Confetti. We caught up with catcher buster posey. How does it feel to see the fans . Amazing. Its amazing. They outdo themselves every time, it seems like. If you were to compare the 2014 team to the 2012 last word series championships, which team do you think would be the better match . Oh, its hard to say. Each team is unique in their own way and are all really special. The rain did little to slow anything down, as some fans say they started lining up as early as 6 00 a. M. It is deafening. That is the sound of ampedup giants fans. They packed into Civic Center Plaza to celebrate the third world series win in five years. Jamie trujillo is live with some of fan reaction from the parade route. They had a lot of fun day. Reporter the crews are doing a great job of cleaning and clearing the streets in the financial district. Were on fifth and market streets. Theyre doing a pretty good job. Traffic is flowing once again. They fans are getting used to the ticker tape parades, but for one man from a h lease, the long dreary nights at the stick are finally paying off. ] chanting ] the city went for virileual aa full generation before witnessing this. Sitting here with icicles off my husband stash watching them beat the padres. Reporter white witnessed decade after decades of droughts, washed away by what these guys have accomplished over the last five years. Im telling you, we went for so long as dry fans, but we kept showing up and showing up, showing up. Now its all paid off. Reporter white wands every kid to enjoy the best of times and perhaps never bear wherein to the days when the confetti stops falling. Again, things are finally clearing out here in the financial district. More Like Union Square here in San Francisco, but these fans say theyre ready again for next year. Were live in San Francisco, im damian trujillo. We continue our coverage on the web side. There you can find raw video of the days celebrations, and take a look at our slide show on nbcbayarea. Com. The bay area got a drenching from the north bay to the south bay. This is just video of one of those downpours, and this wet weather is far from over. Jeff ray neari is tracking this microclimate weather. Whats the trick or treat forecast . Weve had over half an inch in some areas. We had the risk of Severe Weather through late tonight, also into early tomorrow morning. That could include isolated thunderstorms, gusty winds and potential of hail as well. What you want to notice is the main front at band that moved through this morning is now moving off towards the south and east. Thats where weve seen a bit of a lull in the activity. But a look out offshore, we have in spiraling area, and more rainfall thats just beginning to develop. That could give us that second round of rainfall as he we had throughout late tonight and again tomorrow morning. It was impressive here, friable some of the wettest weather since march of this year. You can see in downtown picking up over a half inch, santa clara. 4500, and saratoga. 5200, and over a half inch as well in loma prieta. 6 00, a few areas of isolated showers. By 8 00, there is increasing confidence that well likely see some showers developed from fairfield down to dublin and pleasanton. By 10 00, once again weve got some rainfall developing offshore. That will likely bring this next wave of wet weather into the overnight hours with the possibility here of some isolated thunderstorms. So what does all this mean, at least in the intermediate with your halloween forecast . Well have temperatures in the 60s prepare for cold weather, and that chance of rain. Were tracking those storms and let you know when things finally clear out. Thank you, jeff. Rain in the north bay had cars spinning out of the control. A pickup scar sliver off santa rosa this morning. It landed on mud and grass near highway 101. Another pickup truck flipped into a ditch near southbound 101 in sonoma. Most of the vehicle collisions in situations like these happening on offramps and transsix ramps, people are entering the curving too quickly. When theyre doing that, hitting the brakes and losing control. A tow truck pulled out a big rig after it slammed into a tree. Crews worked on clearing out the tree limbs and branches. We want to show you the rain coming down in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It was a quick but heavy downpour there. Nbc bay areas robert honda is live with more on the good and bad. Robert . Reporter well, all the people we talked to were happy to see the rain. Here in the sandy chris mountains, the storm picked up strength and caused more problems. The rain came down hard enough in the Santa Cruz Mountains to generate mixed feelings. The most overwhelming reaction was my first thought was is this what rain looks like . We havent had it for so long. Its so nice to have the rain falling on you. Reporter at times there was so much rain some started to hope it was denting the drought. The Water District doused those hopes. Unfortunately we expect little to almost no influence. Reporter there was enough rain to cause traffic accidents, but numerous safety changes have been made to highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains to avoid major crashes. Cheryl waner died in a crash on lowell canyon curve during a storm in 2012. His family is glad at least their load less to changes. Right after the wall up, within two to three weeks and paved the road for some kind of different asphalt. Reporter glad they did that . Yes, i am, for others to be much safer on this road. We should take caution in driving, especially since this is the first real rain. We do have to be more careful out there. Reporter the rain had been becoming down pretty steadily, but right now it appears to be letting up. Coming up at 6 00, an update on the water situation, what might happen if we dont get more storms like this one. Robert handa, nbc bay area news. A powerful blast left many people hurt, some critically. It happened about 10 00 this morning on the 1500 block of sunnyvale avenue just blocks from the Pleasant Hill b. A. R. T. Station. Any word yet on what caused this explosion . This blast rocked the entire neighborhood. People heard it as far away as concord. It happened at an apartment complex, with firefighters say they found butane cans, not just there, but the blass shot some to an apartment complex down the street. With that, the injuries involved and some other evidence that led them to believe this was a hash oil lab, a different type of drugmaking operation. I wanted to show you the video of all thats left of the sixunit Apartment Building on sunnyvale avenue after a huge explosion and fire in a second floor apartment in walnut creek. Two people from inside one unit suffered critical burns, were taken to a local hospital, police say this is a criminal investigation. Early on, investigators brought in search dogs to look for one person who was possibly unaccounted for, but they say they didnt turn up anything, so they dont think that was the case. Neighbors say they didnt notice anything unusual from the apartment, but firefighters say there were hundreds of butane cans inside for this operation. We have strong evidence that what resulted in the fire, the injuries and the explosion was a Butane Hash Oil extraction process, which is basically the use of this type of butane used to, as a solvent, to take out thc, the active ingredient in marijuana, into a very concentrated form. Reporter now, a neighbor shot in cell phone video afterwards of the explosion and fire. They say they were actually several small explosions. They say that two people who were burned came out with their clothes actually on fire. Some of those same neighbors threw water on them to help. Firefighters are saying theyre seeing more and more of these types of operations. Right now investigators are trying to assess who can go back into the surrounding buildings. Reporting live in walnut creek, kristi smith, nbc bay area news. A test flight in california goes terribly wrong. What investigators know so far about this crash of the Space Tourism rocket. Plus the cleanup is under way here at Civic Center Plaza, and how to stay drive when it rains on your parade. Im mark matthews, those stories are next. Then at 6 00, a chp officer searching the phones of two women he arrested and emailing racy pictures of themselves. Thats new at 6 00. A tragedy in the desert. Another spacerelated disaster, this one claiming the life of a pilot. The Virgin Galactic spaceship 2 crashed in the Mojave Desert today. Tonight lots of questions. Business and tech reporter has been following this story. He joins us live with more. Scott . Virgin galactic, based in new mexico has aiming for commercial flights sometime next year. Both the National Transportation safety board and federal Aviation Administration are on their way to the crash site to look into what happened. Debris scattered in the Mojave Desert tells the tragic story, one pilot dead and one injured after Virgin Galactics spaceship 2 crashed during a test run. Space is hard, and today was a tough day. Shales. 2 is a commercial aircraft, designed to take passengers into suborder illustratal space. Todays crash is a setback, leaving the Companies Involved searching for answers to what went wrong. This motor configuration had flown a few times in the past. This was our fourth power flight. Future rests in many ways on hard, hard days like this. But we believe we owe it to the folks who were flying these vehicles as well as the folks who have been working so hard on them to understand this, and to move forward. Reporter now both the ntsb and the faa say theyll investigate the crash. According to the company, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson is also on his way to the site. The spaceship 2 crash is the second this week involving private space companies. You may remember on tuesday an Orbital Sciences rocket exploded shortly after takeoff. It was carrying supplies for the International Space station. Tonight at 6 00, the recent bay area link to spaceship 2. A ruling today about the nurse in maine who treated ebola patients in west africa. The judge said she does not have to stay in the home for the rest of her quarantine period. The nurse is allowed to takes walks and bike rides, but she is still banned from public places. Hickox says she will do as the judge ordered an demonstrate her full understanding of the publics fear of ebola, but the governor of maine doesnt trust her. I dont want to make anyone uncomfortable. Shes violated every promise shes made so far. So i cant trust her. I dont trust her. And i dont trust that we know enough about this disease to be so callous. Hickox has had no symptoms of ebola since returning. Lava threatening homes is now at a dead stop. It hasnt advanced for the past 24 hours, but its still expanding sideways. It runs from its crater 13 miles downhill, heading toward a main rod. The scientists expect it to eventually pick up speed which could cut off access to a nearby community. The show must go on the umbrellas dot theed parade route. Thousands of others found creative ways to stay dry. He joins us live in San Francisco with more. Mark i hope you didnt get too wet. No, it was fun, actually. Were at Civic Center Plaza. The cleanup is going remarkably well, as for the rain, we got lucky. There were times when it really came down. Aaron, katy and jamie put on moose antlers and horse ears. For them that spells michael morse. Do those keep you drier . Naturally. A little improvising with a Cardboard Box and you have a hat. Some like gary simply game climate deniers. Its a sunny, Beautiful Day in San Francisco like always. Reporter that approach was harder to pull off when it started to pour. The confetti cannon had to be covered. It would come out in a glop. Reporter mike at reyes dressed as a student from hogwarts tried casting a spell. And the guy in the gumby suit liked like that was keeping him try, but by far the most trusted umbrella. You could duck under rosies. You have a lot of friends trying to crowd in. Well. Everyone is welcome. Reporter pretty cool mom. Yeah, shes the coolest. Reporter and as you see, they are almost finished cleaning up that quadrant of Civic Center Plaza. This one will be done before 6 00. We were going to come back and show you the cleanup at 6 00. Well be back at 6 00, but i think theyll be done by then. Mark matthews, nbc bay area news. They are efficient. I didnt mind getting rained on. It felt good. Lets get a check. The timing didnt work out for the best. We have the heaviest rainfall before that rain really started to get going, and people managed just fine. The halloween forecast for tonight if youre getting kids ready. Right now that sun will be setting in about an hour. Do prepare for that rain. Also the umbrella. Note the temperatures, its going to be cold out here with winds out of the west at 5 to 15 miles per hour. Lets look at how much rainfall we did pick up. Now the storm system is moving on the to the south and the east, but still instability well offshore. Thats where were going to get the second round of rainfall likely as totals were impressive. Coastal hills, three quarters of an inch. South bay really winning out milpitas at 5900, san jose at a half inch. Oakland also coming in at 0. 44. The Storm Prediction Center does have us under a slight risk of severe. Winds 15 to 30 miles an hour. The other area that were tracking right now is up across the sierra. We could see three to about seven inches up about 6,000 feet. That expires as we head through saturdays forecast. Lets go and take you to the forecast. Again with this wet weather, you probably will want to know when it wont bes simple as were done tine. What well see here, throughout the evening areas, down to the south bay and the peninsula, to prepare for that rainfall tonight again, as we in the atmosphere, but check out what happens in the overnight hours. As an upperlevel moves across california, we have that instability and likely these areas of thunderstorms will be pushing into the bay area as we head throughout tomorrow morning. Even your saturday among looks like isolated and eventually well start to see some drying. You can see by 1 00 p. M. , the chance here a few spotty showers. I dont think well see is the drying in the forecast as we head throughout your saturday. Lets look at that microclimate forecast. Also for the south bay. Look at this. 64 in morgan hill, you have 62 in pacifica. For San Francisco well also stay in the low to mid 60s. Some breaks of sunshine here. Sun, drounds. And also some mid 60s. As we get a look at the weekend forecast, a chance of showers and thunderstorms linger into the morning hours. By the afternoon we get the clearing, and on sundays forecast it will be the payoff after this wet weather recently. Sunny and 70 in the south bay. 75 expected in the trivalley. We got through the rain, but one more round tonight, janell. Thanks so much, jeff. Another person gunned down in downtown san jose. Do police have any suspects . Two pedestrians killed in separate accidents. The search for one of the drivers who fled the scene. Still no arrest tonight in san joses 30th homicide of the year, the result of a gunfight. Police blocked off the area around santa clara and 2nd streets around mid the victim is still unidentified. Witnesses say he got verbal and then a violent fight. Each man was armed and opened fire on each other. Pedestrians killed in separate crashes. Police say a woman was struck by a car while crossing mckee road. That driver was stopped and questioned by police. And a man was hit by monterey and center road. That driver did not stop. The victim was then struck by a second car. The second driver did stop and cooperate with police. He knew the lay of the land, thought that would help him rob his former employer. Police arrested him yesterday. He admitted to robs the jaxx in the box. Police say the teenager was a former employee and familiar with the layout and operation of the restaurant and location of the safe. He directed police to the stolen cash. He was booked on one kuntz of robbery. Up next, the ultimate scare for halloween. Well take you inside a Haunted House that has people flocking to the south bay. Hey john, check it out. Whoa yeah, i was testing to see if we really can turn any device in your house into a tv. And the tablet worked just fine. But i wanted to see if the phone would work as well. So i shrunk sharon. Every channel is live just like on tv. But its my phone. Its genius. Shh im watching tv. Tiny sharon is mean. Im right here. Watch any channel live on any device around your home. Download the xfinity tv app today. Tonight at 6 00, a pleasant surprise at the pump. Gas prices nationwide have reached a milestone. What you can expect to pay the next time you fill up. Thats tonight. Well, one house is getting thousands of trickortreaters today. President obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed children local, they were treated to cookies made from a special recipe, and for those with a healthier palate, kettle corn, jelly beans and apples were up for grabs. If you want to stay dry, we know where you can escrape the rain, if you dare. Take a look at this Haunted House in south san jose. Its been welcoming brave trickortreaters for more than a decade. They opened their doors. Admission is free, the house is located at 1441 church drive in san jose. Its open tonight and again tomorrow. Im scared somebody is going to pop out. Theres going to be a lot of people trickortreating tonight. How is the forecast, jeff . We have a chance of showers. Prepared for that rain. Youll want to bring the jacket and umbrella. Temperatures will stay in the 60s. Youll be able to manage. Well be back here at 6 00. See you then. On the broadcast tonight, catastrophe in the sky for the second time this week, a private spacecraft goes down in flames. This time sadly people were onboard. Captured, the accused copkiller and sniper who kept communities on edge for seven weeks is behind bars tonight. How police finally got their man. Halloween storm, a freezing night for millions of americans. Early snow already creating a travel mess as hundreds of flights are grounded. And fill er up, a gallon of gas less than a gallon of milk. How long will it last . Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Im lester holt sitting in for brian