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our beautiful coastlines and more. put off chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm to help keep our state golden. starting april 1st californians50 and older will become eligible to get vaccinated. that's up next. protesters and family members take to the streets here in danville to demand justice after an african- american man is shot and killed by police, details in my story. i'm tracking windy and warmer weather coming our way this week. we'll have the details in the accuweather forecast. abc7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >> building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions, this is abc7 news. schools, offices opening day, it is a big week ahead and

that doesn't even include the state's change that gives over 7 million people their first chance to make an appointment for a coronavirus vaccine. with that we say good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm dion lim. there is a lot to look forward to this week. on thursday, april 1st, california expands vaccine eligibility to anyone over the age of 50, no medical condition required. it is the first of two expansions. on april 15th everyone over age 16 can sign up for a shot, but are bay area counties ready for this influx of people to get vaccinated in the next two weeks? abc7 news reporter luz pena, part of our vaccine team, spoke to a ucsf expert who says counties need to change their strategy. >> reporter: the day is approaching. come april 1st the entire state will open vaccine eligibility to those 50 and older. >> it is going to be a

rush. >> reporter: ucsf's infectious disease doctor saying counties need to equip their vaccine teams now and gear up for the upcoming two weeks. >> what's called nano particle that had to go around the mrna vaccine was making things slow and we knew in february they'd increase supply of that. so it actually makes sense that we'll have the slye. >> reporter: but counties like santa clara say they're concerned the bottleneck will continue to be not having enough vaccine. >> basically talking about having a scarcity of vaccine and that continues. >> reporter: they're projected to receive 58,000 doses of the covid-19 vaccine on monday, a number that is not even close to the number of people who will qualify come thursday. >> the number of people in our county between 50 and 64 where we are now is 400,000 people. >> reporter: on the other side of this spectrum is contra costa county. they have already been vaccinating those 50 and older. so as it stands now, does your county have enough vaccine supply to meet that demand come

april 1st? >> we will see. >> reporter: this week they have 20,000 open vaccine appointments up for grabs, but are asking people to sign up online. >> we are a federally qualified health center which gave us a little bit of extra head start. >> reporter: if we continue to expedite the process, dr. gandy believes we will be closer to herd immunity soon. >> forecasting that by the beginning of july that we'll see herd immunity in california. >> reporter: in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >> we are gathering all of our vaccine stories in one place, www.abc7news.com/vaccine. it's where you can sit in questions and find the latest headlines and share stories with your friends. alameda and napa counties are expected to learn tuesday they'll move from the red to the orange tier. taking a look at where bay area counties currently stand on your screen there, san francisco and santa clara

county advanced into the orange tier last week joining san mateo. the orange tier allows more businesses to reopen,albeit with restrictions and increases indoor capacity limits. tomorrow san rafael city elementary schools will end online classes. all students will be in a classroom five days a week. they've been doing a mix of in- person and at-home learning since november and because marin county is in the orange tier, san rafael can bring students back all the time for its seven elementary schools as well as its k through 8 school venetia valley. on tuesday students will return to class in the oakland school district for the first time. this is just for pre-k through second grade students. they can choose whether to go into school or not. úteachers a choose between on-site and remote teaching. about a third have chosen to go back into the classroom which means some schools won't have enough teachers to reopen. oakland schools are closed

tomorrow to observe cesar chavez day. free rides on vta in the south bay end thursday. their collection has been suspended during the pandemic so riders wouldn't have to approach of the operator where the fare boxes are located, but with case rates low and transit operators already getting vaccinated, the risk isn't as high as it was before. parking fees at san jose city parks that were paused because of the pandemic are also coming back on thursday. the fees were waived last march to encourage people to get outside since it was safer than being with other people indoors. moving on, there is some good news for thursday, it is opening day for the a's. tickets are for sale, although keep in mind they must be bought in advance. there are no walk-up sales. fans do have to wear a mask. they'll be seated in pods maintaining a six-foot distance from other households. you can buy food and drinks. that will be delivered to your seat. state rules do discourage the

audience from "yelling, singing, chanting or booing." we should have pretty good weather for the game. abc news meteorologist drew tuma has more on the forecast and really some stunning weather today and going forward. >> i mean really this weekend both yesterday and today, tons of sunshine, temperatures in the 70s for the most part. it was beautiful on the bay waters today, just a light chop, tons of sunshine, people out and about running, saw people hiking, biking, whatever you were doing outside, you were enjoying these temperatures. tonight, though, those numbers are falling through the 40s and 50s. we're running 5 to 8 degrees cooler compared to this time last night. we have a frost advisory starting at 1 a.m. early tomorrow morning for lake and mendocino county for temperatures in the low to mid- 30s. future track for temperatures will start tomorrow morning in the 40s and then we'll slowly warm up into the 60s by lunchtime, but tomorrow afternoon it's a windier, a

cooler day. eventually the winds will bring in warmer temperatures, warmer than this weekend. we'll show you those numbers in the full accuweather forecast in a few minutes, dion. >> sounds good, drew, thanks. new at 11:00 a somber prayer vigil was held tonight violence including those affected by the violence against asian-americans. several oakland pastors led a vigil at carter park. the pastor also had prayers for the families of those killed in the mass shootings in georgia and colorado. it was both somber and at moments uplifting for those who attended. and we continue to focus on issues involving race and social justice as part of our commitment to build a better bay area. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard was in san francisco where a church held a rally against aapi hate. . >> this is a time to stand and speak. >> reporter: pastor joey chen spoke to a crowd at san francisco pacific center, a

call to action to stop hate and violence against the aapi community. >> in christ's name we want to be about peace, reconciliation. we want to stand for the dignity of aapi people. >> reporter: this rally brought the faith-based community togethamerican christ collaborative, members who are disgusted by ongoing scenes of violence. many churches are reaching out to seniors. >> we're trying throb to be there and show up for them so they aren't scared to step out of their homes. >> reporter: pastor chris davis lending his support as an ally. >> we were just several months ago down here marching making a statement together and with blm many of my brothers and sisters stood with me. >> reporter: organized by families who can't be silent anymore. >> we can actually try to stop hate together and focus more on love and we'll put a stop to the hate crimes perform.

>> reporter: ule quan from tv survivor helped organize the march at the rally after his mother was harassed at a gas station after simply asking for directions. >> basically blocked her and wouldn't let her leave. so she asked him very nicely like excuse me, can you please move your car so i can get out of here and he said no. this is my country. you can't tell me what to do. >> reporter: and in had milpitas this crowd on the move denouncing hate and bigotry against asian-americans calling for justice and equal rights for all. a big show of unity across the bay area to stop the violence. today's civic center rally was held in conjunction with 15 others across the country. insan francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> now to help find your ally and help build a better bay area, you can always head to www.abc7news.com/takeaction. still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, gone but not forgotten, tonight hear from those who gathered to remember a man shot and killed by police in danville less than three weeks

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to rally for justice in the death of a black man shot and killed by police. officials had previously said the man, tyrell wilson, had a knife and advanced toward the officer when he was shot. today family members and his attorney questioned that. abc7 news reporter j.r. stone is following this story. >> i just feel like my heart has just been ripped out. >> reporter: a father reacting after his 33-year-old son tyrell wilson who suffered from mental health issues was shot and killed by a danville police officer earlier this month saying police should have deescalated the situation instead of firing a shot that proved to be fatal. >> he shot my son in the face and he needs to be held accountable for that. >> they think just because he was homeless. he had people that cared about him and loved him and i loved that boy to death. >> reporter: police have previously said they responded to a report of someone throwing

rocks onto interstate 680 in danville. upon arriving in the area they came across wilson later releasing this image of him and going on to say that he pulled out a folding knife, didn't drop it like he was ordered to and advanced towards the officer. >> it was a question about an officer, about someone throwing rocks, we don't know if that's that person or not. i'll tell you everything i know about mr. wilson to suggest he's not the person, but even so that's not a basis to kill someone. >> reporter: dozens took to the streets of danville sunday including oscar grant's uncle bobby who believes that had tyrell been white, he wouldn't have been shot. >> but when it's a person of color, the engagement is totally different. >> apparently this deputy has a problem that he needs to be removed. >> reporter: the family's attorney john burris tells me at this point they have not filed a lawsuit, but that could change in the coming weeks. >> the officer who fired the

fatal shot, andrew hall, is on paid administrative leave per department policy. investigators and the d.a.'s office are reviewing the incident. hall, an officer more than seven years, also shot and killed a man while on duty in 2018. moving on to a big development from overseas, the gigantic cargo ship that has been blocking the suez canal has been partially freed. shipping officials say salvage teams were able to partially refloat the mv ever given thanks in part to a high tide. authorities do caution that the complicated operation is still underway, but there is increasing confidence that shipping would soon resume in the canal. the supersized ship ran aground along one of the world's most important trade routes some six days ago. the mayor of nashville has declared a state of emergency after record breaking rainfall that left parts of the city under water. take a look. the torrential rains flooded homes and at least one church

and roads. other streets were badly damaged. at least four people were killed and more than 130 people had to be rescued. >> they received more than seven inches of rain over the past 48 hours. now that is the second highest two-day rainfall total in our history. >> in indiana a 40-year-old man was killed when severe thunderstorms toppled a massive tree there. witnesses say he was trying to escape from the storm and thes aerial images show some of the damage in east texas where roofs ripped off and trees snapped. really the scope of the devastation is pretty remarkable, drew. thankfully we have nothing close to the sort here. >> yeah. thankfully for them and many in the south the weather's going to calm down over the next several days so they can really recover from what has been a couple of days of some very strong storms. for us tomorrow it's all about changing winds that will eventually bring even warmer weather, if you can believe, warmer than this weekend was,

over the next couple days. sutro tower now, a live look, fog overhead. however, the fog is not going to stay with us overnight tonight. it's going to clear out before the sun gets up here tomorrow morning and we'll see a lot of sunshine in the forecast. numbers right now, the fog is certainly bringing a cooling influence down to 43 in novato, 49 in the city, the same haywood, 51 in palo alto, 51 in concord. what will bring about the winds tomorrow, there's a cold front about to move into northern california. unfortunately with this dry air mass we have overhead right now it cannot support any rainfall. this front will move through without any moisture. it's just going to kick up our winds over the next couple of days. future tracker wind gusts showing you by lunchtime tomorrow we'll find the strongest winds likely right along the immediate coastline where those winds will gust close to 30 miles per hour. are we're going to keep those winds in the forecast even

through tuesday, but with tuesday that wind becomes more offshore in its direction. that's a warm wind for us this time of year and it's likely going to gust 20, 30, even close to 40 miles per hour tuesday dragging in that warmer air with it. overnight tonight we have the fog right now. it's going to begin to clear out the next several hours. so we'll turn to mostly clear skies across the bay area, numbers mainly in the low and mid-40s first thing tomorrow morning. with that wind and cold front moving through it's going to knock temperatures down a couple of degrees tomorrow compared to today, but still it's a pretty mild forecast to start off the new week, 71 in santa clara and san jose, a lot of sunshine, 72 the high in gilroy. along the peninsula we'll hit 66 in san mateo, 68 in redwood city, windy along the coast, 59 or pacifica. downtown in the city tomorrow it's a windy day, a lot of sunshine. it's bright, however, temperatures around 64 downtown, cooler along the coast in the upper 50s with that wind. the north bay into the 70s, 74

santa rosa, 73 sonoma, 71 vallejo, 72 in napa. the east bay tomorrow upper 60s to near 70, 69 at oakland, 70 in richmond, the same it in fremont. inland we're in the low to mid- 70s by afternoon, a lot of sunshine, breezy, 73 concord, 74 antioch, 72 the high in pleasanton. then winds shift direction bringing the warmer weather on tuesday. future tracker temperatures, we'll find widespread 70s, if not lower 80s, by tuesday afternoon, even warmer by wednesday. here's the accuweather seven- day forecast, a windy coast tomorrow. then temperatures are off to the races tuesday and wednesday, wednesday is the warmest day of the week, dion, and we'll hang onto that warmth for the start of april thursday. next weekend easter sunday we bring back a slight chance of showers at night. it could be a good indication the pattern may be changing for the wetter that weekend.

>> it's still spring, not really the start of summer. >> this is a tease. don't get used to it. >> drew, thanks. still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, the local singer ready to be herself now after the industry told her they couldn't sell her

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abc7 news is celebrating women's history month by honoring women working to build a better bay area by making history. abc7 news anchor kumasi aaron introduces us to the east bay woman who isn't letting racial disparities in the country music industry keep her from following her dreams and breaking down barriers. ♪ i remember when. ♪ >> reporter: for the first time in 13 years singer and songwriter mico marks is releasing a new country music album called "our country." what is the album about?

>> the album is about healing, social justice, prayer, mercy. it's about systemic racism, marginalization and it's about hope to change. >> reporter: not typical country music topics, but miko marks and her journey is anything but typical. ♪ tired of talking smack. ♪ >> reporter: miko grew up in flint, michigan, learning to country music legends like loretta lynn, johnny paycheck and kenny rogers. >> i was really drawn to country music. i love the stories. i love the middle, the beginning, the middle and the end. the songs always had a resolution. >> reporter: but she had doubts about being a singer herself because she didn't see any country music stars that look like her. >> it was like what are you doing? what are you thinking, you know, and i kind of pushed it down a little bit, but then i figured out well maybe it's supposed to be you. >> reporter: after graduating college, getting married and

building a life in california miko moved to nashville ready to chase her dream. >> and i thought i'm on my way. well, little did i know that there is not really much love for people of color in country music in nashville. so regardless of how much i loved it, they didn't think i would sell or they didn't think i was marketable. >> reporter: according to song data, between 2002 and 2020 there were roughly 11,500 unique songs played on country radio. in those 19 years there were only 13 black artists among those songs and only three black women. in total songs by black women received 0.03% of radio air play. >> i had a cowgirl had. i had boots. i had long hair, you know. so i had already made myself into what i thought that would be accepted, you know, and that

wasn't enough. >> reporter: heartbroken miko moved back to california but never gave up on her goals. she performed locally and last year after recording one song palo alto boutique record label red tone records asked to collaborate on an album. >> i started to feel excited. i started to feel like hey, you can really have another project. >> reporter: now she's living her dream of making music and being a trailblazer for black women and musicians in country music. >> i believe that this is where i belong and this is what i want to do and when i'm not here anymore, i want to leave a legacy of music that are coming under me to know that they were represented in some way. so it's far bigger than me them to crush my dream. >> reporter: in oakland, kumasi aaron, abc7 news. >> she sounds so good. moving on to sports now with chris alvarez and a preview. >> coming up in sports stanford

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sports on abc7. >> steph curry has missed the last five games after falling on his tailbone in houston march 17th. this really does hurt, ouch. some good news on the steph curry front, he practiced in full today and is officially questionable for tomorrow night's game against chicago at chase center. the warriors could really use

his scoring and presence. >> you know, when steph is on the floor, we just have confidence and swagger that's missing when he's not. >> just having a generational talent, someone that's one of the best players to ever play. just having steph out on the court would be huge for us. hopefully we can start turning this thing around. the stanford women's basketball team is showing the entire country why they are the top overall seed. today you saw their sweet 16 game here on abc 7. kiana williams' family back in the stands to watch stanford take on missouri state. the hometown hero, williams, the lefty lay-in parent approved finished with 16 points. stanford had four players score in double figures. hoop and the foul, what a bucket that was. her brother russell wilson, quarterback of the seahawks, he approves. late second quarter wilson picks the pocket and it's a steal and score for the pac-12

co-defensive player of the year, 13.6 rebound buildings, three steals and russell is fired up. fourth quarter stanford running away and defense turns to offense. we got a dunk. oh, we're going with a layup, eight points and five rebounds. hannah jump led the team with 17 off the bench. stanford's win streak extends to 17 straight games. the team moves on to the elite eight to face louisville tuesday. >> looking back this past year this isn't really pressure, this is opportunity for to us go and do something really special. i was saying today be where your feet are. that's the most important thing. we're having fun. it's just basketball. >> it has been fun and our team has really enjoyed being here, being together and i think part of the reason we play well is they want to keep playing with each other. we want to stay for another week. to the men's madness 11 seed ucla led 2 seed alabama by three points with four seconds to go. go the length of the court and

alex reese's only bucket of the game, triple at the buzzer. roll tide. we go in overtime, juaz that is what march madness is all about. ucla dominates in overtime. david singleton off the pump fake hoop and the foul made it a seven-point game and bruins in control. players are clearly emotional on the bench. bruins win, 88-78. the pac-12 has three teams in the elite eight, aclu, usc and oregon state. this abc7 sports report is sponsored by your local toyota dealers. much more to come on the abc7 news at 7:00 including a story about moving a house and we mean that literally. see what it took to move this building in the bay area today. plus a look ahead to a historic trial that gets underway tomorrow. a former minneapolis officer derek

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building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions, this is abc7 news. once again good evening. i'm dion lim. in tonight's headlines now california's vaccine eligibility expands this week. everyone between the ages of 50 and 64 are eligible for shots starting thursday. some counties are expanding eligibility to other groups as well. contra costa county says they expect to expand eligibility to anyone 16 years old and up by the end of this week. california will expand eligibility to everyone 16 and up by april 15th. rallies took place across the bay area today calling for

an end to violence targeting the aapi community. hundreds participated in a show of solidarity at civic center plaza in san francisco organized by the asian-american christian collaborative. more than 400 marched from hillsboro to burlingame in yet another event. and dozens took to the streets of danville calling for justice in the death of a black man who was shot and killed by a police officer earlier this month. 32-year-old tyrell wilson's family is disputing law enforcement's account of the confrontation that led to the shooting. sheriff's officials said wilson had a knife and advanced toward a danville officer. wilson's wilson's familied mili may file a legal claim against the city in the coming weeks. the trial of derek chauvin begins tomorrow, the former minneapolis police officer charged with killing george floyd last year.

floyd's death sparked protests in the bay area and around the world. >> reporter: the trial of derek chauvin is set to begin monday. the former minneapolis police officer is charged with killing george floyd on memorial day in 2020 facing manslaughter, second and third degree murder charges pleading not guilty to all charges. video from bystanders taken that day show chauvin who is white kneeling on floyd's neck as the black man lay handcuffed face down in the streets more than nine minutes. monday the jury will begin listening to opening statements. >> basically it's making a first impression. each side is going to lay out for the first time what their theory in the case is. >> reporter: of the 14 jurors expected to be seated eight self-identify as white and six as people of color. one member of floyd's family will be in court each day. the family's attorney telling msnbc he's prepared his clients. >> we're going to see that video over and over again. they're also going to hear them assassinate the character of george floyd.

>> reporter: the city's mayor said residents can expect to see increased security as the trial progresses. >> we're continuing to keep our focus where it belongs, which is on safety making sure that the security of our residents is paramount. >> reporter: floyd's death sparked huge protests last summer. millions have taken to the street across the country and around the world. >> our community has endured a great deal of trauma and pain and stress and frustration and anger. >> reporter: all four officers at the scene were fired. chauvin's trial is expected to last a month. the other three officers pled not guilty to lesser charges and are set to go on trial in august. >> live coverage of the trial begins tomorrow morning here on abc7 at 7 a.m. you'll hear the opening statements from both the prosecution and defense. that will be here on abc7 as well as streaming online. christians around the world are celebrating palm sunday today. while many are logging on for

virtual services pope francis held a traditional mass at st. peter's basilica in vatican city. palm sunday marks the last sunday of lent one week before easter. it's often celebrated with processions and the distribution of blessed palm leaves. this is first day of holy week k in christian churches. jews are celebrating as well preparing for last traditional sadr dinner by burning leavened food. new developments now on plans to bring back san diego comic-con, organizers announcing dates for its first in-person convention since 2019. this year it will kick off on november 26th the day after

thanksgiving and the hope is by the holiday weekend covid restricions will have eased enough to allow for large scale public gatherings. comic-con will be a three-day event at the san diego convention center. capacity limits are still, though, being ironed out. still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00 something else to celebrate at san francisco international airport history made a comeback today from coast to coast. i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we're wrapping up a beautiful weekend. tomorrow we turn

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was quickly put out. no one was hurt. the ntsb is investigating. to the south bay where a historic apartment building is putting down roots at a new address, abc7 was in san jose as crews moved the palison apartments earlier today. you can see the building on a giant dolly trucked to its new home about 900 feet away. now it's located at the corner of fourth and reed streets. habitat for humanity plans to refurbish the 111-year-old building and convert it into affordable housing. one woman says it was worth the trip from menlo park to see the move happen. >> it's a wonderful thing on all sorts of levels. it's preserving a wonderful old building. it's going to go to a good use. everybody got together to work this out. it's just a win/win/win. >> not to mention quite a sight. time lapse video shows the

building backed into its whole lot. the whole process took about three hours. there was dancing at the departure gate at sfo this morning for a very special flight. united airlines today relaunched its nonstop flight between san francisco and new york's kennedy airport. the airline's return to jfk comes six years after it pulled out of the airport. united consolidated all sfo transcontinental flights at its hub across the hudson in newark, new jersey. the pandemic as we all know has done a number on the airline business and the downturn has allowed united to return to kennedy with boeing 767 flights from sfo and l.a.x. san francisco's ocean beach was turned into a canvas today. the earthscape art experience ventured out this afternoon and the team shared videos of some of its previous projects. you can see there how the sand is just transformed into these intricate works of art. the organizer explained the

creative process to abc7. >> and we come together and we tap into our creativity and create large scale beach art together. the focus really is on connecting to our intuition, having spontaneous creative flow and everything is temporary. >> today's project was done with rakes, but don't go out looking for it because it is going to disappear in the high tide. certainly beach weather out there, drew, for the next few days. >> yes. the majority of the forecast is very warm, windy, though, tomorrow. we'll look at the winds especially along the coast. it's going to gust close to 30 miles per hour. eventually by tuesday those winds will bring in some warmer weather. overnight tonight we'll fall into the low and mid-40s across the bay area under mainly clear skies. highs tomorrow under that breeze, slightly cooler but all in all this is still above average for this time of year. mid- to upper 60s around the bayshore line, inland low to

mid-70s. here's the accuweather seven- day forecast. we'll find that windy weather tomorrow, then much warmer especially wednesday and thursday, 70s and 80s and then we'll cool off, bring back a chance of some showers one week from tonight. >> thanks, drew. here's chris with a look at sports. >> coming up in sports cactus league and curry, your sp this is a no-nonsense message from three. small business insurance usually forces you to piece together multiple policies. that's why three was created. it's one policy that covers everything you need... leaving those old policies in the dust. three. no nonsense. just common sense.

sports on abc7 is sponsored by your local toyota dealers. >> in a normal year these final two a's/giants spring training games would have been played here in the bay area, but this time around played in arizona ahead of opening day thursday. buster posey turned 34 yesterday. úhe looks ready to r for san francisco this year, mark canha trying to steal second and buster says sit

down, you're out, nice play by the perennial all-star for the giants. it's just great to have the fans back. you get moments like this, this fan giving a ball to a youngster. that is cool. matt olson giving baseballs to fans all spring long, the sixth homer the spring, 3-0 a's. let's bash. mike yazstremski is hitting over .300 this spring. there goes his fourth homer of cactus league play. a's win 9-3. same two teams tomorrow, 12:05 for the cactus league finale. as for one former giant, madison bumgarner will make his seventh career opening day start and second straight for the d-backs thursday in san diego. mad bum struggled in the desert, but believes a full spring training will translate into a bounce back year. espn's adam schefter reports the nfl will officially add a 17th regular season game. owners are set to pre e pansn th

is is whdumb ne qu be played? right now it's an even eight games at home and eight on the road. a possibility is every team would play a game at a neutral site, the preseason likely to be trimmed from four to three. soccer, least kick it, semifinals the under 23 tournament, usa taking on honduras, winner automatically qualifying for the olympics, so this is big. second half u.s. down 1-nil and american goalie david ochoa, terrible turnover here. luis palma puts it in the back of the set. you just can't make those kind of mistakes in a match like this. 57th minute, earthquake starter jackson yule a captain on the team, the right-footed rocket as he shouts let's go, a 2-1 game. u.s. still down one, yule

corner kick and johnny cardosa the header, the u.s. falls 2-1 failing to make the olympics a third straight time. what's in a name? in 2013 nike lost out on a chance to renew an endorsement deal with steph curry as a nike official mispronounced his name. eight years later curry is starting a new line of line of commercials. >> any other questions, stephen? >> oh, it's stephen. >> stephen. >> stephen. >> look, i'm not going to haggle with you. >> we talked about your commercial these days with the stephen. >> like it? >> i do like it. do you like it? >> i love it. centering having a little fun with something that's been a problem since i was a kid. still working on it. i first asked stephen curry about his new line of carmax

commercials in february. just a few weeks later steph tweeted some outtakes. >> you're taking the kids in the league to their school? >> reporter: which led to a deeper dive of steph's skills in previous tv commercials. how much fun were those commercials and have you grown as an actor since your burger king days with your dad? >> bring home the bacon, dad. >> reporter: steph had a starring role with his dad and brother dell for burger king in the '90s. >> my lines have picked up tremendously. so that's big. >> reporter: that was then. >> what's it take to be a big scorer like you? >> well, you really got to want it. >> reporter: this is now. >> they're not worth more points. ú>> that's what you thi >> i just thought i'd -- >> that's kind of funny, come a long way for sure in my on screen presence. >> reporter: now if they could only get that name thing

figured out. >> stephen. >> stephen. this abc7 sports report sponsored l ers. dion. hohiname spunto earth guy. i remember when he was in charlotte because he grew up there and i was an anchor in north carolina, always such a nice guy along with his dad dell. that's it for tonight, everybody. i'm dion lim. abc7 news continues bright and early tomorrow morning at 5 a.m. thank you so much for joining us as we take a live look outside at the bay bridge all

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