we'll check in with amy hollyfield in a little bit.here roadwork southbound 880 between fifth and 23rd, various lanes blocked until 5:30 this morning. north 101 ramp to northbound 280 in san francisco roadwork construction until 6:00 this morning. >>> hurricane sandy something having an impact on facebook employees who are supposed to be able to start selling their stock today, but with the market closed they have to wait. facebook workers own about 5.2 billion dollars worth of shares. >>> treasure island residents can stop boiling water after it was confirmed tap water is safe to drink water main break forced residents to take the precaution all weekend. public utilities commission says the problem has been fixed. residents should flush pipes and appliances before resuming use, includes running cold water taps one minute and hot water taps for at least five minutes. >>> new recruits begin training largest number the city has trained at one time. the previous record was 30, set three years ago. 8.6 million dollar grant provided by fema

amy hollyfield begins our live team coverage. >> amy, are the people out there already and what are theyoing? >> reporter: crazy, some of the players are probably still asleep, but their fans are here and check them out. they are full of energy. they still have another six hours to go before they even see a player. they told me that i been passing the time listening to music and talking the giants and their chances for next year. some of the fans got here yesterday to stakeout their spots. >> got here at 8:00, planning on staying until the end of the parade the reason why is because it is the giants winning the world series i used to think it only happens once every 50 something odd years now they got their second world series title in three years, it is pretty much reliving the whole 2012 season. >> reporter: they are here early but they are going to miss the parade it stars at 11:00 this morning down market they think it will take an hour and a half to get the 100 cars and threats through. they are estimating they will get here around 12:30. then they think everything will wrap up arou

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> the mayors of world series cities usually make a friendly bet involving food or dings. -- the mayors are wagering a day of community service. if tigers win lee will visit motown and tour a chevy volt plant. the giants win binge will speak to kids in the giants program and visit silicon valley. go to the facebook page choose between eight badges showing your support how could you not support those guys go to facebook.com/abc7news page and click on the badge you want and it will appear on your wall. >>> we have to shift gears. people who shopped at barnes & noble stores in the past months are being asked to check credit and debit bills because of' sophisticated crime that has the attention of the fbi. kira klapper joins us to explain. >> reporter: this is one of six bay area barnes & noble locations hit by the nationwide crime. the company says sophisticated criminals tampered with those months we all use to swipe our credit cards and debit cards and ended up stealing personal information of thousands. barnes & noble today released information that criminal

amy hollyfield joins us live from golden gate park. >> reporter: this is poor man's whiskey performing for a lot of middle school students who were bused in they are jamming out having so much fun. this event lasts all weekend, it is free this is the western side of the city. up north it is going to be busy. the activity -- the activities there have already started there no-no ships or jets here but this softball tournament is one of the many activities as part of fleet week. it is a relatively new addition part of the effort to involve the community more in fleet week. law enforcement and military teams play until a champion is crowned. >> this is our first year hopefully, if we win we will be bragging a lot. >> reporter: this event doesn't draw a huge crowd but the others will. with the blue angels performing saturday and sunday afternoon and the america's cup sail boats some are predicting record-sized crowds in san francisco. >> it is really busy. i'm amazed, i'm not used to this craziness. >> reporter: sophia is going to try and see the air show and america's cup and squeeze in on

amy hollyfield is live at third and king with more. >> reporter: -- >> hang with us as we try get amy's audio. looks like it is going to take a little more work we'll come back to amy, sorry about that. more on that later in the meantime the giants are coming home this afternoon they will be flying in at 3:00 this afternoon after that four game sweep of the tigers. the big win coming in the 10th inning romo -- boom, got him, giants win 4-3 as the celebration begins. the team's only regret they didn't win in front of their hometown fans that's already. the first time since the 1985 kansas city royals to win six elimination games on tear way to capturing the world series. giants will be honored with a parade wednesday morning. mayor lee announced the city will salute the champions as they did in 2010 when this parade concluded with the celebration at civic center plaza. lincecum there. the parade will start at 11 a.m. at the foot of market, then follow market to civic center plaza. the mayor's office and giants will announce more details in the next couple of days. you can watch the parad

amy hollyfield is live at a sports bar in walnut creek.we got new word about scutaro. >> reporter: that's right he will be playing, great news for fans. going to have a huge audience here in the east bay. we are in walnut creek, empty now going to be packed later the owner has brought in tables, fold-out tables to throw into the mix because he doesn't have room for everyone. he said it has been so jammed lately. he says people have been calling him from daly city and san jose asking him how to get here. we checked in at the dug-out store in walnut creek it has been there for a year some workers say they were nervous locating there. this is the east bay could be considered a's territory. they say it has been very busy especially in these last few days people not only buying merchandise but watching the games they have screens in there, the games playing. giants' fever is alive and strong here in walnut creek. >> i bleed orange and black baby and it is our anniversary tomorrow so i'm buying this for him now he's going to know. >> there hasn'

amy hollyfield is there live to explain -- beach right now.my hollyfield is there live to explain why. >> reporter: they were dazzling everyone they showed off one of their cool tools and a few others to get fleet week kicked off. some call this is an engineering marvel. the size of it and how much it can carry oversea and land on a cushion of air. it impressed san francisco's mayor as it came ashore this morning. >> i'm very surprised at the size of it, the ability to carry emergency equipment from trucks to generators and all the things we might absolutely need. >> reporter: layman's term is hovercraft. navy officials will tell you it is technically called a landing craft air cushion. they brought it here as part of fleet week to showcase the fact that the navy can move combat or humanitarian supplies from a ship to the beach, very quickly. >> it travels at 40, 50 miles an hour on the water. most vessels out here travel 5 to 10 miles. >> reporter: the other advantage is the amount it can carry. consider what it could do come bared to a helic

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> the mayors of world series cities usually make a friendly bet involving food or dings. -- the mayors are wagering a day of community service. if tigers win lee will visit motown and tour a chevy volt plant. the giants win binge will speak to kids in the giants program and visit silicon valley. go to the facebook page choose between eight badges showing your support how could you not support those guys go to facebook.com/abc7news page and click on the badge you want and it will appear on your wall. >>> we have to shift gears. people who shopped at barnes & noble stores in the past months are being asked to check credit and debit bills because of' sophisticated crime that has the attention of the fbi. kira klapper joins us to explain. >> reporter: this is one of six bay area barnes & noble locations hit by the nationwide crime. the company says sophisticated criminals tampered with those months we all use to swipe our credit cards and debit cards and ended up stealing personal information of thousands. barnes & noble today released information that criminal

amy hollyfield is there live to explain -- beach right now.my hollyfield is there live to explain why. >> reporter: they were dazzling everyone they showed off one of their cool tools and a few others to get fleet week kicked off. some call this is an engineering marvel. the size of it and how much it can carry oversea and land on a cushion of air. it impressed san francisco's mayor as it came ashore this morning. >> i'm very surprised at the size of it, the ability to carry emergency equipment from trucks to generators and all the things we might absolutely need. >> reporter: layman's term is hovercraft. navy officials will tell you it is technically called a landing craft air cuion. they brought it here asart of fleet week to showcase the ct that t nyan move combat or humanitarian supplies from a ship to the beach, very quickly. >> it travels at 40, 50 miles an hour on the water. most vessels out here travel 5 to 10 miles. >> reporter: the other advantage is the amount it can carry. consider what it could do come bared to a helicopter. >> --

. >> amy hollyfield is live at the scene. >> reporter: this was a big one. the roof collapsed looks like the corner of the strip mall is gone. take a look at this video. take a look at what firefighters were up against when they got here many huge fire, they say it had a good head start on them they got the call after 1:00 this morning. they could see fire coming out the front door they realized it was big when they saw it was in the attic this is a strip mall full of small businesses, small business owners, a lot of them heartbroken. firefighters say it looks like 10 units were damaged. firefighters realized when it was big they needed to make a move, they needed to pull back which was possibly a lifesaving move. >> started backing out, we had the collapse, it was obvious, good recognition by the initial crews that's what we train and it worked out. >> it could have been tragic. >> yeah. >> all the owners were here it is bad. >> reporter: there is an apartment building behind the mall. we are at alvarado and dyer in union city. fine, the building is fine. t

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> thank you. in contra costa county, industrial business yard caught fire this morning. new video into the newsroom shows wood pallets burning. the fire department says there was lightning in the area before the fire broke out. they are not sure if that sparked the blaze. >>> stanford scientist the recipient of this year's nobel prize in chemistry many brian kabilka is sharing the 1.2 million dollar prize with robert lefkowitz of duke university. the two were selected for ground breaking discovery about proteins that let body respond to signals from the outside. we are expecting to hear from kabilka during a 10 a.m. news conference this morning at stanford. >>> san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi will be back on-the-job this morning after a late night vote at city hall. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom with reaction to this decision. >> reporter: sheriff mirkarimi says he will talk with sherry department officials this morning about transitioning back to being in charge. his attorney says t

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> 6:33.is morning, oakland police trying to solve mystery surrounding dead body found in a parked car in the eastmont neighborhood officers were notified about a suspicious vehicle after 5 p.m. yesterday. inside they found a man's decomposing body. no word on the person's name or manner of death. >>> the family of a hercules woman found stabbed to death in her home will hold a memorial vigil tonight at 8:30. 55-year-old susie ko was found dead in her home, her family said she been stabbed. they are asking to you keep an eye open for her light blue, 2011 subaru outback with plate number: 1 a 1 f 680. >>> president obama coming to the bay area today to make a last dash for campaign cash. parking restrict s and signs springing up outside the inter-continental hotel in san francisco where he has an event late this afternoon then the civic auditorium for a concert and rally headlined by john legend. before the concert, $20,000 per person dinner prepared by celebrity chef alice waters and tyler flo

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> dry now. what do you think?>> you want to dress for the warmth or warmly not for the warmth, temperatures will be in the 50s possibility of drizzle one the sunsets even a chance of shower towards the end of the game. can't take umbrellas to at&t park. clouds don't look impressive now we still have two or three more chances of rain. >>> new warning about the health dangers of cheerleading the changes >>> lance armstrong's name is no longer in the history books for winning seven tour de france titles. today he was stripped of all his titles. t.j. winick has more. >> reporter: cycling's governing body made it official lance armstrong will be stripped of his seven titles and banned from the sport for life. >> lance armstrong has no place in cycling so he deserves to be forgot >> reporter: this past weekend armstrong made two appearances at his foundation's 15th anniversary celebration. >> people ask me a lot, how are you doing? i tell them, i've been better. but i've always been worse. >> reporter: today's decision

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> they are a bun many of winners.the celebration is -- they are a bunch of winners. fans in san jose packed the san pedro square market to watch the team take the pennant. >> when the lows are low that makes the highs higher. one of the best things about the post-season is your fan photos. orange october, nick sent this picture. here's a great one the first hamster fan. i like that. you can e-mail your fan photos to ureport. by the report, games one and two of the world series tomorrow and thursday played at at&t park at 5:07 p.m.. games three and four in detroit as will game five if needed the giants and tigers return to san francisco for six and seven if the series goes that far. >>> this is the day tech world is waiting for unveiling of long rumored ipad mini. apple is introducing the first ever smaller cheaper ipad this morning in san jose. that's where we find cornell bernard. >> reporter: good morning. we are hours from the next big thing from apple in this case the next little thing. the speculation is the ipad

amy hollyfield is live at the scene. >> reporter: ed dee and franklin still closed when you look at therash cars they are still here hard to believe the injuries weren't more serious police tried to pull 0 the white car 2:00 this morning because the light over their license plate was out. the car took off. otherwise say the passenger shot at police. the car ran a red light at franklin and eddie when it crashed into the cab. the two in the car started running police chased after them, they caught the passenger, who they believe was the shooter but the driver is still on the run. police are okay, but they are still shaken from the experience. >> it is a lot. a lot to go through, still digesting it. it takes a while to have it process through your brain and realize what happened. even after time goes on throughout the day they will probably still think of what happened. >> reporter: they were shot at but the guys missed. the taxi driver was taken to the hospital not with life-threatening injuries he's expected to be okay. the officer says he has injuries to his hand. they are looking for t

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> when lightning overnight and a bit of rain. what are we going to have today? >> good morning mike. >>> good morning. peninsula you heard rumbles of thunder during the evening and overnight. you can see we are tracking it as it moves out over the ocean away from filbert, moss beach and half moon bay. good news is that it is getting quieter. return of those storms as we head into the afternoon hours. we'll get the storms out of way this morning, lull, then heat of the day will build then storms redevelop during the afternoon and evening especially south bay and monterey bay. the coast today upper 50s to low 60s around the bay partly sunny mid 60s to 70. inland partly sunny, upper 60s to mid 70s. >>> 5:03. san francisco sheriff ross pheur pheuf will be back on-the-job this morning -- ross pheur pheuf will be back on the job in morning, seven out of 11 supervisors voted tuesday to upheld the finding of official misconduct and remove mirkarimi from office. his removal required nine votes when were two votes short. he and his wife sa

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> things are quiet in the mission district now. police from all over the city rushedded there last night to deal with the -- rushed there last night to deal with the celebration that also got out of hand. kira klapper is live in the mission. >> reporter: as you mentioned, unauthorized bonfires and fireworks were set off here overnight. not much going on now. i'll get out of the way and show you a little of the aftermath of the bonfires in the middle of the street you can see cars, bicyclists going around them, the piles were much bigger a few hours ago many cleaning crews have been here all morning, street sweeping cars, garbage trucks piles up and down mission street has drivers swerving around them. let's take to you our incredible sky 7 hd video over mission street last night revelers here set those big phone fires to celebrate the huge win -- big bonfires to celebrate the giants' huge win. fans set fire to a dumpster it want a violent scene they danced and cheered around it watching it burn steps from building, police and fire

amy hollyfield is on the scene in vallejo with more. >> reporter: a lot of shock here that this could happen on this street. we jut met with a woman who is very emotional about these murders and the fact that it happened here. police say last night they found two bodies in a yard here. they figured out the suspect was in the home across the street, hostage negotiator convinced 65-year-old man to surrender and they arrested him. neighbors describe him as a vietnam vet who is emotional. and he's friends with the neighbors who are the victims. neighbors here say they all get together and drink, hang out, often argue over politics. but never turned violent they never even had a fistfight so people are stunned this happened. the suspect is described as neighborly, people say he likes to help out, always says hello, helps people wheel their trash cans to the curb. the victims are described as being 50 and 58-years-old. police haven't released any more information about them. police also haven't said what they believe the knowy was behind these murders which happened just after 6:00 last nig

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> kudos to zito and lincecum for their pitching last night. -- >>> plunging support for the governor's tax initiative the consequences he's warning about if prop 30 loses. >>> hurricane sandy rumbles past cuba making a beeline for florida. >>> support for governor broken's plan to fund schools by raising taxes on the wealthy has dipped below 50%. 48% of voters say they would support prop 30, 44% oppose the rest undecided. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom with the governor's reaction. >> reporter: he was just here in the newsroom on his final pro prop 34 he admits it is tight but points out that the yes vote is still winning. he says he didn't get back into politics at his age to play games he promiseds estimated six billion dollars a year will be in a special audited fun and will go to education. the howard jarvis taxpayers association says the money will get mixed up in the general fund. >> 98% of the people will pay no more than a penny on a $4 purchase. it is either money from those who can well afford it to our schools or money out of the schools. w

amy hollyfield is live at at&t park. >> reporter: good morning. the dug out store opened two hours early this morning it is crowded in there even more crowded than the assistant manager expected. fans are using this break in between series to some shopping. >> looking for the world series apparel. trying to beat the . >> reporter: post-season sweatshirts for men are sold out. national league championship t-shirts selling for $32. commentator stopped by to stock up. >> i'm here i've got to get shirts and hats for relatives and friends. we are all caught up maybe buying a t-shirt is a piece of the team. >> reporter: the second batch of t-shirt came off the conveyor belt a little after 5 o'clock this morning. the crew gambled questioned and principled shirts before the giants won it turned out to be a good one. >> you have to be ready. people expect it when they come out of the ballpark. they want t-shirts. >> reporter: sales manager mike smith says there was some debate over whether to print them early since the giants did get off to a slow start. m

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> dry now. what do you think? you want to dress for the warmth or warmly not for the warmth, temperatures will be in the 50s possibility of drizzle one the sunsets even a chance of shower towards the end of the game. can't take umbrellas to at&t park. clouds don't look impressive now we still have two or three more chances of rain. >>> new warning about the health dangers of >>> lance armstrong's name is no longer in the history books for winning seven tour de france titles. today he was stripped of all his titles. t.j. winick has more. >> reporter: cycling's governing body made it official lance armstrong will be stripped of his seven titles and banned from the sport for life. >> lance armstrong has no place in cycling so he deserves to be forgot >> reporter: this past weekend armstrong made two appearances at his foundation's 15th anniversary celebration. >> people ask me a lot, how are you doing? i tell them, i've been better. but i've always been worse. >> reporter: today's decision after the u.s. anti-doping

amy hollyfield is live at the scene on san carlos avenue in castro valley. >> reporter: the fire wasn'tthat big the home barely looks damaged. look at the investigators they have out here and what a chunk of this street has been blocked off. they have several theories and they want to look into etch one. firefighters aren't sure what -- starred this fire overnight or why the woman in the home died. they did quickly realized they needed to call crime scene detectives. >> when the fire department got here, they believe that an accelerant had been used possibly. any time you have an accelerant along with a body, that's going to be automatically suspicious. >> reporter: the fire started around 12:15 at the home of a retired firefighter. he's out of town his live-in girlfriend is who neighbors and relatives fear may have died. >> they just a retired couple that lived quietly. >> reporter: investigators are not saying this is definitely homicide. even with the possibility of accelerant, they presented this possibility. >> dent mean that the person didn't commit -- doesn't mean that the person

amy hollyfield is live at civic center plaza with a sneak peek at the floats on more. >> reporter: good morning. currently transforming civic center plaza workers got here 7:00 this morning and we're told they would stay until it is ready, which could be midnight. they have a lot to do in a very little amount of time. first glimpse of some of the floats you will see tomorrow. the world series champions will start the parade at 11, then end here in civic center plaza, players and dignataries will speak to the crowd from a stage set up on the steps of city hall. >> mostly the giants and the giants' story from them personally. >> reporter: first, crews must get everything into place, including 3500 feet of barricade, orange carpet, video screens, a stage for the band that will play at the end of the public speaking, all of this in two days. >> usually we have more time to plan. everybody came together it will happen. >> reporter: the city has learned and made changes from the 2010 parade. they've added a video screen and speakers to the other side of the plaza because the crowds stretched

amy hollyfield has the latest. >> reporter: today in san francisco, the board of supervisors will be voting on whether ross mirkarimi will keep his job. mirkarimi was suspended as sheriff after pleading guilty to false imprisonment after an argument with his wife in which he bruised her arm. his wife is standing by his side, she thinks he should be able to keep his job. the mayor and advocates for domestic violence victims believe the board should vote him out of office. mirkarimi's attorney tells me they think the law is on their side. even if the board s mirkarimi he says this won't be the end. if the board votes against mirkarimi he will take this to superior court. he will be asking a superior court judge to overturn the bore's decision. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> -- former penn state coach jerry sandusky has learned his fate what experts are saying about the decades he will spend in prison. >>> what was supposed to be a big jump has turned into a big fizzle. why a skydive ago tempt had to . >>> in antioch several people have been hit in front of turner elementary school. eri

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> sailors of a different kind will be on the bay teams competing in the america's cup are racing twice this afternoon at 12:20 and 5:10. 11 teams, similar event took place in august this competition runs through sunday the best viewing is from the america's cup village at marina green in san francisco. for the sailors and spectators, lisa how quickly the conditions change. >>> big time we are getting sunshine over the bay now, that is good. as we head out, you can see the partly cloudy sky, temperatures certainly cooler than what we've been used to. this is going to be our new normal. this weather is going to stick around for quite sometime. emeryville looking brighter at this hour, live doppler 7 hd shows low clouds, fog earlier into the east bay now beginning to evaporate and retreat in santa rosa and napa still have cloudy skies, san rafael 59, livermore 67, 66 by the delta winds up to 36 miles per hour,mont diablo had a 24 mile an hour wind gust last hour. 15° cooler in concord, sunny cooler, cloudy at our coast cool pattern continues into next week c

amy hollyfield, th, "abc 7 news". >> kristen: series shifts to detroit. vogelsong is sta starting pitcher for tomorrow. game four sunday and matt cain will take the hill for giants. game five will be monday in detroit. >> we still have a lot of news to get to, hurricane sandy is headed for the east coast. experts say it could change what they are calling a frankenstorm. >> good and bad news for apple. why wall street investors are not happy even one of new products was >> kristen: more than 20 deaths are being blamed on hurricane sandy and it's racing toward the east coast which could be another major storm. take a look at fort lauderdale beach where you can see the large powerful waves and can tell by the trees it's very windy. it could affect some 50 million people with tropical storm force winds hitting the eastern seaboard. it will get history hit by a blast of arctic air someplace between washington, d.c. and new york. boat owners are starting to protect their yachts and homeowners are boarding up their windows. >> cheryl: mike nicco is here to show

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> the next three games are all in st.ouis, game three tomorrow 1:07 p.m. pacific time. thursday 5:07 p.m. pacific time. friday game five, 5:07 our time. the giants need to win three more games out of seven to take the championship series. >>> football now. we can find out in the next few hours if san francisco is in the running to host up coming super bowl. the nfl is deciding if san francisco has a shot. the plan would mean 2016 or 17 super bowl would be played at the new 9ers stadium. >>> abc7 will carry the 49ers game live thursday. 4:00 hourlong pregame show featuring jerry rice and brent jones. game time 5:00. 9ers host seahawks. that will be followed by a special edition of after the game we will give away $49,000 to someone who likes us on our facebook page. >>> it is time for round two in the presidential debate. president obama and mitt romney are in new york tonight for the only town hall-style meet-up leading up to the election. t.j. winick joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: president obama certainly h

amy hollyfield is live at the sheriff's office in martinez. >> reporter: investigators are having a tough time with this one. you would think it would be tough to shoot two people on a busy street in the early evening and not get caught. investigators are having a hard time finding people who saw anything. people living along buchanan road at the antioch pittsburg border knew something major happened but figured it was a car accident. they didn't realize two people were shot to death. >> i had no idea it was a shooting, it an terrible. really bad. >> reporter: because it happened between the two cities deputies responded. investigators say the shooting happened around 5:25 last night. longtime residents say the shooting doesn't surprise them too much, they've heard shots before, just further down the road. >> we've had shots, nothing this close. first time this close. it is unnerving, very. >> it start happening more and more it seems like more and more people are moving here from the city as the population grows things happen. >> reporter: investigators state victims are from san francis

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> kudos to zito and lincecum for their pitching last night. -- >>> plungingupport for the governor's tax initiative the consequences he's warning about if prop 30 loses. >>> hurricane sandy rumbles past cuba making a beeline for florida. ron: years ago i made a promise to provide the best for my family, in sickness and in health. carol and i needed help figuring out what's covered by medicare and what's not. so we turned to the same folks we've relied on for health insurance all these years. announcer: ron and carol called anthem blue cross and found an affordable medicare plan that pays for some costs original medicare won't. now they can keep making memories for years to come. choose from plans offering protection from high out of pocket costs plus include prescription drug coverage with your monthly premium. get the freedom to keep the doctors you already trust. if you're eligible for medicare we'll help you find a plan that fits your needs. call or go online now to get answers. you only have until december 7th to enroll. >>> support for governor broken's

amy hollyfield will have a live report on the president's visit in a few minutes. >>> two new polls show the president has reason to be concerned. mitt romney gained popularity and votes following wednesday's debate. a poll of registered voters shows romney has reached his highest personal popularity of the campaign his favorability rating is 47% compared to 51% who see him unfavorably. president obama's rating is still better, 55% see him as favorable, compared to 44% unfavorable. look at this, new pew research poll shows mitt romney leading president obama among likely voters romney with 49% compared to 45% for the president. romney's biggest gains are from women voters. stay with abc 7 for this thursday vice presidential debate between ryan and biden watch it here on abc 7 thursday, starting at 6 p.m.. >>> gas prices remain at record high prices $4.67 forever regular in -- for regular. drivers in oakland and san jose $4.67 this morning. governor brown has approved using winter formula gas which takes less refining, to help bring prices down it could take a few more days before prices

amy hollyfield will be live in 30 minutes from hayward with more. >>> hercules police trying to determine if there's a connection between a couple arrested in seattle and a retired teacher found murdered in her hercules home. detectives are interviewing 25-year-old tonya washington and her husband 24-year-old darnell washington both arrested yesterday morning driving the car belonging to 55-year-old susie ko who was found beaten and stabbed to death in her home last friday. the couple is wanted for a violent west coast crime spree that began in southern california when washington broke out of jail in august with his wife's help. >> we still know it is an ongoing investigation. but we were just so relieved that for the first time a lot of progress has been made on my mother's case. >> tonya and darnell washington remain in jail this morning. >>> oakland has filed a federal lawsuit to prevent the department of justice from evicting a medical marijuana dispensary. in july prosecutors served papers on the harborside health center calling it a marijuana super store. the city's suit claims the

amy hollyfield is live to tell house is behind it. >> reporter: take a look at city hall. they haven't even boarded up the doors here yet. still huge holes where they bashed in the windows here and vandals didn't stop here. they also bashed in windows at several buildings downtown at&t building, police rhee ing station. they stuck to the -- to the area around city hall, franklin, 20th, they trashed four cars on franklin and one of the owners was disgusted. >> i don't know what message they are sending. they need to educate themselves. we are just hardworking people, average people. >> reporter: this started as an occupy oakland rally 6:00 last night there was anti-war protesters thrown in. police say they weren't expecting this, they didn't have enough officers ready to go for such a violent protest. it happened so quickly, it lasted 30 minutes, a little up to an hour. they didn't have enough time to call in mutual aid. they said they generally had to stand back and not move in. private security has been called. there's an officer stationed here in front of city hall keepi

amy hollyfield is live at the sheriff's office in martinez. >> reporter: investigators are having a tough time with this one. you would think it would be tough to shoot two people on a busy street in the early evening and not get caught. investigators are having a hard time finding people who saw anything. people living along buchanan road at the antioch pittsburg border knew something major happened but figured it was a car accident. they didn't realize two people were shot to death. >> i had no idea it was a shooting, it an terrible. really bad. >> reporter: because it happened between the two cities deputies responded. investigators say the shooting happened around 5:25 last night. longtime residents say the shooting doesn't surprise them too much, they've heard shots before, just further down the road. >> we've had shots, nothing this close. first time this close. it is unnerving, very. >> it start happening more and more it seems like more and more people are moving here from the city as the population grows things happen. >> reporter: investigators state victims are from san francis

amy hollyfield is live at a sports bar in walnut creek.e got new word about scutaro. >> reporter: that's right he will be playing, great news for fans. going to have a huge audience here in the east bay. we are in walnut creek, empty now going to be packed later the owner has brought in tables, fold-out tables to throw into the mix because he doesn't have room for everyone. he said it has been so jammed lately. he says people have been calling him from daly city and san jose asking him how to get here. we checked in at the dug-out store in walnut creek it has been there for a year some workers say they were nervous locating there. this is the east bay could be considered a's territory. they say it has been very busy especially in these last few days people not only buying merchandise but watching the games they have screens in there, the games playing. giants' fever is alive and strong here in walnut creek. >> i bleed orange and black baby and it is our anniversary tomorrow so i'm buying this for him now he's going to know. >> there hasn't

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>>:33.ew this morning, from oakland, -- 6:33, new this morning from oakland, officers found a man with gunshot wounds before 1:00 this morning he died at the hospital. investigators are on the scene now. no word about a possible suspect or motive. >>> san francisco should find out later this morning whether it is in the running to host the 2015 or 2017 super bowl. the city has put in a bid to host in the bay area which would be played at the 49ers' new stadium in santa rosa. nfl requires any host team play two full seasons in the new stadium to qualify. with the stadium opening in 2014 it would make 2016 the first year san francisco would be eligible. if the city passes this morning's first round, it has to submit a six-figure plan by may 7th. >>> this thursday, 49ers game day here on abc 7. at 4:00 jerry rice and brent jones join us for the pregame show. followed by 49ers taking on the seahawks. after that jerry and brent will stick around for a special edition of after the game. >>> 6:34.

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> the next three games are all in st.ouis, game three tomorrow 1:07 p.m. pacific time. thursday 5:07 p.m. pacific time. friday game five, 5:07 our time. the giants need to win three more games out of seven to take the championship series. >>> football now. we can find out in the next few hours if san francisco is in the running to host up coming super bowl. the nfl is deciding if san francisco has a shot. the plan would mean 2016 or 17 super bowl would be played at the new 9ers stadium. >>> abc7 will carry the 49ers game live thursday. 4:00 hourlong pregame show featuring jerry rice and brent jones. game time 5:00. 9ers host seahawks. that will be followed by a special edition of after the game we will give away $49,000 to someone who likes us on our facebook page. >>> it is time for round two in the presidential debate. president obama and mitt romney are in new york tonight for the only town hall-style meet-up leading up to the election. t.j. winick joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: president obama certainly h

amy hollyfield is live at civic center plaza with a sneak peek at the floats on more. >> reporter: good morning. currently transforming civic center plaza workers got here 7:00 this morning and we're told they would stay until it is ready, which could be midnight. they have a lot to do in a very little amount of time. first glimpse of some of the floats you will see tomorrow. the world series champions will start the parade at 11, then end here in civic center plaza, players and dignataries will speak to the crowd from a stage set up on the steps of city hall. >> mostly the giants and the giants' story from them personally. >> reporter: first, crews must get everything into place, including 3500 feet of barricade, orange carpet, video screens, a stage for the band that will play at the end of the public speaking, all of this in two days. >> usually we have more time to plan. everybody came together it will happen. >> reporter: the city has learned and made changes from the 2010 parade. they've added a video screen and speakers to the other side of the plaza because the crowds stretched

amy hollyfield is live at at&t park. >> reporter: good morning. the dug out store opened two hours early this morning it is crowded in there even more crowded than the assistant manager expected. fans are using this break in between series to some shopping. >> looking for the world series apparel. trying to beat the . >> reporter: post-season sweatshirts for men are sold out. national league championship t-shirts selling for $32. commentator stopped by to stock up. >> i'm here i've got to get shirts and hats for relatives and friends. we are all caught up maybe buying a t-shirt is a piece of the team. >> reporter: the second batch of t-shirt came off the conveyor belt a little after 5 o'clock this morning. the crew gambled questioned and principled shirts before the giants won it turned out to be a good one. >> you have to be ready. people expect it when they come out of the ballpark. they want t-shirts. >> reporter: sales manager mike smith says there was some debate over whether to print them early since the giants did get off to a slow start. m

amy hollyfield is live at at&t park with a preview. >> reporter: good morning. mayor ed lee has declared this san francisco giants pride week. it is not hard to find pride what is tough to find, tickets. you can find tickets on resale sites but get ready to pay about $275 for standing room only ticket. lower box seat close to $8,000. san francisco police are saying be careful, there are scams out there, scalpers will see this as an opportunity to make quick money. they say something like stub-hub is the safe way to go. >> everybody is thinking world series. right now over 10% of the traffic on our site is for world series tickets. >> it is illegal to buy tickets from a scalper and to sell tickets in the city and county of san francisco. >> reporter: this rain has kept the grounds crew super busy trying to protect the field. guess who they turned to for help? the a's. the head groundskeeper had to borrow the highly absorbent clay they used all monday night so they had to borrow from oakland. hopefully, this rain will stop by the afternoon for game one of the worl

amy hollyfield is live in the western addition to tell us what happened. >> reporter: it ended here atranklin with a crash quite a reaction to police just trying to pull a white car over because officers say the light on the plate was out. the guys took off. there was a high speed chase then a crash when the car ran a red light at franklin and eddie. the white car crash food a taxicab. before they crashed police say the passenger was firing shots at the police officers. once the crash happened the two men took off, running. officers ran after them. they were able to catch one the shooter. the driver did get away. they are still looking for one man. police officers were okay, none hurt. the taxi driver was taken to the hospital. he has an injured hand. he's going to be fine. police say given how fast the guys were going it is amazing there weren't more injuries and the injuries weren't more serious. the investigators are here taking a look at the scene trying to piece together what happened. they believe they will be here at least another hour this is blocked off at franklin and eddy, p

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> sailors of a different kind will be on the bay teams competing in theica's cup are racing twice this afternoon at 12:20 and 5:10. 11 teams, similar event took place in august this competition runs through sunday the best viewing is from the america's cup village at marina green in san francisco. for the sailors and spectators, lisa how quickly the coitions change. >>> big timwe areetting suhine over th bay now, thats good. as we head out, you ca see the partly cloudy sky, temperatures certainly cooler than what we've been used to. this is going to be our new normal. this weather is going to stick around for quite sometime. emeryville looking brighter at this hour, live doppler 7 hd shows low clouds, fog earlier into the east bay now beginning to evaporate and retreat inanta rosa and napa stl ha cloudy ies, sarafael 59, livermore 67, 66 by the delta winds up to 36 miles per hour,mont diablo had a 24 mile an hour wind gust last hour. 15° cooler in concord, sunny cooler, cloudy at our coast cool pattern continues into next week chance of showers monday, tu

amy hollyfield, th, "abc 7 news". >> kristen: series shifts to detroit. vogelsong is sta starting pitcher for tomorrow. game four sunday and matt cain will take the hill for giants. game five will be monday in detroit. >> we still have a lot of news to get to, hurricane sandy is headed for the east coast. experts say it could change what they are calling a frankenstorm. >> good and bad news for apple. why wall street investors are not happy even one of n >> kristen: more than 20 deaths are being blamed on hurricane sandy and it's racing toward the east coast which could be another major storm. take a look at fort lauderdale beach where you can see the large powerful waves and can tell by the trees it's very windy. it could affect some 50 million people with tropical storm force winds hitting the eastern seaboard. it will get history hit by a blast of arctic air someplace between washington, d.c. and new york. boat owners are starting to protect their yachts and homeowners are boarding up their windows. >> cheryl: mike nicco is here to show us where sandy

amy hollyfield is there now. she will bring a live report in 30 minutes. >>> authorities city some of the protesters took part in a violent street march saturday. police arrested 20 after marchers vandalized businesses, cars and other property. police say some threw rocks and paint at officers. >>> protesters demanding an immediate end to u.s. wars, occupieses and military assaults are planning a -- occupying shuns and military assaults are planning a rally where president obama will appear this afternoon. then a celebrity dinner and concert where the protest is planned. >>> traffic restrictions put in place near the hotel and civic auditorium. the president will announce establishment of cesar chavez national monument this morning. >> mitt romney moving his campaign from florida to virginia. preparing to deliver major foreign policy speech at the virginia military institute in lexington. he's expected to propose u.s. take a more assertive role in syria, tighten sanctions on iran he's looking to paint president o

amy hollyfield is live at at&t park. one tough cleanup job. >> reporter: a cleanup job and big job for the police we are getting the numbers now, 35 people were arrested last night are two of them had guns. today people are showing their love for the giants by spending money, buying anything that world series on it. last night people who celebrated some of them a bit more aggressively. the giants weren't here but the fans were. some of them got rowdy celebrating the world series. they built a fire in the middle of the intersection of king and third and danced and celebrated around it, saying they just needed a place to party. some of the out of control fans stunned others when they flipped a car over and ripped off the doors. >> i was shocked. i couldn't believe that was happening. scary. it is supposed to be fun too bad there wasn't somewhere we could go. >> reporter: some in the crowd set a muni bus on fire. the bus had just come out of maintenance and was worth $700,000. muni says several other buses were also damaged

amy hollyfield is live outside the inter-continental hotel. >> reporter: good morning. barack obama told his supporters last night it is time to get almost obsessive. he arrived in friendly territory of san francisco yesterday on a day when the poll up ins that were released don't look good for the president. pew research center found mitt romney is leading 49-45%. the first major poll taken since he debated mitt romney. the president's debate performance was widely criticized even by his supporters. some said they came out to support him in san francisco because of his debate performance. >> the debate, i thought if romney got elected and i hadn't done everything i could to help, i would never forgive . that's why i'm here today. -- >> reporter: the president is in town to raise money this is his sixth visit here this year. he told supporters he intends to win this election. his next stop is ohio, a swing state. he will be leaving this morning, this is between -- on howard between fourth and fifth he will be leaving after commute rush hour, after 9:00. you want to keep

amy hollyfield is live at the scene. >> reporter: i just spoke with a man who lives on the street, hesays he cannot believe this happened here. police arrived here last night and found two bodies in a yard here it is a nice, well-kept street with new construction, two-story homes. they arrested a 65-year-old after a hostage negotiator convinced him to surrender. he does live on the street. police haven't said what they believe the motive was behind the shooting. residents say the suspect and the victims knew each otr ll. >> shocked, he seems like a nice person, community guy, helps around here when people come by he is always saying hi. it is shocking in this neighborhood for this to >> reporter: -- police say the victims are 50 and 58-years-old they haven't released anything else. this happened after 6:00 last night, a double murder on a quiet street that has this neighborhood shaking its head. people asking some questions. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> no knock-out punches during the first presidential debate we did see a strong showing from mitt romney on topics from the economy t

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> 4:33. vacant building in san francisco's castro district is back in the hands of its owners now it needs $1,000 in repairs after it was taken over by protesters. officers stormed the building last night to end the occupation by a group protesting the city's housing shortage. officers arrested 20 who could face burglary, trespassing and vandalism charges. >> we have tons of vacant buildings like this. we could be housing people. people need housing, people don't need empty buildings. >> i understand their message, but it is not their property for them to break in and occupy it is illegal and unconstitutional. >> the demonstrators are with a group called homes not jails. it started with a march as part of the world homeless action day. >>> it comes down to today for baseball fans. giants and a's playing deciding game fives in their series each coming back from the brink of elimination. last night crisp knocked in smith with a single to right field. that gave the a's the walk off win over the

amy hollyfield is live at at&t park. what a night. what a series. >> reporter: are you referring to me when you talk about co-workers who are tired? i stayed up too late last night it was so exciting nothing makes it more official than a t-shirt. giants are the national league champs. they clinched last night in a shutout 9-0 exciting night. it really got going in the 3rd inning when you started to get the feeling, oh my gosh, they may be going not world series. they scored five of their nine runs in the third. pence got things going with a double in that inning that cleared bases which was perfect because he has been known as emotional leader of this team. >> we just came together we played for each other. one more day, that was the way we went about it. everything you got to get back to see each other again. >> good pitching, good hitting and a lot of heart. >> and the fans! >> reporter: even in the pouring rain the team and the fans didn't quit. even the fans stayed until the end that was exciting to see they did not go home and th

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> 4:36. >> drove past sfo this morning, so foggy, hard to see a thing. >> same on the bay bridge. let's check in with meteorologist lisa argen. >>> good morning. dense fog all around the bay area visibility has been reduced to less than a quarter of a mile starting out with live doppler 7 hd and plenty of cloud cover, high pressure pushing down on the atmosphere. we will have the dense fog for your morning commute through the 9:00 hour two mile visibility, half moon bay, half mile in novato, quarter of a mile santa rosa over into the bay bridge, we are looking at dense fog, golden gate bridge, through oakland, visibility not that bad, san jose now at about seven miles. temperatures probably noticed, mild. 57 half moon bay, 60 mountain view, mid 50s in concord. we are on our way to a warming trend. yesterday you may have felt it, lot of sunshine, by 9:00, 10:00 after that mist lifts, fog evaporates, 60s coast mid 80s inland should be pleasant evening giants' forecast coming up. >>> good morning. fog is the story at this hour, limited visibility. you can see

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> incredible it was. more hometown giants world series pride, look at baby madison from morgan hill sporting her first giants t-shirt no doubt who these ladies are rooting for. we want you to see your fan pictures send them to us. or share them with us on our facebook page. game two tonight, first pitch 5:07. game three in detroit saturday 5:07 pacific time. game four sunday giants should wrap things up. also on the road starts 5:15. >>> this morning police in hercules will determine whether a middle school math teacher was selling marijuana to his students. 66-year-old allen goodman was pulled out of class yesterday morning after officers found more than a pound of pot in his car left running in the school parking lot and they found $4200 in the glove compartment. police searched his home and found more cash along with equipment used to grow marijuana. >>> southern california man who broke out of jail and his wife have been officially charged by bay area authorities in the murder of a hercules woman. the