welcome back to the oakland coliseum. >> the giants shared a long statement saying they were very encouraged, and the san joseear welcome home, san jose. can't wait to see you back at the stadium in april. >> and we have team coverage tonight. kate larsen is focused on the sports side of today's announcement. new at 6:00, let's go live to abc7 news reporter matt boone because this covers more than sports. matt? remember theme parks were out here at great america. i can smell the faint leftovers of the funnel cakes that really the last time they had them out here was back in march. but they are really looking forward to getting that reopening. sky 7 was overhead of the empty park earlier today. you can see those roller coasters just waiting to be ridden. and that will soon change. according to the guidelines, counties that are in the red tier can open their theme parks at up to 15% capacity that will

go up to 20 and then pirt. outdoor attractions like roller coasters will be allowed to reopen. a spokesperson for great america said they are excited about the changes. they still need to learn more about the specific details and obviously got to get crews out there to start cleaning, getting the roller coasters and the attractions ready to go. so they'll be out there cleaning and polishing that. they said right now they're still waiting to learn the spefbs. they don't have a timeline quite yet. as you mentioned, this could go into effect or will go into effect april 1. but we'll have to wait and see if they'll be able to open by that date. reporting live in santa clara, matt boone, abc7 news. >> so much anticipation. thanks, matt. and here is a live look at the santa cruz beach boardwalk. the boardwalk says it needs to review the guidelines but is encouraged by the state's revised framework. outdoor games and dining are

currently allowed while rides, indoor arcades and miniature golf are closed. six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo has been open since july with safety measures in place, and some experiences closed. the park says it is eager to welcome guests back with the full compliment of roller coasters, rides, and animals. it will post an official opening date in the near future. new guidelines allow for the return of live performances. which could mean concerts at shoreline amphitheater. capacity will be limited to 20% if a county is in the red tier. capacity will increase as counties move into the orange and yellow tiers. attendance will be limited to in-state visitors. >> now baseball really is back. fans will be allowed back into ballparks starting april 1 as long as the home team's county is in the red tier. now currently, five bay area counties are in that category, including san francisco. abc7 news reporter kate larsen

is once again live for us outside oracle park where she has been gathering reaction from the teams who are undoubtedly excited. kate? >> reporter: yes, a lot of people excited to get back inside the ballpark, as you can imagine. but given all of these reopenings that you were just talking about, dion, i wanted to find out why it would be safe, given that we're still in the red tier. there is still a lot of covid cases out. so i spoke to dr. george rutherford with ucsf who works with teams like the warriors to make sure everything is safe, and he explains that immunity is simply higher. last june we had about 100,000 covid cases in number. now that number is lot more. >> now we've had three hundred million cases. each one of minimally two people infected because there is asymptomatic disease. and you add on all the people who have going vaccinated. >> reporter: right.

and so dr. rutherford went on the say there almost 10 million people vaccinated. he is thinking immunity here in california is really at about 40%. i also spoke to oakland a's president dave kaval this evening, and i asked him, gosh, you guys have a mass vaccination site in your parking lot. how are you going make that work with baseball fans returning to the stadium? >> so, you know, we've designed the mass vaccination site to actually be compatible with the socially distanced 10,000 seat coliseum event. so the two can operate at the same time. the north lot is the vaccination site and the south lot is parking for the actual games, and the two can actually co-exist in a meaningful way. >> reporter: so right now san francisco is in the red tier. so unless something changes, the team will be able to play two fans for their home opener on april 9. in the red tier, you can have 20% capacity. in the orange tier, you can have 33% capacity, and in the yellow

tier, you can have 67% capacity. i spoke to giants ceo larry baer a few days ago about fans returning, and he said that they're working very hard to keep not only their fans safe, but also their employees. >> we know it won't be a full ballpark, and we know it will be a distanced ballpark. so we have a number of protocols we've been working on for some time. so when we get the green light, for whatever percentage, we have something called fan safe. and it's going to involve sanitizers. it's going to involve checks. it's going involve pod seating. >> so other things that larry told me they're doing to keep folks safe is they're staggering entrants and exits so not everyone is trying to get in and out at the same time. both dave kaval and larry baer say there will be concession. i'm sure that's great news for fans looking forward to their drinks and baseball stadium food. i know i am. and they say it will be more of a delivery service to the seats rather than having folks come inside in the hallways and

waiting in line. they're hoping that will keep everyone safe in the ballparks once folks do return hopefully this spring. as for tickets, a's are doing undated ticket voucher, and the giants will be giving priority to their season ticketholders and folks who bought ticket last year and didn't get to go in person. for the latest at oracle, i'm kate larsen, abc7 news. >> lots of information that you have broken down very nicely for us. kate larsen, many thanks to you. now the president of disneyland put out a statement today saying we can't wait to welcome our guests back and look forward to sharing an opening date soon. he did not say, though, the park would reopen on april 1st. disneyland has been closed since march 14th. the park is in orange county, which is currently in the purple tier. disney is the parent company of abc7. we're on vaccine watch because getting vaccinated plays a key role in being able to reopen society. the newest vaccination site in santa clara county reopened today, bringing a sense of hope

toa community that's been devastated by the virus. abc7 news reporter chris win has the story from east san jose. >> reporter: on the east side of san jose, a new covid-19 vaccination site in the unlikeliest of places. >> it's very easy in a time like this for people to freak out and turn on one another. and that was not the case at all. >> reporter: educator alex carvalho was among the first in line to receive the vaccine at the aloha roller rink at the eastridge mall, an operation made possible in partnership with santa clara county. liz ruiz calls this the most fun vaccine site in the state and is glad to see the building in use after being shuttered since last march. >> i love that we are using it again to help the community and to, you know, to get us closer to controlling our numbers and helping people. >> reporter: as medical workers took care of the first wave of visitors inside the rink, local officials were out front calling on the state. >> governor newsom, give us vaccines. you're standing in the hardest hit zip code in all of santa clara county. >> reporter: covid-19 testing and vaccine officer dr. marty

fenstersheib says the county now has the capacity to administer up to 125,000 doses a week, but can only do half that amount right now because of the supply shortage. >> if we had plenty of supply, we wouldn't have any of these issues. so it's a critical issue that we are not getting the supply, even though the demand is as high as it is. >> reporter: officials say the county's vaccine distribution network, along with the staggering need in places like east san jose should be reasons enough for the state to prioritize santa clara county. >> there is a real feeling of solidarity outside for people wanting to come together and get it done. >> reporter: residents breathing a little easier after finally receiving the vaccine. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. a targeted effort is under way to vaccinate residents living in the zip codes with the highest covid positivity rates statewide. three of those zip codes are in east oakland. they're among the neighborhoods that will receive 40% of california's available vaccine supply. sutter health is already rescheduling patients whose

second dose appointments were unexpectedly canceled. it released a statement today confirming it will be getting additional vaccines because of the miscommunication. sutter had to cancel 30,000 second dose appointments because of a supply shortage. unfortunately, first dose appointments with sutter remain on standby while it works through the backlog. in ten day, california will move into its next phase of vaccine distribution, phase 1c, where as the earlier phases focused on the elderly and certain work sectors like health care, education and food service, the next phase will focus on those with health risks. so how can you prove you qualify? we asked abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez to find out. and she joins us now live from the newsroom. a lot to go through. >> reporter: a lot, and it's going to be a little tricky identifying all those people who fall into that next category. and here's what i mean. so anyone who is 65 and older has had to prove it, right, by showing a valid driver's license, a birth certificate.

it's pretty black and white. you said it. doctors will use their best judgment. that means there could be a lot of gray areas. as someone who is not quite 65 and with a preexisting medical condition, sheri is now closer to getting a covid vaccine. >> i think it's important. i had stage 4 cancer. yeah. i think it's important. and i'm care taking for my father-in-law who is 88. >> reporter: beginning march 15th, those ages 16 to 64 with the following severe health conditions would be eligible for a vaccine. current cancer patients, someone with a chronic kidney disease, stage 4 or above, chronic pulmonary disease, downs syndrome, immunocompromised state from a solid organ transplant, pregnancy, sickle cell disease, heart condition, severe obesity and type ii diabetes. the california health department is still working on the details of what will be required from a

medical provider. so far california doesn't have a form like florida is requesting. florida's form is called covid-19 determination of extreme vulnerability. also, california has included in that group people with a severe high risk disability, a broad term that may or may not include people with hiv. >> individuals who are immunocompromised, but not because of a cancer diagnosis or because of a solid organ transplant, and they say well, what about us as well? and i think a lot of this is going to come down to the discretion and the judgment from health care providers. >> reporter: there is also concern for those who don't have a doctor to good to. >> what about everyone else out there who has these conditions but doesn't have adequate medical care? >> reporter: also, at the moment california doesn't have enough vaccines for that group. but that's expected to change quickly. >> especially now with the new j&j vaccine, there is little question that we have enough vaccine for the new groups

coming on within the next month or two. >> reporter: she is now anxiously awaiting her turn. >> and i haven't seen my grandkids in a year. so i want to get it and get down to see them. >> i love her story. so important to understand. for now your doctor will not be able to give you a covid-19 vaccine. some day that wll be possible, but not right now. if the california health department comes up with a form for this new group, patients will be able to use that form to sign up for vaccine at a mass vaccination site clinic or pharmacy. gosh. ten days away. in the newsroom, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> and that can't come soon enough. many thanks. today is the second of two days of dedicating the state's federal vaccine sites to inoculating educators. one of those sites is the oakland coliseum. you can see it live from our tower camera on 880. yesterday this site administered

more than 7800 doses. at the coliseum, you can drive in or walk in. either way you must be in an eligible tier and have an appointment. drivers use the coliseum entrance off 66th avenue. those taking public transit or walking there need to access the site from the bart walkway. today governor newsom signed the $6.6 billion bill aimed at getting california school kids back into classrooms. the bill provides a financial incentive for school districts to reopen, but it doesn't force them to. all next week we are going to be focused on issues of education, especially the learning loss. students have suffered during a year of online classes. you'll find it all next week right here on tv and online. conmen are using the coronavirus vaccine to commit identity theft. i'll show you what to watch out for. 7 on your side is coming up. i'm spencer christian. there is a little rain coming in tonight, but other parts of the weekend will look pretty good. i'll have the accuweather forecast com

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i was oh, great. tell me what i need to do. he asked me a bunch of questions. >> reporter: too many question, including what is her social security number. >> and i was like, okay, this is kind of getting a little sketchy. and then he wanted my birth date. and i was like no, i don't think so. so i asked him. i said, you know, are you going to be -- how are you getting me my appointment? if you're calling from washington, how do you know in my location where i'm going to get the vaccine? and then he kind of got all flustered and hung up. >> if i had to guess, ingrid, the cdc doesn't hang up on very many consumers. so ingrid didn't fall for it, but many consumers do, which begs the question why. here is consumer checkbook.org contributing editor herb consumerman weisbaum. >> when people are afraid, when someone offers a solution, an easy solution, you tend to turn off the thinking part of your brain and go with the emotional

side of your brain, i got to are that. that's what these con artists are preying on. they're telling you what you want to hear, but they're what they're telling you is an absolute life. >> here is what is really interesting about this scam. there aren't many conmen sniffing around. alex colychee calls the blocking app umail. he is not seeing many of these fake offers. >> there is about 30 million calls related to covid every month, but relatively few of these scam vaccine calls. most are quite legitimate. it's the county saying go to this location to get a vaccine or your health care provider saying how you can make an appointment. just random vaccine scams are out there, but there is not a ton of them that we're seeing right now. >> nonetheless, no one is going to call you from the cdc. and never give out personal information over the phone. dion, ama, we all want to get in line. be very, very careful when

someone offers you advice. >> always good advice, michael. thanks. we will have rain by the weekend. spencer shows you how much wet weather to expect in the seven-day forecast. and you can recreate a little bit of the magic of disney in your very own home, guided by disney imagine nears. we've launched an exclusive new series called imagine from home. learn how to make a castle night light in episode 4. it's streaming now on our abc7 news bay area

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all right. dion, we love seeing spencer, but it's always fun when he has a special guest. >> yes. i believe her name is audrey, is that right, spencer? >> yes. this is my granddaughter audrey, who lets me broadcast from her work space down here. all of her little pink toys are behind us. and audrey just lost a tooth. show us. >> awesome. tooth ferry better come. >> there we go. want to do the weather, audrey? >> yeah. >> okay. let's take a look at the weather. here is what is happening. a little breezy outside with wind speeds from 12 to 20 miles per hour across most of the bay area. current temperature readings are 58 in san francisco. 61 oakland. 59 at mountain view. 62 san jose. mid 50s in morgan hill and half moon bay. that's the view of the golden gate bridge. >> i like the golden gate.

>> i do too. >> it goes from san francisco all the way to where we live. >> that's right. in marin county. >> yeah. >> upper 50s at novato, napa, fairfield, livermore and 60 degrees in concord. can you believe that? >> yeah, and look at the clouds. >> don't you like those clouds? >> yes. >> lovely view of the clouds from emeryville. the post sunset sky. these are our forecast features. breezy overnight with light to moderate rain in the early morning hours. and then early morning clearing. it will be dry the rest of the weekend and rainy and cooler pattern begins on monday. the storm coming in tonight, audrey, ranks 1 on the abc7 storm impact scale. >> a storm? like a rainstorm? >> a rainstorm, yeah. a light one, though. light to moderate rain with slick roadways and breezy at times. and here is a forecast animation. by 7:00 tonight, the rain will be in northern sonoma county. then a little after midnight, starts to sweep through the remainder of the bay area. and it will be pretty much over by 8:00 tomorrow morning. and rainfall totals tomorrow will be mostly under a quarter inch, but a little bit wetter

way up north by cloverdale and clearlake. >> it will be damp. >> that's right. it's going to be snowing in the sierra. we have a winter weather advisory in the sierra from 10:00 tonight to 10:00 tomorrow morning. we expect only 3 to 8 inches of snow above 5,000 feet. and audrey is distracted by the monitor over there. she is watching the monitor. monday morning after a dry weekend, rain comes back on monday. continues into tuesday. then it goes into wednesday. it's going to be wet next week and kind of chilly too. yeah, i know, a little bit cold. let's look at overnight conditions tonight. lows mainly in the low to mid-40s. mid-50s at the coast. about 60 near the bay shoreline and low 60s inland. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. notice after the dry weekend, audrey, it gets wet monday, tuesday and wednesday. it's going to be really chilly too with high temperatures only in the upper 50s to near 60. but guess what? lte next week, it gets sunny again and gets warmer. that's pretty cool. >> oh, that's good.

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just one person, it's a group of people. >> the pacific gas & electric company pleaded guilty to felony manslaughter of 84 people and one more felony for sparking the 2018 camp fire that killed them. investigative reporter brandon rittiman from our station in sacramento is looking into who still took pg&e's money. >> reporter: the people who lost loved ones in the campfire live with a kind of grief few of us can understand. the deaths weren't just violent. they were caused by a crime. >> it was motivated for money. they killed my father for money. >> reporter: pg&e pleaded guilty to starting the fire and to killing 84 people. prosecutors found evidence that pg&e recentedly cut maintenance over the last three decades. these hooks wore done so much, one of them broke, dropping the power line into a metal tower and sparking the fire.

the hook was 97 years old. >> they didn't want to spend the money to actually inspect these things. they didn't want to spend the money to actually replace these things. >> reporter: despite pg&e's history of skimping on $10 hooks, there is one thing the company can't seem to stop spending on. >> i hate politics. what a convenient bed, pg&e and these politicians are sleeping in. >> reporter: state campaign finance records show pg&e donated $2.1 million of company money to california politicians and campaigns last year. this stack, about a third of the donations, is money pg&e gave while the company was still bankrupt. there is no law banning companies from making political donations during bankruptcy, but in pg&e's case, it doesn't look good. especially when you consider what the company did under chapter 11 protection. pg&e used its bankruptcy to argue it didn't have cash to pay

fines for starting wildfires that killed more than 100 people. >> i recommended that the payment of the fine be permanently suspended. >> reporter: the camp fire prosecutors say pg&e tried to offer them money during bankruptcy to avoid accountability for crimes. >> there was a number of offers of rather large money to say do this civilly. don't charge them criminally. >> they were trying to use the bankruptcy to get out of being charged? >> correct. >> reporter: but when time came to pay the victims of pg&e's wildfires, pg&e used bankruptcy once again to say it was broke. >> the victims were not only just victims, but then they were hostages. >> reporter: former prosecutor mike aguirre represents pg&e customers suing the state over the company's bailout. instead of cash, he points out pg&e paid half its settlement to fire victims in shares of pg&e stock. that means pg&e's fire victims

took on the company's future risk. at the end of february, the stock in the victims' trust fund was worth $1.75 billion less than what fire victims were told in bankruptcy. >> it really wasn't helping the victims. it was to use the victims to justify bailing out pg&e. >> at the same time pg&e was telling its victims it had no more cash to give, pg&e somehow found $60,000 to give to the yes on prop 13 campaign, a school bond package voters rejected in the spring primary. pg&e also spent hundreds of thousands more on political action committees that supported opposed candidates in that primary. later in the year, pg&e money started flowing directly to candidates. something we've seen before. >> pg&e was convicted of six federal felonies in 2016. after that, you took more than $200,000 to help get elected. how should people trust you to be running the show to come up

with the solutions? >> i wish you luck with whatever you're working on, but that's a strange question. >> reporter: our reporting on the 2018 race revealed governor newsom and eight out of ten members of the state legislature took money from pg&e. they accepted that money even after a jury found the company guilty of six felonies for the deadly san bruno gas explosion. those elected officials then bailed pg&e out of bankruptcy with a law that created a multibillion wildfire fund, paid for by customers. >> if pg&e is engaging in criminal conduct that kills people in order to make money, and you know that, and then you accept their money, what does that make you? >> these politicians, the money they're taking is blood money. and they're just as guilty as pg&e is. >> reporter: the camp fire added

85 more felonies to pg&e's rap sheet. 84 felony counts of manslaughter and one felony for sparking the fire. a few months after it was convicted of those crimes, pg&e started donating again. that's the second stack of money, and it includes more than $100,000 pg&e gave to 17 current members of the legislature. most are in southern california, but these six represent districts in pg&e's monopoly territory. one who stands out, newly elected bay area senator dave cortese. the other members took $2500 apiece. pg&e spent $75,000 to help cortese. not to his official campaign, but to valley neighborhoods united for dave cortese, a group made just to help him. cortese, a democrat, told us in a statement he had no knowledge of the donation and that he was shocked, shocked to learn that pg&e expended funds independently to support my

efforts. we asked cortese if he was willing to disavow the donation that pg&e made in his name. we didn't hear back. senator steve glazer also took money from pg&e last year, which is odd considering the democrat returned some of his pg&e money in 2018. what changed? his office didn't reply to our emails asking. >> all the donations helped them get away with murder. you don't give somebody $8,000, some minor little state senator $8,000 and expect nothing for it. that's ridiculous. they bought in. >> reporter: of the 17 lawmakers, only one told us they parted ways with pg&e's donation. to toni atkins staff told us an unsolicited donation was received and has since been returned. the california republican, whose platform denounces dangerous and recidivist criminals took 75 grand from pg&e. a party spokesperson didn't

respond to our questions. pg&e wouldn't say why, but it also gave a quarter million to the failed yes on prop 16 campaign, which would have legalized affirmative action. pg&e also wouldn't say how any of this $2 million of political spending was more important than spending that money on safety. >> so there's an old adage which is don't tell me your values. show me your budget. >> reporter: these aren't the company's values, at least according to what pg&e told the federal judge in charge of its probation. pg&e does not believe political donations are more important than spending on safety, the company wrote. when we asked what changed, pg&e esent us the same statement it sent two years ago. like many individuals and businesses, pg&e participates in the political process. but if you or i admitted to the felony killing of 84 innocent people, we'd probably have a

pretty hard time finding a politician willing to take our money. in pg&e's case, some of them don't seem to have any hang-ups at all. >> and if you'd like to see a list of all of pg&e's political donations, you can do that. you can also see every story in this series. just go to fire, power, money.com. the coronavirus pandemic has been bad for business. it's even put some places out of business. tonight learn what simple step tonight learn what simple step could keep y covid has made clear that having health insurance is more important than ever. at covered california, every plan is comprehensive, covering everything from preventive care to mental health. and it's the only place that offers financial help for health insurance. enrollment is open due to covid-19. if you or someone you know isn't covered, now is the time to sign up. covered california. this way to health insurance. enroll now at coveredca.com.

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just spencer or spencer plus one? >> we want audrey! >> i know. i do too. but i think i did too much talking. she wants to go with someone who is going to give her more time. she's great, isn't she? yeah. >> yes. >> let's take a look at what's coming our way. we have a little cold front you can see on the satellite radar composite. sweeping into northern california right now. and we'll be moving into the bay area very shortly. in fact probably sprinkling already in parts of northern sonoma county. here is the view from the exploratorium camera. temperature readings right now mainly in the upper 50s to the low 60s at san francisco, oakland, mountain view, san jose, and morgan hill. actually, morgan hill and half moon bay are the cool spots at 54 degrees. and at the golden gate, it's still dry there so far. temperature readings are in the mid- to upper 50s in santa rosa, novato, napa, fairfield, livermore concord is our warm spot at 60 degrees. here is the view from emeryville as we take a look at our

forecast features. breezy overnight with light to moderate rain coming our way. it will be winding down in the early morning hours. we get early morning clearing, and it will be dry the rest of the weekend before our next bought of rain. monday rainy and cooler pattern for much of next week. the approaching storm ranks only 1. light to moderate rain that will wind down probably as the sun is coming up tomorrow morning. slick roadways and breezy conditions at times. here is the forecast animation. so between about 10:00 p.m. and maybe about 4:00 a.m., we get the bulk of our rainfall. and it will start to break up and clear by about 7:00 tomorrow morning. rainfall totals from this storm will generally be under a quarter inch up in the northernmost part of our viewing area, a little bit wetter. and it will be snowing in the sierra. we have a winter weather advisory in effect there from 10:00 tonight to 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. above 5,000 feet, expect about 3 to 8 inches of snow. and back to our forecast animation again, picking it up

at 5:00 a.m. monday. notice that monday and tuesday and wednesday we're going have waves of rainfall moving through. it's going get chilly. and this system will probably produce more snow in the sierra than the one coming in tonight. in fact, the snow levels here in the bay area may drop down to about 3,000 feet by wednesday as cold air accompanies the storms. increasing clouds. low temperatures mainly low to mid-40s. tomorrow look for mainly sunny skies after mid morning. highs will range from mid-50s at the coast to around 60 around the bay shoreline to low 60s inland. and it will be breezy tomorrow, especially near the coast. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. once again, we get a break late tomorrow morning. through sunday, and then the clouds thicken. rain starts to pour on monday and tuesday and wednesday. it will be all over by next thursday morning, and then thursday or friday of next week we get partly to mostly sunny skies and a little warmer weather. dion and ama? >> all right. nice pattern, though. thank you, spencer.

all right. kicking it over to sports with larry beil. larry, you need a little sidekick with you. it would make your segment so much more interesting. >> i -- there is no doubt about that. can spencer get audrey an uber and get her over here for the 11:00 news? something. a step towards normalcy, thankfully. fans will be back in the ballpark soon. the giants and the a's on california opening the doo like, seeing my mom. it's unthinkable to me

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now abc7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening. when the pandemic started a queer ago, the sports world shut down all around the globe. then the games came back, but without any fans. now we will see fans in the stands in california on baseball's opening day on april 1st. the a's will be home that day. the expectation is that alameda county will be in the red tier by then so the a's can host about 11,000 fans. tat's kind of about what they get for week night games normally. the giants' home opener is april 9th. so they got a bit more time to get their safety plan and protocols to san francisco health officials for approval. the giants will be allowed about 8,000 fans at oracle park. i tell you what, manager gabe kapler cannot wait. >> it will mean so much for us to have fans in the stands. and i think universally we feel more supported, more engaged, more excited when our fans are

behind us. obviously, we have a job to do no matter what the surroundings are. but san francisco giants fans make our baseball games better. and it's really good news. spring training, shohei ohtani, the angels taking on the a's in otay mesa is a. ohtani was striking out. you all get nothing and like it. matt chapman coming back from hip surgery. first spring game at third. incredible diving stop and throw to rob the maui boy, kurt suzuki. olson a moon shot, his second of the spring, but the angels won 7-3. here is chappie on the diving play at third. >> the most important thing is to be able to go out there and make a diving play like that and pop up and make the play and nothing hurt. just felt like it was routine and normal. it gives me confidence and is

reassuring going forward that i'm going to be able the make those plays and not have nigglingering and be able to bounce back. >> the nba stars spent the past few weeks in walnut creek. the ignite team are now playing in the orlando bubble. abc7's chris alvarez went one-on-one with fellow fresno native jaylen green, projected to be an nba lottery pick. >> i decided to partner with the nba d-league. >> i know for a while it was waying on you if you were going go the college. you were kind of going to become the face of this g league ignites program. how did that come about? >> i think after my last tournament. >> 19-year-old jalen green made a name for himself in fresno when transferring to napa's prolific prep his senior year of high school. he made headlines when he joined the pathway program redefining a

road to the nba. >> coming here, you put yourself a step ahead of college by learning nba terms and just learning how to become a pro off the court. >> rior before heading to the g league in orlando, brian shaw trained in walnut creek. >> he understand she's a tartan, right? he is probably the highest paid player here, and he gets the most recognition. he acceptses the challenge. >> reporter: green is averaging 17 points per game in 31:30 minutes showing why he is likely to be a tough lottery pick in the upcoming nba draft. >> it's nice having media around us again. because we were here for so long. it's all paid off now. we're in the bubble. we got espn games. we're getting to show what we've been working for. >> chris alvarez. >> that's what jalen green want, get him out in the open floor where he can show what he can do. >> abc7 sports. >> jalen green has some hops. he is going to put some people on posters like that. so really excited. we're going have fans back. and ama, it's going to be just

like the good old days when you would stroll into the sports department at 7:30 and go hey, do you have any tickets for the giants game? and i would go um, the game is starting in one minute. could you have given me a little bit more time? i'm not ticketmaster, okay! >> oh my goodness. >> it's going to be just like the old -- >> i can't what? i can't wait until we go back to normal. >> if i could interject here. >> larry. >> ama can pay for her own ticket. she does not need to go begging and claw manage the sports department. i just want to say that. >> that's what i kept telling her. >> no, she is pointing out that larry would like to think that's what i do. larry, i'm telling you, when you and i get back in the same building, it's on. >> look out. >> i just tell her, i'm ama daetz. don't you know who i am? that's all you have to do. they'll let you right in.

>> this is going downhill. >> enough of you, larry. >> yes. >> bye. all right. coming up tonight on abc7 at 8:00, it is shark tank followed by "20/20" at 9:00. and then don't miss of course abc7 news at 11:00. >> yeah, got to wrap it up now. that is it for this edition of abc7 news. nothing more to say. thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> yeah, time to wrap. i'm dion lim. for spencer and larry and all of us here at abc7 news, tha covid has made clear that having health insurance is more important than ever. at covered california, every plan is comprehensive, covering everything from preventive care to mental health. and it's the only place

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