>>just standing here. i feel a special bond. with baseball. >>area baseball fans embracing their newest pro sports team. the baller. >>open ball is going to do bringing baseball keeping baseball. and oakland. oakland is going to mean a lot to the community. >>about the history of their home and the players who >>fund >>their place. >>fighting both racism. in baseball. and racism. in their unemployment. that's what this field represents. when you step on it. you step on legacy. >>goes on in the town. as well. >>for the city, so it works. fine. we'll just move it over to the ballers. it's no problem >>group keeping their musical tradition alive. in the stand.

>>cbs. news bay area. well, thanks for joining us. i'm ryan yamamoto in for elizabeth cook this afternoon. we look at whether oakland's newest baseball team is hitting it out of the park ahead of their 1st friday night home game on picks. plus, we're going to show you how the ballers are giving a nod to the past, but also looking toward the future will have that conversation. and just a few minutes but 1st a look at your news headlines. san francisco police just released this surveillance video of a person of interest in the case of a dog walker, who said he received racist threats. terrie williams reported those threats in april weeks before his home on grove street caught fire while his parents were at home. laser investigating this as a hate crime. fire crews in eastern contra costa battle of fire that tore through 50 acres of dry grass. this is out near deer valley road, just southwest of brentwood broke out before 11 a.m. more than 60 firefighters fought that fire, cal fire said it was 50%

contained about an hour and a half ago. no injuries reported or structures damaged. a military truck overturned on east bell 580. this afternoon. our chopper shows the truck on its side near 164. street and ashland. it's unclear what caused the crash or if anyone was hurt. governor gavin newsom joins state leaders and lgbt coupe. plus community advocates. at an event in the bay today, launching the freedom to marry ballot measure. the initiative would update our state constitution, which still says that game couples are not allowed to marry, even though same ... marriages have been happening in california for 2 decades. berkeley's mayor, speaking out today in support of the state supreme court decision to allow uc berkeley to build student housing at people's park. the mayor, calling it a win for desperately needed campus housing. yesterday, the court threw out a lawsuit that puts a hold on plans to build housing for about 1100 students. in san francisco volunteers put

together these food bags are not to feed 5000 families city leaders have celebrated the annual chinatown food giveaway for decades, they say it is invaluable. in the fight against food insecurity at a time. but more than 1 in 6 children go to bed hungry. in california. and this weekend golden gate fields will host its final horse races. racetrack opened in 1941. recently announced plans to close down the last 8 races are set for this sunday. offering a final chance for the tracks. long running patrons. okay. first alert weather right now. you may want to grab a sweater if you're starting a weekend outdoors. meteorologist darren peck is tracking our temperatures in our next warmup. well, the influence has come back to the coast. the marine layer has started streaming back in. we're going to take a look ahead to friday afternoon, and you're going to see a classic pattern right there. see it a little bit of the marine layer just a little bit of a ribbon. streaming into the golden gate certainly

covering most of the coast, but coming over much of the city and extending towards oakland, it's going to be a gray, relatively windy. a game at raymond a park for the ballers tonight, but you're going to feel this anywhere along the immediate bay shore stronger winds. it's going to be a little bit of a wind chill factor, and it'll feel cool as a result. this is the start of a trend that will really bring our numbers down for the weekend. even though it's going to be plenty of sunshine in the afternoon. what happens is we start to see higher clouds show up on saturday and sunday. in addition to the marine layer, and that now starts to introduce a more widespread cooling trend. look at it in the 70 forecast. this year's the micro climate for the inland east bay. you're still mid 80s today as we saw in our last visit, but over the weekend, you do cool down to right around 80 the clouds here. that's not the marine layer. these are higher clouds that are going to be filtering over much of the bay from a weak weather system to our north that will help bring these numbers down, but that system is gone by next week, and then we get back here tuesday and wednesday and we started another warmup. now

this is nothing like the warmup of the middle part of this this week where we were looking at temperatures. pretty much getting 200 inland. we're not going to be that warm, but we do have a bit of a warmup coming our way. to go to the mid 90s and the bay shows you the same pattern. coolest over the weekend. increasing clouds. we know we'll have the marine layer around each morning now in the immediate bay higher clouds as well for the weekend and then you can see what happens back here. kind of clear out most of that, and we warm back up again. not terribly so, but still noticeably. call >>it a rebirth. call it a revival. >>these >>are the >>ballers. a new pro >>baseball >>team. build >>biopic. oakland >>ballers. let's go 4. oakland we've all seen it in the face of baseball in oakland is changing, while the a's make their way out the ballers also known as the bees are looking

to build their foundation in the town. there in the middle of their 1st home. stand up for monday park in our sister station, pix. plus is your home for the bees friday night games and are ittehad looks at how the ballers story goes well. beyond. baseball. >>yeah. hmm. ever since they were little kids, paul friedman and brian caramel. always thought of themselves as a winning team. what's up these days? they're focused on owning a winning team were both guys that probably have a pretty fair amount of chutzpah. yeah. a year after the oakland a's through fans, a major curveball by skipping town. these 2 best friends decided to swing for the fences. we just thought, well, why don't we do something about it? let's start a new baseball team because this can't be the end of baseball in oakland. and so the ballers were born. team they hope will become the next big chapter in

oakland baseball. history. when we 1st came up with the idea told us some of our friends and you know they laugh, they laughed. we got we got some laughs. it all started in high school when paul a baseball fanatic. moved to oakland from chicago, not knowing a single soul. but it was during those games watching the a's that he met brian to 2 hit it off its amazing the connections that you make through sports through baseball. like you keep them for life. affectionately called the bees ballers are right now a whole other league literally. they'll be playing ball in the independent. pioneer lee mlb. partner based in the mountain west. and since the league requires and even number of teams ready brian also created the yolo high wheelers based in davis. california. but if you think owning 2 teams is all fun and games wait until they play

each other. i think both teams really want to win. we met paul in brian at uc davis as the ballers and high wheelers played a friendly match up. who are you rooting for? okay? they say both teams will eventually be open to fan ownership. now. they hope their team step up to the plate. and hit it out of the park. yeah. >>the ballers inaugural home opener was the 1st pro game at raymond a feel them more than 100 years. the base lost tuesday night to the high wheelers, then bounce back for a win on wednesday in a win last night in a home run derby. the 2 teams face off again tonight you can watch that game on picks, plus 44 cable 12 starting at 630 tonight. we're going to bring you all the friday night home games through the end of august. and the bees maybe just starting their time every monday park but some sports stars have already made their mark their coming up the

players who put that field on the map.

well, some big league

stars, a hall of famer and world series. champ. all played. over mandy. park in oakland. now is devon feely reports. the ballers are hoping to forge their own future while remembering the legends. who came before them. >>the area is full of baseball. history. >>yeah. >>on the way. flood was >>a >>fabulous this world player, frank robinson. my favorite player of all time. robinson. later. in the hall of >>fame. >>today, lighter against the base of that war. >>yeah. >>the grass. maybe new but the roots of baseball of sports and social activism. run deep at

raymond field. standing here i feel a special bond with baseball. rebased. baseball historian in giants postgame announcer. so so talented trio of outfielders from oakland's mcclymont high put raymond on the map. vta pinson. curt flood and frank robinson. amazingly. some of those players turned out to be some of the best players in major league history. robinson won 2 world series with the orioles in 66 and 70. was inducted into the baseball hall of fame flood is best known as the father of free agency for his supreme court battle against major league baseball. after he was traded late in his career to the phillies. don't want to go to the phillies. you can't do that. i'm not a slave. i'm not indentured. yes, i have a contract with doesn't mean i'm with you for life. so he protested. activism may have been watered by the efforts of an earlier generation. during

the second world war, reminding field was also home to the 826. boilermakers. a group of african american ballplayers who worked in the nearby naval shipyards. fighting both racism. in baseball. and racism. in their unemployment. cushing is a retired historian and archivist. he says the park's rich history is also fertile ground for the future. during world war 2 ii. this was a pivotal period. in a pivotal spot. for transformation and american society, so it's wonderful to see this revitalization. rebuild it and they will come both lincoln and laurie say they're glad to see the park storied history preserved. this diamond in the roughest part of town. given another chance. to shine. this field represents when you step on it. you step on legacy when you step on this field, and that's what i feel honestly in

my heart today. >>now with a few home gains under their belt we wanted to check in with the bowlers co founders on what it's been like so far, spoke with paul friedman earlier today and asked him about that very 1st night in front of the oakland crowd. >>the 1st night was magical. it was absolutely magical. you know, we put this ballpark together in partnership with the city of oakland and the neighborhood and just 3 months >>and >>that yeah. and we were scrambling very last minute to get all things we needed to done. it was a little bit nervous, anxious before we open, but then it opened. it was a sellout crowd, and it was that environment and that experience that makes oakland sports so great. it was just a really magical night. opening night was huge. what do you expect for the 1st home? opener weekend? yeah, i think we're it's going to be a great opener weekend, you know. tonight. we got the reverse boycott and we got the ace. i think fans are trying to decide where to go. but we got a lot of people showing up tonight. and we're going to have a lot of people showing up for the weekend. what's been amazing is just the fan experience like people are

saying that this is just a more fun version community kind of experience, but with a modern field, we had a knockout round yesterday we had a home run derby decided to i so it's going to be a lot of people here, and it's gonna be a lot of fun surprises so far. just a surprise that you know of how receptive people have been. we put a baseball park right next to a lot of houses. and a lot of neighbors and so far you know the response has >>been >>enthusiastically supportive. people have have have really been thanking us for coming out here and we couldn't have done it really without the partnership of the neighbors and their support is really important to us going forward. and what are you most looking forward to? as the season rolls along at some, i'm m put this together. but just continue to build on what we started. i mean, you know, we've said this before. this is this is you know we're at the very beginning of something here, the very beginning and and we're a small community team, but our ambitions are very large. we want to we will. want to build something that oakland could be proud of.

we're not going to stop working. you're going to see remained a park develop and improve over the course of the season. and so you know, we're excited about where we started. but this is really just the beginning for us. >>well. have you been to see the oakland a's, you know about the 68. that group has been beating drums and waving flags and right field bleachers for years, but when their beloved days leaving the 68 are now taking their love of that game, too. remand a park. yeah. franco. has that story. awkward. >>that's the sound of oakland baseball. oakland ballers baseball. >>fans >>rooted in the community cheering on more than just a new team. thorsen is 1 of them. even with the a's leaving nina's not giving up on her

love of baseball in the community. >>we don't care for the team. we cheer for the city. so it works. fine. we'll just move it over to the ballers. it's nope. problem. >>doing so as part of the 68th. a group of oakland baseball fans, she's been a part of 4 years >>hanging out with the drummers. since 2009. 2010, >>the group was part of the landscape at open age games. supporting their team for years. >>i was playing tambourine and then they would give me a drum when someone was going off to get a beer, which happens from time to time. i learned from jorge leon, who is the president of the open, 68. but let's go, baby. we started with the oakland nation a's in 2017. 20 knowing each other since 2000. 31. where the drummers in the bag waivers. support our community. >>they support a new team in oakland, one rooted in heart

and soul. >>sports related with support that and especially someone that does this amazing. thing like this and less than 2 months, probably. it's like it just speaks volumes, and i know that the other teams trying to leave so that's what we're doing. >>keeping the tradition alive. which is a lot harder than you think. >>like. i can't sing it at the same time. it's hard >>summer. nina says goodbye to the final season of baseball at the coliseum >>if you want to leave, go ahead. but don't expect me to hang around. for 18 months while you pack, >>but she says hello to a new beginning at raimondi park in oakland. >>yeah. i mean, it's it's amazing what they have managed to do with raimondi getting it fixed up, and i'm sure there's going to be a lot more improvements as it goes on. >>showing up for the game. that

is the beat of her heart and the beat of her. drum plays loudly on vollers opening night. >>the home opener was fantastic notice. to see all of these people. a lot of people who were wearing their newly purchased baller stuff. >>baseball. alive and well. in the town. thanks to the ballers. >>and still ahead. what were the stadium experience be without the food and the drinks we catch up with the team. that's feeding the ballers crowds.

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ask your doctor or pharmacist about the pfizer vaccine it was not just peanuts and cracker day. baller fans. can expect. tasty. baseball classics as they cheer on the team of roman day. parker, lorena, you shows us what they're serving up. for >>miles every day at his sports bar is fueled by his passion. for sports. yeah. club. oakland is a haven >>for >>lovers. in >>the >>bay. and baseball is no >>exception. love this location, right in the center of oakland, bringing together all sorts of different people from different backgrounds supporting different sports and different teams. and we feel that that's it's similar to what the oakland bolas are about to do. for the community as well.

>>says he's honored to have been chosen to provide the main concessions at the legendary romance. >>park >>after >>all. >>he moved all the way to oakland years ago purely for the love of the sport >>grew up in england as a huge baseball fan, and i couldn't get baseball anywhere and so moving to the states in my 20s. that was 1 of the many wonderful things about living here is we have to be a baseball fan. and going to games. >>and now he and his team will be serving the memorable food and drinks at the game. including a variety of local breweries. >>food. and great local beers and other products that are going to bring for the fans. >>and what's the baseball baseball game without those flavorful garlic fries, mike has been keeping extra busy preparing all the necessary elements for a stadium. experience. >>going from 7300 people today and now we're trying to plan on trying to serve 4000 people a day. i think it is. quite a

challenge. really fun. really excited for oakland to get a new baseball team and hopefully have a team that actually cares about them. >>and through the food, the athletic club oakland is preparing for the ballers experience as >>well, >>including gourmet hot >>dog >>and hamburger. they, too are showing that they care about this new opportunity. for the >>city. that the oakland ball is going to do, bringing baseball keeping baseball. in oakland is going to mean a lot to the community, obviously an open but in the east bay and the bay area in general >>chapter of baseball history both miles and mike are anxiously cooking >>up. i have and for the friday night when you can't make it out to remind a parking catch the ballers on picks plus 44 cable 12 our 1st televised game is tonight, starting at 630. we'll be right back.

rising from the ashes. san francis local brewing couple was 1 of of the 1st craft brewery. and the bay. area. to make a pride beer. but after a fire in 2022 the owners who don't know if the beer would ever return that fire started upstairs in their historic buildings south of market destroying the brewery on the 1st floor. now the effort to rebuild the brand includes a drive to the east bay. we're twice a weekly co owner bets reagan long right there, travels the richmond contracting with east brothers

brewing to make her beer. mother is amazing lifeline for local and we were able to get up and running in this location brewing our beer within 8 months of the fire. that includes a beer. she takes great pride in producing a tropical blend called jake. crush. the company's pride beer for this year, i did have a taste. it's pretty good. i'll have more on the company's comeback and its newest blend coming up at 5 on our evening edition. well, thanks for joining us for our today's conversation on the oakland ballers. we'd like to hear what you think about the town's newest baseball team. post your thoughts online, using the hashtag kpx. cbs evening news is next on kpi x local >> margaret: will hunter biden testify in his own defense and his federal gun trial? the legal team of the president's son prepares to make a big decision. >> defense lawyers will tell you that that is one of the riskiest things you canin