today i spoke with jaron barajas about his once in a lifetime shot that earned him $100,000. on the baseball field of los medanos college in pittsburg. it's practice, as usual for the mustangs, except for 18 year old jaron barajas, who's still running on adrenaline. >> it was a long night. it was hard to get up, didn't get much sleep. >> the second baseman is now known across the nation not for his skills on the diamond, but for what he did on the hardwood during sunday night's nba all star game. >> we're going to grab someone random from the stands to compete against damian lillard for this 100 grand. >> out of thousands of spectators, youtube's biggest star, mr. beast, invited jaren to go toe to toe with the milwaukee bucks point guard. >> it was such a surreal moment. >> jaren needed to make just one basket from half court before lillard made three. dad michael, who surprised him with tickets to the game the night before, gave his son this advice. >> i said, hey, whatever comes your way, don't be shy. go have fun and see what happens. >> as a lifelong basketball player, ja

this is 18 year old jaron barajas. he was called out look at steph curry. wn to the court to face off against damian lillard. lillard needed to make three shots from long distance before jaron hit one and at the buzzer. jaron banked in that shot and won 100,000 bucks. chase center erupted. the players were loving it. jaron isn't a basketball player. in fact, he's a junior college baseball player. joining us this evening is jaron barajas. fresh off that $100,000 shot. jaron congratulations. nice to see you. how has your day been? thank you so much. it's nice to see you too.ow's your day been? a lot of calls and text messages. yeah. my day has been crazy. had baseball practice this morning. and a lot more interviews going on, too. i think we lost your shot. we're going to try to get it resolved. your audio. jaron hang tight. oh, there you go. okay. maybe i lost it. no. you're good. it was on my earpiece. how did you get called down to the court. did you have a heads up on this? i don't i couldn't hear if you were. i couldn't hear the question. how did you get

his name is jaron barajas, the 18 year old college student from oakley beat nba star damian lillard in that three-point shooting contest. to win $100,000, barajas had to hit just one shot from beyond the arc before lillard would hit three, and with the clock winding down, barajas touched one right off the glass. and in tonight on the 10:00 news, jaron told us he actually did not have tickets to the game until his dad surprised him just yesterday. >> i was like, oh, the game is going to be at chase center. this would be such a cool experience and thing to do. and then we're at my grandpa's 80th birthday party and he texted me them and surprised me so i couldn't keep a smile off my face. after that. >> jaron says he plans to save a lot of the money and use it to go to a four year college, and also to help out his parents. just a quick reminder here. you can keep track of all of our nba all star coverage over the weekend by downloading the fox local app to your phone and smart tv. tonight, we are learning new information about a fight in downtown san jose early this morning. officers say

. >> all right jaron barajas from oakland. he beat milwaukee bucks star damian lillard to get the grand prize during the three-point shooting contest during last night's all-star game at chase center. that was just one of the exciting events during a weekend that really had san francisco shining. the positive attitude felt by both fans and city leaders. >> what better time to be living in san francisco and in the bay area? we got to show off all weekend. >> got a high five from draymond green and vince carter. yeah this is a great atmosphere. i'm like shocked. >> people we talked to visiting san francisco said they ventured well outside of thrive city over the weekend, exploring iconic city locations and getting plenty of good food. >> we are tracking developing news out of san leandro. an investigation is underway after three police officers shot at an assault suspect last night. it happened near 164th avenue and east 14th street. police say officers spotted the suspect, and a short time later they opened fire. but they have

jaron barajas is still on a high from yesterday's big moment at the nba all-star game.nds of spectators, youtube star mr. beast invited him to go toe to toe with the milwaukee bucks point guard damian lillard for $100,000. all jaron had to do was make just one basket from half court before lillard made three. >> keep going. oh. >> this is surreal. i can't thank anybody but my dad community. >> i said hey whatever comes your way don't be shy. go have fun and see what happens. >> how great is that? he says he plans to save the money, help out his family, and use it to fund the rest of his college education. way to go, jaron. that made everybody's day. to see that today. all right, well, the nba experimented with a new format for the all-star game. so what's the verdict on how it played out? sports director larry beil is here. larry. >> dan, there was a lot of grumbling about the new four team all-star game format. i asked damian lillard what he prefers. plus, baseball is back. day one of full squad workouts for the giants. can they give the dodgers a run to maintenance an

that's jaron barajas. yes he did it. he's down sitting in that cash.bucks star damian lillard in a three-point shooting contest. jaron talked about his incredible shot during last night's 10:00 news here on ktvu. >> yeah, i missed the first couple shots off to the right and then i saw the clock going down. mr. beast kept saying, just shoot it, just shoot it. kenny tried to give me advice. he said, hold your follow through. shaq told me to shoot it a bit higher. and then the last shot came down right before the buzzer. i threw it up there and it went off the glass and went in. >> indeed it did. jaron took home $100,000 for winning the three-point contest. now he plans to use that money to pay for college. >> cattle numbers in the u.s. are dropping, and that's impacting the price of beef. the number of cows in the u.s. has dropped to its lowest level in 70 years. the department of agriculture reports a 2% decrease in january compared to last year. some say weather conditions across the country are to blame. >> production starts with grasses and pastures

jaron barajas is still on a high from yesterday's big moment at the nba all-star game. of thousands of spectators, youtube star mr. beast invited him to go toe to toe with the milwaukee bucks point guard damian lillard for $100,000. all jaron had to do was make just one basket from half court before lillard made three. >> keep going. oh. >> this is surreal. i can't thank anybody but my dad community. >> i said hey whatever comes your way don't be shy. go have fun and see what happens. >> how great is that? he says he plans to save the money, help out his family, and use it to fund the rest of his college education. way to go, jaron. that made everybody's day. to see that today. all right, well, the nba experimented with a new format for the all-star game. so what's the verdict on how it played out? sports director larry beil is here. larry. >> dan, there was a lot of grumbling about the new four team all-star game format. i asked damian lillard what he prefers. plus, baseball is back. day one of full squad workouts day one of full squad workouts for the alice loves the

jaron barajas of oakley thrilled the sold outs os by beating milwaukee bucks star and oakland's own damianrd in a shooting contest. he had to make one from the logo before lillard made three. jaron came by ktvu right after the game and described the celebration and his thanks to his dad, who surprised him with tickets to the game in the first place. >> i got to see adam silver. he gave me a high five and then they kept saying, jump in the money. jump in the money. you did. so i jumped in theascots s. it was such a crazy moment. it was the one that gave me this opportunity and let me shine in the moment. and i know he wanted me to do this and just give it my all and be great. >> what a moment. as we mentioned, that shot was worth $100,000. barajas grew up in oakley and went to freedom high school. he's currently a freshman at los medanos college. he said he plans to save some of the money and use some to pay to go to a four year college. he plans to major in business. a rising nba star who appeared at the all star event, stuck around the bay area today to show support for athletes at his al

a prize trip to the all-star game led to a big cash grab for one fan from oakland, 18 year old jaron barajas was called down to the court to face off against milwaukee bucks star and oakland native damian damian lillard. lillard needed to shoot three three pointers before jaylen hit the first one at the buzzer. jaron banked a three pointer in and he won $100,000 in the process. and to compete against damian lillard was also pretty cool. and then after i made the shot, shaq and kenny all gave me a hug. and then i saw curry at the end too, which was pretty cool. that's awesome. goodness. that's incredible. jaron didn't even know he was going to the game until yesterday. his dad surprised him with tickets while at his grandfather's 80th birthday. jaron is currently a freshman at los medanos college in pittsburg. he says he plans to use the money to pay for college and help his family out. so congrats to jaron. now, while jaron shot was a highlight of the night, he wasn't the star of the weekend. there could be only one and it was steph curry winning mvp on his home court. here's nbc bay area's

barajas draining that three at the very last second. it is a moment he is certainly never going to forget. >> all right, let's ask him about it. jaron, the man of the hour joins us live right now in studio. first of all man. nice shot. thank you. at the end drain did won the money. i want the back story in a bit. but first let me ask you about the shot. right. we heard we all heard him. the clock was ticking. you needed one. take us through that. >> yeah. i missed the first couple shots off to the right. and then i saw the clock going down. mr. beast kept saying, just shoot it. just shoot it. kenny tried to give me advice. he said, hold your follow through. shaq told me to shoot it a bit higher. and then the last shot came down right before the buzzer. i threw it up there and it went off the glass and went in. >> did you know it was going in? i mean, could you feel it or were you? it wasn't until it actually went in that. >> compared to other shots, that one was definitely more online. i feel like that one had a better shot to go in. and when i saw it go in, it was just a crazy experience. >> so whose advice worked? >> i held my fol