the giants have reportedly signed 2002 al mvp miguel tejada to a one year deal worth $6.5 million...theyear old tejada hit .269 last season with the orioles and padres and is expected to play short and >>> giants signed american league mvp miguel tejada. >>> frank gore fractured his hip. >>> bruce gradkowski's season is likely over after he separated a throwing shoulder. warriors hosting the spurs at oracle. down 10 and a third. saving it from going out-of- bounds. gets it to david lee. the flush. but a long night for golden state. kim duncan and richard jefferson. lands on lee. the two would scuffle. nothing more. 118-98. and at the tank tonight. they got everything powered up. red wings took a bite out of the sharks. splits the sharks. 2-0. red wings win 5-3. >>> it has been a tough, tough week for the local football team losing not just players, but good players, players that they depend on. they mentioned dominique. wide receiver for the 49ers. torn acl. out for the season. >> ouch. >> lost their kick. >> and want to go to an 18-game season. >> maybe they will use robots. >> we are

we are also happy to have miguel tejada here, whom many of you know from across the bay. we are happy to have him here with us. we have two short months before our pitchers and catchers will report for duty in scottsdale and start the process. we have shut them down for much of november because of a long season and distressful last two months. they are all cranked back up again, getting in shape, ready to to spring training. we cannot wait to start in scottsdale. we cannot wait to have a championship season here next year. thank you for being here. thank you for your support. larry? [applause] >> thank you very much, bill, thank you, once again, to the mayor of san francisco, mayor newsom, and special appreciation from the giants to the city department heads, members of city agencies, board of supervisors, who were so integral in helping us with all of the civic activities around the giants this year, and especially that day on november 3 where you were willing to turn the city inside out to accommodate a wonderful celebration. so thank you to the city and county of san f

but come on, cody talk some baseball to us. >> we got miguel tejada and he's a really good player ands going to be a huge part of this team and i'm just excited to get back to spring training and see how it all comes together and see if we can do it again. >> so tomorrow will be at dragers market and then nec week will be at target. bed bath and beyond after that. >> still ahead, invasion of the winged kind. a neighborhood bursting with butterflies this time of ell yoe them before they move on. >>> tonight at 11:00. get the most reliable and then you don't have to worry so much about a warranty. >> 'tis the season, and many -- tonight at 11:00, when you buy one, pen to pass, and the most common mistakes people make with -- >>> walking in a winter wonderland doesn't mean snow here in the bay area, it means butterflies. hardenwood farm in free monlt is the cold weather home to thousands of migrating butterflies. they're roost at harden wood until february. >> they're very pretty, though. >> pacific grove. that's the next place to check on the monarch butterfly.

well miguel tejada is now a giant. he's certainly familiar with the bay area. his best season coming with the oakland a's. tejada hoping he has a little more to give. 36years old now, he played last year with baltimore and the padres. he signs a deal worth $5.6 million. baltimore and san diego he hit 15 homers, hit .269 and drove in nine runs. a shortstop the giants would have loved to have a long time ago is shatolowiski. meantime the 49ers, happy about the victory but certainly devastated by the news that frank gore will miss the rest of the year with a fractured hip. as that news comes on, the reality of that's just life in the nfl. injuries. >> frank was a big part of what we do. you know heart, soul, everything. he brings what you want. you know frank has been a huge part of our offense. sometimes you have to lean on frank a bit more. but we just have to adjust. that's all there is. we just have to adjust. there has to be somebody else that has to run for him. we'll see how that works. >> i think i said jack trolowiski, it's troy trolowiski. >> very rich m

they signed miguel tejada and wasted no time introducing him to the media.s wearing the blue tie to his press conference. he was saying all the right things. he is 36 years old. he has plenty left to give and the opportunity to play for a contender. >> i'm going to be in the same uniform with a championship team. i want to play here. in the bay area. there is nothing to wait for. >> the holiday cheer, well, it was being spread to a's doing their elf impression. they hosted over 200 elementary school kids at the holiday party at the oakland zoo. each child got his or her own holiday gift. >>> in case you did not know, hockey is a big deal in canada. when a star player asked to be traded out of the city in that hockey capital of the world is a villain. dany heatley. suck it up, princess. classy, guys, way to go. more where that came from. heatley heard the boos in his first return since his trade 15 months ago. second period, sharks the man advantage. justin brawn. he gets his first goal of his career. heatley with the assist. he was very active. heatley and t

miguel tejada hit.269 with the orioles and padres. expected to play shortstop.arterback controversy just got a lot easier. bruce gradkowski done for the year after suffering a right shoulder separation which ends his season. injured it late in the day sunday against the dolphins. >>> if 49ers make a playoff push as they are they will need to do it without the services of frank gore. gore suffered a fractured right hip last night and will not play again this season as the 49ers placed him on injured reserve. wide receiver also placed on it. two niners done for the year. a power outage forced the sharks to cancel their skate around and power outage apparently continued onto the ice. five years ago tonight, joe thorton. first meeting since san jose. knocking it out of mid-air for detroit. finding him for the hockey equivalent of a slam dunk. sharks would lose 5-3. >> soon to be single. tony parker off the glass for two points. spurs toyed with the warriors. stephen curry. warriors lost nine straight to san antonio. tim duncan had his first triple double in two year

miguel tejada should be finalized by the weekend. >>> the bay area for the past several years, workingy's visiting san diego state. who here attended and graduated from san diego state. >> me. gosh, i miss it down there. >> he drains the nba style 3. st. mary's is a good program again, but they never really got into this game. san diego state hands st. mary's the second loss of the season. they're now 6-2. >>> in berkeley, cal beats uc davis 57-42. >>> despite having the fourth ranked football team in the nation, not much buzz this week on the stanford campus. everybody is preparing for finals, very quiet. jim haba fighting off those continuing rumors that he's leaving stanford at the end of this season. >> don't talk about anyone else's job other than the one i have. my dad has always given me a great piece of advice and it's, coach the team. just coach the team. >> michigan, all the rumors continue, but right now harbaugh at stanford. stanford and oklahoma. we'll find outd for sure this coming sunday. >>> he just needed to cool off. here's the most talked about quarterback in the cou

. >> miguel tejada completing his one year, $6.5 million deal with giants. there is more market value price. once the heart and soul of the team last season with padres. and he's not trying to hit them. >> there is where his stature... and this is eatsy because he's set a standard. it's great for a manager. all he wants to do play basketball. >> -- baseball. and 2010 the worst year of tiger woods live but may end on a positive note. leading at the halfway point of the chevron world challenge in thousand oaks. and there is shooting 66, 13 under woods leading by four. here is paul casey on number 12. catches a ridge. then, starts to draw back towards the hole. and if pulled by a magnet. in for the a's. casey showing hops here, i've got to get up that. shot was great this, one might be better. bubba watson four over par. there is 283 yards. a couple hops. bottom of the cubs for the rare double eagle. despite a 4 db 7 record 49ers only a game out of first place. they've got a huge game coming up on sunday. it's a game highlighting quarterbacks they could have ha

. >>> miguel tejada passed his physical, he has a $6.5 million deal.was once the heart and soul of oakland team, sent the season with padres and will be playing behind cain and not trying to hit him. >> to have a player of his stature and plays it the right way, it's very easy for people to follow suit to set that standard. it's great for our him all he wants to do is play baseball. >>> 2010, the worst year of tiger woods life. he is leading halfway mark of the chevron world challenge in southern california. tierlg tiger, for an eagle. 13 under, leading by four. how about paul casey on the 12th hole. seven iron, catches the ridge here and starts to roll back. hole in one. this might be better, bubba watson, 2nd shot, par five, 283 yards. nothing but the bottom of the cup. a rare double eagle. >> 49ers somehow are game out of first place. they've got a huge contest visiting the green bay packers. the quarterback they could have had, but instead of alex smith, aaron rodgers is one of best in the n.f.l. rogers says he studied the defense that shut down ar

shelling out big money for aubrey huff and miguel tejada.an jose mercury news reported they agreed on what has been described as a discounted one year deal for burrell. he had 18 homers in the regular season. slumped in the world series on strikeout 11 times in 13 at-bats but pat the bat apparently is coming back. the 49ers received good news on frank gore. he will not need surgery. gore out for the season after suffering the hip injury month nied but will not go under the knife. losing gore will hurt the offense. one positive consequence here. the team lacks offensive creativity and forces them to integrate brian westbrook who has been largely underutilized for the first half of the season. forces him to play anthony dixon. >> son look at the duo as thunder and lightning. >> just haven't had the chance to put it all out there on the field together. >> obviously what brian west brook brings to the game and anthony dixon is something that we can take advantage of and we want to do these thing for frank and it means that much to all of us. we

miguel tejada, he has a little bit to learn about plague in san francisin san francisco. do not wear blue to the introductory press conference. there's plenty of time to become educated now that he's officially a member of giants. they held a press conference. the deal is for one year and $6.5 million. he would solidify the left side of the line of the infield, and he could hit fifth or sixth in his line-up next season. the giants are happy to have him. >>> let's move on. more baseball news. we hear from tejada at 11:00, by the way. the a's did a little housekeeping. oakland has nontendered jack cust and also let go is buck and encarnacion. he decided to join the white sox, so that leaves billy beane to focus on lance berkman and adrian beltre. the heat is heating up. the a's have made a big offer to beltre. it's possible oakland could sign both for about the same amount. dunn is going to command in chicago. stay tuned on that front. as for guys that currently cash checks from the a's organization, today they took place in the community fund party at the oakland zoo. bret

came to town in 2008 from houston as part of the miguel tejada trade. working mostly relief.ames this past season. most appearances by any pitcher. he gets a one-year contract. so now, matt albers is with the enemy. >> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> don't miss the cbs primetime lineup at 10:00. it is the mentalist. that's it for us tonight. i'm denise koch. >> and thanks for watching maryland's news station. don't go away. much more ahead on the cbs evenen,, >> couric: tonight, a humble hero. the security guard who saved the day in panama city, florida. >> i tried to keep him pinned down. >> couric: i'm katie couric. also tonight, a new review of u.s. strategy in afghanistan. as president obama declares "we're on track. we'll hear from a u.s. marine there who has what may be the most dangerous job in the world. >> i'll do it again and again and again. >> couric: and remembering new york's nightmare before christmas and the little boy who had an entire city praying for a miracle. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news"

san francisco has agreed to terms with former a's short stop miguel tejada.s for a one-year deal world $6.5. tejada hit 269 with 15 home runs. he was the 2002 american league mvp with the a's so welcome back. >> absolutely. and still ahead at 6:30. oakland's new pitch to try to keep aids from moving. >> a star bay area athlete knocked into a coma. the tragic accident on her way to a high school match. >> millions of people without jobs will soon also be without checks. i'm emily schmidt in washington. the unemployment help that didn't happen coming up. >> i'm terry mcsweeney in san francisco. it is the season of giving and today the air quality experts want you to give your lungs a present. no wrapping paper involved. the story in a liviviviviviviviv save $523! 16 minutes could save you 16%! come on... isn't it time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that's why you should talk to state farm. but not yet. first, talk to any one of the 40 million drivers who already have state farm. 40 million. yeah, that's more than geico and progressive combined. by a l

talking about miguel tejada returning to the bay area.humbs up, miggy, the former a's star, a lot of success here in oakland agreeing to a deal with the giants, toe had dark the 2002 mvp of the american leagues fun to watch, downside of his career, 36 years old, like pat burl has juice remaining, juan uribe signing with the dodgers, at a had dark one year, $6.5 million deal. he spent last season with the orioles and finished with the padres much the giants will officially announce this deal as early as tomorrow. >>> more news surrounding the 49ers, a huge win last night but today, their deepest fears coming true. frank gore out for the remainder over the season with a broken had hip broken in arizona. what does it mean now? brian westbrook will take over like did he last night. westbrook looked great last night, losing gore, a huge blow for the suddenly surging 49ers. >> frank is a big part of what we do. >>> a lot of talk about the incident last night, check your facebook, twitter, youtube or just the old-fashioned way, talk to somebody.

speaking of familiar face, miguel tejada signed a one-year deal with the giants.e was introduced with brian sabean and bruce bochy. electioning forward to making a world series -- he is looking forward to making' world series run in the twilight of his career. >> i decided to come to san francisco, i said to my wife, you know, probably that's going to be the year you're not going to see me here in october in the house. i will be in san francisco. >> everybody is on the bandwagon now. >>> you know, you couldn't turn on the radio or tv without hearing about lebron james return to cleveland. so officials were so concerned, that they made fans pour drinks into paper cups so they couldn't throw their plastic bottles on the court. how bad was it? >> number 6, lebron james. [ booing ] >> that's it? >> all the security for that? cleveland fans were well behaved tonight nothing more than boos for lebron every time he touched the ball but he may get the last laugh. the heat are up by 18 points in the 3rd quarter. >>> they were waiting for danny heatly to return to ottawa. [

according to reports, former as shortstop miguel tejada is coming to at&t park.leads the padres add -- least the padres and reportedly signs a contract for $6.5 million plus incentives. he is 36 years old, batted .269 this season, 2002 american league mvp could be asked to play third base depending on pablo sandoval's diet. at 36 tejada is four years older than uribe but his offensive numbers aren't far off what uribe did this season. giants aren't expected to bring back edgar renteria who may retire. now essays he is thinking about coming back to play. >>> as reportedly have met with free agent first baseman lance berkman who may best be suited as a designated hitter at this point in his career. >>> the derek jeter can't agree to a deal it a baseball card. the company has photo shopped him in every major uniform. there he is with the red sox, one with the as, and with juan uribe gone maybe jeter could be a giant if it falls through with tejada. that's not going to happen. he is staying in new york. engine 21 is out of service. frank gore will miss the reservatio

the giants have signed former mvp miguel tejada. he'll join the san francisco giants.e gets a contract worth $6.5 million. tejada will fill the spot that shortstop juan uribe left when he signed with the los angeles dodgers on monday. >>> there's an additional reason to go to fisherman's wharf today. cody ross will hand out autographed balls at the cost plus world market on taylor street. the first 300 people who bring a minimum of five non-perishable food donations get an autographed ball of the all of the food will be donated to the san francisco food bank. >>> a reminder, you can also help us end hunger by heading to your neighborhood safeway. donate a bag of food to the food banks in the bay area. that food drive runs through december. >>> good morning. 5:36. you guys, we just got this into the traffic center. there's a disabled big rig reported getting into san francisco at a major interchange. rob is not the problem, this is the issue right here. a disabled big rig right at 101 northbound at northbound 280. it is reportedly in that middle lane. we'll watch for th

. >>> the giants have signed former mvp miguel tejada to a contract worth $6.5 million. he will fill the open spot at shortstop when juan uribe signed with the los angeles dodgers on monday. >>> a stalled car could certainly affect traffic. we want to check in with mike. >> good morning, laura and brent. that was on the upper deck. the latest update i had from chp, they said the truck was blocking one of the slow lanes there passing treasure island. since then we've seen things smooth out. we'll update with the bridge crew. it sounds like things should be nicer heading off of that toll plaza but the backup goes into the berkeley curve and coming down off the carquinez bridge, about a 20-minute commute. maybe a little more because of the volume of traffic. the rest of the maze just fine but south of there, 880 slows approaching the interchange. two accidents. one is a hit and run just cleared and south of 92 a three-car accident which sounds like it's out of the roadway but the slow lane may be affected. livermore builds up, just the normal volume of traffic and south of

miguel hit 269 and 71 rbi last season and tejada was mvp wc wch -- with the a's. >> and frank gore onseason ending injured reserve today. this is a big blow to the niners as frank was accountable for 40% of the team offense. he we hear it last night in arizona. left the field came back and took himself out of the game. the team had to hide his helmet so he wouldn't return. and the coach knows the team is going miss him. >> frank has been a huge part of the offense meaning that we tried to establish the balance between running and passing sometimes. and just have to adjust. fwoikts someone else to have to run for them. we'll see how that works. >> ask one man's set back is another man's opportunity in the nfl. niners are lucky they have brian west brooke running for 136 yards. the most on monday night football this season. there is an injury that may open up the offense with more production from a passing game. they're watching the majority of the games and is ready to step up. >> it's tough to watch the games. i know that i've seen it in this team. and it's hard for offensive coordina