this was a press conference with the president of the oakland roots soccer club. mayor sheng thao of oakland, and other city and county leaders. now, this is a big move for the oakland roots, which has been playing at cal state east bay and laney college, that this will be a one year, $3 million lease for 17 games here. so this would be for their 2025 season. now the coliseum seats 60,000 people, but the roots fit footprint will be only for 15,000 seats. and they did say this morning, the president did tell us that they expect to out sell that opening day. now the teams will replace the a's diamond with a permanent soccer pitch and by the way, the a's right now they're averaging around 9000 fans per game. so if the roots do out sell at 15,000, that would be quite a triumph, and then so anyways, they're going to replace a permanent soccer pitch here. and then the idea is that in 2026 they would move to a modular stadium to be built next door. not only will we be watching soccer here, professional soccer here at the coliseum, we'll be saving jobs at the coliseum. we

the hope is that these seats won't remain empty for long, with the oakland roots soccer team taking over here at the coliseum playing there next season right here in oakland. the oakland roots are coming to the coliseum, swapping pitchers for a pitch. the oakland roots are making a $3 million commitment to play 17 home games at the oakland coliseum. their one year lease brings the home grown team back to the town for the first time since 2022. the coliseum deserves pro sports. oakland deserves pro sports. and with the 2026 fifa men's world cup around the corner and soccer growing faster than at any time in the history of the united states, this is an opportunity for oakland to reestablish itself as the leading sports town. we all know it is currently playing at cal state east bay in hayward. the roots say their goals for the new space include plans to lease 15,000 of the stadium's 60,000 seats, while the team currently averages 4000 fans a game, they expect those numbers to grow with their home games back in the town. it's so much more accessible. we have a lot more room to accommodate a

es que el equipo de fútbol local, los oakland roots se compromete por 3 millones de dólares a jugar 17entando con sus partidos en casa. de vuelta en la ciudad de oakland. así que el coliseo de béisbol ahora a fútbol. sí. emociones encontradas. no mientras se están despidiendo los atléticos que se van a sacramento para luego pasar a las vegas de momento, al menos el inmueble el coliseum va a tener actividad deportiva profesional con los oakland roots, que actualmente juegan en hayward, que tienen un proyecto para construir un estadio en las adyacencias del coliseo. en 1 de los parking lot. lo que pasa es que también vamos a ver qué pasa con el coliseo, porque queda como una estructura muy grande y que genera gastos también. claro que sí. también en el tema económico, por ejemplo, hablábamos anteriormente con los oakland ice en su paso a sacramento. sabíamos que iba a generar más economía en la ciudad de sacramento, así que vamos con esta transición a ver qué tal nos va aquí en la bahía este equipo, los oakland roots, tiene un muy buen proyecto, además que en lo social está muy involucra

the oakland roots sports or sports club that is will play at the coliseum for their 2025 season. this marks the pro soccer team's return to playing in oakland for the first time since 2022. city leaders and oakland roots officials gathered at the coliseum today, including mayor shengtao, who's highlighting how this move will keep jobs in oakland. >>>not only will we be watching soccer here, professional soccer here at the coliseum, we'll be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes to the jobs, the vendors is right here directly. it's mainly the people here that live in oakland that work here in the coliseum >veronica>and the oakland roots and soul teams hope to open a temporary stadium with 10,000 seats at a lot near the coliseum. they will continue to work with the city, with the goal to reopen in 2026. well, we know that the a's are coming to the end of their time at the coliseum, the city and the a's. they've agreed to sell the site to the african american sports entertainment group. tickets are already sold out for the a's fin

last year, officials say that number reached roughly 6000. >> now, the oakland roots soccer team has a deal to play at the oakland coliseum next year after the a's baseball team moves to sacramento. ktvu jana katsuyama got the details at today's news conference and explains what soccer fans and oakland residents can expect. >> the oakland roots pro soccer team announced monday they're putting down deeper roots, signing a one year lease to play their 2025 season at the oakland coliseum. >> since the announcement, it's unbelievable, for me, i grew up coming to this stadium, you know, at age five, an emotional moment for gavin glinton, an oakland native and the roots interim head coach. historically, the stadium has been and the teams that have played here have been, a unifying force around around the community. >> the deal comes after the city of oakland agreed to sell its share of the coliseum to the african american sports and entertainment group, or asg, who had already secured the county's ownership share. >> it's been a dream since the day the club was founded. >> the oakland root

second, let's look good in kron. 4 news in the east bay professional soccer is returning to oakland next year. the roots men's team has struck a deal to play home games at the oakland coliseum in kron four's. >> charles clifford has details. >> with this being the final season for the oakland a's here at the coliseum. the city of oakland, alameda county and the coliseum's new incoming scg are looking for ways to keep the coliseum in houston. today we learned that professional soccer is returning to oakland. >> the oakland roots are coming the oakland roots announced on monday that the team will play its 2025 season here at the oakland coliseum. the team has signed a 3 million dollar lease with the city of oakland and alameda county to play a total of 17 home games here for the past 2 seasons, the roots been playing home matches at cal state east bay. >> we are so excited that our fans will now get to bring our uniquely passionate, diverse and inclusive routes gained experience to the coliseum. >> having the team play here at the coliseum will also create jobs and keep the facility in not only will be wa

anyone can sign up to attend on the itty bitty kitty cafe. >> the oakland roots are coming to coliseum. >> how about that live? sports will continue at the oakland coliseum even after the a's say sayonara. the oakland roots of sign at 3 million dollar lease with the city and alameda county to play a total of 17 home games at the venue during their next season. officials say the deal as a win-win. >> we are so excited that our fans will now get to bring our uniquely passionate divers and inclusive routes gained experience to the coliseum will be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes jobs. the vendors, which is right here directly, maybe the people here that live in oakland that work here in the coliseum. >> the team is also working on building a temporary stadium in the parking lot of the coliseum to service a home for the roots in a seoul women's team. they're hoping to have it ready to go by 2026. >> coming up next in sports, the giants look to turn the page of the atlanta braves in town. sports director jason dumas has all the hig

the oakland roots will be playing their games there next season. it is a deal that could save several jobs in east oakland. the first of many steps really toward revitalizing that neighborhood right around the stadium. ktvu jana katsuyama was there for today's big announcement. she's live tonight there outside the coliseum with more on the story. jana >> that's right, mike, we're talking about this kind of football and the oakland roots team. the manager, the head coach, the president were all here along with city leaders to talk about this. there was a lot of excitement and a lot of hope that this is going to be doing some good for oakland and the residents in order for the oakland roots pro soccer team announced monday, they're putting down deeper roots, signing a one year lease to play their 2025 season at the oakland coliseum. >> since the announcement, it's unbelievable, for me, i grew up coming to this stadium, you know, at age five, an emotional moment for gavin glinton, an oakland native and the roots interim head coach. historically, the st

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be playing in >> in the east bay professional soccer is returning to oakland next year. the roots men's team had struck a deal to play home games at the oakland coliseum in kron. 4 s charles clifford reports. >> with this being the final season for the oakland a's here at the coliseum. the city of oakland, alameda county and the coliseum's new incoming scg are looking for ways to keep the coliseum in houston. today we learned that professional soccer is returning to oakland. >> the oakland roots are coming the oakland roots announced on monday that the team will play its 2025 season here at the oakland coliseum. the team has signed a 3 million dollar lease with the city of oakland and alameda county to play a total of 17 home games here for the past 2 seasons, the roots been playing home matches at cal state east bay. >> we are so excited that our fans will now get to bring our uniquely passionate divers and inclusive routes, gameday experience to the coliseum. >> having the team play here at the coliseum will also create jobs and keep the facility in not only will be watching soc

. >> the oakland roots men's soccer team will plant their roots at the recently sold oakland coliseum. the roots and the oakland soul women's soccer team previously announced they would be playing some games at the coliseum while they work to build a temporary facility in the parking lot next door. they still have plans for a new stadium, but while they wait for it to be built, the coliseum will be their home next year. >> this club was founded with a purpose to harness the magic of oakland and the power of sport as a force for social good. i can't think of a better expression of that purpose than ensuring that we keep sports jobs, investment and joy right here in east oakland. >> the coliseum and the land at the site are under new ownership of the african american sports and entertainment group. founder ray bobbitt says he's excited to work with the oakland roots and soul to popularize and support soccer in the east bay. up next, the race for the white house heats up. a political data expert joins us live to break down the latest poll, which shows vice president harris, now with a sl

coming to this stadium, you know, at age five, an emotional moment for gavin glinton, an oakland native and the rootsim head coach. historically, the stadium has been and the teams that have played here have been, a unifying force around around the community. >> the deal comes after the city of oakland agreed to sell its share of the coliseum to the african american sports and entertainment group, or asg, who had already secured the county's ownership share. >> it's been a dream since the day the club was founded. >> the oakland roots and soul president lindsay baron says the deal allows the team to use the first level seating and upper level suites nearly tripling the capacity to about 15,000 people compared to their current venue at cal state east bay. >> we want to have very affordable, family friendly tickets at our stadium, as well as premium offerings that include food and beverage. the roots players said they're excited. >> i think we'll put on a good a good show for them. you know, we keep winning some games. playing a good oakland roots is growing as a team. >> you know, for us to come and p

and now we know that the oakland roots soccer team will play here next year. >> the oakland roots are coming coliseum. the oakland roots announced on monday that the team will play its 2025 season here at the oakland coliseum. the team has signed a 3 million dollar lease with the city of oakland and alameda county to play a total of 17 home games here for the past 2 seasons, the roots been playing home matches at cal state university. >> we are so excited that our fans will now get to bring our uniquely passionate divers and inclusive routes gained experience to the coliseum. >> having the team play here at the coliseum will also create jobs and keep the facility in not only will be watching soccer here, professional soccer here at the coliseum will be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes to jobs to vendors, which is right here directly as maybe the people here that live in oakland that work here in the coliseum. >> looking past next season, the team is also working on building a modular 10,000 seat temporary stadium in the parkin

the oakland roots soccer team have secured the venue for their home games. here's abc seven news reporter ryan curry. >> we have the oakland values, and together we're going to get stuff done here in east oakland and oakland at large. >> big cheers from city leaders as the coliseum welcomes a new team, the oakland roots announce their home games for the 2025 season will be in the recently sold stadium. we have been nomadic up to this point, playing at different venues around oakland and the east bay, and this gives us the opportunity to be here in oakland and also to significantly increase our capacity. team president lindsay baron says securing the site was once a vision now turned to reality. once the a's announced they would move out after this season, the roots immediately worked on a plan to move in. >> it was always the dream to be able to play at the coliseum. this is such a historic and iconic venue in oakland. it is the greatest of honor to be able to play our games here next year. for the roots, they are tentatively planned for 17 games next season

pero el equipo de oakland está listo para su movimiento más arriesgado. los rootsy más intimidad con el público. los roots también reiteraron que la capacidad para los partidos de local va a ser de 15.000 personas, pero con la posibilidad de expandirse para juegos selectos y el coliseo tiene un aforo de 63.000 espectadores y un deporte que tiene constantemente, mucho más de 63.000 espectadores. el fútbol americano, colegial y por eso, desde hace un par de años, los estudiantes atletas universitarios negociaron poder monetizar su imagen de manera independiente y sin ningún castigo por parte de la ncw. para algunos coaches han sido una distracción y por eso el coach de oklahoma state, mike gundy, decidió apoyar a su equipo a enfocarse con estos códigos qr en los cascos de los caballos. la idea es que cualquier persona con acceso a las fotografías y el video del equipo o que asista al estadio y vea de cerca a los jugadores, puede utilizar el código para donar a un fondo de monetización de los jugadores. gotti pretende con esto que el equipo esté más pendiente del jueg

otro gol, hay que decirlo en favor de los oakland roots. ue muy complicado porque a cada aficionado que te acercabas te hablaba de su historia. cuántos años tenía yendo al coliseum? su primer recuerdo como aficionado de los seis, su recuerdo de la serie del puente de la bahía. mucha nostalgia, mucha nostalgia. y todavía queda lo más difícil que va a ser el último juego en casa del 26 de septiembre. bueno, tienen que irse preparando. oye. y cambiar del coliseo? cambiar de béisbol a fútbol, verdad? sí, al menos para 2025. luego habrá que ver cuál va a ser el plan a largo plazo. al menos los roots tienen ese proyecto de en 1 de los parking lots construir ese estadio. sabemos que no es un equipo de mls, pero es un equipo que crece en lo institucional, en lo deportivo y que ahora hereda ser el gran embajador deportivo de la ciudad de oakland que tanto ha sufrido. y 1 dice bueno, solo deporte no es deporte, es comunidad, es familia, son puestos de trabajo, es mucho más raíces, verdad? a propósito de roots, poeta, siempre sí, gracias, max. vamos a

the oakland roots are going to be playing their home games there, and i think that's going to draw a lot of attention to that area as well. so while i don't know the details of who's managing it and what plans they have beyond the oakland roots, i'm very hopeful that overall, look, oakland is a place right here, neighboring silicon valley. why can't we be? part of it? is my question. and that's why, as a business leader in silicon valley, i wanted to bring my influence and resources to bear, to help in whatever way i can. i can be helpful. it's interesting you say that because you have some heavy hitters. jaylen brown, jason kidd, yourself, you've all had a lot of success. how serious are you guys about this? i know this is a big splash this week this month. but moving forward, if we talk in 2 or 3 years, are you still going to be at it serious as a heart attack? this is the kind of thing that i'm inspired by. as you know, raj and my involvement in next door community is everything. bringing communities together, particularly in a time when we're more polarized and divided than ever,

the oakland roots men's soccer team and the oakland soul women's soccer team signed a deal to play at roots president, mayor sheng thao and other city leaders. the agreement allows the teams to play 17 games next year at the coliseum, while continuing to negotiations to open a temporary stadium in the future. oakland mayor sheng thao says this is a much needed step forward for the city of oakland. not only will we be watching soccer here, professional soccer here at the coliseum, we'll be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes to the jobs, the vendors is right here directly. it's mainly the people here that live in oakland that work here in the coliseum, not only that, but we also know that the oakland roots and soul that they are oakland. this comes just a week after the city of oakland announced a sale of its share of the coliseum. the agreement also allows the teams to install a soccer field and 16,000 seats. currently, the roots play home games at cal state east bay, and the soul plays at merritt college. it could get a little b

. >> gearing up to cheer on the oakland roots.k like for the upcoming season. and protests continue around. the dnc as the tension start to escalate in gaza. and 2 million dollars now going towards stem research in the bay area, which university is going to be receiving all that money. i'll say what city hall insiders won't. we have a drug, homelessness, and economic recovery crisis, because the system that's supposed to fix things is the problem. record budgets. fewer officers. business killing bureaucracy. the insiders won't change a system built for their benefit. i'm daniel lurie and san francisco needs a mayor unafraid to take on the status quo, bring accountability, and stop the excuses. >> educators say a healthy diet is an essential key in the success in the classroom. and in pittsburgh, students who would have otherwise gone hungry in the summer. well, instead are kept fed thanks to a middle schools, partnership with the county food bank and now the classes back in session crowd forcing planes. how a school pension progra

best to keep our students safe and prevent any future philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> the oakland roots coming. policy am. >> how about that? live sports continuing out at the oakland coliseum. even after the a's leave, the oakland roots have signed a 3 million dollar lease with the city and alameda county to play a total of 17 home games at that venue during their next season. officials say the deal is a win-win. >> we are so excited that our fans will now get to bring our uniquely passionate divers and inclusive or it's game day. experience to the coliseum will be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes to the jobs to vendors. we is right here directly is maybe the people here that live in oakland that work here in the coliseum. >> well, the team, by the way, is also working on building a temporary stadium in the parking lot of the coliseum to serve as a home for the roots and the sole women's team. they're hoping to have it ready to go by the year 2026. >> 6.40, is the time. and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a push of the

. >> the oakland roots are coming the oakland roots announced on monday that the team will play its 2025 season here at the oakland coliseum. the team has signed a 3 million dollar leas4 with the city of oakland and alameda county to play a total of 17 home games here for the past 2 seasons, the roots been playing home matches at cal state east bay. >> we are so excited that our fans will now get to bring our uniquely passionate, diverse and inclusive routes gained experience to the coliseum. >> having the team play here at the coliseum will also create jobs and keep the facility in use. >> not only will be watching soccer here, professional soccer here at the coliseum will be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes jobs. the vendors, which is right here directly, maybe the people here that live in oakland that work here in the coliseum. >> looking past next season, the team is also working on building a modular 10,000 seat temporary stadium in the parking lot of the coliseum to serve as a home for the roots and the soul women's team. t

. >>> also in oakland the roots sports club announced today it will play at the coliseum next season. this marks the pro soccer team's return to oakland for the first time since 2022. mayor sheng thao says the move will also keep jobs in oakland. >> not only will we be watching soccer here, professional soccer here at the coliseum, we'll be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes to the jobs, the vendors. it's right here directly, mainly the people that live in oakland that work here in the coliseum. >> the oakland roots and soul teams hope to open a temporary stadium with 10,000 seats and a lot near the coliseum with the goal to open by 2026. >>> meantime the a's have a month and a half left in their final season at the coliseum. the city and the team agreed to sell the site to the african american sports and entertainment group. tickets are sold out for the a's' final game at the coliseum september 26th. >>> a bit of a shake-up ahead of the 9ers' first preseason game at levi's stadium on sunday. vern glenn joins us as the team look

. >> fox two news this is the four a new team taking root at the oakland coliseum, now the site of the roots soccer club for the 2025 season. >> welcome everybody to the four on this monday. i'm greg lee and i'm alex savage. >> this deal is slated to save a series of jobs in east oakland, ktvu jana katsuyama was there and joins us now live from the coliseum with more of the details. jenna >> that's right. it's going to be football. but this kind of football, the oakland roots soccer team, the professional team that's been based here, they were excited today, let me tell you. and they held a news conference up here. they you don't see any of the new branding over here. but once the oakland a's baseball team leaves then the roots will be starting to figure out how they can convert this over to soccer. now, this is a lot of excitement, and there has been some concern about what could happen when the a's leave. but the team plans to play here at the coliseum starting next march. the team held a press conference at the coliseum today, along with oakland's mayor, city and county officials, t

the oakland roots are moving in for the 2025 season.lease brings the roots back to oakland for the first time since 2022. the team had been playing at cal state east bay, which is in hayward. they'll now pay about $3 million to play at least 17 home games right there at the coliseum. the roots currently average around 4000 people a game. the team is expecting the attendance to jump now that they're rooted in oakland once again. well, the paris olympics are now over, but there's still some lingering controversy for team usa. gymnast jordan chiles will have to return her bronze medal. you might recall last week in the floor finals, chiles originally finished fifth. that's when her coaches submitted an appeal and her score increased, bumping her to third, which is the bronze meda. yesterday, the ioc said it's reversing that decision and requested chiles to give up her medal. for a romanian gymnast, it's all because the ioc says chiles coaches didn't submit their appeal within the allotted 62nd time frame. team usa is says the appeal was su

the oakland roots are moving in, planning to call the oakland coliseum home for next season. 2025. the one year lease brings the roots back to the town for the first time since 2022. the team had been playing at cal state east bay in hayward. they'll now play excuse me. they'll now pay around $3 million to play at least 17 home games at the coliseum, with the plan to lease 15,000 of the 60,000 seats, even though they currently only average around 4000 tickets. a game. the team is expecting those numbers to jump now that they're rooted in oakland once again. and keep in mind, the a's are leaving to sacramento for the next 3 or 4 years before they build their home. so they say in las vegas, all right, here we go back to reality. no more paris olympics. what a magical ride it was one of the best olympics, really, that we've ever seen. but there is a lingering issue. team usa has to give back a medal. we'll explain that in a moment. but first, paris is out. los angeles is in that olympic flag arriving today in l.a. for the 2028 games, governor newsom greeted l.a. mayor karen bass as she

meantime, we're getting a look today at how the oakland roots plan to configure the field at the oakland coliseum. this animation, released by the team shows the pitch running along the baseball third base line. the team says that's going to give fans the best sightlines and an intimate atmosphere. the team is now taking deposits for the 2025 season tickets. all right. we still have much more ahead. let's go to abc seven news anchor zach fuentes for a look at the stories coming up at 5.30. zach. hey, dan. >> yeah, it's the final day of the dnc as kamala harris gets ready to formally accept her party's nomination for president. i'm going to show you a live look at the scene inside the united center right now. pink is scheduled to perform at 5.30. abc seven news insider phil matier will join us with his take on what to expect from harris and the rest of the convention. plus the race to win the presidency doesn't end after the convention. both candidates have a close race ahead of them. an expert weighs in on the role social media and influencers will play moving forward. so join us for tho

the oakland roots soccer team is moving into the oakland coliseum for their 2025 season. the one year lease brings the roots back to the town. for the first time since 2022. the team has been playing at cal state east bay in hayward. they'll play around three. they'll pay around $3 million to play at least 17 home games at the coliseum, with plans to lease 15,000 of the 60,000 seats. and even though they currently average selling around 4000 tickets a game, the team is expecting those numbers to jump now that they're rooted in oakland. once again, the coliseum deserves pro sports. oakland deserves pro sports. and with the 2026 fifa men's world cup around the corner and soccer growing faster than at any time in the history of the united states, this is an opportunity for oakland to reestablish itself as the leading sports town we all know. it is. the entire coliseum site was purchased by the african american sports and entertainment group. the group plans to redevelop the site into a sports, entertainment, business and housing district. it is the start of a new chapte. the

gloria, we're getting a look at how the oakland roots is planning to configure the field at the oakland animation. the pitch will run along the baseball third base line. the team says it will give fans the best sightlines and an intimate atmosphere. capacity for most games is going to be at 15,000. now, the team is taking deposits for its 2025 season tickets. the home opener is set for march. >> this morning, doctors are revealing a new health benefit to one of the world's most popular weight loss drugs. a man is at the live desk with details on the expanded use for wegovy. yeah. >> reggie aqui wegovy was already approved by the fda back in march for use to prevent heart attack and stroke, but this new study found it is beneficial in preventing any kind of cardiovascular disease and heart failure. >> doctors monitored 17,000 people with preexisting heart disease for this study. these people were overweight or obese but did not have diabetes, which is what wegovy was originally designed to treat. this new study found wegovy lowered the risk of heart attack, stroke, and cardiac death by a

the oakland roots. so, city leaders made the big announcement today. the team will lease the coliseum for $3 million and plans to start playing their soccer matches next year. the mayor says this is a big win for the city. >> not only will we be watching soccer here, professional soccer here at the coliseum. we will be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes to the jobs, the vendors t is right here directly. mainly the people here that live in oakland that work here in the coliseum. >> the roots currently play at cal state east bay and their sister team, the soul, played at merit college. both teams are negotiating with the city to open a temporary stadium on the complex grounds in 2026. >>> it was back to school day for students at oakland unified. the district is starting the new year facing tough choices. back in january ousd shelved plans to close several schools over concerns it impacted students of color. it is still facing a huge deficit as code emergency funds have expired. that means the dist

the coliseum also service home for the roots women's team, the oakland soul next season. how can you not root for the roots for the roots? time for 4 zone forecast as we get to a shot here. the transamerica pyramid, all those clouds moving in time to forecast. and lawrence karnow gets to the root of the matter. yeah. guys, been seeing some of those routes shirts around the bay area and they are cool. that's for sure. but >> hey, we've got changes coming our way now. the clouds gathering outside out toward the golden gate bridge. some fog moving in some mid to high level clouds going to be moving in as well. and look at that. we've got a swirl of area of low pressure that is actually a storm coming the gulf of alaska very early for the season. hopefully that's a sign of things to come. unfortunately, bring some thunderstorms up in the chest area. don't want to see the fire started but likely to bring a lot of rain in northern california with a chance of a couple raindrops here as we head toward tomorrow that works its way down the coastline. lot of clouds tomorrow on friday

the oakland roots announced plans to play their home games at the coliseum. abc seven news reporter ryan curry was there for the announcement. >> we have the oakland values and together we're going to get stuff done here in east oakland and oakland at large. >> big cheers from city leaders as the coliseum welcomes a new team, the oakland roots announced their home games for the 2025 season will be in the recently sold stadium. >> we have been nomadic up to this point, playing at different venues around oakland and the east bay, and this gives us the opportunity to be here in oakland and also to significantly increase our capacity, team president lindsay baron says securing this site was once a vision now turned to reality. >> once the a's announced they would move out after this season, the roots immediately worked on a plan to move in. >> it was always the dream to be able to play at the coliseum. this is such a historic and iconic venue in oakland. it is the greatest of honor to be able to play our games here next year. for the roots, they are tentatively pl

the oakland roots soccer team announced plans to play home games there. abc seven news reporter ryan curry was at the coliseum for today's announcement. >> we have the oakland values and together we're going to get stuff done here in east oakland and oakland at large. >> big cheers from city leaders as the coliseum welcomes a new team, the oakland roots announced their home games for the 2025 season. will be in the recently sold stadium. we have been nomadic up to this point, playing at different venues around oakland and the east bay, and this gives us the opportunity to be here in oakland and also to significantly increase our capacity. team president lindsay baron says securing this site was once a vision now turned to reality. once the a's announced they would move out after this season, the roots immediately worked on a plan to move in. >> it was always the dream to be able to play at the coliseum. this is such a historic and iconic venue in oakland. it is the greatest of honor to be able to play our games here next year for the roots. >> they are ten

. >> the oakland roots are coming. policy am. i sports will continue at the oakland coliseum even after the a's leave the oakland roots. >> have just signed as you see there, a 3 million dollar lease with the city in alameda county. they're gonna play a total of 17 home games at the oakland coliseum in their next season. officials say it's win, win. >> we are so excited that our fans will now get to bring our uniquely passionate divers and inclusive or it's game day. experience to the coliseum will be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes to jobs to vendors. we is right here. directly is maybe the people here that live in oakland that work here in the coliseum. >> and they're also going to be upgrading the coliseum in doing some renovations. and during that time, the roots and also the sole women's team. they're going to in a redeveloped thing in the parking lot. they'll have that. and then they're hoping to have that ready to go in twenty-twenty 6, 0, the coliseum is going to

and the east bay, and this gives us the opportunity to be here in oakland and also to significantly increase our capacity. >> the rootsy'll work to try and keep the staff who are already working at the coliseum. happening tomorrow, it is bart night at raymond park when oakland's new baseball team, the ballers, take on the boise hawks. the children of bart employees will serve as ball boys and ball girls. a bart police lieutenant will sing the national anthem, and the first pitch is at 635. this week, you're going to start seeing waymo's fleet of driverless cars on freeways in san francisco. the company says taking a freeway compared to city streets can cut down on ride times. but i think you already know that because you know how freeways work. they say. i mean, i don't know. i'm still going to read this, though they say from the lake merced neighborhood to oracle park could be as much as 50% faster by taking the freeway instead of the streets. again. i mean, that's obvious from now. for now, though, only waymo employees are going to be able to get on the freeway using waymo. they are testing this here. and also on fr

and 15,000 fans will be able to watch the oakland roots play at the coliseum team share details while also illustrating what the field is going to look like in coming seasons. coliseum also service home ground for the women's team oakland sold next season. >> time now 6.14, and as we've got, you know, dry conditions. the tail end of summer here, more of northern california has actually fallen into drought conditions, including as you can see here, parts of the bay area, more than half of sonoma county. now in an abnormally dry category. the map also shows a large portion of northern california is in the same boat. yellow is the least severe drought category. so could be way worse as the next worst category is expanding. however, its footprint along. look at up the oregon border there. fortunately. >> a little rain is on the way. i i don't know how much recall it but an even help. it won't be much for us, i suppose. but in that area to our north, the drought conditions that they might get a little more of john. yeah, that's certainly good news for them. not the drought conditions, but

. >> the oakland roots are coming >> live sports will continue at the oakland coliseum even after the lead the oakland roots of side of 3 million dollar lease with the city and alameda county to play a total of 17 home games at the venue during their next season. officials say the deal is a win-win. >> we are so excited that our fans will now get to bring our uniquely passionate divers and inclusive routes gained experience to the coliseum will be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes to the jobs to vendors. we is right here directly is maybe the people here that live in oakland that work here in >> the team is also working on building a temporary stadium in the parking lot of the coliseum. serve as a home for the roots and the sole women's team. they're hoping have ready to go by 2026. now let's head over to area more torts forty-niners dealing with injuries after their loss against the titans. the giants lose in a nail-biting game against the braves sports director jason dumas says all those highlights. >> and now kron 4 sports.

the coliseum will also serve as the home ground for the oakland roots.t's next season as well. all right. there's new chick fillet location that opened in gilroy. the restaurant opened up at 6.30 this morning and there was already a line wrapped around the parking lot. this is located at the shopping center and chestnut street in customer say the line was worth the wait. >> but small town rise like want to be like that. chick-fil-a. we went to at the beginning of it is so light. we've had kids who do like say no, want to first. >> this is the 26 chick-fil-a location in the bay area. but it is the first in gilroy. the company says it plans to hire about 130 full-time and part-time employees. and there will also be a new location that opened 7 conquered before the end of the year. we're going to chat about our weather forecast right now. we're looking out here at the san mateo bridge in on a thursday. thursday. it is that do whatever data is a trying to figure out what's going on over the weekend. exactly. in an august expected to be quite warm in the bay

. >> the oakland roots are coming. policy am. >> yeah, live sports will continue at the oakland coliseum even after the a's leave the oakland roots of signed a 3 million dollar lease with the city and county of alameda to play a total of 17 home games there at that venue during their next season. officials say the deal is a win-win. >> we are so excited that our fans will now get to bring our uniquely passionate divers and inclusive or it's game day. experience to the coliseum will be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes to the jobs to vendors. we is right here directly is maybe the people here that live in oakland that work here in >> the teams also working on building a temporary stadium in the parking lot there at the coliseum to serve as a home for the roots and the sole women's team. while the coliseum is being redeveloped, they're hoping to have that ready to go by 2026. >> coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news, there's a push of the capital to help domes

. >> the oakland roots are coming. policy am. >> you go live. sports will continue out the oakland coliseum even after the a's leave the oakland roots have signed a 3 million dollar lease with the city and with alameda county to play a part or lot total of 17 home games at that venue during their next season. officials say the deal is a win-win. >> we are so excited that our fans will now get to bring our uniquely passionate divers and inclusive or it's game day. experience to the coliseum will be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes jobs to vendors. we is right here. directly is maybe the people here that live in oakland that work here in the coliseum. >> the team is also working on building a temporary stadium in the parking lot of the coliseum that will serve as a home for the roots and the sole women's team. while the coliseum is being redeveloped, they're hoping to have it ready to go by 2026, it's 8.40, and still ahead4on the kron 4 morning news. the giants turn the page with the braves

. >> the oakland roots are coming >> and there you heard the announcement live. sports will continue out at the oakland coliseum even after the a's leave. the oakland roots have signed a 3 million dollar lease with the city and the county of alameda to pay play a total of 17 home games there at the venue during their next season. officials say this is a win-win deal. >> we are so excited that our fans will now get to bring our uniquely passionate divers and inclusive or it's game day. experience to the coliseum will be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes to jobs to vendors. we is right here. directly is maybe the people here that live in oakland that work here in the coliseum. >> well, the team is also working on building a temporary stadium in the parking lot right there at the coliseum. and that will serve as their home for the roots and for the soul women's team. while the coliseum's being redeveloped, they're hoping to have that ready to go by 2026. >> its 9.40, and still ahead on the kron. 4 morning news

the oakland roots pro soccer team announced today they are signing a one year lease to play their 2025 season at the oakland coliseum. the team plans to use the first level of the coliseum, plus some of the premium suites that will allow up to 15,000 seats, which will nearly triple the current capacity at the cal state east bay venue where they currently play. the roots say bringing soccer to the coliseum is a dream come true. >> purpose is to harness the magic of oakland and the power of sport as a force for social good, and we take that purpose into account in every decision we make, including pricing our tickets. we want to have very affordable, family friendly tickets at our stadium, as well as premium offerings that include food and beverage and other exciting amenities for people who are looking for that type of experience. >> now, the deal comes after the city of oakland agreed to sell its share of the coliseum to the african american sports and entertainment group, who had already secured the county's ownership share. >> historically, the stadium has been, and the teams that ha

we understand oakland roots just signed a 3 million dollar deal to play home games there in 2025. >> it's a catalyst, a catalyst to what's to come for the city of oakland. we knew we need new revenue streams and we've got sports as well. so we're really excited for the oakland roots to be playing at the coliseum next year. of course, we're working on a plan for them to play at the malibu site, which on the similar site of the coliseum. and that would be the permanent site with the open saul. so this is the very beginning works of welcoming the world cup to the bay area. >> alright, open there. shay tell thank you for your time this afternoon. thank you so much. that can. 12 38 this afternoon. let's talk a bit about our forecast now live look outside at san francisco. beautiful view of the water as well. kyla. yeah, it is gorgeous today. there's just no other way to put it. it's also gorgeous in tahoe, but they have some not so gorgeous weather coming their way. so just wanted to talk about that for a second. but obviously blue skies out there right now. just absolutely beautiful. and

>>the oakland roots are coming to coliseum. oakland roots announced on monday that the team will play its 2025 season here at the oakland coliseum. the team has signed a 3 million dollar lease with the city of oakland and alameda county to play a total of 17 home games here for the past 2 seasons, the roots been playing home matches at cal state east bay. >>we are so excited that our fans will now get to bring our uniquely passionate divers and inclusive routes, gameday experience to the coliseum. >>having the team play here at the coliseum will also create jobs and keep the facility in not only will be watching soccer here, professional soccer here at the coliseum will be saving jobs at the coliseum. we know that the coliseum is home to many people when it comes to the jobs, the vendors, which is right here directly, maybe the people here that live in oakland that work here in looking past next season. the team is also working on building a modular 10,000 seat temporary stadium in the parking lot of the coliseum to serve as a

fortunately, the coliseum will also services home for the roots women's team. the oakland sold next season. so that should be fun. and get ready for this friday. should be a great time as the niners are planned. the raiders in vegas, the last preseason game of the year and the niners expecting to play all of their starters are almost all of them. so should be a good showing right there. kickoff is at 7 o'clock. our pre-game show with jason in the team is at 6.30 and you can watch it. all right. here on kron 4. >> some california inmates serving life without parole. could go free. details on the controversial bill looking to do just that next. i'll say what city hall insiders won't. we have a drug, homelessness, and economic recovery crisis, because the system that's supposed to fix things is the problem. record budgets. fewer officers. business killing bureaucracy. the insiders won't change a system built for their benefit. i'm daniel lurie and san francisco needs a mayor unafraid to take on the status quo, bring accountability, and stop the excuses. >> republicans at the

harris emphasized her oakland roots during saturday's rally. think about it. middle class kids, one a daughter of oakland, california. who was raised by a working mother. i had a summer job at mcdonald's while in san francisco. she'll be courting a crowd of some 700 mega donors. tickets to the sold out fundraiser ranged from 3300 to $50,000 saturday morning, california senator alex padilla expressed his excitement for the vp's visit and his support for her to win the presidency couldn't be more excited than the prospects of a president harris in the next four years. you know, there's a lot at stake this november. the harris-walz campaign raised an incredible amount of money. last month, more than $300 million. and the campaign says that tickets alone to tomorrow's fundraiser brought in another $12 million in san francisco. emma goss nbc, bay area news. new at 11. they say their neighbors are too noisy. only the new neighbors aren't people. they're waymo cars honking in a parking lot, and neighbors say it's keeping them up all night. nbc bay area's alyssa goard

the oakland roots sportsb announced it will play at the coliseum for their 2025 season. mayor shengtao says this move will keep jobs in the city students in the oakland unified school district will be back in class today in january, the school board scrapped a plan to close some campuses as it faces declining enrollment and a budget deficit the district is restructuring to centralize resources and services but there is also an ongoing conversation about potentially merging schools all right, on to first alert weather. now a bit cooler around the bay area today, but we're about to get a little bit warmer. meteorologist zoe mintz is in our virtual view studio with more on that. hey, zoe. >zoe>hey. we are going to get a little bit warmer, but not too much. and that's the best news of all. it's not going to be anything crazy heading our way. no record breaking heat, just a couple of degrees warmer than what we're feeling today. but it's been a beautiful day all across the bay area. an absolutely gorgeous time lapse here at black mountain. it doesn't even look like the camera

state east bay, even though we like them very much and we appreciate them, but we want our oakland team rooted right here at the coliseum. >> the sports clubs say they will keep working with the city of oakland to build an interim stadium near the coliseum at the old malibu parking lot. their goal is to play ten seasons there starting in 2026. well, school is back for students in oakland and there are some changes they may see both in and out of the classroom. ktvu james torres explains what's new this year within the oakland unified school district. >> back to school for another year. students, parents, faculty and staff check in at manzanita community school in oakland. >> and yeah, last day of fifth grade, first day of first grade. >> oh, he's excited. he's ready to start this year. >> this is where superintendent kyla johnson trammell made her first stop of a welcome back to school tour this year. nearly one in every five principals districtwide are former osd students. the superintendent says that's a good example for current students. >> we've been focusing on grow your own programs and

we'll today, the oakland roots announced it will make the coliseum home in 2025. the minor league soccer team will play 17 regular season games there, and potentially more if they reach the playoffs. roots officials say their ultimate goal is to build a long term venue in a parking lot next to the coliseum. >> reports out today say that former warrior klay thompson isn't that strange to say. will face off against his old team very early next season, according to the athletic. thompson and his new team, the dallas mavericks, will visit chase center on november 12th. thompson left the dubs in july in a sign and trade deal with dallas, after contract negotiations with the warriors broke down. the 34 year old was, of course, a key part of the golden state's dynasty, helping the warriors win four world championships between 2015 and 2022. it is going to be a little weird seeing klay back in that capacity. >> all right, we still have much more news ahead. we do. >> let's go to abc seven news anchor stephanie sierra with a look at what's coming up at 530 steph thanks dan

all right, lawrence, thousands of fans gearing up to cheer on the oakland roots.the playing space will look like this upcoming season. >> fire sparked by a tesla semi truck is now being investigated by the national transportation safety board. the incident stop traffic for more than 12 hours monday morning on i-80 in placer county. cal fire says the battery in the tesla semi was under what's called thermal runway which causes a chemical chain reaction. it's a process that doesn't stop until the energy in the battery is spent. battery fires are chemical in nature. so crews have to wait for it to cool down before they can fully extinguish it. >> the newsom administration and google have reached a deal that could have major ramifications for california's journalism industry and local newsrooms all across the state through the deal. google and the state of california have agreed to provide nearly 250 million dollars in public and private funding for local news room specifically over the next 5 years. a google will invest a 55 million dollars into a fund to be administ