at at&t park joe fonzi, ktvu fox 2 news. >> beautiful day at the park. from baseball to tourism. 2014 was a big year. it is only expected to get better this year. >> you have to go to san francisco. >> the market that the industry is counting on to bring more visitors. >> summer trips to yosemite got more expensive. how high prices jumped and what the money will be used for. >> a warmer bay area forecast and rain chances could be moving in. we will update the forecast after the break. >>> the latest evidence of a hot tourism market in san francisco. sales force announced that it will charter a cruise ship for its convention. they will rent rooms to guests on the ship for those who can't find a room in a hotel in san francisco. dream force is one of a growing number of conventions in san francisco. a report number of visitors last year. ktvu's david stevenson looked into why san francisco has become more attractive than ever. >> reporter: the city seems more popular than ever and it is struggling to keep up with all the tourists coming to town. >> reporte

mark ibanez, joe fonzi inside. is it filling up? anybody there yet? >> reporter: we were talking about that the energy level you can feel it coming on. the saturday affair, warriors could have won by more. they had something that was annoying the fans. [ talking at the same time ] >> reporter: when the pelicans caught them the warriors got cold from the free-throw line. missed 13. shot 61%. thompson missed two in a row. >> reporter: 13 total missed free throws. 8 in the 4th quarter. warriors very well aware of that. andrew bogut addressed that. >> we shot the ball pretty badly. [ indiscernible ] >> one of those games, nerves, playoffs. yeah, didn't cost us the game thankfully. if >> reporter: all right. there are other things going on in sports in the south bay. the sharks, missed the playoffs for the first time in a long time dismissed their coach, calling it mutual. [ talking at the same time ] >> reporter: heard that before. the winningest coach in their history -- [ talking at the same time ] >> reporter: they figure the change had to be made when

and i know joe fonzi has folks to talk to.n an exciting morning. >> hopefully you will have warm clothing. it's windy there now. rosemary says it will be breezy and chilly at game time. >> reporter: yes. if you are a fan or even from san francisco, you no he this is what to expect. you just can't do anything when you say should we complain about the weather? come on. we can't really complain, can we? >> no. and that's a beautiful shot with the palm trees looking over the bay. thank you. officials say if you are not going to the game, you should try to avoid the bay bridge. this is a live picture of the toll plaza. looking very crowded there. try to avoid the bay bridge two hours before heading into the city and then two hours after leave, the-- leaving the city. first pitch:35 -- first pitch, 1:35. baseball fans transferring from b.a.r.t. can purchase tickets at the embarcadero station three hours prior to the start of game time. and another option for fans, take the ferry to the ballpark. that would be a lovely way to go. you

joe fonzi is going to set the scene.e going to know who, what, where and why when it comes to game one of the playoffs. >> reporter: yeah. that gets settled tonight. right now the warriors are getting ready. warming up out here. we talked about the numbers the warriors have done this year. i think the most impressive is they were a good team last year, won 51 games. they will win 66 or 67 this year. to have a double-doublet increase -- double digit increase rarely happens. >> our depth is special. got to be the best in the league. versatility. we have one of the best players in the world, steph curry. we compliment what he does. >> we have a goal to win. they just want to win. we have to ability to do that this year. can't look too far ahead but that is where we want to be at. going to take step by step, starting tonight. starting off great this weekend and show teams they are not going to get an easy win. >> reporter: he talked about rhythm. you want that going into the playoffs. you want to play the starters but you do

mark ibanez is at the park with joe fonzi. keep thinking about the first pitch thrown out by the daughters of lon simmons today. >> reporter: yeah. beautiful moment. touching. they were into baseball. we are dodging seagulls. kind of like celebrating a championship. waiting for the rally that never came today. >> reporter: we have seen plenty of these. >> reporter: giant fans are spoiled. man, we just got blasted. [ laughter ] >> reporter: live tv. giants had won -- six in a row on opening day but not today. and the three world championships. man. [ laughter ] >> flying the banning. and giants with a good shot at it here. two outs. pagan, grounder, turns into nothing but an end of threat. 4th inning, the rockies get across the first run of the game. rbi single that scores a run. 1-0 rockies. and then little later on, great chance here for the rockies to score and they do. buster posey tossing to hester. looks like they get the out. but the ball is dropped. they review the play. and the correct call is made. the second run of t

. >> joe fonzi is here, and players as they said today were really not happy with their performance in game one. >> you get a local team in the play offs. the whole region getting excited and you can certainly say that about the warriors. it's also amazing how perspective changes. not long ago just being in the play offs now with much higher expectations they're happy with the way they won their first game with new orleans. warriors getting light work in today at their practice facility. they got their heavy work done in the classroom looking into yesterday 106-99 win over the pelicans. a team that expects to go deep in the play offs. >> we know we have to get better. but i like what happened. i like winning. i like having first score. we looked really good. and i like seeing things on tape we have to get better with. it's good to go into a game with a lead and with, with some ideas of things you can do better. >> and i was in a series, we still want to be us. we don't want to change things because of the play offs. we want to spent more time scouting. but all of a sudden, doing what w

in oakland joe fonzi ktvu fox 2. >> oh man i'm so excited. i'm so excited! >> i know. they are fun to watch aren't they? >> they are! >> and i think you know, one of the things is that they're so likeable. you just like all the players. >> yeah, all the players are likeable, they're fantastic, great in the community at this time just -- an all around great team steph curry has done a great job by the way i don't know how you feel about it. >> well, i think he does, the thing about the warriors, they don't only have steph and klay, there's other good players even the bench is good, a multifaceted thing to watch that team. >> yup yup. >> i think we'll be enjoying some playoff basketball a lot woohoo! good morning. good morning everyone, hey you know what, not a lot going on when i say a lot there's not a lot going on in traffic at all right now, which is good if you're waking up early just to beat the traffic i think you've done the right thing so far we're looking at san jose northbound 280 getting up the highway 17 you can see it's basically empty here, and a lot of pe

joe fonzi, ktvu fox 2 news. >> that was world series ring is spectacular. boy. beautiful. >> feels like basketball weather out there. >>> i can't get over the pictures in the sierra. the ski resort. no snow. >> i took a trip up to the sierra in february i was shocked. 4,000 feet, no snow. 5,000 feet no snow. you knew back then that we had a problem. >> eerie. >> one thing we could do is conserve and hopefully get rain. we are not going to get the rain we need to catch up but we are tracking a change over the next few days that could boost showers chances. we have rain showers to the north, eureka, oregon as well. cooler out there as well. gusty winds. winds a factor somewhat. high clouds over head. across the bay area. a look at the current numbers. chilly. san francisco, upper 50s here. lots of 60s for concord, walnut creek, livermore. the wind speeds, oakland airport, winds sustained 21 miles per hour. more reports. sfo. wind gusts 32 miles per hour. a lot of chop on the waters. off shore as well. san jose, strong urwinds as well, 28 miles per hour out of the

joe fonzi reports the field is also younger. >> reporter: not long ago if you thought about the top two players in golf you would say tiger woods and phil mickelson. when the championship officially gets started tomorrow at harding park, neither will be in the field. phil mickelson is ranked 18th in the world. tiger woods 116. the new number one and two, rory mcilroy and jordan speith. no question golf has experienced a changing of the guard. >> i do feel this generation are better equipped and more ready to win at a younger age. >> got three guys, 25 or under in the top 5 at augusta. our generation -- you know, better equipped and more well prepared to win at a younger age. i think the game is in a great spot because of that. >> reporter: it is all new for speith as he just missed becoming the youngest masters championship last year and this year tied the all time record, also held by tiger woods, winning with a 18 under par total. around the masters, speith was in contention four straight weeks. >> last month is putting more energy. [ indiscernible ] >> back at work. >> reporter: spei

joe fonzi joins us live as fans and the team get ready to celebrate a historic season and gear up for the playoffs. joe? >> it has been a huge season and they hope it will be a huge post season as well. the warriors have known they have nothing left to play for in the regular season. they wrapped up the best record in the western conference and all of the nba which means they will have home court advantage throughout the playoffs. getting pre-game work in. despite the warriors knowing that they continued to win at a record clip. only lost two home games all season. the only thing left to dee determined is if they end up with 67 or 67 wins. they are talking about how you want to have the right feel wrapping up the regular season and moving into the playoffs. >> hard toover look this gash to over look this game. -- to over look this game. everyone will get a chance to play tonight. great tune up before the playoffs. can't think about the playoffs. just think about the last game, finishing off strong. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: the only thing they don't know is who they will meet in

we have joe fonzi standing by in the clubhouse. he is trying to tuque the giants. if you are looking -- talk to the giants. if you are looking for a silver lining, again, the youngster hesten pitched a very good ball game. they just couldn't get him support and the giants end up losers. i was talking to a fan he said how is it going, i said it would have been nice to have 41 the highlights, he said it is -- runs for the highlights, he said it is early, we have three world series titles and that is the deal. joe fonzi will have post game comments from the giants and in the meantime, you can't win when you leave 12 runners stranded. >> you can't. i love that hand. who sang the national anthem and who threw out the first pitch. >> the throwing out of the first pitch was actually a very touching moment. because it was lon simmons daughters throwing out the ball. what a great story. lon simmons, got a chance to meet the sisters in the press box, exchanged stories. was able to stres how much he -- express how much he meant to me and so many others. they were touched by a

davis, joe fonzi was there too. says positive vibe. a breathe of fresh air out there. colin kaepernick has a new target to talk about, number 82, torrey smith. their biggest off season acquisition and the speed burner talks about taking passes from colin kaepernick. >> a few in the off season in the past. maybe two off seasons. [ indiscernible ] >> doing a great job. not foreign to me. he has strong arm. he has a canon. it is different than what i am used to. at the end of the day my job is to be where i am supposed to be and catch the ball. he is doing a great job. >> saying colin kaepernick has a big arm. that is an understatement. we will see if he can develop touch too. >> the golf club, the pga tour. look at the weather. the match play championship underway. hard to pick the shot of the day. this is up there. ben martin, par three 17. 230 yards from the hole. you cannot do it much better than this. the ace right there. nobody eliminated today. three days of round-robin. mean time number one in the world, rory mcilroy with a putt for par, number 10. that is part of

joe fonzi is coming up with sports. >> now to the news room, gasia mikaelian with a look at what we are working on for ktvu fox 2 news at 7:00 p.m. >> coming up at 7:00 p.m. the presidential candidates are hitting the campaign trail. hillary clinton makes her first appearance and republicans hitting her with attack ads and justin bieber threatening legal action. we are working on these stories and more coming up tonight at 7:00 p.m. on tv 36. (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco. (kid) the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. (vo) make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you. bulldog: you don't need superpowers to help someone. sometimes, all it takes is a warm heart and a cold nose. that's why mattress discou

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joe fonzi and sports wrap is next with more on the life of lon simmons. . >>> drive to straight away. hit deep. well back. well back. gone. you can count it good-bye. >> good evening everyone. welcome to sunday wrap. one of the most iconic and well liked broadcasters in bay area sports history has died. lon simmons got our attention when the giants moved from new york in 1958. educated a whole generation of listens about major league baseball. he was the play by play broadcaster for the 49er. describing their most memiable moments. he join said -- memorable moments. lon simmons died today at the anal of 91 -- age of 91. the giants released a statement, hearing his broadcasts ignited my and thousands of others passions for giants baseball. he will be deeply missed by all of us. we want to share a call from candlestick park in the 198849ers season. -- 1988, 49ers season. >> runs. gets away again. gets away again. to the 35. cuts back at the 30. to the 40. to the 50. the 10. dives. touchdown 49ers. >> lon simmons one of the best all time. >> the warriors in the second half of back to ba

joe fonzi shows us how green has transformed into the player he is today.kts on a -- >> reporter: on a national basis, the public is becoming aware of green. in the warriors game 4 clinch in new orleans on saturday, green joined curry and thompson as the only three in double figures. his national profile is not unlike that of the warrior's in general. respect and recognition comes slowly. >> we have a lot of national television here. i think more people are just starting to come. that's what you gotta do. make a believer out of them. >> reporter: that's already happened when it comes to his teammates. >> he's a great basketball player. he's a great leader. he's been that since day one. >> reporter: what he wasn't on day one was any semblance of the player he is today from a physical standpoint. compared to his fitness today, he bordered on pudgy. he has worked hard to change his body. >> i know that i had to change my body and up my conditioning level. it's something that i took very seriously. it's been working for me. >> reporter: what it means, when it c

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inside the oracle arena tonight, mark ibanez and joe fonzi.l be a great night tonight. >> reporter: absolutely. you know, you are starting to feel the energy come alive here. fans streaming in. i guess you could say we are nit-picking at this moment but if you were going to say the warriors have a weakness they might want to take second look at, they have been building up leads and taking their foot off the pedal. >> we mentioned this earlier the warriors did not make free throws down the stretch. anthony davis. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: not taking your foot off the gas pedal if you have a lead. >> the good news is the warriors are well aware of that and the question was brought up earlier. >> reporter: guys talked about it today about how they have to keep their foot on the pedful they get ahead. >> -- pedal if they get ahead. . >> we want to blow the game open. >> i like what happened. i like winning. i like being able to see things on tape that we have to get better with. >> every night it is going going

later in sports, joe fonzi on the home stand that isn't giving the home team the boost it needs. >> oureteorologist bill martin tracking the forecast in our weather. the temperatures he's looking at in our complete weather forecast. >> but first, libby shaft on her first 100 days in office. the chains she says she has for the police office. >>> oakland mayor libby shaft is marking a milestone. she has a lot on her plate including police protests, and keeping the a's in town. >> the first 100 days have gone quickly but i feel great about the foundation that's getting built. >> reporter: building that foundation is doing -- going to take longer than 100 days for a city on the rise. but libby shaft still has the excitement as when she first got nominated. >> of people discovering our secret sauce, just how cool we are. >> reporter: keeping that momentum is going be the challenge for the mayor. the mayor says she fully backs chief wenze and growing a department that's under staffed and overworked. her defense of the police did not sit well. including protesters who went to her house. >> i h

we also have joe fonzi on the field for us. and ktvu will air a one hour pregame special from at & t park. >>> we can't forget the oakland a's. they wrapped up their first home stand of the season bellyings in extra innings to the seattle mariners. but the a's did rally in the ninth. they scored four runs. tied up the game at seven. all started with that two run double by sam fold. the mariners took the lead with this. big home run. top of the tenth they beat the a's 8-7. the a's are now heading to houston. >>> a diving trip takes a tragic turn. coming up at 6:30 the conditions off the mendocino coast. >> but first two innocent people killed in two police chases. the protocols police have to follow. >>> countdown is on until the next presidential candidate enters the field. this is a look at website of marco rubio. the website is counting the hours until a big announcement coming up this afternoon. just eight hours, 45 minutes way. the announcement is expected to be he is running for the white house. he is believed to be gettin

but joe fonzi is out there. i'm sure he will have interviews, plenty more highlights to show you. >>> the series, as mark mentioned now heads to new orleans. game 3 set for thursday at 6:30 our time. game 4 will be on saturday at 5:00. >>> thousands of marijuana users gathered on hippie hill in golden gate park in san francisco this afternoon for the annual 4/20 smokeout. ktvu's ken pritchett live in the city now. he tells us, people who support the legalization of the recreational use of pot claim that public opinion is now in their favor. >> reporter: frank, it's cleared up now, but traffic here on haight and all around golden gate park this evening was a nightmare because of 4/20. it's annual event, but one has to wonder how long it goes on, as many predict, legalization could become a norm here in california. thousands and thousands of people all marking 4:20 p.m. by lighting up. perhaps the only coordinated part of this golden gate park gathering, besides the cleanup. >> 30 volunteers. paid volunteers out h

claudine wong and joe fonzi will be on the field coming up later. and then at noon we will air a one hour pregame special from at & t park. >> all right i'm writing it all down. don't forget the oakland a's wrapped up their first home stand of the season by losing in extra innings to the seattle mariners. buts a's did rally in the ninth. they tied up the game in the seventh. but the mariners took the lead again. they had a home run in the top of the 10th. and they beat the oakland a's 8- 7. >>> the countdown is on until the next presidential candidate enters the field. literally. here's a look at the website of senator marco rubio of florida. the website is counting down the time, the hours, enemies and seconds until a big announcement coming up. and that is expected to be the announcement that he is going to be running for the white house. the 43-year-old florida senator is believed to be getting ready to announce his candidacy in his hometown of miami. rubio is the son of cuban immigrants. he is considered a strong campaigner and fundraiser but he

players this year in the field of this weekend, it's hard to argue with that in san francisco, joe fonzie news. >>> you can see the fog out there behind him it's kind of a gloomy day today. it still looks kind of gloomy out there. >> you're talking about the recycling, but these big dockets in my showers. so it catches all of the water. all of the water comes off. i'm loading it up. they're heavy. >> good for you. >> its gloomy out there. temptress on the cool side. we have lots of 50s especially in san francisco. that's a gloomy shots right there. quite frankly we did get some drizzle, it would've been nice to see some rain. look at the highs recorded today. how about vallejo 58 degrees. what's up with that? that's nothing, very chilly. san francisco 55. the clouds really shot up through the gap. we had thundershowers and showers up around lake tahoe, this all part of the same system. as the lowes sort of rotating -- around. oyster coming off the hill. were seeing the circulation pattern that is going to continue pretty much into tomorrow and the next day. as that low comes slowly moving

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