live in kansas city, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> thanks. you can follow wae's digital updates on twitter at wayne freedman and his facebook page. mike shumann will be reporting live from kansas city. you will hear from him live in sports in a few minutes. follow shu on twitter and facebook as well. a decisive game sevenomorrow in kansas city against kansas city. the first tch is 5:07 our time. >>> former major league player jose can say co is recovering after accidentally shooting hielf in the hand. according to our sister network esp he said he was cleaning a gun in the kitchen of his home when the weapon went off. this is video from julyhen he attended a world series reunion event in oakland. the bullet hit a finger on his left hand. he underwent surgery for the wound. canseco played 17 ars in the majors including a long stint with the oakland a's as one of the bash brothers. >>> new at 11:00, a denver man who mteriously vanished during half time of the nfl game between the bncos and the chargers and was found safe 100 miles away in puebl

live in kansas city, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> thanks. you can follow wayne's digital updates on twitter at wayne freedman and his facebook page. mike shumann will be reporting live from kansas city. you will hear from him live in sports in a few minutes. follow shu on twitter and facebook as well. a decisive game seven tomorrow in kansas city against kansas city. the first pitch is 5:07 our time. >>> former major league player jose can say co is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the hand. according to our sister network espn he said he was cleaning a gun in the kitchen of his home when the weapon went off. this is video from july when he attended a world series reunion event in oakland. the bullet hit a finger on his left hand. he underwent surgery for the wound. canseco played 17 years in the majors including a long stint with the oakland a's as one of the bash brothers. >>> new at 11:00, a denver man who mysteriously vanished during half time of the nfl game between the broncos and the chargers and was found safe 100 mi

live in kansas wayne wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> thanks. you can follow wayne's digital updates on twitter at wayne freedman and his facebook page. mike shumann will be reporting live from kansas city. you will hear from him live in sports in a few minutes. follow shu on twitter and facebook as well. a decisive game seven tomorrow in kansas city against kansas city. the first pitch is 5:07 our time. >>> former major league player jose can say co is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the hand. according to our sister network espn he said he was cleaning a gun in the kitchen of his home when the weapon went off. this is video from july when he attended a world seriesin reunion event in oakland. the bullet hit a finger on his left hand. he underwent surgery for the wound. canseco played 17 years in the majors including a long stint with the oakland a's as one of the bash brothers. >>> new at 11:00, a denver man who mysteriously vanished during half time of the nfl game between the broncos and the chargers and was found safe 100 m

wayne freedman, abc 7 news. dan, cheryl? >> wayne, thank you so much.nts fans all across the bay area have been sending us great fan pictures. here are some of them showing their team spirit. here's a sweet little boy. we would like to see how you are celebrating the giants. e-mail your pictures to kgo-tv.com or tweet them to us. >>> let's turn our attention to some other matters tonight. the utah couple accused of a deadly shooting rampage that left two sheriff's deputies dead last week made their first court appearance today. marcelo marquez and his wife, janelle, appeared in sacramento county court separately today. they face more than a dozen felony charges. a third deputy and civilian were also wounded in last week's crime spree. prosecutors say they are still deciding whether to pursue the death penalty. >> the facts speak for themselves. that is always a special circumstance case so a death penalty eligible case. but that would assume we automatically do everything without review, analysis. >> the two did not enter a plea. authorities revealed ma

. >>> our own sports anchor mike shumann and wayne freedman are on the way to kansas city and tweetingur ipad set up so you can look at wayne freedman. >> he is taking pictures and tweeting, people at the airport, the kauffman stadium, and a lost color. you can follow wayne freedman at his twitter handle. >> mike shumann was looking forward to the barbecue. go, giants! >> we want that kc barbecue! >>> sun is shining on the giants at at&t park. meteorologist mike nicco is checking in but for the trick or neils, not so sure about that. >> we have rain on friday but we have to enjoy the weather until we get to it. the hands in the first picture, they are in the wrong position. just a technicality. the kansas city star was dominated, and hunter pence is hitting like 900 for the series so there you go, cold front moving through kansas city today and it will be full of stars but breezy tomorrow. 55 at 7:00 and wind chill in the mid-40's for game six. back at home, just tracking high level clouds on live doppler hd and some light and variable winds as high pressure is taking over and bringing

let's begin with abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman. wayne? >> reporter: these fans have been here 12 hours in advance. this place is festive. downtown is festive. all we know is in the next two nights at this stadium there will be baseball history. might be tonight, might be tomorrow night. there's a lot of baseball history around this city. all you have to do is walk around. historic 18th and vine in kansas city, when will bert harrison sang about it he wrote the lyrics right here in the heart of the place. if you are a san francisco fan visiting the world series, this is a must-see and you can wear your colors. >> people have been really friendly. they have been really, really nice. >> i don't think we would wear this hat in dodger county. >> reporter: laura and john, when they passed through the neighborhood this morning, had history on their mind. and no place in kansas city has more of it than the negro league's baseball museum. ask the man who runs it. >> this is america at her worst but also america at her triumphant best. >> reporter:

live in kansas city, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> thank you, wayne. a lot of fans in san francisco would gladly take that ball off his hands if he wants to put it up for sale. wayne will continue his live reports from the world series tomorrow. game two tomorrow. you can get all of th digital updates from kansas city in between by following him on twitter at wayne freedman and the facial book page. a live report on how local fans reacted to the win over the royals in game one. >>> we have breaking news out of mill pea diswhere police say a body has been discovered near the nubi island landfill. alan wang is live in mill -- mill pea dis. >> we are on the border of san jose and that's why san jose police are telling us they are heading up this investigation at the republic recycling center behind me. earlier today an adult body was found discovered in a pile of recycling material around 4:30 this afternoon. this is where it is dumped and sorted after it is collected on their route. at this time we believe the cor coroner has taken the body away, but we

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman on watching the game from mccovey cove along with sports anchor mike shumann. but we start with sports director larry beil. larry? >> thank you, cheryl. game three of the world series almost under way. we have been hanging out with the fans all afternoon, as you can see the crowd behind me has thinned out as fans are making their way into the stadium. it will be sold out, 42,000 plus. we had a fun time talking with a bunch of the fans who came with families, some came from out of town. some came in costume and let's listen in to some of those conversations. i like the commitment with the body paint. >> it's not the first time. we did the same thing back in 2010. >> reporter: what about 2012? >> 2012, i didn't have it. i was unemployed so i couldn't afford it. >> reporter: how long does it take for you to get your whole body painted up? >> took me about a good hour and a half. we're from sacramento, too, so time to get here, you know, good about four hours out of our day. but that's nothing. >> reporter: are you going to be painted up for the whole week

live in kansas city, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> thank you, wayne. a lot of fans in san francisco would gladly take that ball off his hands if he wants to put it up for sale. wayne will continue his live reports from the world series tomorrow. game two tomorrow. you can get all of th digital updates from kansas city in between by following him on twitter at wayne freedman and the facial book page. a live report on how local fans reacted to the win over the royals in game one. >>> we have breaking news out of mill pea diswhere police say a body has been discovered near the nubi island landfill. alan wang is live in mill -- mill pea dis. >> we are on the border of san jose and that's why san jose police are telling us they are heading up this investigation at the republic recycling center behind me. earlier today an adult body was found discovered in a pile of recycling material around 4:30 this afternoon. this is where it is dumped and sorted after it is collected on their route. at this time we believe the cor coroner has taken the body away, but we

follow mike shumann on twitter and facebook and wayne freedman will report live from the world series and you can follow the updates from kansas city by following him on twitter at wayne freedman and open facebook payment. -- page. >> police are investigating a situation involving hazardous materials incident with the coroner on the scene and other emergency crews starting at night at 9:30. two plans were seen leaving the home with no word on what triggered the situation or who may have died or been injured. we have several calls in for an update and we will bring you more information. >> a dozen people are recovering from something that made them sick at a redwood shores hotel. this is video showing parties being treated at hotel with firefighters calling at balloon and found 16 people sick in town for naacp event. doctors say they all ate the salmon at the hotel on saturday night. the hotel has released a statement saying in part "while we do not know the cause it appears unrelated to the hotel at had time according to a just completed inspections by health department officials." ha

ve from kansas city, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> just wonderful, wayne. thank you so mch. >> truly the stuff of ledge ends. look at is picture. giants fans stuck with their team all the way. here is a furry fan who loves the orange and black obviouy. >> and twins who had the time of theirlives this post season. they are showi us just what it feels like to be a giants fan. >> how adorable. we want to see your gits spirit. send pictures to you report-tv.com. >> and we wll all be able to celebrate with the team this friday, halloween. the para starts attewart and market streets and ends with a rally at civic center. >> abc news will carry it on air and on-line for you live our coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. on friday. we really hope youune in for that. yes, and we do have a lot more world series coverage coming up. next on abc7 news -- >> the growing celebrations outside at&t park, and what police are doing to keep everyone safe. >> i am meteorologist sandhya patel. i a tracking the storm for halloween. will it rain on the parade on friday? i'll be back with

live from kansas city, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> just wonderful, wayne. thank you so much. >> truly the stuff of ledge ends. look at this picture. giants fans stuck with their team all the way. here is a furry fan who loves the orange and black obviously. >> and twins who had the time of their lives this post season. they are showing us just what it feels like to be a giants fan. >> how adorable. we want to see your giants spirit. send pictures to you report-tv.com. >> and we will all be able to celebrate with the team this friday, halloween. the parade starts at stewart and market streets and ends with a rally at civic center. >> abc news will carry it on air and on-line for you live. our coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. on friday. we really hope you tune in for that. >> yes, and we do have a lot more world series coverage coming up. next on abc7 news -- >> the growing celebrations outside at&t park, and what police are doing to keep everyone safe. >> i am meteorologist sandhya patel. i am tracking the storm for halloween. will it rain on the parade on frid

. >> abcnews reporter wayne freedman is live outsid kaufman stadium. wayne?> well, erybody is talking about that homerun in the 6th inning. and they a talking about hunter stricknd. the strick land incident. let's look at the videotape. it is his fifth homerun in five and two-third post innings. he hit the two-run shot in the sticks and then he began yelling at perez who doubled earlier andcored which lead to tense moments. no giants wanted to dwell the indent so let's begin our locker room interviews with strickland who mostly would say he did not perrm well and was frtrated with himself. >> there is no hard feelings toward anybody. >> what was it that set you off? >> the fifth homerun i have given up this post season it is my frustration with myself. anything can happen in the game of baseball. there is no certainty at any point. that's the beauty. especially at this time of year in the world series anything can happen at any ment. enjoy the competition sometime there are days where you have to tip your hat. jay we didn't play our best baseball. we had a to

and that's where our wayne freedman is tonight. we take another live look from sky 7 hd first. >> wayne, how is it going out there in kansas city? i know it's a disappointing night for royals fans, but the people who traveled out from san francisco must be thrilled. >> reporter: this is the qui quietest we've seen the fans in the stadium leaving. they're shouting, quietly, orderly went back to their cars. the giants took the momentum tonight. this is where the momentum mattered. we were down the left field line when the final out happened. let's show you the tape and show you what it looked like. and this we might add is civilized, stunned, respectful applause. the giants have won their third world series in five years. and once again, they did it in the stadium of the visiting team. they've beaten the recent trend visiting teams losing seventh games. this one took their fans wide in 2014. the best record in baseball, for the first couple of months, to a complete and utter befuddlement to putting it together in the postseason with t

. >> abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman was among the fans today and joins us live. hi, wayne. >> reporter: same fans, same story, same hopes for a world series. they want three. these fans are getting greedy. a few years ago, they thought the giants would never win a world series. then we got 2010, 2012. now they are talking about 2014. please allow us to finish that sentence. welcome to game three of the national league championship series. what is different this time? no one uses the word torture. thank goodness for that. >> i love it. love it. >> we are giants nation. >> reporter: with all that implies. for crowds it's a costume party masquerading as a baseball game. for teams, a chance to go to the world series. for the team's ceo, a chance to flash one of two world series rings. >> which one you like better? >> it's like children. you can't ask which child you like better. they're equally loved. >> reporter: let's talk about love for a minute. if you love the giants, you pay richly for this experience. >> $235. >> $275. >> worth every penny. >> reporter: assumin

live from kansas city, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> just wonderful, wayne. thank you so much. >> truly the stuff of ledge ends. look at this picture. giants fans stuck with their team all the way. here is a furry fan who loves the orange and black obviously. >> and twins who had the time of their lives this post season. they are showing us just what it feels like to be a giants fan. >> how adorable. we want to see your giants spirit. send pictures to you report-tv.com. >> and we will all be able to celebrate with the team this friday, halloween. the parade starts at stewart and market streets and ends with a rally at civic center. >> abc news will carry it on air and on-line for you live. our coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. on friday. we really hope you tune in for that. >> yes, and we do have a lot more world series coverage coming up. next on abc7 news -- >> the growing celebrations outside at&t park, and what police are doing to keep everyone safe. >> i am meteorologist sandhya patel. i am tracking the storm for halloween. will it rain on the parade on frid

live in kansas city, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> thank you, wayne. a lot of fans in san francisco would gladly take that ball off his hands if he wants to put it up for sale. wayne will connue his live reports from the world series tomorrow. game two tomorrow. you can get all of th digital updates from kans city in between by following him on twitter at wayne freedman and the faci book page. a live report on how local fans reacted tohe win over the royals in game one. >>> we have breaking news out of mill pea diswhere police say a body has bee discovered near the nubi island landll. alan wang is live in mill -- mill pea dis. >> we are on the border of san jose and that's why san jose police are telling us they are heading up this inveigation at t republic recycling center behind me. earlier today an adult body was found discovered in a pile of recycling material around 4:30 this afternoon. this is where it is dumped and rted after it is collected on their rte. at this time we believe the cor coroner has taken the body away, but we don't know if it is

the second half of the season. >> and wayne freedman is reporting live from the world series and tweeted this photo of a little boy holding a baseball saying "who doesn't feel like a kid at game seven of the world series." mike shumann tweeted this "does it get any better than this," holding the commissioner's trophy. >> you have to know people. he knows the guy. bay area san francisco mayor lee the skyline is awash in orange. he issued this statement "i congratulate our world champion san francisco giants after another spectacular world series victory. for the third time in five years this world class organization prosecute our city together as only our hometown heroes can." >> the city will celebrate the victory with a huge parade tomorrow going at noon. it is set to start at market and end with a rally in front of city hall and we will carry the parade and rally on air and at 11 a.m. so we hope you will join us. >> a reminder, the giants' plan landed at 4:00 at sfo and they are load on the buses for the trip to at&t park and when they get there we will have it for you but right now we

. >> abc news reporter wayne freedman is live outside kauffman stadium in kansas city, missouri. hi, wayne. >> reporter: it's a little lonely to be a giants fan. there aren't many people wearing orange or black. it is a moving sea of blue. it's also safe to say that tonight, that moving sea of blue is a little less confident than it was last night. to quote a royals fan, we need a little bit of luck and we found them getting it in some strange places. as temperatures dropped, the leaves turned a bit in kansas city last night. that's good news in a city celebrating a fall classic and looking for new heroes to add in right field. frank white, george brett. >> greatest player ever to wear the uniform. >> reporter: who needs the heroes when kansas city has the gnome. >> he's styrofoam. >> yes, but he's dressed appropriately. >> reporter: all thanks to steven, a sculptor who cast the gnome four months ago as a royals good luck charm. but he never expected his gnome to go viral around here. >> i have done art my whole life. i live in that world. >> reporter: has anything ever taken off

it isn't over yet." >> we have reports from wayne freedman and you can follow him. >>> developing news, students at san jose state university are mourning the loss of one of their own. 22-year-old chi lam died yesterday afternoon a day after he was hit by a suspected drunk driver would left the scene. the students held a vigil last night. police say the driver is 22-year-old who is under arrest now and accused of striking chi lam crossing the fraternity house on sunday morning. we will have more on the accident and the investigation at the top of hour. >> hundreds of napa earthquake victims can now apply for federal assistance. the august 24 6.0 magnitude earthquake left many in shambles help is on the way for property owners. fema and the office of emergency services say aid is available under the individuals and household program. a thousand private property owners in napa have been waiting to determine whether they are eligible if the funds. the assistance could include grants are low interest loans. >> nurses are demanding better preparations if those who treat ebola patients. nurs

. >> abc7 news reporter wayne freedman is live outside kaufman stadium. wayne? >> well, everybody is talking about that homerun in the 6th inning. and they are talking about hunter strickland. the strick land incident. let's look at the videotape. it is his fifth homerun in five and two-third post innings. he hit the two-run shot in the sticks and then he began yelling at perez who doubled earlier and scored which lead to tense moments. no giants wanted to dwell on the incident so let's begin our locker room interviews with strickland who mostly would say he did not perform well and was frustrated with himself. >> there is no hard feelings toward anybody. >> what was it that set you off? >> the fifth homerun i have given up this post season. it is my frustration with myself. >> anything can happen in the game of baseball. there is no certainty at any point. that's the beauty. especially at this time of year in the world series anything can happen at any moment. enjoy the competition sometime there are days where you have to tip your hat. jay we didn't play our b

wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you. >>> you can get all sorts of fun facts about the world series from wayne such as this tweet today. more facts about kauffman stadium. every seat faces second base. you can get all of wayne's digital updates from kansas city by following him on twitter and on his facebook page. >>> only in kansas city would a fan be allowed to bring an enormous moose antler every time royals third baseman mike moustakas steps up to the plate, the fans yell moose! >> moose! >> thank you, larry. an exuberant fan took it to the next level by bringing in the antlers. unfortunately, there weren't too many occasions to bring them out. >> great as long as you're not sitting behind that guy. >>> one of the stars of modern family is watching the games. he's a kansas city native and posted this video to instagram of him on a plane with a giants fan behind him. he said he shook his head in disapproval at how smug that giants fan is. remember the score, though? maybe he had a reason. modern family is on tonight at 9:00. >> gnome didn't help him too much last night aga

. >> abc7 news reporter wayne freedman is live outside kaufman stadium. wayne? >> well, everybody is talking about that homerun in the 6th inning. and they are talking about hunter strickland. the strick land incident. let's look at the videotape. it is his fifth homerun in five and two-third post innings. he hit the two-run shothe sticks and then he began yelling at perez who doubled earlier and scored which lead to tense moments. no giants wanted to dwell on the incident so let's begin our locker room interviews with strickland who mostly would say he did not perform well and was frustrated with himself. >> there is no hard feelings toward anybody. >> what was it that set you off? >> the fifth homerun i have given up this post season. it is my frustration with myself. >> anything can happen in the game of baseball. there is no certainty at any point. that's the beauty. especially at this time of year in the world series anything moment at any moment. enjoy the competition sometime there are days where you have our didn't play our best baseball. we had a tough

wayne freedman is in kansas city and talked with fans last night. >> overconfident at times.ostly, though, it was hard to watch just an unravelling. it happens on both sides and it happened to us today. >> white the slate clean. get rest. start friend. go for it. >> tim hud son starts for the giants tonight. >> as a kid you think about it, as a big league player you think about it and you wonder if you will have that opportunity to do it and 16 years in the big leagues and finally, i had the chance and i am really excited about it. >>> hudson is the old of the game seven starter in major league history facing guthrie a rematch of game three. >> bumgarner is available, as well, and folks are looking forward to seeing some of him and that may happen. >> and mike shumann remains in kansas city to cover game seven of the world series and here are tweets. he is giving stats including wonderful pictures, as well. the fans are drinking heavy last night. here are some of the tweets from mike shumann. mickey is not a royals unanimous. -- fan. >> and we will have reports from kansas ci

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live with details on this. wayne? >> reporter: the technical details involve physics and chemistry and maybe a little bit of shoddy workmanship, too. let's boil this down to the simple terms. when taxpayers spend more than $6 billion for a signature bridge, they expect the job to be done right. well, someone got a little shoddy in this case. it's not so much about the money this time, just confidence. confidence again. >> this is a safe bridge. >> reporter: certainly not as sound as california's taxpayers might expect even if it's just a little thing. another little thing. >> it's not acceptable, okay? >> how would you characterize it? >> workmanship issue, right? >> it's not acceptable. >> we are going to fix it. >> reporter: down near the bottom where 26 foot long steel rods connect the tower to the base, cal trans has found a new problem. 17 rods among 424 that are not completely grouted, allowing water to enter, collect and potentially ruin their structural integrity through corrosion. >> how is that standing wate

wayne freedman joins us from the ballpark. both the fans and police are ready. >> reporter: yeah, do we have to talk about the police? i guess we do have to talk about the police. it's a baseball game. it's all in fun. the fans come into the game tonight, they want to have fun. they want to celebrate if the giants win the pennant tonight. the question is, how much fun and how much celebrating is too much celebrating. and the san francisco police have an answer to that. let's talk security. just one look, it's fairly clear that the giants have it covered inside the game tonight. if the team wins the national league pennant, they cannot control what happens later. >> if they win, will you feel safe outside after the game? >> yeah. i'll be joining the party. >> reporter: sorry to rain on any future victory parades, but the san francisco police have short memories. and in 2014, they have not so fond memories of 2012, the celebration in san francisco ach the giants won the world series. >> any vandalism, any arsons, any disturb ban

let's go live to abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman live at at & t park with a bunch of fans exiting the game. wayne? >> reporter: well, they say baseball's a game of anticipation. the fans here today were anticipating a win and moving on to the national league championship series. as you said, they are going to have to wait for at least one more game. meet me at willie mays. for anyone going to the game at at & t park, willie's not just a hall of famer anymore. he's a landmark. who you waiting for? >> my nephew. >> my brother. >> reporter: after a season of highs, lows, injuries, rookies, no-hitters and frankly, doubt, this is bonus time. game three of a post season that feels miraculous by its mere existence. >> kind of iffy. at best, iffy. >> reporter: but it's here now in orange and black glory. this is the look? >> this is the look. see? the shoes, the bows. >> reporter: a fitting tribute as the wild card champion giants returned home today needing one more win to move on to the national league championship series. >> the only time we do well is [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: safe t

wayne freedman is live tonight. he's searching for a pre-game party. >> this is a place jammed with fans one guy said there are two people for every square inch. tonight it's we came down here expecting crowds and we've got nobody. to quote one guy, he says it's the storm before the storm saying we have a big game tomorrow night. and maeb we'll see more here tomorrow night but this is tonight. very calm. very sedate >> that is sure, wayne, thank you. we'll be providing updates from kansas city. you can follow him on his facebook page as well. abc7 news is in kansas city as well, will be here later in the newscast. you can follow him at mike shumann on twitter. >> to developing news out of newark. police have closed off thornton avenue between gateway and willow street. they're not reviewing the nature of the investigation. >> and a tragic story in the east bay tonight. a girl is lucky to be alived after a halloween event turned nie tragic ordeal. she was launched into a window and needed 100 stitches. the story you'

abc7ews reporter wayne freedman is at the ballpark tonight. fans have been celebrating. hi, wayne. >> hi celebrating and this pce is beginning to empty out and getting quiet. that game ended and fans ploded out of the ballpark. here is a sense of what it looks like. >> let's take a look. craze mass of humanity pouring out of at a t park said what see here it is time to break out the feverwork. certainly building after today's win. >> this is fantastic. means we're awesome. it's huge. it's our time. . >> i almost had a heart tack. >> please don't. >> just a fabulous game. so happy to be here today. i'm that excited. >> too hard not to win? >> just amazing. >> i'll tell you it's not the -- it wasn't what bruce bocci said. a woman told us giants won today because she wore the same sweater she wore every game in 2012. another guy told us giants won because he has the same cheese burger before every home game. that is amazing. reporting ve in the ballpark, wayne freedman abc7 news. >> it's combination of the two. thank you, wayne. here is what you'll find if you drive your car

in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> man has a point. as wayne just said, the giants had a chance to sweep the nationals but an error by madison bumgarner led to two runs yesterday. the giants never bounced back, losing 4-1. abc 7 news sports anchor mike shumann continues our team coverage at the ballpark. what are you looking for from the giants tonight to wrap up this division series? >> reporter: well, the key at any point in the post season is pitching. ryan vogelsong will go against gio gonzalez and trying to get that first run on the board because that takes the pressure off your pitcher. you think this team would be uptight but check it out. pregame, this might have been the loosest i have ever seen this group in a post season. they have a 2-1 lead which will make it a lot easier and the pressure is still on the nats to keep this series alive. but ryan vogelsong, very intense on game day and if he gets a little overamped i have to keep an eye on him. hunter pence told us if there's a manager in the game you want in this situation,

wayne freedman joins us with that. how much will they pay? >> reporter: oh, i'm glad i'm working this game instead of going to this game and paying for parking at this game. orange is the new green. deals are all relative. >> they should let it park for free. >> reporter: for that matter, pigs should fly but not when parking in san francisco during playoff time -- >> $40 is unbelievable. we're not used to these rates. >> reporter: mike, cardinals fan, paid $40 to park half a mile from the stadium and feels he got a deal. same with john, what's up with that, he only paid four times the regular rate here. >> i wish it wasn't so expensive but that's just the way it is. >> reporter: ever think maybe they have you trained? >> it's possible. >> reporter: it's supply and demand. exhibit b or maybe c, this lot at 153 townsend one block from the park. the sign says $100. jason louie paid $78 by making a reservation. >> i'm good with that price. >> reporter: what's going on here? >> it's a status thing. >> reporter: stewart kesselman, aka mr. ticket, a

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman joins us live in kansas city. after waiting for days, finally, it's game on. >> reporter: finally it is game on. just want to clarify something. we are in kansas city. turns out independence and kansas city, the border is about 100 yards away. we crossed over, didn't know it. the game is under way. this parking lot that was a moving sea of blue has now moved inside the stadium. slashes of orange, few and far between. >> i hope it's a good series. >> reporter: it must be a bit strange for giants fans to see rooters for an opposing team wearing blue and being nice about it. >> you guys are cool. you're all right. >> how do you know? >> i'm giving you the benefit of the doubt. >> reporter: turns out giants and royals fans have at least one thing in common. both regard "don't stop believing" to be their anthems. ♪ don't stop believing hold on to that feeling ♪ ♪ street lights blah blah blah. don't know anything after that. >> reporter: but wait. that is a san francisco song written by a bay area band. does the word th

wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you. you can track the record-breaking heat any time with the abc 7 news weather app. get it from the app or on google play. find more information on abc7news.com/apps. >>> the hardly strictly bluegrass festival is part of the reason for a traffic warning in san francisco this weekend. 40,000 people are expected to attend each day in san francisco. some streets in golden gate park will be closed. on sunday, thousands will take part in the bridge to bridge run starting at 9:00 at justin herman plaza, going to the golden gate bridge. the castro street fair will draw tens of thousands of people to castro district sunday and howard street between third and fourth will be closed until tomorrow evening as crews clean up from oracle open world which is wrapping up. a lot going on. >> lot of traffic problems there. lot of traffic problems with what you are about to see. you don't want to see this in the heart of the financial district in san francisco. a geyser erupting. yeah. you can hear the sir

wayne freedman is live tonight. he's searching for a pre-game party. >> this is a place jammed with fans one guy said the are two people for every square inch. tonight it's we cme down here expecting crowds and we've got nobody. to quote one guy, he says it's the storm bore the storm saying we have a big game tomorr night. and maeb we'll see more here tomorrow night but thiis tonight. very calm. very sedate. >> that is sure, wayne, thank you. we'll be providing updates from kansas cy. you can follow him on his facebook page as well. abc7 news is in kansas city as ll, will be here later in the newscast. you can follow him a mike shumann on witter. >> to developing news out of newark. police have closed off thornton avenue between gateway and llow street. they're not reviewing the nature of the investigation. >> and a tragic sry in the east bay tonight. a girl is lucky to be alived after a halloween event turned nie tragic ordeal. she was lnched into a window and needed 100 stitches. the story you'll see only on abc7.

wayne freedman live in kansas city. >> we want to see our destiny, right? wayne tweeted out some pictures from inside kauffman stadium today. this shows a view from the first base dugout. that's where the royals team will be. the giants will be across the infield in the third base dugout. wayne will continue reporting from the world series tomorrow and you can get all of his digital updates from kansas city in between by following him on twitter and on his facebook page. >> wayne is a twitter machine, by the way. if anything happens, he's tweeting it. >>> the mayors of the two cities involved have made a friendly wager on the world series. community service for a day in the winner's city and of course, there is food involved. >> if the giants lose, mayor ed lee would read to public school students in kansas city and would send city specialties. sourdough, ice cream and phil's coffee. if kansas city loses, the mayor will come and serve meals to the homeless. he would send world famous kansas city barbecue and jazz music to san francisco. >> looking forward to

abc7 news reporter wayne freedman is at the ballpark tonight. fans have been celebrating. hi, wayne. >> hi celebrating and this place is beginning to empty out and getting quiet. that game ended and fans exploded out of the ballpark. here is a sense of what it looks like. >> let's take a look. craze mass of humanity pouring out of at and t park said what we see here it is time to break out the fever work. certainly building after today's win. >> this is fantastic. means we're awesome. it's huge. it's our time. . >> i almost had a heart attack. >> please don't. >> just a fabulous game. so happy to be here today. i'm that excited. >> too hard not to win? >> just amazing. >> i'll tell you it's not the -- it wasn't what bruce bocci said. a woman told us giants won today because she wore the same sweater she wore every game in 2012. another guy told us giants won because he has the same cheese burger before every home game. that is amazing. reporting live in the ballpark, wayne freedman abc7 news. >> it's combination of the two. thank you, wayne. here is what you'll find if you

. >> wayne freedman, our wayne freedman, will continue the reports today with digital updates from kansasity and in define by following him on twitter and facebook. >> game two tonight facing the royals with the series shifting to san francisco for game three and four friday and saturday and along with game five open sunday, if necessary. the series goes back to kfc for six and seven next week if necessary and all games start at 5:00 our time. in the south time, an employee at a recycling center makes a disturbing discovery. >> today is a year insurance -- since the team was shot and killed by a sheriff deputy. >>> from sky seven the back upon 101 in the gilroy area because of a big fire in the area of ferguson. you can no doubt see it from the freeway. it is a mile and a half from the outlet malls and it is 10,000 square feet of pallets burning out of control and we will bring you more as the news becomes >>> we have pictures from sky 7 over 101 as they come up toward 85 in south san jose with flashing lights and trying to find out more information. traffic is certainly building as you h

follow mike shumann on twitter and facebook and wayne freedman will be reporting with digital updates on twitter and on his facebook page. >>> happening today, a 20-year-old man is entering a plea on charges of molesting two young girls who were shopping with their parents. christopher german me live add girl in a wal-mart and then drove to a target at bay fair mall and molested another girl 15 minutes later, aims six and nine. the public was credited with leading the police to german. >> a san jose map will enter a plea for assaulting an elderly man in a park restroom turning himself into police after the incident. the victim suffered severe facial injuries. he said he flashed his son in the bathroom but police say this is no evidence that happened. >> oakland police this morning are looking for whoever shot and killed a mother of four in broad daylight, a tragedy officers are blaming on road rage. according to the police, 30-year-old perla avina was in the car with her husband going south on 98th avenue on independence and someone in another scar shot her. her husband rushed her hom

wayne freedman and mike shumann are in kansas city and you can follow them on facebook and twitter. >>> berkeley police are looking into a shooting that left one dead that happened behind the market and d eli on university avenue last night across from the state park when exteriors got there a man in his 20's was lying on the background and pronounced dead. we have what witnesses are say about the shooting. >> engineers are looking for the cause of a rocket packed with supplies to explode moments after take off. the rocket was made by a private firm but the miss was run by nasa. nick has the latest. >> the company behind the rocket is trying to stop suggestions that engine failure was the cause of the explosion. nasa says it is too usually to tell. o, god. o, god. oh god. >> you could hear the shouts from those who came out to watch in virginia, it exploded six seconds after take off the scientists knew something was wrong. they secureed the cite. critics were quit to point blame at 18 russian engines use by the private contractor. >> it is a you it time to lose a launch vehicle like

live in kansas city, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> hope we smell the win. thank you, wayne. last night's loss hasn't slowed the spending by giants' fans. popup stores continue to get lots of people looking to buy team merchandise, even in lafayette which is in the middle of oakland a's country. players' shirts and the we own october tees continue to be big sellers. if the giants win, this vend orsaovendor says he will stick around with plenty of world championship merchandise. >> the giants will be playing in their 179th game of the year, the regular season, playoff games, world series games. the season ends with 39-year-old tim hudson. this is the opportunity of a lifetime, making the most important start in his 16 year major league career. >> unfortunately, history is not on the giants side. abc 7 sports anchor mike shumann is with the team in kansas city and tweeted another stat giants fans will hate. nine straight home teams have won game seven dating back to 1979. let's go back and check in with shu at kauffman stadium. >> reporter: don't blame me. that's just a basebal

wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> well, that drought persists, as we know. >> yep, yep.e certainly knows what he's talking about, that smart person. and we are looking at temperatures today once again above average. low 60s right now. no fog out there. we will see more of a sea breeze today. that will help you at the coast and in san francisco feel a little cooler today but we are going to be stingy with the cooling. i'll explain coming up. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead, and i know you did not stay up for this one, a huge extra-innings win for the giants and some record-setting post-season play. schu has all the highlights coming up. whoa! yeah i was testing to see if we really can turn any device in your house into a tv and the tablet worked just fine but i wanted to see if the phone will work as well. so i shrunk sharon. every channel's live just like on tv but it's my phone. it's genius. shh! i'm watching tv. tiny sharon is mean. i'm right here. watch any channel live on any device around your home. the x1 entertainment operating system only from xfinity. >> a new re

throw it over the stadium to the other side of mccovey cove, and that's where abc 7 news reporter wayne freedmans standing by. hi, wayne. >> reporter: you know, they call this a free glimpse, i'm not sure what they are getting a glimpse of. they are getting a glimpse of the people in the stadium. still, when the giants proposed a ballpark in this location, the original plan was to have trained dogs catching the balls and retrieving them from the water. well, it didn't appear that that idea worked out real well. you are looking at chaos afloat. when is the last time you saw this in mccovey cove? bomb sniffing dogs checking out everyone and everything that moved as long as it wasn't anchored and floating. we are just having that kind of day. you sailed all the way from hanford? >> every inch of it. >> reporter: is it amateur hour today? >> absolutely. >> reporter: how so? >> nobody really knows what they're doing. >> reporter: but that's what a world series brings, instant fans, and a giants navy stocked with craft ranging from small kayaks to this 1943 navy tugboat rescued from mothballs and rest

. >>> wayne freedman and mike shoe -- mike shumann are in kansas city following the game. >> former president bill clinton will hold a rally encouraging people to get to the polls next week. he will be joined by democratic congressman berr a of elk of voting for middle class advocates. the rally is underway at 12:30 at uc davis arts pavilion. >> nasa is trying to figure what caused an explosion of a rocket on take off. two area schools are hurt because they had a stake in the international space station and the journey. nick? >>> engineers say it is too early to understand the explosion and nasa is warning the public to city away from rocket debris. >> oh, god. oh, god. >> the shock of what they were seeing cam toured on this cell phone, the rockets owned by a virginia company exploding seconds after blast off. millions of dollars worth of equipment ranging from classified government materials to school science experiments including properties from to schools in the bay area, urban promise in oakland and from unified sonoma county. new warnings in nasa to avoid contact with debris because it

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live from the partly strictly bluegrass festival which is aptly named. >> reporter: it is. some days this job does not feel like work. this would be one of them. they are expecting 750,000 to a million people to come in here by sunday night. the biggest hits so far, john prime, he was supposed to go on at 2:40. now he's going on in a few minutes. other than that, hardly strictly is smooth as silk. beautiful day, beautiful people. >> in my heart i'm still a hippie of 20. >> reporter: wait a minute. a warning, they want us to use sunscreen. they want us to hydrate. they do not want us to medicate. at hardly strictly bluegrass, they do have a medical tent and yes, they are worried about the heat. >> got any cures for deafness? >> no. ear plugs. >> reporter: too late. whether you came here for buckwheat or bill kirkland or so much fun or any of almost 100 other acts, the continuing gift of a free concert to san francisco opened up again today in golden gate park. >> this particular event is like how many different people can you find. it's a bluegrass

wayne freedman joins us with the story. wayne? >> reporter: that's all true. joanne hayes-white is in more jeopardy today than yesterday. first she had the letter from the rank and file. now a potentially devastating letter from her chiefs, from her management team, to the mayor of the city of san francisco. they asked for her to be resigned or to be removed. >> i have worked with her and i liked her personally, yes. this is hard. >> reporter: in the opinion of battalion chief brian rubenst n rubenstein, it's time for joanne hayes-white to step down or be removed. he's a 24 year veteran of the department. that's his name on the bottom of the letter on behalf of 43 other chiefs. >> i have never seen morale this low. >> reporter: it's low because? >> i feel that it's a leadership issue. >> reporter: this criticism of hayes-white has been building for months, the firefighters union tells us. the department has a laundry list of issues from ambulance response times to facilities to style. they say this chief, who plays well to the public, has failed to represent t

wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> we have every confidence in you. and you can track the record breaking heat every time with the weather app. you can also find more information at abc7news.com/app. >>> we have breaking news for you right now. a rescue of some sort i believe this is in san francisco. we are told that these are firefighters in san francisco and this is on telegraph hill. this is actually right around the corner from our building here. >> yes. and it looks like they got the ladder out. trying to rescue someone and that's a very steep hill. so hopefully everyone is being careful. it looks like the man is coming down with the assistance of two firefighters. one in front, one behind. he certainly isn't wearing very much with that i don't know if he was sun bathing up there. >> they said he was combative, so -- perhaps he was sleeping up there. in any case, he's coming down and he'll be just fine. this is happening in san francisco right now. >>> right now new this morning, san jose police are investigating after a driver hit a pedestrian.

. >> strickland told wayne freedman there were no hard feelings just frustration over giving up five home runs in the post-season. >> associate, a huge invitation world series party in honor of the giants is planned on the waterfront today at the new cruise ship terminal at pier 27 with workers setting up the venue only, hosted by major league baseball and the san francisco giants. it is invitation only. the series new shifts to san francisco with the next three games at at&t park, game three tomorrow, game four on sunday and then the following day. >> a woman was found shot to death in oakland before 3:30 this morning. shots spotter, the gunshot detection system, led the officers to the area and the victim's name is not released. so far, no one has been arrested. this is oakland's 66th homicide of the career. >> palo alto police are floor, for two armed robber whose hit a jewelry store. here is the surveillance video picture: yesterday before 4:30 p.m. a woman asked an employee to her her watches. her and the male pulled a gun, took 25 high-end watches and ran away. no employees wer

at at & t park in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> thank you, wayne. giants fans, we want to see your team spirit. you can e-mail your fan photos to kgo-tv.com or tweet them to us. >>> well, we have rain coming our way this week. >> that's right. spencer christian is here with an accuweather update. >> our supply of rain is far short of the demand. we are hoping for more. live doppler 7 hd shows lots of clouds over the bay area but the rain has virtually ended but rainfall totals in some locations were fairly impressive. san rafael received .35 inch of rain in the last 24 hours, nearly .09 at mount st. helena. only traces of rain around the bay shoreline and into the south bay. this was truly a minor rain event for most the bay area. here's a live view from emeryville camera looking at some blue but lots of clouds as well. 65 degrees in san francisco. 71 san jose. morgan hill, 73. 60 at half moon bay. here's the view from the rooftop camera looking over the bay under partly cloudy skies. 69 at santa rosa and napa. petaluma, 68. 71, fairfield. concord,

wayne freedman talked to strickland. >> what set you off? >> the fifth home run i have given up. just my frustration with myself. >> the series shifts to at&t park and hudson will start tomorrow evening and the next three games, in fact, are at at&t, game three tomorrow, game four saturday, game five on sunday games six and seven, if necessary, are back in kansas city for the bet of seven. >>> new detail of the man whop order fire in canada at the capital and killed a soldier. he was designated "high risk," traveler and had his passport seized. this is called an act of terror. we are joined from ottawa with the latest. >>> yes, police this morning say they know who is responsible but they don't know why the 32-year-old committed what the prime minister is calling "a terrorist act." a day of fear in the halls of canada's parliament and the streets of ottawa before 10:00 a.m. at the national war memorial, a man with a rifle shot and killed corporal nathan cirillo dressed in ceremony uniform guarding the tomb of the unknown soldier. >> the victim is a member of canadian armed forces

abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez with fans in san francisco, sports anchor mike shumann with wayne freedman live in kansas city. wayne, let's start with you. >> reporter: in san francisco and in kansas city, you must say this was the longest day of the year. how can that be, you say? the longest day of the year is supposed to take place in june. well, no, not exactly. when it's october and it's the day of the seventh game of the world series, this is the longest day of the year, because you are waiting. in a city already gushing blue, this may have been the longest day of the year. in this metropolis rising from the great plain, game seven's countdown ticked on this, the morning of and the morning after. >> i was there last night. yeah. >> reporter: what do you do if you are a baseball man with hours to kill with the biggest game of your life a few hours away? well, you leave the team hotel, you maybe take a stroll and if you are really lucky, a tv reporter approaches asking for deep thoughts. if you are pablo sandoval you give them a variation of the one game at a time philosophy and how i