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de luna . complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. shockwaves through the nba as playoff fever hits the bay area. the owner of the los angeles clippers allegedly makes racist comments about african- americans in a sport dominated by black athletes. the audio recording posted by tmz is truly offensive and disturbing. >> good evening, i'm ken wayne. >> hello everyone i'm heather holmes. that audio recording allege a conversation between clippers owner donald sterling, the nba's longest tenured opener and his girlfriend on that tape racist comments are made, fuel something to call for a boycott of the team just as it gets ready to take on warriors
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tomorrow. ktvu's john sasaki joins us with reaction, including reaction from the coach of the clippers. >> reporter: heather, the audiotape realized by tmz alleged includes l.a. clippers owner donald sterling arguing with his girlfriend and making inflammatory and racist comment. people call me and tell you that i have black people on my instagram and it bothers me. >> it brothers me if you want to broadcast you are associating with black people -- . >> you associate with black people. >> i'm not you and you are not me. >> the nba commissioner held a news conference this evening and called the recording "truly offensive and disturb." donald sterling should be afford due process just as any play or executive in this league would be.
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so it would be unwise of me and improper frankly to express a view as to what the ultimate outcome of any investigation would take us to. >> the clippers president released a statement saying "sterling is empathic what is reflected that recording is not consistent with or reflect his views, beliefs or feeling. it's the anti-thesis of what he is and how he believes and how he has lived his life." at practice, cliper's head coach d.o.c. rivers he said all of his play, black-and-white were upset. >> j.j. redick was just as pissed as a chris paul and that is the way it should be. >> the conversation which was apparently recorded this month followed an incident in which sterling's girlfriend posted a photo of herself with basketball legend magic johnson. >> you can do anything, but don't put it on so the world sees and calls me and don't bring him to my games, okay? >> magic johnson tweeted
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calling it a "black-eye fiscal quarter nba outage and said he and his wife will never go to the cliper's game as long as sterling is owner. >> the nba says it wants to talk to her about the tape, but she says that won't happen because of the lawsuit. john sasaki ktvu channel 2 news. and we're details now, sacramento mayor and former nba player kevin johnson called the comments "reprehensive and unacceptable." in a statement johnson says, "there needs to be an immediate investigation and if the reports are true, there needs to be strong and swift action taken." our team coverage continues with debora villalon outside of the hole where the los angeles clippers camp is staying tonight. >> reporter: players and staff plus many traveling fans are here at the four seasons hotel on market
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street. so there is no shortage of opinion. we also checked in with a warrior's legend who lives right up the street. >> there is something that has to be done about a guy who feels this way. >> reporter: nate thurman stepped from retirement so say he doesn't buy done sterling's statement. >> if it's voice, it's his voice. if it's his words that is how he feels. >> reporter: and thunderstorm says slamming someone as respected as magic johnson reveals a lot. >> what does he think about his doorman? or the guy who wash his car? so certainly these racist comments and feelings of that sort have no place in the nba. >> reporter: like so many who love the game, thurmond calls this a sad day and feels for the clippers who must play
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under the owner's word tomorrow. one of those players, holin's uncle paused outside of the hotel. >> i was offended by the comments, but i really wasn't surprised. >> reporter: not surprised because sterling's reputation in l.a. is a long and sordid one, sudden fined repeatedly for racial discrimination his real estate empire. >> the team is really the fans, d.o.c. rivers the coach and the players. from 20-year season ticket-holder focused on the guys whose work gomthem here. >> my heart goes out to the players because i think they are in the worse quandary. >> for nate the great, 7-time all-star whose era led to the nba superstars today it's time to take stock. >> you wonder how far it's really com? >> reporter: nobody we talked to wants a boycott, but all think that donald sterling's day and owner
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are removed and if not, players can use their clout in the off- season to try to force hip out. debora villalon ktvu news. >> you have been following players' reaction and acenout there. >> i think so, but for players acoaches events like this are the last thing that they wanted to be concerned with on the eve of a big game. chris paul in addition, to being one of the cliper's major stars he is also the president of the nba players association and sign and extension to be a clipper for the next five seasons. much of time paul has been matched up golden state steph curry, both players making their opinions known. paul speaking more from the perspective of the players association president said, "this is a very serious issue which we will address aggressively as players we owe to our team and fans to keep our focus on the game, the playoffs and the drive to the
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finals." curry was quoted that "sterling's comments are terrible, a disgusting view of african-americans and one that should never be toll rated in the nba." andcurcy continued that "sterling showdown be allowed to own a team. nba commissioner adam silver did say that no immediate action will be taken against sterling. he will be afford due process, but said that sterling will not be tendance for further games beginning with tomorrow's game 4. >> thank you, joe. many have taken to social media to express their opinions and we would like to know what you think. go to ktvu's facebook page and we're asking people if the recording turns out to be authentic, what shouldle repercussions be? our coverage continues at ktvu.com and we have posted the full audio record. >> now to other news in livermore where a mother is under arrest accused of
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stabbing her 7-month-old child to death. the stabbing happened at del valle regional park and ktvu's cara liu-the police chief tells me that the mother was taken to a local hospital to be treated for an apparent self-inflicted cut to her wrist of the she is at police headquarters being interviewed and told she is being cooperative. police say that the bizarre string of events started this morning, when witnesses saw a woman ramming her car in a rock road by camp arroyo. officers found the honda ditched on the side of the road and spotted the woman walking nearby, holding a lifeless infant. >> officers have on the scene at the time attempted to resuscitate the child and were
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unsuccessful. >> they say the woman stabbed and killed her-month-old son. >> investigators also found a pocketknife type of knife on i fire road that they believe was used in the crime. the woman also had some injuries and taken to a local hospital to be checked out. >> we're learning that she may have been some depression. >> reporter: investigators tell us that they hope interviews with the woman's family, including the baby's father will shed some light om what led up to this senseless and heart-breaking crime. >> we don't think this murder had anything do with the camp or the park itself. it's just a remote area with a dead-end road right behind where i am. >> reporter: investigators tell me that the chief of police in livermore happened to be at the park today with his family and was one of the first people to come and try to help save this baby the. at this point police have not released the name of the memorial. live in livermore, cara liu ktvu channel 2 news. a 17-year-old boy in the
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north bay is reportedly in critical condition after being shot. the shooting happened at about:00 this evening in a petaluma. according to witnesses the teen managed to make it to a house near the police station. when police arrived they saw he was shot in the chest and taken to santa rosa memorial hospital. police have not released the victim's name. well, we want to show you a live look at vatican city where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have gathered for retired pope benedict xvi of will assist pope francis during the canonization ceremonies. coming up head at 10:30 we'll have more on the historic event that is just hours away from taking place. we're on stormwatch as another round of rain is make its way to the bay area. ahead of that wet weather that is moving in we captured these
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dark clouds moving across the oakland estuary earlier this evening. >> strong winds kept flags flut aring around the bay area. the wind was howling across much of the bay and whitecap on friday harbor bay. we want to check in with meteorologist mark tamayo. >> those clouds will continue to be on the increase and the organized rainfall and concentrated rainfall is to our north. that will drift into the area over the next few hours. on live stormtracker radar, this is the loop over the past 3-4 hours. as you can see a few sprinkles moving across parts of the bay area. main activity has been focused to the north, cape mendocino and all of this energy will drift to the south. not all of this reaching the ground, but we could have a few spottily light sprinklers, but nothing too major. it's a pretty weak system, but will pick up into the overnight hours. here is our forecast model showing you all the cloud cover. 10:00 right now, look at what
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happens between now and 3:00, the u-rain showers increase in coverage as that system begins to slide to the south. coming up the one part of your sunday that will be actually sunny, and i will let you know what 90s return in our five-day forecast all coming up in a little bit. thank you, mark. and remember you can get the very latest on this rain and any other conditions across the bay area with our new ktvu weather app. it's available for download on apple and android smartphones and tablets. a case of west nile virus found right here in the bay area. why the early detection of the illness has officials concerned. >> providing free dental care and why these services are in such high demand. >> artwork by anthony warhol and how i clip on youtube helped uncover the artwork once thought to be lost forever. [sister off screen] so, and i lied to you earlier
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[woman] oh my god! [everyone laughter,crying] a warning tonight for the bay area the first confirm case of west nile virus has been found in contra costa county. a dead bird tested positive for the virus just yesterday and it's still very early for the season. ktvu's cristina rendon with more on what you can do to help prevent the virus from spreading & birds are are out enjoying spring and so are the mosquitoes that like to feed on them. the first record of a dead bird in contra costa county tested positive for west nile virus on friday. >> i have no idea whether or
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not it's going to lead to a great number of cases here. but certainly we're concerned with that. >> the dead bird an american crow was found near the intersection close to a popular park. >> it's unusual here. >> rick beaumont and his daughters were surprised that the bird was found so close to their home. >> they know to stay away from dead animals and mosquitoes it's just part of summertime. >> beaumont has a leaky pool in his backyard that he drained this morning, but neglected pools can attract mosquitoes that carry west nile virus. a spokesperson fortune vector control says the unusually warm winter could be why it's unusually early for a case to arrive. people may be collecting rainwater because of the drought, but those are breeding
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ground for the mosquits. a doctor says, "unfortunate the earlier west nile virus viruses detected the early we may see human cases." it's nature at work and that is just how it's going to be and if you have to deal with these situations, anywhere they arise. >> health officials warn the dead bird is a sign of just how devastating a single mosquito bite can be. cristina rendon ktvu channel 2 news. to our ongoing coverage of the drought crisis and the drought could lead to wider extinction of endangered species, especially birds and fish and trees. a kruk davis professor warned that their ecosystems are essentially vulnerable. peter moyle predicted that 80% of the species could become extinct if the present trend continues. activists and tenants in
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san francisco denounced what they call an epidemic of evictions by predatory stecklators and saying that the increase in evictions across the city is forcing long time tenants out of their homes. organizers encouraged tenants to support a bill reforming the ellis act working its way through the state legislature, requiring five continuous years of ownership before tenants could be evicted. >> a lot of speculators flipping property to make a profit and humans' needs have to ore ride the need for greed. >> according to statistics recently released by the san francisco rent and stabilization board, there were 260 ellis act evictions over the last year. that is an increase of 86% from the previous year. also in san francisco, silent meditation to spread a
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political message. these falun gong practitioners gathered to rise awareness about the flight of those who follow the practice in china. according to amnesty international, the government launched a launched for those refusing to renounce their practice. a drier was killed in a rollover crash that blocked laned of westbound 80 for several hours. the highway patrol tweeted this picture of the closure. accident happened in el cerrito this afternoon. the chp says a honda civic flipped several times killing the 33-year-old man behind the wheel. it happened east of the potrero avenue exit on westbound i-80. westbound lanes were blocked for three hours, causing a huge back-up. the highway patrol says alcohol and speed were probably factors in a crash that killed
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two people in menlo park and believe that the driver was speeding going off the ramp and slammed into a tree. the crash happened before 2:00 this morning on southbound 101 near the willow road off-ramp. the female driver and male passenger both died at the scene. today menlo park held a grand opening ceremony for its new police station paid for by facebook. as we told you last night the social media giant is building its new campus a few blocks away and spent $140,000 on the new substation. some critics say they are concerned that police may give facebook employees special treatment, but they say the entire community will benefit. getting help for a tormenting tooth can be a painful blow to the wallet especially without health insurance a free dental clinic that drew a large crowd. jacqueline has waited for this
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moment for years. >> i'm excited. >> reporter: fernandez had to have all her teeth extracted because of complications from didi bates. >> occasion any god, i don't believe it. >> reporter: this is the first time she has seen herself with a full set in almost seven years. >> amazing. amazing. >> reporter: for people like fernandez with no access to dental care, this free clinic organized by the california dental association foundation was her last hope and received everything from basic cleanings to fillings and tooth extractions and even a lab where partial denteddures were made on the spot. >> this is what the dentist use before they give you a shot for a fill. the needle and anaesthetic here, but egg that you would find in a dentist office you will also find here at this clinic. 900 volunteers volunteered their
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time and services. >> we're treating things that are preventive, but dental care is expensive even for people with insurance. >> they don't cover a lot of costs of surgery and everything is out-of-pocket and if you can't afford it, you can't afford it and you can't find a job in order to afford it. >> reporter: fernandez says showing up for job interviews with no teeth put her at a disadvantage. >> it's a sad moment, because no one will help you. >> reporter: chp is why this moment means so much to me. >> it's priceless. you can't put a value on something like this. >> all right. >> in vallejo allie allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. plus the major political player who announced his resignation following that deadly ferry crash. plus why a nevada rancher in the middle of a heated dispute with the federal government is asking people to forgive him. a weak weather system right now moving into north california. coming up the one part of your
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and 0.9% apr for 60 months on tdi models. . now to new developments in the sinking of that korean ferry that has left more nan00 people dead or missing and mostly students. , so's prime minister offered his resignation, saying that the decries from the families who have not found the missing keep him from sleeping at night. the government is facing heavy chrisism as investigations reveal lax security enforcement contributed to the disaster ten days ago. rescuers are hoping to resume diving missions to the sunkern ferry tomorrow after bad weather scrubbed those operations today. president obama is making an historic visit to malaysia, the first u.s. president to
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visit the muslim majority country in 50 years. the king of malaysia thanks the president for america's help to help to locate the commercial plane that disappeared seven weeks en route from kuala lumpur to beijing. a 73-year-old woman was killed after a driver ran his suv into a busy ice cream shop. he was apparently try doing back his vehicle out of a parking spot and supposedly lurched forward into a line of people waiting to get into the ice cream parlor around 6:00 last night. the wolwas pinned under the suv. workers rescued from inside the packed restaurant to help the injured. police say so far the driver a man in his 80s or early 80s has not been cited. nevada rancher cliven bundy is asking for forgiveness for racially offensive comments made earlier this week. >> i hope that i didn't offend anybody, if i did, i ask for
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their forgiveness, but i'm not with drawing what i said. the things that i said i meant. >> earlier this week bundy asked if "african-american residents of a las vegas housing project might be "better off as slaves?" bundy says he believes everyone should have equal rights and freedom. the rancher is in a dispute with the bureau of land management over cattle grazing fees. earlier this month he rallied militia members after officials tried to seize some of his cattle. >> thousands flocks to vatican city as the pope prepares canonize two former leaders of the catholic church. and how a flood-prone part of california is about to get much-needed protection.
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. happening now tomorrow two former popes will be canonized as saints, pope john paul ii and pope john xxiii and thousands are expected to attend the mass that canonizing the popes on sunday. reporter arthel neville with the latest. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands are expected at vatican with the canynization of two popes, pope john paul ii and pope john xxiii. >> i would like to participate in this historical moment here in rome and enjoy this joyful time together. >> reporter: from postcards to rosaries, tourists are shopping for
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souvenirs to remember the unprecedented event. the celebrations reach to poland where pope john paul ii was born. people gathering to watch say he is proud he is from their country. >> i consider pope john paul ii an extremely important person who affected our lives very much. >> pilgrims from italy, pope john xxiii aerre hometown are gathering for prayers in churches around rome and sharing their memories of the beloved pontiff. >> he is like a father, i knew him very well. 0 years ago i came to rome and took part in an audience with him. >> he was good and wise and taught us all to forgive. >> security has been heightened in vatican city and rome. >> reporter: pope francis precedes over sunday morning's ceremony and his presssessor, pope emeritus
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benedict xvi is expected to be there as well. >> in the bay area celebrations over the double canonization. worshipers packed the cathedral of christ the light in oakland for tonight's special mass. the u.s. conference of bishops calls john xxiii a "man of courage." as for pope john paul ii is remembered as a globetrotting pope and as described by pope francis as a man who preached scriptiers everywhere. >> and to open the coliseum area as it to what is described as i world-class sports and technology district. oakland's strategic planner says the 800-acre site is notable because it has easy freeway and bart access and such a large development site. the plan you currently under discussion can be adopted to include 1 to 3 new sports facilities. >> they have expressed serious
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interest and it's beneficial to them businesswise and the warriors i think there is room for the warriors to stay in oakland. >> of course this past week the warrior's ownership announced it bought pay 12-acre site in mission bay to build a brand-new 18 arson-seattle arena. the team says that arena will be privately-financed. >> some people who work at the children's hospital in oakland set aside their saturday to help their neighbors. this home is one of a dozen houses being rehabilitated by volunteers with building -- rebuilding together. the people who are selected to have their homes fixed up are low-income residents who often face other challenges, such as disabilities or illness. with the lepfrom community group oakland's fire department conduckedded an earthquake drill today. they simulated the disaster following a major quake on the hayward fault. teams practiced first aid and setting up communications and assessing damage. the core encourages everyone to
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have an emergency plan and to share it with family and neighbors. oakland residents can sign up for free training. >> folsom dam has reached a milestone in the project to increase flood capacity. after receiving six massive feel gates last month the army corps of engineers is ready to install them to help protect the sacramento valley. >> we definitely need projects like this to keep the residents safe. >> the new spillway is expected to be completed and operating sometime in 2017. new information on a story where we first told you about yesterday at 6:00, a dog that got a severe electric shock from a pge grate is out of an east bay vet help. mickey the bloodhound is expected to recover from that shock he got from walking on a metal grate in oakland on thursday. a pge spokesman told issue that
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crews put a temporary low- voltage cable inside that box fly weeks took to provide service to a construction site. the utility company says that that box might have been tampered with. well, dogs and dog lovers gathered san francisco's debose park for a special event, celebrating canines with food, et entertainment and ktvu's eric rasmussen judged best custom, best bark and best trick as well as best couple for lookalike osh owners and dogs. provides go to science, arts and music programs and mckinley elementary school. i have been there before and you can hurt somebody's feelings when you say they look like somebody's dog. >> yes. a hunt is over and how a video post oddn youtube helped to recover lost artwork by the late, great artist andy warhol. >> and meteorologist mark tamayo is coming up next with when the showers move out and a warm-up moves in?
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. right now we're track the clouds and a few scattered showers already approaching northern california. those showers will gradually work their way into the bay area over the next hours. we'll have a risk of moderate severe storms for the areas shaded in red especially arkansas and we'll have to keep an eye on that for tomorrow with possibly thunderstorms developing. for us though we just have some clouds out there, some scattered showers around the north towards crescent city and this activity will drift to the south over the next 3-6 hours. with that you might hear a few
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raindrops waking up in the middle of the night especially after 2:00, 3:00. windows were up especially near the coast and bay. still a bit of a breeze towards fairfield and sfo winds out of the southwest at 8 miles per hour and calm wind reports towards half moon bay. as far as current temperatures right now 51 degrees in santa rosa. oakland checking in 55. and san josi reporting 53 degrees in the forecast for tomorrow, in the south bay increasing sunshine. san josi tomorrow afternoon in the 60s. by wednesday, san jose he easily back up into the upper 80s. so we're expecting a big temperature change by tuesday and wednesday. you will see that coming up in a little bit. for tonight, mostly cloudy skies and showers will be developing in the short-term. looking outside towards san francisco bay and bay bridge, just some cloud coverage out
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there. tomorrow skies becoming partly sunny into the afternoon and that is the next developing headline, tuesday and wednesday a big bounce in the temperatures. overnight lows first thing tomorrow morning, coolest spots in upper 40s, widespread low 50s. lots of clouds and a few scattered showers all because of this cold front moving into northern california. it's relatively weak, but it will be strong enough to generate some light to moderate showers over the next 12 hours. we could have a earring of a few hundredth of an inch to .10". ness that system moves on we'll warm up temperatures. by wednesday, warmest location inland will be hot back into the lower 90s, around 90-92 degrees. tomorrow, starting with lots of cloud coverage. here is your forecast model at 3:00 a.m., showing you rain showers. by:00, the coverage on decrease and still a chance at 11:00 but look at what happens in the afternoon hours? the clouds fade away, rea valing partnery to mostly sunny
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skies. >> lots of 60s out there, warmest location in the upper 60s towards morgan hill and gilroy. tuesday and wednesday we're hot, even into thursday as well. inland neighbors in the 90s and even the beaches back up into the 80s. so get ready for a big change and this could onlily be the last time we're talking about rain in the bay area over the next hour. i won't say for sure because we could have a system that proves me wrong. >> and it's going to get warm. >> thank you, mark. a number of wayward ducklings set off a rescue mission right in our ktvu parking lot this morning. >> they are happy to get out. >> they fell down a storm grate and couldn't get out. the mother was pretty agitated our our assignment editor returned the little ones from the storm drain. we counted a total of least
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eight babies who waddled off safely with their mom. >>that was alton. >> andy warhol mades they digital imagines on a migga computer in 1985. they might have been lost forever if not for an artist who saw him promoting the computer. well nail-bites he for both the giants and a's. >> plus we're live in san joaquin as we hear from a very frustrated sharks team, even one normally mild-mannered player confronts our reporter.
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good evening everyone and welcome to this saturday night edition of sportswrap. the san josi smashes had a chance to wrap up their stanley cup series against the los angeles kings and that again didn't happen as the sharks have almost used up all of their cushion. tonight's game 5 attend by well- known bay area athletes the 49ers michael crabtree was w- his own jersey and sergio romo making sure to take care of his carb intake. the shot blocked by quick and the puck bounced long and pearson assists toffoli and eight minutes in the kings with a 1-0 lead. in the 1st period, the thorton shot won't go and long deflection leads to another los angeles opportunity, with bruin to kopitar. the kings put it away on a
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power-play in the 3rd. carter's shot is off the skates of stewart. can't really say you with unlucky when you lose 3-0, but the sharks didn't get many breaks in this one. that was it for antti niemi who was replaced. and the sharks now lead 3-2 in the series and now swings back to l.a. where san josi will try to wrap it up on monday. fred, is there a tension among the sharks with most of margin used up? >> reporter: there is more than one guy frustrated and testy in the locker room, but not one could explain why they started out so slow on their own home ice as a matter of fact? you could tell they quickly got flustered and just five minutes left in the 1st period, they were already trailing l.a. when sharks defenseman edwards takes
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