. >>> let's head over to vern and some sports. hi, vern. >> reporter: good evening, everyone.rom about 40 minutes of pure love for willie howard mays jr. after five straight giants losses all on the road, finally here at oracle park some home cooking, some home love for number 24 being honored on the 24th of june at a 6:30 ceremony. the giants have not won since we lost him. as for what's going on tonight, this is pretty cool, all for giants players and coaches who are wearing number 24 tonight to honor the say hey kid. third base coach matt williams recalled the first time he met willie mays at spring training nearly 40 years ago. >> open the doors the first day and murph had this big roundtable in the middle of scottsdale stadium clubhouse and there sits mays, mccovey, orlando cepeda. >> reporter: did you talk to him? >> let me see your hat, need a heavier bat, all of those things. unfortunately since his passing i'm starting to get pictures of he and i and they're special like sitting on the bench, me sitting on the bench looking up like this with willie standing over me ta

i'm joined by vern glenn. obviously it is hard to imagine the sports figure here in the bay area, and i know you know that they had some health problems as of late? >> reporter: he called me pee-wee, sara. that was his pet name for me. how many people could say that? when we got to the market and he was just full of zest and life and all the way to the very end. energy, even with the health issues, just wearing them down. we are two days before the giants that are suppose to play in birmingham, where he grew up, where he would roam and make great plays throughout high school where he was drafted by the giants in 1950. but it is more than that ballplayer. and that bring your kids up here, let me play with them. and that he was sensitive enough to where he knew that if you came up talking to them, other people will start talking to them, and we would never be able to get away and get home. but i will miss the humor and what he would have in the locker room. i will miss his presence around the younger ballplayers

>> certainly, vern, being at rick wood field is ironic to be here on this day.ck wood when the news came out. but boy since it has come out they did the tribute, of course, the minor league is on mlb tonight with rich wal is, h doing that with chris young. i got the text from rich about the awful news. being here at rick wood field is going to have tributes to him, to be here and realize that is where he played center field a high school kid. and then i was thnegro southern league muse today in birmingham and of course there is a beautiful tribute towillie there cause willie's career started when his dad used to drive him to chattanooga. he used to play there, as a 10th grader. the black baron saw him saying no, no, you have to play in birmingham. to be here today and then to hear the news it is just willie had a sense of a great moment and he picked a great moment today. it is a tremendous loss for everybody who knew him. everyone who saw him play and everyone knew him in his later life. he is a wonderful man. look i am a kid from brooklyn. who would of thought

. >>> but let's go to vern out live in vacaville. hi, vern. >> reporter: good evening, everybody, from vacaville at nugget market the browns valley location and a wine tasting because the item of the night, baker family wines. world series champion dusty baker stopped by to visit with fans. it started as a hobby, his wine making, when he was still managing, but in retirement the wine business has become an even bigger passion. how in the world do you go from lifetime baseball man to vintner? >> we've been making wine for about 18, 19 years. >> reporter: okay. >> at first we were giving it away to my buddies and i had a small vineyard in my backyard in sacramento. i like it a lot. it soothes my brain. my winemaker, he's glad when i'm home so i can do most of the work. >>> the sharks have a new head coach promoted to replace david definitely. he spent the last two seasons as an assistant with san jose. the 36-year-old becomes the youngest head coach in the nhl. >>> pine hurst country club in north carolina, the site of this year's u.s.

. >>> vern? >> all right, straight ahead in sports, a global life franchise sits on the nba throne for the 18th time. >>> and the giants clutch hitting can carry san francisco's been through tough times. london breed led us through the pandemic, declaring an emergency before anyone else, saving thousands of lives. from growing up in the western addition housing projects to becoming mayor, london has never given up on the city that raised her. london is getting people off the streets and into care. london never gave up on me. i found a home, and my life is on the right track. london made it super easy for me to open my small business, by cutting city fees. and she's reinventing downtown to make our city vibrant again. she's building 82,000 new homes and helping first time homebuyers, just like us. and london's hiring hundreds of police officers, and arresting drug dealers. san francisco has been through difficult times, but our hard work is paying off. working together, we're building a better fut

. >>> vern? >> all right, straight ahead in sports, a global life franchise sits on the nba throne for the 18th time. >>> and the giants clutch hitting can carry >>> all right, vern, so we're almost at the middle point, the midpoint of the baseball season. giants are kind of trying to claw their way back in. >> like a horse race, they're just kind of drafting the horses in front of them. just stay in there through august and then try and make a move if you can. count them out. you better not. the way the giants have got it rolling, plenty of late inning power at the intersection of clark and addison or waveland and jeff field, that's wrigley field, home of the cubs. watch what happens when they tested the arm of mike yastrzemski. run on him? base runners took a gamble, and yas threw a dart in time for a double play. hicks pitched five shutout innings. great defense. seventh inning blast from elliot ramos would tie this game up at 2-2. the giants, hey, you know what, late inning flair, you think i

all right, vern, thank you. >>> let's head over to paul heggen.t will be hot just for one day, is that what we are hear something >> yes. temperatures back down already on wednesday. looking outside right now from sales force tower. the fog is spreading out. you can see the top of the tower poking out above the fog. the marine layer is compressed by the weight of the atmosphere on top of us and that is what is going to be warming us up heading through the day on tuesday. another heat advisory from 11:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m. temperatures will be in the 90s to near 100 degrees inland. 70s and the 80s. 60s along the coast and then returning closer to normal temperatures beginning already on wednesday. and that is the theme through the rest of the day seven forecast. switch perspectives and look outside. san goas a clear skies, temperatures are backing down into the 70s. 76 degrees in san jose at the moment. down to 65 in santa rosa. still in the 80s. right at 60 in oakland. 56 degrees for downtown san francisco. even in the city temperatures will w

vern, back to you. >>> nfl, how close are the 49ers and brandon aiyuk to a new contract?iyuk has shared some clues to social media and today a facetime call with commanders quarterback jayden daniels. >> theyaid they don't e back. >> the plot thickened after aiyuk skipped mandatory minicamp ear this nth. >>> we got a golf ndra for the 29th straight year, keenan turner hosting his annual tournament today on the outskirts of pleasanton. fred warner doesn't miss chance to h boys & girls clubs of tracy. they held a celebrity putting contest and there was a late entry plucked out of the crowd. the left to right break, shot by keenan turner himself and nearly jarred it. i got beat by former 49ers kicker joe nedney who was closest to the pin. welcome to clay watch. this could be a long running series that could take a few weeks of nba free agency. that period begins june 30th. call it gamesmanship, but thompson unfollowed the warriors on his social media pages and the athletic reported there is mutual interest between klay and the orlando magic. >> dub nation fans went crazy whe

vern tweeted out this tribute writing that cepeda only called her vernon, never vern, and that it haseen a tough ten days. >>> live outside oracle park, talking to fans. and what have you been hearing about the heartbreaking news? >> it is really tough for the giants fans as of late and passed in 2018. he just passed ten days ago and now orlando cepeda, there were a lot of tears and some broken hearts as the giants made the announcement inside the stadium tonight. >> it brought my heart to my throat. he's one of the old guys and one of the legends of baseball. my first thought is that he probably felt heartbroken at the passing of willie mays. and he decided to join them. >> and everybody respected him so much and it is a sad thing, but his legacy will live on. >> reporter: cepeda, along with mays and mccovey were great ambassadors of the game and connected giants fans of memories. he won the rookie of the year award in 1958, the first year the giants played baseball in san francisco . fans remember him on and off the field. >> you never heard anything negative from him. he exemplifie

the vern glenn invitational in july, looking forward to that! thanks, vern. we appreciate it. >>> coming up next, we'll hear from a bay area doctor about the best way to protect your skin this summer. >> a lot of people come to us for, you know, skin exams to make sure they don't have skin cancer, but i also see an equal number of people who i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. thanks to skyrizi, i'm on my way with clearer skin. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. and skyrizi is just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms had a vaccine, or plan to. nothing on my skin means everything! ask your dermatologist about skyrizi. learn how abbvie could help you save. >>> paul has been talking about another warm-up heading into this weekend. safe to say people all over the bay area will be outside enjoying the sun, but our shawn chitnis explains why we're seeing some of the highest r

. >>> let's go to vern and sports. hey, vern. >> as a swim parent, i can relate to that, great. >>> nhl up top because the hall of fame came knocking. a couple of san jose sharks were poised to hear their name called. patrick marleau in his first year of eligibility was not selected, but another former shark got the nod. >> the hockey hall of fame is pleased to welcome jeremy roenick as an honored member. >> roenick finished his 20th year in the nhl with a pair of memorable seasons in san jose. he reached 500 career goals during his time with the sharks, becoming one of five american born players to accomplish the feat. roenick will be officially inducted in november. >>> still with the league, last night the red-clad florida panthers were seeing red after blowing a 3-0 series lead. they outlasted edmonson to win game seven in the franchise's first stanley cup title and it didn't take long for the celebration to spill into the drink at miami beach. matthew tkachuk took a little dip in the atlantic ocean. the sharks hop

vern? >> reporter: isn't that something, liz? they're going to let me in the broadcast booth.ws what i'm going to say on a home run call. it is ballers baseball in oakland and it is beautiful. again, 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. ho

vern tweeted out this tribute writing that cepeda only called her vernon, never vern, and that it has been a tough ten days. >>> live outside oracle park, talking to fans. and what have you been hearing about the heartbreaking news? >> it is really tough for the giants fans as of late and passed in 2018. he just passed ten days ago and now orlando cepeda, there were a lot of tears and some broken hearts as the giants made the announcement inside the stadium tonight. >> it brought my heart to my throat. he's one of the old guys and one of the legends of baseball. my first thought is that he probably felt heartbroken at the passing of willie mays. and he decided to join them. >> and everybody respected him so much and it is a sad thing, but his legacy will live on. >> reporter: cepeda, along with mays and mccovey were great ambassadors of the game and connected giants fans of memories. he won the rookie of the year award in 1958, the first year the giants played baseball in san francisco . fans remember him on and off the field. >> you never heard anything negative from him. he exemplif

ll see you in about a half hour with more from oracle park. >> thanks, vern. should be a great game and an emotional one as well. >>> switching gears, looks like the weather is going to mostly cooperate for that game. >> yeah. we'll see some fog rolling in, but it's june in san francisco. >> it would be strange if there wasn't fog. >> exactly what we expect this time of year. what we don't expect are showers or thunderstorms. fortunately, didn't see much cloud-to-ground lightning, but even one strike is too much for the dry fuels. let's look at what to expect over the next several days. we'll start with the big picture view, more passing clouds, outside chance of a storm, about a 20% chance. then we're back to a normal late june pattern from wednesday into the end of the workweek through the first half of the weekend. here's a look at first alert doppler and a lot of what you're seeing is ground clutter. it's hard to pick out the signal from the noise, but there are some showers through the central valley that had been producing cloud-to-ground lightning strik

vern, paul, there is also possible wild card entry spotted chowing down at the white sox/mariners game last night. >> enjoying that hot dog with the bun and everything. >> it's got ketchup. >> i think he found that one, that's why. >> that's a good boy or girl right from. >> mm-hmm, he's going to have to perfect the technique of dipping them in water. >> that makes me so happy. >> back to coney island, sara, there is a women's division. >> come on, man. you know -- i'm so -- >> you've got a bottom -- you're shaggy of the station. >> i know. i do, yes, i do eat a lot. i just -- it's -- >> little bursts. >> like once a month. >> you're not like a shark. >> it's like a camel. >> just unhinging your jaw. >> to be fair, joey chestnut has 1.2 million reasons -- >> hey, i get paid and i don't have to do that to myself this year. >> yeah. i wonder if the indigestion would be the same if you're competitively eating the vegan hot dog. maybe not. >> i wonder what liz neeley: you know, you've probably heard it said that some people have to hit rock bottom before they really come to the lord and gi

vern, paul, there is also possible wild card entry spotted chowing down at the white sox/mariners gameying that hot dog with the bun and everything. >> it's got ketchup. >> i think he found that one, that's why. >> that's a good boy or girl right from. >> mm-hmm, he's going to have to perfect the technique of dipping them in water. >> that makes me so happy. >> back to coney island, sara, there is a women's division. >> come on, man. you know -- i'm so -- >> you've got a bottom -- you're shaggy of the station. >> i know. i do, yes, i do eat a lot. i just -- it's -- >> little bursts. >> like once a month. >> you're not like a shark. >> it's like a camel. >> just unhinging your jaw. >> to be fair, joey chestnut has 1.2 million reasons -- >> hey, i get paid and i don't have to do that to myself this year. >> yeah. i wonder if the indigestion would be the same if you're competitively eating the vegan hot dog. maybe not. >> i wonder what his teeth are like. >> i'll never find >> trump's golf club in bedminster is now in danger of losing its liquor license. new jersey state lawmakers say it

more on that with vern glenn in just a moment. first up and down california, firefighters are battling more than a dozen wildfire, where they are getting a good handle on the point fire. so far 1,200 acres have burned. this is w

meanwhile, vern is live where they are watching a broadcast of the game in alabama, vern?rter: hey, there, sara, feels like a home game. "journey" is pumping through, don't stop believing. now, the weather, the chill of it kind of panels candlestick park. hearts are warm on a historic negro league willie mays tribute night at rickwoodfield. here at oracle park, fans poured in all day to pay their respects and they got to stick around and watch this game from the outfield lawn. 70-year-old john franco was not going to miss this one. he recalled the first time he watched mays take batting practice at candlestick. >> he is hitting home runs to right, center, left field, i finally get a ball and i get it and i hang on to it for nine innings or how many hours, take it home, give it to my mom, my mom goes it is a baseball, mom. she says what now? i said willie mays hit it. she said who is willie mays? she did not follow sports. she takes the ball and takes a pen and writes wm, 1964, may. it disappeared for years i moved out of the house and i said here is a baseball that some gu

vern was the first to tell me that the moment i walked inside rickwood field i was going to feel the history. i was going to feel the presence of the greatness of the baseball players who played inside that ballpark and he was absolutely right. you could just feel the power and the presence of the negro leagues, including a 17-year-old willie mays who got his start inside rickwood field. although we are now mourning the passing of willie mays this week, this evening's game held even more significance. fans truly braving the deep south heat to experience today's historic game at rickwood field, including jim thornson who decided to dress for the occasion in his bright orange tuxedo. he says he had likely watched willie mays play 150 times in san francisco and was always a childhood hero. >> quick story, in sixth grade we had to do an essay on our favorite male figure and everybody said their dad or their grandfather. in sixth grade i wrote my essay about willie mays. so i grew up with him in san francisco. i saw him play as a little boy. my grandmother took me to the '62 world series.

you see that statue vern's story told.tue of the say hey kid, and you see the flowers there. each of the flowers telling a story. >> over the years, i have gone to lots of games with my dad here. and the candlestick and we have seen willie, you know, from afar. and just -- always appreciated him as a human being. and as a baseball player. >> that's michael channel there marking this moment in time and yesterday major league baseball games around the country did the same. holding moments of silence. g? >>> rich waltz of minor league baseball did the announcing. take a listen. >> it's with great sadness that we announce that giants' legend hall of famer willie mays has passed away. and here we are, in a celebration in a ballpark where he got his start as a 17-year-old. playing for the black barons. >> well, that game along with tomorrow's giants' cardinals' game were part of the mlb's celebration of the negro league baseball and mays released a statement yesterday regretting that he couldn't attend. >> wow, you heard the ena

and a wonderful tribute, thereby vern glenn. well, giants are on the road of fans have been stopping by oracle park to leave flowers at the statue of the say, hey, kid, that statues fans in front >>of >>it is the 1st thing fancy before entering the stadium on game day. giants fans have been stopping by share their stories. on what may's meant to them >>was kind of a mixed emotion. that was thinking about him and i was also thinking about my mom 1st took me to see willie mays play on. 16th and bryant. yes. stadium before candlestick park. he was a great inspiration for young, black african american kids coming up, you know, we had a star. >>and yesterday major league baseball games all around the country did the same holding moments of silence. rich waltz of mlb network announced maze passing during a double. a double a minor league game between the birmingham barons and the montgomery biscuits at rick woodfield. take a listen with great sadness that we announce giants legend. famer. willie mays. has passed away and here we are.

. >>> let's head to vern. >> reporter: all right. ly imagine how cool it is to be at rickwood field, but out here at oracle park you could not pass a beating heart and walk into this ballpark without a lump in your throat full of emotion for willie mays, a couple thousand fans pouring in to pay their respects to the say hey kid. they got to stick around and watch this game from the outfield lawn. 70-year-old john frankel wasn't going to miss this one. he recalled the fast time he watched mays take batting practice at candlestick. >> he's hitting homers to right, center, left field. i finally get a ball and i get it and i hang onto it for nine innings or how many hours, take it home, give it to my mom. my mom goes what's this? i go, it's a baseball, mom. she goes, well, what now? i said willie mays hit it. she goes who is willie mays? she didn't follow sports. so she takes the ball and takes a pen and writes wm, 1964 may and there it disappeared for years. i finally move out of the house. she goes hey, here's that baseball that some g

let's bring in vern glenn. >> he called me peewee, called me peewee. his hometown tonight, well, where he played in the negro leagues is now a celebration of life instead of a tribute. mays played with joy, command and respect for the game and he always put on a show. >> go back, number 600 for willie mays >> and a great baseball player is an under statement. you can not mention the five greatest player of all-time without bringing him into the discussion. son of a steel mill walker. he learned at an early age, his alabama high school had no baseball team it was clear that sport would define him. >> at 16 he was playing for the black barons of the negro leagues, he signed with the new york giants the day after he graduated high school and he was playing at polo grounds that was 1951. his career was put on hold for two years for military service. 1954 he was back in uniform doing what he did best. over the shoulder catch in the '54 catch still known as "the catch." most valuable player in 1954 >> i think i got you. did you hit your 31st home run today?

. >> well, all right, vern, we will have to wait and see.want to get out and throw the ball around this weekend in honor of willie . >>> all right, never too early to talk about the weekend. probably good if you were cold today? >> you expect from the summer solstice in the bay area, cold, foggy conditions for many of us. most of the time it is the air quality. not too bad. yesterday, today, onshore winds, surface smoke. tracking it on this map. it is going to continue as the temperatures are going to build. not going to see a return of off shore winds. so, most of the smoke from the remnants of the point fire or the sites fire will be pushing farther and farther away from the bay area. the worse the air quality will be, moderate category. what the change is going to be, the return of the heat dome. it is edging back towards us. not setting up camp over head. close enough beginning tomorrow? today, summer solstice, near or below average. 81 degrees in santa rosa. temperatures, 83 degrees in napa. they were largely in the 70s, 58 degrees for

>> all right, thanks, vern. >>> to baseball, giants started the week in midst of their longest losinghey would have a chance to end it with the sweep of the defending champs. the texas manager and the old friend is hoping that sweep wasn't in the cards for his squad. the bottom of the one, rangers with the bases loaded. delivers a two out single up the middle. scores the game first two runs. the next inning, now 3-0. the native, down the left field line for a two run homer. and texas will go on to win 7-2. snaps san francisco's three-game winning streak. giants are two games below .500. they host houston on monday. >>> over in oakland, the former a's, aces, tim hudson, mark moller, back at the coliseum. oakland trailing toronto 2-1 in the seventh. toro bloops one scoring two runs to give them the lead. but the blue jays tied the game and forced extras. the top ten, isiah kiner-falefa with the bases loaded. doubles into left center and all three came around to score. kiner-falefa would take two out of three in this series. >>> men's final of the french open, carlos alcaraz against -- o

let's head to vern for a look at sports. >>> fresh on our minds, willie howard mays jr. the fact his high school didn't have a baseball team didn't stop him. his good-bye from the bigs after 23 years, september 25, 1973. >> willie, say good-bye to america. thank you very much. >> retirement speech as a new york met. the giants will open the ballpark tomorrow for fans to honor mays. across the street, the say hey experience will be opened for the rest of the week. museum curator is also the giants legal officer. he goes way back with mays. >> i've been with the giants for 32 years. one of my first assignment was to draft his lifelong contract with the club. so he's been a fixture at the ballpark. >> you joined the giants and that's your first assignment? >> one of the first assignments, yes. >> yeah, no problem. >> mays is very much a priority for the organization, to bring him into the fold and be a part of our operation. he has been ever since. >> how important was mays to the peter mcgowan ownership group? his name is nearly on everything. the giants have done for the

let's bring in vern glenn. >> he called me peewee, called me peewee. hometown tonight, well, where he played in the negro leagues is now a celebration of life instead of a tribute. mays played with joy, command and respect for the game and he always put on a show. >> go back, number 600 for willie mays >> and a great baseball player is an under statement. you can not mention the five greatest player of all-time without bringing him into the discussion. son of a steel mill walker. he learned at an early age, his alabama high school had no baseball team it was clear that sport would define him. >> at 16 he was playing for the black barons of the negro leagues, he signed with the new york giants the day after he graduated high school and he was playing at polo grounds that was 1951. his career was put on hold for two years for military service. 1954 he was back in uniform doing what he did best. over the shoulder catch in the '54 catch still known as "the catch." most valuable player in 1954 >> i think i got you. did you hit your 31st home run today? do y

. >> well, all right, vern, we will have to wait and see. if you want to get out and throw the ball around this weekend in honor of willie hold on... this trip got me alaska gold 75k status?? looks like i leveled up somewhere between san francisco and new york. i knew you earned miles faster than other airlines but like...okay, this is next level. i wonder if they'll take my photo. and put it in every seatback. on every airplane. i really hope fame doesn't change me. golden 1 credit union agrees, it's never too late to try something new or pick up an old pastime. we know you're up for adventure, that's what you're here for. the golden 1 member cash rewards+ card lets you try the things you love with your true love. when you can enjoy the rewards of every experience that comes your way, what are you waiting for? dive right in. golden 1 member cash rewards+ card. life is a journey best dreamed together. . >>> all right, never too early to talk about the weekend. probably good if you were cold today? >> you expect from the summer solstice in th

. >> our sports director, vern glenn joins us right now. it shows the impact that he had on people in baseball and outside of baseball as well. >> reporter: i want to see your emotions when you come off the plane tomorrow to begin our coverage there. boy, this is something that has been growing by the hour since we've been talking about the man last night. when you lose the greatest complete ballplayer ever, it's a trickle down effect. a giant for three quarters of a century. now the team is in flight to his hometown of birmingham right now to play a mays negro league tomorrow. they finished up the series today and another ballpark mays knows well. he still holds the record for the most home runs by the visiting ballplayer. >> please join us in a moment of silence as we remember the great willie mays. >> dave flemming, hunter pence in the broadcast booth. they wore a 24 patch on their jerseys. meanwhile down in birmingham a new mural was unveiled. long-time giants announcer john miller shared his thoughts on the say hey kid. >> he hit a hom

let's head out to vern live in sports. >>> all right, sara, we are here with the willie mays say hayxperience across from oracle park. very topical because we are fine days away from the giants playing in his hometown of birmingham, alabama, where his pro career began in 1948 with the negro leagues at brentwood field. now this museum captures his whole career, who could hit for power, run, field, and throw. the greatest ballplayer not only serves as the president be's giant of team development, but he's the museum curator. >> how about it? what goes around comes around. if they're coming around for the giants, playing in brentwood field. how about that? >> yeah. it will be a very special game next week in birmingham. the home of willie mays. so it is fitting the giants are playing in the game that's a tribute to the negro leagues. >> reporter: how did this evolve? >> well larry approached me and asked if i would help with a special project. >> i heard he's a giants fan? >> he is. >> and he is mindful of brentwood coming online. there's been a lot of talk about doing something for may

. >>> but first things first, sports with vern. >> all right there, jules.e've got auto racing hangover up top. those who went to sonoma raceway this weekend, are your ears still ringing? especially after sunday's toyota/save mart 350 at sonoma raceway featuring the nascar cup cars. in the end it was a northern california kid in victory lane, elk grove native kyle larson enjoying the celebratory glass on stage after picking up his third win of the year. larson is the eighth driver to have multiple wins in sonoma and i caught up with him right after the race. >> reporter: as a northern california guy, it's got to mean a little bit more to do it here. >> yeah, definitely. always when you can win at your home track, it means something. the guy i looked up to a lot, jeff gordon, another local northern californian, he's won five times here. i would love to get to match him someday or surpass him potentially. >> now a nascar race is always a big event and the stars were out in sonoma. here's a little taste starting with the grand marshal, impractical jokers comedi

. >>> hi, i'm sara donchey in for juliette goodrich alongsi vern glenn.st players and oldest living hall of fa he was known for his basket catches and his dashes around the bases with his cap flying off. tonight, we remember the say hey kid, willie mays died at the age of 93. his family said he passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones, just two days before a game to honor negro baseball team. vern glenn joining me to reflect on the legend of incredible player and person >> his high school did not have a baseball team. he displayed his love for the game. ha full attitude. his presence. you knew he was there. then, that cackle. all through the room. people would look because you could feel just how much he loved the game, he loved being around people, loved telling stories, sara, he called me peewee. willie mays,

the splashdown target is called point nemo, named after the famous submarine sailor from jules verne'sce graveyard, 2,500 kilometres from the nearest piece of land. and when the space station does splash down, it willjoin hundreds of other spacecraft at the bottom of the ocean. who better to talk to tonight than the man who commanded it? our good friend and astronaut leroy chiao, who lived on board the international space station for six months until april 2005. always good to see you, leroy. we never done anything like this before, it's big and unwieldy — why pushit before, it's big and unwieldy — why push it this way back to earth, rather than push it the other way in outer space? the rather than push it the other way in outer space?— outer space? the bottom line is it would take _ outer space? the bottom line is it would take a _ outer space? the bottom line is it would take a lot _ outer space? the bottom line is it would take a lot less _ outer space? the bottom line is it would take a lot less energy - outer space? the bottom line is it would take a lot less energy to i outer spa

vern, over to you. >> all right there, mr.eck. >>> straight ahead in sports, the giants, sorry, the a's, sorry about that, too. and it's the eve of another san francisco willie mays gathering, this time with the hometown team in mays' house. >>> now you can get your kpix news, weather and live stream all in one place the rash that started at the middle of your back has quickly traveled south to well... let's just call it south. so, you took your rash off to the doctor. and got your rash a prescription. now all you have to look forward to is the added discomfort of having to pick up your itchy bum cream...in person. oh wait. no, you don't. you used amazon pharmacy. they deliver. ♪♪ >>> baseball up top and the giants on a flight back from st. louis as i speak. let's hope a change of scenery will maybe bring them some luck back home. i hate to say it, but the giants have not won since we lost willie mays. bottom first cardinals jumped on logan webb. four of the first six batters reach base. donovan brought home a run, st. louis t

vern glenn has more on that. this game already is huge deal. it has taken on so much more. >> it would have been enormous had he been there. without him, this is really, this is really getting big. we have been saying everything about the best five tool player ever. willie mays taken from us yesterday. the image and memories kept rolling in today. >> fans can honor the say hey kid tomorrow at orcale park. a place where he will always be remembered. >> there is a reason that they play there. and there is a reason that willie's statue is in front of the ballpark. >> it extends at the say hey were experience. >> reporter: jack is the giant's chief legal officer. he helped bring willie back home in 1993. >> i have been with the giants for 32 years. one of the first assignments was to draft his lifetime contract with the club. >> a new mural was unveiled outside of rickwood field. and a flag was flown in from cooperstown. everyone making the trip is now looking forward to celebrating the greatest player that ever lived. >> when you grew up a giants

. >> vern's on the field.e'll have more on that tonight. >>> cbs evening news is norah o'donnell is next. we'll see you at 7:00 with more news. thanks for joining us! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the structural integrity of the dam has been in question for a long time. >> norah: tonight the new threat in the midwest. a major dam at risk of immediate failure after catastrophic flooding hits the region. >> the devastation is severe and it's widespread. >> norah:

vern glenn joins us now. you know, they were so accomplished around the world that some fans might overlook their critical role in building that warriors dynasty. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. he came to the warriors and came in hot. his press conference, several blocks from here. he famously said i am no shrinking violent and went to work and made noise as an architect behind four nba championships. he was key in convincing kevin durant to come to golden state. jerry west was a basketball lifer, a player, coach, general manager, and nba executive. elected to the basketball hall of fame three times because of it. he rebuilt l.a. into a power and signing shaquille o'neil days later. the vice president of communications, raymond ritter, was privileged enough to work with west with the lakers and then the dubs. >> he was right there in 2011, the warriors bring him in and i remember the press conference when tay brought him in. he said i'm no shrinking violet. he had a voice. when he opened his mouth, you list

here is our verne glen. that bully allowed. >>they to say willie mays was a great base. player. is an understatement. you cannot mention the 5 greatest players of all time without bringing him in the discussion. more. in 1931, the son of a steel mill worker. may's learned the game at an early age. and although his alabama high school had no baseball team it was clear that sport with would define him. at 16 he was playing for the birmingham black barons of the negro leagues. the day after he graduated from high school he signed with the new york giants and by age 20 was in the majors playing games at the polo grounds that was 1951. his career was briefly put on hold for 2 years because of military service. 1954. he was back in a baseball uniform doing what he did best. his over the shoulder catch in the 54 world series win over cleveland is still considered by many the greatest catch in the history of the game. he was the national league's most valuable player in 1954. >>got you did you hit your 31st home run today? do you play center field? i you say. >>it was his bat that did a

but vern, you're up to bat. >>> all right, we've got the nba up top. on the night of game three of the finals, this day was all about the passing of the logo. jerry west at age 86. now we spent a lot of time talking about mr. clutch at the beginning of this newscast. it continues tonight with san jose native, espn senior basketball writer, mark spears from dallas. you were at the site of game three of the nba finals. i can only imagine what the reaction has been back there when you woke up is gone. there's not that many people in the nba world and the sports world and this world period when they walk in a room with a presence. you notice they're there. and he certainly was one of those few people who had that kind of presence. >> going to give it a shot. a hard pivot to baseball for the giants who showed enough grit to win another series against an american league big name. now we are going to explain this in just a few minutes. you just wait. we have the astros and the giants, the winner that will win the series. and the giants bats remained dormant l

vern, back to you. >> all right, mr. peck. >>> we got baseball up top and the giants.remony is planned monday at oracle park. i hate to say it, but the g-men haven't won since we lost him. they wrapped up their road trip in st. louis. pick it up bottom of the first where the cardinals jumped on logan webb, four of the first six batters reaching base. brendan donovan hit a double to bring home a run, a quick 3-0 lead. seventh inning former a's star sonny gray was pitching a perfect game, but patrick bailey ended that with a solo job to right, sixth homer of the year for the giants catcher, the only hit allowed by gray. eighth inning giants cut it to 4-3 and threatening for more. heliot ramos, though, hit a chopper down the line and brandon crawford won the sprint to the bag for the final out of the inning. crawford never played third base until the series against his former team and then got a little payback with the bat, a double to bring in an insurance run. cardinals won it 5-3, swept the series. the giants have dropped five straight and are 36-42 for the season. >>>

great broadcast team that will give the play-by-play tonight including our very own sports director vern glenn who will add the color commentary, definitely going to have some fun with it. it's also a great night to be at the ballpark. paul heggen is doing the weather there. we'll check in with him in a few minutes. remember, you can watch the ballers game right after this newscast at 6:30 on our sister station pix+ 44 cable 12. we'll bring you all the friday night home games through the end of august. >>> heads up in san francisco. a tree fell onto some muni wires a couple hours ago at hayes and octavia. traffic between octavia and buchanan street has been completely blocked off of the fire crews are asking folks to avoid that area. >>> fire danger still a huge concern in eastern contra costa county, more than 60 firefighters battled a grassfire on the outskirts of brentwood. contra costa fire joined calfire in the effort. it broke out at 11:00 a.m. near dear valley. luckily no homes or buildings are damaged. >>> it's been a symbol of the free speech movement in berkeley over half a cen

our vern glenn chatted with him this week, and apparently truix hasn't fully reached vip status quitee old day, drivers used to be helicoptered in from the napa valley airport. alluded the traffic. how do you get in now? >> we drive. i don't know. i have never been around in the helicopter days, so maybe those old-timers were making a lot more money than we are, i'm not sure. but i've left there before in a helicopter, but i've never went there in one. so yeah, we'll see. >> so tomorrow's going to be one of those days that if you're not going to the race, you might want to avoid that area near the racetrack. >> i will to that, thanks, andrea.. >>> coming up next, some local teens ge ♪ (ominous music) ♪ yes, ahh!! mom: what is going on with you? get out! andy! get out of my room! get out! mom: andy. fight! fight! i didn't say anything. yes you did. ♪ (ominous music) ♪ ♪ (ominous music) ♪ it's time to get away and cash in at cache creek casino resort. ♪ (ominous music) ♪ to rock and to roll. to go all out or go all in with four stars and rising stars. northern california's premier casin

so let's say culturally, i'm not 100 percent match to the local culture. vern, it's not our traditional in german cities. you don't have kind of a right don't mean any type of german culture here, which is also very nice, especially for international people to leave and work here. even though i know that every culture, it kinda wants their immigrants to be deeply attached to their culture. but to be honest, it's not the very easy it's not very easy to build friendship like, you know, you'll cannot really easy the field phrase shape always a german and is affordable motto, phone more than other cities. and also very, let's say culturally to and they're open because you'll see a lot of like, uh, uh, you know, international people here and uh, the culture especially while as a most open open culture in new york is not a cheap safety anymore. and they generally in china, in my home calls, it is called, it is very crowded, but at least the weather is kind of like a you kinda enjoy a lot of sunshine in the wind turbine is all that berto has a lot of like a local, uh, i'll send the 20th restau

vern, when someone ends up being a competitive swimmer, you spend your life swimming around in the pool, you are a swim dad. >> yes. but in this case going from terrified of the water to an elite swimmer. >> reporter: when the athletes take their marks for the summer games at this year's special olympics swimmer gerard will be one to watch. to see him glide through a workout at the pool, you would never know that being in the water was the last thing he wanted to do as a child. >> i was a little afraid of the water because of the sharks >> what did they tell you. >> gerard is 25 years old and his mom says his fear of the water was more like a phobia. >> when we bring him here the first time he was screaming, he was scared of the water. he does not want to go in the water at all. so, he would just be back at the coaches and he would be screaming. >> the swim coaches who are used to working with special needs kids and adults were patient. >> all of the coaches are very nice. they really work hard on him until he learned how to swim and we find out that it is his passion. he really likes s

so let's say culturally, i'm not 100 percent match to the local culture. vern, it's not our traditional in german safety. you don't have kind of a right don't mean any type of german culture here, which is also very nice, especially for international people to leave and works here. even though i know that every culture, it kinda wants their immigrants to be deeply attached to their culture. but to be honest, it's another very easy it's not very easy to build friendship like, you know, you cannot really easy the field friendship, always a german it is affordable, modul phone more than other cities. and also very, let's say culturally, is to better open because you'll see a lot of like, uh, uh, you know, international people here and uh, the culture especially while as a most open open culture into europe is not a cheap safety anymore. and they generally in china, in my home house, uh, it is called. it is very crowded, but at least the weather is kind of like, uh, you can kinda enjoy a lot of sunshine. and the wind turbine is all that burnout has a lot of like a local uh, i'll send a ton

. >>> vern, what did you do to this pitch? >> my gosh. it looks like it came from the disaster movie. a giant hole, cratered in the middle of a soccer field. it was a sinkhole that formed today at a city park in illinois. security video caught the moment that it happened. the ground started to give way, swallowing up an entire light post, sending a cloud of debris. there it goes. boom. thankfully the field was empty. the sinkhole, though, 100 feet wide and 50 feet deep. the field was built above an under ground mine that ended up collapsing that i don't know much about building soccer pitches, but above a mine is not the place to be. >> it reminds me of that batman movie with bane, the field that was collapsing. >> i was not paying attention to the details, more of the actors. >> fine, fine, be that way. >> i will [ laughter ] >> you know something, winning is the greatest deordrant. that clubhouse has to be, just breathing a sigh of relieve. you know what the coach used to say in close games, as long as i got one more than the other team

so let's say culturally, i'm not 100 percent match to the local culture. vern, it's not our traditional in german safety. you don't have kind of a right don't mean any type of german culture here, which is also very nice, especially for international people to leave and works here. even though i know that every country kind of wants their immigrants to be deeply attached to their culture. but to be honest, it's another very easy it's not very easy to build friendship like, you know, you cannot really easy the field phrase shape always a german it is affordable, much i'll phone more than other cities. and also very, let's say culturally, is to and they're open because you'll see a lot of like, uh, uh, you know, international people here and uh, the culture especially while as a most open open culture in new york is not a cheap safety anymore. and they generally in china, in my home house, uh, it is called, it is very crowded, but at least the weather is kind of like a you can kinda enjoy a lot of sunshine. and the wind turbines, even though that burner has a lot of like a local uh, i'll

it's called point nemo, named after the famous submarine sailor from jules vern's "20,000 leagues undern the space station doesn't splashdown -- does splash down, it will join hundreds of other spacecraft at the bottom of the ocean. who better to talk to than the man who commanded the space station, are good friend and asked leroy chow, lived aborted for -- and astronaut leroy chow, who lived aboard it for six months? we have never done anything like this before. it is big, it is unwieldy. why push it this way back to earth rather than pushing the other way into outer space? >> while, the bottom -- well, the bottom line is it would take a lot less energy to slow it down so it is captured by the atmosphere and than the drag brings it down. in the way you want to do it is in a controlled matter like this. you attach a series of rocket engines and a fuel tanker, and you slowly push against the space station to slow it down until it can be captured by the atmosphere. you planned the trajectory so it does come down in that space graveyard vicinity. the last time we had a large object come do

. >> drug use across the state, eldorado county district attorney vern pierson agrees with that assessment as part of a coalition behind an effort to qualify a ballot measure this november to make changes to prop 47 changes that include more drug treatment and more penalties for repeat retail i'm very confident they will pass and very confident it will help. but democratic leadership, including governor gavin newsom are opposed to the effort to change prop 47 this week democratic leaders confirmed they are proposing amendments to the legislature's retail theft bills that would cancel 11 of the 14 bills if voters approved the ballot initiative making changes to prop 47, these amendments are necessary. >> as i just mentioned, the framework of this package of bills that conflicts with this proposed initiative, they don't work together. but pearson says he sees no evidence of that. it's silly. the cut. there is no competent. republicans believe democrats authored the amendments to confuse voters and defeat the initiative to change prop 47. this is how democrat responded to that allegation. som

okay, vern, thank you. >>> up next, hollywood's most famous stoners swooping in to try and save a struggling industry. >>> lowrider, get lower. >> this next story sounds like a movie pitch, but california's legal cannabis business is really struggling, and as steve large shows us, cheech and chong are rolling into sacramento to try and save the day. >> reporter: cheech and chong, the comedy duo who made pot smoking part of american cinema in the 1970s. >> is that a joint, man? >> reporter: now cheech and chong are 79 and 86, the pair have their own brand of cannabis products, and cheech and chong global holdings company just registered with the california secretary of state's office to hire a lobbyist. >> they are my bosses. i talk to them quite regularly. they are highly intelligent gentlemen who care about cannabis use, right? >> reporter: black works for company and says the lobbying move is no laughing matter. >> so it's pretty serious. we're trying to protect the hemp-derived drinks we have. >> reporter: a california cannabis consultant who says the state of the marijuana industry is in