and the ballers? it's been really, really incredible honestly and like the outreach that we've gotten from community members just being like, hey, i think what you guys are doing is so amazing. how can i help? there's so many people that have just said, how can i help? what can i do? and you know, i think that that's rare these days. i think everybody's stuck in their phones. everybody's you know, focused on their own agendas and so for folks to come out and, um and want to build something with us. that's bigger than themselves. i think that's really inspiring. i know you're looking forward to tonight and then friday and of course, the rest of summer but what do you want to see happen in the next year with the bees or what? your 5 year goal? great question. i'm just we just want to have a good opening day and a good opening home stand like there's 4000. seats. they weren't here a couple of weeks. ago there here now. we want look. you know, i think that great things start. small and then you build and

>> ballers love. >> ballers love. is that what it is? >> yeah, i found it downstairs. >> how exciting is this for oakland and for you personally? >> this is fantastic. with the a's leaving, the brand new ball club here. professional. it is fantastic. >> all right, enjoy. you know, other people that are kind of surrounding the stands, they are our reporters. kelsi thorud has been talking to fans about all the fun action. kelsi, take it away. who have you met today? >> reporter: hey, juliette. yeah, we are actually just down the bleachers from you around the corner here with a bird's eye view of the stadium here and, of course, all the fans coming in. you can see all the people still trickling in here, every single person we have spoken to is so excited about this team. as you spoke about earlier, oakland is a baseball city. the a's were here. now the drama surrounding that team leaving. well the b's are coming in really at a perfect time. they are coming here, hosting in this city as the a's leave and all these fans, they could not be mor

>>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. tea

these are the ballers. a new pro baseball team.d. >> all right, ballers, let's go. >> built for oakland. >> all right. so here's a live look atraimondi park in oakland a place of a lot of excitement this weekend in the city of oakland. the newest baseball team the ballers have introduced themselves to the fans by playing their first games at home and tonight, the ballers will be back in action. against the yolo high wheelers. but you have that option to watch it on our sister station, pix+ 44 cable 12. that will start at 6:30. we are bringing you all the friday night home games through the end of august. and so from the actual raimondi park in oakland over to our virtual set here, where we also get to enjoy raimondi park. and the view with our virtual set. >> yeah. and we've got our jerseys on and ready to go for tonight shawn. and tonight's game does come after a lot of excitement yesterday. last night's game was actually tied up at 8 apiece after nine innings but instead of extra innings the game was decided by a home run derby.

. >> all right, ballers, let's go >> built for oakland. >> right now the oakland ballers are playing home game. it is is over on our sister station pix plus. >>> that is a great option for folks who just can not make it out to friday night home games this summer. while the stadium holds 4,000 people, that is not counting the neighbors in west oakland who are watching from their comfort of their home. susan diego lives across the street from the park. she is shocked it came together so quickly. >> when they first started i could not understand what they were doing. then bleachers went up. my mind was blown. i had no idea. my mind could not visualize what was going to happen here. >> now, as the new team in the town, the ballers are working with a popular local clothing line to design all of their new gear. reporting on the proud oakland company with the new mission to spread ballers pride throughout the bay area. >> this is one of our bestselling designs. >> angela has called oakland home for more than 30 years. she is the ceo and creative director of oaklandish. a company focused on

it was exactly a month ago i was out here live previewing the baller season. we're standing behind home plate and none of the stands behind home plate, the dugouts, the stands down in the left field line was finished. it's all done and it looks great and it feels great right now. it's going to cool off through the rest of this evening. let's look at current temperatures around the bay area. it was a step back towards normal temperatures across the region today, mostly 70s inland, 66 in napa and oakland, nice breeze, very comfortable, 60 in san francisco, 59 degrees for half moon bay. the breeze will be somewhat of a factor. it's not overly windy. the strongest sustained winds are 21 miles an hour in napa and 25 miles an hour in fairfield. the onshore breeze delivered the cooler air farther inland. temperatures will drop off this evening. our first game on pix+ starts at 6:30, game time temperature low 60s but steadily cooling off. the fog will spread into the inland valleys through the rest of tonight. we'll track that, look at the weekend forecast and an earl

>>> these are the ballers, a new pro baseball team. built by oakland. >> all right, let's go. >> built for oakland. >>> okay, baseball on deck. we are just about an hour now from the oakland ballers first ever game in front of a home crowd. >> that's right. the fans are starting to file in. let's get out to juliette goodrich. jules, how is the atmosphere out there? >> reporter: well, it is festive, the gates are open. i've made it in my career when i have an exclusive interview with? >> hal, the hot dog game guy. >> reporter: if you don't know this infamous person, let me have you explain. you came here to support the ballers, but you're just a long-time athletics fan or were? >> i was held as the hot dog guy for six years, slinging dogs. getting the crowd amped. after i heard they were out of there, you know, i retired from that, but i had to pull out the old steamer and the stripes to support my team. my new team. >> reporter: hal, the hot dog guy. how the heck do you think this came about and how do you feel about it? >> it came abo

it is ballers baseball in oakland and it is beautiful.it's the yolo high rollers tonight hanging with the ballers and again, breaking new ground as we will televise this one at 6:30 on our sister station pix+ 44 cable 12. i just wonder if it will match the same tension that we had last night. now in this pioneer league there is no extra innings. so they go to a knockout round. each team selects one player to hit as many homers as they can before five outs. yolo high rollers had hit just one. so all dondrei hubbard needed was two to twin and it took hubbard two swings to end it. so on a season of firsts, the ballers got their first ever knockout round win. this telecast tonight, if it's anything as good as how last night's game ended, man, we're up for some kind of a show, right? >> yeah. last night we got the win and a knockout they call it, no extra-inning game. it's a home run contest against their guy and our guy and we won it. hopefully we'll win it before that happens. the fans like that. i know the fans don't mind it. i can do it in

and we got some ballers' baseball on tap tonight.ot just at raimondi but it's going to be on our station as well on pix+. >> ways to watch. >> exactly. make sure you make note. but right now let's get a live look outside on this friday morning. as we get you started to enjoy which is -- crossing my fingers hopefully going to be a beautiful weekend. temperatures have been a little warm but a cooldown yesterday and darren. headed in the same direction? >>> we are. you call it a cooling trend, gianna. we're not talking about any more heat advisories and that's good going into the weekend. we may not get back to average for some of us especially for the inland valleys but it will be close. and in term of getting the temperatures lower. live look outside from our virtual set through the windows shows us a pretty clearview here. but we are seeing the marine layer hanging out along the coast and likely through the golden gate bridge so let me just give you a heads-up on what to expect from that this morning. go to the high forecast -- high

ballers a good day. i'm reed cowan. >> i'm max darrow in for gianna franco and a lot of ballers' news but first we are in first alert weather mode today as temperatures are expected to hit triple digits in the inland areas. also increasing fire risk today and now two fires we are monitoring this morning. crews comet to make progress on the corral fire just south of tracy. that's the largest wildfire burning in california. and then a smaller one broke out east of livermore in the area of patterson pass and mid-way roads. we're going to have much more on the fires in just a few minutes. >> but first a live look outside on this tuesday morning. and listen up it's going to be hot. a heat advisory soon to go into effect for many parts of our region. so let's bring in the expert, first alert meteorologist darren peck is tracking the warm temperatures right now. darren, we're aware of game day out in oakland. so a lot of people going to be sitting there and they're going to be hot. >> show you the temperature f

>> the ballers welcome fans at their new ballpark in oakland. but it is not just people in the bleachers getting a view of the action. how the people who live in the neighborhood are getting a front row seat. >>> and straight ahead in sports, the giants deep in the heart of texas against a familiar face and the bats were en fuego on >>> the oakland ballers are settling into their new home in west oakland and neighbors are getting a feel of what it is like to have a pro team in their own backyard. wilson walker was at the team's home opener where it turn out you don't even need to be in the bleacher to have a great seat. >> when they first started i couldn't understand what they were doing. then these bleachers went up and i just, my mind was just blown. i had no idea. it was like my mind couldn't visualize what was going to happen here. >> reporter: right across the street from a baseball stadium, that materialized in barely two months. susan diego is watching oakland baller's history from her home. and she is still a little shocked by it all. >

young ballers, older ballers, even the hot dog, i should say, the hot dog guy that used to work at theot dog guy for six years slinging dogs and getting the crowd amped and after i heard they were out of there, i retired from that. but i had to pull out the old steamer and the stripes to support my team. >> tell me how the heck do you think it all came about and how do you feel about it? >> it came about because oakland deserves it. you know it is a great sports community. amazing fans. my favorite fans are here. they deserve a team and they deserve a place to chant "let's go oakland" of course this was coming around you >> got your phd from berkeley. yes. comes with credentials, big time. and also, you moved back east but you are here for this opening week, right? >> that is right. i would not miss this for the world. back here all week. i got my mustard, my relish, i got my jalapenos, we got everything. [ laughter ] >> i bet you want a hot dog now, don't you? when we a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimat

the ballers. baseball team. built by oakland. >> all right ballers, let's go. >> built for oakland. >> well, that definitely will get you in the mood for game day on this tuesday morning. here's a live look at raimondi park. the home of oakland's newest baseball team. the ballers. they are ready to play in front of their home crowd for the very first time and their inaugural season and first pitch 6:35 tonight as the ballers host the yolo high wheelers in the home opener. >> we are here at the virtual reality set and we are wearing these beautiful jerseys to just see the guy in the video? he was like this. and -- just -- >> we can do that too. >> this is what you are going to see for the game. this is beautiful raimondo park in our -- beautiful set. right over here we have the popcorn and we have the concession stands right over here and they're cooking us a hot dog right now. we're kidding though. shawn chitnis is joining us and we love to talk about the fact that you saw the before and after and

i wanted a piece of the ballers' coverage here. >> i'm sorry. >> we're in the skybox now, the ballerskybox at raimondi park. >> you'll come out as a fan eventually. >> at some point. i have to work. >> the bay area is buzzing about all this, the debut of the oakland ballers playing at raimondi park the first time tuesday and unlike some expansion teams, they aren't struggling in year one. they own a 7-5 record and enter the home opener with four straight wins, which is very impressive. the ballers' hitters might have a hard time leaving colorado springs after they scored 90 runs in six games. for the season oakland is averaging just under ten runs per game. that's the third most in the pioneer league. as for the pitching, reliever brody aglete is the only bay area native on the roster, grew up in martinez and is excited to pitch in front of friends and family. >> i was getting ready to give up baseball. then i threw a few bullpens and realized i still got something in the tank. >> brody will show what he still has for the ballers. the martinez native will to alhambra and pitched at sf

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ballers, ballers, ballers. just going to keep talking about that.ure is hot for the heat at least for a little while on this first alert weather day. jessica burch, you are tracking triple digit temperatures in some places in the bay? say it ain't so. >> i hate it but it's true as we head into the next couple of days. we are going to see a huge cooldown into the weekend. it's a first alert weather day today and let's head over to the virtual reality map and take a look what we can expect this afternoon. san francisco today topping off mid 70s. but watch what happens as you continue to drive out into the east. just like yesterday. you hit the 80s into oakland and you hit the triple digits the moment you head over to concord and walnut creek. a similar trend near antioch this afternoon. and livermore all the way up to 100 degrees as e head into this afternoon. this is your friendly remind you are now continue to hydrate and we know what we felt yesterday. a repeat of that again today with 90s anywhere from fremont down into the santa clara valley. hyd

even before the ballers. just painted like 2 months ago, >>israel montes has been right around the corner since the 80s suddenly, the surrounding blocks are dotted with renovations. and new construction. >>everything is getting better. i'm pretty sure. yeah, yeah, i mean, you can see all the all the buildings housing all around. you've we've got a baseball team coming up this part of west oakland has actually really changed in the past 5 or 6 years since i've been here. brand new housing here. there's a new food hall opening up here. >>jason russell snyder makes his daily dog walk through raymond >>parks. repaved paved the roads and i've noticed that the areas that they're going to use for parking lot seems pretty lit. and clean. will be over there. >>freeman thinks some visitors may be pleasantly surprised when they see the refurbished neighborhoods surrounding the park. and that their focus will be on baseball. >>you know, the ballers have been adding momentum to a neighborhood that already had great moment

it's friday night and the ballers are about to take the field in about ten minutes.hief meteorologist paul heggen is live for us at raimondi park. i think you left out in terms of the weather it cooled off kind of the right time. >> reporter: it's not nearly as warm as tuesday for the home opener. it's typical june weather, cool, breezy. i'll do my best to talk over the announcements happening in the background. bear with us. we set up shop behind the visitors dugout to not be in the way of the pregame festivities. it's possible they'll sing the national anthem during this weathercast. let's look at what to expect heading into the weekend. things look pretty good overall. the heat has drifted just to the east. while places like phoenix and las vegas will be cooking, we'll be near average around the bay area. the onshore breeze has returned, some passing clouds and plenty of fog and low cloud cover every morning. at the moment san jose kind of hazy, see the plane coming in now, temperatures in the 60s and 70s for most of us, but down to 58 degrees in san francisco alr

these are the ballers. a new pro baseball team.lt by oakland. >> all right, let's go. >> built for oakland. okay, now back to west oakland where there is a buzz in the air, a sold out crowd making their way to raimondi park. >> that's right, juliette goodrich leads our team coverage for us tonight. hey, jules. >> reporter: hello, what a remarkable opening day this is. i was determined to get myself some merchandise. and not only to be a part of the festive day, but to keep a little bit of shade on me and it is pretty warm today. doors are opening, gates are opening for this. you've got the merchandise and the food tables that are being set up. all the fans are really going to fill this stand in just a matter of minutes because the game will start at 6:35 p.m. and we'll be out here broadcasting it for you, showing you all the fun filled events. let's show you the before and after because it is a transformation. with a a difference two months will middle age before the baseball diamond was still covered with dirt and it wasn't ready.

. >>> call it a rebirth, call it a revival, these are the ballers. a new pro baseball team built by oakland. >> all right, baller, let's ego. >> built for oakland. >> tonight is a new beginning for oakland sports fans. over the past decade, the city has lost its professional sports teams from the warriors to the raiders and then the a's. but this evening was different, and i saw it firsthand when i joined the fans at raimondi park for the oakland ballers home opener. it was so much fun. check this out. you could really feel the excitement in the air, and it is only fitting that bay area rap legend mister fab was there to throw out the first pitch. you know, the stands were packed with 4,200 tickets sold, sold-out. at the same time, the a's played just eight miles away in a series against the seattle mariners to a crowd of 5,600 fans. well, our kelsi thorud was at tonight's ballers game where longtime oakland residents told her this was something really special. >> reporter: well, it was a sold-out home opener for the oakland ballers, and the fans wer

first game for the ballers at home. they were not that far off in attendance from what we saw on the screen from the oakland a's. the a's have had years to build the fan base arguably some are saying they're burning it to the ground. i think we're on to something with ballers and we cheer them for that. >> you know our kelsi thorud she was at last night's ballers' game where fans told her that it was just a special experience. watch. >> reporter: leonard rossi was just 13 years old when he went to his first oakland a's game. >> i went to the very first game in 1968 with my mom and dad. sat in the third level of the coliseum. and had a wonderful time. >> reporter: since then, leonard has gone to hundreds of a's' games. so when the team announced they were officially leaving, it was a big blow. >> it really hurts to see them leave. >> reporter: but thankfully for leonard, another team swooped in to town just in time. the oakland bs. >> let's go ballers! >> the name was hilarious. i mean, you know, the "a" team to the "b"

before >>the the baller. a new program. >>baseball >>team. >>build >>paok >>oakland >>ballers.et's go 4. oakland >>twins. >>newest baseball team, the ballers are back in action tonight to play their 4th game at raymond a park against the yellow high wheelers. but if you can't make it, no problem, you can watch the game on our sister station pix plus 44 cable 12 and starts at 630. we will bring you all the friday night home games through the end of august. so tonight's game comes after a lot of excitement yesterday. last night's game was tied at 8 apiece after 9 innings, but instead of extra innings get this, the game was decided by a home run derby. so take a look. look at dondre hubbard. he went deep on back to back swings to give the ballers a walk off win against the high wheelers. oakland's record is now 9 and 6 as they head into tonight's game, but before all of that fun came from history at raimondi park picture kelsie whitmore became the 1st woman to start a game in pioneer league history with more went 3 innings and allowed 2 earned runs last night. it's a really inspir

. >>> the ballers are breathing new life where a crowd is expected once again in oakland for friday night baseball. >> i'm ryan yamamoto. >> i'm elizabeth cook. >>> matt lively joins us live from raimondi park. >> reporter: hey, guys, love being out here, friday night with the ballers, that game being broadcasted on pix+ taking on the vibes from the rocky mountains. the vibes are good out here right now, sun is shining. every time i come into this ballpark i swear they've added something new, something different for the fans to enjoy, but it's not just right here at raimondi. our max darrow explains businesses around the community and this park are all benefiting from the ballers. >> reporter: just about a block or so away from raimondi park a man sets off on his mission to help rebuild the brand of an oakland neighborhood. >> two years ago if you came and looked at this area, i mean it was in bad shape. none of the streets were paveed. there was homeless encampments everywhere. >> reporter: harv singh is in charge of recruiting and identifying small businesses for the west oakland farmer

the oakland ballers are coming. their opening day is tomorrow. >> yeah, you can say the bay area is absolutely buzzing for the debut of the oakland ballers. they're going to play at raimondi park for the first time on tuesday. unlike some expansion teams that struggle, the ballers have a 7-5 record to begin the year. and they enter the home ep opener with four straight wins. the ballers hitters might have a hard time leaving colorado springs after they scored 90 runs in six games. for this season, oakland is averaging just under ten runs per game that. is third most in the pioneer league. as for the pitching, relever brody is the only bay area -- on the roster. >> i was getting ready to give up baseball, and then i threw a few bullpen, threw a few live abs and realized like i got something in the tank. >> reporter: brody will show what he still has for the ballers. the martinez enative went to alhambra and pitched at sf state in college. being close to family is a big priority. >> my mother actually has ms, so it's

>>all right, bob >>ballers. >>a new pro >>baseball team. >>bill >>pay >>oakland ballers. let's go >>4 >>oakland >>hold tonight to a packed house is expected to mandate field in oakland for the ballers 1st friday night at home game and the fans got to treat last night. last night's game was tied 88 after 9 innings, but instead of extra innings, the game was decided. by a home run derby. take a look at >>this, >>dondre hubbert went deep on back to back swings to give the ballers a walk off win against the yolo high wheelers. oakland's record is now 9 and 6. the home crowd also got to see history being made last night. that's picture kelsie whitmore. she became the 1st woman to ever start a game in the pioneer league, and fans headed to raymond park tonight or anytime this summer will find some tasty baseball classics. marine ayyoub spoke with the owner of the athletic club oakland who is teaming up with the ballers. for miles every day at his sports >>bar >>is fueled by his passion for sports. athletic club. oakland is a haven for sports lovers >>in >>the >>bed >>and baseba

. 4000 people at the ballers game in west oakland.bout 5600 people at the coliseum, a's and mariners. that guys just working on that laptop. bottom of the third inning, oakland's abraham toro with the rbi single. zack gelof is going to come around to score. the a's were still down in this game, though. 3 to 1 mariners pitcher george kirby just too strong. he had nine strikeouts. mike max schumann goes down swinging here. a's lose 4 to 3 in arizona. now the slumping giants against the diamondbacks. giants are in a bit of trouble here. seventh inning lourdes gurriel jr a two run double into the corner there. and it. karen's right arizona had a 7 to 2 lead. now in the eighth inning the giants did make some noise. mike yastrzemski comes up and smokes a three run homer right there. it was the three run game. but that's as close as the giants got. giants lose it 8 to 5. it's their sixth straight loss. big news for the 49ers christian mccaffrey isn't going anywhere today. the niners star running back was at that mandatory minicamp. you see h

the ballers will hit the diamond 1. again. tonight after thousands of fans came out to watch the 1st ever game ever monday, park the ballers weren't able to pull off the victory last night against the yellow high wheelers, but that didn't put a damper on the fun for the sold out crowd. the same 2 teams will hit the field once again tonight at 635. $35. the ballers facility in west oakland is undergone an incredible dress, formacion in just a matter of months. our john ramos has the story of early raimondi. and how the park came to bear his name. when the oakland ballers chose raymond e park. to be there. home field they wanted their brand new team to benefit from the roots of the past. >>mighty park is 1 of the most historical municipal parks in the world. it's got a deep history, the more that we've learned about it, the more rich that history is >>created in 1911 as west oakland park. it was later renamed as bayview park. but in 1947 it got the name and enjoys today, raymond e park named for ernie. raymond e, a local ballpla

ballers i think in about ten minutes they'll start their first let's go oakland chant.t's going to be really fun. that would be cool. i mean weather day for perfect in west oakland right now. yeah. 80s right now 70 throughout the game. and of course we are also tracking some of that dangerous heat here through the bay area. let's get a look at those top temperatures across the bay. and you're going to see several spots did reach 100 and or hotter. in case you missed this, my list looks like this napa up to 101 out there in walnut creek. 101 as well. brentwood 100 at santa rosa, 100. concord at 99. let me take you to santa rosa and show you how the temperatures will trend tonight. i do think eventually we get to the 80s here at 8:00 70s from 9 p.m. all the way through midnight, and eventually some cooler 60s on the way as we head into early tomorrow morning. now, here's the deal. we've got high pressure for one more day. it starts to move off towards the east, and that's going to allow a little bit of fog to form for tomorrow morning. so look out for some patchy fog near

the city and ballers are working together. the city has made street improvements and adding sidewalks. the city and bees are also encouraging public transportation, including providing free shuttles from west oakland, bart to the park, providing private security and parking. they also say opd officers will be on hand now. the ballers in the city expect there to be a period of growing pains and ways to improve. they say this is just the first step of revitalizing this whole area in west oakland. reporter in oakland, velena jones, nbc, bay area news. that seems very cool. we wish them the best of the luck and we will be out at the ballpark many times. also tonight, firefighters are still looking for hot spots after that huge fire that gutted an affordable housing project. that project was still under construction. this is what it looked like yesterday in redwood city. all the smoke, all the flames, multiple stories. there investigators now believe the fire started on the fifth floor as crews were installing insulation and sheetr

>>ballers. a new pro baseball team. >>build by openly >>ballers. let's go 4 oakland the oakland ballers are back in action. 2nd ever home game at raymond de park first pitch will be at 635 as they host the yolo high wheelers. it was an exciting time at their inaugural home opener last night. what you're looking at is bay area rap legend, mr fab, shaking things up a little bit. he didn't throw out a 1st pitch. he took a swing instead and delivered the 1st hit their at raymond e park. as for the actual game, it was the high wheelers who came out with the big bats and they got hot from the start the ballers would lose their home opener 9 to 3. but on the bright side stands. they were packed at raymond parks with 4200 tickets sold. on the right of your screen. that's raimondi park for the ballers on the left. same time. the aids played just 8 miles away in a series. series against the seattle mariners. 5600. fans there. almost 5000. raymond de park. the fact that those numbers are even so close together really tells quite a story. are kelsey 3rd was at

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. 4000 people at the ballers game in west oakland.ople at the coliseum, a's and mariners. that guys just working on that laptop. bottom of the third inning, oakland's abraham toro with the rbi single. zack gelof is going to come around to score. the a's were still down in this game, though. 3 to 1 mariners pitcher george kirby just too strong. he had nine strikeouts. mike max schumann goes down swinging here. a's lose 4 to 3 in arizona. now the slumping giants against the diamondbacks. giants are in a bit of trouble here. seventh inning lourdes gurriel jr a two run double into the corner there. and it. karen's right arizona had a 7 to 2 lead. now in the eighth inning the giants did make some noise. mike yastrzemski comes up and smokes a three run homer right there. it was the three run game. but that's as close as the giants got. giants lose it 8 to 5. it's their sixth straight loss. big news for the 49ers christian mccaffrey isn't going anywhere today. the niners star running back was at that mandatory minicamp. you see him there in

the ballers have spent $1.6 million upgrading the park. our wilson walker has a closer look at what fans will experience from security to parking. >> we're very close. we hope to put the final touches in. it's a little stressful because we've got a lot of little things to go. there's going to be baseball here june 4th. >> reporter: on the cusp of opening day, ballers co-founder paul freeman is watching the final pieces fall into place getting the park ready for baseball and an opening night sellout. his message for anyone unfamiliar with the area. >> i think the neighborhood is safer than people expect. we live in a big city. you always got to look out. my kids played soccer at this field. we have over a dozen security personnel. opd will be on site. it's going to be a safe secure environment. >> reporter: for anyone driving and possibly worried about their car -- >> we got a lot of different parking places. there's a parking lot right across the street over there which is under roof. we have another very large parking facility on the othe

ballers. a new pro baseball team. bill >>pay oakland >>ballers. >>let's >>go. 4 oakland >>oakland's newest baseball team, the ballers are ready to play in front of their home crowd for the 1st time first pitch is at 635. tonight against the yolo high wheelers. in the team's inaugural home opener tonight tonight, right? ramadi park has gone through a huge and beautiful transformation to be ready. and our sean chitnis reports neighbors are also seeing the benefits. they're seeing a change. because the ballers had the boldness to dream. >>yeah. >>a family walks for andrew and bill kline reed. have changed dramatically in just the past couple of >>months >>in their west oakland >>neighborhood. a lot better about where we live and decided to buy here and make this be our >>home. take the dog out. there is usually something new for them to spot at raymond e. park, the home of the oakland ballers. the couple was 1 of the 1st families to move in on their block in 2020. the challenges from the pandemic made it difficult to rebuild. momentum >>here. it's ju

my podcast debut along with tyler peterson, the great play-by-play and assistant gm for the ballers. and a three run blast from trevor putting them in the driver seat, they did not look back. the ballers win, they are now 2-02 for the split on the week, two more games to play this weekend, should be fun, that is going to do it for sports, have a great day. >>> if you have been to events at chase center, you have probably seen this adorable member of the security team. we have an update, this security team member is retiring. adobe has been keeping the fans safe at countless games and concerts for the past six years, and to thank him for his service, his coworkers surprised him with some jerseys, tennis balls and even a kick. what is coming up next? apparently he is going to be a normal house dog. he is looking forward to hiding any sock he can get a hold of. >>> 7:25 on this saturday morning, a busy weekend shaping up in the presidential race, we have a look at where they will be going to raise money and try to drum up support. >>> and princess kate appears in public for the first ti

these are the ballers. a new pro baseball team built by oakland. >> all right, let's go >> built for oakland. >> all right, oakland ballers wrapped up game 3 of their first ever home stand against yolo high wheelers. tonight's game was a nail biter. >> reporter: it was exciting for a number of things. cover it in a moment. kelsie whitmore starting on the mound, it was settled in unique fashion. whitmore making the start tonight at . >> the game was tied 8-8 after 9 innings. instead of extra innings decided by a home run derby. oakland sent up hub around and with j.t. snow throwing to him, went deep on back to backswings to give the ballers a walkoff win. oakland's record 9-6. a unique way to settle a game. >> did you know that? no extra innings? >> no. you know, maybe the nfl can take a page out of this rule book. tied at the end of overtime, like a kickoff. >> all right, tonight, pitcher whitmore was the first woman to start in history. she has been playing ball since she was little as you would expect to

it's time for another ballers friday night and we introduce you to the baller who is from a championship pedigree team. >>> paul, so much going on next weekend. >> the weather looks pretty good this weekend. next week we're concerned about the heat when the excessive heat warning goes into effect on tuesday and continuing through the rest of next week. just a slow warming trend this weekend, temperatures not that far above average. the heat dome is way out over the pacific, the blue h there. high pressure will set up camp closer to us beginning monday and result in a significant increase in temperatures. let's look where we topped out today, north bay mostly in the 80s, 90 degrees exactly in santa rosa, topped out in the mid-70s in oakland, 70 degrees in san francisco, inland in the east bay low to mid-90s, which is hot but what we expected and normally it's hot this time of year, just below 60 degrees along the coast in half moon bay, mid-80s for the high temperature in redwood city, 79 degrees in fremont and the santa clara valley topping out in the mid- to upper 80s, barely short of h

if you're heading out to the ballers game this evening at raimondi park, low 70s for the first pitch at 6:30. some of that fog will creep across the bay through the rest of the evening. you need to layer up a bit if you head out there, same advice if you're joining us tomorrow evening. saturday it's an afternoon game, should be a little warmer. temperatures tonight drop down to normal for this time of year and the fog will make a bigger push into the inland valleys, much more widespread. it won't last long inland backing up to the coast by late morning and even along the coast we'll see some sun breaking through in the afternoon. temperatures for tomorrow morning, most of us in the 50s, warmest spots staying around 60 degrees. high temperatures tomorrow back to pretty close to average. the exception to, that about a half dozen degrees above normal in the santa clara valley. you'll make it up to the mid-80s. livermore and antioch will make it up to the mid-80s, 70s for fremont and redwood city. along the coast of half moon bay just barely above 60 degrees. i think that might be an ach

well, if you are an oakland ballers game at an oakland ballers game, you won't go thirsty.lmanac beer introduced its new ballers love hazy ipa on social media today. the company says it is collaborating with the team and will be selling its beer inside raymond park for the entire season. almanac is based in the east bay, with locations in alameda and west oakland, right near the ballpark. >> well, the oakland roots and oakland soul soccer teams are getting ready for a doubleheader this coming weekend. the teams went out there on the field today to at their practice facility in alameda. players from both teams say this is really a great opportunity for soccer fans to see professional games in person or on television . >> you get to see us girls play on a really big platform. that's almost pretty much the same as the roots. so for any little boy or girl who wants to play at the level that we are, they can look up to us and come see us play for us. >> it's another fantastic opportunity to prove ourselves and to continue to build. so we're looking forward to it. >> all right. s

these are the ballers. a new pro baseball team. built by oakland. >> all right ballers, let's go. >> built for oakland. >> the excitement continues. one right here where we are in our virtual reality set. but it's also been an exciting time at the place that is behind us. raimondi park. what an exciting week to kick off all the fun that's happening at their new home. >> yeah, absolutely. and yeah, oakland's newest baseball team the ballers had their inaugural home opener this week in front of a soldout crowd by the way and tonight at the park you are going to see history on the baseball diamond. kelsey kelsie whitmore will be the first female player to start a game in pioneer league history. we met her back in 2016 when she first played for the stompers and now you can see her with the bs. first pitch on tap tonight at 6:35. against the yolo high wheelers. last night they beat the high wheelers 4-1 for the first ever win at raimondi park and shawn, the athletes are playing infeint baseball so that one day they can actually make it

ready for the oakland ballers to play. the question is, are the ballers ready for them? it's down to the wire at raymond park. >> you can see that there's literally still cranes and drills and metal being cut and murals being hung, where the oakland ballers will play their home opener in west oakland a couple of months ago, this was a public park that i mean, it's still a public park, but it was a public park that was essentially on unusable. >> the team's motto is built by oakland, and it really is built by oakland. the team sharing posts online of volunteers, building lockers and hanging mirrors. >> it's been really amazing just to see the outpouring of support to make this happen, including deputy mayor doctor kimberly mayfield picking up trash for the sold out game on tuesday. >> volunteers like harold shields are setting up concessions. >> owns this team. this organization is incredibly important to the city of oakland, and so it's all hands on deck there may still be some things left undone in time for the home opener, but ready or not, these seats will be filled w

for the >>ballers. a new pro baseball >>team. >>bill, >>hopefully >>ballers. let's >>go. >>4.akland >>oh, history will be made. in west oakland tonight, kelly whitmore would become the 1st female player to ever started game in the pioneer league. ballers. take the field at raymond. omondi park. we met her back in 2016. which >>he >>1st play for the sonoma stompers with more in the rest of the ballers, have some big shoes to fill, though, because as devon feely explains their following in the footsteps of some legendary players. vermont. a park. full of baseball history. on the way. flood was >>a >>fabulous this world player. frank robinson. my favorite player of all time. robinson. oh, in the hall of >>fame. fame. >>today liner. republicans. public against the base of that war. the grass. maybe new that the roots of baseball of sports and social activism run deep at raymond the field. field standing here. i feel a special bond with baseball. laurie, baseball historian in giants postgame announcer. says the talented trio of outfielders from oakland's mcclement high put raymond

talents from the coliseum tailgate to the ballers parking lot. >> we wanted to come support the ballers because they're going to be supporting our community team fan group, the oakland 68, which led the self movement to send a message to the a's owner to stay in oakland, finally got the opening day. >> they always look forward to obviously with the with with the other team trying to move, we didn't really get that holiday this year. >> so today this is a holiday for us and this is a good one because this team actually wants to be here. >> oakland rapper mistah fab had the honor of being the first at bat mayor shengtao also cheered on the team from the stands and a fixture at a's games. how the hot dog guy said the new digs felt like home. >> finally, we're back to joy. you know, baseball is supposed to be about, you know, fun stuff. it's supposed to be about hot dogs and sauerkraut and mustard and catch. oh, and catch up players also greeted fans as they walked into the refurbished park. >> we got out here this morning and finally got to see it and get out here, and we were just excited

all right, i'm here with kelsey whitmore of the oakland ballers.ou're no stranger to history here, but first, let's just talk about the history of the ballers playing their first ever game in oakland tonight. i mean, what do you think the vibe is going to be like in this place? oh man i think it'll be crazy. i'm i'm really looking forward to it. i i hear the community and the fan base of oakland is so excited, so stoked for it. and i know i can speak on behalf of my teammates. we're all really excited and pumped to play for the city of oakland and just for our fans. yeah. and just recently you made pioneer league history, first woman to pitch in a pioneer league game. what are those honors do for you? i know, i know, you work your whole life to achieve these goals, but like to be put on that level where you're now an inspiration for young girls and girls watching the game. what does that do for you? yeah, no, i mean, any way i can to, you know, motivate, inspire and encourage others to kind of chase after they want in this life is always definitely

east bay tonight with the first home opener for the all new oakland ballers. and from emergency response to recovery, the action taken today in sonoma county to lift its quarantine over the bird flu and things. boy, they certainly heated up today across much of the bay area. and it will be hot once again tomorrow. an update on the soaring temperatures. >> this is ktvu fox two news at 730. >> and this is the first day of our dramatic june warm up. thanks so much for joining me on this toasty tuesday night. i'm heather holmes temperatures have eased just a bit this evening, but that heat advisory, it remains in effect. so we want to get an update on the system and bring in our meteorologist, mark tamayo. i know you've been tracking today's hot weather. any records set just yet? >> juan? record to report up in the north bay, 100 degrees in santa rosa. so, yeah, temperatures are so hot up there. always so hot. and it was about 20 degrees warmer compared to yesterday. yeah, it's not just the gradual warm up but a big shift. yeah a bit of a jolt. so yeah take a look

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they are going to unveil the mascot of the ballers on saturday. that is very exciting and i will say sara, if you have not been to a game yet, you have to get out. they are really enjoyable. it is impressive what they have done. i'm all in on the ballers. >> you said wear a jacket. >> wear a jacket. it was cold tonight. probably wear sunscreen tomorrow. paul heggen a little sun burnt. he was out there last week so he can tell you all about that. >> every time he return ifs anywhere he is sunburned, a four legged member of chase security team is retiring and got a send-offset for a vip. adobe has been keeping people safe for the past six years and to thank him, his coworkers surprised him with a warriors jersey, tennis balls and that cake. adobe will be a regular house dog now. >>> if you are a dog owner you have probably seen your dog go from deep sleep to circles. how science explains the zoomies. >>> okay, two of the three of us, current dog owners. former family dog owner. >> family dog owner. yeah. >> if you are a dog owner, you are probably f