of a breeze. it looks pretty good. a few high clouds for you folks in mendocino county north. one system plowing into the north. our system for friday is now in the picture. that's a lot of cold air. has to work its way in. could be a good snow producer for the sierra. that won't be until friday or saturday. 46 redwood city, half moon bay. plenty up to the north and also from san ramon, alamo to la fayette. pittsburg, brentwood running warmer. but still low to mid-50s. temperatures will rebound. we'll see a lot of mid 70s for some. more on that in ten minutes.

70s for many. near average for this time of year, slightly above. sal, highway 4, 237. how are things? >> things are better at those points but we have slow traffic everywhere -- >> that's right, sal. you will find it. while he's looking for miss microphone. >> might be helpful if i turn my mico on. >> >> there you go. >> as were you saying, steve -- you were saying, it's it's better there. but unfortunately, things are getting worse elsewhere. i want to mention the traffic will be slow at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's backed up for 25, 30 minutes. no major problems getting into san francisco but there is a wait here, 25, 30 minutes. you didn't think tuesday would be easy, did you? okay. good. let's go out to the san mateo

bridge. westbound 92. that traffic is moderate. taking 15 minutes to drive across to the high rise. westbound 580. want to show you something here. it's slow but it's not as backed up as i thought it would be on a tuesday. bun of the busiest days of the week. southbound 680 is slow out of pleasanton to fremont. if you are driving down to fremont, you will see slow traffic. 237 is slow into the valley. back to the desk. ♪ put me in coach ♪ i'm ready to play ♪ >> yeah. san francisco giants getting ready. the team could win their third world series with a victory tonight. one man who deserves a lot of credit, the man who puts the players in there, bruce bochy. brian flores is live with more. good morning, brian. >> reporter: hi, tori. good morning to you.

booferning, everybody in the bay area. i love the sang. we're excited for the game between our giants and the kansas city royals. want to show you kauffman stadium, where the sun is sniping brightly on it. kind of a brisk morning. highs in the mid-60s. game time is will be much colder but both teams are set, ready to play this all important game six. some fans rolled into town. some giants' fans. some are arriving this morning on nights as we speak. but the players are here. giants held a light workout last night. royals took on the field before our guys. but now here in kansas city, they are excited about the royals calling them a team of destiny. they haven't made it to the big dance since 1985. while destiny is being talked about here, we could talk about dynasty in san francisco. here's bruce bochy talking about how special this year's team is. >> when i came up here, brian

and i, we knew we had to change some things. the team was getting a little bit older. we wanted to get -- get more on the pitching and defensive side instead of trying to -- on the other side. >> reporter: tonight's starter is jake peavy. the royals will have yordani. it will be a packed house here and all over kc tonight. our giants ready to roll as well. they lead the sears 3-2. as we take it back out here live, i did check. there are tickets available to the world series tonight. it will cost you a pretty penny, if you will. the cheapest tickets we found in the high section up there, the nose bleeds, if you will,

the cheapest we found, $358. we're live in beautiful kansas city, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian. and meantime, thousands of giants' fans are expected to watch tonight's big world series game at a big viewing party at san francisco's civic center plaza. nice shot there of the city hall lit up in orange with the black sky. police are doing everything possible to make sure it's a family-friendly event. ktvu's alex savidge will have more on that story coming up at 7:30. giants' fans hope the team can wrap it up but if they lose, there will be a game 7 and that will be tomorrow in kansas city. our coverage of game 6 starts with our pregame show at:30 this afternoon. first set pitch for 5:07. stus for pour post game show immediately followed by the 10:00 news. police in hercules arrested a man. he's accused of shooting off dangerous fireworks to celebrate a giants' have theory -- victory.

it happened saturday night around 9:30. right. police got a call about shots fired and a woman screaming. when the police got there, they found a man lighting a rocket type fire firework. that man was cited. the remaining fireworks he had were confiscated. vallejo police are warning about an increase in purse snatchings and stolen jewelry. take a look at this photo. this is one suspect right before a theft on sunday at an office max store. police say the suspects approached their victim, then grab jewelries and bags before they run away. police are telling everyone to stay alert, be vigilant as we get closer to the holiday season. make sure you keep your valuables out of sight. 7:08. today, grief counselors will be on the campus of a cupertino high school to help students cope with the loss of their fellow student. he was killed after a big rig

hit while riding his pike to school. >> reporter: it's going to be a tough day for students from monta vista high school. we've already seen some of them walking here on mclelen road. they will have to pass this memorial on their way to school. there is a pile of candles and flowers for the teen who lost his hif here. a group of 70 parents and students, including the family of the 15-year-old monta vista high school sophomore that died last night, were at the vigil. questions remain as to how the.was hit. deputies say yesterday morning a big rig truck was stopped at

a red light. the boy was next to him when somehow he got entangled in the rear trailer. the accident has shaken up full low students. some parents plan to change their morning routine in light of this accident. >> for the next few days we'll drop off our son and pick up while we think about more longer hef plans for it -- more longer plans for it. >> reporter: the rule says trailers need special permits and can only operate between 9:30 in the morning to 3:30 in the afternoon. this accident happened at 8:00 a.m. investigators are looking to see if the driver was at fault. the school district tells us it's prepared to deal with grieving students and will have support staff on hand for them. they will be making a statement when the teen's name is officially released. coming up, you will hear from one of the students here at

monta vista high school who was on her way to school this morning and wanted to share some thoughts. reporting live from cupertino, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:10. san francisco city leaders who were criticized for approving what became known as the twitter tax break say a new report shows the program has been a success. the city gave payroll tax breaks to company in the mid market or tenderloin district. the controller's office said last year the city netted an extra $3.4 million because of the move but critics say the city actually lost money because it could not tax sales on $25 billion of twitter stock. >> wow. all right, tori. the custom of giving a tip at a restaurant, that may soon be history. coming up at 7:30, why several bay area restaurants are getting rid of tipping but will your bill be smaller? i opened it up just enough

to see that there were stacks of hundred-dollar bills. >> a shocking discovery. up next we'll tell you what happened after thousands of dollars were discovered lying on the side of the road in concord. we're in the heart of the morning commute right now. you will see a lot of slow traffic in many aryays. highway 24 is getting kind of busy here at the la fayette b.a.r.t. station. coming back, we'll take another look at the east bay commute.

welcome back to "mornings on 2." 7:14. and new, south korea spy agency says it can explain why north korean leader kim jung un was out of sight for six weeks. the spy agency says a foreign doctor operated on his right ankle to remove a cyst. the north korean's long absence triggered a lot of speculation about his health.

he areappeared earlier this month. he was limping and had a cane. people in napa and solano counties directly affected by the august earthquake can now aplay for earthquake recovery money from the government. it's been two months since the 6.0 quake shook the area. until last night, only government agencies were eligible for quake repair grants. now the state office of emergency services says individuals and families can apply for help through the federal emergency management agency, or fema. this morning, a bay area man is relieved to have what he says is his life savings after he lost had on a bay area road. lucky for him an off-duty sergeant with the california highway patrol found the $120,000 in cash right in the middle of the road in concord. the 20-year chp veteran asked us not to show her face because she says the story is not about her. she was driving along concord

boulevard last month when she spotted two bags in the roadway. she stopped to pick up the bags and discovered they were bank deposit bags filled with 100- dollar bills. the sergeant immediately reported it and turned it. >> i have a lot of friends who said what were you thinking? i would take it home. >> she did the right thing. the money has been returned to its rightful owner. >> what a relief for him. >> what an amazing story. >> yeah. >> wow. 7:16. hey, sal, that water main break in napa, what's going on? >> it's still very slow in the area, dave and tori on trankas road. i want to put it on the map. it's blocking that intersection, at least some of the lanes there. the city of napa wants you to avoid the area trankas, if you can. more traffic will be on 121 nearby but it's an area for you to avoid until they get the situation cleabed-- cleaned

up. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza, it's backed you up for 25, 30 minutes. there are no problems on the actual bridge but this is a typical backup getting into san francisco. we've been talking about 237. we had earlier roadwork. ran late on 880 nearby. some people might be behind schedule. it's also generally show on the south bay freeways at 7:17, the weather, though, it looks great. >> go, giants, go. i just re-tweeted something they said about you and i. >> i see. >> it was very funny. very clever. let's take a look at our transformers out here. they are on the oakland estuary. there they are. boy, those things are massive. you see the big tankers come in and road everything. it's kind of oppressive when you go by it in a boat. clear skies and we have temperatures on the cool, cool side. in fact, they will stay a little on the cool side in the mornings but they are coming up a little bit.

afternoon highs will be slightly above average. everything is fine here and fine in kansas city. they will be sunny. it gets dark fast. we set our clocks back this saturday night. sunday morning. clear sun, sunny. 60s and low 70s yesterday. today they will be mid-70s. 68 san francisco. but 74 santa rosa. concord and also san jose. that's downtown san jose. readhill view. low 55. high 68. you are right where you should be. 46, 1971. 92 in 2003. all of the record highs were set in 2003. jog your weather memory. i remember that. there's our system right there coming out of the gulf of alaska and that's the best cold air source i've seen in a long time. now, if it was going to stay north, i would say no big deal

but all signs point towards heading to us which could be a good snow producer. that's three days away. 40s on the coast. 44 walnut creek, hayward is 47. san jose at 49. 46 sunnyvale, even 47 morgan hill to gilroy underneath there. 4 -- 43 degrees. 29 up in tahoe. i think i saw 27 in truckee and -- or 23 excuse me, mammoth lakes and truckee, including u coyia, sacramento and monterey. until then, we'll have sunshine. tuesday, wednesday, most of thursday, cool mornings and warmer on the afternoon highs, they will be slightly above average. tomorrow looks to be warmer. and then a colder system is due. it looks like friday night into saturday. this could be a good snow producer. we're okay. but clouds start to race ahead of us. we'll sweep this first part of the system in friday and then the cold air comes in. that will come in friday night,

saturday. i just stepped outside, dave. it is a little chilly out there. >> i told you. >> it will be warmer today. 60s and 70s. temperatures, i we'll go above today increasing clouds. don't forget to set your clocks back one hour. >> that will change how things work on monday morning. >> everything. >> yes. >> get an extra hour of sleep. en 7:20. heavenly ski resort is getting a jump on winter. besides getting fresh powderer, the resort has started to make snow. cooler temperatures and ahigher humidity allowed it to make snow. the machines can produce 3.5 feet of snow across one acre in an hour. they are hoping to be open pie november 21st. the federal reserve meets this morning starting a two-day policy meeting. economists predict janet yellen

and her colleagues will stop the program known as quantitative easing. the fed has been buying billions of dollars a month in u.s. bonds to help boost the economy but it started to reduce that amount earlier this year. analysts say that's the first step towards boosting a de -- a key interest rates. rates are not expected to change until next year. home prices inch up in the 20 largest u.s. cities in august. prices were up/10 but they fell 4/10 in san francisco. in the annual growth, it slowed with home prices up 5.6% compared to the same time last year. that's the weakest annual growth since late 2012. 7:21. a mother of four, shot and killed in a terrifying road rage incident in oakland. we brought you the story yesterday. coming up in 30 minutes, why police are asking for help. also some uc berkeley

students are leading a fight to stop bill maher from speaking on the campus.

7:23. some uc berkeley students are calling on the university to cancel plans for bill maher to speak. a petition on change.org has gathered more than 2,000 signatures as of this morning. the protest was started by a student government leader and is backed by the middle eastern muslim and south asian coalition on campus. the online petition calls maher a blatant bigot and racist. the author says allowing him to speak would give legitimacy to comments he made earlier this month on his hbo show in which he described islam as the only religion that acts like the mafia. over the past year, there have been a number of similar

protests at universities across the nation which have led to cancellations. 7:24. turning now to election 2014 coverage. voters are gonna cast ballots next tuesday. the latest field poll shows jerry brown with a 16-point lead over neel kashkari. the governor has not campaigned a lot for him. instead, he is spending his campaign cash on ads for proposition 1 and 2. the 7.5 billion water bond and the state's rainy day fund. >> proposition 1 is a very well- thought-out, well-inty greated plan to such a -- it's a plan to encourage recycling, conservation, water supply above ground, underground. >> now, neel kashkari reportedly has a million dollars left in his campaign

chest. his spokesperson tells ktvu he plans to roll out a new 60- second ad before next week's election. now, prop 47 on next tuesday's ballot, it has generated strong opinions on both sides. it would reduce certain felonies to misdemeanors as a way to help reduce california's prison population. last night in san francisco, there was a prop 47 debate. on one side, jeff adachi, he supports it. and san mateo county district attorney steve wagstaffe argued against it. >> we're talking about crimes that should not be treated as felonies, potential of drugs. there are -- possession of drugs. there are 18 other states that treat possession of drugs as a misdemeanor and california needs to follow that lead. >> the problem with prop 47 somebody can have a long criminal record of robbery, kidnapping, carjacking, domestic violence, even human trafficking and if they commit one of these felonies, now

felonies, they will only be able to to be charged as a misdemeanor. >> prop 47 would make certain property crimes like drug possession, shoplifting and check forgery misdemeanors. today is the last date voters can request vote by mail ballots force the november 4th general election. officials must receive those ballots by the time polls close at 8:00 p.m. on election day. you can also turn your mail ballot in at your polling place or your local elections office. no more tipping. the reason some local restaurants are doing away with this long-standing custom. >> reporter: and the giants are on the verge of clinching another world series title later on tonight and thousands of fans will be packing civic center plaza to watch game 6 on the big screen. we'll tell you how early one die-hard giants' fan showed up

to stake out a spot for the viewing party. before any of that, you have to get through a tuesday. right now, driving on 80 westbound, you can see, that traffic is getting a little bit busier. we'll give you a drive time and take a look at the tone as well. clear skies. it's chilly. a lot of 40s. a few upper 30s. it will be sunny and warm but we have significant changes by the end of the week. more on that -- coming up. 22 bucks! these guys should've gone to my place, cuz right now, i have two breakfast croissants for just four bucks. they're both made with a freshly cracked egg and melting cheese on a buttery, flaky croissant. try the supreme with bacon and ham, or the sausage. they'll fill you up for - whoa hey! what are you doing? you can't make a commercial for your restaurant at my restaurant! not if you keep interrupting me, i can't.

♪ >> this is june nip, -- journey, right? >> yes. >> we're live in san francisco where the city is preparing for a big viewing party for game 6 of the world series. you see a couple of chairs there. one person will be there -- >> thatlydy has been out there for -- well, been out there a long time. >> ten hours before the game starts. the giants could wrap up the championship tonight. fingers and toes crossed. alex savidge will have more on the civic center festtiveties and what city officials want fans to do. one fan already there. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. i did duck out. >> steve did, too. >> it's still chiy to blow smoke out -- >> pretty cool.

the sea gulls are staking their claim out there. we have clear skies and temperatures will be rebounding ever so slowly here. it's getting tough late in the season unless we have a north- northeast breeze to warm up. we hardly have any breeze. a couple of upert 30s. it's cold up in the mountains. 19 in mammoth and 21 at truckee. sunny and warmer here. days are getting very short as you know. our system for friday is right there. it's looking good and it looks cold, too. very cold air will be spilling in saturday into sunday. today it will be sunny and warmer. 42 napa. 42 santa rosa. 40s on the coast. redwood city, walnut creek. everybody is in there. foster city, 47 and san mateo, 48. that's cool for foster city on the water. we do have clear skies, sunshine on the way and we'll deal with our system in about 10, 15 minutes here talking

about friday into saturday. sunny and nice. it will be a slight warmup. a little bit -- a lot of 70s. these are slightly above average. normal 68 to 73. and now he is. sal castanedo will an update on the traffic. we mope it's all -- we hope it's all food. >> we've had a couple of trouble spots. the eastshore freeway, traffic is getting busy between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. more than 30 minutes. most of it is just sluggish traffic down to the toll plaza. i want to move to the maps really quick. 680 has been terrible out of concord, 4 is backed up to highway -- 242 is backed up. you know how people like to look at accidents on the side. you probably hate it but you might take a look at what's going on. southbound 680 there was an earlier crash.

this whole is terrible. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza, the traffic will be busy as you drive to the toll plaza, about a 25-minute delay. livermore valley, a lot of slow traffic coming in. 680 slow out of pleasanton and in san jose, northbound 101, it's the slowest with 85 and 280 also very slow getting into the valley. it's 7:33. let's go back to the desk. ♪ >> oh, yeah. we got the music for you, too, and the stage is set for another world series championship. the giants could possibly win their third world series in five seasons tonight in kansas city. thousands of fans are expected to pack san francisco's civic center plaza to watch the big game at a big viewing party. alex savidge is live and i know anticipation is building before tonight's game. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the plaza out here will be packed with giants' fans and you can get this crowd will go nuts if the team can pull off a win tonight. the stage behind us, it's all

set for this big world series viewing party in front of city hall. if you want to see dedication to your team, take a look here as we push in. you can see there's already a giants' fan staking out her spot in the front row so she has a great view of the big screen tv that will show game 6 later on tonight. karina jones, she got here before 6:00 this morning to stake her claim out here on plaza. she and other family members will be holding this space until the first pitch after 5:00. they are hoping to be bun of the thousands of -- one of the thousands of fans celebrating the third title in five seasons later on tonight. jones, just like the giants, she's done this before and knows that civic center plaza fills up fast. >> of course, the crowd was all the way back there. i'm pretty sure they couldn't see and all of the fun was in the front. >> reporter: how much fun is it in front?

>> too much fun. >> reporter: the city says this viewing party is meant for families. you are not allowed to bring alcohol out here. with that in mind, san francisco police officers, lots of them, will be on happened to make sure that that rule is enforced and to make sure that fans don't go overboard if there is a big celebration, if the team can pull off a win and take the title tonight. they want to avoid problems like we saw back in 2012 after the giants knocked off the tigers in the world series. the police chief said he's urging fans to celebrate in a respectful way. as we bring you back here live, this will be one giant party later on tonight. things will get crazy. you can imagine if the giants are able to pull off a win tonight, and if you want a good view of the action, you need to get here earlier. we have people already out here on the plaza getting set for the big game tonight. we're live in san francisco,

alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> you took us right there. thank as lot. 7:36. well, it also looks like some kansas city fans have their own superstitions and it might not be working. according to our fox sister station in kansas city, rachel rail started posting these hunter pence signs in her front yard last week. now there are about 20 of them. some of them reading hunter pence didn't call his mom on mother's day or he drinks banana daiquiris with a straw. since then, these signs have been embraced by most fans. but now rail may be changing her swing. yesterday, a local paper tweeted this picture of her latest sign. it says "perhaps after the outcome of the last two games, i should be rethinking these

signs." now she says her new strategy may be to focus her attention on madison bumgarner or pablo sandoval. the san francisco police chief has his own superstition with the giants one win away from another championship. tentative plans are underway for another victory parade like the last one in 2012. look for a parade down market street on thursday if the giants win tonight. that world series parade would likely happen friday, yes, hall hoe wean, a lot of -- halloween, a lot of orange and black if the giants win tomorrow night. but the police chief is one person who will not utter the "p" word at least for now. >> i'm a baseball guy. you don't talk no hitters during the game and you don't start talking about celebrations until you squeeze the last out of the fourth win. so i don't want to say the word. we're ready. we're ready. >> chief suhr is a native san

franciscan and life-long giants' fan. he's very hopeful. our coverage of game 6 starts with our pregame show at 3:30. first pitch set for 5:07. stay with us for our postgame show immediately followed by the 10:00 news. 7:38. some bay area restaurants are taking tips off the table and i mean literally. ktvu's tara moriarty joining us live from berkeley where one restaurant will start a new policy soon. what's the policy and what are people saying about it? >> reporter: well, some folks think it provide no incentive for good service. no tips. others say it's interesting and they will give it a shot. we're here on that document avenue -- shaddock avenue. the restaurant here won't be accepting tips. instead, they will tack on a

20% service -- service charge for your bill. that will be evened out. rather than relying on tips, the restaurants will pay staff hourly wages based on merit and revenue sharing, a system popular abroad. we talked to one woman whose daughter is a waitress. >> i think she would love it. because she's worked the front and the back of the office. she said you work harder in the back, you get less tips. she's a very cute waitress. when she's up front, she's making the big tips. in the back not so much. i would go. it wouldn't bother me. >> reporter: the five changes are kamal, cano -- camino, duende. and trou. how to you feel -- do you feel about this share your comments.

prepaid debit card scams are increasing across the bay area. the scams are from people pretending to work for pg&e. customers get a phone call saying their power will be cut off due to unpaid bills unless they rush to play with a debit card. they are told to use a money packard. of course, the scammer takes the money. according to the federal trade commission, last year consumers reported losing $43 million in fraud involving prepaid cards. the u.s. postal service is reporting a wider monitoring of people's mail. according to an audit by the post master general, the usps approved nearly 50,000 requests last year from law enforcement to monitor mail for use in criminal and national security investigations. the audit found that in some cases, the postal service approved requests without requiring the proper thorl i

-- authorization. the audit is also raising questions about the efficiency and accuracy of the postal service. british police are vee you security procedures after a man got too close to dash i have cam -- david cameron. you can see the prime minister leaving the building when the man darts toward him. that man was immediately taken down by the prime minister's security detail. he was detained for an hour but was later released. the 28-year-old man claims he was only jogging to his gym and insists he didn't even know the prime minister was in town. some british lawmakers say the fact someone was able to get that close to the prime minister is a concern but others say it's unlikely this would lead to any big changes since the prime minister was never in any real danger. it is 7:42. say it ain't so. one bay areacy ranks among the -- one bay area city ranks

among the snobbiest in the nation. and b.a.r.t. wants to get better. how you can help the transit system find ways to improve. good morning. was i on tv there? all right. all right. right here there is a new crash, unfortunately, reported on highway 4. what? another crash there. it says here that it's blocking a lane near hillcrest. we'll let you know more about this coming up when we come back. and we have sunshine already here. sunrise over the big city. it's cold out there. but temperatures will warm up a little bit. we'll talk about that and what looks to be a very cold, cold front coming in friday/saturday.

7:45. san jose police are asking for your help finding a woman who has been missing for four days. investigators say 39-year-old nellying agy lawyer hernandez was last seen at the metro pcs store on jackson avenue about 7:00 friday night. her war car was found in the store's parking lot. she's described as 5'5", 175 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. homicide investigators in oakland have increased the reward money to $0,000 in a tragic road rage shooting. police say an angry driver shot and killed a young mother of four children while she was riding in a car on 98th avenue sunday afternoon. they say the deadly shooting followed some type of confrontation while 30-year-old perla avila and her husband were driving back from the grocery store. the killing has shocked her

family, friends and coworkers. >> this was such a senseless act, you know. this is a beautiful young woman that was -- had four young children and there was no reason for it. >> police are still trying to get a description of the gunman and the gunman's car. they are urging homeowners and business owners in the area to check their surveillance cameras. 7:47. happening now, b.a.r.t. wants to hear ideas about how to improve two of its busiest stations. pam cook is in the newsroom with the reason for this discussion in the first place. pam? >> yeah, b.a.r.t. realizes that the montgomery and the embarcadero stations in san francisco are the busiest but they are also the smallest. so they are very crowded. in the last hour, b.a.r.t. workers started asking passengers at the embarcadero station how they would improve overcrowding there. we talked to b.a.r.t. riders about what they think can be done and they say more trains, more time. >> it's kind like you have to squeeze yourself in the train.

kind of just make room for yourself and kind of just pack yourself in and it gets uncomfortable at times. >> i would just spread the coverage out a little bit more. there's a lot of us that work on nights and weekends and for a seven-day-a-week community, i don't think that b.a.r.t. supports that. >> b.a.r.t. will be out talking with passengers at the embarcadero station today and the montgomery street station on thursday, during both the morning and evening commutes. it helps to find out what the top priorities are for passengers. it will look for ways to raise money and put those idea into reality. b.a.r.t. talked about a $900 million expansion for the stations. next hour, we'll talk about what the new stations would have and what they might look like. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, pam. thank you. and let's check in with sal castanedo and see what's happening in contra costa county. why is it not looking too good? >> we've had a number of accidents, a lot of fender- benders, highway 4, had some

texts from people who live out there and tweets. let's take a look at it on the map. you can see a lot of slow traffic. this is because of -- because of things that happened much earlier, highway 4 is slow and then 680 is slow coming down it walnut creek. it's a little bit unusual because the crashes that have happened have been minor. but everything is very slow in this area. please give yourself extra time. don't get out there and be surprised by that. the bay bridge toll plaza is looking more normal. westbound 580 slows after the 980 interchain -- interchange. 280 in san jose, it's a little slow from the 101 interchange. 85 is slow and so is 101. this falls into the normal pattern getting into the valley. >> it's rather cool. a lot of 40s on the temperatures. a couple of upper 30s.

mainly up to lake county. overnight lows are running a wee bit warmer so the afternoon highs will follow suit. clear skies, a little band of high clouds offshore. no big deal. can see them forming right there. again, it doesn't amount to a hill of beeps. we have a lot of sunshine. temperatures, slow to recover but they will. days are getting very short. but we'll see slightly above average temperatures. a few high clouds up to the north. we're waiting on a system that will be here on friday. yesterday was 60s and low 70s. santa rosa, 74. conrecord from 71 yesterday to 74. and san jose 70 to 74. san francisco two better to 68. today, 55, 68. the record low, 46, 1971. the record high, 92 back in 2003. one system plowing into the pacific northwest. that does not concern us. but this one does. that's our system coming in for friday. late friday into saturday. looks where it's coming from

out of the allusions. we have cold air. 40s on a lot of these temperatures or a few 50s. mainly san francisco and sfo. 43 at angwin. sepasstysebastopol. 29 up in tahoe. it's 1 in truckee and 19 in mammoth. reno, 35. 40s for sacramento and also ukiah. clear skies here. maybe a few clouds on the north. but our system is on way. it will take a while to get here. tuesday today, wednesday looks good. about half of thursday looks good. we'll start to see increasing clouds late thursday. this is a cold system coming in friday with rain into saturday morning. it looks like a cool pattern taking us into the weekend. this is the time line, approximate late thursday, more likely friday morning. there will be a secondary piece coming in late friday into early saturday. this looks like a decent snow producer. there will be a lot of cold air. good jet stream support.

68 to 73. a few areas are slightly above. not a lot. but a little bit. tomorrow looks warmer. a few upper 70s. could eek out an 80 for a few but then increasing clouds thursday. this looks like the rain moves in. friday morning commute looks wet. much colder friday night. i know trick or treaters, very cold to where we've been and then we set the clocks back one our on sunday. >> well, i do it on saturday night. >> yes, saturday night. if you use baby wipes, we've got something to show you in the next hour of "mornings on 2." in about 30 minutes, the brands that have been recalled because of possible contamination.

police in denver looking for a football fan who disappeared during a broncos'

game. jared thompson said he was at a thursday night game with his stepfather, paul kiterman. he said he went to the beth room. when he came out, kiterman was nowhere to be found. he said kiterman didn't have a cell phone or credit card. didn't like to carry them. he's hoping the stadium surveillance video will give some answers. >> have to see where paul went while i was still in the bathroom. >> he said it's not likely kiterman would just leave him at the stadium. he says he's afraid something happened to him. he's hoping anyone who might know something will call the police. an american airlines flight from los angeles to london was grounded for 17 hours after a wi-fi network triggered a security concern. after the plane pushed away from the great before 8:00 p.m. on sunday, a passenger said his phone picked up a wi-fi network called al qaeda free terror network. all passengers were immediately

told to turn off their phones and sit still while police boarded the plane and investigated. the pilot then made an announcement. >> after an hour he said there was a security threat and we didn't have clearance to take off. >> the plane sat on a tarmac for a total of three hours. then the flight was rescheduled for a 1:00 p.m. departure yesterday. air marshals were unable to find the source and speculated it do have been a mobile hot spot, possibly in the terminal. officials say even if someone operating the hot spot had been locating, the right to name the wi-fi device is protected by free speech. we're now hearing that the fib has identified a second federal contracting employee suspected of leaking classified documents. according to a report by yahoo! news, the fbi recently searched home of the so-called second leaker. the person reportedly has beenive going classified -- has

been giving classified documents to the same journalist who published documents from edward snowden. 7:57. a high school student killed by a big rig in ktvu on his way to -- in cupertino on his way to school. coming up, why that truck should never have been there in the first place. >> reporter: we're lav in kansas city, where game 6 of the world series is just hours away. will our giants take home another world championship. we'll have a live report from kc coming up. you are still looking at slow traffic on the bay area. on 880, a little bit of slowing. we'll tell you more about the east bay commute straight ahead. overnight lows have dipped in the 40s. a few 30s. it will be sunny and warmer. hard-pressed to find much in the way of a cloud but there are changes brewing for the end of the week.

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♪>> there they are. good morning. welcome back. giants are waking up in kansas city. the world series moving back to missouri for game 6. there's buster. san francisco needs one more victory to wrap up another world title. we're out there live this morning and brian flores has

this picture for us live from kansas city where game 6 is now just nine hours away. brian will join us in just a couple of minutes. paint a picture. >> very >> setting the stage. i'm dave clas -- i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. everything will be great for game 6 tonight. no rain. everything is all right. in the 60s and trop fast in the 50s. but that same thing will happen here. 60s and 70s. there might be a few high clouds. more of those are off to the north. we're waiting for our system to show up. that's the change. that far away, yes, that far away. everything points towards this sweeping in here. thursday, friday, into probably saturday morning. but everything is snipe. brisk here. 41 napa. there's some teens up in the mountains up in the sierra.

low 50s for some. low 40s for others. for us, sunny and nice. slightly above average. more on the system coming out of the aleutians. i know we've had a few issues around walnut creek. is that still going on? >> yeah, a little bit of slow traffic around 680. i'm glad you mentioned that. it will be slower than usual coming from concord to 680/4 interchange. we've had slower than usual traffic this morning all over the south bay, not to be denied of the attention in the lime light. the south bay commute very slow. i can show it to you on a map. 101 is slow before the capitol expressway. it's a solid line into mountain view. 85 and 280 are very slow as you drive through. on the peninsula, 101 at 92, we have some slow traffic especially in this interchange here if you are driving that

way. 280 is a much better option getting down the peninsula. bay bridge toll plaza, is about a 20, 25-minute drive time into san francisco. caltrain had an earlier train taken out of service. b.a.r.t. is doing well. back to the desk. ♪ i'm going to kansas city kansas city here i come ♪ >> i'm told this is fats domino singing. i'm trying to find the year. '64. san francisco giants are getting ready for a big night in kansas city. the team could win its third world series in the past five seasons with a victory tonight. giants' pitcher jake peavy, he lost game 2 but is getting ready for one of the biggest nights of his long and successful career. brian flores is live in kansas city with this preview of game 6. >> reporter: good morning to you. i got my lucky giants' tie on

there. good morning, everybody. we're live in kc. the giants are live inside the intercontinental hotel in air you aia called the -- area called the plaza. a lot of beautiful colors, a lot of shopping. a beautiful area here this morning. but certainly, both teams getting ready for game 6 tonight. certainly the fans show up last night. the players are here. the giants held a light workout last night around 6:00 p.m. local time. the royals had their practice time around 4:00 in the afternoon. royals have not made it to the big dance since 1985. we talked about that. but while many are talking about kc being the team of destiny, we could be talking about dynasty for the giants. here's jake peavy who spoke yesterday at a press conference alongside his kids talking

about the prep fashion for tonight -- prepare fashion for tonight's -- preparation for tonight's game. >> i can't imagine anything being sweeter than that. that's what you play for, to be inspect world series. tosh the guy that gets the ball with that opportunity. >> reporter: now, while he will be the starter for the giant, the royals will match up with ventura. he gave up the home run in the first inning to plan co-- blanco. it will be a packed house tonight. crews are getting ready for doing -- doing the final touches at the stadium. but certainly our giants are ready to roll. i did check with stubhub. there are some tickets available. the cheapest that i saw $358. $9,000 if you want to sit in

the luxury box seats. we're live in kansas city, brain flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> $9,000. all right. thank you. 8:04. giants' fan hope the team can wrap it up but if the giants lose there will be a game 7 and that will be tomorrow also kansas city and brian flores will be there reporting for us tomorrow morning. our coverage starts at 3:30 this afternoon. first pitch is set for 5:07. stay with us for our post game show immediately followed by the 10:00 news. 8:05. police in hercules arrested a man. he's accused of shooting off dangerous fireworks toel is brate a giants' victory. it happened saturday night about 9:30 right after the giants won game 4. police got a call about shots fire near the park and that a woman was screaming. when the police arrived there, they found a man lighting a rocket type fire work which

shot in the air and exploded. there was no sign of a woman in the area, though. that man was cited. the remaining fireworks he had, they were confiscated. police in vallejo are warning about an increase in purse snatchings and stolen jewelry here's one suspect right before a theft on sunday at an office max store. police say the suspects approach their victims and grab jewelry or bags before they run away. the police are telling everybody stay alert, be vigilant, especially as we get closer to the holiday seasons and make sure you keep valuables out of sight. there will be grief counselors on the campus of monta vista high school in cupertino. that comes after a 15-year-old student was killed while riding his bike to school. the unidentified student was hit by the back wheels of a big rig around 8:00 yesterday morning along mcclellan avenue near bubb. investigators say the big rig was stopped at a red light.

the boy, who was wearing a helmet, was next to it when he somehow got tangled up in the rear trailer. this morning students passed by the accident site on their way to school. >> i walk by here every day. i've walked by the big garbage trucks. i don't blame the driver. he was very respectful from what i've heard. but it's little scary to see that. >> police say the driver of the big rig stopped and is cooperating with police. sources kell ktvu it appears based on the size of the truck, it should not have been on the road in the first place and was violating a city resolution. that resolution says trucks with trailers require special permits and can only operate it between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 in the afternoon. the wife of a sacramento county sheriff's deputy who was killed in a shooting rampage, she's speaking out. susan omly ver says her husband always kept his family close to his heart. he should be remembered as an

amazing person. deputy danny oliver was killed on friday while investigating a suspicious vehicle in sacramento. the gunman and his wife then led officers on a chase to placer county. that's where another deputy was killed. oliver's widow says her husband was dedicated to his job. >> he saw a lot of -- a lot of not okay things happening in the community, and i think he always wanted to get out of that environment and make those environments better. >> a memorial service will be held for deputy oliver next monday in roseville. the second deputy killed was placer county sheriff's detective michael davis, junior. his funeral is set for next tuesday, also in roseville. memorial funds have been established for both men. we are afinding out more about the gunman. authorities say he was arrested ten years ago in utah for a misdemeanor hit and run. he was also deported twice to

mexico. marin county's district toifn is calling for -- district attorney is calling for tougher laws when it comes to toy guns. it's currently illegal in california to remove the orange tip that gunmakers are required to place on toy guns. but the marin county d.a. wants to make it against the law to even own a toy gun that has been altered. he's also concerned about criminals who paint real guns to look like toys. last year, a sheriff's deputy shot and killed andy lopez for mistaking his toy gun for a real one. day two of a trial that will probably determine the fate of san francisco city college. now, yesterday supporters of ccsf rallied outside of the san francisco superior courthouse as the trial started. the lawsuit was filed by city attorney dennis herrera against the accrediting commission,

accusing them of treating city college unfairly when it threatened to pull its accreditation. the trial is expected to continue until friday. interesting story. the travel and lee sewer magazine ranks -- leisure magazine ranks san francisco as one of the snobbiest cities in the cut. the magazine says san francisco has a national reputation for a rather intimidating combination of people who are hip, brainy, and perhaps a bit persnickety. travel and leisure leaders ranked new york city as the number one snobbiest city. i have to agree. i lived there for a while. followed by miami, boston came in fifth. what do you think would be the snobbiest in the world? i think paris.

>> paris? >> >> i would think so. hunter pence eight pence ate my baby. >> what? >> that's one of the signs in front of a woman's front yard. >> i thought, what in the world? >> a huge pile of cash found in the middle of an east bay road. up next how it was found and what happened to it. bhap. right now, we have slow traffic that is still out there for the morning commute on 237. but you will notice it's getting better. we'll check on the south bay and east bay commute straight ahead.

we have breaking news to report. rabel filipos, a friend of the accused boston marathon killer, was convicted about lying to investigators about visiting dzhokhar tsarnaev's dorm room three days after the bombing. prosecutors say he removed a backpack from the dorm room. a jury found him guilty of two counts of lying to investigators in a terrorism

investigation. each count carries a maximum sentence of eight years. he will remain on house arrest until his sentencing scheduled for january 29th. new this morning, south korea's spy agency says they can explain why north korean leader kim jung un was out of sight for six weeks. the spy agency says a foreign doctor operated on his right ankle to remove a cyst. the north korean leader's long absence from public view, it triggered a lot of speculation about his health. he reappeared earlier this month. he was limping and had a cane. the federal reserve has started a two-day policy meeting in washington, d.c. that could wind down an investment plan. economists expect janet yellen and her colleagues to stop a program known as quantitative easing. the fed has been buying billions of dollars a month in u.s. bonds to help boost the economy. but it started cutting back on that earlier this year.

analysts say that's first step towards boosting a key interest rate but rates are not expected to actually change until the middle of next year. 8:15. new this morning, a sheriff's deputy in southern california was killed by a suspected drunk driving on highway 101 in camarillo. the ventura county was hit around 1:00 this morning during a traffic stop. investigators say the deputy was walking behind the car he had pulled over when he was hit by another driver. that driver kept going but later crashed a few miles away. the driver was arrested. the deputy died at the scene. 8:16. well, this morning, a bay area man is relieved to say the least to have what he says are his life savings back after losing it on a bay area road. lucky for him an off-duty sergeant with the chp found the $120,000 in cash in the middle of a road in concord.

the 20-year chp veteran asked us not to show her face. she says this story is not about her. she just happened to be driving along concord boulevard last month when she saw two bags out there on the road. she stopped. she picked up the bags. and discovered they were bank deposit bags filled with $100 bills. the sergeant said she immediately reported it and turned the money in. >> i have a lot of friends that have said, what are you thinking? why did you turn that? i would take it home. >> you will be happy to know the money has been returned to its rightful owner. 8:17. we're hearing just how big the bp oil spill was in the gulf of mexico. new research shows the spill left an oily bathtub ring on the sea floor that's about the size of rhode island. scientists estimate that about 10 million gallens of oil gathered on the ocean floor surrounding the deep watt water

horizon's rig. the rig exploded killing 11 workers. bp is questioning where researchers got that information for this new study. boy, that was such a huge story. >> yeah. >> really captured the nation's attention for months. let's check in with sal. everybody behaving for you at the toll plaza? >> you know -- i would give it a b plus pause there are no crashes -- because there are no crashes on the bridge, dave and tori, westbound coming into the city. but there's some waiting to do. people, you know, want a completely clear commute. it's not that but it's only about a 15-minute wait at the toll plaza. another five or so on bridge. we're looking at maybe about a half-hour or total time the drive time into san francisco. also looking at the commute on 880 northbound and southbound, 880 is getting slower coming up the coliseum we've had slow traffic on highway 680 and 4.

as we go to the, the same thank goes here. 237 is improving but 101 is just terrible. if you drive to your job in the valley, please give yourself extra time. public transportation seems to be doing better than driving if i had to choose one or the other. today's forecast, it's beautiful out there. >> sal, i mean -- >> yeah. >> it is indeed. we do have clear skies, rather brisk for some. a 30s. especially up in lake county. jim said it's 36. there are a few 30s. it's a beautiful day. chamber of commerce day. get out and take a picture of that golden gate bridge. clear skies now. probably the same tomorrow and then changes are on the way for thursday, friday, saturday. it will be cold on sunday. a little bit of rain, possible up on the north coast. very little. really nothing pruing until later -- brewing until later. our system is right there.

that's little cold air. this looks like a -- what could be, if everything comes together and it sure looks like it will. we'll get rain out of it. a few 50s. but generally confined to san francisco and mountain view. 44 menlo park. upper 40s san mateo. foster city, low 50s belmont and los altos hills, in the 50s in kansas city. it will be about 63, 64 at game time. there's cool air behind that. it will drop pretty fast. speaking of dropping fast. mammoth lakes, 19. truckee is 21. tahoe, 29. 43 in ukiah. cape mendocino, fort bragg, you might have to deal with a few cloud. maybe eureka, crescent city, a few light showers. we have a ways to go before our system gets here. thursday we'll start to see increasing cloud more in the afternoon and evening. but everything is pointing

toward the system carving itself out with good cold air support. a cold system in on friday. again, nothing until late thursday when we'll get increasing clouds. could be a strong level jet stream sweeping up cloud as well. but then we'll bring this in friday morning. the morning commute could be wet and then a secondary piece of that system comes in friday night. that will be the cold air. sunshine and nice temperatures. slightly above average. near average for others. that means about 1 or 2 degrees above. inland temperatures, 7,74. over all, nice and warm on wednesday. increasing cloud on thursday. rain friday. off and on friday into saturday. you set your clocks one hour and use that blanket, it will be cold sunday morning. >> all right. thank you. >> you bet. 8:21. taking tips off the table. in 24 minutes, the new policy headed to some restaurants aimed at trying to close the income gap between servers and

kitchen staff. millions wash down drains every day. after the break, something in beauty products may be hurting the environment. we'll tell you how one lawmaker wants to turn things around.

a pennsylvania company is recalling several brands of baby wipes due to possible bacterial contamination. new tech disposables says it's received numerous complaints of

rashes, irritation and fever. the wipes were manufactured under several brand names. they are sold at wall green's sam club, family dollar, fred's. the furl list is on the fda's website. environmentalists want a ban on plastic microbeads. now, they are found in personal care products like body washes and face scrubs. the microbeads are designed to be rinsed down the drain but they are so small, they can't be captured by waste water treatment plants. that means they end up in big bodies of water where birds and fish can eat them and that's creating environmental and health risks. well, a new york senator wants congress to microbeads. 8:25. it's time to indulge your sweet tooth because today is national chocolate day. great news. america's favorite flavor.

people say chocolate deserves its own day of honor. on average, americans eat .7 pounds of chocolate every year. i think i did that last weekend. but we're no -- we're no match for europeans who consume more than half of the world's chocolate and it's paying off for the industry. the business of chocolate brings in $83 million a year. that's higher than the gross domestic product of more than 130 countries. you may remember -- yesterday we were talking about how chocolate can improve your memory. >> i remember that. >> you remember that. you had some chocolate to remember that. >> gosh. >> what's your favorite? >> i have this great chocolate mousse recipe made with auv co vau -- avocados. it's really, really good. do tax breaks work? three years argue, san francisco gave tax breaks to certain companies. the verdict is in. we'll tell you if the

controversy move -- we will tell you if the controversial move paid off. good morning. we're looking at a commute in san francisco ahong northbound 101. it looks pretty good. but southbound, you can see at the top of your screen, a little bit slow heading down to the southern end of the city. we'll tell you what's going on on 101. sunnyside up and warper temperatures after a chilliy morning but it will be warmer today and tomorrow. we start to see changeses. clear skies for us today. uhhh, it is a little awkward being on the market again...

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♪ we're live in san francisco right outside of city hall. the city getting ready for a huge viewing party for game 6 of the world series tonight. there is at least one die hard fan in place for the big game tonight. we saw her earlier this morning. coming up in two minutes, alex savidge will be here to tell you more about the civic center festivities and what city officials are asking all giants' fans to do. stay tuned. i'm dave clark. let's talk about your weather and traffic. steve paulson is right over there. clear skies. beautiful blue skies. cool for some. but we're starting to bounce off the morning lows.

a weak system is too far north to to anything here. you might get a few high clouds and rain to the north. there's our system. it's heading towards crescent city and eureka. not here. we have to wait until a system arrives on late thursday into friday. 40s on many of these temperatures. some of these are old now. about 45 minutes but still plenty of 40s. a couple of 30s up into lake county. another cool start but it will be sunny and mild and warmer day. hard pressed to find cloud. but our system is right there coming out. sal? >> we do have a lot of slow traffic out there. the south bay is not doing very well. the east bay situation, steve just talked about is easing up but the south bay is not. we're also going to start off

with live pictures in san francisco where southbound 101 -- it looks like there was an earlier crash near paul avenue that's clear. you can see getting out of city is slow. sometimes that happens where things improve. other areas get worse. let's go to the maps. westbound 580 at el charo there is a new crash there. southbound 680 traffic will be busy. we mentioned the south bay. it's slow. how slow is it? 80 is backed up onto -- 280 is backed up onto 680. 101 is slow. if you can avoid driving on the freeways right now in san jose, santa clara and cupertino, you will be much better off. mountain view as well. sometimes you can't avoid it. if you can put the trip off, it will be better for you. the bay bridge is easing up a little bit at the toll plaza. back to the desk. all right. 8. the:3 2. the giants are getting ready for game 6. the

giants flew to kansas city yesterday. they worked out here at kauffman stadium. now, tonight's pitching matchup in game 6. it's a repeat of game 2. jake peavy against yordano. in game two, yordano gave up that home run to the first batter he faced, gregor blanco. but the royals won that game 7- 2. the giants they've got the 3- lead in the series. they have two chances to bring home another world series championship. in the meantime, thousands of giants' fans expected to pack san francisco civic center plaza to watch the game at a big viewing party out there. ktvu's alex savidge joining us live now. telling us about the preparations and the message city leaders have for fans. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. the plaza is all set for a celebration. if the giants can clinch another title later on tonight, everything is all ready to go for this big world series

viewing party in front of city hall. you can see the the see behind us. there's the big screen all set and ready to go. as we push in here, you want to talk about die-hard giants' fans. there's a family already out here staking out a prime spot in the front row with a perfect view with the big screen for tonight's game. karina jones and her crew got here at 6:00 this morning. she and all of her family will be holding on the space until the first pitch just after 5:00 tonight. jones, much like the giants, she's done this before. in 2010 and 2012. she knows civic center plaza will fill up fast. they are hoping to be one of the thousands of giants' fans on hand as the team celebrates a third title. it will be a one-of-a-kind party. >> it will be what it was two years ago. repeat. we're ready. we're more than ready, actually. >> reporter: you have no idea

they are gonna pull this off? >> i think they will. i know they will. they have to. they will. >> reporter: the city says this viewing party tonight is meant for families. with that in mind, no alcohol is allowed out here. san francisco police will be out in force to enforce that rule and also make sure fans don't go overboard with any kind of celebration if the team does, in fact, win tonight. they want to avoid the problems back in 2012 after the giants knocked off the tigers in the world series. the police chief is urging giants' fans to celebrate in a peaceful way. as we come back out here live, what do you need for any big party in san francisco porta- potties and there will be a lot of people out here tonight. with that being said if you want a good view of all of the action on the big screen, you will want to be like those folks behind us and get here

early. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:35. don't another get. ktvu's coverage of game 6 starts with our pregame show, 3:30. first pitch, set for 5:07. make sure you stay right here on channel 2 for our postgame show immediately followed by the 10:00 news. it looks like some kansas city fans have their own superstitions they might not be working. according to our fox station. one fan followed rachel rail started to post hunter pence signs in her front yard. now there are more than 20 with some reading hunter pence didn't fall his mom on mother's day. these types of signs were started by young mets fans and since then they've been embraced by fans of most beams including the giants and pence himself. but now well, rail might be change her swing. this post was tweeted.

she wants to focus her attention on madison bumgarner or pablo sandoval. bay area kids are among the giants' fans counting down the hours until the big game in kansas city. today it orange and black day at this catholic school on 17th eafl in san francisco's sunset district. dozens of these kids gathered outside of the school for a rally cheering on the giants just a little while ago. >> let's go, giants! >> they are a really great team and i think they could have a good chance of winning the world series. >> the church has been changing their signs for the giants. one message read sunsets are orange and black. yes. god is a giants' fan. another sign said thou shalt

not steal unless you are a giant on first place. b.a.r.t. workers are out asking what people would like to see at the busiest station. pam cook has more. >> pretty cool. b.a.r.t. carries 400,000 riders a day. one third get on and off the train at the montgomery and embarcadero stations in san francisco. they are two of the busiest but they are also two of the smallest. so b.a.r.t. is out asking riders what they think should be done to help the overcrowding. b.a.r.t. riders says there needs to be more train and more time. >> if you are off hours, no problem at all. often when i was getting off at 6:00, standing room only. >> i would spread the crick out a little bit more -- coverage out a little bit more. there's a lot of us who work

nights and weekends. >> bart recently unveiled a plan at what an expansion might look like ache the embarcadero station. the agency said it would allow riders to board and exit on both side of the train. it would include tunnels, elevators and extra platforms. the big remodel estimated to take about five years. but b.a.r.t. said the stations will stay open the whole time. it would take a lot of money and b.a.r.t. is working on getting federal help. if you want to throw in your 2 cents, b.a.r.t. will be out talking to passengers at the embarcadero station and the montgomery streetcation thursday and that's during the evening and morning commutes. >> all right. thank you, pam. san francisco city leaders who were criticized for approving what became known as the twitter tax break, they say a new report shows the program has been a success. the city gave payroll tax breaks to companies moving to or expanding in the midmarket or tenderloin districts. the controller he a office said

last year the -- controller's office said last year the city netted 3 million because of the move. but critics say the city lost money because it could not tax sales on $25 billion of twitter's stock. others say they would have stayed there anyway and you didn't need to offer them a tax break. walmart said it made a big mistake. coming up, the online hall halloween section that's very controversial. we'll tell you how walmart is responding. >> reporter: we're live in kansas city, hours away from the world series. will the giants take home another championship. coming up another live report. and if you are on the road any time soon in san jose, it will be slow. san mateo bridge looks like there is a tow truck there blocking partially one of the lanes. we'll figure out what's going on here.

as good as it gets. severe clear. widespread sunshine. it looks good. changes are on the way for late thursday into friday. more on that plus your tuesday forecasted high.

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♪i'm going to kansas city ♪ kansas city here i come >> giants could win their third championship in the past five seasons if they win tonight. ktvu's brian flores joining us live from kansas city with the countdown to game 6. brian? >> reporter: hi, dave. gooferm -- good morning. we were at kauffman stadium and crews were getting the final touches down. we're live at the plaza. it's a beautiful area here in kansas city. a lot of foliage around the area. we're in front of the intercomhotel. this -- intercontinental hotel. this is the giants' hotel. he want to show you video of some of the players spending time with their family. we saw jeremy affeldt walking

around the plaza with his wife. we also saw giants' personal taking time to kind of unwind getting ready for the game. the giants took the field yesterday. they took the field around 6:00 p.m. local time for a light workout. the royals took the field at 4:00 p.m. local time. but teams are ready to go. the giants could take home another championship, the third in five years. here's more on how the team is preparing this morning. >> these guys have amazed me. i've had a good group. all of the help from brian to john bringing in the type of players that have made this possible. >> we know it won't be easy. this place was rockin' the last time i was out on the mound. they are a very, very good team. >> it's hard to look like it at

any other start. once you get -- it's the game of baseball. we have to work on our force. the boys are focus and we believe. >> reporter: now, tonight's starer will be jake peavy. in game 2 ven due ray gave up that home run in the first inning and royals won that game. back out at kauffman stadium will be a packed house. there and all over kc. but our giants are ready to roll. the giants as we take it back out here live, the giants lead the series 3-2. weather is two be -- weather is gonna be in the low 60s. there are some tickets available, as we mentioned. the cheapest ticket that we saw will be up in the nose bleed section. that will run you at least $350. we're live in kansas city this morning, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, brian.

looking sharp with his lucky tie there. new this morning, a tense situation that shut down streets near two south bay schools has come to an end. around 7:15 this morning a call came into police that a man was threatening to harm himself and his family at a home on mccoy avenue and kito road in san jose. police say they were told the man had a shot gun. so they closed multiple sheets near forestville elementary school. about an hour later, police took the man into custody. a ban was recovered at the scene. no one was hurt and all of the streets are back open. police say the schools were not put on lockdown. some bay area restaurants are taking tips off the table. literally. tara moriarty joins us live from berkeley where one restaurant will start a new policy soon. what kind of reaction are you hearing about this idea? >> reporter: well, they kind of run the gamut. we've been receiving comments

on twitter. one person wroting is not mandatory. you tip because of service. so they don't see the reason for this. another person, i haven't noticed a change in service. here here along shaddock avenue. kamal restaurant is gonna implement this no tipping policy and add a 20% service surcharge. with minimum wage on the rise, the idea is to close the gap between servers and people who work in the kitchen. rather than relying on tips, the restaurants will pay based on revenue sharing. >> if they want to tip each person individually, they should to that rather than distributing it like that. i believe the waiters are the ones who wait on tables and deserve the actual tip. it should be up to the individual customer. >> i wouldn't like that at all. >> reporter: how come? >> because if the service was poor, then, you know, you don't feel like you have to pay that

much. >> reporter: you think 20% is a lot? >> 20% is a lot if you get pad service. i don't want to pay at all. >> reporter: the five restaurants making changes are kamal, kamiono and duende and and more restaurants are expected to follow suit. live in berkeley, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> interesting debate. >> yeah. >> all right. thank you. let's check in with sal at 8:49. how's the looking, sal? >> it's not good. >> i didn't think so. >> i wouldn't give the south bay a tip this morning or maybe a 10% tip. not giving me the service i require. let's take a look at some of these pictures. northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. it's slow. it's finally beginning to get better. if i put everything on a map for you, look at 280, i have it on the map. it's very slow from onto 680 all the way up into cupertino.

85 is not much better. most of it is slow. 101 is always slow into mountain view. i just want to warn you so you don't get out there and up are not surprised. there won't be any good commute right now in the santa clara valley. let's go to a live picture of the commute at the toll plaza. it is not bad. it's getting a little better. this is a 15, 20-minute drive into san francisco. now, here is a man, yifl give you a 5% tip, steve. >> what it i do? do i owe you money? >> no, not yet anyway. >> i have a tip. bund up up in the morning -- bundle up in the mornings. it will be cold. the cold air will arrive often the weekend. pretty good system. but we have sunshine here. system, tail end of it will produce light rain on the north coast about fort bragg north. highs today will come up a billion bit after the 60s and

70s. it will be more mid-60s. san jose, 68 for downtown san francisco. that's right where you -- right where we should be according to climatology. the low 55. the average low is 53. 46 the record low in 1971. 922003. all of the record were set on this tate in 2003. i think i saw 94 in santa rosa. there's that weak little tenuous rope up there. it's too far away. that's cold air. we'll get the friend and cold, unstable air. it won't be until friday, friday night. a lot of 40s, a bunch. although they were tending to run cooler 4 hours ago. kansas city will be just fine. clear skies. they will start off at os. trop in the 50s. 29 up in tahoe. 43 ukiah our system has aways to go. but tuesday, wednesday, most of thursday looks good. then we'll increase the cloud

thursday night. the cold air will begin to spill in rapidly. we're okay up until then. then right there is our time line. late thursday, more hikely friday morning. the secondary system comes in. that will have the cold air. maybe hail, thunderstorms. a lot going on. chilly morning gives way to a unnip and nice day. slightly above average. the extended, a warm day form for some -- tomorrow for some. rain cold. it will be cold in the morning bull getting getter -- but getting better. a photo of a young police dog in boston has become an internet hit. you have to see this. the boston police department posted this picture of -- guess his name -- batman. a 9-week-old german shepherd. he's wearing an oversized bulletproof vest. he will be futured in the 2015

cal len tar for the organization. the organization provide bulletproof vets and k-9 first aid kets to the boston police -- kits to the boston police department. >> have to smile. >> it's adorable. you have to see this as well. take a look. a man seems to run right into the prime minister of britain. after the break we'll tell you what the police are saying about

this.

8:55. british police re-examining security for the prime minister after a man got way too close to prime minister david cameron. the prime minister was walking out of a building when a man runs right into him. he was immediately tackled, detained for an hour but later released. the man said he was just out jogging to his gym. insists that he didn't know the prime minister was in town. some british lawmakers say the fact that someone got that close to the prime minister, that's a big concern. others say it's unlikely this will lead to big changes since the plop was never in any real danger. walmart is apologizing for the way it listed hall low bean costumes on the website. the retailer kosed controversy after putting plus sized costumes under the heading fat costumes. the retail chain quickly issued an apology saying the change

wag unacceptable. let's check back with sal. the toll plaza, sal? >> yes. it does look a little better at the toll plaza. >> what are you laughing at? >> i saw it. >> let's take a look at the toll plaza. quicklying though we go to -- quickly, though we go to san francisco. that's improved quite a bit. hello steve. >> was that bill week? he's gone. clear skies, sunny, warm tomorrow but then we'll look to increase clouds on thursday. rain moves in on friday. off and on rain into friday. set your clocks back saturday. that's our report for this morning. >> be sure to watch ktvu channel 2 news at noon. we'll have -- we'll continue, in fact, our team coverage of the world series. game 6. our pregame show starting at 3:30 this afternoon. and first pitch set for 5:07

and then stay with us for a post game show immediately followed by the 10:00 news and as we go out, we will show you some of the practice that the giants had last night at kansas city. buster posey there practicing his swing. thanks for watching, everyone. have a great day, and go, giants! blatche

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