>> are vta trained arrived at the stadium packed with niner fans. many say the ride here was problem, free. >> we knew we would be here in no time no, stress, no hassles. >> extra trains and express besss were added, after not providing enough earlier this month for a soccer event which caused a lot of delays. >> the way home be just as easy. that's yet to be determined. >> after the game there was a long lied of riders -- long line of riders waiting to get home. we're back live. the lines for light rail have been moving fast. extra trains are standing by. i spoke to the mayor of santa clara off camera and he says for the most part the thought things went well. traffic was a given but the traffic plan will be reviewed this coming week. a lot of fans we found were very surprised. there are 21 lots. all around the stadium. a lot of fans were surprised how far some of the lots actually were, like seven to ten blocks from here. so a lot of walking if you didn't plan ahead and get a lot that is close to the stadium here. we're live, abc7 news. >> and you

love it. >> go niners! >> reporter: as opening kick i couldn't have -- kickoff closed in the anticipation and enthusiasm of the red and gold faithful made the game feel more like postseason than preseason. >> niners! >> reporter: once the 49ers took the field for the first time fans loved the view. >> i love the fact that they have seats that are shaded. it's hotter down here than it is up in san francisco, so the view's pretty good. we've got -- you can still see the players' numbers. all the visibility's really good. the facility's nice in terms of bathrooms and accessibility to the food. i really like it. >> it's so perfect. i'm happy to be under the overhang. the only thing is my wife's going to bring a sweater next time. >> reporter: 49ers are a little bit cold on the field. obviously they got beat 34-0. 0-2 in the preseason. later in sports we'll hear from the players and show you highlights from today's game. -- the only way we can go is up, that's the direction we're headed. thanks, giraud. we'd hof

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>> the trains arrived at the stadium packed with niner fans. many say the ride was problem-free. >> piece of cake. we got on the train and were here in 35 minutes. it was a full train, but it was a great ride. >> they added extra trains and buses after not providing enough of them earlier for a soccer event which caused delays. >> hopefully the way home will be easy. >> after the game, there was a long line of riders waitistandi everyone home. abc 792s. >> some fans parked on the fairway. they used the course for parking nurg niners games. that's 5,000 more spaces. they will pay for restoring the course when fans drive off. >> fans didn't have trouble leaving the game because many started leaving around halftime. once that mass exodus began, it seemed constant. that caused them to set up the cones a little bit early. extra transit buses were lined up and fans said they loved the stadium, but they didn't want to watch the game for a couple of reasons. >> it's only halftime. >> because it's like secondary now. it's not the first-string people. we

kpix 5's kiet do explains why not everyone is very excited about the niners' new stadium either. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we're just a couple of hours away from this first public session of 49ers' training camp and 10,000 lucky fans get to go. it will be the first time to see the niners in their jerseys inside the new stadium and also another chance to work out some of the kinks when it comes to traffic and parking that came up from over the weekend. call it unintended consequences but who knew that fans would park up to a mile away and then walk into the new stadium? that's exactly what happened on saturday as dozens of fans flooded the california impressions subdivision across the guadalupe river. loud rowdy fans walked through the neighborhood after 10:00 p.m. dropping litter and driving -- blocking driveways. near the stadium there are plenty of no parking signs in nearby santa clara neighborhoods but on the san jose side, there are no signs. >> i feel a bit more secure if there were explicit fines which side no -- signs which said no parking and littered -- f

it's been a great experience. >> go niners! >> as opening kickoff cloelsed in, the anticipation and enthusiasm of the red and gold faithful made the game feel more like post season than preseason. and fans love the view. >> i love the fact they have seats they shaded. it's a lot hotter here thanes in in san francisco. the view is pretty good. you can see the players numbers. and all of the visibility is really good. the facility is nice in terms of the bathroom and accessibility to the food. really like it. >> it's perfect. i'm happy to be under the over hang slightly. but my wife is going to bring a sweater next time. >> well, the outcome is not what everybody came to see. the niners beat 34-0. it was a preseason game. it doesn't count. coming up at 5:00, we will show you the highlights from the game and postgame from the players. for now, reporting lime, gerard moncure. peggy? >> we will talk about the niners another day. and right now the beautiful stadium. a pair of score boards there together cover more than 19,000 square

. >> then how safe the stands are for forty-niner fans. i'm in for dan. >> yesterday forty-niner practice was cut short after players were slipping on the sod and the coach felt the field was just too dangerous. sky 7 hd was overhead today as crews ripped out the bad sod leaving a giant dirt patch where the field should be. >> workers have until this weekend to get the new grass down. niners will host san diego in pre-season game on sunday. the chargers were assured the field would be ready and they do intend to play but tonight the 1.3 billion dollar stadium facing yet another potential problem. >> lisa is live at levi stadiu stadium. lisa? >>reporter: hi. first the turf issue and now this. bay area attorney is raising another issue. has to do with just how safe fans are sitting in the stands exploratorium base personal injury attorney chris do land is a big forty-niner fan. he's going to the sunday game against the chargers and this is him at the sky box level last sunday when he noticed the height of the glass balcony railing. >> it's r

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. >> then how safe the stands are for forty-niner fans.n for dan. >> yesterday forty-niner practice was cut short after players were slipping on the sod and the coach felt the field was just too dangerous. sky 7 hd was overhead today as crews ripped out the bad sod leaving a giant dirt patch where the field should be. >> workers have until this weekend to get the new grass down. niners will host san diego in pre-season game on assured the field would be fiele ready and they do intend to play but tonight the 1.3 billion dollar stadium facing yet another potential problem. >> lisa is live at levi stadiu stadium. lisa? rst>>reporter: hi. first the turf issue and now this. bay area attorney is raising another issue. has to do with just how safe fans are sitting in the stands exploratorium base personal injury attorney chris do land is a big forty-niner fan. he's going to the sunday game against the chargers and this is him at the sky box level last sunday when he noticed the height of the glass balcony railing. >> it's really short. it made me

. >> then how safe the stands are for forty-niner fans. i'm in for dan. >> yesterday forty-niner practice was cut short after players were slipping on the sod and the coach felt the field was just too dangerous. sky 7 hd was overhead today as crews ripped out the bad sod leaving a giant dirt patch where the field should be. >> workers have until this weekend to get the new grass down. niners will host san diego in pre-season game on sunday. the chargers were assured the field would be ready and they do intend to play but tonight the 1.3 billion dollar stadium facing yet another potential problem. >> lisa is live at levi stadiu stadium. lisa? >>reporter: hi. first the turf issue and now this. bay area attorney is raising another issue. has to do with just how safe fans are sitting in the stands exploratorium base personal injury attorney chris do land is a big forty-niner fan. he's going to the sunday game against the chargers and this is him at the sky box level last sunday when he noticed the height of the glass balcony railing. >> it's r

while the niners first string offense didn't do anything.quarterback blaine gabbert was even worse. he's now just 11-for-25 for 60 yards and two picks through two preseason games. the starter.kaepernick.asked about gabbert's struggles. for the first time in more than three months the a's are no longer in first place. that honor now goes to the l.a. angels.who finally caught.and passed the a's tonight a's at red sox top 3rd mike trout goes off the wall in center field for an rbi double 1-0 angels trout had 2 hits bottom 9th/ 4-2 angels last chance for boston with a runner at 2nd base mike napoli flies out to center field final: 4-2 angels the a's now trail the angels by a half game with about a month and half of baseball remaining.the two teams lock horns this friday, saturday and sunday at the coliseum. .a's currently mired in a five game losing streak.here's the former "a" bip roberts last night on sports night live.talking about the a's struggles. and brazilian soccer star neymar is back. remember his world cup ended.along with brazil's ch

that may be why the niners rescheduled a game set for next friday night. this would open up a two-week window to redo the field after the niners game in a soccer match. >> we're refitting and regrouping. new field going in. so we can count on them. >> temporary or not, niners face a charge on new turf. >> they tell me they're going to be ready to go. >> hopefully, it's good >> this running back says players can slip under many conditions. >> you can slip any time. you know? when it's wet. what if it snows? you never know. >> one player who could blame the turf is phil dawson. he missed two field goals. >> when i miss kicks, it's easy to start blaming things on that. exciting to see what i can do >> and see what happens sunday. >> sure the field is going to be good, and playable. >> two high school games scheduled for the friday night lights event have been postponed because of the problem. and will now host games in october. so will original opponents. now part of two days of the double headers instead. we'll have details later in sports. >> oakland is rea

that may be why the niners rescheduled a game set for next friday night. this would open up a two-week window to redo the field after the niners game in a soccer match. >> we're refitting and regrouping. new field going in. so we can count on them. >> temporary or not, niners face a charge on new turf. >> they tell me they're going to be ready to go. >> hopefully, it's good >> this running back says players can slip under many conditions. >> you can slip any time. you know? when it's wet. what if it snows? you never know. >> one player who could blame the turf is phil dawson. he missed two field goals. >> when i miss kicks, it's easy to start blaming things on that. exciting to see what i can do >> and see what happens sunday. >> sure the field is going to be good, and playable. >> two high school games scheduled for the friday night lights event have been postponed because of the problem. and will now host games in october. so will original opponents. now part of two days of the double headers instead. we'll have details later in sports. >> oakland is rea

. >>> well, it's a big day today for football fans, first chance for niner faithful to see their team on its brand new home field. >> some lucky fans who were selected last month are going to the niners' practice in santa clara this afternoon. >> yes they are, kpix 5's kiet do sorts some of the stadium numbers are not looking forward to game days, it was allonges weekend for them i guess right? >> reporter: you know a learning experience for everybody but this is the first public session of 49ers' training camp. 10,000 fans won some tickets online and it's their first chance to see players if n helmets and jerseys nowing and catching footballs inned the new stadium. also a new chance for the folks to work out the kinks they went through over the weekend. call it unintended consequences but who knew that fans would park up to a mile away from the stadium and then walk in but that's what happened on saturday. dozens of fans flooded the california impressions subdivision across the guadalupe river. loud rowdy fans walked through the neighborhood at 10:00 p.m. dropping litter and blocking

with him out the niners won a perfect 5-0. de la salle and jesuit were supposed to play at levi stadium, but turf issues lead to changes. cal memorial stadium not a bad back up. it was 21-0. de la salle with a kickoff return for a touchdown. a punt block for a touchdown and a pick six for a touchdown all in the first half. absolute domination and they shot out of ma -- marauders 63-0. as for cal, not at memorial stadium tomorrow. they open the season at northwestern. it is a 12:30 start. the news at 4:00 will follow with ama. and then it is florida state and oklahoma state followed by after the game with mike shumann and some guy named larry beil. and stanford tomorrow at 1:00, uc davis at stanford stadium. >> bigger concern, niners withoutal den smith or -- without aldon smith or a's without coco crisp. >> the a's are in major trouble without coco crisp. they can't score as it is right now. the niners can hold the fort down for awhile even if they are able to go 500 or a game or two above 500. cocoa out, that's

. >> go niners!, expect heavy traffic throughout the day with 70,000 fans expected at the game. a big increase over the 48,000 fans here for the earthquakes game a few weeks ago to alleviate some of the traffic problem at that game, officials say today there are more buses and officers directing traffic and that the great america parking lot is also available. earlier this morning, i spoke with a vta representative. she tells me that they have added an express bus line and they are supplementing train service at their downtown and tazmin stations with buses to help keep fans moving but this is a first for all of us, the fans and ages working the games so she tells me the vta will take a look at how everything goes today and make changes to future game day schedules as needed. >> one thing niners fans won't have to worry about today is the weather. here's erica kato to tell us about it. >> that's one thing on our side today, lots of sunshine expected at levi's stadium, kickoff at 1:00, temperatures in

showing the new home of the niners.e game started at peyton manning and the broncos shredded the niners defense. the niners did not do anything but back up quarterback even worse 11 for 25 and 60 yds with toothpicks into preseason game starter kapernick taxed about his struggles. >> i do everything i try and do everything i can to try to help him. >> reporter: halfway through the preseason, obviously it does not count army any thing. you have a that will have a chance to score their first touchdown at levi stadium. >> reporter:. gabbert was not good yesterday. and through two games he's now 11-25 for just 60 yards and two picks. about his backup. >> reporter:good news on the raidertheir backup quarterback was back at practice. it looked bad for derek carr friday's preseason game versus the lions. but x rays were negative on his ribs. and no shoulder damage. >> reporter:however.carr did suffer a concussion.so he will have protocol before he is cleared to play. >> reporter:.his status therefore unknown for preseason game

the first tailgate for niner fans. the first kickoff, and the first time more than 68,000 people crowded crowded the streets of santa clara to see the 49ers in the south bay. we have live team coverage of the traffic and the players' response to their first game. first let's go live to tiffany wilson who talked to fans about the game. reporter: well, the 49ers lost, but the fans say that the stadium is a winner. they raved, saying it was so much better than candlestick. loved their food, their seats, but found a couple of problems they want to address. >> the 49ers rock but the 49ers didn't win. >> fans disappointed with the team's performance left the game early, some hoping to avoid traffic, others ready to escape the heat. >> it was really had. >> medics responded to section 221. >> heat exhaustion. >> another complaint? this couple found handicapped parking problematic. >> the stadium is made for handicapped accessible. the parking situation is not. >> while we heard fans had issues with wi-fi, others say levi's st

damian trujillo is there now where the niners are practicing. this will be the second big test for the stadium. >> reporter: the niners say you can expect delays. that's a given with 70,000 fans coming to one large event. they're trying to minimize those events. right now there's a rare open practice in front of about 10,000 fans. the field looks beautiful, it looks ready and the fans hook ready for kickoff at 1:00 on sunday. late news conference today to say the systems are in place to make this as good an experience as possible for fans coming to sunday's game. the chaos after the earthquake's match two weeks ago and the chaos at the stick last night with the concert had many people worried about traffic and parking here. but the team spent the last two weeks working with police on improving the protocols at the stadium. each train is capable of carrying 450 passengers. police will not say how many officers it will have on duty game day for security reasons, but the mobile command unit will be deployed to monitor traffic and security. the nine

with him out the niners won a perfect 5-0.e la salle and jesuit were supposed to play at levi stadium, but turf issues lead to changes. cal memorial stadium not a bad back up. it was 21-0. de la salle with a kickoff return for a touchdown. a punt block for a touchdown and a pick six for a touchdown all in the first half. absolute domination and they shot out of ma -- marauders 63-0. as for cal, not at memorial stadium tomorrow. they open the season at northwestern. it is a 12:30 start. the news at 4:00 will follow with ama. and then it is florida state and oklahoma state followed by after the game with mike shumann and some guy named larry beil. and stanford tomorrow at 1:00, uc davis at stanford stadium. >> bigger concern, niners withoutal den smith or -- without aldon smith or a's without coco crisp. >> the a's are in major trouble without coco crisp. they can't score as it is right now. the niners can hold the fort down for awhile even if they are able to go 500 or a game or two above 500. cocoa out, that's you'll connect w

niners will look for their first touchdown preseason on next sunday's game.is trying to of wind over their 5 streak--game losing streak. as a mark of the a's. they did get a nice touch here by john and own. nate got to home runs which makes i one-10 oakland is tied with the angels after losing their fifth straight game. giants win five-2 that's it will see you tomorrow morning. >> "the weekend insider" with this week's perspective on this week, trending stories. >> very sad, sad he is gone way before he should have. >> hollywood is remembering robin williams. >> i was feeling a little low. out of the blue, robin buys me a bike. >> as we go inside his battle with depression and parkinson's. >> does that mean we have to wish more painful things for you? >> you don't have to, i find them. >> he had been feeling sadness in the last few months. >> robin's closest friends shed life on the subject. >> after the surgery, you get very emotional. >> 40% of patients who have heart surgery have some sort of depression. plus, inside robin's career high. >> this may be the

this one for those trying to get in and out of levi stadium for the niners. bronco pre-game season game. first nfl game ever at levi in santa clara. game day traffic not only effect fans of course but also going to affect the neighbors near the santa clara stadium. here's before david louie. sf. >> the niners paid attention to what happened two weeks ago when the earthquake drew 20,000 for the first game. drivers face grid lock before and after the match and transit drivers complained about love with it for trains. so the it has been tweaked including manual flow of traffic lights as needed and police posted but won't mean instant relief. >> takes a little bit of time to not only just push the button to get the signal to turn to red or to green, but it takes time to get the cone if place to make the diversion of the traffic. >> a pocket rail where it stages 3 train to whisk passengers home after a game. it's also going rely on buses for added capacity and relieve strain on light rail cars if they get packed. >> we have buses not only to help offset the traffi

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only points of the night for the niners. the ravens niners.ey marched 80 yards in ten plays on their first series. bernard pierce punching it in from two yards out. 7-3 baltimore. blaine gabbert, yikes. not the debut he wanted. 3 for 11, 20 yards and an interception. that ball never should have been thrown. picked by asa jackson. niners with some questions in their secondary. chris cook trying to show he's the answer intercepting tal fehro in the third. but the ravens win 23-3. jim harbaugh not happy with his defense, which we point out was missing willis, aldon, and justin smith, all of whom were resting. >> we're getting pushed around all day. you know, the defense was -- they were out there a lot of plays. looked a little tired. with our team there are some spots up for grabs. in the backup. in the depth area. >> they look tired indeed. raiders open tomorrow in minnesota. >>> on to baseball there's a reason the a's traded for jon lester, and we saw it tonight. (yawn) (ding!) toaster strudel! more fruit in the filling, ya? mmm! ya! warm, fla

but this is just a temporary fix for sunday niner charger game.nother new turf next week that force the cancellation of the high school double header involving 4 teams set for next friday. santa clara wilcox high now host manteca whale these schools have possible new venue possibility being memorial stadium diablo valley college good news event will happen but october tenth and 11th with 4 teams added to allow double headers on both days. fans can transfer the tickets to those games or a reif you said. at today media availability coach jim harbaugh inundated with question about his the turf replacement on the "newsnight"th question he had had it. he joked about being the organization grass spokesman. >> i think i have done well. of i think i have happened your questions honestly and accurately and we are going to make it right. it will be right. we have total confidence in that. what more is there to whilts away at her here? >>reporter: not great week for johnny 2 day after dispointing monday night showing against washington top the browns announc

worst part for the niners was the blowout loss to the broncos 34-0. only a preseason game. what did count though was the experience for all the fans there. and it was a good one for most everyone we talked with. >> so nice not to have the double layers with you because candlestick you need the jacket and whatnot. today? was lovely. >> wi-fi, 4g lte. all that they got it. you can order your food and it will come right to you. i ordered a couple of shots of patron and came right to me. >> they got everything there. one problem though believe it or not, they were complaining about the weather. some people left early because temperatures rose into the 80s. >> oh no. not the 80s. sounds perfect. >>> well fans found the parking situation to be better than it was two weeks ago when there were problems getting to and from the soccer game. there were still some tie-ups though as fans tried to figure out how to get to various parking lots. >> there is some sad news to report from the game though. man who collapsed at the stadium has died. he suffered a heart attack apparently and eme

. >> reporter: the niners may have lost the game, but their new stadium a winner. hands-down. >> the conspiracy was fabulous. the -- experience was fabulous. the stadium was clean and tidy. >> in and out, just comparing it to candlestick. the win/win. >> reporter: who wouldn't love sitting ten feet away from the field? that's where some of the best seats are. and the weather? well, there were some complaints about the 80-degree heat. still -- >> so nice to not have the double layers with you. because candlestick you needed the jacket and whatnot. today was lovely. >> reporter: the smart stadium was an app heaven. >> wi-fi, 4g lte. all that. they got it. you can order your food and it will come right to you. i ordered a couple of shots of patron. >> reporter: the only thing that would have made it better for the football fans was if the niners actually made a game of it. but the consensus? levi stadium is the next best thing after the super bowl win to happen to the niners. >> really easy to get in and out of the place. i wish the parking was a little more organized

>> bvta trains arrived packed with niner fans. many say the ride here was problem, free. >> piece of cake. here the 35 minutes. it was a full train, people were standing most of the time, but a great ride. >> they added extra trains and express buses after not providing enough for a soccer event which caused delays. >> hopefully going home will be just as easy. that's yet to be determined. >> after the game there was a long line of riders but there were extra trains standing by to get everyone home. >> so we have traffic cams around the stadium linked to our web site, abc7.com. right now on the city of santa clara's traffic cam, fans didn't have too much trouble leaving the game. of course traffic may have been affected by when they left. sergio has that part of the story. reporter: this was a sold-out game but you can see now just a couple of hours after it's all over, there's not a whole lot of traffic. the only indication there was traffic in this area is that nicely stacked pile of traffic cones the chp was using earlier. the

and niners will be without him for nine weeks. good evening, i'm ama daetz. >> this abig loss for the 49ers, commissioner has linebacker for nine regular-season games, he spent more than half of the season. the length is more than expected and the reason smith violated nfl policy both on personal as well as substance abuse. there is fan reaction and impact on niners and alden smith. david? >> nfl commissioner is coming down hard on smith one day after admitting he went easy on jay rice. this nine-game suspension is going to hurt smith as well as the niners. the suspension will be without pay, meaning alden smith will forfeit one and a quarter million dollars, but the team and fans say there is another price to pay. >> nine games is are the of games. that is going to hurt us. >> how do you think the team is going to handle it? >> i think they've prepared for it i don't think it's going to be easy. it's going to hurt. >> smith is one of the key players in 49ers defense the niners knew a suspension was coming but probably expecting 4

the niners play their first game here august 17th against the denver broncos. back to you. >> the pro football hall of fame inducted seven new members today in canton, ohio. highlighted by former raiders punter ray guy. michael strahan, ray guy, and guy is the first punter to be inducted into the hall of fame. 14 years, three super bowl rings, seven-time pro bowler, all with the raiders. been a long-time coming for ray guy. congrats all seven players. >>> let's head down to stanford, women's tennis. bank of the west classic, serena facing pet -- petkovic. serena cruised in the second. advances to finals again as petkovic goes long on match point. serena wins in straight sets issue this sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware and i know you're going to one preseason game there. >> looking forward to see how the traffic goes after the game. see what time i get home. >> that's the key. >> thank you, shu. >> we'll be right back. stay wit >>> join my tonight at 9:00 on kofy tv 20. some of the world's top movie directors are working to protect kodak f

but the consensus, it's the next best thing after the super bowl win the happen to the niners. >> really easy to get in and out of the place. i wish the parking was a little more organized. >> reporter: kpix 5. >> and the fans found the parking situation better than two weeks ago when there were problems to and from an earthquake game. there were still some tie-ups as fans tried to figure out how to get to verse parking lots. a man died. he suffered a cardiac emergency during the 3rd quarter. he was given cpr and rushed to the hospital where he pronounced dead. >>> a desperate plea from the family of a 2-year-old killed by a hit-and-run driver. the search for the person behind the wheel. >>> and school is starting back up. how the student body at california colleges is changing. >>> the weather center, low clouds and fog slow to break up. and a lot of drizzle and maybe more on the way. we will talk about that coming up. >>> welcome back. taking a look at the big board right now. the dow is up about 168 points. not too bad. >>> well, leaky pipes in california are wasting 23 billion-gallon

. >> mark:as you can see some real niners fans saw right through it. 49ers are dealing with some turf issues at levi's stadium >> mark:this is video from the niners first practice at levi's a few weeks ago. >> mark:but today harbaugh cut short their final open practice there and pulled his team off the field because players kept losing their footing.and huge divots were flying around >> mark:the niners tweeted an apology to fans who came to see practice and also said they are taking measures to make sure the field is ready for sunday's nationally televised game versus the chargers >> mark:the giants won their protest of last night's rain shortened game with the cubs. it's the first successful protest in 28 years! >> mark:so instead of a loss.the two teams will resume play this afternoon with the cubs leading 2-0 in the 5th. >> mark:more good news on the field at wrigley. >> mark:pitcher jake peavey picked up his first win as a giant. >> mark:he got lots of help from his teammates. >> mark:top of the first. travis ishikawa doubles into the left field co

the niners play their first game here august 17th against the denver broncos. back to you. >> the pro football hall of fame inducted seven new members today in canton, ohio. highlighted by former raiders punter ray guy. michael strahan, ray guy, and guy is the first punter to be inducted into the hall of fame. 14 years, three super bowl rings, seven-time pro bowler, all with the raiders. been a long-time coming for ray guy. congrats all seven players. >>> let's head down to stanford, women's tennis. bank of the west classic, serena facing pet -- petkovic. advances to finals again as petkovic goes long on match point. serena wins in straight sets issue this sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware and i know you're going to one preseason game there. >> looking forward to see how the traffic goes after the game. see what time i get home. >> that's the key. >> thank you, shu. >> we'll is it the biting? ...we need to break up. cuz i can stop? no! i love you and your show. it's cable. customers are more satisfied with u-verse. switch and we can stay t

the niners are taking on the chargers sunday. mid to upper 70s. sunny, uv index high. one thing to keep in mind, this is a north-south oriented stadium, like candlestick, but the east side gets the heat. it may get hotter. it's not like the stick where they get the fog and the breeze. they will be obviously dealing with warm weather there. the seven day forecast, warmer sunday. low 90s. we cool you briefly monday only to see the temperatures rise. a warming trend tuesday through thursday putting us in the 70s at the coast. pretty good warm upcoming next week. dan and ama? >> thank you. >>> is it a toy or a drone? coming up next, what's going on deep in the english countryside. >> make a note of this, new at 6:00, the developer trying to come up with a tech tool that works almost as well as pen and >>> the pentagon say as chinese fighter jet put a navy plane in danger. they filed a complaint with china. it made several passes. the pentagon spokesman talks about the passes. >> it passed the nose at 90 degrees with its belly toward the p.a. then they flew directly under a

police officer details what he's accused of doing ahead >> : one the best players on the " forty-niners will not be on the playing field for most of the season the nfl has suspended linebacker mr. smith for nine games for violating the league's this substance abuse and con the policies this following a d u r arrest weapons charges a bomb threat incident at lax airport >> : here is what it's ahead for smithy will not be paid we will not practice he will be allowed to attend team meetings and work out but he will not return to active roster until november the 10th. rob flood wall has more firmly by stadium in santa clara. >> : and x emotions among 49 family by stadium analyst with bear right afternoon he had several for never faithful here as they waited in line at the box office for two or levi stadium those i spoke with seem to be split between either thinking and nine game suspension is too harsh those who say it's high time the nfl set a strong message tilt for bad behavior >> : by greedily clean out umpires for what they do and they crossed in suspensions but two games rain or race b

niners with some questions in their secondary. chris cook trying to show he's the answer intercepting tal fehro in the third. but the ravens win 23-3. jim harbaugh not happy with his defense, which we point out was missing willis, aldon, and justin smith, all of whom were resting. >> we're getting pushed around all day. you know, the defense was -- they were out there a lot of plays. looked a little tired. with our team there are some spots up for grabs. in the backup. in the depth area. >> they look tired indeed. raiders open tomorrow in minnesota. >>> on to baseball there's a reason the a's traded for jon lester, and we saw it tonight. >>> this is why the a's traded for jn lester. a 122-pitch complete gam effort against the twins tonight. how about sparky at the park? who nes a hot dog when you have a chewable giraffe? stephen vogt 0 for hislast 23, and this would be your slump buster. two-run jack in the third, his sih of the ear. a's up 2-0. lester ming his second start for the a's. perft through five innings. a little trouble

it was a great today. >> go niners. >> great to be in the stadium. i don't know.s soon as i step foot out there the fans gnaw. got to dancing and everything. felt pretty good. if. >> thinks the way you hype up a fight. john bones jones into it with daniel corn media day which is next month. take down the back droment everybody jumping in. milt of the mgm grand hotel. excuse me. somebody flying over here got knocked out. ufc officials so distressed by what happened here they quickly put the video open the vine account all over social media. outraged. about 7 sports brought to you by toyota. >> they just want us to feel the outrage. >> absolutely. you have often said 20 periods of time monday, 20 percent tuesday. every week. that's right. i think it's the smart which to go. >> spencer and i have been in many fights just like that in the lobby of the mgm. >> he spent a lot of time at the mgn. >> haven't sold many tickets. posely donating the mgm. >> thanks very much. >> that's this edition of 7 news for spencer and larry i'm dan thanks for watching we appreciate your

. >> reporter: well ken, the niners have assured us that by sunday, that field will be good to go. would think the $1.2 billion spent on the stadium would cover a good enough turf right? well apparently not. so crews started emergency replacement work today. it is out with the new at levi stadium and in with something that was not in the niners came plan. they are waters what is left of the playing field from end zone to end zone. >> we noticed the players were playing, a lot of sod was kicked up by their feet. >> reporter: eric watched the team's open practice yesterday. >> i noticed a couple of times knit when a receiver made a cut and a big chunk of sod came up from their feet and we noticed that stevie johnson fell near the end zone and came up limping and i think that really concerned the coaching staff. >> reporter: after that, coach jim harbaugh pulled the players from the field. chopper 5 showed workers on the ground this morning. back many april, the team says it showed this special train of bermuda grass because it was drought resistant and tough. it apparently didn't sti

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next door the practice field which is little league officials of the real-estate man outside the ninersfans who came to see the practice also said they're taking measures to make sure the field is ready for sunday's nationally it lies game covers is the chargers this is a field related but foreigners kicker filled often a very active kicker not so at the the the stadium's push to field goals wide to the right and the three of the players did complained to robert l. scott writes of soft patches in the field not often so the new field will take all little getting used to >> : watter of mission gathered sunday painful way would enjoy to learn differently all take every kick beckham get in there >> : police in about four times have a long way to go and we took me about 10 years to get comfortable in cleveland so osceola takes here >> : 49 hours and hope not too long but here's one shot fired the niners, all in cabinet most of last season with a chipped bone in his fund company says the injury happened to the niners week to loss of seattle is just their lead on this formula sidelines in addi

and game time on sunday, 1:00, 80 degrees as the niners take on the broncos.autiful day for football. here is what we expect for the rest of the bay area. the fog and low clouds are back. we get a little bit warmer for friday and saturday. and it will be near seasonal this weekend. pretty average temperatures, you can see that by this little bulletin board we provided for you. san francisco about a degree above average. everybody else a a few degrees above average. plenty warm when you head to the east bay. 90 at brentwood. a beautiful day for the wine country and the week looks good as well. 81 in sonoma. tomorrow in the far north, 92 at ukiah. 94 at lake port. let's look at next week. the numbers look pretty good. >> it will cool down a little bit monday through thursday and we get the usual fog and low clouds but sunday looks great for opening exhibition game. >> yeah, that thing. [ laughter ] that thing. >> tell me what you see. thank you. >>> after so many people in santa clara complained tonight, the niners say they are going to change things up for sund

niners with some questions in their secondary. chris cook trying to show he's the answer intercepting tal fehro in the third. but the ravens win 23-3. jim harbaugh not happy with his defense, which we point out was missing willis, aldon, and justin smith, all of whom were resting. >> we're getting pushed around all day. you know, the defense was -- they were out there a lot of plays. looked a little tired. with our team there are some spots up for grabs. in the backup. in the depth area. >> they look tired indeed. raiders open tomorrow in minnesota. >>> on to baseball there's a reason the a's traded for jon lester, and we saw it tonight. hey ca sure... you bet! that's our new interactive speaker wall. 'sup? thinks it's a speak-ing wall. this can even dim your lights. your 3-d-printed girlfriend will love that. real mature. there you go. a laser drone for cats. i wish i had lasers. i don't. pew pew pew... the new radioshack is finally here. the store of your past is now the store of your future. come see one of our remodeled stores

and niners will be without him for nine weeks.'m ama daetz. >> this abig loss for the 49ers commissioner has linebacker for regular-season games, he spent more than half of the season. the length is more than expected and the reason smith violated nfl policy both on personal as well as substance abuse. there is fan reaction and impact on niners and alden smith. david? >> nfl commissioner is coming down hard on smith one day after admitting he went easy on jay rice. this nine-game suspension is going to hurt smith as well as the niners. the suspension will be without pay, meaning alden smith will forfeit one and a quarter million dollars, but the team and fans say there is another price to pay. >> nine games is are the of games. that is going to hurt us. >> how do you think the team is going to handle it? >> i think they've prepared for it i don't think it's going to be easy. it's going to hurt. >> smith is one of the key players in 49ers defense the n

so i ordered the cutest niner dress ever. >> reporter: ever. so you know, jessica and janelle, if you're hoping to snag that cute dress week, out of luck. it looks like toni got that dress. by the way, hotel managers in the area, around the stadium they come football season, forget about finding a hotel room. they're already booking up. tonight the rooms a are booked solid. tomorrow night booked solid. they run 240 to $400. i'm peggy bunker, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, peggy. more details on tomorrow's schedule. this one is key. the parking lots open at 3:30 in the afternoon. now suite and club members can enter the stadium through gate b as in boy at 4:30. as for everyone else, the gates open at 5:30, two hours ahead of kickoff, which is scheduled for 7:30. >>> it may be a soccer game, but the nfl's bag policy will be in effect at the stadium. bags and backpacks not allowed inside levi stadium there is few exceptions. nfl approved clear plastic bags, one gallon clear zip lock and small clutches the size of an adult's hands. >>> of course,

there is fan reaction and impact on niners and alden smith. david? >> nfl commissioner is coming down hard on smith one day after admitting he went easy on jay rice. this nine-game suspension is going to hurt smith as well as the niners. the suspension will be without pay, meaning alden smith will forfeit one and a quarter million dollars, but the team and fans say there is another price to pay. >> nine games is are the of games. that is going to hurt us. >> how do you think the team is going to handle it? >> i think they've prepared for it i don't think it's going to be easy. it's going to hurt. >> smith is one of the key players in 49ers defense the niners knew a suspension was coming but probably expecting 4 to 8 games, not nine. smith was in a courtroom where he was put on three years probation for drunk driving and weapons charges smith was arrested for dui after smashing his car into a tree in san jose, and for possessing assault weapons discovered in his house. in april, arrested for making a false bomb threat at los angeles international airp

. >> : but the grass going and of the forty-niners this stadium santa clara video over the scene andelicopter partners with abc seven choose their lay out the new sod after it was all worked out yesterday >> : 49ers in a hurry up offensive coupled is to install the turf we never thought we'd be here after one preseason game and $1.2 million on the new turf something went wrong on wednesday coach harbaugh cut practice shortcuts the players were slipping and possibly get hurt. new ship and are arrive overnight the team busy all day putting it and write down the middle from ends on the end zone again a chance to talk to fans they say do anything it takes to make sure the players are not hurt and the team is ready for the regular season even they can't believe that at this point >> : what ever of the do make the players play better do it. would into this for nothing and vote for this for nothing. a notice kind of bad they have to do already it shouldn't be that that would of that to do it to the players better >> : stop an air who will pay for this contractor forty-niners the fans say on

major overhaul is happening at the forty-niner brand new stadium where the niners say nothing about whatgoing on behind the gates. it's clear that the field has become a safety hazard. david has more from the stadium in santa clara. >>reporter: whatever the reason the 9 remembers wasting no time ripping out the grass. so-called super grass called ber mud a.sky 7 overhead where you can see the turf has been removed goal to goal and almost to the side lines. we don't know if the same variety will replace it pt fans taking a tour of the stadium were surprised. >> it was weird to see a field come up that fast and think they get grass to grow that quickly. i know it's sod but won't adhere quick. >>reporter: the chargers will be here on sunday and they have been assured by the niners the field will be game ready. >> we go on normal pre-game routine everybody walk on to the field make sure they have the right cleat on and no different than any other game we play. >>reporter: 2ers suffered minor injury on the field during practice yesterday both involve slip on loose soil. the coach immediately