the oakland arena is getting ready for historic matchup. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman joins us with more. wayne? >> reporter: let's begin with the klay thompson news. that came down officially at 2:30 this afternoon and unofficially we were hearing whispers in practice that he was going to play. no way, he wasn't going to play. he was ready. it's official now that guy in the corner sinking basket after basket, klay thompson will be playing in game one of the nba finals thursday night. by the time he gave this interview it was pretty much a foregone conclusion. >> i feel great honestly. i feel like i got my wind back. two days now and the warriors find themselves one of two main attractions in the basketball universe, note the gaggle outside their doors, reporters from both hemispheres. following andrew, and they expect it again when this arena fills and today a peek at the press and the finals of those words appearing everywhere now including on tickets which at the going rate, we're told went from $600 to $7500. >> $7500 that's dre owens waiting for his 10:30 appointm

oakland open friday at 5:30. >> stay with abc for coverage from cleveland with reporters wayne freedman joining us tomorrow and wednesday and reports from mike shumann and laura anthony later in the day right here on your warriors station abc7. >> a san francisco family is now considering a lawsuit after a police officer shot and killed their family poet. we are in the newsroom to explain what happened. >> police shot and killed the animal while responding to a call. the family said it was a big misunderstanding? >> they never had to lose their beloved pet. a call came in last night to the home in san francisco's bayview neighborhood and there was no emergency at all a child was playing with the phone and doesn'tally called 9-1-1. the officer does not know this a the time and entered the property and encountered a growling 11-year-old pit bull who pit an officer. police shot and killed her. the owners say she was a great pet and wished she had a chance to bring her inside. >> i seen him soot the dog four times. >> what was that like? >> murder. that is what. >> she was our pet. we have had her for over 10 year

oakland to san francisco's mission bay neighborhood. a study of the arena's traffic and transportation impacts wa released just today. here's abc 7 news reporter wayne freedmanh the report and the effort to stop the arena from being built in mission bay. reporter: give it a chance. we're about to make 2,300 pages of a supemental environmental impact report as fascinating as -- the warriors versus the cavaliers. >> the warriors areantastic basketball team and we love them. but the owners are not very good at environmental planning nor are they traffic experts. >> reporter: that's sam sinr, pr man and hired gun for the mission bay alliance, who oppose the warriors putting a 20,000 se arena next to their facility in san frcisco's mission bay. >> frankly the existence of opposition helps us make the project better. >> reporter: that's ken it in ri san francisco director of economic development. he has pressure to me this work but also to be responsible did honest. >> it never happens in san francisco but i thinkwith this project we can make most people happy. >> reporter: for the warriors this report could not comet a more opportune time. playing for an nba cham

oakland and she'll have more at 5:00. >>> game one of the nba finals is just two days away and oracle arena is being transformed into finals territory. abc 7 news wayne freedman the new seat covers and he will take us inside oracle coming up at 5:00. >>> a showdown is under way at san francisco's city hall and one of the more controversial housing proposals in recent years is being debated. new developments in the mission. abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler is live at city hall with more. carolyn? >> am a the proposal that's being debated here at city hall tonight is what's called an emergency measure and instead of the simple majority that's usually needed it will take the approval of nine out of the 11 supervisors to pass it. the mission district is ground zero for san francisco's housing affordability crisis. once heavily latino it's gentrified. >> they're building condos not for the people of the mission. they're building it for you guys! the techie, the hipsters. that's bull! >> rafael is supporting a freeze on market rate housing construction. a 45-day moratorium that could expand up to two years. the proposal is sponsored by supervisor david campos. he