>>now from kron 4, the area's local news station. >>thanks for joining us. you're watching kron-on live on air and online. i'm stephanie rockman. we continue with breaking news out of napa. police are asking people to shelter in place due to police activity on set jefferson street. it's unknown what is happening right now. but jefferson is blocked between also number road and locust street. if you live in this area, you asked remain inside. everyone else should avoid the area. and of course, we're working on gathering more information about the situation and we will update you as new details come in. a string of shootings in the mission district of san francisco has people in the neighborhood concerned about their safety kron 4, sarah, since then spend time there talking with businesses and candidates running for supervisor in the district to learn more. >>leaders in the mission district tell me people who live and work in the neighborhood feel neglected, especially with all the

violent crime happening. they say not enough is being done to help keep them safe. another person has been killed in a shooting in san francisco's mission district. the latest happening early monday morning. >>this is the 4th shooting kron 4 has reported on within the last 2 weeks. another human life lost. >>because of the violence that's going on in our community or and raised in the mission. roberto hernandez is running for supervisor in this district. >>he's frustrated with recent violent crime and wants more police patrols. and as you see, there's a police car here. >>very soon believe. and as soon as they leave, it becomes a full blown on, you know, truck sales. don't being sold and people just could themselves and hurt people that live here. >>we need folks walking beats not only is it good for police community relations, but it discourages crime. trevor chandler is also running for supervisor in district 9.

>>he says while campaigning door-to-door, he's learned about people's frustrations. people in the mission are feeling completely neglected, completely left out, completely forgotten. >>and the basics just aren't getting done. people simply want to feel safe. walking down the street, whether it's 05:00am or 05:00pm. and that shouldn't too much to ask. >>closing up monday night employees at the phone repair shop coffee on mission street can be seen putting up gates on the windows indoors because like fort knox in the way, you want to think about it that way. kind of i do have to protect myself like that. we chose. hernandez says these kind of safety measures are needed nowadays. there has been lots of shootings from what i understand from me. i guess i'm used to like, you know, it's just something that i i guess i'm already prepared for, even though even when i like go walk up and on the mission to >>in general type vigilant. i reached out to the courage supervisor in that district supervisor hillary ronen.

>>i did not hear back in time for this report. i also reached out to sfpd to find out just how many beat officers they have in that neighborhood. they also didn't respond in time. >>i'm sara stinson reporting in san francisco. kron. 4 news. >>and just in the last hour, we heard back from jackie fielder, another candidate for district 9 supervisor. she says, quote, in the long term we need to scale up gun buy-back and violence prevention programs which were caught in the city's budget cycle and ensure we're using limited law enforcement resources like officer time wisely. it's been a few violent days in oakland after several people were injured in multiple shootings. the most recent shooting happened early this morning of the area of 8th and center streets in west oakland. police say 3 people were hospitalized. 2 of them were kids. one was an adult. police say they are in stable condition this evening. and meanwhile, 5 people are recovering after they were

shot at a sideshow yesterday morning. it happened on fruitvale avenue and international boulevard. not far from fruitvale bart station officers found 90 shell casings in that area. the 5 people are already reportedly in stable condition. 2 of them checked themselves into the hospital. it's not clear what led to the shooting, but an investigation is underway. a suspected drunk driver struck and killed a service officer with the san jose police department over the weekend. 34 year-old long tam pham was directing traffic around a car crash saturday night when he was hit and killed another at cso was injured in the crash and is expected to recover. the driver responsible was taken into custody at the scene. san jose police says that he has a prior arrest for dui as well. pam is being remembered tonight as a hero. >>the how much he wanted to protect the community. you

know, it was just his number one priority had been wanting this job for a long time. you know, he protected us all that work and just continue as the cso. >>teacher for alice has been friends with for the last 7 years. he was a security guard at the hospital where she worked about 2 years ago. fans set out to become a community service officer for all us as he was so excited to start the job, she always admired how well he got along with others. >>along with that kind big hearted teddy bear that you would ever meet your life. you know, he. >>she was just it was a really special one of a kind >>he was just honest. he was hard working just everything that you you want. friend painfully shy first. >>you know, it took us a long time to get him to come around. but with some coaxing. you know, we got we got him.

got with us. >>for all us says her heart is breaking for his family. she knew he was very close to his mother services for pham have not yet been announced. in the east bay. a jogger is struck and killed by suspected drunk driver who initially fled the scene in fremont. police say they responded to a call at a 40 sunday evening for reports of someone lying on the road and mission boulevard and nursery avenue. police believe that the victim was a jogger who was shock when a vehicle traveling north on mission shocked the curve and then hit the person. police say the driver, brian gutierrez allegedly ran away from the scene of the crash. but when called by police, he agreed to then turn himself in alcohol and speeding are both believed to be factors in this crash. but the investigation is still ongoing. the joggers name is being held until his family is notified. a jewelry store

there in san francisco was closed today after thieves ran off with their merchandise and parts of the store. this happened saturday around 06:30pm, inside of the stonestown galleria. several people. as you can see, they're wearing hooded sweatshirts, using hammers to smash display cases at kay jewelers and grabbing all the merchandise they could see there before taking off the san francisco police department is investigating this incident and has not made any arrests so far. and big changes are coming to san jose shoppers. santana row will now be charging people to park there. the move comes after years of free parking at the upscale shopping district and

as kron 4 shock moment reports people are not too pleased about this. >>so for years here at santana row parking was free. but starting this coming tuesday, that's not going to be the case with these bars being installed. that means parking will be charged for customers that want to shop here at santana row starting at about 2 bucks an hour change. >>is never an easy pill to swallow. and it's it's crazy. i don't know. i think of the free over for annika hernandez and christiane is finding out the once free parking garages at santana row will now cost money. >>is making them rethink things come here to waste a lot of money food, eric and face of parkinson's santana row announcing that as of tuesday parking will no longer be free. besides your first 2 hours after that, it goes up to 2 bucks an hour and up to 10 bucks maximum santana row officials say charging people to park here ensures more spots will be available and

that it is the same rate as valley fair mall across the street a new report dollars park and they will charge me for trying a parking is crazy. lee grew up in san jose and says he comes to santana row multiple times a week but may change that. i mean, our spike them from making their money like that. well liked. i'm like, yeah, like it like that. that way. says the minimum wage >>the thieves may even people who work at santana row like luis vargas will have to pay. he says he was offered $20 a month for a parking pass. live still >>more money, more for bills morning for biking now. but with the street still busy, there doesn't seem to be much deterrence get by this change. so we reached out to the people who run santana row to find out why they wanted to start charging for parking. >>they say it's mainly because people who work at valley fair and shop at valley fair are starting the park here at santana row. they say they're just trying to keep up with

that demand of parking. and so in the future, if you want to check out of your parking spot, you're going use one of these machines reporting here in san jose. jack moment. kron 4 news. >>and now take a look at this. these itty-bitty, if kid is that you see rescued by firefighters, they were in richmond, richmond, firefighters rescued 8 of them, their one week-old kittens from the charred rubble. firefighters found the wet and dirty kittens last night while extinguishing a homeless encampment fire on fillmore street. they're now up for adoption at contra costa county animal services. if you want to go there and help out those little kittens. and after years of a complicated ownership arrangement, the oakland coliseum site is now set to be owned by one developer. today we learned the a's have sold their portion of the site to the african american sports entertainment group or a a s e g for 125 million dollars. the deal with the a's comes a week

after a a s e g brought the city of oakland share in the coliseum for 105 million. this new agreement with them still needs approval from the oakland city council and the county board of supervisors. an x, formerly known as twitter set to shut down its san francisco headquarters officially now over the next few weeks, according to airport for the new york times, the times cites an internal memo saying the company plans to move workers in the city to offices in san jose. the memo also says explans open up engineering, focus offices in palo alto.

>>a's have announced they have reached a deal to sell their share of oakland coliseum. the team is selling its share to the african american sports and entertainment group for 125 million dollars. kron 4 s charles clifford joins us now live with what the entertainment group has to say about the steel. thanks for joining us. >>well, good afternoon. you know, city of oakland, the oakland a's and alameda county shared ownership. the coliseum for decades. but it looks like they're all getting out of the sports entertainment business. and now one developer could be set to redevelop the site. monday, the african american sports and entertainment group or cg announced that they had reached 125 million dollar deal with the oakland a's. >>to buy out the team's ownership share in the coliseum, right, bob? it is the founder of a a s e g. >>the negotiations were very positive. and it allowed really this is the pathway that allows for the the

quickest way to development. a new chapter to the site. >>the oakland a's said in a statement on monday that a a s e g has a community oriented vision for the long-term development of the site and we'll be strong stewards of the property in 2019, the a's agreed to pay lme the county 85 million dollars to take over the county share of the coliseum. but this new agreement with a a s e g will still need approval from the board of supervisors as the county is still technically part owners of the coliseum. the deal with the a's also comes a week after scg finalize the terms of a 105 million dollar agreement to buy out the city of oakland share in the coliseum. if the deal with the a's goes through and the oakland city council approves the sale agreement, the entertainment group would become the sole owners of the coliseum site. in a statement, oakland mayor sheng thao said having one entity controlled the entire coliseum site will fast track much needed and deeply deserved development in

east oakland, the entertainment group says that if both deals are approved, they have big plans for the 112 acre oakland coliseum site. and then there's opportunities for housing. >>you know, which which is great, both, you know, a market rate and affordable open space, life sciences, cultural hub. i mean, there's just so much opportunity. >>all right. best case scenario, bob, it's as if everything goes well and all the agreements go through that they could start breaking ground and maybe 2 to 3 years on. some of those projects are now in the east bay, charles clifford kron, 4 news. charles, thank you. >>the oakland police officers association released the following statement in regards to the sale of the coliseum. today's announcement by the oakland a's of the tentative sale, its portion of the coliseum property should be a moment of reflection for our city that has lost its last professional sports team. it should also be noted that the a's got 20 million more for

their half of the property that mayor sheng thao is sale of the city's half portion. we are concerned that oakland will be facing financial ruin and that residents, businesses and police officers will pay the price for the mayor's and the council majorities, mismanagement. in the east

bay, a blind woman was able to escape a fire that destroyed her home and kron 4. sarah stinson has her story. >>one of the people displaces a woman who is legally blind. she got out of the fire alive. but with nothing but the clothes on her back. she's now

scrambling to figure out next >>was everything i had in tears and covered in soot, stephanie and roddy is one of 4 people who are now without a home. >>after a fire erupted inside their new arkhouse. she woke up to the flames sunday morning popping all the way it is. >>was it thank you all go? >>and ronnie says she's grateful to be alive. she's legally blind. so her boyfriend and caregiver pulls her out of the flames. yeah, burns actually on >>you have to literally drag and then. barely made it out. the door door opens inward. so we're truck behind the door. >>her dog daisy also barely made it out nothing. could she made it you know, i'm going to feed alameda county fire responded to the single family home on thorton avenue around 10 in the morning. fire crews

got it under control within 20 minutes, stopping it from spreading to neighboring homes. but now for people who rent rooms inside the affected house, including and roddy, are left to pick up the pieces. she says she regularly brings donations to the unhoused in san francisco. never thought she'd be the one needing replacing my >>everything that was in has all the resources that the red cross responded to offer services in aid. but on top of figuring out how to replace everything and where to go. and ronnie says she worries about what's left of her eyesight from feeling. >>we have on the site and it could see it on the and have another surgery and with the smoke, i don't know if it's. >>we're going to take that my last shot for the surgery. i can never why not be able see again at all.

>>alameda county fire officials say the cause of the fire is still under investigation and roddy. meanwhile, so she's hoping to stay in nearby motel she at least figures out a more permanent home. i'm sara stinson reporting kron. 4 news. >>we have some developing news out of sacramento where a woman is claiming discrimination after being kicked off a flight when the flight attendants mistook her rare skin to condition as something infectious. so here is nurse brianna solari. she says she boarded this southwest airlines plane in burbank when she was approached by a crew member who asked her to leave. she was returning home after flying to los angeles for a specialized surgery for tumors caused by a rare genetic condition. this condition causes non-cancerous tumors to grow all over the skin and nervous system. despite explaining her medical condition. so larry claims she then waited 5 hours before being placed on another flight.

>>and they're saying it was humiliating. believe that when people say i i had surgery and i. shouldn't have to discuss this with. my employees who are not medical professionals. >>so federal regulations say passengers with a medical condition cannot be denied travel unless their condition poses a direct threat. southwest airlines says they offered solari a travel voucher and want to speak to her again about this ordeal.

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target store in east palo alto is closing its doors next month store on bayshore road is a go-to store for many

stanford students and nearby residents. it's not exactly clear which day it's going to close. but there is a report out there saying it could happen. september 28th target has not explained why it is closing, but the mayor. east palo alto says he believes it's part of an industry-wide decline in big box. retail and sales. american drug stores are testing more smaller locations. a never-before cvs and walgreens experimenting with stories that are one-fourth the size of traditional locations, all in hopes of saving money and improving access by creating more options for customers. walgreens executives are saying the company could close a significant portion of the underperforming stores in the next few years. and cvs health is already shuttering several clinics. the move is coming in response to shrinking market shares. thanks to online vendors like amazon. there are still, though

>>the more kason is a narrow talks. that's produced county called stuff. and it's a common allergy and sometimes produces a toxin and sometimes it doesn't. >>animals that eat algae such

as shellfish sardines, anchovies filter, feeding fish and even clams and oysters as well as a crass. they can adjust that out it contains the toxin, but it doesn't really affect individual. what happens. that is the larger animals such as mammals, including sea lions dolphins, mostly sea lions and sea birds as well. that's a sufficient education starting they then it became like the talks and the body cause serious clinical signs how does the acid >>start to begin with? how does it start to develop in the water? >>the allergies, they're frequently, but it doesn't contain toxic. there's actually a group that runs are that does surveys to understand the levels of talks. and so we can sometimes see it coming but not out house and get their votes next. current, but nobody really knows exactly this one. occurs. there's there's many what they call harmful algae blooms that occur all over the world. this is just example. >>so what are the symptoms

that the s-line start to show? so you know that they're sick. >>first thing one notices will get an increasing number phone calls and possibly watching and monitoring the levels of toxin that but the organization states. they'll show up on the beach will be disoriented, will be lethargic. there are semi comatose in the worst case will have seizures. grand mal seizures think seizures it can also affect their heart. many times die right there on the beach pretty rapidly. so what can we do to help them? well, he does, but get calls from the public and we know what's happening. we would send a team out and we into first of all, is it really a having problems or is it may be just sleeping because sometimes after large meals will sleep, if there is something going on pending on the the level of sites that were seen clinical science, we put under watch. 24 hours because rest in the stressful as well. as well as just having people interact with them. so we'll go ahead

and not put watch for if it's very obvious, for example, have decision address right then and there bring back to a hospital. hospitalized where violate them and get some treatment, including flu. it's an anti-seizure medications. >>is there something that's happening this time of year? that's causing more of the sea lions to die from this algae bloom. is it something about the tides? are the weather like what is making this spike in deaths happened right now. >>sure. there's a few 30's workers are right first week. you see associate with many things. right now with a large upcoming occurring that is ocean our water from deep in the ocean because of tightened start bringing nutrient rich water to the surface that feeds the algae like fertilizer. likewise that when a lot of rain this year, rain will flush a lot of nutrients agriculture offered a stature off that, you know, phosphorus that a plant grow. how do to

grow? another one is little bit warmer. water temperature. one or 2 degrees warmer these days. so that they can terminate. it was well. >>we'll over. we appreciate you joining us. you're with the channel islands, marine and wildlife institute. we hope that c li

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county election officials are warning about a new scam was election season approaching. the scam involves text messages that ask about voter registration by providing a fake lake. the scam has been reported statewide. the contra costa county elections office is saying they are not contacting voters to confirm

voter registration, voter registration status can be found on the county elections. office website. the san jose unified school district is now looking for ways to solve its teacher housing crisis. there will be a 1 billion dollar bond on the november ballot to upgrade facilities and house employees. if approved, it would levy a tax of $60 per $100,000 of assessed home value on properties within the district. there's also a 10 billion dollar state bond headed for the november ballot for school facility, repairs and upgrades if approved the k through 12 schools would receive 8.5 billion dollars and community colleges will receive 1.5 billion dollars. a new plan could help tens of millions of people wipe away their student loans with this latest push that's coming from the biden administration, the education department begin e-mailing borrowers with the least one federally-held outstanding student loan let them know about this potential

upcoming relief and also give them an option to opt out. the president says the move is expected to impact 30 million americans. experts say there may be some legal challenges ahead. 4.8 million people have already seen 168 billion dollars in debt canceled new de

is breaking some records. one of them is 26 years old. wesley snipes making a cameo in deadpool and wolverine. bring back his classic character boyega. his performance now breaks a number of guinness world records among them are longest

career as a live-action marvel character with 26 years and the longest gap between character appearances in marvel films that comes in. it 19 years. and another record that this movie is break-in at the box office. the movie is now the highest grossing r rated movie ever beating out the passion of the christ which held that record for 20 years and its second weekend just happened. so this summer blockbuster that stars are ryan. reynolds and hugh jackman raked in 97 million dollars in the u.s. alone. so altogether, the movie has brought in about 825 million dollars in just 2 it's pretty clear it's goingalright, 60 yea

ago today, the united states, the uk and the soviet union agreed to refrain from testing nuclear weapons on land and under water. it was just a year prior that a group of bay area activists set sail out on the pacific and protest of that tested and kron 4 was there. going to head right straight from san francisco into the testing area directly, you know, stops in between. >>so project, every man was a 3 person crew that intended to sail from san francisco in the bay there to christmas island. that's off the coast of australia and kron 4 interviewed the men ahead of their first and only voyage. >>this is one of the main reasons for projects such as every man. 3 men. confront the vast inhumanity of nuclear testing. it becomes real to the majority of people. what

nuclear testing is. >>the crew sailed out to the golden gate bridge in 1962. then they were stopped and arrested by the u.s. coast guard that the united states signed the mid to test ban treaty one year later banning nuclear weapons. tests hundreds

lions are dying along the california coast. it's due to some acid poisoning and to explain what's going on here. we're joined now by sam dover. he's from the channel islands marine and wildlife institute. sam, thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. no problem. and we're so what's this acid that's killing

these? see lines. >>more kason is a narrow talks. that's produced county called stuff. and it's a common allergy and sometimes produces a toxin and sometimes it doesn't. animals that eat algae such as shellfish sardines, anchovies filter, feeding fish and even clams and oysters as well craps. they can adjust that out it contains the toxin, but it doesn't really affect individual. what happens. that is the larger animals such as mammals, including sea lions dolphins, mostly sea lions and sea birds as well. that's a fish and and sardines. they then became like the talks and body cause serious clinical signs how does the acid >>start to begin with? how does it start to develop in the water? >>the allergies, they're frequently, but it doesn't always contained the toxic. there's actually a group that

runs are that that does surveys to understand the levels of talks. and so we can sometimes see it coming but not out house and get their votes next to current. but nobody really knows exactly this one. a hearse there's there's many what they call harmful algae blooms that occur all over the world. this is just example. >>so what are the symptoms that the s-line start to show? so you know that they're sick. >>first thing one notices will get an increasing number phone calls and possibly watching and monitoring the levels of toxin that organizations states. they'll show up on the beach will be disoriented, will be lethargic. there are semi comatose the worst case will have seizures. grand mal seizures think seizures it can also affect their heart. and then many times die right there on the beach pretty rapidly. so what can we do to help them? well, he does, but get calls from the public and we know what's happening. let's send a team out and we into first of all, is it really a having problems or is

it may be just sleeping because sometimes after large meals will sleep, if there is something going on pending on the the level of sites that were clinical science, we put under watch. 24 hours because rest council stressful as well. ball is just having people interact with them. so we'll go ahead watch for if it's very obvious, for example, have this issue address right then and there bring back to a hospital. has a better hospital and where violate them. and then when get some treatment, including flu. it's an anti-seizure medications. >>is there something that's happening this time of year? that's causing more of the sea lions to die from this algae bloom. is it something about the tides? are the weather like what is making this spike in deaths happened right now. >>sure. there's a few 30's workers are right first week. you see associate with many things. right now with a large upcoming occurring that is ocean our water from deep in

the ocean because of tightened turned green nutrient rich water to the surface that feeds the algae like fertilizer. likewise that when a lot of rain this year, rain will flush a lot of nutrients agriculture offered a stature off that, you know, phosphorus that a plant grow. how do grow? another one is little bit warmer. water temperature. our waters about one or 2 degrees warmer these days. so that they can terminate. it was well. >>well, sam dover, we appreciate you joining us. you're with the channel islands, marine and wildlife institute. we hope that the a's

they have reached a deal to sell their share of oakland coliseum. the team is selling its share to the african american sports and entertainment group for 125 million dollars. kron 4 s charles clifford joins us now live with what the entertainment group has to say about the steel. thanks for joining us. >>well, good afternoon. you know, city of oakland, the oakland a's and alameda county shared ownership. the coliseum for decades. but it looks like they're all getting out of the sports entertainment business. and now one developer could be set to redevelop the site. monday, the african american sports and entertainment group or cg announced that they had reached 125 million dollar deal with the oakland a's. >>to buy out the team's ownership share in the coliseum. right, bob, it is the founder of a a s e g. >>the negotiations were very positive. and it allowed really this is the pathway that allows for the the quickest way to development. a new chapter to the site.

>>the oakland a's said in a statement on monday that a a s e g has a community oriented vision for the long-term development of the site and we'll be strong stewards of the property in 2019, the a's agreed to pay lme the county 85 million dollars to take over the county share of the coliseum. but this new agreement with a a s e g will still need approval from the board of supervisors as the county is still technically part owners of the coliseum. the deal with the a's also comes a week after scg finalize the terms of a 105 million dollar agreement to buy out the city of oakland share in the coliseum. if the deal with the a's goes through and the oakland city council approves the sale agreement, the entertainment group would become the sole owners of the coliseum site. in a statement, oakland mayor sheng thao said having one entity controlled the entire coliseum site will fast track much-needed and deeply deserved development in east oakland. the entertainment group says that if both deals are approved,

they have big plans for the 112 acre oakland coliseum and then there's opportunities for housing. >>you know which which is great both, you know, a market rate and affordable open space, life sciences, cultural hub. i mean, there's just so much opportunity. >>all right. best case scenario, bob, it's as if everything goes well and all the agreements go through that they could start breaking ground and maybe 2 to 3 years on. some of those projects are now in the east bay, charles clifford kron, 4 news. charles, thank you. >>the oakland police officers association released the following statement in regards to the sale of the colisum. today's announcement by the oakland a's of the tentative sale of its portion of the coliseum property should be a moment of reflection for our city that has lost its last professional sports team. it should also be noted that the a's got 20 million more for their half of the property that mayor sheng thao sale of the city's half portion. we

are concerned that oakland will be facing financial ruin and that residents, businesses and police officers will pay the price for

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mississippi its population was over >>a rough ball, place, which ones come against bush. san francisco was a town trying to become civil was new musical theater? 5 story hotel, french and german newspapers. according to legend, the city's first baseball was organized in 18, a local hangout code oysters, saloon on montgomery street. >>baseball is so much more intimate them. the park small. >>you are generally close to the feeling sometimes right on the field sitting there in your character. your buddy. >>it was considered a gentlemanly game and the rules restructured around. gentleman play. by the end of the civil baseball's popularity had spread i'm a gold rush mentality. drinking gambling and brawling more part of the fabric of the game.

>>gamblers were known to shoot their guns. often a few matter was ready to catch a fly ball. >>umpires, i have to fend for there is only part the beginning and he takes a lot of flak and a lot of heat and the s to be able to fight his way out of the ballpark. sometimes and for us to be able to to beat up the ball players that may attack. and because this happens to. >>in september of 18, 69, just 4 months after the completion of the transcontinental railroad, america's first professional baseball team. the cincinnati red stockings arrived in san francisco to play the best local clubs. this was the most electrifying sports events. the magical. >>with a payroll of $9,400. the red stockings barnstormed across the country undefeated been 60 games. >>thousands of people dog them everywhere in the when they

weren't playing when they went to a vaudeville shows that night the opera house or chinatown or of cliff house every where they were, they were lionized and >>the games were played here. the city's recreation grounds 25th in folsom. what san francisco was no match for the baseball gods from cincinnati. we're losing 6 games by an average score of 56 to 6. despite the red stockings, overwhelming conquest of the locals, the national pastime loss of it would be very hard to find a diamond anywhere that wasn't in use. temperatures will get up at 6 in the morning. call themselves the wide awake. so the alerts so that they can play ball before going to then you get the sun after work. >>there were fat member says skinny merryman versus singles. insurance companies were says newspaper baseball is king.

>>baseball was often attracting crowds of 20,000. street grounds near golden gate park filled to capacity with behavior leads and the pioneers played each other. wow. can base ball was also sending players to the big leagues back east. one of the best was opens. george fant played most of his 17 year major league career with chicago in new york, the lifetime batting average of 3.16. san francisco pitcher charlie sweeney played for the providence grays 18. 84 1.41. games. on june 7th of that year. he struck out 9 team boston batters a major league record but remain unbroken for 102 what we need is arm went back with his combative disagreeable. nature also led to his downfall. >>you got an altercation and he ended up killing a man in a bar brawl and serving time in

san quentin where he contracted tuberculosis and died very soon after his release. >>played baseball as a young man in san francisco's golden gate park. before join chicago, the national league in 18. 93. many considered line to be the equal of ty cobb. but after 7 outstanding seasons. >>the 28 year-old outfielder with baseball level. >>evidently is true. yeah, that plus pressure put on him by his future in-laws and said if you want to marry or daughter. you've got to do something a little more prosperous and unsavory them play. major league baseball. >>belying prospered in local real estate and never played professional baseball again. >>the turn of the century, san francisco was the 9th largest city in america. wealthy cosmopolitan metropolis some 350,000. san francisco had the

busiest port on the west coast. the latest fashions from paris court on opera singers from your also have the country's first japanese baseball team. >>the fuji problem. what? what? it was formed in 19 0, 3, asians were subjected to racial hostility and hatred. players like the shared love of baseball would allow respect and assimilation. >>40 k lsue putting on a baseball uniform. was like putting on the american flag. it gave him so much pride in gave him a connection to this country and gave him a lot of respect in the community. >>that same year of 19, 0, 3, america had its first world series. in october, the boston pilgrims and their great pitchers siar defeated the pittsburgh pirates. 5 games to 3. there was also a new

baseball league on the west coast located in 6 cities from seattle to los angeles. it was called the pco. with civic coach >>but after 3 seasons, the league almost vanished when san francisco was hit by the great earthquake and fire of 19. 0, 6, when the chaos ended. >>much of the city had been destroyed. 3,000 were dead. damage was over a billion dollars. if the pcl was going to survive if needed. san francisco. >>there's a good chance that the league wasn't going to exist are certainly was exist in the bay area. >>cal ewing, the owner of the oakland franchise who was financially supporting several other pco clubs became the league's savior when he offered money and the use of his ballpark. >>the san francisco seniors. >>by late may. >>the league resumed its

>>that same tumultuous local college baseball have also achieved national prominence >>santa clara down and stand for. >>have become important theater programs for the major league. saint mary's college had a remarkable history. >>sending a parade great players like they're headed infielder. jerry which are harry krause? >>and future duffy, lewis. >>the success of saint mary's baseball teams basically grew out of the educational philosophy. the christian brothers, the education that really focused on head heart and hand. >>in 19, 0, 7, saint mary's had one of baseball's greatest intercollegiate teams unbeaten in 27 games. its entire starting rosters sign professional contracts. outfielder harry hooper. career with the boston red sox. world series hero who invented the sliding catch.

one of hooper's teammates was babe ruth. >>ruth considered harry hooper derby. the finest defensive outfielder that he had ever seen and fact down roots all time all-star team. put harry in right field. >>lifelong friends. cooper played a key role in the babes. legendary career. >>it was really hooper convinced the boston management to move ruth from a pitcher playing every 3rd or 4th game to now feel it. and the rest is history. >>by the end of the decade, the seals were playing in the new recreation park where a megaphone used to announce the starting line. the seals and also won their first peace deal championship with home run hitting outfielder voted. modi's real name was francesco puzzled to change because of the prejudice against the titans.

>>the talented north beach native became the first great italian ball player from the west coast to play in the major in 1914, the seals open the season that doing field. the new ballpark was located on the lone mountain near the present-day campus of the university of san francisco. built by al ewing, who now it was promoted as the home of the seals for the next 20 years. it was a disaster. >>the problem was the fog was terrible they got formed out of so many games you know, within a year, they they abandoned the field and went back to playing in recreation park. >>for the rest of the decade. >>baseball by the golden gate continued on a roller coaster ride that was marked by excitement. >>civic pride. >>and shame. >>23 year-old left-hander

james paxton broke the seals color line when he pitched for oakland in may of 1916. >>was light-skinned. >>the ocean sister, he was cold-blooded american indian. he was also black. blacks were unwelcome. >>after cracks appeared briefly in 2 games, he was released. >>by the next year, america was consumed by the demands of world war. one and baseball suffered. the oaks ballpark on opening day in 1918, a local dance or unnamed offered her talents to boost raise money for the red cross and its war effort. when she pitched the ceremonial first ball. it was also the first time in local baseball history that a woman was given that honor. but even world even couldn't save the season while july that the ceos suspended play. the country was ready for the joys of baseball. fans returned in

record numbers in 1919. but on the eve of the roaring 20's, the most serious crisis in the game's history was about 1, 4,

>>we now return to kron 4 percents baseball by the golden gate the early days. it was the when prohibition was the law of the jack dempsey was the heavyweight champ of the world and the red sox sold babe ruth the yankees.

>>but the optimism and glitter of the new decade was quickly tarnished when a player's from the chicago white sox were banned from baseball for life. >>known as the black sox scandal. what players have been accused of throwing the world series with the cincinnati reds in 1990. 5 had once played in the pacific coast ring leader chuck vandal had been a first baseman for sacramento. shortstop swede risberg played baseball as a kid in north beach. was a former see who's 3rd baseman. proclaimed his innocence until his dying day. but baseball's corrupt business was on the pcl had its own dirty scandal of bribes and fixed games. >>when the season ended in 1920, president with mccarthy expose 6 players. seals pitcher casey smith was among those so was outrageous. why

one of baseball's most disreputable characters. raised in santa cruz chase was a former pcl player who was also implicated in the black sox scandal. mccarthy had no choice even though none of these players were convicted in a court of law much like the black sox scandal. >>it was enough to send a clear message that at least in the pcl the product that they were going to provide on the field and the general principles of the league. we're going to be above public doubt. >>no baseball was ready to resume. extraordinary journey. i don't think as a baseball you could have and the bay area in the mornings. extraordinary competition the like full color for super rivalries. it was it

>>a game at san francisco's rec park was an event. everyone wore their sunday best box seats, one for dog. alcohol is available in the line. fleet. the city's longtime mayor said was an annual fixture on opening day. and exciting spectacle. game seasons, local baseball become big business. major league teams spent record sums of money for local players we'll see 3rd baseman willie. kamala sold the chicago white for $100,000. >>it was also a hotbed for future hall of famers. >>the lombardi. lifting go. joe cronin. tony lives there.

who once attended san francisco, the sacred heart high school was the first local player inducted into baseball's hall of fame. the seals became one of the decade's most successful winning 4 championships. clinton won the pennant in 1927. local baseball became even more contentious. one of the 3rd pcl team. the mission reds are also playing in san francisco. april to october, there >>and some cases, 2, if not 3 games on a given date. >>many players have become larger than life heroes who spend most of their careers playing with the same team front of the hometown fans. a new automobile was often the reward for a successful season. >>and the pco was the

liveliness anywhere in the country. batting averages in excess of 401 in the batting titles. people hitting home runs 40, 50 regularly. so it really was a and the hitters paradise. >>jolley of the seals won the batting title in 1927. again in 1928. when he hit 404. in 1929, the mission. reds one of the league's triple crown when he hit 407 at 55 home runs and 218 rbi oakland's bizarre. was it is >>i'm a great pitcher who became a home run hitter. our lead was named by one publication is the best minor league player of all time. all 3 were played in the major leagues when their best years were behind by age and poor defense and every their local shows us. the real

demonstration of sneads ineptitude, his achilles heel, so to speak. >>was his feeling fact he had that the rare. situation of once creating 3 years on a on a single plate. >>when the decade came to a close 1929, was as dramatic and spectacular is any year in the 20's. on the 4th of july. oakland's roy carlisle hit one of the longest home runs in baseball history. when the ball clear the right-center field fence at oaks park 618 feet from home plate. the seals infield had san francisco natives, cranky kris, heading shortstop and babe in elliott, 3rd base. chris said he would go on to fame and glory with the new york yankees. and ali, also a former major league player who became one of baseball's pars, was behind home plate one. don larsen of the new york yankees pitched the only no-hitter in world series history. when the

final out of the 29 season was recorded. the mission reds have the league's best record. what lost in the playoffs? the scandals which it almost destroyed baseball. we're now a distant memory. the was such >>it was i think it was kind of atmosphere just encourage folks to live in the game. in a way that i think was on was unsurpassed. >>and the playing fields of san francisco, a skinny teenager, shortstop cell in love with the game. his name was joe dimaggio. it had been golden age.

>>we now return to kron 4 percents baseball by the golden gate. the early days. >>1930, was the beginning of the depression when america was in during bad times, the stock market crash of the year before had shattered the country's economy. organized baseball experienced its own hard times. the seals now sold players to remain in business to boost attendance. they cut ticket prices and increase the number of free days for kids. the oaks often drew less than 100,000 fans in the and the

mission reds lost the box office battle and moved to hollywood. what the decade had grand moments of celebration. on april 7th, 1931. >>baseball legend tie com overflowing crowd of 25,000 fans came to san francisco's mission district for the opening of seals stadium. bill to replace dilapidated old wreck. part many believe the million dollar structure of reinforced concrete. and stu to be the best minor league ballpark in america. >>i think steele stadium was a powerful statement. to san francisco this was a ballpark worthy. that considered itself to be something special and that things that had the promise of endurance and quality even in the dark days of the depression could occur.

>>for the lucky few baseball was a way out of the depression. san francisco's don't community was playing for the brooklyn dodgers. oakland native jerry cooke, 11 jeno's signed with the like community found major league team with brooklyn. >>when eddie juiced was 16 years old, the san francisco infielder was offered $150 a month by the mission. roads. >>and those 1933, not in $50. a month was like 5,000 so i we immediately sign and i went on from there and state and the coast late 4 years. >>it was also a time when the big games between oakland and san francisco offered young ball players not only the chance for glory. well, it's very both >>that was a great thing used to play doubleheaders on

sundays particularly if we had oakland a double header, we'd all dressed up in uniforms. jump in bill cab or something. get out of that ferry and get the fairy go across and they got to the ball fight and play a game in oakland. okay. you come back on the way across on the ferry primarily we grabbed a sandwich some milk something. >>doctor, sayles damage and start another game. >>and he just moved on to the cincinnati reds and a 17 year major league career. babydog run. a former mission team made just also moved on to the makers. it was don't to replace blueberry good first base. the yankee great was forced to retire because of an incurable where paralysis called a one dog run. join new york in 1938. >>we became teammates with another san francisco ballplayer. >>joe dimaggio.

>>martinez, california joseph paul d'amato was raised in san francisco, father giuseppe was a hardworking fisherman. struggle to feed his family of 9 children. when joe was 15. >>he dropped out of high school >>someone asked him and in later years in francisco, then you go to galileo. high school and joe said and yes, i walk by it when he was in play ball. that's what >>dimaggio signed his first professional contract with the and in 1933, the 18 year-old rookie had a phenomenal season. when he hit safely in 61 straight games. the ceo record. major league teams were no interest teenage sensation. >>the next year the module hurt his left stepping out of a car. >>joe divine, he was big scout. big pacific coast for

the yankees. so. devine started talking joe about now that it felt joe thomas not bad. he said i just rain did. it's not broken. there's nothing wrong with that. but the value in the sealed sold him to the yankees went way down. i think it was only the only got $25,000 for >>the module remained in san francisco one more season and became the league's most valuable player with us use one when they arrived in new york city in 1936. years of beirut were gone. yankees needed a new hero. and a new king. >>dimaggio >>and a 13 year hall of fame career. joe dimaggio became one of the greatest to ever wear. yankee pinstripes. every

season the modules. new york teams won 10 penance. world series 2. >>just go facebook. played >>we talk about ty cobb babe ruth, willie mays go to match it's that level of people. >>when his baseball fame was eclipsed by his marriage to marilyn monroe. >>the module became the object of his country's fascination. >>and never left the national spotlight. >>he understood. >>the pedestal of the world and put them on and he wanted to be worthy of wanted to be made the way you're supposed to if you're an >>but michael heroes, dimaggio was criticized for being less than perfect. some believe him to be distant and aloof, wanting to be paid for every autograph. >>we saw as >>the best ball player around. had

>>very great dignity. >>which uses >>person been removed. another person either. >>that's the way he was. >>remembered don't endure. the yankee clipper. dimaggio will always remain a mythological character. and american hero. >>transcended the game. joe dimaggio was san francisco's greatest player.

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>>we now return to kron 4 percents baseball by the golden gate. the early days. >>united states entered world war 2 after japan bombed pearl harbor on december, 7th, 1941. ordered the removal of all citizens of japanese ancestry living on the west coast. the forced evacuation of 120,000 men, women and children began in the spring of 1942. sent to internment camps. some 10,000 were from oakland and san francisco. living in a desolate alien world of barbed wire and armed guards. the game of baseball became a cornerstone to their existence. >>without baseball camp life would have been miserable. it was humiliating and demeaning to be incarcerated in your own

country. so baseball really was their savior. >>from the time baseball was introduced to japan in the 19 th-century to its heyday in their california communities. the 1920's and 30's the japanese were always baseball crazy. it became a religion in the internment camps. >>baseball was was kind of their beacon of it felt like home when they're playing baseball even other and these foreign states and in the desert. so to take even baseball away what a truly driven stake into. i think their hearts. >>they would continue to play their country's national pastime until the war was over. after all americans. >>in 1946, the san francisco seals began the post-war era when spring training in

hawaii. millionaire businessman paul fake. and now part owner of the team was determined to take to see who's on first place journey. the seals responded by winning the pennant stivers to minor league attendance record. 670,000 fans came to see them play. the seals stadium. i was about 10 for a kid. >>my age, my experience, my innocence. it was like walking into sharing law. all green. it's just a screen there was a bakery. i think it was lying and just down the street. >>and you could smell fresh bread right mind. the stadium brewery. >>the aroma of the bread being baked in watching that beer glass that me a beer glass, philip, to deplete philippon deplete. i mean, >>this was like being in the disneyland of its time.

>>we'll see championship team included pitcher larry johnson who won 30 games. vince dimaggio shows older brother played in the outfield. the legendary francis left field was the club's manager. from san francisco stuff which are down district. >>0, 2, was the city's most endearing baseball personality. man of enormous personal for years he was known the man in the green suit to going anybody wearing a green say. but he did. and he was he was visible personality in san francisco and at a time when particularly when san francisco's loved their homegrown characters. >>we'll do is baseball had been filled with promise failure. and finally, really an success. before he came home to manage the scenes in 1935. odu retired as a player with the 4th highest batting average in major league history.

>>he knew the pras at a handle the press. there was no, you know, never any animosity and that any new out a stir controversy. it was him. he was just a he's a man, a love life and had a wonderful time. >>would you like one of the most important roles in order to colorful career happened in october of 1949. when he arrived in japan with the seals to play an exhibition series. >>a very popular figure in the country because of his frequent visits as a player and coach 30 years. on a mission of baseball diplomacy. the occupation of u.s. forces in japan since the end of world war, 2 had been troublesome often acrimonious. >>in general douglas macarthur hope do visit could the tensions. be appealed overwhelming success over half a million japanese turned out to see the first postwar visit by an american baseball team.

macarthur coal totals contributions. the greatest piece of diplomacy ever. >>that same 1949 left field who was in japan. casey stengel, who was the manager of the new york yankees. stengel was as and exciting the 2 had been competitors. winston was managing the open, the year before. >>casey was a natural showman. and there's no way you would keep them under control. and so he would van der with the fans wildly and that senate run or home would be a major theatrical production. who is who is all arms and >>when stengel was the oakland manager in 1948, the oaks one, the pco championship. >>their first in 21 years. >>year, wall, most pleasant

one all the time. we had cases still kept us laughing. that was great. i can't speak enough of. and the man was a great man. >>good manager, too. >>affectionately known as the 9 old men. the oaks were a team filled with veterans like billy monday, pcl all-star 16 times. infielder d'ariola to johnny was an ex-mayor league player and boyhood friend of joe dimaggio. 40 year-old catcher ernie lombardi was playing his final season before the hometown fans. was a guy that won me. ashley batting title twice. but he was the toughest guy. i mean, he was a legend for pitch, was outside. >>31 bartee could reach out with his bare handed, catch a fastball. >>tough, brash infielder from berkeley. high was one of the few. we're young players on the 9, 0, man.

>>it was always always just a fiery personality from the get-go and high school. remember games. he played high school and take it out on guys in the pacific coast league and never forgot a >>as great as the 9 old men were victory was not achieved until the last day of the season when the oaks played a double header. casey stengel is future was also riding on the outcome. >>and he said that we go out and win that first game, we should all give you all $20. you can buy yourself a stake in confinement and that was it. >>the oaks won both games. their triumph was made even sweeter when their longtime rivals. the seals finished in second place. >>and casey winning the pentagon. yankee job >>staying would later become a legend with the new york his team's with joe dimaggio, mickey mantle in billy martin

woodwinds 7 world series. >>when oakland celebrated its championship season in 1948, we laws in the party seemed to go on all winter long. >>we just like winning the world series. and a big parade far and had shut down the city hall and the and that evening at the hotel and kallyn oakland, they had a fan went. >>i was really something. >>heroes forever. we'll never be another team.

>>now turn to kron 4 percents baseball by the golden gate. the early days. >>him and hash front of the pacific coast league. first umpire in big-time baseball. should go far in his chosen profession. it was 1954 when emmett ashford became the first black umpire in the pacific coast league. here means one-time mail sorter in the san francisco post office. years later as made history again when he was the first black, the one pirate game in the major leagues. in the late

19th century. the story blacks in baseball in america was the same in the bay area. >>it was rare for blacks and whites to be on the same field with the same time playing the national pastime. segregation move the land. what blacks love the game. as much as anyone and form their own clubs and leagues. >>in oakland, the piers giants were a popular semi-pro team in the 1920's playing to enthusiastic crowds in the east bay. every summer in the 30's and 40's, there were sunday double headers in berkeley, san pablo park. berkeley was also the site for the formation of the west coast baseball association. i'm black professional league form shortly after the end of world war, 2. the six-team league included the san francisco sea lions and the oakland larks. >>what a pitcher named lionel lefty wilson future mayor of oak. when opening day arrived

in may of 1946, the had high. when july the league was out of business. we careers and dreams of so many had collapsed. what in the spring of the next year, the game they loved changed forever. >>on april 15th, 1947, jackie robinson became the first black man to integrate major league baseball in the 20th century. it was opening day its when robinson played for the brooklyn dodgers. segregation in america's national pastime and officially ended. >>descended from slaves. >>28 year-old infielder was both a hero and symbol of hope to every black neighborhood in america. >>on the handlebars of bikes and around his shoulders. and you see in baseball's baseball

bats in the hands and everybody and i want to be like jackie. >>i want to be a jacket. >>integration came to the pcl in 1948. catcher john rich join the san diego padres. the next year shortstop. already wilson became the first african-american to play for the oakland oaks since jimmy paxton's brief appearance in 1916. wilson had played with willie mays on the birmingham black barons in the negro leagues. when wilson arrived in oakland, he was an immediate sensation. a great field are called the octopus. wilson led the pcl and hitting them stolen bases. his first season. >>he was a great very had a smile on his face the time. asking for his autograph. you have hold a cigar. can still enter that very clear. and i remember the smells and he was my first. >>first ball player that i

really kind waiting with as vital pipeline. i just thought he couldn't do anything wrong. used to love to watch him play. >>but already wilson was not accepted by everyone. >>and none of the white players on the team wanted to win with him. but then one of the players volunteered. it was a young well, kids who played a second base next to wilson shot stopped by billy martin didn't seem to matter to billion all what color he was as long as he can play baseball. >>conditions for black players in the pco were often difficult with animosity. >>this wasn't the segregated south, but they still faced unrelenting discrimination. they couldn't stay in hotels with the white players. they will refuse service and restaurants. they found the fans often geode them and use ponce to them. >>there were also pitchers who when headhunting deliberately throwing a baseball and the player's head. during a game

between the oaks and seals on july 27th 1952, a fight broke out. the result a previous being ball incidents involving san francisco pitcher bill bomer and open players. piper davis and reno player. >>it was not only one of the biggest brawls and coast league history was one of the biggest brawl, certainly with a racial motivation. any other major or minor league history. >>despite the early hostility. >>integration in the pco could not be stopped. i'm in the predominantly black high schools west open a new gold mine for major league talent was also discovered. pittsburgh pirates hall of famer willie stargell was from alameda's encinal high school. >>opentext curt flood became an all-star outfielder with the st. louis cardinals. mcclymonds high school graduates was beat up in who signed with the cincinnati reds and played 18 major league seasons.

>>was from a class. and 52 and pitch for the baltimore orioles. >>we have 16 guys on the team. that was signed to time ties. >>mcclymonds baseball coach was george polls. the father saying. you to motivate and knew how to make us believe in ourselves to justice so much respect and dignity just something that. >>you know, you just into my home. and i love like a foul. >>a great person. >>according to charlie beam it was 3rd baseman frank robinson who brought the major league scouts to >>frank had to be the grandkids, young baseball player i've seen frank was hitting big league pitches when he was 14 15 years. all he had one set. and you could

just see franklin better striking out in the majority of us own eyes. he was just a natural. >>frank robinson had a hall of fame career with the cincinnati reds in baltimore. orioles. his accomplishments are many. 4th on the all-time home run list. rookie of the year in 1956, the only player ever to be named mvp of both robinson made history again when he became major league baseball's first black manager with the cleveland indians. >>it's a red letter day for 17 year-old there were other schoolboy sensations and all of daily cities cheer was a pitcher who signed with the yankees for over $70,000. you're on the road. >>opens jackie johnson was the golden boy. >>american football player, a cow played in the rose bowl and became the american league's most valuable player with the boston red sox in

1958. >>but in the prime of his career. >>jensen gave up baseball because of his fear of flying. >>as sure, you know. >>never played in the majors. >>the mid-fifties the dream of becoming a 3rd major and also >>baseball barons back east were unwilling to accept the entire new competition from television, new dominated the family living fans stayed home. >>stop going to the ballpark. frustrated seals owner paul fagan gave up the fight. >>and so his team. >>by 1956, the should become a losing franchise on the field and at the turnstiles and moved to vancouver. the next year on september. 15th, the glorious history came to an end when they played their

final game in front of some 15,000 fans. willie mays of the giants were coming to san francisco. that was major league baseball. but the seals. >>representative, my, you know, and now my youth was dying. i still think of the seals all the time. i really do. even now. father son, 9th smell of the bakery, the hands glass filling up and going down. tell feel same was the perfect park to begin the baseball moments. >>baseball romance. it began on the windswept terrain of a san francisco well, those touched by the national pastime. >>baseball by the golden gate created its own mecca. >>with heroes worship like dogs. never to be forgotten.

>>i from one generation to next. >>begins every spring.

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