off. >> it's not deja vu. the golden gate park damaged once again. the big mess left behind. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, the 7th day of october. i'm sydnie kohara. >> good morning to you, i'm juliette goodrich. let's get a quick check at our traffic and weather. here's elizabeth wenger with the commute. hi, elizabeth. >> good morning, ladies. pretty quiet on the roads so far. here's live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you're cruising on into san francisco. bart will be running longer trains tonight. we will tell you why coming up. in the meantime, let's get a quick check of your forecast. here's tracy. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. well, here we go, looking at satellite and radar, still watching a low pressure out there impacting the bay area and for today it will yet again bring us a mix of sun and clouds. no showers and cooler temperatures. back to you. >> thank you. tonight the san francisco

giants hosting a play-off game for the first time in 7 years. let's go to sharon chin at at&t park very early this morning, probably the first. sharon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you're right. we are the first ones here. game 1 tonight against the braves in the best-of-five series in the division series here at at&t park. we caught up with the giants in practice this week in the quest to win their first world series since moving from new york to san francisco after 1957. tonight, tim lincecum will be pitching for the national league west champs. the two time reigning cy young award winner also a play-off rookie at 26 years old. lincecum will be the fourth youngest pitcher in giants history to start in game one of the post-season. meanwhile, giants manager has confirmed that barry zito will be left off the starting rotation for the division series and a source told the "san francisco chronicle" he will be off the roster because he lost to the padres saturday when the giants had the chance

to clinch the a.l. west a day earlier. >> we are going with what we think our best team s we're not caught with salaries. we're out there, it's how guys are doing now. >> reporter: all right. game one tonight a little after 6:30, derek lowe and tim lincecum. i took a look at the san francisco giants website. it says that there are still some single tickets or no tickets available for tonight's game. >> all right. going to be very exciting there and very packed in just a few hours. >> reporter: you bet. it will be a lot fun. >> thanks, sharon chin in san francisco. well, another big event starting this afternoon, fleet week. windows may rattle, car alarms may be set off later today, because the blue angels precision flying team begins the first of four days of flights over san francisco bay. this is going to be the biggest

fleet we in 20 years. aerobatic teams will practice their high-flying stunts between noon and 5:00 today and noon and 4:00 tomorrow. the official airshows are this weekend. during fleet week, people will also be able to visit navy ships docked along the waterfront. today transportation officials in the south bay will hear recommendations on how to get their cash-strapped agency out of the red. the valley transportation authority will get suggestions on cutting $40 million a year from 2012 to 2019. suggestions include cutting employee benefits and freezing spending. the authority will also hear a proposal to generate more revenue in its bus and light rail service. the dethat plan trying to increase ridership by 88% over the next decade, the key to that plan. a vote today on a plan to raise fares and cut services on caltrain as caltrain administrators are under fire for their double-digit pay raises. mark sayre is in san jose with all of the details and also some reaction. good morning to you, mark.

>> reporter: good morning, juliette. this morning, caltrain is responding to those reports on the soaring pay for its administrators. a report in the bay area news group papers and analysis by them shows that caltrain pay for administrative expenses rose 14% over the past three years and 58 caltrain managers earn more than $100,000 a year. but caltrain says its budget problems are to some extent responsible for the overall raise in pay because employees are working more time on budget issues with things like community meetings and even media interviews. >> what's happened is that individual employees are billing more time to caltrain. in other words, i work for the san mateo county transit district and the time that i spend doing this interview, i'm going to bill to caltrain. >> reporter: today the caltrain board of directors will meet in san mateo to consider a fare

hike and also service cuts. if approved, fares overall will go up 7%. for example, that would hike by 75 cents a one-way trip from san jose to san francisco up to $8.50. and four daily trains will be dropped from the schedule. that meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. this morning. if approved, the cuts and the fare hike would all go into effect on january 1. reporting live from downtown san jose, i'm mark sayre, cbs 5. >> thank you. california's record budget impasse could finally end today. the full legislature scheduled to vote on a plan in just hours. there are no new taxes or fees. it does restore nearly $200 million in funding to the csu system. on the downside, though it would delay nearly $2 billion in payments to k through 12 schools and community colleges until the next fiscal year. california has been without a budget for 99 days. the longest ever. >> yeah. all right. we're just weeks away from the

election and today mayoral candidates in oakland will square off at 6:00 p.m. at city hall. at least 7 candidates will be there. people can also ask questions during the forum. let's get another check of traffic and weather before you head out the door. elizabeth, how's the commute looking? >> not too bad. let's start off with a mass transit check. so far everything is on time. bart, ace, muni and caltrain. but we do have the big giants game later on tonight. giants play the braves in the national league division series. first pitch at 6:37 so use bart. they are going to be running longer trains. get off at montgomery or embarcadero stops and take muni or walk to the game instead. let's go outside show you a live look some of our cameras, here's one. san mateo bridge just past the toll plaza. this is the flat section of the bridge looking good towards foster city and the peninsula and those westbound lanes of 92. eastbound traffic looking just as good heading toward hayward. the nimitz freeway live look at 880 through oakland. you can't see it because it is so dark outside but this is

near the coliseum. quiet towards downtown. and same thing coming through the south bay really top speeds up 280 and all along the peninsula. quiet start to our morning commute. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. forecast this morning, heading out the door, partly cloudy conditions expected. inland for the bay and also for the coastline, temperatures for this morning ranging from 50 to the upper 50s. this afternoon partly cloudy, mid-70s, mild. mix of sun and clouds around the bay with temperatures ranging from 63 to 69 degrees. and along the coast, sun and clouds temperatures from 60 to 64 degrees. so today another nice one expected. we have had a beautiful week so far. we'll take a look at the weekend forecast in just a few moments. back up to you. >> thank you. it is 5:07. quite the sight along the shore in the bay area. but does it smell?

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it's happened twice in the t week. this time, vandals turned a manicured golf coue into an off-road driving co. the same thr recurring vandalism at golden gate park happening twice in the past week. this time, vandals turned a manicured golf course into an off road driving course. the same three holes were targeted is a couple of weeks ago. there is no damage estimate

from the latest rampage monday night. so far, no suspects or arrests. new details about the 80- foot blue whale that washed ashore on the san mateo coast. investigators say it was probably killed in a collision with a ship. the 75-ton female and her fetus were first spotted saturday at bean hollow state beach. scientists took samples from the whale yesterday and are trying to decide what to do with the carcass. the city of san francisco's cleaning up the pollution emitted by cruise ships by plugging them. normally when the ships are docked in the city their diesel engines have to keep running to keep the power on, but now princess cruise ships will shut off their engines and plug in while they're in port. >> if the ship used its diesel power it would be spending about $18,000. we wanted to make it beneficial to the ship to actually use clean power and not diesel power so we are going to be

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let's check the carquinez bridge. why not. traffic looks great coming out of vallejo, 61 miles per hour one of our live traffic sensors. we can show you how well things are moving across the span. it's been exceptionally quiet so far this morning. we haven't really had many incidents on the road at least since about 4:30 this morning. here's another live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. all your approaches look great. they picked up the roadwork across the upper deck so we are seeing all green all the way into san francisco. and we'll take a look at the golden gate bridge. if you are coming from marin your north bay commute looks great from novato through san rafael, mill valley, waldo grade towards the golden gate bridge.

westbound 92 commute direction, traffic off the high-rise toward hayward, travel time should be about 14 minutes right now. in either direction. bart is running longer trains tonight for the giants game when they take on the braves. remember our radio partners, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. >> it was beautiful yesterday. >> oh!! >> i took a walk in san francisco. it was really nice. felt very fall-like. >> thank you, elizabeth. >> you're welcome, tracy. [ laughter ] >> it was beautiful yesterday. >> i credit you. >> i heard that from a number of people. partly cloudy out the door today and you're probably wondering will it be as beautiful as yesterday? mmm, we'll see. here we go. today's lows for out the door in the 50s. for this afternoon, another nice day expected. partly cloudy, mild

temperatures, 60s at the bay. sun and clouds at the coast. low pressure system still meandering impacting our weather. today's temperatures cooler than average, slightly cooler than yesterday. mid-70s in santa clara, lower 70s in sunnyvale also in palo alto and redwood city. and the lower 70s from union city and also in fremont. our east bay locations mid-70s in antioch and also in brentwood. lower 70s in pleasant hill and danville. and the mid-70s down in pleasanton. and just along the bay here, 69 in oakland, 66 in berkeley and 64 degrees in richmond. north bay locations, another cool day. lower 70s in sonoma and napa. 71 in petaluma. good temperatures but again technically still anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees below average. lower 60s in sausalito. 69 mill valley, 65 in san francisco. seven-day forecast, warmer conditions coming in for saturday and sunday. and monday, tuesday, wednesday looking good as warmer weather

moves back into the bay. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. here's a look at some of the top stories this morning. caltrain directors will vote today on a plan to raise fares and cut services. the commuter line is facing a $2 million budget deficit. the proposal would raise fares by 25 cents for each of caltrain's six zones. and the state is moving closer to a new budget. the full legislature will vote today. there are no new taxes or fees. it does restore money to the csu system but also delays funding for k through 12 schools and also community colleges. here we go. put on your baseball cap. the giants hosting the braves in game one of their play-off series. that's today. tim lincecum is take the mound against derek lowe. first pitch is set for 6:37:00 p.m. the last time the giants made the play-offs was in 2003. the market is opening in just about an hour.

stock futures aren't showing much change this morning. the dow jones and standard & poor's futures each rising about one tenth of a percent. nasdaq futures fell less than a tenth of a percent. earnings season in swing. texaco and alcoa among the companies expected to report 3rd quarter results today and also today we are going to wait for the labor department to report that first-time claims for unemployment benefits crept higher last week. now hiring for the holidays, many stores putting out the help wanted signs. pier 1 imports is going to hire about 10,000 people nationwide. j.c. penney will start interviewing applicants for seasonal jobs starting next week. their concord store alone will be hiring 85 people. toys 'r us, macy's and kohl's are all increasing their holiday staffing this year. in some cases, those temporary jobs can turn into permanent positions. the former city manager of

bell needs a job now that he is out on bail. robert rizzo walked out of jail yesterday on $2 million bail bond accused of misappropriating millions of dollars in public funds. he has to wear a gps tracking device and turn over his passport. rizzo is one of several former bell city employees accused of paying themselves inflated salaries over several years. >> quite a fall from grace for him. >> absolutely. 5:20. mirror mirror on the wall who is the most powerful woman of them all? forbes has the answer. and police say he is back at it. he is living large by pretending to be a big shot. he is the bay area's scam artist and he is using motown to reach his victims. ,,,,,,,, mm, my water just broke!

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owners in san francisco are being conned by a celebrity imposter. police want help in catching that man, 57-year-old alan young accused of scamming people out of thousands of dollars worth of cash, drinks, hotel rooms, and limo rides. people say young often pretends to be famous, a famous motown musician or maybe the relative of one. most recently he claimed to be hall of fame songwriter lamont dozier. >> he is memorable. he is so accomplished at what he does. and he is willing to continue doing this against all odds. >> police say young almost conned a san francisco gallery out of $75,000 worth of artwork. but then, the gallery owner looked up lamont dozier online and found out he and young don't look alike. call 911 if you see alan young. after gary coleman's death

is owe -- actor gary coleman's death is officially ruled an accident. he died in may after falling at his home in utah. now the state medical examiner has confirmed coleman died of natural causes after the accidental fall. the 42-year-old actor suffered a brain hemorrhage and died two days later when he was taken off life support. the first lady of the united states is number one when it comes to the world's 100 most powerful women. forbes magazine says michelle obama is a true change maker who has given a new generation of girls and women around the world a role model. kraft foods ceo irene rosenfeld is number 2. media mogul oprah winfrey is number 3. followed by german chancellor angela merckle and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton. technology, it has become such a big part of the lives of college students. they say get this, they would actually be stressed out if they didn't have it? that's according to a new poll out this morning. >> more than half of college

students who responded say life without computers and cell phones would really stress them out. >> oh, my gosh. >> 25% though say it would be a relief. a big majority of students say they feel pressured to instantly answer texts or voicemails. many get nervous if someone doesn't immediately reply to a message. >> so this brings us to our question of the day. what do you think? do you feel pressured to instantly reply to a text or voicemail? you can send your comments to mornings@cbs5.com. or you can post your answers on our facebook page. we're also on twitter. i see it and then i can understand how people would want to post instantly because you think about it the rest of the -- until you actually answer it. should i answer this? go ahead, let's get this done. one more thing on my "to do" list. >> a college student waiting for like the significant other to respond back, maybe there's a little -- what are they doing, where are they going? >> although i like text

messaging rather than voicemail, you can fire back on this shift, yes, no, napping, leave me alone. [ laughter ] talk about putting all your eggs in one basket. the risky move the valley transportation authority is taking to get out of the red. giants fever running high. the play-offs begin tonight in san francisco. that story coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. welcome back, everybody. and this is a look at a place that's pretty quiet and dark right now. but oh, in about, what, 11 or 12, they will start lining up for the big play-off game with the giants and the braves starting this evening. we'll hear more in a live report from sharon chin. but first let's get to the rest of the news. i'm sydnie kohara. >> good morning to you, i'm juliette goodrich. after a record-breaking 99 days, our state could have a new budget as soon as today. the full legislature is scheduled to vote on a plan in just a few hours. there are no new taxes or fees. it does restore nearly $200 million in funding to the csu system but on the downside it would delay nearly $2 billion in payments to k through 12 schools and community colleges until the next fiscal year. and the san francisco police department is facing

budget problems of its own. last night the police chief said the department could lose 25% of its workforce in the next five years. it is facing a $400 million shortfall next year. on the upside, we're told crime is down 9% in the city compared to last year. the excitement is building. the san francisco giants about to host the play-off game for the first time since 2003. let's go to sharon chin. she joins us now from a very dark and quiet at&t park where the first pitch will be thrown out in about 13 hours or so. >> reporter: i know. too long from now. sydnie, check it out. all decked out at&t park with all the bunting here ready for the opening of the best-of-five series against the atlanta braves. the first two games in the division play-off will be held here at at&t park. game one tonight just after 6:30 pitting tim lincecum against derek lowe of the braves. at age 26, lincecum will be the fourth youngest pitcher in

giants history to start a post- season series opener. meantime, giants manager has confirmed that barry zito won't be on the starting pitching rotation for the play-offs and there is speculation he may not be on the series roster at all after he lost to the padres saturday giving up the chance to clinch for the a.l. west earlier. this morning some fans told us they have giant hopes for their team. they haven't won a world series since moving from new york to san francisco after 1957. >> i have been a fan for 40 years. and i'm excited as i can be. can't excite have another world series like '54. >> reporter: lots of fans like him can't wait. we checked on the san francisco giants' website and it says that there are some single tickets available but other than that, no tickets available for tonight's game 1. >> thank you, sharon chin in front of at&t park in san francisco. another big event starting

this afternoon. fleet week. so get ready, your windows may rattle and your car alarms may be set off later today but when the blue angels precipitation flying team begins the first of four days of flights over san francisco bay. this is touted as the biggest fleet week in 20 years. aerobatic teams scheduled to practice their high-flying stunts between noon and 5:00 today. and then 12 noon and 4:00 tomorrow. the official airshows are this weekend. during fleet week, people will also be able to visit the navy ships that are docked along the waterfront. caltrain directors are scheduled to vote today on a plan to raise fares and cut services. this comes after revelations that caltrain administrators have recently received double- digit pay raises. mark sayre is in san jose with all the details and the reaction. good morning to you, mark. reporter: good morning. caltrain is responding to those reports about the soaring pay for its administrators. the report in the bay area news group newspapers, the analysis

shows that caltrain administrative salaries went up 14% over the past three years and 58 caltrans managers earned more than $100,000 a year but a caltrain spokesman says its budget problems to some extent are actually responsible for the soaring pay hikes because employees are spending more time working on budget matters, things like public community meetings. but a spokesman was asked, what about the public perception? >> it just doesn't seem right that more money is being paid out of the caltrain budget but the passengers aren't getting any more services. in fact, they are getting less service. >> that's true. and that's one of the things that points to caltrain's fundamental problems which is we don't have a dedicated source of funding. >> reporter: today the board of directors will meet in san carlos to consider a fare hike and service cuts. if approved, fares would go up 7%. a one-way fare, for example from san jose to san francisco going up 75 cents to $8.50.

four daily trains will be dropped from the schedule as a cost saving move. that meeting is scheduled today for 10:00 a.m. if approved, all of these changes would go into effect on january 1. reporting live in downtown san jose, i'm mark sayre, cbs 5. today transportation officials in the south bay will hear recommendations on how to get their cash-strapped agency out of the red. the valley transportation authority will get suggestions on cutting $40 million a year from 2012 to 2019. suggestions include cutting employee benefits and freezing spending. the authority will also hear a proposal to generate more revenue in its bus and light rail service. the key to that plan, trying to increase ridership by 88% over the next decade. it is 5:35. speaking of ridership and our morning commute, let's check in with elizabeth and take another look at that. >> okay. well, let's start with a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. everything is moving along just fine right now. we actually just watched a tow truck leave some of the carpool

lanes. it looked like they were pick up some kind of debris out there but anyway, they're gone now. so everything is moving fine. no metering lights heading into san francisco. checking the ride westbound 580, we have a camera close to tassajara and the dublin interchange. i think we have this. if i can get this button to push... there we go. all right. westbound 580 traffic so far, so good moving fine all the way out of the altamont pass. still holding steady about a 14- minute drive time from the altamont pass to the dublin interchange. we do have a stall on highway 4 now in pittsburg approaching railroad avenue and you can see some slower speeds hovering just about 40 miles per hour through antioch but then speeds pick back up once you past railroad avenue. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. take a look at some of our high temperatures for this afternoon. mid-70s expected out at antioch and in pleasanton. lower 70s in hayward, 47 in santa clara, 74 in san jose.73

palo alto, 65 san francisco, 69 oakland, 69 benicia, the lower 70s in sonoma, santa rosa and in kentfield. it is fleet week and if you are thinking about checking it out, look at this forecast this weekend. take a look at that photo. i get sick just looking at it. boy, it just seems so high up! san francisco waterfront mostly civilian any conditions and check out those temperatures, lower 70s. lower 70s. perfect. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. people in southern california, what is that?? they are a bit confused down there after this rare early october rainstorm. los angeles international airport getting more than .6" yesterday. that's nearly four times the previous record for the date. the storm knocked out power and caused freeway accidents including this one in mission hill. oh. what a mess. forecasters say the southland will clear up and it will warm up starting today. well, that storm just a mere inconvenience compared

with the series of tornadoes that hit northern arizona. take a look. this is amateur video of a twist their caused damage in the town of belmont yesterday. wind speeds estimated at 110 miles an hour. tornadoes are rare in the grand canyon state and they caught everyone off guard. >> had no clue. we just thought it was a bad hailstorm. coming outside we saw that all the destruction. >> that man's home is among those damaged. his garage door is gone. his windows are smashed. his roof is full of holes. at least 7 people were injured in the belmont area. another tornado in nearby camper world derailed nearly 30 cars of a freight train. it's now been one month since the pipeline explosion in san bruno and so far, crews have cleaned up 24 of 35 properties. excavators are still leaving behind fresh dirt lots. federal disaster relief funds from fema have been denied. that leaves the city liable for

about $25 million in costs. this morning, there is clean-up once again at golden gate park. vandals turned the golf course into an off road driving course. they damaged three holes monday night. it's the same area they struck last week causing $75,000 in damage. well, now the parks department says it's fed up with the vandalism. >> i believe our urban park system is spectacular. but you know how much more spectacular it could be if we didn't spend the resources that we are now spending to clean up after people's disgusting behavior? >> there is no damage estimate from monday night's rampage and so far, no suspect or arrests. 5:39. a warning this morning for anyone using atms in berkeley. police say there is a crime trend where scammers will stake out the atms and then gain access to debit and credit cards. in fact, two men are in jail now accused of stealing of

thousands of dollars from atms in berkeley. police say they wait near a bank of america and then would watch the customers that would leave their cards in the machine. the thieves will then access the victim's accounts and steal money. investigators say those men did that at least 23 times this year. police are searching for other suspects believed to be doing the same thing. california now has up-to- date drugs for lethal injections. they have received 12 grams of the drug. the current drug expired last thursday the same day a death row inmate was scheduled to die. the execution was stayed. this morning a lot of debate over the possible retrial of a former bart police officer n july a los angeles jury convicted johannes

mehserle of in involuntary manslaughter. defense attorneys are seeking a retrial. yesterday in oakland community activists gathered to demand the judge deny the request. >> we also feel that this is another attempt by the defense to push out the sentencing in the hopes that the oakland community, the los angeles community and indeed the nation will lose its passion, commitment or focus on the trial for justice for oscar grant. we will not. >> mehserle's attorneys say there is new evidence that proves an officer can mistake a taser for a real gun as they claim mehserle did the night he shot grant. mehserle scheduled to be sentenced next month. 5:41. yahoo is getting a face-lift today. the change you can expect to see and how the move is one up on a rival. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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good morning. let's talk mass transit. everything is rolling along on time for bart, ace, muni and caltrain. but giants take on the braves tonight at at&t park at 6:30. so bart will be running longer trains for tonight's game. you can get off at the embarcadero or montgomery street stations and then walk it or take muni over to the game. again, longer trains for bart. all right. out to the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic moving along fine here no problems for your morning commute. actually it's been really quiet so far, as far as our bridges go. we haven't seen any big problems since 5:00 a.m. starting to get busier in the westbound lanes of 92 in the last 15 minutes or so. this is the commute direction. this is traffic toward hayward off the high-rise. it's about 13 minutes in either direction. i do want to go up to the north bay, though. this is where we do have a hotspot. kind of farther out but that's

in geyserville southbound 101. there was a diesel fuel spill -- i cannot talk today, my goodness -- there was a diesel fuel spill big rig accident around 2:45 and the left lane is blocked and they are saying this traffic alert will be in effect until noon. we don't have sensors in the area but expect slow traffic. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. you had a couple of tongue twisters there this morning. >> i need coffee. >> mine is easy. partly cloudy conditions, a few cloud out there this morning, temperatures from the lower to the upper 50s. for this afternoon, partly cloudy and mild inland, temperatures in the lower to the mid-70s. mix of sun and clouds around the bay another nice day expected, highs in the upper 60s. along the coastline the lower to the mid-60s with a mix of sun and clouds. today's highs:

>> today and tomorrow look good, weekend better warming up. monday through wednesday temperatures warming up closer to more seasonal highs so should be a really nice weekend for the blue angels. this saturday, breath of life walk goes on at golden gate park, san francisco. mostly sunny conditions, temperatures in the mid-60s. the funds raised go to fight lung disease.

and we have something else called woofstock. temperatures in the upper 70s. they have dog show contests, best talent, coolest hippie, prettiest flower child and howloween prizes that's a look at your weather. back up to you. lawmakers vote voting on a state budget. no new taxes and fees and the plan restores money to the csu system. but it also delays funding for k through 12 schools and community colleges. play-off fever is in the air. the giants hosting the atlanta braves in game one of the series today. tim lincecum is taking the mound against derek lowe. first pitch set for 6:37 tonight. the last time the giants made the play-offs was in 2003. and have your ear plugs

ready. the navy's blue angels fly practice runs over san francisco today and tomorrow. the official show will be held this weekend. it's all part of fleet week. people can also visit navy ships docked along the waterfront. this morning, a heart- wrenching plea from a family with a sick son. 17-year-old [ foreign language ] is hospitalized at california pacific medical center waiting for a heart transplant. his parents can't take him home because their tiny apartment doesn't have a reliable power supply for his heart machine. >> at home we have no way to plug anything in. >> they have medical expenses just to transport him down to l.a. where needs the transplant will cost $7,000 just for that. >> the chinatown community development center has set up a donation page at the national foundation for transplants. find the link on cbs5.com if you would like to help.

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and a look from cbs 5 headquarters at the bay bridge. looks a little cloudy out there. a little overcast. going to be cool for the big

game tonight, probably in the 60s. but we're hoping for some good times at at&t park. we'll have a live report a little bit later on. >> yeah, we're talk about the giants game. we have talked about the first play-off game but we can't overlook one historic performance. >> halladay is one strike away, the 0-2. a bouncer, ruiz... in time! roy halladay has thrown a no- hitter! >> yesterday, roy halladay became the second pitcher ever to throw a no-hitter in the play-offs. the last one was back in 1956. halladay struck out 8 and walked just one. the winner of the phillies-reds series will face the winner of the giants-braves series. all right. half moon bay is gearing up for its annual championship pumpkin weigh-off. the event is monday morning at 7:00 at 735 main street and cbs

5 is a proud sponsor. as big as weigh-off, it's actually a kickoff event for the half moon bay art and pumpkin festival which is october 16 and 17. >> you think pumpkins are big? you want to see big, juliette? you want to know what to buy your wife or girlfriend for christmas? this is big. 24ct rare pink diamond. it's on display in hong kong and will be shown off worldwide before the auction so we can all do a little window shopping. it's described as a classic emerald cut with gently rounded corners. but the expected price, hm, $38 million. >> i don't know. i can't even tell the difference between the fake and the real deal anymore. i think i would go for -- >> am i going to lose it? >> yeah. a new poll out today says the majority of college students say they would be stressed out if they didn't have computers and cell phones and all that other technology

and many say that they feel pressured to instantly respond when they get a text or voicemail. >> i just got a text message from a friend. >> this morning? >> they're up in. >> yeah. but i didn't respond. our question of the day: bob , not really unless y en i m xt from a friend college kids, if they're in relationship, they're worried. why won't they respond instantly? , you know, texting or washing the dishes is more fun than doing your homework so you'll do anything before you do your homework. maybe that's it. >> true. send your answers to mornings@cbs5.com. or you can post your answers on our facebook page. we're also on twitter. >> we'll share your responses. okay, 5:55. let check in with elizabeth.

are you a texter? >> oh-oh. do i have to answer this question of the day? it really depends on the person. women in their 30s, too, sometimes playing the dating game you got to -- if it's a guy you like, wait at least six hours to respond back? play hard to get. maybe a few hours. tracy says i'm waiting too long. if it's a friend, respond right away. >> are you crazy??? that many hours is too long. >> you th so? >> yeah!! > >> top speeds out of san jose, so far, so good in the northbound 280 lanes. quiet so far for our morning commute. the peninsula looks great 101 and 280 mostly green on all our sensors. our one traffic alert this morning is up in geyserville. southbound 101 just past geyserville avenue a big rig accident around 2:45:00 a.m. the left lane is going to be blocked due to a diesel fuel spill. we got it right this time, blocked until noon.

so watch out for that. otherwise we're good to go. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. hey, thanks, elizabeth. six hours? he is going to text somebody else. >> maybe that's my problem! [ laughter ] >> here's a look at our seven- day forecast. highs mid-60s at the coast, upper 60s at the bay and mid- 70s inland. another beautiful day expected. warming up just in time for the weekend with warmer temperatures also expected as we move into next week. this saturday it is somersault music festival at fort meade, 60s, mostly sunny skies. italian heritage parade sunday north beach 74 degrees. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >> thank you. 5:57. coming up in the next half hour the back and forth battle over our state budget all comes down to this. >> the final vote set for today. see who is benefitting and losing from the latest deal. take me out to the post- season. the giants in the play-offs tonight at at&t park.

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