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a familiar theme this post-season from the giants two wins from their third world series trip in five years couldn't ask for a better start. first inning leading 1-0. bases loaded, deep to right center, off the base of the wall. hunter penns score four-run cushion for tim hudson. cushion for tim hudson. cardinals chip away. to extra innings tied at four. gregor blanco lays down a bunt. incomes crawford. incomes crawford. giants taking a 2-1 series lead. >> it's very exciting you know? to get the go ahead in the
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series. and tomorrow is going to be a big game, too. >> he put pressure on with his speed great ball game. we came out swinging the night he settled down. they kept chipping away. >> any time you take a lead i feel like you should win those games ten out of ten times. >> the giants look to take a commanding 3-1 series lead tomorrow night. live at at and t park, abc7 news >> thank you. collin. 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.
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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
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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 drive your car to the game. some garages are up to $120 for parking. and they tell us prices are likely to go up. >> here are fans who seem to think giants need another world series ring, yes, they do. >> send us your pictures by e mailing them to you report at
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kgo-tv.com or tweet them to us. >> for everyone at at and t park it did not rain. sky 7 hd did catch a few drops on lenses today. take a look at what cheryl jennings encountered this morning. the storm is fizzling. here is a look at the cloud cover across the bay area. we've had areas of wet weather in the bay area. not much so far. 9/100ths in mount tam. 12/100ths in mount st. helena. higher elevations recorded more rainfall. 1/100ths is it for now but there is more on the way. you can see an area of rainfall steadier rain up to the north moving south of eureka now. slow, moving down into our region. starting at 7:00 tonight we'll see a few pockets of scattered
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light showers. we'll see rain moving into the north bay. into overnight hours, we'll see pockets of showers beginning to break up in early morning hours. >> spencer, thank you. you can see what shows up on live doppler 7 hd with abc7 news weather app. go to abc7 news.com. it is free and google play. >> a one-day strike but court clerks postponed trials and delayed legal proceedings today both sides are blaming each both sides are blaming each other for unfair labor practices. this clerk's office would normally be bustling now. with more than half of the courts employes on strike, it's
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closed. it meant victor santee couldn't file papers to stop an upcoming eviction. >> the workers say the court is violating law by bargaining in bad faith for a new deal that will begin in 2015. >> this is across the table. then we'll lose jobs. >> nearly $16 million. they say it could pay for a wage hike but the court says under state law, money had to be spent by this past july. >> we spent it to gear run tee health care for retirees, to balance our budget. we spent to it improve services to the public. >> the strike shut down nine of
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the 23 courtrooms. 14 of the 26 at civic center. emergencies were priorities. for other filings and papers there were drop boxes court clerks are the highest paid in the state but union says the comparison is unfair. >> san francisco is one of the most expensive places in the united states to live and just to be able to come to work. >> with trial courts suffering more than a billion in state cuts, the court is not offering wage increases. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> a san francisco woman who was shot by her ex-boyfriendçóñiñzdt the hospital. she was shot at her home early friday morning by a 29-year-old cedric young, junior. at one point they arrested young for public intoxication he returned to the apartment demanding to take his things
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police watched him leave but he returned and shot lamb, then killed himself. >> this is a star suddened second day. bruno mars and cake will rock the civic center in benefit concert that will raise funds for childrens hospitals. entrepreneurs were encouraged to dream big. she needs to introduction. that is what she got with a standing ovation from the crowd one question is on everyone's mind. >> it's time to elect and support a strong woman. >> assembling care paths for parents for a program called talk, read, think.
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>> when parents read, talk and sing with children from earliest days we're talking about the beginning it's helping them learn words, build voe cab back to you larry. >> clinton says she's not much of a singer but these guys are. the beach boys made a surprise the beach boys made a surprise appearance in the key note mark benioff >> make sure there is training for teachers. >> who better to get kids to love tech than pop star will i am >> i was a disadvantaged kid from the project. education is what brings me here today. >> veterans know it's the one tech conference where product announce manies can take a back seat. >> it's probably the biggest announcement sales force had probably in 6, 7 years.
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wave is what they're calling the program. >> it allows them to figure out rapidly that if you need it more than three times they just want to talk to you. >> because it sells software, customers do well, they do well. >> they're trying to inspire all of the people to go back and drag their companies into the future. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> still ahead tonight a dramatic rescue at mount hamilton. a woman is saved after spending the night in a ravine. >> we'll follow up on damaged plane had to return to san francisco international airport. did the pilot make the right call? >> later bay area tech giants giving women a reason to put motherhood on hold. the perk puts work ahead of being a mom. >> what do you need in your earthquake kit? earthquake kit? 7 now, more and more americans are discovering that shredding
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and prop 46 has "too many potential drawbacks to be worth the risk." time to vote no on prop 46. police were able to find a driver of this car, 19 hours after it careened into a ravine on mount hamilton thanks to an officer that wouldn't give up. take a look. you can see rescuers hoisting the woman to safety. all because of that officer's use of a high-tech tool available to many of us. here is a look at where this happened east of 101 and 6 # 0.
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the car equipped with onstar that alerted police a crash happened. police officer cameron came up with a plan. he went to her home and tried again and again to unlock her ipad and figured out the pass word and used apple's find my word and used apple's find my own app to pinpoint her location. >> officers found her outside of her car and don't know if she was ejected or crawled out the terrain made it too difficult to carry her to an ambulance. she has moderate to severe injuries to legs and stomach but injuries to legs and stomach but is recovering.
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>> an emergency landing at sfo, abc7 news reporter is looking into this episode and is live now from the hiller aviation museum you've been talking with experts about this? >> i have, dan. first of all i'll tell you about the covers. these are meant to be just covers they're not part of the skin of the aircraft. still, it's unsettling for passengers yesterday when the covers were popping and breaking in the middle of a flight. >> this is not a life-threatening problem. >> having spent 36 years as a mechanic for twa. david says what he has seen in videos and photos as scary as it looked, passengers and crew on the flight 2293 were never in
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jeopardy. >> real danger? actually wasn't any. >> why? >> the plane was going to stay pressurized. the air is coming into the airplane. >> if a duct breaks or fails, david said it can create enough pressure inside of the panels to make them buckle but the structure, the skin of the plane, wasn't compromised. of course, passengers like joan deny didn't know that at the time. she was sitting next to one of the panels. >> you think, i don't think we're going to make it and it's scary. weird. >> the hull of the airplane which is important was not penetrated and so, i'm sure it's scary for people inside of the airplane. at no time were they in danger. >> the airliner has been moved from sfo to tulsa. as for the 184 passengers, most were able to board other flights by this morning. >> i'm getting back on today
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then trying to get home. >> american hasn't revealed how old the plane is, except to say average age of the fleet of 757s is 19 years. in san carlos, abc7 news. >> a group of political heavy hitters hopes to shake up the mayor's race with just three weeks until election day. this morning current mayor this morning current mayor joined former mayors candidate lacardo. >> like other things you hear about great plans we need someone who can implement plans. >> his endorse manies came about months ago. we have received endorsement of five chiefs going back here 20 years. >> the supervisor has support of law enforcement. the race is a dead heat with a
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third of voters still undecided. >> long time alternative newspaper bay guardian is shutting doors the free weekly known for it's progressive stance has been in business 48 years. san francisco media company which bought the guardian says it has to close the paper for financial reasons no word on how many people were lose jobs the guardian's editor says everyone is trying to absorb the news. they will publish a final edition tomorrow. >> well, on to weather. you can tell when you look outside, it's changed. >> yes. it's nice. drizzly outside. >> drizlets. >> we're hoping for more later tonight. >> yes. >> maybe droplets and ploplets. take a look at live doppler 7 hd now. we have cloud cover in the bay we have cloud cover in the bay area right now.
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this is the moisture bringing wide spread rain. a storm warning in effect for much of the san joaquin valley much of the san joaquin valley until 8:00 this morning. the winds will be subsiding a bit. here in the bay area now there is a look at wind speeds. still breezy conditions but gusts have not so strong as they were an hour or so ago. looking eastward, look at the clouds in the sky. it's 66 in san francisco. 68 in oakland. 66 in san jose and morgan hill. 60s in half moon bay. 60s in half moon bay. a live view for a dramatic too. santa rosa, napa, upper 60s.
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and another view from our camera looking at skylines downtown san francisco, we can see a break in the clouds there. rain spreading south ward tonight. more rain is possible throughout the weekend. so let's take a look at satellite image here. satellite image here. you can see there is bringing us steadier rainfall. we have an active storm track in our direction. rainfall totals as of 5:00 tomorrow afternoon not so great. up to 4-tenths of an inch in north bay mountains. lower elevations will see about a tenth of an inch in locations
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in the inland east bay ask south bay receiving no measurable rainfall. rainfall. in the bay area, some scattered showers overnight. clouds, low temperatures into upper 50s to near 60s. highs under partly sunny skies into afternoon. mid-60s on the coast to mid-70s inland tomorrow, afternoon early evening at and t park, game four of the national championship series will be partly cloudy. about 62 degrees at the start of the game. here is the accu-weather forecast. you can see it's unsettled with a chance of rain friday, saturday, and monday, and tuesday. and on and on we hope. >> we like that. >> yes. >> thank you. >> okay. >> coming up next, an annoying water leak on the streets of san jose. jose. >> why it's been letting it run
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trying to mislead you about the effects of proposition 46. , well here's the truth: 46 will save lives. it will save money too. i'm bob pack, and i'm fighting for prop 46 because i lost my two children to preventable medical errors and i don't want anyone else to lose theirs. the three provisions in 46 will reduce medical errors and protect patients.
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series of reports that were cleared. >> with this day in a drought, some are upset about a flagrant example of water wasting by the water company. take a look at this, water has been bubbling from under a man hole cover in downtown san jose since friday night. that is when an abc7 news viewer first spotted the leak. the water created a small stream. >> we're in a water drought now. just to let it run like that is pathetic. should have been addressed as soon as we're reported. the water company tells abc7 news the leak will be fixed tomorrow. a company spokesperson says crews had to wait to finish other work in the area. santa clara communitiy hired water cops to help residents. >> kids from willow grove school joined first lady michelle obama today.
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the students picked lettuce, tomatoes and potatoes as part of the harvest. once they finished harvesting, the students learned how to cook them. and then, enjoyed a meal of pumpkin soup and chicken. very special day. >> yes. >> there is more still to come at 6:00. just ahead, women of silicon valley who have put motherhood on hold. their companies now helping them start a family when they're ready. >> and researchers look for an >> and researchers look for an update to a effective method of
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apple and facebook have come up with a latest perk to attract more women employees the two giants are paying women to freeze their eggs. the companies say this gives women an option to go for that high power career and start a family later in life. not everyone is happy about this. >> 20% of the women in the u.s. wait until 35 to have a child. down side is that if they want
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to have more information it gets harder to conceive. a third of the couples where the woman is older have fertility issues. apple and facebook are betting this perk will increase the number of people joining their company. >> it's giving them more of an option to take on the career now. then not be pressured off children now. >> facebook offers egg freezing and storage as part of the benefit package. apple will be beginning in january. apple told abc7 news we want to empower women to do the best work of their lives. they care for loved ones and raise families. often women put off having children because of careers only to realize how hard it to start a family later on. dr. cart herbert says it's like
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buying life insurance. >> you don't expect to die and get hit by a truck. you guy it in case it happens for some extent that is what this is. >> he says eggs become less viable over time. >> these eggs are changing over time. so, yes. eggs that you have are more plentiful in your 20s and percentage of good quality eggs is higher. >> several hormone injection s are needed to produce a fair amount of eggs some will produce ten degrees some, up to 25. each costs about $10,000. both apple and facebook cover up to 20,000. don't expect every woman to jump at this idea. >> it comes to getting involved with health and longevity, family planning and everything else, you think it's over the top. >> creepy. >> when it comes to searching for a job we know perks do matter. other companies may now follow.
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in the newsroom abc7 news. >> thank you. >> a shocking new development in the ebola crisis. world health organization predicts there could be 5 to 10,000 cases every week by december. face book's mark scummerberg donating to help fight ebola. in announcing donation today, zuckerberg said the epidemic is in a critical turning point and wants it controlled before becoming a long term crisis like hiv or polio. as for nurse the 26-year-old issued a statement today saying she's doing well. officials are still trying to figure out how she was infected despite taking proper precautions while caring for the patient who died last week. she now has been given a blood transfusion that contains an
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antibody. >> those antibodies are proving to be the most effective treatments and helped save two patients under. tonight eric thomas explains how it works and looks at challenges are developing treatments. >> in his lab at the glad stone institutes, he investigates novel ways to attack deadly viruss for time being, he believes the fastest way to treat current patients will probably be within w.an older method called serum. >> taking blood from patients who are recovered or recovering from the disease in this case, eeb yoela. and isolating the serum from the blood. >> he says more sophisticated version is the basis of a drug called z map that appeared to cure two health workers rushed from west africa to atlanta this year. but the challenge is that it's in short supply.
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it involves antibodies using live mice. >> process of purifying and creating them in model systems like plants is time consuming. and slow. >> potential vaccines to guard can be on the rise and one is proven effective in primates but the path to approval of the drug in humans includes concerns about safety. researchers say the most effective versions involve using life virus altered to care protein rz from eeb yoela to stimulate the immune system. some worry they can mutate. still, the doctor points to polio vaccines made from weakened but still-living versions of the virus. >> it was a vaccine just eradicated. six months ago in india. just announced. >> he believes it should be a
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wake up call to develop a proud range of antiviral agents for other threats. eric thomas abc7 news. >> the strategy was used curing an outbreak in 1990s, seven of the eight survived you can get updates as they happen with abc7 news app. it is free to down load. go to abc7 news.com slash app. >> coming up next, an east bay ballot measure keeping a promise made a long time ago. made a long time ago. your voice, your vote.
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tonight things are looking up for intel. up from last year and better than expected. computer chip sales are up, and so are the internet services intel provides. home loans have been a big drag on the bank's bottom line. the dow started up this morning
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but fell to minus five at the closing bell. and best news, northern california gas prices down to $3.58 per gallon down in one month the lowest prices in the bay area are in san jose, santa cruz, santa rosa and tracy. >> election day is just three weeks away a measure to provide billions is drawing fire from opponents. many want anything that would make traffic and transit move. >> this is so bad, it's such a dushgy with many big mistakes in it. >> jerry gathered to fight what they're calling a misleading ad campaign. if it passes it would generate
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nearly $8 billion in transit. also bricking bart to livermore, that, jerry says would be a massive waste of taxpayer dollars. >> a small city of 82,000 people does not justify a bart line. >> if i don't walk and fight, the grandchildren, i mean what do i say to them? 30 years? >> judy agrees and believes her taxes have paid for the long ago promised extension she doesn't want to pay for it again. >> to come back with another plan they're skeptical. >> we're helping we can bridge the gap. >> she helped to push measure b. she says it's about more than
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roads and highways. >> it important they understand that future for them selves and their children will depend on ground work we've done now. >> a 2-thirds vote is needed for a win. >> coming up next, earthquake preparedness. are you ready for the big one to hit? >> michael finney turns to fema to stock an emergency kit. to stock an emergency kit. stay with us
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approaching anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake is bringing back memories. 25 years later did we learn anything from it? >> a lot of us are not as >> a lot of us are not as prepared as we should be. >> there is no clear statistics let's assume thousands of us do not.
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this should serve as a wake up call to get them together. >> anna lives in an anselmo. she does not have a kit. >> i'm an optimist. and i'm not that worried about it. they've been smaller magnitude there is time to get what i needed. there wasn't damage. so i guess i'm living in bliss. >> we turned to fema. randy works for fema in oakland >> nonperishable foods. there is a recommendation of three days worth of food supply. >> water, too. >> can opener in order to get cans open. flashlight, batteries. first aid kit. disaster radio. hand cranked or solar powered.
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>> it's good to have plastic sheeting and duct tape. and adding tools will save you in a pinch. >> pliers and a wrench. >> you may be traped and need a way to communicate with others. >> if have you to call for help. you want to have a whistle. >> include food and water for pets, too. if you want to go beyond the recommendation, you might want to add water pure fiction tablets or just bleach. >> in addition to water pure fiction you may want to have a reverse osmosis pump. >> a fire extinguisher is good to have around. >> this will boil water in five minutes you may want to consider a solar charger. charger. >> that is a good
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a good time to check for the batteries, food, water is when there is a time change which is also just coming up. >> yes. >> this is a perfect time. >> yes. >> abc7 news anchor taking a look back at the quake friday night at 6:30 right here on abc7 with a special report. >> that is a great report. >> lots of cloud cover now up in >> lots of cloud cover now up in the north bay. rain is getting closer. in san joaquin valley we have a dust storm warning and a report
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from kern county of vehicles pulling over to the side. good news is that that warning will expire. tomorrow, we expect highs from mid-60s on the coast to mid-70s inland dry day thursday. more rain or showers and monday, into tuesday, another period of rain and showers. thank you, spencer. >> what a fun game. >> thankfully rain held off today. >> yes. >> they blow a lead again. three of the nlcs. good plays by giants. we have highlights and reaction coming up in sports.
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two-run triple. 4-2. giants. hudy makes a mistake. bottom 102 on for the geents. bottom 102 on for the geents. randy throws the ball away. and giants win. and collin, i have to imagine a relieved group after had one. >> we've heard it. giants they just find a way to
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win. sometimes when you make the right play that can be the right play that can be the difference in the game. >> run as fast as you can. >> things can happen. you know? he was able to get the bunt down. and sure enough, you got to make them play their skills, their positions and execute as well today just happened to go for us. >> we do have to win ball games you know? we're ahead now. this is over. >> we'll be back here tomorrow
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night. ryan yoeg yulsong on the hill giants two wins from another giants two wins from another appearance in the world series >> royals up two games to nothing looking to take control against the royals right now it's a 1-1 game in the fifth inning. we'll have highlights coming up at 9:00 ask 11:00. sharks hit the road, facing caps. first period from the break. first period from the break. first goal of the season now in the third. keeps fighting and puts the puck past peters. now we're in overtime we'll have highlights coming up
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later tonight. just would like to see giants win an easy game. >> yes. >> and so there is two more to go. >> yes. i like that advantage, giants. >> all right. >> join us tonight at 9:00, epic encounter about to take place within our own solar system. join us at 9:00 the new form of addiction are you at risk? marvel's agents of shield and stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. >> go to watch abc and down load from your app store. >> works well.
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>> yes. it does. >> that is it for this edition of abc7 news. our coverage continues on twitter. >> from all of us here we appreciate your time as always, hope you have a great night we'll see you again at 9:00 and 11:00.
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this is "jeopardy!" today's contestants are a contract analyst from stallings, north carolina... ...and our returning co-champion, a phd student in physics, originally from boston, massachusetts... ...and an assistant professor from lansing, kansas... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. conventional wisdom would seem to indicate that a returning champion --
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or in this case, returning co-champions -- because of their experience, would have an advantage over the challenger. but it doesn't always work out that way, so that's good news for you, candice. nice to have you here. gentlemen, lady, here we go into the jeopardy! round. and here come the categories -- alex: shane, you start. i'll take today's checklist for $200, please. shane. what is a credit score? that's it. today's for $400, please.

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