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to have two in one year that are like this is just -- it's something i can't even fathom. >> a massive fire in the same spot not once but twice. and hours after this fireball in the east bay crews remain at the scene tonight as an unstable crane has residents on edge. >> it's scary. first of all, we don't know what to expect, what every day, you know, will bring. >> good evening. i'm eric thomas. crews are working right now at the scene of that massive fire in emeryville. the fire starte around 5:00 this morning at a construction site that has now burned twice in one year. 18 hours later the fire is still smoldering in some spots, and there's also an unstable crane in the middle of the burn area. abc 7 news reporter lisa aminute galician joins us live from the scene at adeline street. what's happening now, lisa?

>> reporter: eric, this situation is still very unstable. the heavy equipment arrived a short time ago and we were forced to move back to this area in case that crane falls. the man is to dismantle it and have it slowly move south in a controlled fall. you can see the street sign, adeline street. behind it is a vacant lot and the hope is the crane will land there. it's a painstaking process that requires extreme precision. if this crane collapses it would come crashing down on nearby apartments. >> the crane has suffered catastrophic failure with being exposed to the heat of the fire. so the instability of it means that it could actually fall at any time. >> police force, residents, and more than a dozen apartments to evacuate. >> there's not much i can do about it except get my stuff and get out of here as soon as i can. >> this comes after a terrifying morning. this is the second time in ten months that a huge fire erupted at the construction site of this

condo complex. both times fire engulfed everything in its path. embers traveled all over. two blocks away they lachbded on this house where the roof caught on fire. the fire knocked out power to 400 homes and businesses. at avalon senior housing many elderly residents feel unsafe in the dark. >> it's really getting to us. we can't sleep at night. >> reporter: losing out on today's mother's day business is a huge hit. >> no internet service, no phone service, no electricity, no power for our refrigeration. we lost all of our flowers that came in yesterday because they were in the refrigerator. >> reporter: but the one with the most long-term loss is likely this man. he's the complex developer. july's fire already set the project back nine months. and now for another fire to happen again in the same place makes rick holiday sure of two things. these fires were intentionally set. and he will finish this project.

>> whoever's doing this is not going to stop us from building housing. we had two armed guards and 12 cameras. >> reporter: and the hope is that the cameras caught whatever happened here this morning. meantime, i did speak with mr. holiday and he says the plan is to set aside a lot of the units as affordable housing for nurses and new doctors at area hospitals. live in emeryville tonight, lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> lisa, thank you. a man who worked on the condo construction cried when he saw the flames. >> that's the second time they bring it down. last year this time in july. 4th of july they burn it down. they did it again. >> matt told us he thought of all of his friends who are now out of work and their families. while it's not clear at this point if the developer will rebuild, here's what they're expected to look like in renderings on the developer's website. the project is called the intersection and was designed to include 105 apartments and

25,000 square feet of commercial space. holiday development previously said the building would be a, quote, dynamic space for creative proors to work and network. it's also on the site of the historic mas building. we first notified people about the fire this morning with a push alert. for news anytime download the free abc 7 news app and enable push alerts for instant notifications. more developing news now, a concord street is open, and once again tonight following a police chase that ended in a deadly crash. and there are questions tonight about why officers from the neighboring city of clayton were pursuing the car. abc 7 news reporter lonnie rivera is at the police headquarters. lonnie? >> yes, eric. and clayton police just answered one of those questions. they tell me the jeep was actually stolen. there were two women inside of that jeep. one of them, the driver survived. the passenger did not. but still a lot of questions remain about how this even began as a police pursuit and ended in

a very violent fatal crash. >> actually shook the whole crash, rattled everything, and i had no idea what it was, looked out the window, saw the smoke. >> reporter: neighbors along myrtle drive in concord heard a crash, then sirens. then they saw clayton police and fire securing the scene around this unrecognizable white vehicle. >> we heard a large loud like bang and then came around the corner and happened to see the car all tore up. >> reporter: the wrecked white jeep still had branches on it from smashing into a tree before landing in front of this montessori school. inside you could see it appears to be stuffed with suitcases, clothes and other personal belongings. many residents waited to see if the driver and any passenger survived. >> i saw them carrying one of the bodies away on a stretcher. i think she was alive at the time and then the other one i saw got pulled out, she was -- she had passed away. >> reporter: plooets police spent several hours gathering evidence from the scene. witnesses saw a clayton police car chasing the white vehicle,

which had no tags. they say the car was traveling well aboston speed limit. it struck a wall, went airborne, hit this tree, then landed in the driveway of the school. just to give you an idea of the impact of this crash, one of these cinder blocks went flying into the yard next door. >> i believe this to be the cinder block that flew from all the way about 50 yards away and flew and shook the house when i was inside. >> reporter: looking at the wreckage he could only wonder what if. >> it's a saturday. so no kids over there, thank the lord. >> reporter: in clayton lonnie rivera, abc 7 news. >>. we're learning more tonight about the man arrested in connection with a string of car fires in the east bay. the arrest comes after two more cars were burned yesterday morning. one fire destroyed an acura in walnut creek. then just 11 minutes later a toyota suv was torched in lafayet lafayette. investigators say they caught the suspect in the act. >> a 36-year-old man was located in a residential area of beniecia this morning and as

officers arrived in the area the suspect appeared to have possibly set fire to a vehicle in a driveway. he was stopped a short distance away and was taken into custody without incident and taken to concord pd for interviews. >> unnamed man faces up to 43 separate counts of arson. his bail, more than $3 million. there were seven suspicious car fires in the east bay this week alone. the law enforcement community is mourning another northern california sheriff's deputy killed in a car crash. stanislaw county sheriff's deputy jason garner and community officer rochelle johnson died their way to a burglary call. the crash happened this morning in modesto. their patrol car went off the road, slammed into an auto wrecking business and burst into flames. both were killed instantly. this comes just a day after alameda county sheriff's deputy sheroy ken died in a crash near i mief 580 near tracy. he was off duty and on his way home from working the overnight shift at the santarita jail when a charter bus slammed into his car.

today would have been ken's 51st birthday. two bay area police officers were added to the national law enforcement officers memorial wall in a special ceremony tonight. thousands attended a candlelight vigil at the national mall in washington, d.c. they listened as 394 names of those killed in the line of duty were read. they include san jose police officer michael catherman, killed in a motorcycle crash last year, and oakland police officer paul carlisle, who died in 2015 from complications of a shooting from 1976. if you're headed to l.a.x. anytime soon, leave plenty of extra time. an already packed airport is dramatically changing. 15 airlines will move to different terminals. in the next five days. six more have already relocated. the switch should bring fewer delay for takeoffs and landings. one passenger said the heavily advertised move caught him by surprise. >> i don't know. i suppose if you have enough time, and seems like people are nice enough and informative enough that you can probably get along, you know, get along just

fine. >> the airport provided plenty of helpful employees armed with maps to direct passengers and had plenty of shuttle buses as well. a welcome sight for dubs fans today. steve kerr. the team's head coach returned to practice this morning ahead of game 1 against the spurs tomorrow. this was the first time kerr had been seen since the players -- by the players since game 2 of the utah series. he underwent a spinal procedure last week at duke university. he still remains out indefinitely. mike brown is the acting coach in his place. and spend your mother's day with abc 7. coverage of the dubs game, one, begins at noon, then stick around for after the game with larry beil, coach mike keating and mike shumann from oracle. the warriors hostin the san antonio spurs. much more ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00. tonight, cyber security officials are thanking one man for potentially stopping a worldwide cyberattack before it got even worse. and containing the comey fallout. the president tonight weighs in

on the question of loyalty. >> no. no, i didn't. but i don't think it would be a bad question to ask. >> i'm meteorologist drew tuma. it was a sunny but breezy start to the weekend. and while the winds will continue tomorrow, we do have a chance of some spring showers. i'll explain in the accuweather forecast. >> tigers and bears. all sorts of animals on

developing news tonight about that global cyberextortion attack. a 22-year-old british security researcher located the kill switch in the malware code and used it to stop the virus. an underground group known as the shadow brokers is believed to be responsible for the

attack. it claims members stole the ransomware from the national security agency, which is extremely difficult to verify. tonight president trump is trying to move beyond his decision to fire fbi director james comey. the justice department interviewed eight candidates for the job today. the president meantime capped his rough week with a speech to a friendly audience. abc news reporter chuck sivertsen has our story. >> reporter: president trump escaped the heat in the capitol with a commencement address at liberty university. >> no one has ever achieved anything significant without a chorus of critics standing on the sidelines explaining why it can't be done. >> reporter: the president might have been speaking to the many critics still condemning his abrupt dismissal of james comey as fbi director. mr. comey was spotted briefly today at his virginia home. mr. trump seems to think it will be easy to pick a successor. >> i think the process is going to go quicker because almost all of them are very well known. they've been vetted over their

lifetime. >> reporter: and there was a steady stream of prospective recruits filing in for job interviews saturday at the justice department. >> were you asked if you could faithfully serve the president? >> no comment. >> no comment at all? >> reporter: did the president ask comey for a pledge of loyalty as "the new york times" reported? in an interview that aired saturday on fox news, he answered -- >> no. no, i didn't. but i don't think it would be a bad question to ask. i think loyalty to the country, loyalty to the united states is important. >> reporter: and as for his cryptic tweet that he might have recorded his dinner conversation with comey? >> i won't talk about that. all i want is for comey to be honest. and i hope he will be. and i'm sure he will be, i hope. >> reporter: comey says he's willing to testify publicly to congress. chuck sivertsen, abc news, new york. a national movement to get president trump removed from office came to berkeley today. abc 7 news was on the cal campus as the bay area chapter of refuse fascism held a mock trial against the president. protesters presented a list of alleged crimes against humanity

and the planet. their goal is to mobilize millions of people. also in the east bay, weeks of training today paid off. abc 7 news was in pleasanton for the special olympics regional spring games. track and field and volleyball players who have cognitive and physical disabilities trained for eight to ten weeks for the chance to compete. there are medals, but the goal is for athletes to do their best. >> it's not necessarily about winning although obviously they love it when they get the chance to win. but our special olympics oath says it all. it's "let me win, but if i cannot win let me be brave in the attempt." >> she says she's been volunteering with special olympics for 29 years because she loves it. today's top qualifiers will advance to the summer games next month in uc davis. animals that are permanently disabled, abandoned or displaced need a home just like everybody else. that was the purpose of a fund-raiser today in san mateo county. abc 7 news was in portola valley at a home with 50 wild animals ranging from elephants to

alligators. the money raised went to conservation ambassadors. that's a rescue group that takes animals to schools and deals with what they call a nature deficit disorder. >> kids are not going out and catching worms and crawdads and things in the stream. they're inside. and we're often the only chance they get to mac a connection with nature. and it's amazing when they get to see the animals up close and meet them. >> conversation ambassadors also have two zoos, one in paso robles. the other in weimar near auburn. >> now your accuweather forecast with drew tuma. in accuweather today it was breezy with winds gusting over 30 miles per hour in a lot of cities, and the wind will continue for the second half of the weekend as well. live doppler 7 it was a beautiful day. tons of sunshine today, clear skies, and even tonight live doppler 7 showing you we have mainly clear conditions out there. but the winds were certainly an issue for allergy sufferers. that's just blowing that pollen across the bay area. take a look at your latest allergy report. grasses and trees saw very high

levels. and that will continue the next 24 hours. continue to take the allergy medication. weeds you can see at low levels. we do expect that to stay low over the next 24 hours. but nonetheless, the wind is certainly going to cause some issues not only for allergy sufferers but also for our temperatures tomorrow afternoon. live look outside. let's take you to sutro tower, showing you a beautiful picture out there. gorgeous visibility. nice bright moon out there tonight. the winds, take a look at the peak gusts around the region. sfo clocking in at 45 miles per hour. novato, concord, oakland, san jose, anywhere from 30 to 37 miles per hour earlier today. even mountain view had a breeze at 28 miles per hour. and certainly it's still an active wind, especially right along the coast. current gusts at sfo, 22 half moon bay. 18-mile-per-hour gusts at san carlos and san jose backing off their wind gusts of 30 miles per hour earlier today, down to 8. that wind is coming off of the ocean water. your ocean water temperature

right now 53 degrees. that's keeping us rather cool tonight. we're at 51 san francisco, 52 in san jose, 55 the current number in concord, and 52 right now in napa. overnight tonight kind of a mixed bag in terms of sky condition. in the north bay plenty of stars, clear skies, a few clouds start to bubble up right along south bay. 50 under partly cloudy skies in san jose. 47 overnight in san francisco and 45 that starting number in napa. all about mom tomorrow. it's going to be a nice-looking day once again. very similar in terms of sunshine. a few clouds early on. but through the afternoon we're bright but we're also breezy. that wind's going to kick up once again over 20 miles per hour at times. so by 4:00 that's going to keep temperatures once again limited into the 60s in our warmest spots. that's five to ten degrees below normal for this time of the year. future weather, what we're watching form, there's a weak ripple of energy moving over us. so by 1:00 in the afternoon in our hills especially, likely not hamilton and even into the north bay hills into the afternoon,

could have a sprinkle. it's informing widespread. and the majority of the region is dry. don't cancel any outdoor plans you have. there may be a pop-up shower our hilltops. here's the acuwaerthd seven-day forecast. mother's day bright and breezy. we'll keep that trend through monday. tuesday there's a chance after sunset late of a shower in the north bay but otherwise it's bright and we're warming up. by friday and saturday 80s and 90s return. >> 64 to 92. >> thank you, sir. don't try this with your drones. the company s how far should pure alpine spring water have to travel from its source to the bottle? ♪ how about less than a mile and a half? crystal geyser is the only major us spring water bottled at the mountain source.

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park that ended with a buster posey walk-off homer. now, posey also caught all 17 innings. well-deserved day off reds again today and mother's day pink uniforms. bottom first brandon belt see ya. a pure splash hit. 1-0 g-men. bottom two justin rougeiano to dead center over the 399 sign into the vegetable garden. his first homer as a giant. they go up 2-0. top seven, joey votto scorches one back to the middle and matt moore's glove, right place right time. on a day they needed it moore went 7 1/3 gave up just one run. we go top nine derek law on to close scooter jeanette hits it off the side of the mound no problem for gold glover brandon crawford. giants win 3-1, just the second time this year they've won two games in a row. dog days in texas for the a's and the rangers. top five a's down 2-1. matt joyce takes care of that down the right-field line. scores two. a's take a 3-2 lead. sonny gray in line for the win

but the bullpen gave up four in the seventh. no more mazara. two-run double off liam hendricks to make it 6-4 rangers. and we go top eight, yonder alonso goes yonder again. his eighth home run of the month. solo shot, he leads the american league with 12 dingers but that's as close as the a's would get. losing 6-5, they've now dropped o'three of their last four. hard to believe the warriors and spurs have not faced each other in the postseason since 2013. that's a four-year drought. this is a match-up everyone wanted in the western conference and it tips off tomorrow 12:30 on mother's day at oracle nbc 7. steve kerr was at fra. good to see him out and about but he will not coach in the series as of now. the first time kerr has been around the players in over a week, although he's been a big part of pregame preparations, players happy to see him but they know they have a game to win tomorrow. >> as players we've got respect for him but we know we have to come out there and be who we are. we'll try to dictate the tempo. i know they're going to try to

dictate it. that's why both teams are where they are. >> they just play so hard and they're so locked in for as close to 48 minutes -- you know, they're more than a capable team. >> they're going to get hot and they're going to make runs. and that's who they are. the things that we've just got to be steady for 48 minutes. >> when you're done with your north's day brunch turn on the dubs at 12:30. stick around after the game. larry beil, adonal foyle, coach keating and yours truly. coming up we'll tee it up, a little playoff hockey and nascar on fire in kansas. stick around we'll see you then. eric? >> thanks a lot. only on abc 7 news, concerns over dangerous working continuati conditions at a controversial north bay oyster farm. >> i did receive grade 2, grade 3 chemical burns. >> former diver who says a company ignored safety

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good evening. i'm eric thomas. in tonight's headlines, crews in emeryville say it could take all night to move a construction crane that's in danger of falling onto apartment homes. the crane burned in this morning's massive fire on adalign street. it was the second time there was a fire there in ten months. a driver is dead, the passenger is in the hospital after police chased from clayton to concord, chased a car from clayton could concord. they chase aid deep to murray farm montsore ji school where it hit a wall went airborne into a tree and landed in the driveway of the school. police say the suv was stolen. the suspect in a string of

overnight car fires in the bay area is in jail tonight. police arrested a 36-year-old man this morning in benesia. they say he was trying to light another car on fire. seven vehicles have been torched across the east bay just this week. cyberattacks that have halted business for companies, schools, even hospitals around the world have slowed. however, security experts believe it may be just a lull before the next attacks come. right now they're working to put protections in place. abc news reporter dave packer has more. >> reporter: the world held hostage. >> this is an unprecedented scale. we've never seen something spread this quickly in a 24-hour period across these many different countries and continents. >> reporter: a massive coordinated cyberattack wreaking havoc in 99 countries. hackers now demanding ransom to get critical files back online. >> attacking a loophole it seems to be in the microsoft software and exploiting tools that were stolen from the national security agency. >> reporter: the malware virus is known as wannacry and it

starts with a simple phishing e-mail that spreads like wildfire. companies like fedex targeted here in the u.s. it's attacking tens of thousands of computers at companies, universities, even hospitals. >> a number of organizations have reported that they have suffered from a ransomware attack. >> reporter: in the united kingdom the government is working nonstop to get the country's health care system back online. a message from the assailants, pay up in bit coins, the equivalent of $300, or critical files disappear. patients now left in limbo. >> i think it's a heinous crime, ths hacking because they're putting people's lives at risk. >> reporter: officials say it's time to upgrade those old i.t. systems. while this attack appears to be focused on bigger targets the average computer owner might be affected. >> whatever updates microsoft is sending out upload them immediately. if you've already been infected i would suggest you reach out to some legitimate cybersecurity firm and see what they suggest to you as far as getting your system back up. >> reporter: microsoft released a patch to fix the loophole

earlier this year but without it computers remain vulnerable. >> it may take us weeks or months. we may never find out who's behind this. >> reporter: dave packer, abc news new york. tonight u.s. officials confirm north korea has launched what's believed to be a ballistic missile. south korea says it flew 435 miles before landing in the sea of japan. u.s. officials are still assessing whether the launch was successful. the last north kraen missile test on april 28th failed just minutes after launch. a police dog in florida is home from the hospital after he took a bullet meant for his human partner. casper is a canine officer with the palm beach county sheriff's office. on friday investigators say a robbery and carjacking suspect fired at deputies when they tried to arrest him. one of the bullets hit casper in his left hip. he had to have emergency surgery to remove the slug, and tonight just one day later he got to go home. >> he's done wonderful. he has recovered well from anesthesia. he's on antibiotics and is

walking fairly well, all things considered. we're just happy this was not a significant trauma. >> that interview was tweeted out by the sheriff's office. deputies shot and killed the suspect after he fired at them. residents of a southern california town near the mexican border say they want their beaches back and the bad smell gone. the tijuana river in san ysidro is contaminated and it stinks. beaches there have been closed for months after millions of gallons of sueball spilled in from mexico. a border agent recorded this video of purplish water flowing in from the border. one politician tried to explain why nothing has been done. >> a lot has been done over the years but the truth is we're not keeping up with the growth, both on the mexican side and on the american side. >> it seems like all of them have come but we haven't seen governor brown down here, we haven't seen president trump down here. that's who should come down here. >> soon why is id roe officials are working to build additional pipes on the u.s. side to divert sewage water. only on 7, there's controversy tonight surrounding

the cleanup of drake's evidentroll in the point reyes national sea shore. a former employee who worked on the project contacted the iteam claiming the cleanup of the oyster farm harmed him and injured other workers. the iteam's dan nois has the story. >> reporter: drake's estero is one of the most beautiful places on the west coast. look closely and you'll see what construction workers have been working on the last couple of months. pulling up the remnants of one of the state's oldest oyster farms. after a fight that went all the way to the u.s. supreme court the farm closed in december 2015. the national park service and some environmentalists hailed it as a new dawn for the estero, a return to the wilderness. but a former employee says a company tasked with pulling out the oyster racks put employees at risk. matthew dugsberger was thyroid remove the hundreds of oyster racks that line the estero. >> things had to be in order from environmental issues down

to safety issues and there was a lot of eyes on this project. >> reporter: zugsberger says he quickly found things that concern him particularly the lack of safety equipment and possible exposure to chemicals used on toes old wood pilings. he says he suffered chemical burns from pulling out those old oyster racks. >> i did receive grade 2, grade 3 chemical burns on my hips and on my chest and my torso. >> he was so concerned about the overall safety of the project he complained to the federal government's occupational safety and health administration, osha, late last year. in november osha inspectors cit cited galindo construction, the subcontractor handling the job, for seven serious violations. among them failure to ensure frequent and regular inspections of the job site. it didn't provide workers coast guard-approved life jackets. osha said it failed to ensure employees from free from impalement hazardous of pressure-treated lumber. there were no working horns in the floating barge. employees were exposed to, struck, or run over by equipment. and a lack of guardrails raise

t ed the risk that employees could drown. there's want even an adequate toilet facility on the floating barge. >> so all human feces and urine was going back into the estero. >> reporter: galindo construction did not respond to our repeated requests for an interview. but the national park service did saying the contractor corrected these findings immediately. osha did not make any findings with respect to the handling or disposal of treated lumber adding all methods related to the project work were permitted and approved by the regulatory agencies. for the iteam, dan nois, abc 7 news. still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00, it's almost mother's day and tonight one mom is celebrating a day earlier with a special walk across a stage she thought might never happen. and a california cat once lost is found. the cross-country journey of penny. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. temperatures today some five to ten degrees below

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has been found 1500 miles from home. a woman found penny the cat just outside oklahoma city. she belongs to a family in sacramento. the family was on a road trip driving through missouri in an rv when penny disappeared. the woman who found her isn't sure how penny made it hundreds of miles to missouri -- from missouri from her home. the grandchildren found the cat in a barn. she's called the number on penny's collar and is working on returning the kitty to her family. tonight as americans prepare to celebrate our moms, one mom is celebrating quite an accomplishment, one she thought might never happen. abc news reporter marci gonzalez has our story tonight. >> reporter: of all the lessons latrice hunter learned in college the most impactful came from a fellow graduate, her mother. >> you can do anything you put your mind to. >> reporter: karen hunter dropped out of norfolk state university 30 years ago to take care of her oldest daughter. >> i was like mom, you have to go back. >> reporter: and with that urging she finally rurpd to the classroom to finish what she

started and fulfill her mother's dream. >> lord talked to me and said girl, you can do this. and i did. >> reporter: at times it was a struggle for the 53-year-old. >> the whole new environment from what she was used to back in the day. >> reporter: but karen managed to finally earn her degree in sociology, graduating last week. >> karen hunter. >> yeah, mom! >> reporter: and in the process leaving some inspiring footsteps her daughter's following in as she crosses the stage with her diploma this mother's day weekend. ♪ marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> so moms, how do you like your weather? cool? warm? a little misty out there? man, we've got it all for you. here's drew. >> i hope it's cool and windy because that's how we're going to round out the week. winds still active at this hour. current wind gusts 28 miles per hour at sfo. 23 in half moon bay, about 16 in san carlos and 14 that number in fairfield. it's a breezy night and it will

remain breezy overnight tonight. 47 the low in san francisco, about 50 in san jose with a little bit of cloud cover. 47 in concord, 50 that number in oakland. tomorrow it's a bright-looking day. very similar to the sky we had today. but it's still breezy turning winldy i would say in the afternoon with gusts over 20 miles per hour. that's going to keep temperatures down into the 60s. about 67 san jose, 60 san francisco, 66 oakland and 69 that number in fairfield. accuweather seven-day forecast we'll show you tomorrow mother's day bright and breezy, continue that into monday as well. tuesday chance of a shower late in the north bay. otherwise, we're bright, warm by friday and saturday. it's going to turn hot inland with those 90s coming on back. >> that meteorology textbook, he just had that out from one second to another. but somebody's off to play golf next week. >> on wednesday and thursday. >> you're welcome. >> you're welcome. cal hosting marquette. stanford cardinal in his final year down on the farm while nascar was a wild ride today. they were smoking around the

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can you believe the warriors and spurs haven't faced each other in the postseason since 2013? well, it's the match-up everybody wanted in the western conference and it tips off tomorrow at 12:30 on mother's day at oracle right here on abc 7. steve kerr at practice today. great to see him out and about. but he will not coach in the series as of now. it's the first time he's been around his players in about a week. although he's been a big part of pregame preparations. just seeing the coach today gave everybody a big lift. >> you know he misses being around the day-to-day routine and the atmosphere in practice and locker rooms and games and all that. so for him to even have the energy and ability to be here means a lot. hopefully he's feeling better. >> it was great to see him up

here, especially during practice, walking around, talking to guys. you really enjoy that because he's our leader. he's the guy that laid the foundation and got everybody heading in the right direction. the more he can be around, it's a better feel that all of us have. now, warriors acting head coach mike brown is also a good friend and former assistant to san antonio's gregg popovich. just like steve kerr. so pop knows this will be a tough series for him to win no matter who's acting as the warriors' head coach during the game. >> he's done a great job. steve was really smart in hiring him. he didn't hire him for this reason. steve didn't want this to happen. but steve is right there with him, in his ear. they're doing things the way they've done it for a while, though, under steve's leadership. and mike's -- they'll be great in continuing the way they play and what they do. >> this will be the biggest challenge for the warriors in this match-up. they've won eight straight. one final reminder, game 1 of

the western conference right here on abc 7 sunday 12:30 tipoff. and stick around if mom will let you for after the game with larry beil, adonal foyle, and coach kerry keating. big game weekend in baseball with cal hosting 13th-ranked stanford in a three-game series. this is stanford head coach mark marquesas's final year at the helm. 41 years, two national championships and 14 world series appearances on his resume. what a run he's had. here's the coach pregame. stanford up 5-4 in the eighth. a's closer colton hawk gives up a solo homer to cal's dennis karas. ties the game at 5. we go to extra innings. top ten, two outs, one on for stanford's nico horner. ropes a center to left. matt winnicker for the go-ahead run. horner's 25th birthday is a good one as hawk pitches a perfect tenth for the win. stanford wins in extras 6-5 the

final. stanley cup finals. eefrn conference playoff game p ottawa and pittsburgh. penguins down 1-0 with six minutes to go. pittsburgh's chris kunitz takes the shot and malkin is there to tip it past craig anderson. 1-1 and we go to overtime. midway through the first o.t., ottawa's bobby ryan on the breakaway, backhands it past marc-andre fleury. and that is the game winner. the senators win 2-1 and take a 1-0 series lead. third round of the players championship. the fifth major tpc sawgrass. sergio his first tournament since winning the masters. the charge at the leaderboard with this eagle on 16 he's at 5 under and four back. louis oosthuizen the co-leader when the day began. long eagle try for him on 16. it's the back of the cup bounces out. he's one back at minus 8. the other co-leader was kyle stanley, bogeyed three of his first four holes. his tee shot on the par 3 17th, the famed island green. going to back up.

rolling. rolling. rolling. he tapped in for a birdie. tied with j.b. holmes for the lead at 9 under. but nine players within four shots going into sunday's final round. nascar the kansas speedway. 199, a scary crash, something breaks in front of joey logano's car, he crashes i danica patrick. both cars on fire. and aric almirola can't avoid it is, goes full speed into both of them. logano and patrick would jump out unscathed. look at this. it's just insane. but almirola would get cut out of his car, airlifted to the hospital. he's being held overnight for observation. race delayed nearly half an hour. martin truex jr. will take the checkered flag for his first win at the kansas speedway. this abc 7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. stanford head coach he went to stachbd, his college roommate was mitt romney. played two sports, quarterback behind jim plunkett. >> heisman trophy winner.

>> 41 years. he spent 50 years of his life at stanford. great way to go out this year and hopefully he'll get back to the world series and grab one more title. a great story. >> i think you must love your sport if you do it for -- >> exactly. and i'm just going to drive over to oracle right now because the game starts at 12:30 and no sense me -- >> get me an autograph, will you? >> sure. >> that's it for tonight. i'm eric

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