and alex smith meets with jim harbaugh. could it be another chance for alex smith? my goodness.e wade's best buddy is with us. dorell wright is our guest. and we'll be is joined by sharks guru drew raninda. this wille

niners score first and led 13-7 at half time. 3rd quarter, alex smith to vernon davis.and how about vernon? a 59 yard touchdown, his seventh of the year. cardinals had their bags packed by this time and they have major quarterback issues, too. here is your bun. richard bartell who over3 niners. tarell brown is there and was about to score his first nfl touchdown. 62 yards. niners win it 38-7 to finish 6- 10. get the seventh overall draft pick but jim tomsula is undefeated as an nfl head coach! >> i mean they just played their hearts out, and they finished, you know? and it was just a -- that was just football when you see those guys with smiles on their face, and that's -- and pure football. and just playing football, and having fun. >>> basketball season is officially under way. 20ed the cal women had the daunting task of taking on red hot stanford. they hosted the cardinals today. fourth ranked xavier and top ranked connecticut last week. they wasted little time today. jeanette, 15 points for her. 37-18 at half time. the issue for stanford was to go home healthy. nekk

. >> and this is coming up uncertain times for 49ers for quarterback alex smith. >> does@o@o@o@o@o@o@o@ov >>> join me tonight at 9:00, coming up, at that time a sea otter found on a playground and rushed to a veterinarian. then at 11:00 loose dogs on the attack in san jose. see you tonight at 9:00 and 11:00. >> there is 49ers winning a game? >> they win and there is every once in a while winning a meaningless game at end of the season. now alex smith cleaned out lockers today and only thing certain about this franchise is uncertainly. they need a gm, coach, new quarterback. they finished up a season of disarray by demolishing arizona but meaning was victory. and there is maybe more stability he might have blossomed into a star. he is now perceived part of the problem than the solution. he needs a change of scenery. >> this is a good question. >> there is a lot of uncertainty down there is. >> there a scenario you can envision coming back here? >> absolutely. yeah. >> and this is hard to decide. so waiting for the stuff to get ironed out. >> and there is raiders blowing out chiefs on t

is alex smith going to in anyway be back? probably not. what do you say, alex?aw? >> good question. no idea. nothing has change. a lot of uncertainty out there, that's for sure. don't know enough tomeric any decisions. >> i guess you are right. warriors on the road against a good team, no. the magic and howard, maybe they are not miami, maybe not the lakers but they are good. steph curry had the warriors up by 11 points in the second quartert and as they did in miami on saturday night, when they led the heat by 20, the warriors aren't good enough, howard 22 points. the good teams lay around and turn it on when they feel like it. anderson, out of cal. 110-90. warriors are blown out. sharks doing their thing against the canucks. mayors from heatly, 3-2 lead and alex scoring. the breaking goal from out front. todd calls for the high stick. check the replay. >> above the cross bar. >> there it is. i will give her credit. she is with it. florida 3, vancouver beat the sharks tonight, they lead with 55 points. and you are terrific. i thought because of a wild holiday s

alex smith lanzaria dos pases de touchdown en lo que seguramente fue su despedida como quarterback del 49ers 38 cardinals 7+++... san francisco termina con record de seis ganados y diez perdidos...y al igual que los raiders, san francisco estara buscando nuevo entrenador en jefe.asi se jugara la ronda de comodin en la conferencia americana.. el sabado... los jets visitaran a los colts ... --el domingo .. los ravens enfrentaran a los chiefs de kansas city...en la conferencia nacional... el sabado... los saints visitaran a los seahawks ...el domingo... los empacadores de green bay visitaran a las aguilas de filadelfiaoklahoma termino una mala racha en tazones colegiales tras ganar el sabado el fiesta bowl... bowl...los sooners le dio una paliza a uconn al vencerlos por 48 a 20 ... landry jones mando pases para tres touchdowns completo 34 de 49 pases para un total de 429 yardas..... en pasadena.. texas cristians university vencio por 21 a 19 a wisconsin para llevarse el rose bowl... el mariscal de campo de tcu andy dalton completo 15 de 23 pases incluyendo uno para touchdown.... esa es l

slid all the way down to the packers at number 24, after the niners used the first overall pick on alex smith>> how disappointed are you that you will not be a 49er? >> not as disappointed as the 49ers will be that they didn't draft me. >> aaron shouldn't get down. >> reporter: in two years at cal, rodgers threw 43 touchdowns and led the bears to consecutive bowl games. former teammate chase lime an couldn't believe that rodgers wasn't the top pick. >> it was tough to watch. the guy should have been the number one pick, i think everyone would agree with that now, and had to wait in the green room for four or five hours. >> reporter: the waiting game continued in green bay where rodgers served as brett favre's backup for three seasons. but he never complained publicly or asked to be traded. >> definitely a great guy to learn from and hopefully one day he'll abdicate his throne and let me take over a little bit. >> reporter: favre did just that in 2008 when he retired for the first time and rodgers finally got his chance as the packers starting quarterback. >> he never gets wound up too much. h

alex smith threw two touchdowns. and what could possibly be his last game for the niners. >> still ahead on kron4 news, a massive quake kids chile, at officers shooting is caught on tape. biologists are baffled after thousands of birds fall out of the sky. it grills are started in the great in the bay area. those stories straight ahead on kron4 news. it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record four shows at once from any room and play them back on any tv. now get up to $300 back in promotion cards. at&t. rethink possible. the new year has brought an unusual visitor to the county. a gray whale has been spotted in the bay k

alex smith, perfect strike. 10-7 niners at the half. in the third, niners open it up.th to davis. cuts outside and gone. smith threw for 27 1k3-6 two -- 276 and two scores. in the third, brian westbrook. rush for 79 yards and two touchdowns. in the four, the 49ers defense. brown picks our bartell, and returns it 62-yard for his first nf score. always exciting. 49ers finish a disappointing 6-10 season with an entertaining victory, letting loose. >> just played their hearts out, and they finished. and it was just -- tha was just football. to see those guys with smiles on their face, and pure football. >> thiright here, let us put our head down a little bit, made plays. >> i think we played cautious all year, didn't enjoy t game, and i felt do a good job of it. i thought the whole team rallied arou and we let loose. >> raiders head coach tom cable has turned his team around, yet his contract is up and there talk hugh jackso will take over. i say that's a big mistake. cable had his team ready against the chiefs. campbell finds the wide open receivers. third quarter, game t

first quarter, perhaps the final game as a niner, alex smith drops back, perfect ball to gin. 37-yard score. 10rb 7 niners at the half. third quarter, niners open it up. davis cuts outside. gone. 59 yards. smith threw for 276-yard two scores. should have been doing this all year. brian westbrook, second score. ran for 79-yard. in the fourth, the -- 62-yard for the first nfl score. and the 49ers finish a disappointing 6-10 season with a 38-7 victory. as for the playoff races, packers could clinch a final wild card spot with a win over the bears. fourth quarter, chicago driving for the tie, jay cutler picked off. that ices it. green bay heading to the playoffs with the victory. in the afc. colts have clinched the south with a victory over the titans. fourth quarter, splits the uprights. colts clinch the third seed in the afc with a 23-20 victory. >>> well, an amazing 12-day stretch for the stanford women. the win against usf. beat xavier, and then snap uconn's win streak, today, they item off with a win over cal. the jumper. bears up 2-0. that would be cal0s only lead of the game. later

alex smith, said that one more time if your into money? he made it.e than likely where he gets the same as they sang, a " fresh start ". and the rest, patrick willis, but the protest bowl linebackers. alex smith, had the microphone. >> and is this the last hurrah? >> good question i have no idea. nothing has changed. and there's a lot of uncertainty out there, that is foreshore. >> what ever happens for alex, i wish him the best. and he is entirely worth it. and i wish him well. >> the attractive thing is finally getting this a of where he wants to go and where he wants to be. you know, i have not had that chance until now. >> and i can hear people saying that give me $25 million. and you can see what ever you want about me. but the bottom line is that nobody likes to fail. and he was a failure as a forty- niners quarterback. the raiders finished strong. and a sense 20 02, vern glenn, the coach. >> and we cannot call us losers anymore. >> the string of seven straight losing seasons to be over for the raiders. but that is a question of job security for

alex smith made it pretty clear he wants to change the scenery. troy smith isn't the answer. be looking at a veteran. >> so far new 49er coach jim harbaugh is doing his best impersonation when it comes to questions about who the next niners quarterback could be. vernon davis and the general manager tonight weighed in on national shows. >> i would love to catch an pass from donovan mcnabb. that would be tremendous. that would be outstanding having donovan mcnabb. >> if you could be the g.m then who would you bring in? >> i would bring in donovan mcnabb. >> you've got the draft. potential trades and you've got free agency. you know. is the quarterback of the future on this roster? i think it is obvious that he isn't at this point. >> so far defenseman dan boyle is the sharks lone all star and that's the way it will be. pretty indicative of the team's last place status that got even worse tonight. how bad is it? >> never seen anything like it in 13 years with lack of scoring especially with the talent in the locker room. >> hosting toronto. former sharks head coach looking for h

alex smith throws a perfect one. 10-749er teaze half. the niners really open it up. smith to a wide open vernon davis. he cuts to the outside and he's gone. one of the fastest tight ends in the league. 17-7 newspaperers. should have been doing this all year. 79 yards rushing and two touchdowns and in the fourth, 9er defense was not allowed a 100-yard rusher allton and terrell brown picks off bartell and returns it 62 yards for his first nfl score. 49ers finish the 6 and 10 season with an entertaining 38-7 victory. letting loose was the post game theme. >> and they just played their hearts out. they finished. and it was just -- that was just football. you can see those guys with smiles on their face. and it is pure football. >> we put our head on a little bit. we made plays. >> i think he thought all year we would play cautious and we didn't do that and didn't enjoy that all week. i thought the whole team rallied around, and we did let loose. >> the raiders and kansas city and reports swirling that tom cable won't be back next season. it is 10-3 raiders. the game tied

. >> and a better coach for the 49ers and get rid of alex smith. >> two no brainers there. what about at midnight itself what do you hope? >> that we are safe. >> to be awake. >> happy and awake. there you go. >> the young lovers were talking about i hope i get a kiss and you're going i hope i'm awake. >> well that's what 20 years does. >> yes. you know what, my hope is my wife is already asleep because how am i going to explain this playboy business. i'll get my new year's kiss tomorrow. i hope. >> that's what happens when you volunteer. interview playboy bunnies. >> it is a tough job and sometimes you get a difficult assignment. i'm up for it. >> way to end the year. >> thank you. >>> talking about all the revelery. police are out in force tonight looking for drunk drivers. this dui check point at 8th and fulsome street was one of many. saturation pat patrol patrols. extra service on some lines. b.a.r.t will extend its service until 3:00 a.m. and cal train will add four extra trains fro 12:: trains. >>> lawrence, really, rain at midnight? >> can you believe that? yes, tha

. >> reporter: the 9ers made tom a winner in his debut what is likely his final game, alex smith threwfor 276 yards and two touchdowns. 9ers beat the cardinals 38-7. >> i am still the head coach as we talk to you. >> well, i just finished. okay. >> all right. [ laughter ] >> okay. >> there is a search. [ laughter ] >> there was no let down for the stanford women after winning thursday night. 78-45 to win their pac-10 opener. and over on the men's side. stanford completed the sweep with an 82-62 win. it is their first win in four tries against the bears. >> of course we will see you tonight on game day? >> absolutely. yes. >> all right. >> all right. and we will talk about cable? >> more raiders and 9ers search all of that good stuff. >> okay. that is it for eyewitness news at 10:00. have a good night. [ female announcer ] why settle for plain bread when you can have pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits? the warm, light delicate layers are like nothing else. add a layer of excitement to your next meal. ♪ and these are the ones you'll love on a friday. pillsbury crescent pizza pockets

battle for last in the nfc west in candlestick, today's game against the cardinals liking marking alex smith's final day in san francisco. jim tomsula, one of his former players brian young, justin smith made his coach proud. 1st quarter he sacked gonocele to, one of three for the pro bowler -- john skelton, one of three for the pro bowler on the afternoon. he puts a perfect throw on ted ginn for a 57-yard touchdown, 7-09ers. later in the 3rd quarter smith to vernon davis on that beautiful sammy route. vernon cuts to his right and -- seam route. vernon cuts to his right and the 9ers scored on in the 2nd half outscoring arizona 28-0, two touchdowns for brian westbrook. the 9ers win 38-7. it was all hugs for jim tomsula after the game who is 1-0 as nfl head coach. >> again with these players with my little, you know, little fat guy running around on the practice field and them putting up with me, nobody put me in a garbage can. >> reporter: are you still the head coach as of when we talk to you? >> well, i just finished. there's a search. th... >> the packers searching for a win beat the bears a

and get rid of alex smith. [ laughter ] >> two no brainers there. >> what about at midnight itself what are your hopes? >> to be awake. >> happy and awake. >> there we go. >> the young lovers were talking about i hope i get a kiss. you're going hope i'm awake. that's what 20 years does. >> i've got a lot of explaining to do. i've got to explain the kiss thing. i've got to explain the playboy bunnies. but listen, it is not all fun and games, guys. i do want to tell you about something else going on tonight. take a look behind me. you can see there are some police officers out in full force right now. in fact, they are doing what they are calling a zero tolerance policy over public drinking. check out this video. these are officers positioned at several entrances to the bay bridge. they are doing what they call sobriety check points. they want to send a message. they are serious about stopping drunk drivers. obviously these are conflicting messages. it is what it is. new year's people are having fun. but the message is don't drive once you have had fun and drank a few. >> good saying, joe

the 49ers won't make the playoffs either, but today's game against the cardinals likely marked alex smith's san francisco game. interim head coach and a former player brian young justin smith made the coach proud. 1st quarter he sacked john skelton, one of three for the pro bowler on the afternoon. it was a breeze for smith against the arizona secondary. he puts a perfect throw on ted ginn for his 57-yard touchdown. 7-09ers. 10-749ers late in the 2nd quarter. vernon outruns everyone, a 59- yard touchdown, 276 yards and two touchdowns for alex, 17-7 san francisco. the 9ers pour it on in the 2nd half outscoring arizona 28-0. brian westbrook for two, the second touchdown on the day, 38- 7 the final. it was all hugs for the coach after a the game who is 1-0 as an nfl head coach. >> the little fat guy running around on the practice field and them putting up with me. nobody put me in a garbage canal. >> reporter: are you still the head coach as of we just talked to you? >> well, i just finished. there's a search. bears on jay >> the packers needed to beat the bears to get into the playoffs, up 10

alex smith era we know that's over. end on positive 38-7 weep out of arizona. > good question. no idea. still. nothing has changed. a lot of unsesht out there that's for sure but don't know enough at all to make any decisions. >>reporter: now the raiders beat the chiefs yesterday finished 8 and 8. is that enough to convince davis to keep cable who knows. if here's the coach on all the speculation. >> i know who about what we have done. whoever says it or writes it don't know what they are doing. you can quote that. >>reporter: we just did. warriors in orlando. rookie getting some time. some minute. golden state led by 9 at the half. magic turn it on in the second half. hello. 66-37 out score the warriors. about run away 110-90. to the the ice on busy night in sports. this is the high stick. this goal should not count. it was high stick but the goal did count. alex get it for vancouver. beat about and sharks lose at home to the canuck by final of 4-3. >> that was a high stick. >> a lot of people going elsewhere is the theme in tonight's sport. >> seems to be on t

alex smith threw two touchdowns and what could be his last game as a 49er.y is the front- runner for and general managers. he met over the weekend is the with the franchise for six years. this said he would contest the national risearch fr a replacement. the new jail and will south san than it had to coach. cela raiders became militant since a 1970 merger of the afl to go unbeaten in their division passed along to make the playoffs. oakland beat the chiefs in kansas city. jason and campbell threw a touchdown espn says, is unlikely to return as a coach. >> and we will be right back in developing story from novato table shot in the state would are in the latest details and more. and and bell on wall street that nest egg is now looks like we will have a good start to the beginning of the trading year. will bring you the latest through the warnings. >> developing story out of novato to people were shot, in the safeway parking lot to gain more this restaurant kids go to jackie cecil bliss been following the story. >> you can see officers from the bottom of this d

. >> is alex smith, again if you don't follow football, he's a quarterback -- well, you'd be surprised. is he doing what you need him to do? >> we're 0-4 and nobody is doing what we need them to do right now. we all need to get better. and it starts with me. and then -- >> that's my next question, by the way. i want to go singletary, smith and then york. >> but it starts with me. you know, we need to make sure that twhaewhatever we can do to eliminate distractions, make our guys understand we're 100% behind them. >> if you're a raiders fan or an oakland a's fan, you may wonder why we favor the 49 evers or giants? we don't. we invited the oakland teams to join and they both turned us down. >>> next up, youtube is great fun but it's never been a big moneymaker. we talk about that with the head of montization at youtube. >>> and serial entra practice newer making money over and over and over. >>> welcome back to "press here." if you're a regular viewer, you know we normally have a team of reporters each week and a guest. none of that this week as we give everyone the weekend off for the n

alex smith threw two touchdowns, in what could have been his last game with the 49 years. oakland beat the chiefs 31 to 10 in kansas city. dizzy campbell three touchdown pass and michael bush ran on hundred and 33 are. still ahead on kron4 news, a massive quake since chile, an officer shooting is caught on tape biologists are baffled after thousands of birds fall out of the sky. freewheels or spotted in the bay area at where western mix of noise at the box office. the story straight ahead on kron4 news. u=b(b]@@ the holiday season was a good one for most retailers, even a nasty winter storm could not slow down the shoppers. >> each year the gallup poll tracks how much we spend week by week, in 2008 the deepening economic crisis caused shoppers to close our wallets right before christmas. the next year the spending was down and stay down. this year after a post thanksgiving that shoppers bounceback and the trend was looking up. >> then came the blizzard of 2010, as the mercury dropped shoppers pass up post christmas still spending was down 24% nationwide. 5 percent in the m

alex smith for the score, 7-0, san francisco after a quarter. 10-7 at the half and in the 3rd quarter did something that was missing most of the season. they got the ball to vernon davis in the open field. davis demonstrates the best tight end speed in the league. brian westbrook for a pair of touchdowns, 31-7 in the 3rd quarter. this time the 49ers had put it away. but just for a little emphasis, the defense added a score in the 4th quarter. picking off bart yell and it's returned. hard to say why we didn't see more of that. the 49ers complete the season with a sweep of the cardinals. hugs all around for tomsula, who goes into the record books with a 1,000 winning percentage as the head coach. tomsula may be retakenned as an assistant, but either way, he is the type to deflect praise away from himself. >> they just played their hearts out and they finished, you if any? it was just football. when you see those guys with smiles on their face, that is pure football. just playing football and having fun. you know, and one football game is like an entire life. the ups, the downs, the turn

passed on him before he was taken 23rd by the green bay packers perry predicts he'll be better than alex smith but i'm just telling you that a lot of teams passed on him. >> they're pulling some the other the canal. it is a vehicle appeared to have not officially pulled it appeared we do not know this is the vehicle that is being driven. stay with us will have the latest on this story appeared will update this visit comes in. >> alright, thank you. will have an update on the search for the for a boy, were born to stay alive and still in effect. where there is for the evening. will be back in

get the number 7 pick in this year's draft the highest pick since 2006 after the game quarterback alex smith reflected on the dispointing season. >> i think for me and this whole team when you have been through so much you almost get numb to some of it if that makes sense as crazy as this year has been we have been through a lot and some of it stop phasing you. >>s unclear if smith will stay with the team. >>> passengers across the bay area just getting home from the holidays after winter weather caused havoc at airports across the country. this morning we are hearing their travel nightmares one man just touched down yesterday after a snow storm stranded him in ireland. another family had to find a different way to get to their grandma's birthday party when their flight to new york was cancelled. >> instead of flying san francisco to jfk we flew to lax then philadelphia and then got in a car and drove to new york. and got there at 2:00 a.m. two days later. >>> number of flights at sfo were cancelled yesterday due to wet weather up and down the state. right now no delays reported. >>> 6:26 a.

alex smith is likely done in santa clara. >> you know, i'm moving forward, who knows where, if that'syou're asking. there's a lot of what ifs left in the offseason. >> i got a lot left in the tank, a lot of sap left in the tree. i love playing this game. and if you have some more questions, you can check me of out on twitter, tequila spice 51. >> he is popping his twitter page right on our air. the raider nous have a dilemma here, finish with an 8-8 record, best finish in eight years. the players support their head coach, tom cable, despite continuing reports that indicate cable will be fired by al davis as early as next week. the blue collar coach and that's what this organization needs. and he is not gonna -- excuse my french, not gonna [ bleep ] you. >> am i surprised by it? no. i would like it to go away and sit down and discuss it, which they will. i know what we have done, think anybody who knows football knows what we have done. >> so who ever sit there is writes it, i don't know what the hell they are doing. you can quote that. >> we can quote him on that see what happens betw

alex smith through three touchdowns. the raiders, the only teams since 1970 to go unbeaten in their division and still not make the playoffs. oakland beat the chiefs 31-10. chasing campbell threw a touchdown, espn reporting the top cable is on likely to return as head coach. if someone you know depends on their i phone to wake up, several online reports say a software far as some i phone is repenting their onetime alarm growing talk. there was triggered by the start of 2011, apple says it should resolve this out after the second. several users have continued to report the crime. apple hasn't said what if anything will be done to correct it. 2010 was a giant ford in technology a few products for missteps kron4 gives is a look at some of the attack losers. >> the biggest tech fell as to be intended kate, i phone for resurgent. i phone with a flop. they denied it, i admit it. if someone's hand cover the lower left corner to lose signal strength your spot stop this country from buying it was still a huge success apple said i