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a door dash delivery driver thanking police and the public for bring his kidnapped kids home safe. >> whether you watched inside a bar or in the hospital, tonight we show you how the bay area took in the big game. >> i'm tracking cooler weather and return returning later this week. we'll have all the details in the accuweather forecast. abc7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> i don't know what to say. thank you for everyone. >> so much gratitude. a father is sharing his story after an emotional reunion with two of his young children. the van they were in stolen while he was making a food delivery last night. good evening and thank you

for joining us. i'm dion lim. the father is thanking first responders and the public for helping find the children. they were reunited about 4 1/2 hours after their dad's van was car jacked. here's abc7 news reporter cornell barnard. >> god, thank god, just thank god. >> reporter: jeffrey fang was overjoyed to hold his 1-year-old son kid npd along with his 4-year-old sister saturday night. both kids are safe and back home. >> when we heard, it was, it was just elation. >> reporter: both children found okay in san francisco's bay view district and taken to the hospital for a medical evaluation. they were spotted by police inside their dad's odyssey mini heights while jeffrey fang was making a door dash delivery at 8:45. >> they don't know what's going on. they speak mandarin only. >> reporter: he surprised the suspect inside the van. there was a brief struggle but the van and suspect got away.

>> i heard a scream. my husband thought it was the tv. >> reporter: this couple wanted to help. >> we were on the side streets stopping every silver mini van to check the license plate. >> reporter: a search began. info about the twins was tweeted out and this amber alert was issued to cell phones across the bay area. four hours later the kids were found. >> they found the kids, they found the car. the kids are all right. >> reporter: suspects in the case remain at large. san francisco police chief william scott made this personal appeal. >> to the people that were involved in this to turn themselves in because this crime was extremely, extremely serious. to kidnap a vehicle, to take two small babies away from their parents. >> reporter: in a statement, the ceo of door dash said, we were appalled by this brazen and heinous act and are actively working with law enforce itment. as a father myself, i can only imagine how terrifying this

incident must have been for mr. fang and his family. a gofundme account has now been established for the fang family. >> the response from the neighborhood, the bay area, the city warms my heart. there is still humanity in all of us, i guess. >> reporter: cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> yes, there is. we do have a link to that gofundme page at our website, abc7news.com. happening now, the stadium in tampa bay is still lit up after super bowl lv, an nfl season unlike any other has wrapped up with a very familiar ending. tampa bay bucs led by tom brady flooded the streets after the game. abc7 anchor chris alvarez joins us for the win with the bay area native. chris. >> tom brady has played in ten, that is 18% of the games. he is now won seven super bowl

titles. he said he's coming back for more. the san mateo native helped win 31-9 over the previously defending kansas city chiefs champions. brady wouldn't his 7th title. he has more championships than the patriots. he has won his fifth mvp and drafted the 7th quarterback, another title is pretty sweet. >> it's been an amazing year. we started 7-2, had a rough stretch where we found our identity. played a lot better football the last december, january. and just really proud of all the guys, proud of all the coaches, the effort we put in. we knew we were playing a great football team tonight and we got the job done. so you want be to get this far, you have to get the job done and we did it. >> pretty amazing. coming upping in a few minutes,

highlights from super bowl lv. super bowl lvi in l.a. next year. >> thanks. covid precautions were top of mind for many bay area football fans. abc7 news reporter j.r. stone talked to families about how they were celebrating and trying to stay safe. >> reporter: outdoor super bowl sunday celebrations in full swing in the bay area, but not only on the outside of this san francisco sports bar, or this one. but at this two-person party in yontville and fremont. >> we normally get together with 10 to 12 people. this year it's two of us. my husband and i. >> reporter: we reached out online to see where you were watching and the response came in by the dozens. in daly city, it was the tom brady fan club party of three. >> we're sisters. this is my boyfriend. we all live together. >> reporter: but some did not have the option to watch at home or eat outside. some like 9-year-old matthew, who is on the transplant list

for a kidney and may have to go on dialysis soon, watched the super bowl from the benioff children's hospital with his mother. >> it's been on since 2:00. i put it on for my mom while she was gone getting a pizza. guess what, didn't even come because they said no one was able to deliver it. a >> they're running low on delivery people so he got his pizza. >> reporter: those sat with those they knew. >> i think going out and being outside is probably reasonable thing. >> reporter: everyone just doing their best to try and be safe and have a few traditional tasty treats. >> he's in the hospital, we couldn't be there together. we facetime every quarter, talk when we can, and now we're talking to you. >> yeah, i think everything has managed to disappear maybe. [ laughter ] i don't know. >> oh, that's great. >> reporter: j.r. stone, abc7 news.

>> that is so sweet, wishing matthew a speedy recovery as well. well, covid-19 health care heroes were honored at the super bowl today. national youth poet laureate amanda gorman mesmerized everyone at the game. >> let us walk with these warriors, charge on with the champions and carry forth the call of our captains. we celebrate them by acting with courage and compassion, by doing what is right and just. for while we honor them, today it is they who every day honor us. >> always gives me chills. the 22-year-old captivated the nation's attention when she read a powerful and deeply moving poem at president joe biden's inauguration last month. here in california, key metrics in california show things are improving around the state. the number of people hospitalized has dropped below 12,000. a month ago it was nearly

22,000. the seven-day positivity rate keeps on falling and now stands at 5.4%. this is a good indicator of the spread of the virus. and the state did report more than 15,000 newly diagnosed cases today, which is about the daily average for the past week. as we work to help build a bet effort bay area, one of the areas we're focusing on is education. san francisco took a big step forward today in reopening school campuses. the teachers union reaped a tentative agreement with the school district and abc7 news reporter luz pena breaks down the time line. >> reporter: it's been nearly a year of this. 8-year-old sean said he's had enough. >> i don't want to go back to school. i think it might happen in year, but i'm not sure. >> reporter: seva rash left his job to focus on his 8 and 14-year-old sons. the youngest one is doing okay, but his concern grows deeper for his older one.

>> he used to play football. he's a virginia >> reporter: san francisco's unified school district and the teachers union reached a tentative agreement to reopen for in-person classes. but now the question is when? that's what the parent group open schools california has been pushing for. >> over 90 private schools in the city have been open since september. over 70 learning hubs which are run by the city opened since september. >> reporter: i spoke to susan sullivan the president of united educators of san francisco, the teachers union. she confirmed they want all their teachers vaccinated before going back to in-person classes and will only go back when the city is in the red tier. >> that's true in the red tier. if the county gets the orange tier, we do not require that vaccines be available to teachers. >> reporter: this tentative agreement comes after the city

sued its own school district this week. san francisco's board of education's president says they're getting the schools ready. >> we've gone through the department of public health inspection. i've been at our sites and seen the set-up is aligned with the guidelines that they said. >> reporter: this agreement will need to go before the board of education on tuesday. but the school district and the teachers union will still need to agree on daily schedule. the hope is for classrooms to reopen before the summer break. in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >> saints peter and paul church in san francisco is reporting an outbreak of covid-19 in its rectory. at least three priests have fallen ill. that is according to a message on its website. the church says it will be closed through february 13th with all services streamed online only. the san francisco city attorney's office last year sent the arch diocese a cease and desist letter ordering the church to stop holding large indoor masses. in july, at least ten people were infected with covid at a

wedding ceremony held at the church against public health orders. the outbreak comes as the supreme court has paved the way for indoor worship to resume in california. for the latest on that and a guide to what's open where you live, you can always head to our website, abc7news.com. well, still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, thieves knock a man to the ground in san francisco and run off with his belongings. what we learned about the suspects possible links to other crimes. >> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we are wrapping up a warm weekend across the bay. but tomorrow it's going to feel much cooler. we'll track the changes in the accuweather forecast ahead. >> and vallejo native and

new video tonight shows a 70-year-old grandma knocked to the ground and robbed of her purse in oakland. we do want to warn you, the video is disturbing to watch. the granddaughter told me her grandmother was coming home from the bank february 3rd. police are aware of the incident. it was in the area of 6th avenue

and international boulevard. the chinatown chamber of commerce reports there are 20 assaults and robberies in nearby chinatown in recent weeks. another assault and robbery, this one in the lone mountain neighborhood. also this video is alarming. a 79-year-old man was punched and robbed in the area of kit ridge and turk february 4th. sources say they are leaving the scene here, part of four robbery victims. our s.f.p.d. is asking for anyone with information to reach out. >> oakland's vietnamese community is moving fire after ravaged the community center. the fire burned a third of the building at clinton park. hours later the organization had already begun a fund-raising effort to help rebuild. they have set up a gofundme page, and today they went ahead with a lunar new year outdoor market where food, shopping and free covid testing was available. >> there's a lot of work

done and we have our councilmembers from all over oakland right now coming here just so eager, so ready to support clinton park like all the rec centers deserve in oakland. >> their resilience is pretty impressive. the center provides mobile food deliveries for people in need, including those in a nearby homeless encampment where the fire is suspected to have started. a small earthquake gave east bay residents a quick jolt this afternoon. the magnitude 3.2 quake hit at about 4:45. its epicenter north of the calaveras reservoir east of fremont. shaking was felt from hayward all the way south to san jose. some people even in san francisco also felt it. there has been no report of any damage. today's super bowl entertainers delivered some buzz worthy musical performances. grammy winning vallejo native "her" delivered an electrifying r rendition of "america the

beautiful" before kickoff. she tells abc7 news she is proud of her bay area upbringing and happy to give her the weeknd wowed the crowds flanked by bandage dancers. he had been wearing bandages on his face in recent appearances. time to get a check of ouvriere weather situation. drew tuma standing by and a little bit of rain in the forecast, i see. >> yes, dion. first we're going to cool off our temperatures tomorrow, getting closers to where we should be for this time of year. then we'll track some wet weather by the end of the week. this weekend, though, it was gorgeous. we had sunshine. we had really mild temperatures. tonight we have really calm conditions. the emeryville picture live look showing you the bay bridge, san

francisco sutro tower bliin we do hav partly clou s overhead, and you'll notice tomorrow we'll have more cloud cover in our sky during the day than we had over the weekend. right now temperatures are cooling off into the 40s in most spots. 42 right now in santa rosa. we're down to 48 in hayward. 44 in san mateo. the city right now coming in with the current temperature of about 50 degrees. the bigger picture we're tracking, here's doppler 7 with satellite. one shine over the weekend, essentially sitting on top of california. that's going to push off to the east. you can see what's over the ocean right now, some cloud cover on satellite. and that cloud cover is going to move in here tomorrow and kind of linger to tuesday as well. so we'll call it partly sunny conditions over the next couple of days. tonight with those increasing clouds moving in from the west, temperatures will mainly drop into the 30s in our coolest spots in the north bay. low to mid 40s around the bay shoreline. 43 the low in oakland tonight,

42 in san jose. 40 in san rafael. it it will drop to 39 in vallejo. here's tomorrow's break down. sunrise is 7:06 in the morning. a chilly start with temperatures in the 30s and 40s. throughout the day we'll find those partly sunny skies and that cooler afternoon. temperatures closer to average for this time of year. along the coast we're in the mid 50s, away from the coast will be in the low 60s for the most part. a closer look at highs on your monday, 57 in the city tomorrow. that's slightly below average for this time of the year. 60 in oakland, high of 62 in san jose. 61 in santa rosa. 62 in antioch, but cool along the coast with half moon bay at about 54 degrees. fast forward to future weather. at the end of the week where we track some of the wet weather returning, we'll go into thursday. it looks like by thursday evening, this is 5:00 p.m. on thursday, that wll track some showers returning to the bay, some snow falling in the sierra. though showers linger for the

first part of our friday. and then we'll track another system quickly moving in here next weekend. looks like saturday and sunday we'll track some showers once again. but all in all it looks pretty light, these storms we're tracking. rainfall potential over the next seven days certainly favoring northern california as opposed to southern california. you can see we'll find probably half an inch to more than an inch as you get closer to redding. we'll watch our pattern change as we get into the second half of the forecast. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. cloudier and cooler the next couple of days. then we'll track that rain returning late on thursday with the showers on friday and then that next storm arrives here, dion, saturday into sunday for valentine's day. all 1s, light storms on the impact scale. we'll keep our eye on that as we get closer. >> drew, thanks. still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, just as important as the super bowl game is, so are the ads. we take a look at the serio

some of the most popular tv ads during the super bowl tonight certainly had star power. bruce springsteen was in his very first tv ad ever for jeep. >> the middle has been a hard place to get to lately. between red and blue, between servant and citizen. >> the ad was filmed in lebanon, kansas, exactly the center of the lower 48 states. springsteen is seen cruising the roads in his own jeep. the ad ends with a dedication to the reunited states of america. it is getting some mixed reaction online with some saying they loved the idea, while others called it tone deaf. now, on a lighter note actor michael b. jordan stars in an ad for amazon's new alexa. the ad has alexa inhabiting jordan's body. the ad was posted on youtube earlier this week and has been viewed more than 72 million

times. now, speaking of, you can tune into abc7 tomorrow morning where michael b. jordan will be on gma live to talk about his ad. once again, that is at 7:00 a.m. chris alvarez joining us now with a preview of sports. chris, any favorites for you? >> drake from state farm. why didn't i figure that out? it's obvious. another super bowl and another victory for tom brady. that was obvious. full highlights, reaction from the bucs win over the chiefs. the bay area kid

>> announcer: sports on abc7 is sponsored by your local toyota dealers. >> super bowl lv between the chiefs and bucs was billed the greater of all time with the man who has a chance to be the

greatest of time time. brady proving why he's the standard. mahomes looking to win back to back titles, masked up. tom brady looking for his 7th title. brady finds rob gronkowski, a record 7-0 postseason score between the two. they pass joe montana and jerry rice who had 12 in the second season. they do it twice. laser to gronk. 14-6 tampa bay. ten seconds left in the half. he finds antonio brown, that antonio brown, former raider. they made their case to win the mvp. they had patrickuncotabllame lo. this picked off by winfield, jr. two interceptions, tampa bay had the most. chiefs down. looking, mahomes buying time. that should have been a touchdown. daryl williams, it goes right

off his face mask. look at that play from mahomes. perfect throw. could have given kansas a chance. it was not to be on this night. tom's parents on hand to celebrate another title for their son. there they are. champagne a flowing. brady and mahomes are going to hug it 0 put afterwards as well. super bowl lvi in los angeles february 26, 22. already looking ahead. brady his 7th title and fifth mvp. >> i think everybody, you know, believed we could win. i think through the last, you know, really all year we believed in ourselves. our coaches believed in us. weelied ourselves. again, we were going up against a great team tonight. we got the job done. >> obviously i didn't play the way i wanted to play, but, i mean, what else can you say? all you can do is leave everything you have on the field. i feel like the guys did that. they were the better team today. they beat us pretty good, the worst i think i've been beaten in a long time.

>> all right. college hoops, stanford beat cal on thursday. rematch with a couple former cardinal football players in the cardboard cut out form. beats the buzzer. cardinal led by 11 at the break -- first half buzzer. look at this great ball movement. lukas the dunk. 56-40. fear the tree. matt bradley doing his best to keep the bears in it. nice move, he wanted a foul. team high 15, but too much stanford. oscar da silva. gets the ball to da silva. and he has the dunk right there. stanford 76-70. they sweep cal the first time since the 2014-2015 season. abc7 sports sponsored by your local toyota dealers. dion, tom brady and rob gronkowski, they're going to disney world. that's abc7. >> you've been waiting to say that. thanks, chris. up next on abc7 news at 11:00,

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>> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> now to covid-19 and the race to get americans vaccinated. the nation's top health experts say vaccine rollout is gaining momentum. the center for disease control says more than 2.2 million doses were given on saturday. that brings the seven-day average to 1.4 million shots a day, still not enough, though, to meet demand.

but dr. anthony fauci says the supply issue should start to improve in the coming weeks. >> so even though there is a clear, clear discrepancy between the demand and the supply, that will get better as we get through february and into march. >> the cdc is reporting that 9% of americans have received at least one shot. officials are also counting on the fda authorizing a one-dose vaccine from johnson & johnson later this month. south africa is suspending the use of astrazeneca's vaccine. evidence showed it gives just minimal protection against mild to moderate illnesses in cases caused by the more contagious variant that is dominant in the country. it was president be clen't clea protected against disease. if it does, south africa said it would consider resuming its use. all this comes after a million doses of the astrazeneca vaccine arrived in south africa. president joe biden said he

will work to reopen most k through 12 schools during his first 100 days in office. during a pre-super bowl interview he said we can expect the cdc director to issue guidelines for reopening schools as early as wednesday. he said trump's more dire with fewer vaccines available. he will accept roger goodell's offer to use all 32 stadiums to host mass vaccinations. the niners have already made levi stadium available. and the president also said he spent part of his day calling u.s. troops. he tweeted that, every year service members around the world gather to watch the super bowl, and tonight i called in to watch parties in kabul and the uss nimitz to thank them for their service. we are forever in debt to those who sacrifice so much to keep us safe. george schultz died yesterday at his home on the stanford campus at 100 years old. schultz's legacy both in and out

of government casts a long shadow. he exemplified the phrase public service. economist, scholar, businessness man, diplomat, george pratt schultz had enough credentials for several lifetimes. one of the first, a u.s. marine. former abc7 news anchor interviewed schultz in 2016. >> you have to follow through. i got that from the marine corps. >> the native new yorker joined the marines in world war ii and saw action in the south pacific. after the war he earned a ph.d. from m.i.t. >> so i studied the social security system and i studied labor-related things. >> those studies led to teaching stints at m.i.t. and the university of chicago. in 1957 schultz was named a member of president eisenhower's council of economic advisers, then back to academia at chicago followed by stanford. 13 years later, president richard nixon chose schultz to become the secretary of labor,

the first of four cabinet level office he would hold. schultz said growing uth dio sto service. >> i was worried a pion that we needed made a big impression on me. >> he became secretary of the treasury after clashing with president nixon in 1974 over wage and price controls schultz resigned and came back to the bay area to become president of the engineering company bechtel group. in 1981 he became chief economic adviser to president ronald regan. >> oh, he's my favorite. he was comfort with himself. and he had deep convictions. and he carried them out. and he had fun. >> a year later, schultz accepted his most famous job, secretary of state, america's top diplomat. supporters credit schultz and the regan administration with winning the cold war on the not so successful side, talks with the soviets failed to produce

arms control treaties. and in 1986, the terror of us y.s. marines in beruit, lebanon. >> that was the worst thing, i was awakened at 2:00 in the morning that the barricades had been suicide bombed and i think 243 marines were killed. >> the administration later withdrew the marine peace keepers. both sides of the political aisle admired him. >> a completely ethical moral man who served under three presidents loyally. in >> civil way, we would both come to a conclusion about what is the right path for the country, and we would shake hands. >> in later years schultz was known for his philanthropy. he and wife charlotte splitting time between homes in stanford and san francisco. house speaker nancy pelosi released this statement saying, quote, george was known and esteemed as a person of honor. while we disagreed on issues including the central american

wars and the use of force in iraq in 2003, i always respected him for his integrity and his patriotism. new developments now. f pri executive from mill valley has agreed to plead guilty in the college admissions bribery scandal. william mcglashen will plead guilty to one count of wire fraud and services wire fraud. he paid ring leader $60,000 to bribe a proctor to change his son's answers on the a.c.t. he will spend three months in prison, pay a quarter million dollars fine and do 250 hours of community service. a virtual exhibition debuting today on black national h.i.v. awareness is raising awareness of the impact on black americans. a national aids memorial has curated dozens of blocks from a quilt that tells the stories of americans who are black whose lives were affected by h.i.v.

and aids. >> they're going to see children. they're going to see men. they're going to see women. they're going to see some famous people. they're going to seeom activi hadone l a aids to movr dialogue further along about how insidious h.i.v. and aids has been for the black community. >> the exhibit is online through march and we have a link to it at our website, abc7news.com. well, still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, dreaming big and leaving a mark. meet two teenagers who are literally helping build a better bay area with their artistic skills. >> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma tracking cooler

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president bass is urging oaklanders to support chinatown safety after several violent assaults on seniors. in one incident a 90-year-old man was knocked to the ground in broad daylight. it is one of more than 20 assaults and robberies the chinatown chamber of commerce has documented in the neighborhood in recent weeks. council woman bass is calling for community safety walks. >> we are creating a visible presence of eyes on the streets, feet on the street to make sure that we're taking care of each other. >> the oakland police department says a person of interest in three attacks has been in custody since last monday. well, it is a changing of the guard at the oakland police department. the city's new chief of police la ron armstrong will take the reigns tomorrow. that means saying farewell to infill chief susan manheimer. they shared a photo of armstrong being promoted from deputy chief along with a celebratory a pair of teenagers is

leaving quite an artistic imprint on a san francisco neighborhood. 15-year-old eva nusbaum san francisco school of the arts. their facade designs will be on two new housing buildings for middle income workers. the design pays tribute to jazz musicians with sheet music. >> famous jazz musicians played there. i picked miles davis and i kind of based my design off of one of his more famous songs. >> there is a hand reaching down and a hand reaching up. who liv the tenderloin liked that because he thought it was showing how people are reaching up for help, but people are also reaching down to help others. >> the developer forged development partners said the facades will go up in october on the 8-story building that includes 240 housing units.

the super bowl wasn't the only big game on today. the puppy bowl aired on animal planet with a dramatic finish. team ruff was trailing and under a minute left came from behind to win it all. today's event featured 70 puppies from 22 different animal shelters from across the country. for the past 16 puppy bowls, each and every one of the pups was adopted afterward. drew, that's probably one of my favorite spectacles to watch. i'm not much of a sports person, but i am into the puppy bowl. >> yeah, i know. everybody looks forward to that puppy bowl every year. that is so awesome that they're getting adopted. we love to see that, dogs and cats, finding a new home. fantastic. let's talk about what's happening later on tonight into tomorrow. we'll find more clouds moving in. tomorrow we'll find a blend of sun and clouds, not as bright of a day as today and yesterday, but nonetheless still a nice day. overnight tonight mid 30s to mid 40s with that increasing cloud

cover. tomorrow we'll call it partly sunny skies throughout the day. the bigger effect, you'll fee cooler temperatures. getting closer to where we should be this time of year. in the mid 50s along the coast, low 60s around the bay. a close look at the highs tomorrow, we'll hit 57 in the city. 60 in oakland, 62 in san jose. 61 for santa rosa. 62 the high in concord. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. it's cloudier and cooler over the next couple of days. but by thursday late in the day, we'll track a return of some showers, level 1 light storm that lingers into the first part of our friday. and then, dion, we'll track another storm saturday into valentine's day sunda

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>> announcer: sports on abc7 is sponsored by your local toyota dealers. >> there have been 55 super bowls in the history of the nfl. tom brady has played in ten of

them. that's 18%. brady has now won seven super bowl titles. after today's win he says he's coming back for more. the stats are mind boggling. the 43-year-old san mateo native helped win 39 over the defending champion. they have six lombardi trophies each. brady, his fifth super bowl mvp. drafted the 7th quarterback in the 2007 nfl draft, another title is pretty sweet. >> it's been an amazing year, amazing year. we got off to a good start, 7-2. we had a rough stretch where we found our identity, played a lot better football down the last december, january and just really proud of all the guys, proud of all the coaches, the effort we put in. we knew we were playing a great football team tonight and we got the job done. you want to get this far, you have to get the job done and we did it. >> it's hands down one of the

greatest accomplishments in sports history. i mean, i'm not going to say it's the greatest, but i would say it's up there for sure, you know, to come down here to tampa, come to an organization that was ready to win. come down here with the players that, you know, they're all fantastic players, great guys, everyone overall. the story is unbelievable. and it definitely ranks as one of my biggest accomplishments ever. >> 49ers general manager john lynch was voted into the pro football hall of fame last night. his football career almost didn't happen. the stanford product was planning to pursue a baseball career until bay area native bill walsh talked him into football. >> as long as i live, he said, i understand the great opportunity you have in baseball, but i believe you can be an all-pro safety in the nfl. i think of all the people who kind of spoke this into existence, and coach walsh was so instrumental because i would

have just gone off and played baseball. that was my -- i signed with the marlins. my heart was with football. but i said, hey, i've got a future in baseball. and until coach walsh told me otherwise, that's where i was going. so i certainly would not be here without bill walsh and god bless his soul. >> that is a great story. e rriors play the spurs tomorrow night. steph curry scored 57 as they came up short in dallas last night. the second highest scoring of his career. he had a career-high 62 against the blazers last month. at least 50 points in the season, the other wilt chamberlain. since the dubs didn't win, curry can't enjoy it. >> just a fun atmosphere competing at that level. it is frustrating when you have a night like that and it doesn't lead to a win. i'd be lying if i said i was happy right now. it's kind of weird, walking off the court knowing that we didn't get the dub. >> number 6 stanford hosting

utah, stanford's kiana williams had eight of her high 18 right there. second quarter fran, i believe foed 47-14 ath break. and they're just rolling on in this game. behind, ahead, no-look pass. what a pass that was to lacy for the bucket. stanford up 41 after the third quarter, and they roll 83-41. cardinals have won six straight games. and the first tennis major of the year has started down under. officials allowing 30,000 fans transmissi aonth eek.theelbournn and every player had a strict 14-day quarantine when they entered the country. no major upsets so far. serena williams among the first round winners. she got it done in straight sets. this abc7 sports report sponsored by your local toyota

dealers. dion? >> all right, chris, many thanks. and that's it for this edition of abc7 news at 11:00. i'm dion lim. don't forget abc7 news continues bright and early tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. for drew tuma, chris alvarez and all of us at abc7, thanks for joining us. we leave you tonight with a cornucopia, lovely selection of live pictures outside courtesy of our director douglas, also randy in transmission, just couldn't pick one. have a wonderful evening. we will see you all tomorrow.

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