oracle park. the giants first official season at oracle. lling the stadium at&t park for so long even the experts are getting used to the name change. >> it's going to allow for a range of content that i don't think we have seen here at at&t park -- at oracle park. we knew that was going to happen at some point during the presentation. i'm sure everybody else appreciates that i got it out of the way. >> the giants signed a 20-year deal. the name won't change again until 2038. it is now in its fourth name. the other two pac bell and sbc. >> you can download tickets on your mobile app on the mlb ballpark app. it is available on apple and pwaolg pla google play. we have posted a link to this information on our website nbcbayarea.com. 6:26 right now. on "today in the bay", we are following two fires in the north bay. one in napa county. fire crews themselves were the victims. equipment destroyed and what happens if they get called to a fire now. >>> an apartment fire forcing 20 people out of their homes. new details what was missing from the bui

this is the giants first official season at oracle park. r calling the stadium at&t park for so long. some are still getting used to the name change. >> it's going to allow for a range of content that i don't think we have ever seen before here at at&t park -- at oracle park. we knew that was going to happen at some point during the presentation. i'm sure everybody else appreciates i got it out of the way. >> we have all done it. we will get used to it. the name won't change until 2038, which is really good. it is on its fourth name since happening. i mentioned pac bell, sbc as well. i have seen them all. taking a break now from baseball. commuters in ireland were surprised when this cutie strolled in on the station in kildare and started making friends. his nickname is hammish. he is set to have arrived en route to dublin where the train staff realized he was alone. they just took him into his car. he has a little leash. he's home. >> well, here's the thing that will make you go hmm. tune in to the "today" show right after "today in the bay

i want to take you outside of oracle park to pete suratos. he is there as all the the fans are starting to arrive. and pete, how are things looking out there? >> yeah, marcus, you know you're going to have a number of fans joining you inside oracle park. we're here at willie mays gate. you see the fans start starting to walk in as the gates open. at about about 11:05. you hear them screaming there. always a level optimism with a season opener, the home season opener here. we got a chance to talk to some fans. here's what they're saying as far as their expectations heading into the season. >> i'm feeling good. i'm feeling optimistic about this season. i think it's going to be really fun. sxim & i'm just hoping the new guys we got are going to come out and do good. >> i'm just ready for baseball in general. i know we have a new general manager. i'm curious to see how the new players are going to pan out. i know this is bochy's last year. hopefully we have a good showing. >> it all depends if we've won the world series the year before. because o

a live look here at oracle park. if the rain holds off, the giants will take on the tampa bay rays at 1:35 this afternoon. gates open at 11:05. >>> number three, following your friday commute. so far so good in vallejo, the reverse commute 80 eastbound after tennessee. chp issued a sig alert for an accident blocking two lanes of traffic there. >> number four, president trump will advice the part of california's border with mexico today. mr. trump's rare appearance comes after he abandoned a threat to shut down the southern border. >> number five, a murder suspect will appear in court today to find out if he's competent to stand trial. john cowell faces charges in the stabbing death of 18-year-old nia wilson. at b.a.r.t.'s mcarthur station last year. >>> former vice president joe biden scheduled to deliver a speech to a labor union. it will be his first public appearance since several women came forward with allegations of unwanted touching. >>> number seven, amazon is working on a cheaper alternative to air pods. the

our jobina fortson live for us at oracle park this morning. we'll check in with her in just about 30 minutes. >>> let's check in with our weather expert, lisa. what do you say? >>> the rain will still be with us, not coming down particularly hard, but it is a cold front that's going to pass through the area. by 4:30 cloudy skies, 60 degrees. looks like the rain is going to start at about 10:00 this morning in the north bay. if you're planning the day, temperatures in the 50s to upper 50s. looking at partly cloudy skies by the evening hours. we're looking at lingering showers through your weekend. sue? >>> a sig alert is the big story this morning. there is an overturned vehicle and apparently the drivers and passengers fled the scene, so there's police activity as well. two lanes are blocked and no estimated time of opening. it is so early. anotheci in row nert park. >>> the president has abandoned a threat to close america's southern border. abc news reporter serena washington, d.c., with more. serena? >> reporter: reggie, jessica, good morni

i can mentioned earlier, this is now oracle park. the stadium has had quite a few name changes over the year. it was back ballpark into 2000 to 2003, then sbc park from 04006, then at&t for the longest track of time from 2000 72,018. we have oracle on the side of the bridge, and oracle on the side of the bridge, so i have to make sure i say oracle park. the first page is at 1:35 against the tampa bay rays. >> yeah, we all have to get used to that. >> she's getting it down. >>> in less than an hour, president trump is expected to leave the white house to head to california. he will be in calexico. the visit comes after he backed down from his threat to close the southern border. it was last week he issued an ultimatum that he would quickly move to seal the border to trade and travel unless mexican authorities halt illegal immigration. here is what he said yesterday. >> we will give them a one-year morning. if the drugs don't stop, or largely stop, we will but tariffs on mexico products. in particular, cars. >> the change of strategy i

over oracle park as crews put on the finishing touches. jobina fortson is live this morning and i can see that the field is covered up now, jobina. is it covered up or no? >> reporter: it is not, jessica. my hair is happy and i think the team and fans will be, too. we've been checking out the new merchandise, the calendar that will be given out to the first 40,000 people here today and also the fog globe, which i thought was cool. the man -- i wouldn't even say of the hour, probably the day, mario is here with us to bring us up to speed on everything we have going on for opening day. >> good morning. opening day is the best day of the year for us. we're very excited. we have to play today. we're excited. we have great festivities. always a surprise for the first pitch. i encourage fans to come out early. there are always some stragglers. come on out to the ballpark or go to sfgiants.com. you can see our new scoreboard. it's more than three times the size of the one we previously had. it will be the centerpiece. it's opening day and we're r

we have more news from near oracle park. dozens of giants fans gathered near a homeless center to say they don't want it. emotions on both sides of the issue have been running high and hot. giants fans say while the area used to industrial, it's very residential. they are worried the center will make the area more dangerous as thousands of giants fans head to the ballpark on game day. >> the drug users will be coming out to use. that's a concern for the families who are living here. >> supporters say navigation centers make the neighborhood safer but getting homeless people struggling with mental health issues and addiction off the streets. district 6, where the center is proposed has the largest number of homeless people of any strict in san francisco but is also where many tourists come to enjoy the sights and an increasing number of people come to live. >>> a hit and run sent a car crashing into the house may have been the result of chase. it happened 1:00 this afternoon. there you see that car right there at 40th avenue.

live at oracle park. still have to get used to that. where the giants will play the tampa bay rays around 1:30. if everything goes to plan. vern. >> wow, what a day. a toss from the greatest sports name in local tv news. and, my day can't get any better than that. unless we're talking about this tarp right here. pan over, alex. the stakes are being pulled up. this baby is about to come off the field. the tarp has been on all morning, until now. they will roll that baby off. it will be giants baseball. can you believe it? 20th home opener in this ballpark. wow, that is really something. you know what else is something? bruce bochy, he is retiring this year as manager of this team. he was asked a short while ago his thoughts on his final home opener. >> i'm proud of what all these guys have accomplished here. right now, my job is to get it back, you know, let's get that winning feeling back and you know, we have some work to do here. i really believe that we can do this and that's how i want to leave. >> like the sign says, 2019, opening

live at oracle park, allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. >> that is for sure. you. >>> republican lawmakers at the state capitol tried and failed to divert funding away from california's high speed rail project. the bill would have redirected a portion of the dollars from the high speed project to cal fire. some argue the money would be better spent fighting fires which have become more destructive across the state >> i think helping air quality, giving the money to cal fire to prevent forest fires is where we think it should be. nothing against high speed rail. >>> the mystery grows over a missing boy from ohio. shocking new information we are learning about the case after the fbi confirmed the family's latest hope he is okay turned out to be a hoax. >>> plus, it happened more than 180 million-miles from earth. the reason nasa set off a space explosion this morning on an asteroid. ♪ [ crying ] ♪ you protect them at home. we help protect them online. this is beyond wifi. this is xfi. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. (dad) this i(mom)eam ca

. >>> before we go, a look outside at oracle park.f course the eyes are on the skies today to see if this game at 1:35 will be delayed. darren said there will be >>> we may be seeing a few light showers popping up on the radar, but this is not the main event. the better rain will get here just in time for what we think of as the traditional commute. 7 am through 10 am we will have good widespread rain on the roadways taking us into the early afternoon. i will go into a lot more detail on that in a few minutes. for now, let's check in with sports. >>> the milwaukee bucks beat the 76ers last night and clinched the best record in the nba for the first time since richard nixon was in the oval office. that means that the road to the championship goes through brew city. that's lebron tellingowt from t- go. steph behind the back to durand, warriors open the game with a 39 to 12 lead. third quarters warriors moving it, durante ke it three-pors in coast--t. he had 41 points, 10 rebounds, blowout city, warriors roll 108- 190. sharks in edmonton

as you know, we changed the name to oracle park. oracle was a big part in bringing this scoreboard to the fans today and we are really excited to show it off. we have some great pregame ceremonies that are planned and attributes and we are ready to roll. >> reporter: despite this threat of rain, the gates are opening just after 11 and you hope to entertain fans for as long as possible. >> rate, we are definitely opening gates at 11:05. the weather is looking more promising. if we have to delay the start a little bit, we will. it takes a little while to prep the field once the tarp comes off. we have pregame ceremonies, lots of video content to put on the board. opening day is kind of like first day of school for us and people come. they are dressed up and want have a great time. it's great it's a friday so people can hang out is long as they want going to the weekend. >> reporter: it's always a really fun experience besides the game, for fans to come here. you have a lot of swag this year, the bobbleheads, the gnomes. you have a par

more news near oracle park. yesterday dozens of giants fans gathered near the site of a proposed homeless shelter to voice their objection to it. emotions on both sides of the issue have been running high ever since mayor london breeze imposed a navigation center on the embarcadero. giants fans who live nearby say while the area once was industrial, it is now residential with more families moving in and they are worried the center will make the area more dangerous as giants of fans head to the ballpark on game days. >>> all right. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay". next we'll take you live to washington, d.c. for our weekly interview with chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press". >>> survivors of the parkland school shooting join jackie speier in the bay area on gun violence prevention. you wanted to save on prescriptions... so, you went online and got so confused that your brain went offline. next time, ask your helpful cvs pharmacist. we created a proprietary search tool that analyzes ways to help

we are live from oracle park . nevermind the reign. let's talk baseball. >> reporter: more good news. since we last talked to , it hasn't rained since then and number two, the tarp is off the field. that is the good news. they anticipate getting opening day started if not right on time, at least close to on time. tarps are not something that northern californian grantors a lot of practice with with the ground crew the most important people in the stadium here today you put the tarp out there and you have to get the water off it aphid collects the water. they were doing it earlier and the biggest year we heard so far in the stadium today was when they removed the tarp. we saw the beautiful green grass and that means they're getting ready to play baseball before too long. one of the things about today, this will be the final home opener for bruce bochy as manager of the giants. he announced that he was going to retire at the end of the season. as you can imagine, everybody wanted to know , we had our daily media session, if he is reflect

. >>> oh, and it's opening day at oracle park. we're live at the giant's homeowner to show you what's new this season. >>> more rain chances move our way as we hit saturday's forecast. you can see it will pick up at 9:30 in the morning. tomorrow we'll talk about how long this lingers for your weekend and when that sun finally returns and how much. it's in seven minutes. missing bg federal charges, after lying to the f-b-i. "brian rini" claimed to be "timmothy pitzen", who vanished from >>> the man who impersonated a missing boy is facing federal charges. brian rini claimed to be timmothy pitzen who vanished from illinois at the age of 6. rini came clean. he says he saw the pitzen story on tv and wanted to get away from his own family. he not only wasted resources, he gave home to the pitzen family. who are still waiting for him to be found. >> or he sees this and goes and gets help. >> if rini is convicted he could spend eight years in prison. >>> a warning for parents about a certain baby seat. it's a popular baby seat. it's the

sky 7 was above the fnewly renamed oracle park. >> tampa bay only comes once a year. our intent is to play the game. opening day is really the best day of the season for us. >> the gates open at the giants plan to keep fans updated about any possible rain delays on twitter. if you follow them on twitter, expect the updates. our jobina fortson live for us at oracle park this morning. we'll check in with her in just about 30 minutes. >>> let's check in with our weather expert, lisa. what do you say? >>> the rain will still be with us, not coming down particularly hard, but it is a cold front that's going to pass through the area. by 4:30 cloudy skies, 60 degrees. looks like the rain is going to start at about 10:00 this

. ♪ video of the fireworks shown here lighting up the sky over oracle park.eam even tweeted out video of the show. the problem was it was after 1:00 in the morning because the game with the colorado rockies went 18 innings. >> free baseball. >> it was free baseball. it was free baseball. look at it that way. not everybody did. the giants apologized for the very early morning disruption. one giants fan says he was shocked when the sound rattled him from his sleep. >> i thought it was just one or two pieces of fireworks that would go, and then it just kept going. it wouldn't stop. i was outraged that this could be allowed at this hour. >> the giants say they anticipate having a new policy for games that run long in place before the next fireworks display. >>> more news near oracle park. today dozens of fans gathered near the site of a proposed homeless center. london breed proposed a center on the embarcadero not far from oracle park. some giants fans who live nearby say while the area used to be residential, now it's more industrial. >> there's a lot of drug u

but it's an exciting day here because you know we this is now called oracle park and he knows opening last week for the season for the league. but it's opening day for local park right here today the home opener you can see they have the field covered up right now makingc sure doesn't get waiting case we have some rain you know in the forecast so we're monitoring that but so far so good and the biggest news what they've been working on offseason is the new scoreboard, check it out it is massive it is the biggest in the league and it makes you feel very tiny when you're next to it so now you can see it from all over when i was driving to the stadium i could clearly see the opening day sign on the screen and the team will also be paying tribute during the pre game ceremony and throughout the game. some special forever giant who recently passed away including a broadcaster, hang grunwald and former manager frank robinson plus they will be paying tribute to former managing general partner a gallon. and all of us, you know we covered or before was the hall of famer, willie mccovey you know

. >>> speaking of which, a live look at oracle park on the eve of this giants home opener. it's going to happen. but come prepared. the game was supposed to start at 1:35 p.m. based on the forecast, we could see that slight delay. here is sky ranger video from late in the evening as the giants prepare the field. the tarp has been on for the last 24 hours. the team will be watching the forecast as well. and beginning at 6:30 a.m., the giants will be giving hourly updates. regardless of the weather, the gates will open at 11:00 a.m. as the giants official broadcast home, we will have a team of reporters and anchors at oracle park for our morning newscast today in the bay. rain and shine will be there throughout the day with live coverage. and jeff is tracking the storm on our digital platforms as well. he just posted a timeline of the storm you. follow him @jeffranieri. >>> a deadly outing for father and son. their car plunged down a hill in marin county. this is the second time in the last two weeks that someone has been killed driving in mount tam state park. this evening p

this is a live view from oracle park. and the temperatures, low 60s from san francisco to oakland. 63 in san jose. tahoe cameras showing you a lovely view. they just had some light snow but it's eased up a bit. wondering when it will warm up? let's look at the temperatures. the temperatures will come to 70 degrees. we are expecting more showers in the forecast. a live look from our camera. if you're stepping out, take your burrell with you. tonight through tomorrow morning drifl saturday afternoon. there is a chance of showers next week. if you're getting out of town, morning showers, winds south of 10, 20 miles an hour. honor honolulu, 83. los angeles, 67 degrees. we're going to keep the storm impact scale going. tomorrow, level 1. just a little rainfall. breezy at times. it will impact some of your plans. very spotty, very light. tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m. you will see some slippery roadways. then to about 11:30, the showers will be pushing through with drying trends for saturday afternoon man's and sunday is dry as we

last night's game was the first fireworks night at oracle park and the crowd dwindled to 3,000 by the end of the game. the giants shared this video on twitter of the show and this was at 1:11 this morning. weatherwise, we are looking ahead to the bay area and lisa argen tracking the forecast. >> hi, chris. a little bit of patchy fog off the coast and more of it down along the san mateo coast, but still clear skies overall and live doppler 7 picking up on the low cloudiness and from the officer camera. nice and clear and being look, not much in the way of wind, but the sea breeze will kick up later on this afternoon. right now 49 here. 51 in oakland as well as mountain view with 50 in san jose and half moon bay and it looks to be a bfl deautiful day 47 in santa rosa and 44 livermore and concord, 51. you'll be well into the 70s and another 26, i should say, 15 degrees of warming perhaps for some of you from the morning low. so we'll look at a beautiful day today and checking out the same picture and sunny and mild with warm conditions and it will be mild at the coast a looking at a cool

. >>> it is opening-day at oracle park in san francisco. the giant organization watching the weather to see if the home opener may face a weather delay. we will have more on that and also some of the new attractions for fans. >>> the tarp is on the field at the park, san francisco preparing for rain today. >>> good morning i am dave clark, let's talk more about the weather. >>> they will play. maybe not 1:35 but close enough. rain has begun but again it is going pretty quick. it is a weak system so morning rain into early afternoon then clearing up. the breeze has picked up as well. or the timeline, it increases, around noon it should be near the back side of that and i would think we will be on the much dryer side at 2:00. there will be some moderate rain out of this system. there have been some decent totals. you can see some rain beginning to pick up in mendocino county, sonoma county, lake county, would acres also had a quarter inch of rain so we will get morning rain, it will taper off then we break for a friday evening, the wind is th

why did it i city team to park oracle oracle park. >>thinking second 3rd.going to be slow so just keep that in mind. it's a case to get out there you're driving in san francisco. you're like oh my gosh, wise traffic. so bad you have been warned so definitely consider mass transit right now the bay bridge to drive into san francisco, it's thinning out this is a nice improvement even from a t overall your stacked up from west grandson, not bad, we're at 15 minutes for the drive-in over to fremont street. more rain drops on the return center fell bridge camera so be careful out there you know, and it's slippery it can be very dangerous 17 minutes from the tolls out a one to one you are backed up beyond richmond park weighs in on forget the headlights wipers look at these numbers for 4, 6, 80 great right friday like there and won only 36 minutes not bad san jose to menlo park will back to you robin in the east bay to the owners of the ghost ship warehouse. >>this uses to testify, they refuse to testify about their relationship with derick almena amina and next

last night's game tied a record for the longest game in oracle park history at 18 innings.iants won the marathon 3-2 over colorado. today, though, the giants apologized for the noise, and they are looking at revising their post-game fireworks policy. >>> the wris snsoring nighs pla against the clippers. fans attending the game will find a strength in numbers t-shirt on their seat when they arrive. the warriors provided this video. the team routinely gives out pictures and it creates a visual with a gold background created by dub nation. and these two warriors fans are ready to celebrate a win tonight. share your pride with us by posting fan photos to social media with a #dubs on seven. >> i had the pleasure of spending the morning with a very special group of people in san francisco. they're part of the nonprofit best buddies. this morning the bay area friendship walk took place at golden gate park and since 2009 there have been 200,000 people nationwide that have walked to raise $16 million for the cause. today's walk was made up of 95 teams from across california. the gro

oracle park. >>> get alive look at oracle park tonight, no change for the giants stadium, livelier and stay for. tonight, the owners are considering reconfiguring the ballpark. this has been talked about for years, specifically focusing on the bullpen now. hazards for players in south territory, right there exposed. they are debating and bringing in, don't bury the lead, giants manager bruce bogie told the athletics he thought the drive should be a home run. discussion phase, giants are part from -- far from final decision at >> a hitters a ballpark. wow. >>> we got the giants, they >>> nhl playoffs up top, the sharks, let me play it to you this way. best team in vegas tonight, not wearing white and teal. always a show when you are in vegas, already up to-1 in the t.y st a me in the rs three game f right past goalie martin jones, 2-0, jones was in place but it just didn't matter. he couldn't stop patty ready either. thursday in san jose, you can say lightning struck tampa bay. in the eastern conference, it was all blue jackets the entire series. jackets attacked late second period. fol

a little cool, though, at oracle park.is a live look outside at san francisco starting out the day mostly clear skies. fog rolling by closer to sun rise. temperatures in the mid-50s. we will step out the door to temperatures in oakland, antioch at 57 degrees. now at 54 in napa and fairfield. 53 in palo alto. the seven-day forecast is up at the bottom of the screen. we check out our temperature trend in martinez, mid-50s to start out. 58 at 9:00. and then reaching into the mid-60s by noon time. so perfect temperatures to get outside. the south bay, we will see the high in east san jose, 72 degrees. 69 in morgan hill. upper 60s and low 70s for much of the east bay. pittsburg reaching 70 degrees. 65 in san mateo. in san francisco, some upper 50s and lower 60s there. nice and cool and brisk westerly winds picking up at 15 miles per hour. for the north bay, expect highs up to 69 in napa, as well as sonoma. as we get dressed this morning, you see the high temperatures that will be nice and mild today. still a cool start. grab a

we are live at oracle park with the new things they are offering. today in the bay continues right now. good friday morning. if anything, we should be happy it's friday. thanks for joining us this morning. i'm marcus washington. >> is that's pretty much what got me out of bed. i'm laura garcia. giants home opener. we will be there live all morning long. buff the rain, we have been talking about this all week. it's come later than expected. >> well, it will be fair live qu

. >>> coming up, reconfiguring oracle park. >>> get alive look at oracle park tonight, no change for giants stadium, livelier and stay for. tonight, the owners are considering reconfiguring the ballpark. this has been talked about for years, specifically focusing on the bullpen now. hazards for players in south territory, right there exposed. they are debating and bringing in, don't bury the lead, giants manager bruce bogie told the athletics he thought the drive should be a home run. discussion phase, giants are part from -- far from final decision at this point.>>a hi wow. >>> we got the giants, they at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. >>> nhl playoffs up top, the sharks, let me play it to you this way. best team in vegas tonight, not wearing white and teal. always a show when you are in vegas, already up to-1 in the first round, sharks backpedaling on defense all night. max p

handed out a giants calendar during friday's home opener showing the san francisco skyline with oracle park prominently in the foreground. what is missing is salesforce tower. it is oracle's biggest competitor. it is a little early to be calling the giants and say did you erase it or is it just an old picture? >> is it retro? >> right. >> that's interesting. >> all right. thanks, scott. 5:16. twitter is capping the amount of accounts you can follow every day. you can follow 400 per day. this is down from the previous 1,000 per day. it should reduce spam. if you reach your daily limit you can follow more accounts once a full day has passed. >>> google just opened a pop-up shop in in new york city. there are three separate classrooms where people can attend a number of classes all focused on digital schools. >>> a huge wahoo! you will be hearing that from fans all day. the cavaliers took over in overtime. 85-77. they made history as the first ever to lose as a 16 seed. >> is why aren't we sharing your bracket? >> well, look, that he wants not really important at this point. >> i thought you h

there is a baseball game at oracle park. you will see some of the people coming in tonight so be aware of that. at least it is not a daytime game which is the worst for traffic. it is good for fun, but not for traffic. you can see traffic here is going to be okay. no problems on the peninsula and no problems on 880 two hayward. 280 itself looks good on the west valley. let's go back to the desk. >>> reducing the threat of wildfires and climate change. elissa harrington is live talking about the topic. >>> one thing that customers could see is a higher energy bill. if we continue to have the fires here. it suggest that the bill could double. the governor will tackle three main issues today. the threat of climate change, the threat of wildfires and how to ensure californians have access to clean and affordable powder. the report says that this could hurt the state and businesses here in many ways. for example, the electric vehicle industry will no longer be desirable of the cost to run the cars becomes more expensive than a ga

>>plus it's opening day for the giants fans are pretty amped up a live report from oracle park is next. >>hi i'm meteorologist laura's carlyon the clouds out there we have the rain to talk about what about your weekend. we'll take a look at that coming up next all right if you're skip the commercials and get more and his during the break you can stream us on kron on it's our new service going to cry tv to s >>it comes to the weather right it was supposed to rain all day but they got the game in tampa bay rays in town for the first-ever real game at oracle park on for jason do loss, standing by to give us a look at how things have gone jason, see the sea eagles are out that too many giants runs across the plate but here we are another season off and running in san francisco. >>grant you're right it was all fun and games before the game, the rain tapered off. we had beautiful pre game ceremony that out about in a bit. but then the game started in is pretty much a microcosm of the giants season, though so far. unrest muster any runs until the 7th inning they only have one hit into the 7th

if you're going to the game tonight at oracle park, it will be 58 degrees. kind of cool at first pitch. it gets even cooler as the game goes along. it may mist and drizzle at times. make sure you're prepared for that. as we look at our high temperatures for today, it is still going to be warm for the inland valleys. reaching 85 in antioch. concord, high of 86 degrees. some upper 70s and low 80s for the north bay. this is better than the 90s we had earlier this week. san francisco reaching 65. and 80 in palo alto and san jose. and nice, quiet weather across the region. very dry air. though we have seen the return of the marine layer that will be along the coast producing some fog. not only here in the bay area but all the way down to southern california. if you have travel plans this weekend, expect it to be foggy at some of the beaches. and then we're going to see some partly cloudy skies going into the next several days. it will be a weak storm system passing by the region. it will bring a slight chance of rain for the sierra. for us, we will see a few more

and it was a wet one at oracle park today, but not because of the weather. we'll show you why coming up next in sports. alright, you excited? yeah! waaahoo... well... that was fun, right? it's time to get more. lower fares. better service. sweeter rewards. alaska airlines. ♪ [baby crib musical mobile] millions are still exposed to the dangers of secondhand smoke. and some of them can't do anything about it. but you can. protect your family. visit tobaccofreeca.com. >>> the giants had a lot of nice moments yesterday for their home opener, but the day was dampened by the lack of scoring as the giants fell 5-2 to tampa bay. well, they are back at it on saturday and the giants' bats finally got going. game two of the three-game set against the rays from oracle park. fifth inning, giants down one. conor joe loops it to left for his first big league knock. the dugout and fans giving him some props. way to go, joe. later in the inning, steven duggar doubles down the line. that drives in two. the giants are back in front. well, the next batter, which is brandon belt

the great thing about oracle park is we have a sophisticated field drainage system. as well as equipment that sucks the water, we call them water hogs, sucks the water off of the field so we can squeegee the tarp, roll it up and pull up as much water as we can. >> let's talk a little bit about the field and for the second year in a row, the giants are opening against an american league team. pretty unusual with seattle last year, tampa this year, honestly opening on the road, we wish you were 2-5 for the opener here but it is a new day i guess at home, isn't it? but yes, a day for the fans and the entire organization. we like to think of it as the first day of school, to see wants to get a few more wins on the road. odyssey we played well against the dodgers, things did not go away. i think, you know, coming back, players are excited, you set the reset button. >> reporter: we were talking a picture me 10 years, do you remember your first one? >> about 1996 i started with the team. yes, every year the different memory and my children, they started when they were babie

the first home opener at the newly dubbed oracle park.ournalist jonathan bloom shows us the sights, sounds and the traditions of giants opening day. you wanted to save on prescriptions... so, you went online and got so confused that your brain went offline. next time, ask your helpful cvs pharmacist. we created a proprietary search tool that analyzes ways to help lower your prescription costs. just drop in... before you conk out. see what you might save at cvs pharmacy. stan >>> welcome back, the giants home opener was a loss in the standings but a win for the diehard fans who make opening day a tradition. here's digital journalist jonathan bloom from oracle park. ♪ take me out to the ball game >> reporter: for the fans in section 140, the san francisco giants are a way of life. >> everyone's been there for 20 years. >> reporter: season ticket holders since the opening. >> our kids have grown up together, our families have grown up together. >> reporter: baseball is steeped in tradition and there's no tradition quite like opening day. >>

and that usually means night at oracle park. >>> as you may know, the dodgers are in town.ually means a wild night at oracle park. >> tonight not just wild, but just a lot of smiles. let's show you what happened. some old friends at the ballpark. former giants stars will clark on the left and pat burrell. they're there with the big boss on the far right of the screen. that's part owner rob dean. larry baird expected to come back from suspension on july 1. evan longoria down the left field line. he clears the bases with this double. that's the biggest hit in his brief giants career. three runs score that's the ball game. giants beat the dodgers, 3-2. >>> how about the a's in boston tonight. wedding vows. >> so sweet! >> and box seats. michelle and ian from san jose. >> congratulations. >> just married. honeymooning at fenway park. hey, babe, i've got a great idea for our honeymoon. we're going the ballpark. >> they look happy. >> a six-run third inning for boston. the red sox win this game. final score 9-4. the a's' fourth loss in a row. >>> okay. and the tony goes to? a bay

>>crowne force as it might even come up with fans at oracle park as it's now called who are site for the new season. >>it is opening day for the san francisco giants little rain in the forecast definitely was not going to stop the long-running tradition. a routine. no concern gaza giants fan. so we're going need the skies out is going to be great. >>we are 20 years it opened it to this it's just a chance for me to back of my boys and start the season on the right note opening day coming to hanging out here with bunch and firefighters other friends. then about 3040 people and always in doubt here and going into the game. that means a lot you know guys who been through a lot of adversity and i hope it would just make out on top today, especially the wet weather kind of clear it up for us and i think it's going to be special >>ceremony of because of the oh yeah, very very sad i never will i want to play the candles that i've been a giant bad for 40 years. the ads will it make of a vote is last year's lot to be said about this year's game opening days is crazy. >>first opening-day absolu

unfortunately at oracle park on friday, we need the rain, but timing is everything. it is going to be wet and windy. accuweather seven-day forecast, it's a level 1, scattered showers tomorrow. wet and gusty on friday. a level 1 with lingering shower chance on saturday. and then we'll bring in the spring warmth with low to mid-70s sunday through wednesday of next week in our warmest spots with 60s right near the coastline. it's going to be dicey for the giants' home opener. just saying it the way it is. >> just calling it like you see it. >> she's totally transparent. we love that about you. >> thank you. >>> well, burning man organizers proposing a big expansion. >> why they say the government is throwing a >>> as registration for burning man ticket s opens today, organizers say they are running into roadblocks for plans to expand that counter-culture festival. typically, it draws tens of thousands of people to the informed desert. organizers have a proposal to expand it to 100,000, but say the government is expressing concerns about a potential terrorist attack. it

the giants host the new york yankees at oracle park tonight. this is the only -- this is only the second time that the yankees have actually played at home of the giants since it was built. and you can actually watch the action live right here on nbc bay area. that's starting for you tonight at 7:00. and because of that game we will air tonight's "blacklist" episodes later. in fact, you want to get back-to-back episodes there. two of those. that's starting at 2:00 a.m. >>> wow. well, it looks like it will be some good weather for the yankees to make only their second visit to what was at&t park. their first visit to oracle park really if you think about it. >> yeah. so i've got your plans, whether you're going to the giants game, if you're going to the sharks game tonight. we're going to talk about all of that. let's get a look outside if you want to head to the beach. keep in mind that while in the tri-valley and the south bay a lot of our inland areas it is warm and sunny, it's still cool and foggy along parts of the coast, and i think the fo

dodgers continue their series at oracle park and guess what, take a look at this.ur very own raj mathai throwing out the first pitch. we hear he's got a pretty wicked 12-6 curveball. we'll see. tonight's first pitch airs during nbc bay area news at 6:00. the game actually airs on nbc sports bay area. see how that arm's going to go. >> i know. and the weather should be nice for it too. >> we're going to have a great day pape little cool out there at oracle park but otherwise our inland valleys reaching into the low 70s and it will feel more like summer by the end of the week but cooling down this weekend. >> very pleasant. >> good to see that footage of raj, though. >> we're going to slow-mo it and analyze it. put it over the plate. thanks so much for joining us. the next newscast coming up at 5:00. >> we'll see you back here tomorrow morning starting at 4:30 for "today in the bay." have a great one. >>> right now on california live, ali lais sitting down for tough mommy talk. >> what happens to a woman's body? knob is off limbs. >> and how to reshape your face with

scott budman joining us from oracle park on this special afternoon. scott?> reporter: yeah, it does feel special, raj. you're right. it was about bruce bochy. taking time to honor what the manager means both to this team and to this city. >> number 15. bruce bochy. >> reporter: san francisco honored one of its heroes. giants manager bruce bochy, managing his final opening day and getting a standing ovation. >> bruce bochy will always be a legend in the bay area. brought so much to this club and this team and i think everyone here will always love him. >> reporter: with weather good enough to leave everything else behind. >> this is our first opening day. we pulled the kids out of school to come here. >> reporter: fans focused on bochy's success. >> he is the team. we're going to be, we're going to miss him. >> three world series. missed by everybody. don't know who's going to take his place. >> reporter: even while looking cautiously to the future. >> how do you feel about the team this year? >> you know, we're going to take it game by game. that's probably

abc 7 mindy wraps it up from oracle park. >> hi, anthony.ntil the team was already in a hold. they got runners on base and had opportunities and right now they're not getting the results. >> sometimes when things aren't going great, you tend to press a little bit and so it's kind of finding that happy medium between the right intensity, but not too much. >> ideally, we would love to jump out to a lead every game. you know, it's, obviously, not too many games played yet and hopefully we can turn that around. >> usually takes one guy to get that hit to loosen everybody up. and get contagious there and we talked about that many times. >> we're not that far. our last road trip i think we won and lost two games by one run. we're close. we just need that, like you said, that one hit and i think i just pushed us over that edge. >> we have to go out there and do our jobs and make a bit of an adjustment and it's part of the game. sometimes you do well and sometimes you don't. >> so, the giants were 2 for 13 with runners in scoring position and left t

it matches the longest game in oracle park history.he giants lost in 18 innings, as well and the 16th inning giants mascot lucille was in his pjs. the team doesn't have a lot of time to rest and they're back in action this afternoon at 105. take a look at this. last night's game was the first fireworks night at oracle park and the crowd dwindled by 3,000 by the end of the game and the giants joined one video and this is at 1:11 this morning. weatherwise, we're off to a mild start and let's check in with lisa argen and she's tracking the weather forecast. >> the water temperatures well into the low 50s. so we're getting that stratus, and you know what? we'll have a ton of sun and temperatures once again will be above average and here's sfo where numbers will be common in the 70s in the peninsula and average highs in the upper 60s right now and 54 mountain view, and oakland, 55. it's 53 in san jose, as well and 50 at the coast and from santa cruz, you can see pretty gray down here and sun will be coming out and low 70s for a high. 51, na

they're putting last minute touches on oracle park they have been working on this huge scoreboard. they haven't completely done if you look now before it was lit up now it's lit up completely with the as judge on one side we got tampa bay rays on the other side, those looking to go it's so big so nice. one of the biggest scoreboards in the league and they're working on putting up a digital clock up there. that's brand-new as well so they're excited about that. now the team is paying tribute push during the pre game ceremony. this will be to our owners some of our forever giants who recently passed away including broadcaster hank greenwald former manager frank robinson and former managing general partner, a gallon which we've heard today that you know one of the main stadium is he right now huge impact on the giants in making sure that they stayed around for years and years to come. plus our hall of famer willie mccovey who we lost a last year just so sad, but you know what we're going honor him today and everyone is excited to you know honor him on the home opener here at oracle pa

. >>> the giants might be considering a plan to move to oracle park.ccording to the athletic, the front office is exploring the idea of moving the fences in right-center field. watch this. where the ball is about to fall over there but that is a home run in a lot of other fields. >> the giants are looking at how it impacts gameplay at oracle park. bringing the fences in would most likely increase the number of homeruns at oracle park. since the stadium has opened in 2000, the joys of hit fewer homeruns at their home field than any other team. my thing is, or other teams, they seem to be able to hit it well.>>> a municipal transportation agency plans to have extra parking enforcement at the new chase center once events kickoff in september. was announced yesterday they are hiring 26 additional parking officers during events and gains. the transportation officials say parking will be restricted around the chase center on those days and are urging people to take public transit to avoid traffic jams. >> we will have a number of signers throughout the area

that's the longest game in oracle park history. giants lost to the diamondbacks in 18 innings, giants mascot lucille came out dressed in the pjs. the team doesn't have a lot of time to rest and they're back in action this afternoon at 1:05. last night's game was the first fireworks night at oracle park and the crowd dwindled to 3,000 at the end of the game and the giants shared this video on twitter at the show and this was at 1:11 this morning. weatherwise, it is mild outside and lisa argen is tracking the forecast as we start the weekend. >> hi, chris. it's pretty nice right now, we can see patchy fog along the san mateo coast, further south along monterey and what tends to be a usual pattern around here will feel spring like tomorrow and more so on monday. 52 in belmont. it is 48 in san mateo at 49 in san bruno and cooler numbers out in the inland valleys and 46 in livermore with 47 up to the north in napa. so looking at the exploratorium camera and it will be a beautiful day today. sunny, mild and warmer today. cooler tomorrow.

here's a live look at san francisco out toward oracle park. we will be talking about the forecast for this area on the next update but they have clouds in place and we are watching rainfall closely for tomorrow's home opener. as we break down rainfall totals, the bulk of the action is focused in the north bay for the coastal hills. most areas pick up about 1/10 inch to 1/4 inch and lesser amounts toward the south. we are scaling back on the intensity of the front. here we are tomorrow morning, rain develops, windy and by 12:00, chance of showers and by 4:00, a chance but it looks like partly cloudy skies and a bit of a breeze so it looks like the update we are highlighting is the bulk of the action will be for tomorrow morning. here we are at 4 am and 9 am and into the 12 pm hour, rain from the north bay to the south bay. look what happens in the afternoon, by two 8 pm -- 2 pm, we have the main shower been moving out of town to the south and east. we will talk more about the giants home opener forecast for tomorrow and also showers in the week

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he may have already seen that we have put up a new oracle park signage around the mission bay area. we are putting up new signage driving -- guiding drivers to the chase center, and those roots will go all the way back to the major freeway entrances along bryant and harrison and as far south as cesar chavez. once you get closer into the arena, our focus shifts from simply managing traffic congestion, to ensuring the safety of everyone who is trying to walk, drive, a trait -- take transit in or around the center. and the next slide we have all the streets that will be blocked off to general traffic during events. illinois, warrior way, 16th street, and the regulations will certainly evolve as we get a better handle for how access works on game nights and on events nights. the primary role for the streets that are marked off, that aren't coloured here, is the reserved for emergency vehicle access, and they are reserved for mass transit pickup and drop-off, or very heavy it flows a pedestrians leaving the arena safely. we will be coupling those traffic restrictions with parking restric

let's see if we can can can can tonight. 57 chilly degrees at oracle park. oracle arena will have the playoffs going, 61 as you walk into the game or mid-60s, when you head out, it will be about 56 degrees, let's take a look at our highs as we head through the the next days, 50s and 60s ath coast tomorrofrcio,0 inland inland neighborhoods around the bay, by friday, we got more 80s showing up, over in our east bay valleys, getting close to 78. more widespread low- to mid-70s, half moon bay will be cool in the upper 50s to low 60s. that's a look at your accuweather forecast for now. let's get some traffic. >> not a whole lot. we have a crash involving two vehicles. chp arrived on the scene, it sounds like they are in the option of pushing that off the shoulders. it was blocking the right lane. we have slow downs if you are leaving tracy on 205. trains run for bart at 5:00 a.m. ace 1 out of the central valley on time, no delays for san francisco bay ferry. >> is there a russian spy beluga? there is aa whaels whale. it seems to have mounts of a gopro and the clue