It swept through San Francisco and beyond. Giants fans ecstatic as they took to the street. Tara moriarty is at at t park. I would imagine they are sleeping at this point. Reporter seems like all is quiet out here. A word to the wise, perhaps the Detroit Tigers might want to consider not taking a three game lead over the giants in the world series. Just kidding but wow, what a game last night. 40,000 fans were drenched from the downpour at the end of the game but didnt care. No amount of rain was going to keep them from seeing the giants clench their division, this after being down three games to one in the is series against the cardinals, the electricity in the stands, in the coffee cove and in the streets was palpable. We are back in the world series and we are going to win this whole thing. Amazing. I was going to have a heart attack. Reporter now, this afternoon the tigers and the giants will begin their workouts. They will play here at home wednesday and thursday night at 5 00. Sa
Popping up today. There will be plenty of showers today with highs only in the 60s. Heres sal. Good morning, steve. Chp says weather played a major role in a crash overnight on interstate 680 that shut down all lanes of 680 near pleasnaton. Nine driver of a big the driver of a big rig was driving down the sunol grade when he lost control and slid down the roadway blocking all lanes. The road closed for more than two hours while crews cleaned up the wreck and the oil spilled on the roadway. The driver of the big rig received minor injuries and no other cars involved. Chp is trying to figure out if the driver was going too fast for the conditions. Live picture of the area right now. Everything is open, 680 traffic looks good as you head south. 5 01. Back to the desk. We are following developing news out of oakland where a dozen people had to be evacuated from their homes after an Early Morning fire. Ktvu channel 2 reporter alex savage joins us now on fruitvale avenue where firefighters a
Including last nights downpour. We begin with david davis telling us even though the world series will bring in alot of fun for the city, there is a bigger benefit. Reporter San Francisco businesses are hoping for a big win as well. Fans are not the only one excited about this. At 16 the special of the week at San Franciscos prospect restaurant, a slow cooked each, nestled in italian black rice. The colors of the San Francisco giants. I think we will call it the homerun. Reporter San Francisco businesses hoping for a financial grand slam with the world series start on wednesday. The city is coming off one of the strongest summers for tourism in years. The games are said to add to the wind fall. We are excited about this. Reporter the citys 34,000 rooms are filling up. They are coming from across the country. Regionally, we saw in 2010, that people come from other areas around the bay area and actually stay in the city and enjoy the game. Reporter hard numbers are not available for how
Here we are, we have a sold out seats and theres been huge energy that the team has felt from the fans and thats what its all about. And when the Home Team Wins the hometown profits, hotels are close to full occupancy. You can find rooms, youre going to pay a little bit more for them because its a big event. Two games a room and free breakfast for 2,000. Nonstop, every since they won people have been wanting to stay with us. The tug out store Near Union Square has already sold out two shipments of tshirts. Its great and itll be great if we win the world series all around. From visitors and locals, the city is feeling the boost. We notice the bump in 2010 and were expecting the same thing. Revenue comes in because were so close. It really brings in business. Reporter it was just no earlier and the energy is amazing. Its just fantastic. Not just the giants but there were also some people with the tigers. The field at at t park is drying out after last nights rainstorm. And the giants pla
Hitting average, most home runs and most runs batted in in the American League the first latino and venezuelan in history to have the honor. They will represent their country disproportionately in this world series. I was beaming with pride for the giants but also for venezuela. Reporter Adriana Lopez runs a restaurant in the mission. She says its about time the world realizes the National Obsession for her country. This is huge pride. We have had Baseball Players in the major leagues for a long time, 273 actually in the history of the league so its a big deal. This is just a consequence of years of players being here and making it to the major leagues. Its very exciting. Were we must be all very proud all venezuelans to have so much players playing in the world series. Reporter omar infante of the Detroit Tigers says for his countrymen it doesnt matter who wins the series. They dont care. Its good because, you know, being in the world series thats not happened a lot of years. Reporter