The team took off. Fans say they wanted to be here. Some showing up as early as 3 00 a. M. To welcome back the world series champs and give them a proper welcome home. The giants did not keep their fans waiting. Mvp Pablo Sandoval was one of the first off the bus, sharing the world series trophy with the crowd, followed by other players and giants execs. We overcame some pretty difficult situations. It makes it that much more sweet, when youre able to get to this point. Really, like i said, its very humbling. I cant believe it, and just grateful to be a part of this group. Its great for the organization, more so great for our Northern California region and San Francisco. Our fan base is maybe the best in sports. Reporter fans say seeing the team is well worth the wait. Its so awesome. Im feeling a dynasty. We live and breathe the giants. We are so thrilled for them. Good to be here last time in 2010. Stoked to be here and welcome these guys home this time. Reporter among the fans, this 3yearold who reenacted some of the giants pitchers best moves and 2yearold miguel diaz who is celebrating the clean sweep. They have tomorrow to rest before the big parade set for halloween. I think orange and black on halloween is very natural. But i think thats a way to actually do two birds with one stone. There were going to be people taking off that day anyway to celebrate the halloween day. Reporter this is video from the 2010 world series parade when tens of thousands of fans descended on Market Street as cable cars carried the players and their families. Wednesdays parade will follow a similar path at the foot of market and wednesdending with a celebration at civic center plaza. The mayor says hell meet with giants executives soon to firm up details for that parade. As soon as we get the detail, well pass them along to you. Live in San Francisco, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. Thank you, kimberly. Well be covering that giants parade live for you. The celebrations were not all fun last night in San Francisco, though. Police arresting several dozen rowdy revellers who set fire to trash cans, even a muni business. Many people woke up to graffi graffitied walls, trashed streets. When giants fan told us, real giants fans were not behind the destruction. I was with my house with my family. Reporter what do you think after this . This is awful. Its good to celebrate, but in a good way, not doing this. Embarrassing. It was embarrassing. Some in the crowd hurled bottles at police and there were some reports of minor injuries. It wasnt just bats cracking at the ballpark. Homeland security agents busted people selling bogus giants deer. A dozen undercover agents were hidden among the fans at at t park looking for phony tshirts and caps. They confiscated more than 1,000 tshirts and 100 caps from vendors outside the ballpark during the first two games of the world series. Investigators say it is outright theft. We want to protect people that have made an effort to build a genuine product, to build a genuine brand, not somebody that just simply is stealing off somebody elses effort. The feds conducted a similar sting two years ago when the giants won the world series then. They later donated the seized items to victims of the haitian earthquake. The world series celebrations are just getting started. We invite you to stay with nbc bay area for complete coverage of wednesdays parade. You can also go to nbcbayarea. Com to relive the magical moments from the giants world series run. The mood was very different in the east bay, in an east bay courtroom today. Family and friends of michelle le got a bit of closure. A jury found a Union City Woman guilty of killing the 26yearold. Nbc bay eas Jodi Hernandez has the new details and joins us from oakland this evening. Jodi . Reporter the le family has been through such an excruciating ordeal that began when the Nursing Student disappeared last year. Today after months filled with court appearances, testimony and finally deliberation, they got a verdict that could put les killer behind bars for the rest of her life. You never know whats going on in the jurys mind. We were just hoping and praying they made the right call. Reporter michelle les family got the verdict theyd hoped for as the jury found 28yearold Giselle Esteban guilty of firstdegree murder for the may 2011 killing of the Nursing Student. Were just happy that justice has finally been served. It felt like yesterday when we were going through all of this, to finally wrap it all up with the right choice, it lifts a burden. Reporter les family held hands and cried as the verdict was read. While esteban nodded her head as if not surprised by the jurys decision. Her attorney never denied esteban killed le but argued it was done in the heat of passion urging a manslaughter conviction. The Prosecutor Says esteban was overcome with jealousy because of a former relationship between le and her boyfriend. She hunted her down and killed her. She was either going to do it at the parking lot or at her home. Michelle was so selfless and so loving and always wanted to help others. For a soul like that to be taken away is really hard. Reporter les loved ones say the jury got it right and theyre grateful esteban will pay. She took michelles life. She took her life. And thats for god to judge. Reporter michelle les father told us he believes his daughter will finally be able to rest in peace. Now, Giselle Esteban will be sentenced on december 10th. Again, she faces a possible sentence of 25 years to life behind bars. Reporting live in oakland, im Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. Thank you, jodi. Meanwhile, the man accused in a monthlong crime spree that included the killing of a retired hercules teacher was in a courtroom today. Darnell washington heard the nine felony counts against him. It make him and his wife eligible for the death penalty. He was extradited from Washington State yesterday and his wife tanias extradition is pending. Darnell washington is scheduled to enter a plea november 8th. The u. S. Supreme court is indicating it will decide next month whether or not to review californias proposition 8. The indication comes from a notice the High Court Posted on its website today. The notice reads that prop 8 which banned samesex marriage is on the agenda of a private conference scheduled for november 20th. If the Supreme Court does decide to take on the case this year, we will know by november 26th. The case is at the highest level after the sponsors of prop 8 asked the court to overturn the u. S. Court of appeals decision which found the measure unconstitutional. To a developing story, impacting a huge swath along the east coast, Hurricane Sandy made landfall in new jersey. Tonight, at least five people are reported dead. Surging waves pounded the coastline and rain left many coastal street just flooded. Winds of up to 90 miles an hour wreaking havoc, ripping down signs and power lines and battering homes, boardwalks and businesses. So far, the storm has knocked out power to nearly 2 Million People. For the latest, we bring in meteorologist rob mayeda. Have we seen the worst of it, rob . Well relay some of the information in a moment. But first lets show you whats happening on the radar. Youre looking at a storm that is Tropical Storm force winds of almost 400 miles wide. Winds sustained at 80 miles per hour, moving inland, it will take about 48 hours before it completely clears the northeast coast there. All that moisture wraps on in. Sandy officially transitioned from a hurricane now into a supercharged noreaster as the low crossed the coast changing into a cold core low. Here is the main impact were seeing in terms of the wind, pushing a wall of water, if you want to think of it that way, slow motion rise in sea level to the jersey shore. And now into Lower Manhattan. Were seeing a three to sixfoot rise coupled with high tides. So this is the latest information from nbc news and our affiliate in new york. 3 million without power, wind gusts even around long island at 80 miles per hour. Parts of Lower Manhattan seeing one to three feet of water. Some of the tunnel and subway areas being flooded. You could be looking at longterm impact there is in Lower Manhattan. High tide happening right now. Even though water levels will drop by majority, places like Laguardia Airport now report that is water is rushing over parts of the runway there is in long island. You can see this is a massive storm. Its going to take some time before it spins down. It looks like the next three or four hours will see the worst of the impacts all up and down long island and as far south as washington, d. C. Tonight. Well keep you posted on the latest on sandy and a look at a few changes in our own weather coming up in a few minutes. The governor of new york said five people have died related to this storm. Plenty more coverage ahead, including a live report from the east coast and serious damage unfolding as it continues tonight. Im vicky nguyen. What happens when you die, not figure outi i figuratively but literally . We looked at Funeral Homes. Also making sure your vote really does count. The common mistake that may take away your vote in the upcoming election. And another smartphone choice for your Holiday Shopping dollar. This one comes with a celebrity endorsement. Were back in a moment. This is hayden. Thats elizabeth. And thats skyler. And his mom, nancy. Theyre just a few of the californians who took it on themselves to send you a message about what they need to restore years of cuts to their schools. Prop thirtyeight. Thirtyeight raises billions in new revenue bypasses sacramento and sends every k through 12 dollar straight to our local schools. Every school. For them. For all of us. Vote yes on thirtyeight. As part of a heart healthy diet. Thats true. And now. You [ giggles ] the one and only, cheerios decision 2012, only eight days until election day. For weeks, voters have been bombarded by messages preparing them to cast their ballots. But did you know if you make a simple mistake, your vote may marianneavro is here toell us why your mailinallot cou get u kicked lot of peopl forget to sign their names onheir ballo envelope. Thatay sound simple, but already 179 voters in Santa Clara County haveone that. And because of that mistake, their votes wont be counted. But there are other mistakes that may also throw your ballot out. In san jose today, they lined up to turn in their mailin ballots in person because the stakes are high. But especially proposition 30, proposition 32, proposition 37, 38, all of the propositions are very important. Reporter Santa Clara County has received 133,000 mailin ballots so far. This machine scans those ballots and takes a picture of each signature on the envelope. A county employee then compares the signature to the one on file when the voter first registered. And looks to see if they match. Sometimes people sign their normal signature and sometimes they may scribble. If it doesnt match on your original registration card, we cannot count it. Reporter these signatures are challenged and an elections manager decides if the ballot should be thrown out. So far 416 ballots have been challenged. Other mistakes people make when mailing in their ballots . If its a family whos voting, make sure that you get your envelope and you sign the envelope with your name on it. Ive seen lots of times when husbands and wives not paying attention and they sign other envelopes. Reporter those ballots dont count either. The hope is most of those ballots will qualify to reach the counting machine, where your decision holds the most power. Tomorrow at 7 00 p. M. Is the deadline to apply to vote by mail in Santa Clara County. If you want to know if the county registrar received your ballot and it was counted, go to the website and download a special app that enables you to track your ballot. Marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Hes spreading his word. A statewide campaign is governor browns strategy to drum up support for his prop 30. The race is expected to be close because the latest polls show support for prop 30 is dipping below 50 . In an interview today, brown addressed voter concerns that all the money raised by prop 30 would not go to schools. He called that propaganda spread by opponents. Its literally a handful of extremely wealthy people, some of whom are concealing their identity. Read the text. The text said education protection fund. Its right there in black and white. Brown says without the money raised by prop 30, he has no choice but to further slash funding for california schools and colleges. Today, backers of san joses measure d which would increase the minimum wage by 2 issued a challenge to their opponents. We respectfully challenge you to live for one week on the minimum wij income, thats 320. A letter was delivered to the chamber of commerce increase would allow them to live without public assistance. The chamber oppose measure d saying its bad for business and could lead to job loss. However, a reality check by our Investigative Unit showed that did not happen in other major cities like San Francisco where the minimum wage was increased. Two bay area Elementary Schools are among 23 in the state which have been stripped of their standardized test rankings after irregularities committed by teachers. One of the schools, fairwood elementary in sunnyvale. It selfreported the incident back to the state in may realizing a teacher taught an impromptu lesson on an upcoming question. That stat is constituted as cheating. That teacher is no longer with the district. Global Family School lost its ranking when a fifth grade teacher kept charts and materials posted into the room during the six days of testing. A News Conference announcing an award for Domestic Violence programs in San Francisco got heated today when a reporter asked the District Attorney about the sheriff. We have a Law Enforcement officer who first committed a crime and then denied it had be committed. They tried to litigate these actions and blame others. They put together a whole campaign to block anybody that call calls it what it was. They went on to say theyre crafting a law to ban any Law Enforcement leader from overseeing programs in an area where theyve been convicted of a crime. The mayor argues theres no conflict of interest. The sheriff is serving three years probation for his Domestic Violence conviction. The chps Vallejo Dispatch Center has reopened after a fire shut it down last night. The fire started around 9 30 p. M. Inside of a computer console. Smoke triggered the buildings Sprinkler System which quickly put out the fire. 20 employees were forced to evacuate and the center was closed overnight. The office started taking calls again at 4 00 this morning. During the 6 1 2hour gap were handled by the sacramento and monterey offices. We want to check back in with meteorologist rob mayeda. Lets talk about here at home. Everyones anticipating that big parade and halloween on wednesday. How is it going to look . Things looking better where thats concerned. A little relief for me. Outside right now, seeing a gorgeous moonrise. Looking from san bruno off to the east. There comes the moon up out of the east, kind of an orange look to it. Clear skies to the east. Low clouds sweeping in across the bay. This after another nice afternoon, close to 80 across the trivalley. Pleasanton, sunol and livermore saw some 80s. 66 in San Francisco and a nice 76 in santa cruz. The sea breeze is really starting to pick up and the fog, reaching into San Francisco, dropping down to 58 degrees. As the winds pick up on shore, the days of seeing 80s inland have come to an end. Cooler changes come tomorrow. Low clouds hugging the coastline. Theyre going to punch inland across the bay. Storm track still off to the north but even that is about to change. Thats going to start to swing to the south late tomorrow, heading north into mendocino county. The main event will be after midnight wednesday into thursday morning. For tomorrow morning, look out for patchy, dense fog. Would not be surprised to see a dense fog advisory for most of the inner bay. Clearing skies tomorrow for the afternoon. Not as warm as the temperatures we had today. Jacket weather in the morning, low 50s. Upper 70s by mid afternoon out by livermore. But after tuesday, everything starts to change. Well see more clouds through wednesday and well track the exact timing, hour by hour, for your halloween forecast and championship parade forecast coming up in the next half hour and the very latest on Hurricane Sandy as it continues to impact the east coast. See you in a bit. Still ahead here at 6 00, a shakeup at apple. The fiasco that left a top exec without a job. And do those smoking bans really improve a communitys health . The new research out tonight. And then decaying bodies, dugup graves and lost remains, a report shows some of the most egregious violations of state law. Were back in a moment. Funerals are a multimilliondollar industry in california. Just like any business, the business of caring for the dead has its share of problems. Investigative reporter vicky nguyen reviewed Court Records detailing some of the most egregious violati