, chris alvarez here with you.he injury bug continues to hit the 49ers hard. saturday night we found out trent taylor broke his foot earlier in the week and had surgery on friday. hoping one of jimmy g's targets back early in the season. preseason niners hosting cowboys, jimmy g all smiles, expect him in there. last year's quarterback sensation nick mullens rolls by jalen herd. watch him find his way. fast forward late third quarter, c.j. going up top, goes andit. what a play. 45 yards, puts niners in the red zone. third quarter, pass to herd. niners beat 17-9. here is your postgame. >> we played a lot of guys. we had to sit a lot of starters. the guys, back-up came in fairly early and got to play more. we had to keep the guys out there a little longer. that's always good to do as long as you can get through it healthy. a lot of tape to watch and excited to see it with them tomorrow. >>> raiders, rams, my alma mater derek carr sitting out preseason opener. raiders march down the field, diondre washington finds pay

all right, chris alvarez, thanks so much. work is beginning in the south bay to preentd the spread of wildfires. it's happening along highway 17. firefighters are creating what's called a fuel break along the six-mile stretch between the road and los gatos. it started in the redwood estates area. they will saw brush and remove whack weeds to remove as much vegetation and fuel as possible. this will prevent flames from climbing vertically to the tops of trees and keep fires close to the ground where first responders can better extinguish them. >> apple c.e.o. tim cook is donating $5 million of his own money as well as apple resources to help fight the fires in the amazon. >> meanwhile, the world's largest fire fighting plane that has helped control major wildfires here in california is now in south america fighting those fires. >> yeah, it's a converted 747 jumbo jet that can carry nearly 20,000 gallons of retardant or water. up to 4,000 miles. the decision by bolivia's president to lease the super tanker comes as south americ

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here is abc 7 chris alvarez. >> reporter: larry, two games, two outcomes two different fields. the victory felt like a play-off game while wednesday oakland was powered by strong pitching and big bats in a 9-5 victory over the giants. >> the pitchers having a good game plan going into it and trying to execute it. had success. everybody has specific guys they seem to get out, you know, or teams they seem to do well against and just so happens this one just happens to be mine. >> i didn't expect to go up there and hit two home runs after i've been struggling for a bit. you want to go up there and take good at-bats and get good hits and help the team win. i was happy to have a good game. >> just played a little more like a hitter's ballpark which typically might be the warmest game that i played here. we've seen in the last week or so balls getting hit out into the bay because the conditions are a little different. >> good bullpen so far to climb back in and give ourself as chance, that's all you can ask for. >> i look at this game how they battle back and we had the tieing run up

. >> chris alvarez is here. >> did you guys like the chase center? let's talk about it. the warriors' biggest names in the front office and why they love >>> today sports director larry beil sat down with the biggest names to get closer and closer to the first game in downtown san francisco. >> i feel amazed. every time i walk into this building, i see something new and i say my god, we really -- i think we did it. i want to see what the people say because they are the ultimate judge but i think we did it and i feel proud of it. >> when you walked in this morning and you have seen it's not totally, totally finished, the chase center but what was your first impression? >> well, i saw you and i thought -- >> oh, no. >> i have to talk to you. [ laughter ] >> not again. >> the arena is unbelievable, really. i just think top to bottom, you know, i've kind of been here a few times and walked around our campus, our players' campus and business office and the outside, to feel this anchoring of mission bay but i will be most excited when i get to walk in here and watch our team.

with the raiders in napa, chris alvarez, abc7 sports. >> thank you, chris. was the first day of the fedex cup playoffs with round one of the northern trust. a storm hit new jersey this week that caused a lot of damage. it delayed the opening of the gates for fans. tiger woods actually started the day with no spectators watching him on the course. the serenity did not help. started on a back nine. was 4 over, double bogey here on 14. finished with a 4 over, 75, tied for 116th out of 119 players. his back is really acting up. rory mcilroy tied for 5th, 6 under 65, troy merritt started the fedex standings, 9 under, 62 will help him advance next week. he's the leader over dustin johnson. for now here's tiger. >> just didn't play well. it's one of those things where i didn't hit any good shots and didn't make any putts. other than that, added up to a round that broeke 830. >> an old chiropractor friend told me once you're a back patient, you're always a back patient. sadly that is the situation for tiger woods where he just doesn't know from week to week. he's no

fans, chris alvarez with you.bug continues to hit the 49ers hard. saturday night we found out trent taylor broke his foot earlier in the week and had surgery on friday. the team hoping he will be back early in the regular season. niners hosting the cowboy this the preseason opener. last year's quarterback sensation nick mullins rolls by jalen heard. watch him find his way this the end zone. 7-6, red and gold. late first quarter. beathard going up top. samuels goes up and gets it. what a play that was. 45 yards, puts the niners in the red zone. same drive. beathard to heard. -second touchdown of the night. niners beat the cowboys 17-9. >> we played a lot of guys tonight. we were able to sit a lot of starters. the backups came in fairly early and got the play more. and we got to keep those guys out there longer. always good to do as long as you can get through it healthy. a lot of tape to watch. >>> raiders, derek carr sitting out the preseason opener. raiders first drive, washington finds pay dirt. 7-0, raiders. fo

, chris alvarez here with you.s to hit the 49ers hard. saturday night we found out trent taylor broke his foot earlier in the week and had surgery on friday. hoping one of jimmy g's targets back early in the season. preseason niners hosting cowboys, jimmy g all smiles, expect him to be in there against denver next week. last year's quarterback sensation nick mullens rolls by jalen hurd. watch him find his way in the end zone 7-6 red and gold. fast forward late third quarter, c.j. bethford coming up on top, goes and gets it. what a play. 45 yards, puts niners in the red zone. third quarter, pass to hurd. niners beat 17-9. here is your postgame. >> we played a lot of guys tonight. we had to sit a lot of starters. the guys, back-up came in fairly early and got to play more. we had to keep the guys out there a little longer. that's always good to do as long as you can get through it healthy. a lot of tape to watch and excited to see it with them tomorrow. >>> raiders, rams, my alma mater derek carr sitting out preseaso

. >> chris alvarez is here. >> football, baseball, we have it all. a win in the worst way at wrigley. could they avoid the sweep in chi town? the odd circumstances surrounding the >> announcer: now sports from abc7 news. >> it is in a weird preseason for the raiders. there's been the antonio brown situation. add this to the list. they partially unplayable field during tonight's preseason game in kenna against the packers. the goal posts are in the end zone. they had to move them back. damage to the field only part of it so it's not safe for play. they played an 80-yard game on the field with the ball being spotted at the 25 and no kickoffs tonight. this would have been a touchdown either way. tim boyle, 23 yards to trevor davis. 7-3 pack. the raiders respond. peter man, to keith smith, san jose state linebacker, now plays full back for the raiders. silver and black, tim boyle would get another touchdown pass to jake kumero. 7-10 pack at 11:00. niners return to action saturday in kansas city. head coach kyle shanahan says he'd like to play quarterback

chris alvarez, abc 7 sports. >>> steven vogt played for the a's.rs old still winning drag races. captured the record-setting 150th title and today i had a chance to talk to him. he's been the force in hot rod racing for a long time. started out dirt poor in southern california and through the years built his team. now includes the three daughters. he's a multi, multimillionaire after 149 career wins, it took 25 races to finally reach the milestone 150th. he says he's really happy to finally get the monkey off his back. >> on that day, everything went right and i have to give credit to the make believe animal i created, that monkey he got me. you don't know your race car. you better love it, you better live it. you better smell it, breathe it, eat it and that win will come. i'm glad it's over. i love that monkey. >> got a lot. >> wild in the wnba last night. brittany went after former cal star who is working on her back pedal there chasing her down the court. the bench is empty. brittany goes 6-9 and got upset because she got hit in the head. upset

chris alvarez here. the third game of the nfl preseason, often called the dress reehearsal.for the regular season. tonight, it is especially important for jimmy garoppolo as he looks to shake off the rust of the shaky preseason debut at denver and to work back from last season's torn acl. >> hopefully we can string some plays together and get the offense moving. it is taking it from the practice field and bringing it over to the game field and making it happen. >> he hasn't played a ton, and that was one of the most discouraging things about last year because he was going to get that regardless of how the season went. we got a better team now. a lot more excited for this year. when he has played everyone has seen his ability, and everyone knows he's in that club and everyone knows he's not only having the ability to be in the nfl but the ability to be one of the better ones. >> thursday night's raiders game in canada played on an 80-yard field to account for damage after the goalposts were removed. reaction to the playing condition, mixed on both sidelines. >> we like the fi

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chris alvarez with a preview in this morning's sports. >> good morning to you. chris alvarez here. third game in the nfl preseason, oven called the dress rehearsal game. on most occasions most of the stars will play preseason as they gear up for the regular season. 49ers game especially important for jimmy garoppolo as he to shake off the rust of the shaky preseason debut in denver and works back from last season's torn acl. >> hopefully we get to string some plays together, get good drives and get the offense moving. it is taking it from the practice field and bringing it over to the game field and making it happen. >> he hasn't played a ton, and that's what was one of the most discouraging things about last year, because he was going to get that regardless of how the season went. we got a better team now. a lot more excited for this year. when he has played everyone has seen his ability and everyone knows he is in that club and everyone knows he not only has the ability to be in the nfl, he has the ability to be one of the better ones. >> thursday night's raiders game in canada p

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chris alvarez has the highlights in this morning's sports. >> the a's path to the postseason is a wildive more games head to head looming. the green and gold could challenge for the division title. we pick things up bottom three. a's down 2-0 until robbie gross man bases loaded single. and then matt chapman walks. bases loaded. that's an rbi. he reached the base five times in total. 3-2 gree mark can caps off a five run inning with a5-2 a's. off olson. look at corbin joseph. a's win 8-4, six and a half games back from the astros. >> baseball is one of those things where if you try harder it won't work. regardless of if we're playing the astros or whoever we're playing, just trying to do whatever we do and just trust ourselves and believe in the work we put in. >> one through nine is a grind. again, it's -- so much was on the offense today because they allowed me to not really worry about one run, which, i mean, is everything to this lineup. if you can place some runs up on this lineup, it makes facing it a whole lot easier. >> love those green jerseys as well. giants/d backs in arizona

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chris alvarez who is right-handed joining us from the ballpark. hey, chris. >> larry, hey, larry, i ama right-handed thrower but bat left-handed. so there we go. this is a huge series as you mentioned, both teams fighting for play-off lives and the game just got underway but we are at a great art exhibit. fans are excited and you see the history of the bay bridge series and artwork now. we've got some excited fans aren't in the stadium yet. first pitch started. you should be inside. these games do feel different because of the rivalry. play-off position on the line, giants three and a half games back of the second nl wild card. oakland two games back of the second wild card spot in the american league. this sabis about as close to october series as you can get. >> this is a little different if you're local and understand, you know, that all eyes are on this series and, you know, all the bay area sports fans are watching. there is a little different feel to this than maybe any other series during the course of the season. >> it's always exciting. i

chris alvarez will join me. we're following the oregon auburn game.and national games. >>> little tennis. great athlete finishing up the second match at the u.s. open. 360 spin. and slam so finish off the match. no dunking in tennis, is there? that's like vince carter with a tennis racket and i do like the nest nestee plunge. kids remember that? it used to be a commercial, guys. on to round three. let's enjoy music, shall we? that percussion player is kind of tall. look, it's bill walton. the hall of famer. he played all five hours at a show at the tweet water music hall last night. the deads bob owns the salt water. he's on a book tour in reality. he's just wondering the country being bill walton. >> rhythm there, too. >> i'm not sure anybody has a better time day in and day out in bill walton. it's great. he had so many injuries from his nba days and went through excruciating back pain and had surgery and obviously better and doing great. >> that's great. thanks, larry. >> join us tonight for abc 7 news at 1 11:00. >>> i'm in pleasanton where a mom

chris alvarez has highlights in this morning's sports. >>> saturday night was the perfect chance to getr hurdles for jimmy garoppolo, the mental hurdle where he tore his acl, physical for performance in denver in the preseason. marquise goodwin, high-five all the way around. last year's mvp patrick make homes, damian williams tackle, 62 yards later he is gone 7-0. kc right out of the gates jimmy garoppolo. jimmy g looking good, finds richie james, connection, niners in the red zone, garoppolo up top. diving catch in the end zone. jimmy g, touchdown and no picks wilson jr. to the outside and in. san francisco retakes the lead. wilson again bs how about another score, improved 3-0 with 27-17 win. >> last week wasn't nearly as bad as it looked but it definitely did look that bad live. today everyone is on the same page a little better, move the chains a couple times. get into a rhythm and start forgetting about things and playing football. >> i thought it was good to come back to kc where everything started. get that out of the way, another step in the right direction. >> former stanford s

. >> chris alvarez is here. >> really weird game.ael's report because the raiders are a global team with the traveling. raiders battle the packers and a field in canada last night. we'll talk about that. find out how robert >>> the raiders are 3-0 this preseason and showed a lot of resolve in last night's 22-21 win over green bay in canada. last night's game played on 80 yard field due to a count for damage after the goalposts were moved to accommodate for rules. with the field issue, the packers pulled starters including aaron rogers did not play but jon gruden didn't have as big of a problem with the conditions. >> we like the field. we thought the field was perfectly ready to roll. didn't impact our play calling or evaluations. we just adapted as they did to the new dimensions of the field. >> we certainly have all played on much worse surfaces in our life, but it was one of the deals where they weren't playing their starters and so we just decided to sit them. >> baseball schedule, no friday games for the giants or the a's tonigh

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chris alvarez has the highlights in this morning's sports. >>> saturday night in kansas city was the perfect chance to get over some hurdles for jimmy garoppolo, the mental hurdle of playing where he tore his acl last year and the physical hurdle of a tough perform fans the last game of the preseason. first quarter, last year's mvp, patrick mahomes in mid-season form, to williams. shakes a tackle. 62 yards later he is gone, 7-0 kc right out of the gates. jimmy g. looking good here. giants james. 35-yard connection. in the red zone. next play, garoppolo up top. breeda, diving catch in the end zone. jimmy g., 14 of 20, 1 88 yards, touchdown, no picks. first quarter, down 7-14. wilson jr. to the left side and in. san francisco retakes the lead. if one is good, two is better. wilson again. niners improved to 3-0 with a 27-17 win. >> last week wasn't nearly as bad as it looked. it definitely did look that bad live. today everyone is on the same page a little bit better, moved the chains a couple times. get into a rhythm and you start forgetting about things and playing football. >> i thou

chris alvarez has the highlights in this morning's sports. >> the a's path to the postseason is a wildirth. five more games head to head looming. the green and gold could challenge for the division title. they will take the series with a win on saturday. we pick things up bottom three. a's down 2-0 until robbie grossman bases loaded single. and then matt chapman walks. bases loaded. that's an rbi. tied at two. he reached the base five times in total. matt olson single to right center. 3-2 green and gold. mark canha caps off a five run inning with a two rbi knock, 5-2 a's. seventh inning, blake trienen on the hill. off olson. look at corbin joseph. a's win 8-4, six and a half games back from the astros. >> baseball is one of those things where if you try harder it doesn't always work. i'm going to chalk it up to us being confident and playing well right now. regardless of if we're playing the astros or whoever we're playing, just trying to do whatever we do and just trust ourselves and believe in the work we put in. >> one through nine is a grind. again, it's -- so much was on the offen

here in alamo, chris alvarez. >> thank you. >>> bad sign for the 49ers running back jared mckinnon had back with that knee. he's yet to play game for the niners after signing a big contract last season and tearing his acl. unclear when he'll be able to play again. the 49ers will play the final preseason game, preseason action from a year ago. final preseason game tomorrow night against the chargers. >>> cal football team kicks off the season saturday hosting uc davis. they have some new digs former golden bear star aaron rogers kicked in a seven-figure donation to renovate the team's locker room. guys getting a look at it here. rogers green bay packer star these days says his years at cal were some of his best in his life and he's excited about the direction of the team. they are excited about that locker room. >>> steph curry two-time nba champ and best shooter on the planet isn't perfect and his wife was happy to remind him of that on social media today. check out this clip. >> what did you just say? you were just -- >> five minutes looking for my freaking headphones in a full panic.

chris alvarez smiling alongside. we will be on following oregon and auburn this saturday.ghts from the local and national games. >>> u.s. open tennis, kobe bryant and colin kaepernick in the crowd of new york to see defending women's champ naomi osaka. first set point, osaka crushed the serve. lynette was long on the return, 6-2 owe sack a. she trailed in the second. finish it off 6-2, 6-4. on the men's side americanamerin john issner. look at the power he gets. that is wicked. won the first set. second and third set were tougher, but issner who is enormous like 6'10" had 22 aces on the day. hitting straight downhill. 6-3, 7-6, 7-6. he advances to the third round. last preseason game niners playing the chargers, raiders and the seahawks. we'll have highlights at 11:00. >> good stuff. >> i told you we have a lot of stuff here. i'm going to work on that serious look. >> you keep working on that. >> menacing. >> some would say in the newsroom, yes. >> join us tonight for abc7 news at 11:00. >> i'm liz kreutz here in oakland talking to this man about the barber academy he's wo

chris alvarez has the highlights in this modern's sports. >> the a's most likely packed the wild card berth. the dividing leading astros should be on notice. five more games head to head looming. they could challenge for the division title. bottom three on saturday. a's down 2-0 until grossman's bows loaded singe. chapman wa loaded. that was an rbi. tied at 2-2. he reached base five times. olson, rbis single to right center. 3-2, green and gold. mark can that gets a two rbi knock. brently, ground ball off olson. joseph with a great play. a's win 9-4. six and a half games back of the astros. >> baseball is one of those things where if you try harder it doesn't always work. i would chalk it up to us confident and playing well playing our game. regardless of if we are playing the astros or whoever we are playing just trying to do what we do and trust ourselves and believe this the work we put in. >> one through nine is a grind. again, so much was on the offense today because they allowed me to not really worry about one run, which i mean is everything to this lineup. if you can put some

chris alvarez has highlights in this morning's sports. >> saturday night in kansas city was the perfect to get over hurdles for jimmy garoppolo, the mental hurdle where he tore his acl, physical for performance in denver in the preseason. marquise goodwin, high-five all the way around. fans had to love that. last year's mvp patrick make homes, damian williams tackle, 62 yards later he is gone 7-0. kc right out of the gates jimmy garoppolo & company. jimmy g looking good, finds richie james, 33-yard connection. niners in the red zone. garoppolo up top. diving catch in the end zone. jimmy g, touchdown and no picks. fourth quarter down 17-13, jeff wilson jr. to the outside and in. san francisco retakes the lead. if one is good, two is better. wilson again. how about another score. improved 3-0 with 27-17 win. >> last week wasn't nearly as bad as it looked but it definitely did look that bad live. today everyone is on the same page a little better, move the chains a couple times. get into a rhythm and start forgetting about things and playing football. >> i thought it was good to come back

so is after the game chris alvarez will join me.n/auburn game on abc, the prime time game right around 8:00. we will have all of the highlights from the top local and national games. finally, he may be the tallest percussion player in music history. nba hall of famer bill walton in mill valley on thursday night at the sweetwater music hall. he is a huge grateful dead fan and the dead's bob weir owns the sweetwater and played the show with walton, who wears a perpetual smile. shouldn't we all? that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great holiday weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >>> all right. time now is 8:47. lisa standing by with a look at the weekend forecast. >> good morning, kumasi. we have a bit of fog out there but plenty of sunshine. it will be a warm day for most of you unless you are right at the coast. so we have the changes in store for your saturday and sunday with a return to some mid 90s inland. here is a look from the east bay hills camera. you see a bit of fog there out in the distance. we are beginning to see a

so is after the game chris alvarez will join me.burn game on abc, the prime time game, right around 8:00. we will have the highlights from the top local and national games. finally, he may be the tallest percussion player in music history, nba hall of famer bill walton in mill valley on thursday night at the sweetwater music hall. he is a huge grateful dead fan and the dead's bob weir owns the sweetwater and plays the show with walton who wears a perpetual smile. shouldn't we all? that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great holiday weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >>> all right. it is 6:49 this saturday morning and lisa is standing by with a look at the forecast. good morning. >> good morning to you, kumasi. wow, what a bonus getting up so early. just beautiful out there right now. mostly clear for some of you, but as we look at san francisco just some patchy fog making for a gorgeous start to your saturday. the sun has been up for ten minutes, and we're going to see a beautiful day here in the city. numbers in the low 70s. for

so is after the game chris alvarez will join me. we follow the oregon/auburn game on abc, the prime time game, right around 8:00. we will have the highlights from the top local and national games. finally, he may be the tallest percussion player in music history. nba hall of famer bill walton in mill valley on thursday night at the sweetwater music hall. he is a huge grateful dead fan. he played the show with walton who wears a perpetual smile. shouldn't we all? >>> to wrap on morning sports, have a great holiday weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> all right. >>> time now is 5:49. lisa is standing by with a check of the forecast. good morning, lisa. >> hey, kumasi. good morning to you. for the rest of the country it is the unofficial end of summer but not for us. we have september and october, and really our warmest weather to come. this weekend, the holiday weekend, it is certainly going to be warm out there. as we take a look at a live picture right now, you will notice that we are looking at the clear sky. this is san jose, so