. >> i'm dan ashley. let's head out to abc7 news reporter thomas roman who is live with the latest at pier39. thomas? >> matthew rice's friends and family wanted to give him a special bachelor party. but they gave him a scare when their party boat hit a rock outside of alcatraz. these 18 men in life vests were having a great time at a bachelor party on the bay. the men, some of whom came from ireland decided all of them would have the beer tasting on a bay party boat. what they got was a scare when the boat started to sink. we spoke to the bachelor and his soon to be uncle. >> we were just hanging out, only on the boat pour like 20 minutes or so, and all of a sudden we were coming around alcatraz and it was like, boom, a big jolt. the next thing we knew, the coast guard boat came in and got us off. >> they were like, put on your life vests, go up to the bow. the captain was going toward pier30 nan, but they were going down and they were clearly taking on water. joy it was scary to hear the report. the hol

first pitch at i've:07 -- at 5:07 p.m. >> i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. for larry beil and sand yaw patel, --

. >> i'm dan ashley. the s.w.a.t team was ready to swoop in, but persuasion worked as well as force. this all happened tonight in an apartment complex in santa clara near saratoga avenue. alan wang is there live. take us through it. >> dan and carolyn, santa clara s.w.a.t had the suspect holed up and surrounded in the white apartment come plek -- complex right behind me. an hour ago the man walked out and gave up. this all started around 3:00 with an armed bank robbery about three miles away in san jose. as soon as police realized the suspect was in one of the apartment units, they immediately started evacuating the residents. in all six people were rushed to safety and police negotiators took over from there. >> within the last two hours approximately, we were able to have some two-way dialogue with the suspect until he successfully and safely surrendered. >> reporter: gore yaiters -- negotiators threw a phone through a window and used it to talk to him. sat this time san jose police have not released th

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for joining us. the news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00. >> for larry beil and sand >>> tonight on "nightline," a powerful hurricane, with tens of millions of americans in its cross hairs. poised to explode into a superstorm that will pummel the east coast. we're on the ground with the latest. >>> plus, it's a place where outsiders are rarely allowed.

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. a particularly strong showing from mitt romney tonight on key topics ranging from the economy to health care. >> abc7 news political reporter mark matthews is here with a look at this first big match up. >> no knockout punches tonight, nothing we will see over and over again on television, but mitt romney did what he needed to do. mitt romney ran to the middle saying lowering the tax rates for wealthy americans would not lower the amount of taxes they pay. >> my view is we should provide tax relief to those in the middle class. but i am not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high income people. >> romney said he would close tax loopholes and limit the de tucks -- deductions to the risk. >> it is knot possible to come up with enough deductions and loopholes that only affect high income individuals to either avoid raising the deficit or burdennenning the middle class. it is math. it is arithmetic. >> on health care -- >> first of all, i like the way we did it in massachusetts. >

. >> i'm dan ashley. altogether one million people are expected to drive, boat or bart into the city to take part in an unprecedented weekend of high-profile events. along with the blue angels there is the america's cup world series along the embarcadero, the hardly strictly bluegrass festival in golden gate park. the giants have playoff games at 6:30 p.m. on saturday and sunday. the castro street fair and the italian heritage parade is on sunday. that's to name a few of the events. ama dates is live tonight with what is going on. ama, how do you get where you are going? >> dan, it is dizzying thinking about all of the events. it is hard to keep them straight. we are here at pier39 where people are hanging out and having a good time before he take a cab home or walk to where they are going. tomorrow i expect lots more people to be out here to check out things like the blue angels. >> that's the best part of our job. the flying is unbelievable, but to meet kids and get them excited about what they have to

. >> i'm dan ashley. let's head out to abc7 news reporter thomas roman who is live with the latest at pier39. thomas? >> matthew rice's friends and family wanted to give him a special bachelor party. but they gave him a scare when their party boat hit a rock outside of alcatraz. these 18 men in life vests were having a great time at a bachelor party on the bay. the men, some of whom came from ireland decided all of them would have the tasting on a bay party boat. what they got was a scarethe bot the boat started to sink. we spoke to the bachelor and his soon to be uncle. >> we were just hanging out, only on the boat pour like 20 minutes or so, and all of a sudden we were coming around alcatraz and it was like, boom, a big jolt. the next thing we knew, the coast guard boat came in and got us off. >> they were like, put on your life vests, go up to the bow. the captain was going toward pier30 nan, but they were going down and they were clearly taking on water. joy it was scary to hear the report. the hole i

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for joining us. the news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00. >> for larry beil and sand time to check on sharon carmona, she is studying to be a doctor, but at 248 pounds... you have 33.7% fat. ...sharon knows she's the one who needs to get fit and healthy. i need to get this under control. so ali vincent made a house call. sharon? i'm ali! and gave sharon a live big prescription. you don't go to a bar if you're an alcoholic. you don't keep food in the house. klondike bars in the freezer if you have food issues. keep going. i feel like i'm going to fly off. bicep. step back and bring it back. now six months has gone by. i'm a really competitive person. make sure those butts are done. jump rope, jump rope. come on. plus its time for sharon to get back on the scale. okay let's go. okay. ♪ when i first met sharon carmona she was 248 pounds and ready to make a change. she's a busy girl. she works and goes to school. she wants to be a doctor and all that studying takes all her time. it's been six months

. >> i'm dan ashley. the s.w.a.t team was ready to swoop in, but persuasion worked as well as force. this all happened tonight in an apartment complex in santa clara near saratoga avenue. alan wang is there live. take us through it. >> dan and carolyn, santa clara s.w.a.t had the suspect holed up and surrounded in the white apartment come plek -- complex right behind me. an hour ago the man walked out and gave up. this all started around 3:00 with an armed bank robbery about three miles away in san jose. as soon as police realized the suspect was in one of the apartment units, they immediately started evacuating the residents. in all six people were rushed to safety and police negotiators took over from there. >> within the last two hours approximately, we were able to have some two-way dialogue with the suspect until he successfully and safely surrendered. >> reporter: gore yaiters -- negotiators threw a phone through a window and used it to talk to him. sat this time san jose police have not released th

. >> i'm dan ashley. altogether one million people are expected to drive, boat or bart into the city to take part in an unprecedented weekend of high-profile events. along with the blue angels there is the america's cup world series along the embarcadero, the hardly strictly bluegrass festival in golden gate park. the giants have playoff games at 6:30 p.m. on saturday and sunday. the castro street fair and the italian heritage parade is on sunday. that's to name a few of the events. ama dates is live tonight with what is going on. ama, how do you get where you are going? >> dan, it is dizzying thinking about all of the events. it is hard to keep them straight. we are here at pier39 where people are hanging out and having a good time before he take a cab home or walk to where they are going. tomorrow i expect lots more people to be out here to check out things like the blue angels. >> that's the best part of our job. the flying is unbelievable, but to meet kids and get them excited about what they have to

first pitch at i've:07 -- at 5:07 p.m. >> i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. for larry beil and sand yaw patel, -- resulting from rape is quote something god intended to happen." after that comment lit up the political blogs, murdoch explained he didn't mean god intended the rain, but that god is the only one who can create life. the democrats have pounced on the comment and tried to link murdoch to romney because romney endorsed him. >>> well, asian markets are lower after a dismal day on wall street. stocks tumbled after a series of low earning reports from dupont and xerox, ups, otherwise known as ups, world's largest package delivery company, warned the pace of groukts remains uneven and the holiday shopping season could prove to be disappointing, the worst day since june. just a little note, investors were thinking how high can we go, how low can we go in a split second. >> couple years ago, remember the dow was at 6,500. and 13,000 was a big deal. compared to whey where we were, considerable improvements. in addition to bad earnings reports, moody's is g

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. a particularly strong showing from mitt romney tonight on key topics ranging from the economy to health care. >> abc7 news political reporter mark matthews is here with a look at this first big match up. >> no knockout punches tonight, nothing we will see over and over again on television, but mitt romney did what he needed to do. mitt romney ran to the middle saying lowering the tax rates for wealthy americans would not lower the amount of taxes they pay. >> my view is we should provide tax relief to those in the middle class. but i am not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high income people. >> romney said he would close tax loopholes and limit the de tucks -- deductions to the risk. >> it is knot possible to come up with enough deductions and loopholes that only affect high income individuals to either avoid raising the deficit or burdennenning the middle class. it is math. it is arithmetic. >> on health care -- >> first of all, i like the way we did it in massachusetts. >

. >> that will make dan ashley very happy. he's a die hard stones fan. >> making a number of us very happy. >> now for movie dominating the box office and lindsay lohan books an exclusive interview. >> a celebrity lending his voice to the election. here is rachel smith with details. >> hollywood stars all over the campaign trail this, week it's bruce springsteen. he will appear in rallies campaigning for president obama. in ohio joined by former president bill clinton. spring stein camp yaind for obama in 2008. movie goers can't get enough of lee yam neeson. taken 2 came out on top. the sequel took in $22.5 million. he plays a former cia operative taken hostage. >> it's still a movie with a lot of heart. and passion and great thrills and spills. >> in second place was argo and third, sinister. now to actress lindsay lohan will will soon go one on one with barbara walters. it will air on 2020. look for it november 16th. tonight all eyes on paula abdul who is guest judging on "dancing with the stars". catch it all on 8:00 right

. >> i'm dan ashley. coming up at 5:00 today new guidelines for frozen eggs used to treat infertility bringing new hope for women trying to stop their biological clocks. and a new species of sea life found here in the pacific. it's west of the golden gate. those stories and more coming up at 5:00. >>> checking healthy living news proof of getting enough calcium in the die yismt a study says a diet lacking in calcium-rich foods increases a woman's risk of a hormone condition that can cause bone fractures and kidney stones. it affects one in 800 people, the most common in post menopausal women. the study is part of the womens' health initiative. the study of 58,000 that began in 1986. >> new research suggests green tea can help prevent or slow the growth of certain cancers. ers foun men with prostate cancer that drank green tee had less inflammation than those who didn't drink it, researchers credit antioxidants in green tea which protect against cell damage. >> formerly contained -- conjoined twin girls ar

. >> and i'm dan ashley. coming up new at 5:00 serious questions about police response times to crime in san jose. in a story only on 7, emergency responders come forward to reveal how it's making a difference between life and death. also at 5:00 larry ellison sets his sights on a new venture. that is coming up and a lot more at 5:00. >>> back live now with the most-riveting two miles per hour journey ever with the shuttle endeavor in los angeles. >> it's about to make its way across the 40 5 freeway. the making this is -- this is an interesting journey with just inches to spare. it passes power lines and we've been told a number of power lines in the area had to be rerouted for the journey. some folks without power four to eight hours during the course of this. they have to remove lines so it can make its way through. >> what is cool is that anyone can go down and watch. you can stand and see endeavor. if you're wondering about the price tag over $10 million to move it from l.a.x. to california science cente

i'm dan ashley. let's get the latest on this tonight from abc 7 news political reporter mark matthews. it was an interesting exchange. >> it was clear right from the start that mitt mitt romney sae debate as a chance to shake up the race and came out aggressive and prepared and put the president on the defensive for much of the 90 minutes. >> president obama and mitt romney went head to head. the candidates boiled down their economic arguments. >> governor romney has a perspective that says if we cut taxes skewed towards the wealthy and roll back regulations that we will be better off. i have got a different view. >> the president has a view very similar to the view he d when ran four years guy. if you will, trickle down government would work. that is not the right answer for america. >> romney's comments about the 47% have take and toll on his campaign even before the leaked video polls showed that americans thought he favored the wealthy over the middle class. tonight he clearly wanted to try and c

. >> i'm dan ashley. from all of use

. >> i'm dan ashley. from all of us here, thanks for watching. we appreciate your time. we'll see yo >>> this is "world news." tonight, superstorm. 66 million americans on alert for a giant storm ready to unleash an epic mix of flooding rain, snow and wind. sam champion and the abc news extreme weather team out tonight. >>> pep rally. president obama trying to rekindle the fire with young voters.

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good evening i'm dan ashley. former neighbors of the crime family are just stunned by the tragic news. family used to live in san francisco valley and the father is a former yahoo executive. vick lee has more. >>reporter: kevin and marina crime former home is necessary eled in a quiet well manicured neighborhood in noe valley. neighborhood of refurbished victorian homes. the crime lived in the 2 bedroom 2 bath house for about 6 years before selling it in july of last year. >> i remember that he had gotten a job and they were going to move to new york. >>reporter: lynn lives around the block. she remembers kevin and marina and 2 of the 3 children. 6-year-old lucy and 3-year-oldness not killed. she never met 2-year-old leo who may have just been born around the time they moved. >> they were definitely nice people. he was a techie. they bought a house small victorian and spent a lot of time fixing it and making it just right. >>reporter: she also met the grandparents who rented the inlaw apartment during a brief sta

abc7 news anchor dan ashley has this morning's assignment 7 report. >>> 7:00 a.m. in the marin headlands. a perfect time for a family swim. this is a lagoon where volunteers are looking for otters. >> i've seen an otter every time i've been out here. >> these are river otters that need fresh water to survive. they go in salt occasionally, but don't confuse them with their cousin the sea otter who spend most of their time in the ocean. river otters used to be in every creek in the bay area but they disappeared. >> partially because of hunt asking trapping but also because of a lot of our watersheds were in terrible disrepair and there was no much pollution. >> this map shows the known otter territory in is the 95. notice almost no otters in the bay area. but years of work to clean our waterways appear to be paying off. the otters are back. >> all the otters that we see look really healthy and well-fed. >> megan is a naturalist who helped launch the river otter ecology project >> turns out there's almost nothing known about their populations or their rain -- ranges.

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. let's get to sandhya patel with the radar. >> the activity has not died down. just saw lightning strike. you can see it in the east bay. i will take you in closer and show you where we are seeing isolated thunderstorm developing just northeast of kensing n to. you can see the strike right there. he just saw thunderstorms and we are seeing rain toward kensington and san pablo. you can see the cell is very close to that area, and it is really isolated. i want to loop this for you and show you what is happening. typically storms come in from the north and go south. this this instance, the area is off the coast and the moisture is wrapping its way back toward the west we are not done with the showers just yet. as you head out tomorrow morning, make sure you grab your umbrella and jacket or coat. it will be cooler. i will let you know when it will be safe to put the rain gear away. dan? >> thank you. >>> breaking news in a 24-year-old child abduction case. hayward police are testing a bone

dan ashley. abc7 news. >> the project is looking for more otter spotters. you can learn more by heading to their website. we have a link on our website abc7news.com under "sea it on tv." you can see the weather right now, at least lisa argen is here to tell you all about it. you can look out the window, of course, burr they don't know the forecast. >> no. and it changes with our forecast models. things get updated, slow down, speed up. yes are looking at the first unseasonably strong cold front of the season headed our way as soon as ton. a live look outside. it is partly cloudy out there. temperatures have really dropped so numbers are mainly in the 40s and 50s. the sun comes up at 7:25, setting at 6:23. that brings us ten hours and fifty-eight minutes of daylight. we will see a few holes in the overcast from time to time and that will allow for a pew peaks of sun. but overall it will be cloudy and we will see the clouds continue to thicken throughout the day. so right now temperatures are cool and you will notice that the cloud cover is mid- and high-leve

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. let's get to sandhya patel with the radar. >> the activity has not died down. just saw lightning strike. you can see it in the east bay. i will take you in closer and show you where we are seeing isolated thunderstorm developing just northeast of kensing n to. you can see the strike right there. he just saw thunderstorms and we are seeing rain toward kensington and san pablo. you can see the cell is very close to that area, and it is really isolated. i want to loop this for you and show you what is happening. typically storms come in from the north and go south. this this instance, the area is off the coast and the moisture is wrapping its way back toward the west we are not done with the showers just yet. as you head out tomorrow morning, make sure you grab your umbrella and jacket or coat. it will be cooler. i will let you know when it will be safe to put the rain gear away. dan? >> thank you. >>> breaking news in a 24-year-old child abduction case. hayward police are testing a bone

. >> i'm dan ashley. the s.w.a.t team was ready to swoop in, but persuasion worked as well as force. this all happened tonight in an apartment complex in santa clara near saratoga avenue. alan wang is there live. take us through it. >> dan and carolyn, santa clara s.w.a.t had the suspect holed up and surrounded in the white apartment come plek -- complex right behind me. an hour ago the man walked out and gave up. this all started around 3:00 with an armed bank robbery about three miles away in san jose. as soon as police realized the suspect was in one of the apartment units, they immediately started evacuating the residents. in all six people were rushed to safety and police negotiators took over from there. >> within the last two hours approximately, we were able to have some two-way dialogue with the suspect until he successfully and safely surrendered. >> reporter: gore yaiters -- negotiators threw a phone through a window and used it to talk to him. sat this time san jose police have not released th

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. >> i'm dan ashley. it was seen from monterey to mendocino and east to sacramento. alan wang is live at the space and science center in oakland with the story. alan? >> and there were several astronomers here tonight hosting an event. they were so busy speaking to the guests that they missed the excitement. there were plenty of people who saw it and some who took pictures. these are photos taken by a very alert guy. he said he was watching a girls soccer game when he saw this thing streak across the sky at a low altitude and followed by a loud boom. we spoke to several people who saw it in oakland's jack london square around 7:45. we will hear from them followed by an astronomer who tells us what it really was. >> looked over and saw a crescent-shaped object. as it went away it started getting larger. it was expanding. >> i can't really describe exactly what i seen, but it was something abnormal. >> how long did it last? >> i just seen two seconds. >> i am not sure if it was a meteor or not. a meteor drops out of the sky. this thing was going sideways and across the

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. abc news meteorologist sandhya patel joins us with a look at what is ahead. >> carolyn and dan, what's ahead is a storm. let's look at the big changes that are coming. the storm is in the development phase. the area of low pressure in the gulf of alaska will join together with this moisture north of hawaii. the storm is developing and will get here this week end. i will show what you it looks like at this hour. the marine layer has ramped up that has brought the cooling. it has extended into the bayside communities tonight. and as you look at the temperatures at this hour, they are in the 50s and the 60s. big changes ahead as i mentioned. i'll let you know if the wet weather, first significant rain of the season and the snow in the sierra will impact your weekend plans in a few minutes. carolyn? >> thank you. happening now the san mateo bridge is shutdown, and that means tens of thousands of people will have to make other plans to get across the bay. you are looking live at the san ma

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. an impressive feet before a national audience against one of the toughest teams and pitchers in baseball. >> larry beil is here with a spectacular win. >> pablo sandoval and three homers and barry zito out duals verlander. if you are a giants fan you couldn't dream it would be this good. the giants win game one of the world series 8-3. what a night for pablo sandoval. first inning off verlander. gone. then in the third, more of the same. in the fifth, aloha. the panda joins babe ruth, reggie jackson and pujols as the only player to hit three home runs in a pearled series. barry zito cep the tigers in check and allowed one run on six hits and walked one and struck out three and the giants are victorious. game two tomorrow night at at&t park. we will hear from the panda and zito in sports. >> amazing. so much fun. thanks, larry. >>> well, as you can guess the ballpark was rocking tonight. fans in pandemonium. but it was not all fun and games out there, actually. bernard is live with bot

. >> i'm dan ashley. let's head out to abc7 news reporter thomas roman who is live with the latest at pier39. thomas? >> matthew rice's friends and family wanted to give him a special bachelor party. but they gave him a scare when their party boat hit a rock outside of alcatraz. these 18 men in life vests were having a great time at a bachelor party on the bay. the men, some of whom came from ireland decided all of them would have the beer tasting on a bay party boat. what they got was a scare when the boat started to sink. we spoke to the bachelor and his soon to be uncle. >> we were just hanging out, only on the boat pour like 20 minutes or so, and all of a sudden we were coming around alcatraz and it was like, boom, a big jolt. the next thing we knew, the coast guard boat came in and got us off. >> they were like, put on your life vests, go up to the bow. the captain was going toward pier30 nan, but they were going down and they were clearly taking on water. joy it was scary to hear the report. the hol

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for joining us. abc news begins tomorrow morning at 4:30. >> we will have more on the decision. thank you so much for have you heard of the new dialing procedure for the 408 and 669 area codes? no, what is it? starting october 20, 2012, if you have a 408 or 669 number, you'll need to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. o.k., but what if i have an 408 number and i'm calling a 408 number? you'll still need to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. so when in doubt, dial it out!

i'm dan ashley. >>ohnson of the the fame has -- carolyn johnson. the family has close ties to the bay area. they lived in san francisco for years. abc7 news reporter sergio quintana has the story. >> new york city detectives have not figured out why a nanny would have violently stabbed two young children in her care, but they are thousand saying the 50-year-old woman may have been having financial problems and recently sought psychological help. the disturbing murder of two children in this manhattan apart meant building sent shock waves across the country of the she returned home to find two of her children stabbed to death in a bath to be. two-year-old leo and six-year-old lucia killed by their nanny. and then she started stabbing herself when the mother walked in. she was later wheeled away on a stretcher. >> on the floor of the bathroom is the nanny who apparently inflicted wounds on her throat. >> reporter: they recently moved to new york from san francisco. their former neighbors are shocked to hear of the tragedy. >> i remember that he had g

dan ashley has the night off. the two sparred on everything from libya to jobs in what was clearly a high stakes evening for both candidates. mark matthews is here now with more on the debate and reaction. >> it was a good debate. it was a real debate this time. both men were animated and passionate in their presentations. the president out did him in tactics. >> they focused on the struggling economy. >> we have not made the progress we need to put it back to work of the that's why we want to get america 12 million new jobs in four years and a rise in take home pay. >> the president focused on romney. >> governor romney doesn't have a five-point plan. he has a one-point plan. that's to make sure the folks at the top play by a different set of rules. >> when he tried to answer back the moderator pushed back. >> governor romney, there will be plenty of chances to go on. we i -- >> i will -- >> when romney talked about lowering tax rates. >> when you bring the rates down, those small businesses are able to keep more

. >> i'm dan ashley. altogether one million people are expected to drive, boat or bart into the city to take part in an unprecedented weekend of high-profile events. along with the blue angels there is the america's cup world series along the embarcadero, the hardly strictly bluegrass festival in golden gate park. the giants have playoff games at 6:30 p.m. on saturday and sunday. the castro stree fair d th italn ritage pade on nday. that to name a feof t ents. ama tes isive tonit with what i gng on. am how do you get where you are going? >> dan, it is dizzying thinking about all of the events. it is hard to keep them straight. we are here at pier39 where people are hanging out and having a good time before he take a cab home or walk to where they are going. tomorrow i expect lots more people to be out here to check out things like the blue angels. >> that's the best part of our job. the flying is unbelievable, but to meet kids and get them excited about what they have to offer or staying in school, that's

. >> i'm dan ashley. what a great night. we have live team coverage of the giants win and nick smith with fans at at&t park. john is terrainy street party in the mission district and rick is with the players tonight. >> all right let's start it off with mike here in the studio. >> boy, what a night. this run to the world series may even more magical than the first time back in 2010. giants busted open in the 3rd inning. bases loaded. no outs. single to left center. the score. comes around from second. buster scores from first. 6 nothing. the bases loaded 5 times in the inning. 11 times came to bat. villain of the series holiday fly out to the man he injured series mvp marco to end the game. let the celebration begin. giants going to the world series. 9 nothing game 7 victory. abc 7 news sports reporter rick kwan is live at at&t park and rick the celebration still going on. >> yes. the fans are still out here celebrating. latest edition of the chronicle. giants win the pennant. it was a wet and wild kind of night as giants ce

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. an impressive feet before a national audience against one of the toughest teams and pitchers in baseball. >> larry beil is here with a spectacular win. >> pablo sandoval and three homers and barry zito out duals verlander. if you are a giants fan you couldn't dream it would be this good. the giants win game one of the world series 8-3. what a night for pablo sandoval. first inning off verlander. gone. then in the third, more of the same. in the fifth, aloha. the panda joins babe ruth, reggie pujols as the only player to hit three home runs in a pearled series. barry zito cep the tigers in check and allowed one run on six hits and walked one and struck out three and the giants are victorious. game two tomorrow night at at&t park. we will hear from the panda and zito in sports. >> amazing. so much fun. thanks, larry. >>> well, as you can guess the ballpark was rocking tonight. fans in pandemonium. but it was not all fun and games out there, actually. bernard is live with both sides of t

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. a particularly strong showing from mitt romney tonight on key topics ranging from the economy to health care. >> abc7 news political reporter mark matthews is here with a look at this first big match up. >> no knockout punches tonight, nothing we will see over and over again on television, but mitt romney did what he needed to do. mitt romney ran to the middle saying lowering the tax rates for wealthy americans would not lower the amount of taxes they pay. >> my view is we should provide tax relief to those in the middle class. but i am not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high income people. >> romney said he would close tax loopholes and limit the de tucks -- deductions to the risk. >> it is knot possible to come up with enough deductions and loopholes that only affect high income individuals to either avoid raising the deficit or burdennenning the middle class. it is math. it is arithmetic. >> on health care -- >> first of all, i like the way we did it in massachusetts. >

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. let's get to sandhya patel with the radar. >> the activity has not died down. just saw lightning strike. you can see it in the east bay. i will take you in closer and show you where we are seeing isolated thunderstorm developing just northeast of kensing n to. you can see the strike right there. he just saw thunderstorms and we are seeing rain toward kensington and san pablo. you can see the cell is very close to that area, and it is really isolated. i want to loop this for you and show you what is happening. typically storms come in from the north and go south. this this instance, the area is off the coast and the moisture is wrapping its way back toward the west we are not done with the showers just yet. as you head out tomorrow morning, make sure you grab your umbrella and jacket or coat. it will be cooler. i will let you know when it will be safe to put the rain gear away. dan? >> thank you. >>> breaking news in a 24-year-old child abduction case. hayward police are testing a bone

. >> i'm dan ashley. what a great night. we have live team coverage of the giants win and nick smith with fans at at&t park. john is terrainy street party in the mission district and rick is with the players tonight. >> all right let's start it off with mike here in the studio. >> boy, what a night. this run to the world series may even more magical than the first time back in 2010. giants busted open in the 3rd inning. bases loaded. no outs. single to left center. the score. comes around from second. buster scores from first. 6 nothing. the bases loaded 5 times in the inning. 11 times came to bat. villain of the series holiday fly out to the man he injured series mvp marco to end the game. let the celebration begin. giants going to the world series. 9 nothing game 7 victory. abc 7 news sports reporter rick kwan is live at at&t park and rick the celebration still going on. >> yes. the fans are still out here celebrating. latest edition of the chronicle. giants win the pennant. it was a wet and wild kind of night as giants ce

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. abc news meteorologist sandhya patel joins us with a look at what is ahead. >> carolyn and dan, what's ahead is a storm. let's look at the big changes that are coming. the storm is in the development phase. the area of low pressure in the gulf of alaska will join together with this moisture north of hawaii. the storm is developing and will get here this week end. i will show what you it looks like at this hour. the marine layer has ramped up that has brought the cooling. it has extended into the bayside communities tonight. and as you look at the temperatures at this hour, they are in the 50s and the 60s. big changes ahead as i mentioned. i'll let you know if the wet weather, first significant rain of the season and the snow in the sierra will impact your weekend plans in a few minutes. carolyn? >> thank you. happening now the san mateo bridge is shutdown, and that means tens of thousands of people will have to make other plans to get across the bay. you are looking live at the san ma

. >> i'm dan ashley. it was seen from monterey to mendocino and east to sacramento. alan wang is live at the space and science center in oakland with the story. alan? >> and there were several astronomers here tonight hosting an event. they were so busy speaking to the guests that they missed the excitement. there were plenty of people who saw it and some who took pictures. these are photos taken by a very alert guy. he said he was watching a girls soccer game when he saw this thing streak across the sky at a low follnd followed by a loud boom. we spoke to several people who saw it in oakland's jack london square around 7:45. we will hear from them followed by an astronomer who tells us what it really was. >> looked over and saw a crescent-shaped object. as it went away it started getting larger. it was expanding. >> i can't really describe exactly what i seen, but it was something abnormal. >> how long did it last? >> i just seen two seconds. >> i am not sure if it was a meteor or not. a meteor drops out of the sky. this thing was going sideways and across the sky.

. >> i'm dan ashley. what a great night. we have live team coverage of the giants win and nick smith with fans at at&t park. john is terrainy street party in the mission district and rick is with the players tonight. >> all right let's start it off with mike here in the studio. >> boy, what a night. this run to the world series may even more magical than the first time back in 2010. giants busted open in the 3rd inning. bases loaded. no outs. single to left center. the score. comes around from second. buster scores from first. 6 nothing. the bases loaded 5 times in the inning. 11 times came to bat. villain of the series holiday fly out to the man he injured series mvp marco to end the game. let the celebration begin. giants going to the world series. 9 nothing game 7 victory. abc 7 news sports reporter rick kwan is live at at&t park and rick the celebration still going o >> yes >> yes. the fans are still out here celebrating. latest edition of the chronicle. giants win the pennant. it was a wet and wild kind of night as gian

good morning i'm dan ashley with carolyn johnson and larry beale. we are so excited to be here with you. >> we have a lot of crews on the ground along the from the waterfront in san francisco to civic center plaza, a dozen abc7 news reporters are out there alongside our live cameras we have sky 7 hd above as well. we'll be big you the entire parade and celebration live. we are also streaming online at abc7news.com and through our ipad app. >> it is a fabulous morning. we have all the coverage for you. we want to go out to cheryl jennings and kristen sze they are live at the start of the parade route. hi guys. [ inaudible ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it never gets old every time is just as exciting and the fans, just like we have a million people here the way they've been sharing everything. >> it is amazing. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the fans are cheering everything from the baby running around in giants' clothing to bus bus, this is terrific and it is underway -- >> having a hard time hearing you, thanks very much. >>> let's check in with terry mcswee

good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> with prices averaging more than $700 for game one, fan fever is building tonight over the giants returning to the world series. fans showed enthusiasm into the night after the giants won the national league pennant. we have team coverage for you tonight. abc 7 news larry beil and reporter wayne freedman of live. giants gaming their starting

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. an impressive feet before a national audience against one of the toughest teams and pitchers in baseball. >> larry beil is here with a spectacular win. >> pablo sandoval and three homers and barry zito out duals verlander. if you are a giants fan you couldn't dream it would be this good. the giants win game one of the world series 8-3. what a night for pablo sandoval. first inning off verlander. gone. then in the third, more of the same. in the fifth, aloha. the panda joins babe ruth, reggie jackson and pujols as the only player to hit three home runs in a pearled series. barry zito cep the tigers in check and allowed one run on six hits and walked one and ut three and the giants are victorious. game two tomorrow night at at&t park. we will hear from the panda and zito in sports. >> amazing. so much fun. thanks, larry. >>> well, as you can guess the ballpark was rocking tonight. fans in pandemonium. but it was not all fun and games out there, actually. bernard is live with both sides

. >> i'm dan ashley. the bare facts put a man's job in jeopardy. he's accused of spending thousands of dollars of public money in a strip club. vic lee is live where commissioners are meeting about this right now. vic? >> the port commissioners went into closed emergency session just after 5:00 tonight here at the port offices. we're told the sessions are rare. that they're called only to discuss the

good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and they have been meeting on whether he should be allowed to resume his duties as sheriff. hundreds of people packed the chambers. this is a live picture and they have vowed to listen to everyone who wants to speak. abc 7

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good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> a man shot to death this morning in oakland, highlights need for assistance in a city where the crime rate skyrocketed this year. we're live with today's developments. thomas? >> this isn't the first time oakland asked for help from the sheriff's department or chp. but jerry brown was mayor of oakland he asked for same support. now, he's governor and providing it. >> i said those are gunshots. >> jody lives right here near lake merit this, morning she heard shots. wins -- minutes later a man was found dead in the street. police officers say he was targeted as he left for work. >> we're talking to witnesses and we are thankful to the community. we received multiple calls this