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raiders fans turn out for what is likely the last football game to be played at the colosseum and it ended on a sour note. >> we have team >> reporter: hi, guys, welcome to the oakland scall colosseum and a surreal feeling out here all day long. some people described it to me as a funeral or wake, and it ended not the way the raiders wanted it to go. silver and black running black k field for the last time. and raiders first drive carrick carr going deep to williams and this is 40-yard score and
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williams takes a trip to the black hole and thinks this is going to be the raiders day but second touch down of the game and 20-16 jags and they win by this score. >> it's the loyalty these fans i think have had for the raiders, and we're going to miss them. the relationship is hopefully never going to end, but it was sad walking in here today. it's going to be sad walking out of here for the last time, and it's a lot to wrap your arms around, but we love our fans, we love the city of oakland. we thank them, and we'll certainly miss them. >> reporter: raiders quarterback derek carr said after the game it's going to be weird to not hear them called the oakland raiders. he said it after the game. >> sound good, chris, thanks. much like raiders greats of the past the stadium has stirred up controversy from the fans.
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cornell bernard has been gathering their reaction to the end of an era. >> reporter: you know good-byes are never easy, right? many members of radar nation say they have been in total denial this day would come the very last game before the team moves to las vegas. many tell us they feel like they're moving a member of the family. >> you're going to see the grinch cry again. it may happen today. >> reporter: even the grinch was getting emotional about saying so long to the oakland raiders. the santa rosa family from southern california brought the love. >> it's the last game. we've got to shoal our support whether they're in vegas, whether they're in nor cal, so cal, always raiders until we die. >> it's really why i got depressed this morning when i was making my coffee.
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>> reporter: it's a sad day for the silver and black. >> this is our house but it's not our home anymore. >> honestly i get a little emotional. i've been a fan since i was like 6, tattoos, flags. >> reporter: jose wasn't kidding. he showed us his raiders commitment. >> it's like going to a funeral. like today is the wake. today we're going to view it because tomorrow we're going to bury it. >> i guess that's about what 53 years ago. >> reporter: a former oakland firefighter was at the first raiders game at the colosseum in 1966. he told abc 7 news on saturday he wanted to be at the last game but didn't have a ticket. the team saw our story and treated dave to seats in a luxury box. so you had to go to the last game at the colosseum. >> i had to. i didn't have a ticket and i said you know what i'm going to go there anyway and one way or another i'd get one. i didn't know it would go this way. i'm a lucky man. >> reporter: in the end the raiders lost to the jaguars, but
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radar nation kept on with that familiar call. >> raiders! >> all day. >> always and forever the raiders. >> i wanted us to have the win, but i still love the raiders. >> reporter: back live with a shot of that all familiar oakland raiders logo. some fans told us today that they are done with the team. but i have to tell you the majority of fans we talked to today say they will follow the team to las vegas next season. we're live at the oakland colosseum, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> when raiders fans aren't at the oakland colosseum watching the game there is a bar in san leandro that serves as the unofficial home away from home. rickeys has been a long popular spot of the silver and black. >> and that's where anser hassan is who joins us live from rickey's. >> reporter: you hear that?
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silence. earlier today this place was packed with crazy radar fans. they're hoping for a big party, after party, a win for the oakland raiders. but after the loss, most people left. the oakland raiders losing their last home game at the oakland colosseum, but for oakland radar fans they're also losing a team. >> olittle bit upset because we had the game and it sort of slipped away. but i'm a fan, been a fan my whole life. you know, we can't win them all but this is hard. >> reporter: the silver and black packed rickey's sports bar hoping for one last win at the colosseum. >> i thought it was pretty exciting. you know, it was a nail-biter down to the end and i'm just sorry to seal our team couldn't get that one last home game win before they left. >> we're still radar fans.
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>> reporter: the raiders losing their last home game is big but not as big as the black hole the team is leaving forfans. >> we lost the game and we lost the team. it's i don't know. i'll see them in vegas. >> reporter: now the banquet hall may be empty but the main bar is still pretty busy. a lot of raiders fans said they're now looking ahead to next season. not here in oakland but in vegas. reporting live anser hassan, abc 7 news. >> the raiders have played a total of 47 seasons in oakland dating back to 1960 when the american football league was founded. they played in a total of four super bowls while in oakland and were the only team to play in the nfl's biggest game in the '60s, '70s and '80s. they won a third super bowl while in los angeles. and this is look at allegiant
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stadium in las vegas which will be the new home of the raiders. you can see it's still under construction. and the cal football team is scheduled to play at the new stadium. so technically another bay area team would play the first official game there. and you can share your memories of the raiders time in oakland online through this badge we've created. it's available on facebook, twitter as well as instagram. a team of volunteers are on the search for a dog named jackson who was taken yesterday outside a grocery store in san francisco's engel side district. they gathered today where the 5-year-old mini australian shepherd went missing to search the area and put up fliers. the sfpd tweeted this photo of jackson yesterday. they're asking anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact them. after being delayed for weeks commercial crab season is officially open in the bay area. boats were allowed to head out at midnight and start bringing in their catch. the season usually starts at the
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end of november but the state pushed it back this year because of the large number of whales. the whales can get trapped in fishing gear. crab season brings in tens of millions of dollars every year. it has been the center of heated debates in san francisco, a navigation center for the homeless along the embarcadero. and it was just days ago we learned oracle world was leaving san francisco. however, one convention that left this past year says it's coming back. who's returning and when. and putting the local in by local for the holidays. the big fair is today in the area. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma with a nice finish to the weekend a lot of sunshine earlier today. and tonight we're tracking the cold. we're tracking the numbers
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abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area. we're focusing on issues surrounding housing, traffic and the homeless. ths weekend brings a significant addition to help commuters in the north bay. abc 7's effort to build a better bay area as we said focuses on homelessness and in san francisco city leaders hope a new navigation center will help imfrufb the quality of life for the people it serves and others. it's expected to open this week. the center will house 200
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people. so far it has cost $4 million to build, and it's the first navigation center in san francisco located in an area mainly made up of peoples homes. south beach residents have fought against it. mayor london breed plans to lead a tour of the facility for reporters and others on tuesday. phil also has this bit of information following the revelation of oracle world is leaving muscony center for las vegas. it has agreed to return to san francisco starting in 2023. sonoma county leaders plan to unveil a emergency proposal on tuesday to shelter homeless residents at the fair grounds in santa rosa. about 3,000 people are homeless and a large encampment has developed along the trail next to highway 12. the idea of housing people at the fairgrounds was inspired by how the fair grounds was used to house people evacuated by
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wildfires and the flooding. we do want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. you can share them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. the holiday spirit is spreading across the bay area. local pride was on display this weekend. we'll take you to a fair where the emphasis of the products made right here in the bay area. and meteorologist drew tuma coming up next with you're accuweather forecast. hi, everybody. chris alvarez here at the oakland colosseum, i'm one of the last ones here and actually the
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street for ice skating, games and train rides. >> great weather to do things outside at least for now. >> it is indeed and no rain today. >> yeah, we got those showers out of our region last night. today we finish out the weekend with a lot of sunshine, dry condition. and while we do remain dry tomorrow, our next storm is not too far off. live doppler 7 tonight showing you a quiet scan across the entire region. tonight showing you the lights they bridge. under mainly clear skies but we are in store for a chilly night, but we have made giant strides over the past month when it comes to our rainfall. and you can see at best we look at the satellite image across california, this is one month ago over california. look at our landscape. it is so parched. it is so brown, virtually no snow in the sierra. watch what happens as we fast forward to today. look at that landscape. it's a lush green. our snow pack in the sierra is
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very healthy. and while our rainfall totals in the north bay are above average elsewhere, we still need to make up some ground, but rain is in the forecast. right now in the 40s and 50s. 54, though, in the city. at 49 in fremont, over 47 and checking in with a temperature on the cool side. overnight tonight the story clear skies and winds. any heat we obtain earlier this afternoon is lot to aidiate from the surface into the smooe. that cools off pretty quickly. temperatures mainly in the 30s for a lot of us overnight. 34 in sopt rosa, dropping to 38 in fremont and san jose 37 redwood city down to 35 in livermore and drop about 45 in the city. 12 hour day planner it is a cold start and starting out in the 30s and 40s so take the heavier
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jacket with you out the door. it's a bright day and also a dry day tomorrow. you do not need the rain gear and getting us into the mid and upper 50s and highs i remember on your monday, pretty much the best day we have all week. and 55 in the city and 57 in san rafael and antioch up to 56 degrees. so the bigger picture what we're tracking on monday high pressure and briefly in control and that supplies us with the sunshine and biggest change once again on tuesday. the high goes to our south. we'll see a cold front approach the west coast, and what that will do on tuesday, it'll increase the cloud cover and that means a mainly cloudy day for tuesday. and that rain will arrive here on wednesday morning with that cold front moving through california. the accuweather forecast, cold start tomorrow.
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sun seday, thou sunny day, though. cloud cover lingers thursday and friday, and we're tracking another storm arriving saturday night and into sunday itself next weekend. welcome to the colosseum for a final time here the raiders in 2019 this was the day every raiders fan had circled. they didn't think it was going to come or they didn't want it to come and here it is. a lot of raw emotion before the game and definitely after. i talked to fans before the game and they said it kind of felt like a wake or funeral and they were going to view the body and it was it was a crushing loss and from the oakland colosseum the silver and black running out on the field. charles woodson, the legend lighting the al davis torch. that's got to give you goose bumps. they also had the flyover. derek carr deep to womeniums 40
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yards out of the gate. and trip to the black hole so things are looking good with a three point game about two minutes to go. raiders kicker daniel carlson messes two field goal tries. he actually got a second chance because of penalty, so john gruden can't believe it. it's wide left and raiders fans on pins and needles. jacksonville would take advantage. drive his team down the field to chris conley, second touch down of the game and the jags score 17 unanswered points. derek car, you need a hail mary. he's going to throw it up, going towards the end zone, and it is incomplete. actually off the face mask. the raiders lose this game 20-16. up until the final minutes this looked like a raiders win. despite the loss some players did go to the black hole. john gruden did not, but derek
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carr did. eric harris made his way and high fived fans. and here's the emotion meeting with the black hole. >> and we're going to miss them. the relationship is hopefully never going to end, but it was sad walking in here today. it's going to be sad walking out of here for it last time, and it's a lot to wrap your arms around but we love our fans and the city of oakland. >> some of these people will never be to the raiders game again. it's the last time they'll go and you feel for them, you know. it's weird that you won't call them like the oakland raiders. like that's crazy. i think everybody in football thinks that's weird whether you like us or not. it's different. >> reporter: down in santa clara the 49ers trying to clench a playoff against shanahan's former team. fourth quarter jimmy g. to the juice. and niners go up 10.
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sound the foghorn. atlanta battles back in the final seconds, matt ryan to you'll yo jones. initially not ruled a touch down but on replay he did break the play and niners lose 29-22, but the good news they get a playoff first because the rams lost to the cowboys. and normally this would lead the show but huge news as giants pitcher madison bumgarner agree tuesday a 5-year deal with the arizona diamondbacks, now far less some pitchers have gotten in free agency, but from what i've seen on social media some saying at least it's not the dodgers but it's going to be weird to see madison bumgarner and now back out here live, the oakland colosseum just a weird day. you felt the heaviness of it, you felt the anxiety. so many emotions. when you looked at the fans, you could see it in their face, they were wearing it on their sleeves
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