we got to change the name now? >> yes. >> i think so. >> san francisco 489ers fans in santa clara for the season home opener. 49ers country has a new address, and fans say they've noticed big changes at the stadium since the preseason game last month. hello. we have live team coverage from the stadium and start with sergio quintana. how are the fans reacting out there? reporter: a whole lot of happy people. this is the season home opener,

but this is the fourth major event to be held here at levi's stadium, and a lot of the traffic wrinkles fans encountered at the past events seemed to have been ironed out for today's event. traffic heading into the stadium was uneventful. plenty of fans showed up early to pack into the dream lot, the amusement park is closed this game day. this is where a sprawling tailgating village spouted up hours before the game. >> this is way better than the blue aisle. last time it was crazy. this is perfect. the way it's going, it's awesome. reporter: in this area, in this sea of red jerseys, everyone is excited about the start of the season, but does come as the 49ers and nfl are embroiled in an ongoing controversy over domestic violence. ray mcdonald was arrested for felony domestic violence against

his pregnant fiancee. >> do you think mcdonald should be playing, given what we know about the case? >> i don't think so, no. >> that's a tough question. you know, i don't know that would say about that. >> and despite the controversy, you can see that the stadium is packed. the rafters, all the way up. it is a huge sea of red jerseys, kickoff here is in just a little bit -- less than half an hour and you can bate lot of people are trying to find their seats right about now. reporting live, abc7 news. >> a new demand today to sideline ray mcdonald. the lieutenant governor, and his filmmaker wife released a statement today say, quote, we strongly urge the 49ers organization we grew up revering to do the right thing, right now, and bench ray mcdonald pending the outcome of his

felony domestic violence investigation. ray mcdonald is not the only player dealing with issues. the carolina panthers placed greg hardy on the inactive list. he was convicted in july of assaulting and threatening his then-ex-girlfriend. the baltimore ravens released ray rice and the nfl suspended him indifferent enough after a video showed him punching his now-wife in february. adrian peterson of the minnesota vikings is on the bench and out of jail after being charged with child abuse. >> our game day coverage continues with larry beil. the image problem seems to be growing. >> this has been a very rough week for the nfl in the news, with the names you just mentioned. these are star player in some case, with ray rice, adrian peterson and greg hardy, and ray mcdonald will play tonight for the 49ers, though he remains

under investigation for domestic violence. the 49ers maintaining their stance that ray macdonald deserves to right to due process, and until the legal system decided his fate he is going to play. each team in the league has the discretion to decide how they want to handle these situations. while the nfl -- with the nfl launching an investigation into the rice scandal, some think perhaps the league should institute a standard procedure so a misdemeanor charge would be run specific type of discipline and felonies have harsher discipline so on and so forth. before this week the perfect man to address these kinds of issues would be the commissioner, roger goodell. but goodell is at the center of the ray rice controversy, and con -- conspicuous by his absence help was scheduled to appear at the opening ceremony but today came the word that goodell would not be coming to

levis stadium, preferring to keep a much lower profile. and there is one report out there this evening that says ray rice is going to appeal his suspension as of tomorrow. we'll have to see if that's the way it plays out. we'll come back later and preview the game. that will be up in sports. for now, live at levi's stadium, abc7 news. >> nfl commissioner roger goodell us a target of banners flight over games today. the banners read "hash tag goodell must go" part of a pain of an advocacy organization. here it is over the game cleveland. members want him to resign because of what they call his deceptive behavior in handling the ray rice domestic violence incident and subsequent penalty. raider nation arrived early to celebrate the team's home opener today. >> raiders! going to win today! >> welcome to raiderville. the team's pregame tailgate

kicked off this morning at 8:30, five hours before kickoff and the game. hundreds of the raider faithful showed off their black and silver pride. the event featured fun events for the kids. now to developing news. a richmond police officer shot and killed a man. this is the first deadly officer-involved shooting in the city. it happened this morning at uncle sam's liquors. we spoke with the man's family members. reporter: family members of 24-year-old petey perez are very upset. they say he was unarmed and wonder why a taser wasn't used instead. police say he assaulted the officer and reached for his gun. >> in shock. i still don't believe it. reporter: the grandparents of 24-year-old richards perez, known as petey, are struggling

to understand why a police officer shot and killed their grandson. >> petey didn't have a gun. a knife. nothing. >> perez was outside uncle sam's liquors when just after midnight, a police officer arrived to do a routine check. police say perez was intoxicated, acting aggressive and would not sit down when ordered. >> turned into a physical fight that went on for almost a minute, where the officer felt the suspect grabbing his gun trying to pull his holster. reporter: the officer shot him three times. part of the incident was on a surveillance camera. >> nobody going to look at a cop the same way, trying to protect and serve. everybody look at them like they taking advantage of their badge. >> the officer, six--year veteran, is now on paid administrative leave. a different officer arrived perez for dui the night before. something his grandfather discussed with him during their final conversation.

>> we were talking about his behavior, why he drinks. >> the contra costa county district attorney's office is investigating the shooting. >> fire investigators in santa rosa believe a house fire that killed a woman was accidental. firefighters say they had difficulty getting into the home last night due large amount of testimonies blocking doors and -- items blocking doors and windows. firefightersed that crawl over the top of stored items to fight the flames. a deck collapsed at a home in the oakland hills, injuring ten people. it happened last night on outlook avenue. three of the victims suffered serious injuries, including broken legs. officials are treating the case as an accident. ahead, roadwork that could throw the morning commute nor a curve. the bay area facing a possible public transit strike as well.

there's a beg deadline tomorrow. >> sour grapes. what caused the driver of a truck hauling wine grapes to lose control. >> i'm drew tuma. stronger sea breeze today is bringing relief and could bring a chance of sprinkles.

>> spilled crates of grapes blocked southbound 101 this afternoon. the driver of the truck, carrying at least 25 plastic bins of grapes, drifted on to the right shoulder while having

a coughing fit. chp officers say shifting of the crates caused the driver to lose control, spilling the grapes on the highway. >> just that the grapes are very quiet, when they get run over by a car, they turn sticky and have to use water. >> caltrans planned to come out and dry-sweep the area as well as a precaution. no one was hurt. a construction project on the golden gate bridge could cause problems for commuters tomorrow morning. crews are re-aligning the southbound lanes near the toll plaza. you can see in this illustration from the presidio parkway the former lane configuration is in red. the lanes are being moved slightly toward the center of the roadway to give construction crews more space to build a shoulder. the last time caltrans changed the bridge approach there was a lot of confusion.

we'll have a report tomorrow morning at 4:30. the golden gate bridge labor coalition says it will strike next week if no agreement is reached with the golden gate highway and transportation district tomorrow. a strike would mean all golden gate transit, ferry, and bus service's shut down, leavings thousands of commuters to find alternate transportation. unions are opposing a district proposal that would increase employees' healthcare premiums. >> another mountain lion sighting in the bay area. the two-fold fight for fire crews battling a fire in southern california. >> looking outside, the view here from the sutro tower camera, some weather changes coming this week. the

san mateo county sheriff's deputies are investigating a mountain lion sighting in portola valley last night. residents spotted a cat in their backyard around 11:00 p.m. authorities killed a 65-pound male cat on wednesday in santa clara county. days earlier the animal attacked a six-year-old boy who was hiking with his family. >> southern california firefighterrers dealing with extremely rugged terrain and a hot day as they battle a wildfire near cleveland national forest. the fire broke out friday in orange county's silverado canyon. more than 200 homes remain evacuated. more than 1,000 firefighters are on the job there. six suffered minor injuries. many of them heat-related with

temperatures in the triple digits. >> dozens of people gathered at the marin office of public education. the event was hosted by soroptimists international. the forum presented education about human trafficking in the united states, including in marin county, child sexual abuse and its connection to child abduction, the audience listen to survivors' stories and professionals who are working on the issue? atlantic city hopes tonight's miss america competition will bring tourists to the area. you can watch the miss america competition right now, starting at 8:00'm, followed by the miss america competition at 9:00 p.m. >> let's head over to to drew tuma for a check of the

forecast. southern california dealing with extreme heat. we'll cool down? >> they're going to cool down as well. all of california is getting a nice sea breeze, dropping temperatures across the entire state. live doppler 7hd, we'll show you limited cloud cover out there, no rain of the radar, there's a little amount of low level clouds at the golden gate bridge but everyone else is soaked in sunshine. san jose, 79. morgan hill, 86. half moon bay, 64. the san jose cam will show you blue as far as the eye can see, and the breeze is bringing temperatures some five to ten degrees cooler. so santa rosa, 82. fairfield, 91. concord, 87. livermore yesterday, you were at 99 at this time. right now you're at 91. so slowly the heat is easing. the sfo camera shows a light

breeze and that continues throughout the next 12 hours. the forecast calls for a breezy and bright evening, temperatures back to seasonal. our satellite imagery will show you we still have an area of low pressure off the coast, and as i it continues to push to the east it's going to bring the wind out of the south and southwest. so cool irdays are ahead. but the active wind is churning up the oceans so we have a beach hazard in effect for south and southwest facing beaches, meaning there's a higher than normal risk for strong rip currents. so if you're at the beach tomorrow, swim near the lifeguard. the animation shows you fog and cloud along the coast, and that will burn off and tons of sunshine around the bay area for monday, and continuing to see the cooling trend inland. just want to show you our animation monday, tuesday, wednesday, as the low gets closer to california, there's a chance, wednesday night to thursday, especially in north bay locations four, sprinkles

are possible. there's a chance of rain mid-week this week. so the forecast overnight lows, upper fifthness to -- 50s and low 60s, and 80 for the high in san jose, 84, los gatos. 76, san mateo. 64, pacifica. 78 santa rosa. east bay locations, in the 70s. and our inland spots, mainly 80s. 88 pittsburg, and 87 the high in pleasanton. the seven-day forecast shows you good news if you're not liking the heat. we stay out of the 90s. well it 80s inland, 60s along the coast. a chance of sprinkles. >> thank you, drew. know what time is it? >> sports with shu. >> almost gametime for the 49ers. you remember those days. >> i do. nothing like the home opener in

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>> we have been talking about levis stadium seems like for year, and today is official in the regular season opener. it's now the real deal. and speaking of, which larry beil is live from levi's. nothing like the home opener,

especially at new stadium. >> a new billion dollar stadium at that. the opening ceremonies just wrapped up behind me. they start precisely at 5:00 1. levi's 501. gift it? a tribute to the 49ers teams of the past, celebrating the great players and five super bowl victories. it was billed as a cav val okayed of celebrity guests. they had fireworks. i'm snoop dogg and barry bonds are here. not sure if they're together. >> going to be special, exciting, from preseason, pack the stadium out, lots of red, and they get loud. so we're excited to get back home. >> we want to start the season off right, start stadium off right with a win. so we got a win to close

candlestick. >> colin kaepernick, obviously hoping that history repeats itself. his first start in the nfl came against the chicago bears, november of 2012. a 32-7, 49ers victory, and cap through a couple of touchdown passes and is hoping for a cavalcade of highlights. >> the raters hosting the texans and it was an inspired performance. raider nation, not much to enjoy today. first career touchdown, 7-0 houston. raiders three and out. texas then marched 70 yards, foster making it 14-0. he ran for 138 yards. the pickoff by jackson. 65-yard return. set up a texan field goal. late second quarter, james jones, hit, bull pop -- ball

pops loose, texas recovered at the one yard line. that sort of day nor raiders. jones had nine on the day. their quarter, ryan fitzpatrick, back-shoulder throw to atkins, 24-0. raiders able to prevent a shutout. the one-yard runny the fourth and james jones caught a touchdown. they begin the season 0-2. giants trying to keep pace if the dodgers in the west. gorgeous day at at&t. then l.a. up 4-1, go on to win 4-2, clayton kershaw wins his 19th of the year. a's looking to take two oust three from the mariners seattle and maintain their lead in the wild card chase. 1 or a's. brandon moss hadn't hit a home run in 39 games until today. 24th of the year.

a's win 4 or and lead the ward ward -- wild card by one and a

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>> coming up at 6:00, why a north bay may not face charms after pulling a guns' shooting his wife. >> a look at the world's first 3-d printed electric car. may be more practical than you think. that's going to do it for 5:00. have a great night.

floor welcome to "world news tonight." breaking tonight, benched. another nfl star on the sidelines. one more domestic violence scandal rocking game day and the calls for the ouster of roger goodell. on the hunt. a third hostage executed. the urgent search for this masked man and the brutal group isis. tonight, the race to save others still in captivity. a nation of extremes. america divided by nature. heat in the west, record cold in the east and right now, another hurricane on the way. real estate war. police say a hot housing market drove this former mother of the year to desperate measures. tonight, why she could face hard time in prison.