cup finals. overtime presented by geico. seems like a long time ago these teams scored a goal. you pointed out about the middle point of the game the devils needed to make line shifts and they have done it. have they stuck with it? >> they have. moved kovalchuk around, ponikarovsky. any time new york started to generate offense. they really liked the change by peter deboer, coach of the devils. >> mike: let's look at stamina and who may end it. >> eddie: you have to look at clarkson for the devils. one shot on goal but missed good opportunities. for the kings and jonathan quick i look at mike richards. he's had good plays in the offensive zone. it's never a bad play, especially in overtime to get the puck to the net. remember, long changes in the overtime period meaning your

defensive zone is the farthest away from the bench. if you're going to change, you better change early. all five guys can't leave the ice at the same time. >> mike: those of the 17,600 standing have settled in now as kopitar makes the first offensive thrust. zidlicky is up with that. plays it along for the protection of zubrus and brought back in, hoping for parise. doughty there reversed to scuderi. quickly right back up the boards. it's advanced on for the carry by williams. fires one into the catching glove of brodeur. lobbed along by fayne. brodeur will play it again. salvador with the long toss directed in by parise. careened behind and played on by quick. jeff carter takes it there.

hands back to richards. sparred for and gotten by clarkson but juggled down by carter. knifed away by him and angled back by fayne. clarkson to the outside. the backhander blocked. >> eddie: good job by voynov. >> mike: you had the right guy on the first opportunity in overtime. this one came to the front. kept alive by harrold. knocked down by mitchell. played for the clear back out by penner. richards tried to play it and could not. it bounced off harrold. he goes deep. angled along by harrold. chopped back in by henrique. quickly read and started out. down to the ice went king. forced on by volchenkov. brought back in by scuderi. ripped along by volchenkov. out to center. doughty handed it across. scuderi brought it back from the checkered line in.

around it comes for stoll. picked up and dealt back up for kovalchuk. marched back out with ponikarovsky. kovalchuk dealt it in. ponikarovsky went after it. quick was able to get there. scuderi right back along and turned over to gionta who sent it back. salvador protected it there. went from the backhand to the corner where scuderi is able to control and get one. they came back to salvador for a shot. that was directed up high by gionta. kings trying to get safely out and they get to center this time. salvador can spin. right back up to carter who marches on with bernier. a couple extra moves there. ridden off by scuderi. bernier protects it behind. pob popped loose to scuderi. back on for the try for richardson. rifled off the stick of greene. he whirls it back along for carter.

angled back but we have stop panel of play and an offside. >> eddie: a nice job going around mitchell. there's voynov. good help from punner on the check. >> pierre: you see elias going hard to the net after clarkson beat mitchell in the front of the net. >> mike: these are guys who have gotten them in overtime. quick's record is 3 of 4. brodeur is 14 in 21. he grabs that one. >> eddie: good job by brodeur to stay home. bad bounce off the glass. >> mike: kept along by kopitar. saw it turned away by fayne. then brought down in front by brodeur and sent out to center where mitchell is able to shove it along. the puck wound up going out of play. so we have a stoppage of play. >> eddie: good composure on the

benches now. eddie and doc talked about the long changes. guys shortening up shifts now. clarkson said at some point we have to go. now he's going after dustin penner. clarkson has been feeling it all night. he's up to the challenge. no question. that will be a hand-pass. >> mike: may 30 and it was warm outside today. what do you see down below? >> pierre: it's warmer down here than any time i have experienced it. this is the warmest i have felt it at ice level in this building. >> mike: do you notice anything about the playing surface? >> pierre: just bouncing pucks. >> mike: volchenkov goes after this. drilled along. richards tried to play it deeper. dprooen anticipated and floated it back down. it goes wide of the crease and is touched.

icing. saturday night the stanley cup finals continue for game two. the stanley cup final presented by geico continues saturday, 8:00 eastern on nbc part of nbc sports championship season. they are playing for the draw. comes to carter. the backhander shut off by clarkson. harrold moves in along with penner. then josefson. then elias marches ahead with clarkson. goes after it and gets there. there's one guided away by quick. salvador retreats to play. into the blue paint. bounced to king. brodeur doesn't go for it. ponikarovsky is there. bumped out of the play into off side territory was henrique. >> eddie: you know the feeling

being here as a player. the players on both benches are telling players on the ice, it's in your feet. pucks are behind you. >> pierre: you're getting coaches from both benches from the players. >> eddie: being the eyes and ears. always like communicating hockey players whether coaching or trying to be one myself in that situation. it helps guys out. just a little yell here and there can make a big difference. >> mike: voynov trying to play it ahead and could not. mitchell played it off brown and down. no icing here. zidlicky with 4:20 gone in the first sudden overtime period. >> eddie: robinson is absolutely apoplectic on the bench. they waved one off. he was just screaming at the

linesman. >> mike: 20 consecutive years in the playoffs. 20 consecutive years in the nhl. 18 with montreal, two with los angeles. >> eddie: one of the top seven defensemen at all time. would you agree? >> mike: and the outstanding plus/minus player in history. no one close. no one probably going to get close. scuderi cancelled out by gionta. ponikarovsky. kovalchuk holding. firing one. that was directed wide. moving in is salvador. to the corner. ponikarovsky back to him. salvador around behind. kovalchuk with it there. run into by kopitar. kopitar led it off a. if you have the puck you could be hit. it's what's been happening all night long between the two teams and in every playoff game. the nature of the sport. controlled now by dustin brown

and led across for doughty to bring on. the canadian olympian brought it back. harassed there by nolan. turning the other way with it is fayne. fayne hurried it along. parise took the hit from richardson and got it off. brought on by zubrus and dropped in. sliding back for it is mitchell. he's able to fire it back up the boards. careened back for zajac. he had to protect and backhand it in from center. five and a half played. first overtime period. kings are perfect at 2-0. devils won four of five. icing. that comes here. >> eddie: nolan took a stick in the face from zajac earlier in the shift. now with the kings icing the puck they have the fourth line on. not able to make a change. deboer comes out with a makeshift line here. kovalchuk up front.

>> mike: it's to kovalchuk. fires! that ricocheted off nolan and hopped wide. back again kovalchuk, side of the net. tried a pass play. didn't work. that one's blocked by quick. scramble and off quick again. oh, the devils had a couple of chances. back to kovalchuk but it's back out again. led on by nolan. richardson played it carefully back in. the devils are back in their own end. trying to clear it and they can't. flagged down by jeff carter. knifed down by zidlicky. zidlicky can start back ahead. right back in deep again for matt greene to play. ex-captain of north dakota. led it on behind for the return pass from martinez. back up the boards past carter. salvador to carter. led ahead and carter seizes up

the wing. fed across behind richards. might be an odd man rush the other side. let it across. clarkson had trouble slowing it down and getting the shot away. another try off quick. clarkson behind. josefson turning. shakes away from richards. josefson has space. back to greene. drive. that deflected up high by martinez. careened back. elias tried to play it and could not. carter able to force it. carter again. rolled it back. greene takes over. >> eddie: long shift for carter and richards. >> mike: that's icing, pierre. you're right on the red line when it came by. >> pierre: a couple of opportunities here. patrik elias over to david clarkson. goes to settle the puck down. bouncing puck, missed opportunity for the devils. talk about the chance for kovalchuk. guys are getting in the lane.

all kinds of opportunities in the passed shot. trying to find henrique and kovalchuk can want get it to him. >> eddie: you can't be looking to make a pass. >> pierre: he's done a lot tonight. he's been unselfish. has to get a little bit more selfish. >> mike: stoll on the draw. stepping across is lewis. he's got it. harrold on him. more board balting. greene. off the devils stick. punched behind by king and popped up high where elias can settle it down. quickly touched scuderi to doughty and back to lewis. they have a little more time and space to work with. emerging with it is doughty. sliding back along doughty. nice one across. hung up on the line. drilled back in by him. it's all a legal play as the kings make a change.

jonathan quick steps up. rattled back along up the boards and cut you have by parise. zajac able to tap it along. fed through by doughty. here they come. moving it along. he scores! kopitar in overtime! and the kings have taken game number one. >> eddie: what a play in the middle of the ice by the los angeles kings. >> mike: here's kopitar. the eventual goal scorer. the puck will be moved up by doughty. watch the pass right here by justin williams.

tremendous pass. backhand right to the middle of the ice. kopitar holds on. watch this. right here he freezes marty brodeur and kopitar reaches over on the forehand and beats marty brodeur to the far side. he freezes him right there. brodeur moves and kopitar elevates up and over the right leg of marty brodeur. what a play by williams to get the puck to kopitar. then the moves by the big center iceman and the kings win game one of the stanley cup final. patience with the puck. a couple of stick handles. brodeur not able to get that pad down. watch where the puck goes. ends up going under the pad of marty brodeur. >> mike: to the ice. here's pierre. >> pierre: take us through the game-winning overtime goal? >> i saw brownie get the puck on the boards.

he's usually good at chipping pucks out. you know, justin came over. i just wanted to make sure i was somewhere in the middle just in case something happens. turned out pretty good. you know as i was going in on marty, world class goaltender. i think i got the best of it tonight. >> pierre: there was a lot of punching and counterpunching. is this the kind of game you were expecting? >> yeah. we're both good teams in the neutral zone. you just want to make sure you get through the neutral zone without turnovers. we had a few. they had a few. i'm sure we'll be sharper in game two. >> narrator: is this the most adversity you have faced? you get to lose on the road. >> it seems we didn't face a lot of adversity during the playoffs. i think our season was quite a bit of a challenge for us. you know, ups and downs, coaching change. you know, we're prepared coming in. >> pierre: see you for game two.

thanks. >> any time. >> mike: every win on the road for these guys is another record. nine straight out of the block of nine road games. coming up next, except on the west coast, your local news followed by "the tonight show" with jay leno and jimmy fallon. the stanley cup finals continues on nbc as the kings and devils face off in game two. the stanley cup final presented by geico saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, part of the nbc sports championship season. right now over on the nbc sports network, our post game coverage continues. fraser and kopitar with the los angeles goals. volchenkov, the lone goal for volchenkov, the lone goal for new jersey. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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court. the key piece of evidence coming into focus. >> pressing your luck, the potential changes involving sports betting here in california. and developing news in the east bay as police investigate a shooting at a jewelry store. good evening and thanks for joining us for this special edition of nbc bay area news. >> it was a chilling day in the southern california court. the case two men accused of severely beating giants fan brian stow began today. this could determine if they face trial. the hearing included a cell phone recording that could be a critical piece of evidence. today, 14 months after the notorious beating in the dodger stadium parking lot. luis sanchez and marvin nodorwo saw a cell phone photo of themselves during the game that fatefuorday. norwood near the camera, sanchez

two over in the sunglasses. both men heard a series of witnesses describe sanchez and belligerently rude and confronting others before they encountered brian stow. during this preliminary hearing, the judge allowed reporters to record witness with audio, but not actual video of those testifying. sheila christiansen describes sanchez taunting the couple wearing giants apparel. >> he was yelling obscenities at the couple. >> later the court heard from the man in the giants jersey who identified sanchez in this photo as the man to the right of the sunglasses. >> after the last pitch in the ninth inning, we were seated and we felt liquid landing over us, and we turned around and the gentleman in the sunglasses was spraying coke on us. >> reporter: mcdaniels said he got up and made eye contact with sanchez. >> the person who pulled sanchez

back was identified as codefendant marvin norwood, they're now accused of felony assault and may hem for the injuries inflicted after the game on stowe. an offduty paramedic who with travelled from the bay area to dodger's stadium to root for the giants. stowe is recovering from brain damage he suffered. norwood with spoke with detectives inside l.a. police headquarters during an interview that was recorded and a portion was played in court. norwood had been allowed to make a personal cell phone call using a detectives phone. >> i don't know. i mean, i was involved.

>> disturbing for many people to hear that. we mentioned brian stow, he continues his rehab at an undisclosed location in the central valley. >> may be able to drop a 20 on the next giants game. a bill has passed the state senate that would allow you to bill on sports games at casinos and horse racing tracks. damian trujillo says the state could turn out to be a big winner if it passes. >> he'll sit at the bar and watch the ball game, hoping he can get on the phone to call his bookie. >> it makes the game a lot more exciting, especially if i don't know the games, i'm a neutral. it gets me excited about, even if it's a small amount of money, i you have that bit of interest in it. >> that was at home in ireland, john cassidy may soon be able to walk into a place like san jose's bay 101 and place his bets. a bill is in the assembly rules committee now, which would legalize sports betting at places already licensed by the

california gaming commission. >> i think it brings in a lot of money to vague as, why not bring it here. we're always looking for ways to bring money to the bay area. there you go. >> reporter: that's the rational of the lawmaker proposing the bill, saying it could include a great deal of money. >> that's what i miss about home, on saturday, i can go in and put down five. it makes my saturday a bit more fun. >> there are those who are ethically against gambling, but can see the payoffs to state coffers. >> i'm kind of in between. on the fence. >> california coalition against gambling is against the bill, along with the state police chief association saying it would increase crime in their cities. john cassidy says take it from ireland, and take a gamble. damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. one person in the hospital tonight after an attempted robbery at a san ramon-allry

store. the robbery ended in gunfire. this all happen ed on north canyon road. kimberly terry joins us with the latest at the scene. >> police have been here since about 4:30 this afternoon. that's when they started getting the calls for the shooting. police say they don't have many details, that they can give us right now. because this is an ongoing investigation. what they did say was that the suspect went into golden treasures. this afternoon with the intent to rob it. at one point shots were fired. one of the suspects was hit, he was able to get halfway across san ramon valley boulevard before collapsing. the extent of his injuries are not yet known. police will not say who fired the gun or if the suspects were armed. we were able to speak to the daughter of the owners of that jewelry store. >> i know my parents were fine, my co-worker was fine, that's about it. one guy got taken away in an

ambulance. there were probably four total. >> family of the owner not say whether they had guns in the store. police believe there were in fact four suspects, three were able to get away, in a four-door 1990s sedan. investigators are trying to get a better description of that vehicle, and, of course, find out who the other three suspects are right now. police continued to have this area of san ramon valley boulevard cordoned off at the 2500 block of san ramon valley boulevard. if you are driving in this area, please be aware of that. live in san ramon, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much, kimberly. when your kids are in school, you want to know they're safe, that didn't happen in oakland today. a student was shot on a high school campus. it happened as classes let outt for the day at park and mcarthur. witnesses watched as a gunman opened fire on the victim from about 20 feet away. the suspect still on the streets tonight. the 18-year-old victim receiving

treatment for a gunshot wound to the leg. >> fortunately the injuries were not fatal, and there was an ambulance that happened to be at the intersection when the shooting occurred. they came immediately to provide attention to the students. he was responsive throughout. >> now, there is a reward of up to $5,000 for any information leading to an arrest in this case. still ahead on our special prime time newscast. mitt romney is in the bay area tonight. getting some high profile support. we'll have a live report. an east bay teen prepares to play a special role in the upcoming olympic games. we'll explain the rare honor. and a same sex marriage fight in the south bay p.m. the connection to san jose's mayor. >> this is the largest number of sensors in the whole country. perhaps the world. >> on the cutting edge, bay area skyscrapers gone high-tech to provide valuable insight into earthquakes. >> temperatures above average, a

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last week, mr. obama tonight romney. mitt romney is looking for cash in all the right places. the bay area. >> he's in one of the most exclusive communities on the peninsula for a very high dollar fund-raiser. jean ellie has more. romney is going to be walking away with a very big named endorsement? >> reporter: we are expecting an announcement from former secretary of state condoleezza rice, an honorary co chair at this eexcellent. the fund-raiser for romney is well underway.

we can't see much from outside the gate, we have seen dozens of cars enter. republican presidential candidate mitt romney is here raising money for his campaign. his supporters were with greeted by a small quiet group of president obama supporters. they are making sure mr. romney's donors don't support the republican candidate's platform. president obama's former deputy assistant of commerce says romney has a hitry of bad business decisions that hurt workers. >> counting business experience, who's putting profit ahead of the long term vision for the country who made his career bankrupting companies for short term personal game. >> so far guests and members of the romney campaign haven't spoken with us. tibbetts for a chance to meet mr. romney range from $1500 to $50,000. according to pete wilson and george shultz and condoleezza

rice are honorary co chairs. meg whitman is also an event co chair. we're hearing that condoleezza rice is expected to announce she endorses romney. and donors who pay $50,000 are expected to ptake part if a special dinner. otherwise it's a quiet night here in hillsboro. jean ellie, nbc bay area news. >> we'll have more coverage for you tonight at 11:00. chuck reid got out of the political squeeze play tonight. gay rights activists pushed him to sign a pledge on june 5th, the same day his con electroverse ial pension reform initiative goes before voters. two of his allies who helped set the agenda had the mayor meet with same sex activists after the election. reid has said he supports anti-discrimination laws and domestic partnerships but not

same sex marriage. the next time the earth shakes in san francisco, scientists will pay specific attention to a high rise. because the usgs just installed some high-tech instruments. >> reporter: it's hard to miss this building from just about any place in san francisco. 64 floors of cutting edge seismic engineering. >> we have to reinvent how we look at tall buildings, how we design them, analyze them. that's what we did here. >> this building will be analyzed much closer than any other in the u.s. the u.s. geological survey just installed 72 seismic sensors throughout the building's floors. >> this is the largest number of sensors in the country, and perhaps the world. >> the sensors will track movement from floor to floor. today it was the wind shaking things up. >> this is the actual motion left and right, east and west.

it's in 1/1000 of an inch. >> reporter: in a catastrophic situation, 6.0 or greater than that, which is likely in the bay area, this building will tell us a great deal in the first seconds and minutes, and then the aftershocks. >> for the designers of rencon hill, the information will show whether the building performed the way it was supposed to in a quake. >> it will hopefully confirm the computer simulations we've done predicting how the building will perform. >> the collection of seismic data has already contributed to safer building codes worldwide. >> the fall buildings in tokyo did very well in the last earthquake, that's a result of 50 years of collecting data. >> the seismic data will go into an internet pipeline for government agencies, scientists and municipal planners. in a way, this 64 floor tower will soon be visible to the

entire scientific world. back at it again, volunteers gathered once again to continue their search for missing teen, sierra lamar. searchers fanned out all across morgan hill to look for any sign of the 15-year-old. they're planning another search on saturday. marc klass says it's crucial to find her and soon. >> and we got to take this bargaining chip away from this punk. right now he's in a situation where he can maybe trade a deal for her life, and that really needs to be taken off the table. >> the man accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar is expected to enter a plea in court tomorrow. you may remember he was arrested last week after investigators say they found dna linking him to sierra. sierra was last seen on the morning of march 16th as she headed off to school. we continue to follow the investigation into a devastating fire in the south bay. the fire was first reported just

after 2:30 this afternoon. it's on conifer lane in san jose. you see the map there. our nbc chopper was overhead. crews battled to contain the massive four alarm blaze. it took at least 80 firefighters to knock it down by 5:30 this evening. flames ultimately damaged two homes. >> when i got on scene, there was fire and smoke from the primary residence. that fire jumped into the attic space of a second house. there was a really aggressive firefight. >> one firefighter is being treated for minor burns. one of the two homes is a total loss. >> drivers around the south bend may have noticed a change while driving home today. the new metering lights on 280 were with turned on for the first time during the afternoon commute. this is a follow-up to a story we with first brought you on tuesday. drivers we talked to seem to be

split on the long lights. others say it just makes a slow commute even slower. caltrans insists it will move smoothly in places where the lights are installed. let's bring in jeff ranieri. it's already a short holiday week, can we peak toward 90 anyway? >> not quite there yet. 85 in gilroy. 60s in san francisco with that cooler sea breeze. current numbers dropping into the 50s and 60s for most of us, we'll take you out to our sky camera network. looking back across the golden gate bridge. there is some haze in the atmosphere, the air quality will be suffering as we head into thursday as numbers are expected to go higher. not only that, we'll keep breezy to windy conditions. that's only going to aggravate your allergies. we're going to up, down and back up again. it's going to be a little

annoying for some of you. here is the good news, if you don't want the rainfall, we've been spared by several hundred miles. we're getting rainfall up into washington. high pressure will move in right across central california, and where it's going to position itself is not going to be hot for earn from the east bay back into the coastline, we'll have more than southerly coastal breeze here. keeping numbers in the 50s and 60s from san francisco to half moon bay. for interior sections, the wind will back more out of the north, that will provide 80s and 90s. it will be a brief warming stint by thursday. after we expect some records. friday the records will start to come on down. 54 in los gatos. 51 in redwood city. close to 90 for a lot of the south bay. we think we'll hit 90 in gilroy. 84 in palo alto, 87 in sunnyvale. slightly warmer for the east bay with the wind a little more dry here. 90 in walnut creek.

there you go, 91 in livermore, 89 in pleasanton. cooler back by the bay as we get closer to the sea breeze. numbers will be moderating. 72 in oakland. if you like the cold weather, you don't have to go too far. head to the coastline, we'll have 68 in pacifica. as we mentioned, it will be short lived with the heat all the way through friday. then by saturday the fog and drizzle start to roll back into the coastline. numbers will come on down in response to that cooling wind that looks to take over here as we head throughout sunday. by monday, tuesday and also wednesday we are expecting dry weather, however, clouds will increase, and temperatures look to go below average. by wednesday, we go back up again. it's that transitional time of the year where it's warmer. the east bay team with a rare honor in the upcoming olympic game. >> the social network with stock akmpe y maka big e cision.de

facebook halo or facebook flop. other tech companies are changing their plans because of it. >> one company is postponing its ipo all together. >> that company is kayak, the online travel service which had been prepping for its own stock offering out this morning with the news it will postpone an ipo pulling back after the facebook ipo. facebook tumbling again today, saw its stock price fall about 2.5% to settle above $28 a share. they probably wish they could fast forward through this one with, but tivo still losing money. they're reporting a quarterly loss made deeper by a legal fight against verizon. tivo shares falling by 4% in

after hours trading. a rough day for the markets on new concerns on spain and italy's ability to solve their debt crisis. dow down 60 point ps. google putting its results and reviews where its search is. you may remember the search giant bought zagat eight months ago for $150 million. as of today, zagat reviews are embedded in google plus to help you find a good meal. you may be thinking, that's what yelp is for. this makes google a direct competitor for yelp stock today. >> food review wars. up next, the warrers needing some luck in the a special a special olympic honor for an east bay teenager.

oakland's police helicopters will be able to launch more

often this year. a company in california has donated $10,000 worth of fuel to fuel the choppers. their budget was slashed from 350,000 to $100,000 during a major round of cut backs in 2009. now, since then the cities two main helicopters have only been able to fly about 200 hours a year. that's down from 1,000 hours a year before those budget cuts. that fuel in california's donation will pay for more nighttime. >> this piece of equipment allows officers to get a view even before street officers arrive. the helicopter gets to the scene within five to ten seconds from the time of the dispatch. >> oakland's police chief adds the donation goes a long way toward making the streets of oakland much safer.

>>ed state assembly approved a bill that would cut tuitions for thousands of students from middle class family ppz the bill could reduce tuition between 4,0$4,000 and,000. whose families make less than $150,000 a year but make too much to qualify for standard financial aide. the scholarship app will now go to the senate. a local teenager will be playing an important role in the upcoming olympic games. sarah was chosen to run the olympic torch. she'll be running it through the bay. >> i'm beyond excited. it's such an honor to represent the united states. >> sarah williams says she can't believe she'll be heading to london to play a special role in the summer olympics. one of 22 americans chosen by

coca-cola to carry the olympic torch. >> reporter: i was shocked out of all the people that must have been nominated for this, i don't know what they saw in me. >> what they saw, an incredible spirit of giving. inspired by a book written by a former foster child. she started a blanket making program four years ago. and now the project spread nationwide. >> kids are on called the forgotten children. they don't have anything. so a blanket, if you think of what that simt bollizes, comfort, security warmth, something that they don't have. >> thanks to williams, thousands of children across the bay area and the nation have something to hold on to. to thor a dream and martinez distributes the blankets to area children several times a year. >> they count on these blankets.

they know when they come get a backpack, they're going to get a new blanket. >> you always think you're the one that's coaching and leading. sometimes you get a surprise gift and she's definitely been one. >> williams says she hopes by carrying the torch, she'll spread awareness about foster children. she'll be thinking of them. every step of the way. >> i'll be thinking of all those children who need a little extra love and comfort in this world. >> jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> what an incredible story. well deserved. we are rooting for you. the countdown to the olympics right there, 58 days. you can see all the action, exclusively right here on nbc bay area pshs and our family of nbc network withes coming up this summer. let's go to sports. >> things are bouncing around?

>> yeah, it's amazing. your faith in the nba draft relying on a ping-pong ball. they bounced in favor of new orleans. the hornets grab the top pick in this year's nba draft. the warriors ended up with the seventh overall pick, the warriors could not be more pleased with that. that's because of a previous trade. if the warners had not ended up in the top seven, their first round pick would have gone to utah. since they held on, they get to keep that first round pick. now the warriors have two picks in the first two rounds. so they have options. >> in previous years we got stephan curry. we'll look at all the possible players in that range, and draft what we think is the best one available. we have work to do, and i don't think we can be too selective and just draft on need. we're not going to let a great player pass us by because it's a position where we feel we have a player at. we're going to draft the best player available and this is a good draft to do that in.

>> harbaugh wants to get something straight. alex smith is a 49ers quarterback. it was always the plan for him to be the center. manning went on to sign with denver. unsew lististed today, harbaugh made sure to make sure everyone kn knows smith is the guy. >> it's an erroneous perception that we were flirting with peyton manning, i keep hearing that over and over and over again. it's silly. and it's untrue. it's phony. even the perception that we're pursuing. we were evaluating. >> players walked off the practice field past a bouquet of flowers, a painful reminder of

the teammate they lost this week. he was found dead in a santa clara hotel room monday. police do not expect foul play, but a cause has yet to be determined. >> practice was closed to the media today. the players still trying to wrap their heads around this tragedy. a makeshift memorial remains. there's no blueprint for handling this crisis. >> we had counselors come in. talk with everyone. we're just working through it. >> foul play, suicide, all those things have been ruled out as far as you know? >> as far as we understand, natural cause is what they're telling us, that's all we know right now. >> you've been coaching a long time. how tough has this been the last 48 hours for? >> it's tough. it's tough on the guys, the coaching staff. we've grown close to him, he had a great personality and he wok with the hard. >> funeral arrangements have not

been finalized. whenever and wherever that funeral takes place, his team plans on being in attendance. tim lincecum looking for his first win since april 28th. he's lost his last five starts. two runners off to roberts. he's lost it if the exchange. miguel montero comes around to score. ian kennedy, he's in a groove. gets brandonlincecum. he gets him swinging as well. he gave up a solo shot in the sixth to gold smith. arizona leads 2-1. josh well ham and the twins trying to sweep his former team. that being the a's. runners at the corners. first pitch he sees, he puts it in play. denard span is going to come around to score. the twins up 1-0.

welling ham again. he nailed it. tenth home run of the season. second of the series, 4-0 twins. the a's still struggling. game two just wrapped up. boston lost to miami, 115-111. miami goes up two games to one. we'll have much more sports for tonight at 11:00. we hope we'll see you then. >> just to be clear. the 49ers were not pursuing peyton manning, is that right? >> just evaluating. >> just evaluating. any time. >> for a full half hour of local coverage sports net central at 10:30.

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a school community in east oakland is celebrating the grand opening of an edible garden. it's a collaboration between the city of oakland, the unified school district and various community organizations. for the past few years, various groups have been working to promote nutrition for oakland's children. >> it will sefb and it is serving a community where you have 97% of the families are on reduced lunch. so it's not quite a food desert, but most of the really healthy food that is offered here through the farmer's market, a lot of families can't afford it. >> very positive program. the first seeds will be cilantro. and fruit trees will be planted next week. a lesson from the san francisco zoo tonight on the bird in the hand. in the case of this penguin chic a bird in the hand is so cute and priceless. this cutie is one of four to breakthrough herschel last week.

mom and dad are feeding the hatchlings, at the end of june they'll start swimming school. in july, you can see this guy in person when he joins the rest of the colony on penguin island. i was on penguin island one time at the zoo, they all came over to stare at me. >> that's not so uncommon. >> oh, my gosh. >> a little intimidated by the penguin. >> thanks for joining us for this special edition of nbc bay area news.