at stub hub strength headquarters. >> i want to see a tigers fan watch their team lose in our house. >> wow. tickets for game seven at att park are the priciest. they start at $600 and go up to $10,000 with one pair listed at $92,000. if you buy tickets to game six orcein through stub hub and they don't happen, the company says you will get a full refund. >>> listen to this the san francisco zoo has a good luck charm for the world series. take a look this little gal is being called a rally monkey. the monkey was born as the giants rallied to beat the reds in the division series. she doesn't have a name yet so the zoo is taking suggestions on their social media sites. posey and scutaro top the list. >> sounds good. >>> 4:48 is the time. let's check in with sal. it rained pretty hard overnight i heard. >> yeah. and it's raining in -- speaking of san francisco and at & t park i'm sure they have the tarp on the field right now. we'll show you a picture of highway 101 north and southbound here. you can see it's raining but the grounds keepers do have the tarp out there. steve will tell us about the forecast in a moment. driv

now it's on to game seven of the nlcs and it will happen here at at & t park and you can watch that game right here on ktvu. live at at & t park i'm allie rasmus. >> you can watch game seven right here with us on ktvu channel 2. we'll have a special edition of our ktvu channel 2 news at 4:00. that will be immediately followed by the fox major league baseball pregame show at 4:30. i think a lot of people might head home from work early today? >> i think so. sal was in the official sal seat at the game. he is still wide awake and ready to get you where you need to go. >> the 4:30 games are pretty good. or the 5:00 games. it's those 7:00 games during the season i can't go to. >> i know. >>> good morning, everybody. let's take a look at what we have now. traffic is moving along pretty well despite the wet weather. highway 4 at hill crest has reopened. we had flooding there. highway 4 it's moderately heavy. this morning you are just waking up and turning us on it will be good if you allow yourself a few extra minutes. i know on monday it's impossible to do that. the metering lights have gone

on average the tickets for game seven at at & t park are the most expensive. if you buy tickets to game six or seven through stub hub and the games don't happen, stub hub says you will get a full refund. >>> the san francisco zoo today is claiming it has good luck charm for the world series. take a look. they are calling her a rally monkey. she is a langer monkey. look it has orange and black fur. the monkey was born when the giants rallied to beat the reds. so far she doesn't have a name. the zoo is taking suggestions on social media. some of the names so far include posey and scutaro. [ laughter ] >> cute. >>> 6:50 is the time. we'll take any sort of good luck charm, whatever. right sal? >> absolutely. anything that will work, right pam? >> yeah. >> let's take a look at the commute now. we are looking at the traffic on the east shore freeway. gist got off the phone -- just got off the phone with bart central. they had earlier delays but those are gone. my friend at the dispatch center said we're all on time and she also said go giants. let's go out to 92 west

game seven tonight at at&t park. this one starts at 5:00. matt cain will be pitching for the giants. starting at 5:00 this morning, we will be live from at&t park with a nice preview of tonight's do-or-die ball game between the giants and the cardinals. >>> lance armstrong will in fact be stripped of all seven of his tour de france titles and be banned from the sport for life. cycling's international governing body just making this announcement during a press conference in switzerland. the u.s. anti-doping agency says it will not be appealing that ruling. that is the same agency that initially released this report accusing armstrong of leading a massive doping program with his team. this will allow tour de france organizers to officially remove armstrong's name forever from the record books. >>> one man is dead, another in custody after a bizarre string of events that led to an officer h officer-involved shooting. several people called police to report two naked men arguing, smashing car windows and trying to burn down their home. when offic

at all. we're not scared at all. >> reporter: tomorrow night is game seven you can bet that the crowd will be electric with the noise turned up even higher. john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> that's what it looked like and sounded like in the back of at&t park there at mccuvvie cove. fans who didn't have ticket they watched the game from across the water. >> we're going crazy out here, man we're winning. that's all we can ask for. we want to get to the next game and get to the world series. >> any way you can catch the action in mccuvvie cove. a flotila of fans watched the game from their motor boats, their row boats and even a kayak. >>> while it's nice at at&t park tonight wet weather is predicted tomorrow. about 90 minutes ago ground crews placed a tarp on the field in case of rain. mark tamayo is tracking it all. he is joining us with more. >> setting the stage for some nice weather for game six. some changes are already developing right now just offshore. you take a look at live storm tracker radar. not all of this reaching the ground but all this action will continue to increase in coverage this will be a factor first thing tomorrow morning as you can pick out here close for inspection of the radar. here's our forecast model sh

but if not they'll be back here in full force for the last two games of this seven game series. live at atthat time park, lorraine blanco. >> viewers have been sharing photos of the giant's youngest and more excited fans. check out this little one. you can send us your play off pictures by e-mailing photos to ktvu.com. you can also postthem on ktvu's facebook page or tweet us. >>> on the first day back from a two week maternity leave, yahoo ceo marisa myer named yahoo's new coo. henrique de castro. he will receive $58 million. >>> there are several media reports tonight siting unnamed sources that pay pal is planning lay offs. bloomburg is reporting 400 jobs could be cut. plans are under way to strengthen and simplify how the company creates and delivers its products. and pay pal says it has not yet discussed with employees how those changes could impact jobs. >>> there's new information about two people shot to death last night in an unincorporated area between antioch and pittsburg. the sheriff's office identified the victims at christopher zinn of san francisco and 21-year- old brieanna

but if not they'll be back here in full force for the last two games of this seven game series. live at atthat time park, lorraine blanco. >> viewers have been sharing photos of the giant's youngest and more excited fans. check out this little one. you can send us your play off pictures by e-mailing photos to ktvu.com. you can also postthem on ktvu's facebook page or tweet us. >>> on the first day back from a two week maternity leave, yahoo ceo marisa myer named yahoo's new coo. henrique de castro. he will receive $58 million. >>> there are several media reports tonight siting unnamed sources that pay pal is planning lay offs. bloomburg is reporting 400 jobs could be cut. plans are under way to strengthen and simplify how the company creates and delivers its products. and pay pal says it has not yet discussed with employees how those changes could impact jobs. >>> there's new information about two people shot to death last night in an unincorporated area between antioch and pittsburg. the sheriff's office identified the victims at christopher zinn of san francisco and 21-year- old brieanna

game six will be played at&t park tomorrow. that's at 4:45. of course, we are all hoping the giants force a game seven. if there is, in fact, a game seven it will be played here at&t park monday at 5:07. i for one hope it's here on monday. live at&t park, abc7 news. >> thank you, kara. as baseball season nears the end, it looks like hockey may never begin. all nhl games have been cancelled through november 1st. the owners have rejected three proposals from the players and extended to the lockout. abc reporter nick smith reports on disappointed shark fans and the financial hit facing san jose businesses. >> the shark tank is a great place to go. it's one of the best venues. >> but so far this season it has remained sharkless. the nhl has officially cancelled all games through november 1st. that means four regular season home games with the shark tank in the dark. >> i don't know what the real issues are, but the bottom line is the fans want to see good hockey action and we aren't going to get it. >> this is the third lockout for the nhl since 1994. the league has told the players association that if an a

if needed game five will be at the tigers house on monday and then the series comes back to at&t park if necessary for game six and seven next wednesday and thursday. we'll have a live report from at&t park coming up at 5:00. plus check out our website, nbcbayarea.com. all you have to do is click on everything giants. >>> a little something else going on last night as well. turning to decision 2012, the third and final presidential debate now in the books. now the final push to election day. while overnight polls are giving president obama a clear win in last night's debate, there's still no clear answer on whether either candidate is any closer to winning that election. tracie potts has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: more engaging than the first debate, less contentious than the last, the president's strategy seemed to be painting governor romney as a lightweight on foreign affairs. >> every time you've offered an opinion you've been wrong. your strategy previously has been one that has been all over the map. >> attacking me is not an agenda. >> reporter: the government agreed with president obama on key issues l

game six will be played at&t park tomorrow. that's at 4:45. of course, we are all hoping the giants force a game seven if there is, in fact, a game seven it will be played here at&t park monday at 5:07. live at&t park, abc7 news. >> thank you so much, kara. as baseball season nears the end, it looks like hockey may never begin. all nhl games have been cancelled through november 1st abc reporter nick smith reports on disappointed shark fans and the financial hit facing san jose businesses. >> the shark tank is a great place to go. it's one of the best venues. >> but so far this season it has remained sharkless. the nhl has officially cancelled all games through november 1st that means four regular season home games with the shark tank in the dark. >> i don't know what the issues are, but the bottom line is the fans want to see good hockey action and we aren't going to get it. >> this is the third lockout for the nhl since 1994. the league has told the players association that if an agreement is met by thursday, they can still squeeze in a full regular season, 82 games per team, beginning november 2nd.

world series is set tomorrow night tigers and giants, justin verlander, barry zito game one of the best of seven at atan francisco. lebron james let's get party started. to the rack, explosion emphatic. the second bucket of the ball game are you serious? it was one minute in, lebron james with the shot of the night, the heat beat the bobcats 98-92. where is the swing doctor? yao ming might have been one of the greatest basketball players but how about his golf swing? this is a celebrity pro-am in china. ming is 7'6", the ball looks like a -- the carolina substitute says see you later. the atlantic coast conference has suspended rashad and two officials after this cheap shot that knocked the kid to the ground. our play of the day from memphis, fifth graders elementary school face-off, final play of the game, down two, the hail mary pass but watch, it's picked off. the defensive player thinks the game's over and he thinks he won it. he celebrates. the ball goes to the ground but there was never a whistle. the ball is still alive. touchdown, ball game lesson learned i hope. for hockey fans, no talks sche

the giants scheduled to play games three, four and five at busch stadium in st. louis. games six and seven would be played at at&t park if necessary. one huge question is will secondman marco scutaro be back in the lineup. kevin wayne is live in san francisco now. >> reporter: so far so good. looks like there is a good chance that marco scutaro will be in the lineup for tomorrow in st. louis. that is good news for giants fans, especially after last night's ugly collision at 2nd base. >> going to be tough to turn two. >> reporter: the boos that ranged down echoed today. >> he did something that was reckless, it should have been runner's interference. should have been a double play granted. the only guy who made a mistake was the umpire. >> reporter: scutaro would be seen pointing to his left hip. >> we'll keep our fingers crossed. >> it was hard to see him come out of the game. then we're all worried about him. hopefully that little bit of extra rest will pay off where he can be in tomorrow. >> reporter: matt holliday said he wished he started his slide earlier. >> i hope he's okay. i know him. he's a good gu

the giants scheduled to play games three, four and five at busch stadium in st. louis. games six and seven would be played at at&t park if necessary. one huge question is will secondman marco scutaro be back in the lineup. kevin wayne is live in san francisco now. >> reporter: so far so good. looks like there is a good chance that marco scutaro will be in the lineup for tomorrow in st. louis. that is good news for giants fans, especially after last night's ugly collision at 2nd base. >> going to be tough to turn two. >> reporter: the boos that ranged down echoed today. >> he did something that was reckless, it should have been runner's interference. should have been a double play granted. the only guy who made a mistake was the umpire. >> reporter: scutaro would be seen pointing to his left hip. >> we'll keep our fingers crossed. >> it was hard to see him come out of the game. then we're all worried about him. hopefully that little bit of extra rest will pay off where he can be in tomorrow. >> reporter: matt holliday said he wished he started his slide earlier. >> i hope he's okay. i know him. he's a good gu

at home, hopefully they have a good seven games ahead of them -- well, hopefully not zen. >> when it come to -- seven. >> when it come to torture, it could be seven. tonight's game gets under way at 5:15 and tomorrow's game at 5:07. >>> the news isn't that good down the south bay, however, where it could be a lot longer before the city of san jose experience is in the economic benefits from another national hockey league season. the player lockout is now nearly a-month-old for the league. negotiations between the owners and player's association may start up again tuesday. the two sides did negotiate last week but only focused on secondary issues like drug testing and not on the real issue on thousand to divide the money brought in. the nhl has canceled all games until october 24th, including the entire pre-season and the first three days of regular season as well. >>> 8:38 now. well, not as slow as watching paint dry, but much more fascinating. >> just ahead, the space shuttle endeavour, the latest on the spacecraft's grand tour of los angeles. >> and women in the bay area on the run. the cause that got them out as we speak. >> and good for them. as we start out with foggy skies and fog in the bay area, and

game seven. >> game over. game seven, tomorrow night. >> yeah, that is tonight. it was fun to watch. sergio romo closing things down after seven grate innings from starter ryan vogelsong. let the fireworks go. game seven tonight at at of traffic happening this morning. we just had a report of a car fire in san rafael that has been cleared. but the car fire cleared just about five minutes ago. the car still congested. lots of red on the map. it's not because of the cardinals. it's because of all the of this congestion in the northbound. roadway flooding towards 101 in the peninsula near whipple. otherwise, the east bay continues to remain congested. and same in the south bay. no major accidents there. >> thank you very much. thanks for joining us. another local news update coming up in half an hour. ♪ the way you wear your hat, the way you sip your tea ♪ ♪ the memory of all that they can't take that away from me ♪ ♪ the way your smile just >> and the way he since, right? that is the incomparable tony bennett, the man, the voice, the legend will be here live to sing for us tomorrow on "today." also tomorrow, all you need to do is hear this -- there you go, the cast of the long-running nbc hit series "law & order svu"

at&t park,albc7 news. >> the first pitch of the best of seven in the nlcs against the cardinals is at 5:15 p.m. at the ballpark. the joints will play two games here at home and then head to st. louis. game six and seven will be played at&t park, if necessary. >>> the space shuttle endeavour is still making its way slowly, slowly, to its new home in los angeles at the california science center. the shuttle was supposed to arrive last night by nine. it started rolling about 1:30 this morning, and it's made another eight blocks or so. but it still has about two and a half miles to go. now, there is no single reason, they say, for the delay. it's the accumulation of many small problems along the way. in one case a tree that planners did not think would be in the way had to be cut down. large crowd gathered in one spot where they thought they might hit a light post. >> because it is dark, it's hard to distinguish actual objects from shadows. the surface of the vehicle is incredibly fragile. you can damage a tile just with your thumbnail. so he slowed the pace of the orbiter down to maybe a half-mile an hour, a mile an hour. >> on september 21st t

game seven. at&t park and downtown san francisco, the talk, all giants. at work, carlos gomez is thinking about the showdown, game seven. what was last night's game like for you? >> oh, incredible, incredible. unbelievable. we got to do it tonight. >> reporter: inside the park after a steady morning rain, crews are doing their best to keep it dry for the game. the park has a state-of-the-art drainage system and the tarp went on last night. >> it was designed in a way to literally suck the water down into the drainage system. in addition, we have these machines called water hogs, if the water gets really heavy and saturated on the field. it's like a vacuum cleaner. it sucks up the water as quickly as possible. we're fully prepared. >> reporter: the dugout store opened early today, stocked and ready for fans to fill the stands as the giants take on the cardinals one last time. the winner is world series bound. and as for tickets -- >> we do sometimes get turnbacks from the opposing team when they come into town. if we have those, we'll push them out quickly at

the first two games are played here at at&t park, and if necessary, games six and seven will be played here as well. live in san francisco. lillian kim, abc-7 news. >> let's get a quick update what's going on inside the park. >> mike: giants and cardinals underway. the score is 2-0 cardinals off a home run. third inning. madison bumgarner gave it up. this is a great matchup because both teams were not expected to be here. the giants were down 2-0 in the best of five series before winning three straight games in cincinnati to defeat the reds. the cardinals were trailing 6-0 in game five the washington nationals. giants and cardinals the last two teams teams to win the world series, so a great series to watch. >> both clubs at some point had their backs against the wall. we had to go into cincinnati and win three straights, and they're down a couple runs in the ninth and found a way to get it done. says a lot about the characters and how they fight. >> mike: we'll have an update later in the newscast. >> san francisco is making a bid to be the host city for the super bowl in 2016 or 2017

. >> reporter: so it's pretty chill in here at pete's tavern right here across from at&t park. tomorrow the game is at seven, so you can imagine it's going to be pretty busy with fans hoping the giant's can stay in. >>> it's a home game for the a's and fans poured into the stadium late this afternoon. hoping to see their team stay alive in the division play off series. the future of embattled sheriff ross mirkarimi hangs in the balance as san francisco board of supervisors vote on whether to suspend him. christien kafton is outside of the hall of justice. >> reporter: now the board of supervisors took a lunch break about 15 minutes or they should be reconvening just about now. there were still dozens of people lined up to tell the board of supervisors whether or not they wanted them to suspend the sheriff. ross mirkarimi went into today's hearing hoping for the best. >> we have to be optimistic, this is what got us here all along. we're talking about a system and a process and i think excessive use of authority and power. >> reporter: mirkarimi's attorney stressed to the board of supervisors that the mayor

back and good to get out of here with a win. >>> of course game seven of the nlcs between the cardinals an giants will start just after 5:00 at ateld and the water hogs are ready. hopefully we will get a full game in. >>> just ahead, an earthquake rocked their wedding and in the i midst of their chaos, they lost their camera but in a twist of fate they are getting photos of their special day. >>> and a tribute to the star of game six. pitcher ryan vogelsong. so... [ gasps ] these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? maybe. rich chocolate chips... i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and, and...and then the awards started coming in, and i became addicted to the fame. topped with chocolaty drizzle... and fraudulence. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. fiber beyond recognition. >>> a mod right earthquake hit just before midnight in king city. there were no immediate reports of damage. >>> a earthquake in new zealand robbed one couple of their wedding photos. that is until this week when the magnitude 6.3 quake hit christchurch in february of 2011 many peop

game stands as we speak. they are in a rain delay at busch. 3-1 lead for home standing cardinals. when the cardinals get to a game three at home tied one apiece in a seven, they are 7-0. what about the resumption of your this game? check in at the fox weather center. storm surge der is that what we call rick? >> storm scout. >> rick dickert. what is going on in st. louis? how long is the delay? >> here it is. this cold front, the classic midwestern cold front pushing through st. louis right now. we have an hour to hour and 15 minutes of this rain. there are some embedded thunderstorms. some could be severe. st. louis is under severe thunderstorm watch until 6:15 central time. that means large hail. damaging winds. even some isolated tornadoes. we have an hour, hour and 15 minutes. as you can see on the radar here, we can see a clear spot. that will push in over the area. right now the temperature is 64-degrees. humidity is 80. winds at southwest at 14. gusting to 20 miles per hour. we will see the temperatures really drop behind that cold front. colder air moving in. by the time the game resumes we will see the temperatures in the lower 50s with breezy

at times. comfortable day at the ballpark and we have 49ers game coming up. a look at that and seven-day forecast that's not very foggy. looks kind of hot for the second half of the week. >> anybody who has done an evening game at at&t park, you dress for anything and bring the layers. we'll have a live report from john henry smith coming from at&t park in just a bit. this morning san francisco giants fans are buzzing with excitement. game one against the st. louis cardinals starts at 5:15 today. if you have a ticket in your hand for today's playoff game, hold onto it tight. fans who stopped by at&t park yesterday to buy tickets were disappointed the box office was closed. they had better luck going online. stub hub has been selling standing room only tickets for $120 each. if you would like to sit down to watch the game, prices range from $140 to $1,000. now, for some fans though, money is no object. >> we got tickets for the 49ers game in the morning and we didn't get tickets yet for the baseball game but we're pretty sure we're getting them. >> giants fever also means big money fo

seven. >> the game resumes tonight at at&t park. and we have to talk about the niners cured and not so much of good news as out of candlestick park. and the giants intercept dishutting down san francisco. with a combined 73. the niners just could not find the end zone. eli manning. and one touchdown. 116 yds in the final score. with defense and field goals. we will be looking for more post-game interviews through the week. >> the man that was stabbed near candlestick park is expected to survive. the victim was standing near a group of friends. jamestown road when he was approached at 1:30 p.m. they started an argument with the victim and he was stabbed. he was taken to the hospital. the suspects were taken into custody. >> also two people are dead responding officers said that there were small and middle of it, and a female victim was taken to hospital where she later died. no arrests have been made. and a man was arrested and killed an east oakland. at the 5600 of hilton st. they found that a man lying on the ground with multiple g

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at the giants schedule against the st. louis cardinals in the best of seven series. the giants have home field advantage. the first game is tomorrow at at&t park at 5:00. game 2 is also at 5:00 on monday, and then its off to st. louis for three games, and then if needed, back to san francisco for the last two. kim will have more on tomorrow's game in just a few minutes. >>> space shuttle endeavour's travel through los angeles streets has slowed from a crawl to a dead stop. it's now six hours behind schedule on its route to its final home. this is a live look at its stop in its tracks. problems include small issues with the transporter that needed fixing, and crowds that are growing larger and getting in the way. we look at the intricate maneuvering to get it to its final resting place. >> feel like a kid in a candy store. >> i want to see it going down the middle of the city street in los angeles. >> reporter: as soon as the shuttle endeavour appeared along neighborhood streets, the excitement erupted. >> it's really awesome, and i'm kind of, like, oh my god! >> right there! the wing is so close, the authorities were actually pushing ba

game one of the 2012 world series tonight. yesterday the giants and the detroit tigers held light workouts at at & t park. the field is read did after taking a beating during the nlcs game sevenownpour. ktvu coverage for you begins at 4:30 right here on channel 2. bart is adding extra trains by the way to help you get to and from at & t park. the vallejo bay link ferry service is offering direct runs to and from the park throughout the world series. and cal train think are adding extra trains if needed. >>> two people were killed in a plane crash on this one in contra costa county. it happened yesterday afternoon. the coroners are expected to remove the body from this wreckage. >>> mitt romney's campaign is distancing the presidential nominee from a republican senate candidate in indiana. that is after the candidates controversial answer to a question about a woman's right to an abortion if she is raped. >> i came to realize life is that gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> richard mourdock released a statement following the debate saying his point was god creates life. mitt rom

at the giants schedule against the cardinals. in the best of seven series. the giants have home field advantage. the first game is tomorrow at at&t park at 5:00. game 2 also at 5:00 on monday. then it's off to st. louis for three games. then, if needed, back to san francisco for the last two. kim will have more on tomorrow's game in a few minutes. >>> tomorrow, the shuttle endeavour's journey has slowed from a crawl to a dead stop. it's eight hours behind schedule and not expected to arrive at the california science center until tomorrow. crews are having trouble with the trailer carrying endeavour. and the large crowds have made logistics more complicated. thousands of have waited hours. >> reporter: people in los angeles can be a bit blase about seeing stars. yet, seeing a starship is a show even hollywood cannot rival. >> it's awesome. so big too. i can't believe it's going down the street. >> reporter: you don't normally see a space shutting outside a donut shop. crowds could read the numbers on the tiles. >> i want to see it, because i never saw it. and i wanted to be an astronaut. >> reporter: moving a 78-ton spacecraft i

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 sevenif 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 mini will be the star of the show at an unveiling here. tech experts and apple fans have been eagerly awaiting the roll-out of the ipad mini. the new tablet is expected to look like the ipad but of course a lot smaller featuring a screen display that is about 7 inch possibly with high resolution. back cover rumored to be similar to the new iphone 5 with coated aluminum, expected to connect with cell phone networks and wifi. the new device will give similar gadgets on the market like kindle fire, competition. biggest question, how much will it cost? the ipad mini could run from $250 to $330. apple is scheduled a special e

game winning street against the aggies at spartan stadium. the homecoming game starts at 1:00 this afternoon. 17th-ranked stanford is in los angeles today to take on number seven usc at 12:30 and it's the california golden bears at washington state 7:30 tonight. >>> some rare memorabilia all connected to the white house. just ahead, a look at some presidential items sold at auction. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, closed captioning brought to you by sleep train, wishing you a fun and safe halloween. [ train whistle blows ] rescued 22 people from a bot that s >>> a look at this morning's top stories, the coast guard rescued 22 people from a boat that started sinking near alcatraz in the san francisco bay last night. passengers who were attending a bachelor party on the boat described feeling a big jolt just before the boat started taking on water. they're all fine this morning. >>> the oakland police department cracking down on its own. they're calling for the firings of two officers and disciplinary action against 42 others. some of the violations include excessive use of force. >>> president obama is in virginia today prepping for the second preside

game seven of the national league championship series but you can also watch the presidential debate at 6:00 tonight on our sister station kicu tv 36 we will also stream the debate live on our website at ktvu.com. you can have your computer on one, tv on the other. >>> today is the last day to register to vote for the november 6th election. your county registrar voter office has the form. applications have to be postmarked no later than today. if you are registering online you have to do it before mid night. time now is 4:35. >>> left in the stands another landmark day for the san jose earthquakes. a fight broke out and smoke bombs went out. police say several galaxy fans assaulted officers with were called in to help. police threw about 100 galaxy fans out of the stadium and arrested at least seven people. >> what did i do wrong? what did i do wrong? >> kicked the fans out. this is not fair. >> police say they are still looking for a few suspects. by the way the earthquakes tied the galaxy 2-2. they finished their regular game in portland. before the match there was a ground breaking ceremony for the earthquake new stadium near the san jose stadium. wrecker ball looks like a soccer b

game time tonight, first pitch just after 5:07 p.m. from here. right now, a soggy at&t park but i'm sure mother nature will cooperate and give us better weather later on for game seven. from at&t park, i'm john henry smith, back to you. >> all right, john henry, thank you very much. they're hoping later tonight it will be soggy because of the champagne. across the bay area we've got a little bit of everything. get ready for sky-high ticket sales ahead of tonight's winner take all ball game. >> christie smith joins us now with the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura an jon. i bet there are giants fans still celebrating from last night's win or getting ready to celebrate that's going to happen tonight. and why not? just what an incredible game. the giants took a commanding lead and would not let go. i was reading about this online. apparently there was a guy out here in a full body panda suit bumping fists with other giants fans and why not, celebrating the 6-1 win over the cardinals, forcing game seven. fans so excited about ryan vogelsong. inside and outside at&t park the excitement was absolutely electric. fans say this is what the team does best. they come back

game 1 and 2 will be both starting at 5:07 p.m. at at&t park. games 3 and 4 will be in detroit this weekend. saturday's game will start at five of seven. d sunday will be a 5:15 p.m. start. we are also attracting some storms this morning we will get more on that with erica and our forecast. good morning erica. >> good morning. let's take it out storm trackers heavy showers yesterday but overnight as well. storm trackers shows source east probably arriving in morning hill in gilroy surely. bring on your screen indicates like rain for downtown san jose just south of milpitas. looks like the showers over sunnyvale and cupertino has passed. the morning commute should be easier compared to what we saw yesterday. do not pull your umbrella away just get until the 6:00 hour we could pick up some shells around oakland the coastline and portions of oakland. we could actually see partial clearing in parts of the east bay. we have potential for an isolated thunderstorm and isolated showers taking on a wider view here on storm trackers 4. not only rain in the bay area but snow in the sierra as well. do have a lot on the back in a lot of cool air int

at the giants' schedule against the st. louis cardinals. in the best of seven series. as you heard the giants have home field advantage. the first game is tomorrow at at&t park at 5:00. game two also at 5:00 on monday. and then it's off to st. louis for three games and if needed back to san francisco for the last two. >>> this afternoon crews began clearing out a san francisco cafe destroyed by a four alarm fire. flames gutted the squat and gobble cafe on portal avenue before dawn yesterday morning. the fire eventually caused the restaurant's roof to cave in. two firefighters suffered minor injuries. a former tenant told cbs 5 the building was unshould have while he was there. >> that is an old building even in the '80s that was an old building already. the place was falling apart in the back already: talking about 1980. >> three neighboring businesses were also damaged and it took firefighters more than ten hours the completely douse all the hot spots. investigators say the fire doesn't appear to be suspicious but the cause is still not known. >>> car burglaries in san mateo county prompted the sheriff's office to issue a warning to residents and vis

games to cincinnati at home. lost game one of the nlcs here at home to st. louis. then they won game two. they won games six and seven last night and are trying to win tonight. leading by 1, top of the eighth inning. the 0-2. popped up. it's belt. one away. this year two lucky consumers won the chance to play with mlb legends through the pepsi max field of dreams program. fans voted. the game will be played in the home down of al consumer winner johnny perati from rochester, new york. he and five of his friends will host the n.l. consumer winner, steven from washington, d.c. log on to mlb.com/pepsimax for details. with one out, nobody on, the batter will be andy dirks. batting for garcia with one out, nobody on, took a ball. dirks had a great year with the bat. hit .322. pinch-hit last night. made an out. 0 for 1 in this world series and the count 1-1. 1-1, grounds to the right side and there is scutaro! two out. and the batter will be gerald laird, who is 0 for 2 tonight. scutaro, even though he's been held hitless tonight, already factored in on the relay to the plate to cut down prince fielder back in the second.

at at&t park and if necessary games six and seven will be played here as well. it's been two years since the giants made tote the nlcs. last year they decide notice make the playoffs. san days hoping for the same magic from 2010 when they won the world series. >> i have a lot of friends in other cities and towns and other states, yankees fans, rangers fans, et cetera. so it's nice to see them prove they're back here again and it wasn't just a one-time deal. >> it's huge. you got 2010 world champs versus the 2011 world champs to be the 2012 world champs. so it's big. >> it's scary when you're facing a team with a lot of heart like the giants. so i think they're ready to battle. they're ready to come in here and it's going to be hard to stop them. >> the nice thing about this year's postseason is that the fans seem to be more relaxed. able to enjoy the experience without being so stressed out as they were in 2010. when everyone was eager to see the giants win their first world series in over 50 series. but make no mistake, fans want their team to go all the way like they did two years ago. >> the fans can afford to be excited, but the players have to stay focused. at least that's their job. for a veteran it's easier than the newer to -- newcomers to the playoffs. rick quan joins us live with a preview of the best of seven series. rick? reporter: this should be a great series. a pair of teams that refuse to lose. at friday, st. louis trailed washington 6-0. they were down to their final strike twice but still managed to win. david disalvo who went to uc davis, tied the game at 7-7 in the nine william with the two-run single. the rookie pete put the cardinals on top with a two-rung single. st. louse scored four in the ninth to advance to the nlcs. the largest come back in a winner take all postseason game. >> both club s had their bath to the wall, we did going into cincinnati, had to win three straight. they found a way to get it done. so that's a lot about the two clubs, the character, and how hard they fight and should be a hard-fought series here. >> i think what we did proved to a lot of people it's not over until it's over. pretty much everybo

at at&t park. >> tomorrow night at 5 those seven games won and to hear. the first pitch already people. eople are taking advantage of the rain and the dugout stores located at the ballpark opens at 10:00 and morning. this open watched it last my driving back from they guess we were listening on the radio and watching the tv. we were so excited. >> did you think the the giants would win being down three to one? >> i was hopeful? they done it before so i was not shocked. >> the no that stuff will be dated because want to become world series champions... >> then i guess i'll have to come back again. >> i was kidding when i said they wouldn't win. (laughter) >> is right. everyone knows it. the giants play best when they're back is against the wall. they had six game 7 starter out the playoffs and that is why it was no big deal for them. i talked to the people at the store and they said guess what the cardinals had some of their teachers made in advance. they did not win so those teachers that were printe. >> the reason we keep going week just keep instilling confidence in each other. >> the

game at home in that best of seven world series. >>> at 5:30 the world series is big business for san francisco. very big. what we've learned about where tourists are spending their money and the statistic that may surprise you. >> the nhl lockout as claimed more games. the league today canceled all games through the end of november. that means the san jose sharks lose 21 games, 11 of them at home. all this comes one day after a league imposed deadline passed for a deal with the players union, which would have allowed for a full 82-game season. nhl officials say they've pulled their most recent offer of a 50/50 split. >> apple shares bounced back. the stock fell after apple warned profits will be down from last year. the company is expecting big christmas sales but is launch ago number of new products if that are more expensive to make. here are today's closing numbers now from wall street. the dow rose a little more than 3 points losing at 13,107. the nasdaq was up almost two points. ante s&p 500 fell one. >> microsoft's newest operating system is now available. windows 8 went on sale at mid night. it's different in that it's touch enabled which makes personal computers and laptops look and behave more like smart phones and tablets. >> it's designed for tablet louis. it's designed for home use. it's designed for integration. >> windows 8 is currently on sale for about $70

game, but this time they're at home. the giants will host the st. louis cardinals in game six and possibly seven on monday. now, tomorrow the game is at 4:30. kim previewed the showdown. >> ryan vogelsong made his postseason debut 11 days ago but already earned the reputation as a big game pitcher. vogelsong believes the ups and downs throughout his career have helped to prepare him for baseball's biggest stage. >> god's been preparing me for this moment for a long time. you know overseas, winter ball, 33, all the struggles. i feel like god's been using all those situations preparing me for this postseason. and that's where my confidence comes from. >> it's incredible, what he's done. you know, we definitely would not be here if it wasn't for his performance and really just looking forward to being out there and playing behind him again. >> he's absolutely taken advantage of a new life here in san francisco and has thrown the ball extremely, extremely well. so, you know, this is an opportunity for anybody to do something different. whenever you get a new life and he comes over here with them and seems to really find his niche. >> vogelsong h

at the top terek stay for a. while and she slipped a second their seven game winning streak ending with a two one defeat at rubin the home side taking a four minute lead through me in here the scene at all ray did bring energy level with the seventh goal of the campaign. but a cracker from after twenty minutes proved to be rubin's winner. worthy winner too because they're inside the now to seven. and after appalling start to the season to now moscow have finally hit form a one zero win over chris to get off their fourth win in five games for us to strike alexander record in the score early in the first half kevin could and you're the provider. so this is how the team stack up after thirteen games to scarlett program g into first spot then eat three points behind the army men last year's runners up sparta laughing. williams has powered her way past maria sharapova to win the season ending to a championship it is the third time the american has claim the title and she did it without dropping a single set in the stamboul williams who's the world number three didn't face a single breakpoint either against the russian and hit eleven aces on her way to a six four six three victory lap of

at&t park, abc7 news. >> thank you, cornell. first pitch of the best of seven in the nlcs against the cardinals is at 5:00 p.m.. the giants will play two games at home, then head to st. louis. game six and seven will be played in san francisco, if necessary. >> developing news, the space shuttle endeavour is still inching his way to its new home in los angeles at the california science center. this is a live look. you know the shuttle was supposed to arrive last night by 9:00, but it had to take a break. it started rolling again around 1:30 this morning and has since traveled another 8 blocks with roughly a mile and a half to go. now there's no single reason for this delay. it's the accumulation of a lot of small problems along the way. in one case a tree that planners thought would not be in the way had to be cut down. it has to be very carefully maneuvering around light poles as well. what you are looking at now is how endeavor made a much quicker pass through the bay area on september 21st when it flew over on the back of a specially-equipped boeing 747 on its way to l.a. >>> we have more developing news for you now. extreme athlete feel fel

at city hall basking in orange game seven afterglow. you see the world series banner at the bottom of the screen? we want you to know our graphics designer chris refused to load those into the system until after the last out of tonight's game. so, no jinx coming from the cbs 5 team, no way. we'll be right back. ,,,, (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you don't! take a step forward and chase what matters. fernet was flowing like then . [ cheering. >>> giants fans on union street in san fransisco we have more baseball coming up in sports. >>> varsity players at one bay area high school were playing another sort of game. they were racking up points for having sex. on piedmont high's so-called fantasy sex league. >> i still find it extremely demeaning. >> it bothers me as a woman. >> reporter: last week piedmont high school principal sent a letter home letting them know about a fantasy sex league and that it was part of the bovending -- bonding for some of the athletes. our female students are drafted as part of the league. male students are giving points for sexual activity with another student. female students score the points for their team by engaging in any documented form of sexual act with any boy or girl which through gossip comes to be known bishop the boys. the boys who participate in fsl are incentivized to perform any act. >> reporter: they want to treat this as an opportunity to educate students about why this is wrong. they want to open up a dialogue and hold an an assembly to address this matter. >>> an oakland city council memb

at at&t park ahead of tonight's big decisive game seven, all on the line. it's just a beautiful thing out there. it doesn't matter if it's raining, the giants have a shot ats. christina loren here to tell us if it looks like they'll bow playing in the rain. >> i think there will be a few showers that roll over at&t park later today, but the news of the day is we're getting hit the hardest right now, just in time for your morning drive. let's start with your live radar. look at this, the actual front right now is starting to push through. san jose has not had much action. that's all going to change as we head through the next half hour. you can see this very potent front carrying light, moderate and very heavy rainfall. you see that indicated by the red an orange embedded in the green. so fremont is getting slammed as well as half moon bay. san jose has been relatively quiet so far. as we head throughout the day today, we're going to continue to see these showers. by mid-morning things look better and that's the good news. as it comes to tonight's game, just light, spotty activity. maybe if we see a delay, it's only about 15 minutes, not looking at a raino

at at&t park. if there is a game seven tomorrow, it will be a rematch of game three. matt cain versus carl loche. the cardinals won that game after a long rain delay, and so let's hope that doesn't happen again. back to you, mike. >> we have another winner in the bay area as the raiders k the jaguars jaguars in overtime. it wasn't pretty, but they will take an ugly >>> well, the raiders can be one of the most frustrating teams to follow in the nfl. they are a work in progress and they took another step in their improvement with an overtime win over the jags. pink, silver and black, breast cancer awareness in the nfl. maurice jones drew injured his foot. it is aired out to short. 42 yards and 7-0 jags. jennings increases the lead. jags lead 17-6 at half. palmer to moore and he does the rest. palmer 26 of 46 and 298 yards. oakland down seven and four minutes to go. palmer to the end zone and heyward-bey interfered with. raiders claw back to tie it at 23. we head to over time. jaguars go the it first. he finds short to -- and lamar houston knock itself loose. jacksonville 21 and then he lines up a 40 yarder, and it is good. the raiders come from behind to win it 26-23 to improve to 2 and 4. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. stick around. >> thanks very much. still to come, the preparations are underway for the last presidential debate. what the candidates are doing to get ready. and hotel rooms are at risk for thieves. the one thing that could put you and your security in danger. and rain in the forecast, but just how do we know what is ahead? why live doppler 7hd is the fastest, most powerful >>> let's take a live look outside, and you can probably look at that picture. the rain we are talking about

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the orioles in seven games against the rangers did not face yu at all. >> we know his reputation. we will look atm today or tomorrow and get a game plan and go after him. >> you can see rose 94, 95 -- he throws in '94, '95. they have to make sure that yu darvish shows strikes. you are not facing the tampa bay rays. you have to take advantage of those opportunities if they come. pete gilbert, wbal-tv 11 sports. >> a pretty good chance the pre- game speech from but showalter will include the phrase "don't let you beat you." the season ends where the loser tomorrow night. a lot more than this season has ended in boston. bobby valentine was fired. he oversaw a six month minnie at fenway. he finished with the boston finished with the worst record in almost half a century. if what the ravens did on offense in september carries over, people will start to notice. the ravens, the no. 2 offense in the nfl. this sunday, joe flacco has the first chance to become the first ravens quarterback ever to throw for more than 300 yards in three consecutive games. the ravens have not forgotten about ray rice. he rank

francisco giants play here at at&t park and one seat open for the first two games of the national league championship serious here. this is a look at it yesterday. best of game seven series and then three games in st. louis and if need be, they will play the last two games back at at&t park. we talked with brandon bell about starting the series here in the city. >> we kind of all crowd around and keeping up with the stats and everything. one second, we had a flight plan to washington and two minutes later. headed back home. everyone was excited to get back home. >> they can maintain the defense. >> you know, third base. and you know, the infield. and defense. and i think that might be the key to the game if they can maintain all the ground balls. and you know, stop all the hits. >> reporter: no shortage of giants fans in the city. especially at that nike marathon we were at earlier. cardinals had practice here at at&t park. game starts at 5:07 p.m. today and tomorrow. we are live in san francisco, lorraine blanco. >> the 49ers are hosting the new york giants. it as rematch of the nfc championship game which the giants won. and it is over the win over the buffalo b

at at&t park first victory at home in these playoffs. amy hollyfield is live at the park. >> reporter: fans much more confident than they were after that first game giants scored seven runs last night only allowing one run for cardinals the series is all tied up 1-1. they head to st. louis today to win this series they must win four games. so far they've won one. the fans here in san francisco are feeling so good they are already talking about the next level. >> [ screaming ] >> we are going to the world series. >> reporter: no word on whether marco will be okay to play his hip was hurt when holly day slid into him -- holiday slid into him. the team leaves sfo late this morning they plan to meet at the ballpark take a bus to the airport to play game three tomorrow, matt cain will be pitching. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> when he stood up -- we need to win four games out of seven to take the series game three tomorrow night or tomorrow in st. louis at 1 p.m. our time cain starts. thursday 5:00 our time friday game five, 5:00 our time in st. louis. >>> today we will find out if san francisco is in the running to host an upcoming super bowl. nfl will decide if san francis

at at&t park. if there is a game seven tomorrow, it will be a rematch of game three. matt cain versus carl loche. the cardinals won that game after a long rain delay, and so let's hope that doesn't happen again. back to you, mike. >> we have another winner in the bay area as the raiders k the jaguars jaguars in overtime. it wasn't pretty, but they will take an ugly >>> well, the raiders can be one of the most frustrating teams to follow in the nfl. they are a work in progress and they took another step in their improvement with an overtime win over the jags. pink, silver and black, breast cancer awareness in the nfl. maurice jones drew injured his foot. it is aired out to short. 42 yards and 7-0 jags. jennings increases the lead. jags lead 17-6 athe half. palmer to moore and he does the rest. palmer 26 of 46 and 298 yards. oakland down seven and four minutes to go. palmer to the end zone and heyward-bey interfered with. raiders claw back to tie it at 23. we head to over time. jaguars go the it first. he finds short to -- and lamar houston knock itself loose. jacksonville 21 and then he lines up a 40 yarder, and it is good. the raiders come from behind to win it 26-23 to improve to 2 and 4. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. stick around. >> thanks very much. still to come, the preparations are underway for the last presidential debate. what the candidates are doing to get ready. and hotel rooms are at risk for thieves. the one thing that could put you and your security in danger. and rain in the forecast, but just how do we know what is ahead? why live doppler 7hd is the fastest, most powerful >>> let's take a live look outside, and you can probably look at that picture. the rain we are talking abou

at 5:07 p.m. at at&t park. three and four in detroit as will game five if that becomes necessary. the giants and tigers return to san francisco for games six and seven if the series goes that far. >>> president obama and mitt romney are back on the campaign trail today in battleground states. the president will try to keep the momentum going after a strong performance in last night's third and final debate. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom. most gave this round to mr. obama. >> reporter: they did. polls give the win to the president over romney. cnn poll reporting 48-40%. last night in boca raton, florida it was all about foreign policy. president obama said the u.s. and its allies have i am bowsed crippling sanctions on iran. romney answered saying the united states should have done more. he said rest petedly, we are four years closer to a -- he said repeatedly we are four years closer to a nuclear iran. >> maybe it is smaller now than any time since 1917. >> the president: we also have fewer horse and bayonets because the nature of our military as changed. >> the two did find common ground. romney applauded the killing of bin laden. both sai