ken pritchett is live for us now in walnut creek with that part of the coverage. hi ken. >> reporter: we watched the giant's game tonight with fans here at mccoovey's restaurant. i can tell you this restaurant emptied pretty quick after that disappointing loss. this was the game. the fans did not give up on especially after seeing the giants come back in the fourth after being down. in the 9th inning it looked like the giants might, might just turn the night around. the fans we talked to were disappointmented. but say if there's something they learned from last series is this team could can come back. >> next game we'll do it. >> seemed like they were going to get there but they ran out of team. >> you know what, what happened last week, they lost at home but the last three, here we are again. >> we're going to go six, at least. yeah it's going to be a tough series. >> five to six. they'll take it 5-6. i'll be here tomorrow night. >> reporter: that was one of several fans we talked to is -- talked to that say they actually have tickets for tomorrow's game. ken prit

ktvu's 10-p is live -- ken pritchett is live. folks there are pumped up. >> reporter: they are. when the a's returned on tuesday, we talked to fans and they predicted a win that 98, -- that night. will the a's like the giants advance in the playoffs tonight? here are the a's before batting practice. tossing the ball. a team that doesn't look nervous about tonight's defining game 5 but the fans last night were on edge before their team came from behind in the 9th. >> it was intense. we were praying and hoping. it was great. >> my wife bought tickets 2 minutes after the game and said you are going. >> it was a miracle. >> reporter: miracle may describe this team and the season the fans experienced. many have tickets for the next season already. >> reporter: why are you so confident? >> because i feel like yoenis cespedes will hit home runs. >> i have a great feel figure they hit the ball they will have a great game. >> i would rather play the orioles. go orioles. >> reporter: even the a's is looking ahead if the team wins tonight, the team will take off the tarps coving seats on a

ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and our coverage continues online on www.ktvu.com. you will find the latest under the playoff tab. >>> an explosion at a home cept one woman to -- sents one woman to the hospital. ktvu's robert handa is live now. >> reporter: we have been asked to back up away from the house along with firefighters because pg&e investigators just gone inside to figure out more about the explosion incident that shook this neighborhood this afternoon. you can see some of the initial damage, as well as work the firefighters had to do to get inside. here is what it looked like after the explosion from a second floor kitchen. this is cell phone video given to us from neighbors. 14 units and 40 firefighters attacked the fire around 1:30 p.m. there were four people home but only one was in the kitchen. she was taken to the hospital with burns. the other three escaped. one told us what he saw. >> real loud explosion. boom! exploded. real loud. >> i just heard an explosion. i thought it was an earthquake. i came outside and the smoke was already coming out the

at donor summit, ken pritchett. >>> ktvu.com has a special ski section with maps of tahoe's ski runs and the latest highway conditions just look under the weather tab on our home page. >>> gas prices are dropping and analysts predict prices could tumble under $4 a gallon. prices are going down because california refineries are coming back online after summer outages. and the state's less expensive winter blend fuel is also reaching gas stations. the winter blend is easier to make because it doesn't have the same standards as the summer blend. >>> we talk to teen who's getting the first consequences of driving and a father who has learned in the most painful way. >>> storm tracker 2 showing you a majority of this system still to the north of us. the low right off the coast of washington. while it sits there it just continues to sepd moisture our way. this is going to be shift -- send moisture our way. this is going to shift tomorrow. getting a little closer here over parts of the north bay we are beginning to see and pick up a few returns over clover dale, off the coastline. most of t

ken pritchett in the city with some very exciting fans but we will start with mark ibanez. >> reporter: thanks a lot frank it's very quiet right now. but early this evening the giant was jumping. and finally after three consecutive season losses, giant fans were hungry for some action and soon after, they would be hungry to be angry as matt holiday goes in hard at second base on marco scutero on the very first-inning trying to break up a double play and the giants were not able to turn it. you judge for yourself. dirty play by matt holiday or just good clean hard baseball. there were differing opinions about that. you will hear from buster posey in a minute. but marco scutero stayed in the game for a while and delivers the big hit in the. the bases were loaded and then matt holiday himself right in the middle of the controversy boots the ball himself in the middle of the out field. here's buster posey talks about the play. >> i think it was late. i don't think there was any question that it was late. i don't think the intention was to hurt him but it was definitely late. >> reporter: 7

at donor summit, ken pritchett. >>> ktvu.com has a special ski section with maps of tahoe's ski runs and the latest highway conditions just look under the weather tab on our home page. >>> gas prices are dropping and analysts predict prices could tumble under $4 a gallon. prices are going down because california refineries are coming back online after summer outages. and the state's less expensive winter blend fuel is also reaching gas stations. the winter blend is easier to make because it doesn't have the same standards as the summer blend. >>> we talk to teen who's getting the first consequences of driving and a father who has learned in the most painful way. >>> storm tracker 2 showing you a majority of this system still to the north of us. the low right off the coast of washington. while it sits there it just continues to sepd moisture our way. this is going to be shift -- send moisture our way. this is going to shift tomorrow. getting a little closer here over parts of the north bay we are beginning to see and pick up a few returns over clover dale, off the coastline. most of t

first though to ktvu's ken pritchett with the democratic perspective and what they want to see from theesident this evening. ken-- >> reporter: well frank we're at democratic headquarters here in san mateo county they expect more than 100 people to be here tonight to watch the debate and to have dinner right before the debate. and several people we talked to said they hope the president will dish it out this evening. demetria rogers will take a break from the phone campaigning to watch president obama in the debate. >> i watched the president kind of come back to life a little bit after a couple of weeks ago and really just talk more about some of the things that have been cede that maybe aren't exactly close to the truth. >> reporter: but that next shot to make an impression will not come again. and tonight's debate is a town hall forum. >> i don't think it necessarily lends itself to quote unquote attacking but i don't think that's necessarily what he needs to do any way. >> reporter: everybody here wants the president to highlight his accomplishments. they think this town hall format

ken pritchett in the city with some very exciting fans but we will start with mark ibanez. >> reporter: thanks a lot frank it's very quiet right now. but early this evening the giant was jumping. and finally after three consecutive season losses, giant fans were hungry for some action and soon after, they would be hungry to be angry as matt holiday goes in hard at second base on marco scutero on the very first-inning trying to break up a double play and the giants were not able to turn it. you judge for yourself. dirty play by matt holiday or just good clean hard baseball. there were differing opinions about that. you will hear from buster posey in a minute. but marco scutero stayed in the game for a while and delivers the big hit in the. the bases were loaded and then matt holiday himself right in the middle of the controversy boots the ball himself in the middle of the out field. here's buster posey talks about the play. >> i think it was late. i don't think there was any question that it was late. i don't think the intention was to hurt him but it was definitely late. >> reporter: 7

ken pritchett tells us both campaigns are trying to manage expectations even before the candidates take the stage. >> reporter: if you listen to the romney campaign they're candidate has a tough road at the university of denver. >> president obama, he's a very gifted speaker. the man has been on the national stage for many years he's an experienced debater. >> reporter: but romney has extensive debater. >> no, governor romney he's a good debater. i'm just okay. >> it is a flurry of unusual compliments, but who's winning the battle to lower expectations? >> i think actually president obama is in part because it's partly true. he's not been a good debater so he has a better argument. >> reporter: but u.s. political science professor cook says the romney campaign has been playing the expectations game both ways. >> coming out the conventions until now. certainly for the romney campaign hasn't been positive and they made the argument, wait until the debates come around. >> reporter: cook says romney has an advantage by simply appearing on stage with a sitting president. and romney could tak

ken pritchett joins us live from the bay with the tips that richmond is set to make. >> reporter: we are told that on tuesday the city council will ask chevron in a resolution to develop a new research center here in marina bay. it's a part of the city that -- the resolution describes as downtrodden but perhaps is on the mend. looking downtown richmond and you will seat signs, richmond welcomes ldnl. they were picked for a new campus. a major gift the city wants to build on with chevron. >> urging them to help create a -- a research campus in richmond and most particularly at marina bay. that's near where lawrence berkeley labs coming in. >> reporter: the city councilman said the idea is with the labs and chevron the bay could be a major green tech center instead of a collection of mostly empty office buildings. he said it would help the city and chevron. >> have a presence here beyond just refining. >> reporter: one significant tenant in the bay is chevron. they intended a major presence here but that changed after a plan to modern eyes the refinery was stuck in the courts. in a wri

ken pritchett tells us both campaigns are trying to manage expectations even before the candidates take stage. >> reporter: if you listen to the romney campaign they're candidate has a tough road at the university of denver. >> president obama, he's a very gifted speaker. the man has been on the national stage for many years he's an experienced debater. >> reporter: but romney has extensive debater. >> no, governor romney he's a good debater. i'm just okay. >> it is a flurry of unusual compliments, but who's winning the battle to lower expectations? >> i think actually president obama is in part because it's partly true. he's not been a good debater so he has a better argument. >> reporter: but u.s. political science professor cook says the romney campaign has been playing the expectations game both ways. >> coming out the conventions until now. certainly for the romney campaign hasn't been positive and they made the argument, wait until the debates come around. >> reporter: cook says romney has an advantage by simply appearing on stage with a sitting president. and romney could take ad

good evening, i'm ken pritchett in for ken wayne tonight. >> i'm heather holmes. >> we begin with that developing news in san francisco where we learned that u.s. park police fired earlier this morning at a suspect. ktvu's noelle walker is live near the scene to explain what led up to the shooting. >> reporter: heather we're on lincoln, which is closed to traffic. i'm going to step out of way so you can see the investigation goes on. i'm told lincoln will be closed for traffic for the next several hours while officers involved this officer-involved shooting. crime scene evidence markers mark the spot at very edge of the city where people come to take in the scenic views. police say money came to break into a car. >> one of our officers witnessed someone trying to break into a vehicle. when he approached that person, the suspect tried to run him over with a vehicle. >> reporter: that is when the u.s. park police officer fired his gun, several times, hitting the suspect vehicle. >> the suspect left the area. we have done a search for the vehicle, but have not yet found it. >> reporter: t

. >> and i'm ken pritchett. both the a's and giants played game two of their respective play off series. we have team coverage. the a's played in detroit but we begin with the giants and debra villalon in san francisco. >> reporter: well this has been such an embarrassing and lopsided loss that fans started deserting the ballpark an hour ago. now they're pouring out deflated after arriving for game two optimistic. high in center field the man with his fingers on the pulse of the game. >> i do feel better energy in the crowd actually. >> reporter: energy, spilling over perhaps from the 49ers big romp at home tonight. >> get some mojo for the giants, let's go baby, play offs. >> reporter: fans who went to both games had to bask in it. >> fantastic. it doesn't get any better, baseball, niners doing their thing. we're on, we're on. >> reporter: but not good enough. fans on both sides of the bay now grasp the strength of their opponent. >> that was a strong team. so, we can do it. we have our faith but it's going to

i am ken pritchett. >> i am heather holmes. >> members of the occupy moment in san francisco are leveling new accusations at police, stemming from yesterday's protest. ktvu's patty lee asked if the action were justified. >> reporter: san francisco police do not dispute the video but they said what is not known is what the protesters did before hand. >> reporter: this is video of san francisco police arresting protesters. it was shot by a filmmaker. >> the cops were hitting people with batons and shoving people and slamming people around. >>> the video is making its way around the web. what is not available is footage before this scene. >> the protesters threw paint at the officers. some of the bags of paint contained rocks. >> reporter: police say there were a few incidents in which officers used batons or police holds to make arrest. >> reasonable force. officers were confronted with objects. >> reporter: we found this posting written by someone part of the protest. it describes how protesters threw paint bombs at officers. >> generally speaking the cops -- >> reporter: but from his poin

we're going to start with ken pritchett outside of the park. where fans just can't stay away. >> reporter: most of the fans are intent of getting home and they're gone. we have fans still celebrating game two victory. many of them are still next to at&t park which has been the epicenter of the celebration that weren't able to get inside to willie mays plaza. for those who did not have tickets. >> hi mom, i didn't get in. >> reporter: then willie mays plaza was the next best thing. >> if you're going to hang out, might as well hang out here. >> reporter: it's where many people watched the game outside at&t park. >> hey world series friends. >> reporter: it is a bustling place where programs are sold, where there's politicking. >> cold water, one dollar. >> reporter: and where people try to make a buck. all this while people are trying to take in the game without disruption. >> reporter: what's your name? >> my name is pearl, can you wait a moment, because somebody is coming up. >> reporter: pearl is watching outside of a bar. where she cannot he

we're going to start with ken pritchett outside of the park. where fans just can't stay away. >> reporter: most of the fans are intent of getting home and they're gone. we have fans still celebrating game two victory. many of them are still next to at&t park which has been the epicenter of the celebration that weren't able to get inside to willie mays plaza. for those who did not have tickets. >> hi mom, i didn't get in. >> reporter: then willie mays plaza was the next best thing. >> if you're going to hang out, might as well hang out here. >> reporter: it's where many people watched the game outside at&t park. >> hey world series friends. >> reporter: it is a bustling place where programs are sold, where there's politicking. >> cold water, one dollar. >> reporter: and where people try to make a buck. all this while people are trying to take in the game without disruption. >> reporter: what's your name? >> my name is pearl, can you wait a moment, because somebody is coming up. >> reporter: pearl is watching outside of a bar. where she cannot he

in denver, ken pritchett, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> stay with ktvu for continuing election cove ram. at 10:25, we delve deeper into the question of which candidate won tonight's debate, with some non-partisan opinions. then reaction from bay area democrats and republicans. what voters on both sides can agree on. and on ktvu.com, you'll find a tab dedicated to tonight's debate with more video. >>> what a finish the oakland a's have capped a storybook season with an improbable winning streak. tonight, the oakland a's, are champion of the american league west. the a's needed a big comeback, but that is the story of the season, after a slow start at the beginning of the season, the a's really turned it on in the 2nd half, ultimately sweeping the angels to win the west. it was their first division crown in two years, and few people saw it coming. ken wayne is live now at the coliseum, with fans who are still celebrating. >> reporter: there is one word used to describe this year's oakland a's. a-mazing. the players took a victory lap to thank the fans who stuck with them. >> the best team

in denver, ken pritchett, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> stay with ktvu for continuing election cove ram. at 10:25, we delve deeper into the question of which candidate won tonight's debate, with some non-partisan opinions. then reaction from bay area democrats and republicans. what voters on both sides can agree on. and on ktvu.com, you'll find a tab dedicated to tonight's debate with more video. >>> what a finish the oakland a's have capped a storybook season with an improbable winning streak. tonight, the oakland a's, are champion of the american league west. the a's needed a big comeback, but that is the story of the season, after a slow start at  the beginning of the season, the a's really turned it on in the 2nd half, ultimately sweeping the angels to win the west. it was their first division crown in two years, and few people saw it coming. ken wayne is live now at the coliseum, with fans who are still celebrating. >> reporter: there is one word used to describe this year's oakland a's. a-mazing. the players took a victory lap to thank the fans who stuck with them. >> the best te

we begin with ktvu's ken pritchett. >> reporter: it's fairly quiet where we are right now outside of at&t park. most of the fans have left the area around the ballpark. look around the street at the restaurant, a lot of fans still celebrating this victory tonight, earlier just after the game, fans were cheering as they poured out of at&t park. high fives, and celebration after a victory in game 1 of the world series. all of the fans that we talked to agreed on what was the highlight of this game. >> sandoval, he came through huge. he did his thing. he represented. oh, my god. >> he saw him hit one. >> i saw him hit two, and then i saw him hit three baby! oh, my god. >> panda sandoval. he almost had four! >> the highlight for you? >> sandoval. it was crazy. and zito rocked it as well. we couldn't have asked for a better game to start it off. we're going to win. >> reporter: we are here at second and king. this is where the players actually leave the ballpark. just about 15 minutes ago, we saw right fielder hunter pence come out here on a scooter, and stop and talk to some fans. a surr

we begin with ktvu's ken pritchett. >> reporter: it's fairly quiet where we are right now outside of at&t park. most of the fans have left the area around the ballpark. look around the street at the restaurant, a lot of fans still celebrating this victory tonight, earlier just after the game, fans were cheering as they poured out of at&t park. high fives, and celebration after a victory in game 1 of the world series. all of the fans that we talked to agreed on what was the highlight of this game. >> sandoval, he came through huge. he did his thing. he represented. oh, my god. >> he saw him hit one. >> i saw him hit two, and then i saw him hit three baby! oh, my god. >> panda sandoval. he almost had four! >> the highlight for you? >> sandoval. it was crazy. and zito rocked it as well. we couldn't have asked for a better game to start it off. we're going to win. >> reporter: we are here at second and king. this is where the players actually leave the ballpark. just about 15 minutes ago, we saw right fielder hunter pence come out here on a scooter, and stop and talk to some fans. a surr