. >> it has the potential to hurt people but kpix 5's george ramos shows us neighbors are convinced it can continue to stand the test of time with help. >> reporter: long before sunset park was ever created, this valley oak stood right here. at 300 years old, the tree was here before this country was created. that is what has people so fired up. it all started when we came out here and we saw this fencing. >> the livermore area recreational park district cornered off the tree and left a sign saying it was under examination to see if it would be cut down. two arborists report confirm that some branches contain rocks and cavities in the district says one of them should break off and someone could be hurt or killed.>> it is a heavy-handed, near to -- knee-jerk reaction that most cities have. it is risk management. >> the neighbors say their oak is a heritage tree and that the arborists reports do not reprimand removal. instead, they advise relocating the nearby play structure, pruning and adding support devices to the tree and erecting a fence around it warning the public to stay back. >>

george. >> hi, matt. >> state gop chair val digiorgio. >> morning, matt. >> good morning, val. good to see you. and pedro ramosattorney and nonprofit executive, a guest panelist, but has been on the show before. so welcome back, pedro. >> good morning, matt. >> and law professor jan ting. >> hey, matt. >> let's get in it. we have three races we're gonna start out here with. pennsylvania state senator scott wagner, who would like to be the next governor of pennsylvania, is starting to introduce himself to voters statewide as he prepares to run next year. he begins a campaign video, that he released on the internet, by saying he's very different than governor wolf. he talks about how he shoveled horse dung at the age of 10, knows how to repair tractors, started garbage and trucking companies, and he says he can take all this knowledge, hometown philosophy to help pennsylvania achieve more. so, val, is this the start of a populist campaign very much like the trump campaign we saw last year, and could he be called the front-runner? >> yes, it is the start of a populist campaign. he's running it that way. remember,

george. >> hi, matt. >> state gop chair val digiorgio. >> morning, matt. >> good morning, val. good to see you. and pedro ramos, a guest panelist, but has been on the show before. so welcome back, pedro. >> good morning, matt. >> and law professor jan ting. >> hey, matt. >> let's get in it. we have three races we're gonna start out here with. pennsylvania state senator scott wagner, who would like to be the next governor of pennsylvania, is starting to introduce himself to voters statewide as he prepares to run next year. he begins a campaign video, that he released on the internet, by saying he's very different than

ramos trip at the gap. parker, 2 for 3 with 4 rbis. teeing off on a room service fastball. three-run bomb, his second of the spring. giants up 5-3. georgewalked the first two bat esof the fifth. the pride of palo alto, jock peterson responds. dodgers 6-5. can toes takes the loss. dodgers win 7-6. a's lose 5-0 to the baud rays. >>> nfl news, as expected colin kaepernick will opt out of his contract with the 49ers. that should happen tomorrow. the question is, does anybody really want him? seems unlikely any team's going did pay him the $14 million salary he was scheduled to earn with the 49ers. the niners weren't going to pay that either. they would have cut him before that bill came due. there's still a chance he re-signs with the 49ers but it would have to be for a lot less money. >>> new head coach kyle shanahan at the scouting combine in indy, will be taking a hard look at qbs heading into the draft. >> there's a lot of pressure from this business, especially on the quarterback position. how are they going to handle pressure, adversity, no matter how good you are everyone's going to tell you how bad you are sometime during the year.