the first step was nicely taking care of lew wolff. very stubborn when he didn't get his away -- it is way with the san jose project. they developed the gold ribbon committee to try to study those which were going nowhere. and a's fans in particular and rightfully so, very frustrated with lew wolff and the organization for not making progress. i think with the revenue sharing the a's get every year which is a huge chunk of money major league baseball was threatening to take it away because they had been stuck in the mud over getting this done. it is time to get serious in the a's organization doing just that. if you're in a spam, it is like we'll believe it only see it. but the raiders want to be gone, and the a's are the loan east bay organization saying we want to be here. >> and it is new energy so he was see what happens. >> and i think dave kaval is the right guy. he reminds me of roy eisenhardt when he came in as president of the a's, very progressive and they revved up the organization. good stuff. >> thank you mark. >>> thanksg

let's get serious, where you start you start by having lew wolff step down. he is in his 80s, it isn't a forceful, force out, but he is 87 years old. he has been hinting he would like to take a lesser role, selling most of his action with the team, he will maintain a small fraction of ownership. john fischer will move into the lead role. michael krol he has resigned as president, and really with lew wolff, he was never able to stabilize the franchise and get the stadium built. he seemed fixated on then san jose location, is well- documented the squabble with the giants in regards to ownership of the territory. it didn't work out, he didn't seem enthused i the waterfront possibilities. there you have it, as far as lew wolff stepping aside and allowing john fisher and company to move in, a progressive new president of the team, it will be interesting to see how it pans out but i think it's a good thing. >> their excited about keeping the team in oakland, and that is beautiful about the estuary there. >> the president, dave kaval also president of the san jose e

we know that lew wolff has tried in the past to move the team to san jose. with his departure does that can be hoped that the team will stay here in oakland.>> what's more important, the new president said i want to keep it in oakland. he's had success doing this in san jose. again, the state of california will not vote for spending money on the stadium. he was able to get a new stadium built in its beautiful. it was all privately financed. we need the experience to get that done. las vegas with the raiders, they say they will vote public money and here in california we will not vote for that. they did not vote for new stadium. he has experience and is coming to the a's and he's going to build a new stadium.>> that is exactly what he told me. you see this as a great opportunity that increases the chances of both the a's and the raiders fan.. >> right now we're waiting for the nfl owners to vote. the nfl by law says that if there is a viable stadium in the market they cannot move. here all over the country their seen oakland a's are moving out of the state an

. >> a shakeup at the top for the oakland a's announcing that co-owner lew wolff is selling off most of his stake in the team and resigning. john fisher will assume the duties. the two bought the a's in 2005 and lew wolff began efforts to move them out of the oakland, first to present and then san jose but failed. the as alienated lew wolff from many fans, and last year, they voted him the west owner in pro sports in an espn magazine poll. >> if you have been outside you felt it, a notice am chill. a look from the east bay hills camera shows the skies clear but it could change. -machine is tracking a weekend storm getting stronger. >> week ago from sunshine to showers and that is as legal as 18 hours on friday and saturday. sutro tower is look. what we dealt with this morning, officially, 33 in napa, santa rosa is 33. san ramon is 36. we have cupertino at then. concord and morgue hill at 39, livermore at 35. we are flirting with frost and tonight is the same and maybe a degree or two warmer. we will fund our attention ahead to the storm coming in with the missing ingredient when it w

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majority owner john fisher will replace lew wolff as managing partner. >>> other bay area headlines at least 26,000 customers were without power this morning mostly danville and san ramon. it tied up traffic for a while. several streetlights were out including this one at crow canyon road. traffic is back to normal on 880 after an early-morning accident shut down a stretch of the freeway in milpitas. it happened around 5:20 near highway 237. the chp says a nissan maxima either stopped or slowed down in the northbound lanes then was hit by a truck. the car burst into flames and people got out of their cars to pull the driver to safety. he was taken to the hospital. >>> right now crews are hard at work at a san francisco beach trying to protect it. kpix 5's maria medina shows us how they are trying to prevent the earth from giving way. >> just in the last year we probably lost 20, 30 feet off the dunes down here. >> reporter: robert surfed out here in ocean beach for the last 40 years so he has seen the earth give way feet by feet. >> this went out another 20, 30 feet, it was a gradual s

could be back in the world series. >> we know lew wolff was the driving force to moving the team tomont. >> the team has hired a new president. >>> the san jose sharks lost to the saint louis blues. they took an early lead when logan scored in the first period. then santa lose scored in the second. the blues were the eventual game winner. the sharks play the cayotes tomorrow. >> stanford basketball host colorado state today. >>> the san francisco district attorney's office has new help for victims of crime. yesterday, two emotional support dogs were sworn in to help make the legal process easier for children and the elderly and people that experienced trauma. they came interest a training facility in new mexico. the da's office said interacting with support animals can reduce depression, fear and anxiety. >>> the napa county board will be hearing from a new vineyard. final approval came in august but environmental and land use groups plan to ask the board to turn down that vineyard. >> it's going to cause them to chop down 15,000 trees. >> the county has studied every possible envir

the oakland a's managing partner, lew wolff, it out. all the details next. >> brittney: we are tracking we can't range and will have more details and michael brought >> vicki:a pedestrian hit and killed on highway 101 in san jose and police are looking for the car that hit the person. >> grant:this is the third pedestrian killed on a bay area highway just this week. kron four's will tran has the details on this latest hit-and-run. >> reporter: the c h p tells me that they do not believe that the victim struck and killed a around 130 and the morning was not a transit based on what he was wearing and that he had a wallet on him at the time. >> reporter: the c h p had to shut it down for several hours. they believed that the car deck slants into the person with a front end damage. no one had stopped to help and it took other cars that came along a short time later to contact the c h p that there was a body on the road late. the big dumb name still not be released at this time. ---the biggest name-- the victim's name is still not being rele

the 81-year-old lew wolff is handing over the reins to john fisher a majority owner since 2005.the franchise silent partner. but now he will take a very prominent role in trying to build a stadium. in addition, dave cavill was named president replacing michael crowley. cavill led the effort to get the earthquakes' new stadium in san jose. and he is hoping to repeat the process in oakland. >> you know, we wanted to have a stadium that has an ambience around it. you go around to the great ballparks of america, they have a great ballpark feel or villages around them, bars, stadiums, those are stadiums that transform cities and we wantto do that in oakland. >> he didn't name specific sites but he check out the howard terminal area, the college site near lake merritt is also an option . i don't see the coliseum as a possibility because by the as' leaving that site it finally opens the coliseum for a raiders stadium. >>> mike trout mvp awork beating out the red sox. cubs third baseman kris bryant won the national league award nearly won it unanimously getting 29 of 30 first place vote

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lew wolff is out as the a's managing general partner.e is selling his shares in the team after a decade of trying and failing to build a new ballpark for the athletics. the 81-year-old is handing it over to john fisher, who has been the majority owner since 2005. fisher has been described as the franchise silent partner but now will take a more prominent role in trying to build a stadium. in addition, dave cavill was named president replacing michael crowley. cavill led the effort to get the earthquakes a new facility in san jose. he is hoping to repeat that process in oakland. >> we want to have a stadium that has an ambience around it. you go around to the great ballparks of america. they have a great ballpark feel or villages around them, bars, restaurants, people living. those are the stadiums and facilities that transform cities. and that's something that we want to do here in oakland. >> cavill didn't expound on specific sites or how it would be paid for. this is a proposed rendering for the howard terminal site. john fisher has vi

. >>> after trying and failing for over a decade to get the a's a new baseball park, lew wolff is stepping down as oakland's managing partner selling his shares in the team. john fisher, the team's majority owner, will take over for wolff and work on getting the team a new ballpark. dave cavall of named team president coming over from the san jose earthquake and he said if oakland can get a new ballpark, it would allow the team to spend more money to acquire and keep players. >> i think the key thing in term of having success on the field is the stadium. we have to unlock the revenue that comes with a new building. what that will enable us to do is invest more in the product and actually compete for more world series. so if you marry those two thing together, we can have a lot of success in many ways. >>> sharks in st. louis where joe thornton has already won the no shave november. 2nd period tied 2-2. the blues score on the power play giving st. louis the lead. they win the western conference finals rematch 3-2 the final there. >>> the cardinal squad hosting, christian sanders throws the

lew wolff is stepping down and selling his stake in the team to the other eveners. -- owners.ew owners want to build a new stadium in oakland. >>> the board of super visors for napa valley will hear a dispute between environmental groups and a vineyard. >> they just wanted to chop down 15,000 trees in a remote region. >> the county has studied every possible environmental impact, trees, plans, wildlife. they concluded that the project will have no significant impact. >> no matter what the board decides. we are told that the dispute will likely end up before a judge. >> it's 6:57. reports of hate crimes are on the rise. up next, the hot line one city is opening up again to help victims. >> the two new additions we are hearing about president elect donald trump's cabinet. >> we have more coming up on ktvu news after the break ♪ music: it's a small world after all ♪ come join us this season, at the all new festival of holidays event... ...including the new world of color season of light show... now at the disneyland resort. >>> good morning. several disturbing incidents reported.

. >> reporter: after 11 years as managing partner of the a's, lew wolff is down, selling his ownership stake to the other owners. >> keep the players, not getting rid of them, and then the a's can be back in the world series and win it. >> we know mr. wolff was a driving force behind moving the team to fremont. >> reporter: david kavl is now president of the a's. he wants to build a new ballpark. >> i want to make sure that other stake holders rs fans, business leaders, everyone can have a say where we build this stadium. >> reporter: a water front location is one the a's are considering. >> i don't want them to go anywhere. >> i think the a's deserve it. >> reporter: the fans could impact this decision, too. >> hopefully the a's can stay close by so we can continue to have the a's and then the raiders can stay at our stadium. >> reporter: oakland mayor is looking forward to working with the a's to build a new stadium here in oakland. wolff thanked players, staff, and fans for the opportunity to serve the team. . >>> any fission figures show homelessness is going up in california. it f

. >> many a's fans are hopeful of a future for the team after they announce the co-owner lew wolff is stepping aside. the move has created a sense of optimism that rap they will get a new ballpark trying to will one for a decade. the majority owner john fisher will handle the stadium search with the new a's president. >> having success on the field, that is the stadium. this happens in san jose when i had the team this. it will happen here. we have to unlocked revenue that comes with the new building. that will be able us investing more in the product. >> he take over as a's president next month. >> if you ride bart there are some days it feels more crowded. a report shows that may not be the case. >> mysterious disaperrance of >> mysterious disaperrance of john conyer's -lois pricese. [ifrom grocery outlet. - hi, it's... the rest of us! - hey there. - hi! - hey. loifor over 60 years now, grocery outlet has been selling the brands you know and love, for up to 60% less than what you'd pay at traditional grocery stores. - and check this out. lois: we've got meats and produce, naturals a

lew wolff is stepping down and selling his interest in the team to the remaining owners. john fisher will take over as the face of the franchise now. and after 20 years as president, michael crowley will step away from the day-to-day operations and into an advisory role for the ownership group. the new president will be dave caval. he'll face reporters at 1:00 this afternoon. until then, find the play by play of the change-up at nbcbayarea.com. >>> to a story out of san jose where chp looking for the driver who struck a man with his car and then took off this morning, leaving the victim to die. this happened overnight on the tully road on-ramp to southbound 101. the good samaritans called 911 and stayed with the victim until the fire department could arrive but at that point it was too late. the man passed away. investigators are looking into why the man was walking on the on-ramp into the traffic lanes. >>> happening right now, an emergency training exercise at a caltrans station in san mateo, the exercise at the hillsdale station, it started at 6:00 this morning. and it

. >> many a's fans are hopeful ater the co-honorer lew wolff is setting aside selling all but a small stake in the team and give up his role as managing partner creating a sense of optimism for a new ballpark. the team has been traying to build unfor a decade. the majority owner john fisher will handle the stadium surge with an earthquake expert with the new a's president. >> as far as having success on field, that is stadium. it happened in san jose when the team was there and it will happen here. we have to unlock the revenue that comes with a new building. that will be able us to invest more in the product. >> he take over as a's president next month. >> has bart felt less cramped? there is a reason. according to the ridership sit down for first time in six years on weekdays, from july to september 2,100 fewer people riding and more substantial on the welcome with approximately 20,000 fewer riders. part said the ridership rise and falls with the economy particularly with the employment and traffic congestion. >> the accweather forecast with meteorologist mike nicco. >> good morning

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wolf lew wolff is stepping down. john fisher will take over for wolf and work on getting the team a new ballpark. dave cavill was named the team president coming over from the san jose earthquakes. and cavill said if oakland can get a new ballpark it would allow the team to spend more money to acquire and keep players. >> i think the key thing in terms of having success on the field is the stadium. we have to unlock the revenue that comes with the new building. what that will enable us to do is invest more in the product and actually compete for more world series and so if you marry those together, we can have a lot of success. >> sharks in st. louis where joe thornton has already won the no shave november. second period tied at 2 the blues david per ron scores on the power play giving st. louis the lead. they win the westerns conference final rematch 3-2 the final. >>> hoops, new stanford coach here and his cardinal hosting weiber state. first half, christian sanders throws down the half court alley-oop past to mich

on our twitter page, more on the team's shakeup after the managing partner lew wolff stepped down. >>donald's getting fancy. the fast food chain planning to offer table service soon. we're back in two minutes. bo yoheaouthe or he artheop ori. >>> welcome back on this friday morning. before you head out the door, here are the top stories on nbc bay area. >> new this morning, social media lit up overnight with a lot of fans upset with rapper kanye west. he performed at the sap center in san jose last night, and he drew some heavy boos when the music stopped and he turned political. >> this world is racist, okay? let's stop being distracted to focus on that as much. it's just a [ bleep ] fact. >> a lot of bleeps. many of his own fans got up and actually walked out of the concert when kanye told the crowd that he didn't vote in this year's election, but if he did, he would have voted for donald trump. he added there are a lot of things he liked about the trump campaign and reiterated his own plans to run for office in 2020. >>> breaking news, within the last half our we learned president-

after trying and failing for over a decade to get the a's a new ballpark, lew wolff is stepping downkland's managing partner an selling his shares in the team. john fisher the team's majority owner will take over for wolff and work on getting the team a new ballpark. dave cavill was named the team president coming over from the san jose earthquakes. and cavill said if oakland can get a new ballpark, it would allow the team to spend more money to acquire and keep players. >> well, i think the key thing in terms of having success on the field is the stadium. we have to unlock the revenues that come with the new building and what that will enable us to do is invest more in the product and actually compete for more world series. and so if you marry those two things together, we can have a lot of success. >>> sharks in st. louis where joe thornton has already won the no shave november. second period tied at 2 the blues score on the power play giving st. louis the lead. they win the westerns conference final rematch 3-2 the final. >>> hoops, new stanford coach and his cardinal hosting weib