reggie mackenzie will be taking over in oakland. they are practicing and ready for the playoffs when they begin a week from saturday. alex smith, everyone is interested about alex smith. >> obviously this is something for a lot of us who have been here. we had a great season up to this point. if we put ourselves in a good situation. it doesn't guarantee anything beyond that, we understand that. >> this is what we played for in the regular-season. >> also, there had been some talk about the 49ers offensive coordinator quite possibly being up for the penn state job but bill o'brien will replace joe paterno. he is the new england patriots' offensive coordinator. >>gary: looking from afar, the star from oklahoma city, stanford has hit it on the head. barry sanders jr. is coming. stanford had a lead in the second habit than oregon took over. stanford lost 7867. >>gary: said the market's cousins is a big young talent that did not see eye to eye with westphal. he was called out of the weekend, this is because it's for a game and three days

i truly believe that reggie mackenzie is the right man for this job and i think you will all see that as we go along. >> reporter: it's been nine years since oakland made the play offs and mackenzie knows there's a lot of work to do. so having a twin brother may help. >> i told him i would stand in for him, i said hey if things start getting kind of hectic and people want to take shots at you, i guess i have to stand out there and take a bullet or two and take some shots for you. >> reporter: there's some speculation the next head coach will come from green bay, mackenzies old stomping ground. but mackenzie says he doesn't want to turn the raiders into packers west. however, how good that organization has done lately, that may not be such a bad idea. >> mark davis also spoke about the ongoing concern of oakland's aging coliseum and said the team could be moved. that part of the story plus reaction from fans coming up at 10:45. >>> new at 10:00 tonight, san jose police have arrested an elementary school teacher on molestation charges. investigators say 35-year-old craig chandler has be

i truly believe that reggie mackenzie is the right man for this job and i think you will all see that as we go along. >> reporter: it's been nine years since oakland made the play offs and mackenzie knows there's a lot of work to do. so having a twin brother may help. >> i told him i would stand in for him, i said hey if things start getting kind of hectic and people want to take shots at you, i guess i have to stand out there and take a bullet or two and take some shots for you. >> reporter: there's some speculation the next head coach will come from green bay, mackenzies old stomping ground. but mackenzie says he doesn't want to turn the raiders into packers west. however, how good that organization has done lately, that may not be such a bad idea. >> mark davis also spoke about the ongoing concern of oakland's aging coliseum and said the team could be moved. that part of the story plus reaction from fans coming up at 10:45. >>> new at 10:00 tonight, san jose police have arrested an elementary school teacher on molestation charges. investigators say 35-year-old craig chandler has be

i don't think so. >> what was it reggie mackenzie saw in you that made him pull the trigger and givenk it has to do with my passion for the job my passion for football and my passion for coaching. i love what i am doing and i got real passion for it. >> at 8 / 39 were you looking for a head coaching job? >> no, i have always taken the notion, i will do the best i can do and i hope people take notice and i get other opportunities. >> i know you said you are not worried about what happened before but for the record, they all had loosing records and the previous coach jackson went 8 and 8. what do you think they can do that -- you can do that they didn't? >> well i plan oncoming in and implementing my system, my way of doing things, the cut to your i a want to be part of and run the team that way. i can't speak of what they did and i don't know how they did it, i just know i had an opportunity to be successful in doing it the way i have been able to do it over the last few years. >> everybody will ask you about this but all the penalties, except for the record last year, you were a youn

>>vern: gary will send it back to you and come back next hour with more the reggie mackenzie aero with the silver and black. >>gary: another thing that came out today, al davis' son was at the podium so to speak. most of us have never seen him talk, but he was ok. he said that he leaned on john madden and ron wolf. these are old raiders from the past. and of john madden tells you that they can do better and one more, a tip from a veteran don't talk so much, do not struck until this time. i teach you jackson talked little bit and promoted himself and when you are just getting your feet wet, people with the money did not want to see you strutting. once you become powerful and start winning and are in the playoffs every year then you can stick your chest out but until then be a good employee. that is what i tell all the people here at kron. i say j.r. stone, stay quiet take your time and then let them have it. nobody really acting hugh jackson talked a little bit too much. >>pam: i think we will hear from him a lot later. >>pam: now our crews were outside of the latest raiders store in oa

the denver broncos or there, the defensive coordinator with the team was there in mobile with reggie mackenzie, the new general manager. i guess until everyone comes back and they can have an official press conference, there is not much the can say. >>gary: this has been a story that you want to talk about. >>gary: the funeral for joe paterno was today. tens of thousands of mourners turned out in mass. he was the head man in there for 46 years as an assistant, a total of 61 years. he died of lung cancer. >> i was very excited to walk in and did know that i have worked very hard and i have made it. it is my time and i get to have fun. >> you can see how much she loved it. she learned quickly. and if she was a star. >> hello karen. nice to me. >>vern: the home school seventh grader is a fan of kristi yamaguchi. she has been a friend and mentor on and off the ice. >> it almost feels unreal. i am sitting next to an olympic champion and i feel like it is a dream. >>gary: taro owens is in trouble. he says he is flat broke. he says he cannot pay his child support for the four children he had with fou

news leaking out of a closed-door meeting between jackson and the newly appointed oakland gm reggie mackenzie. his tenure was just for one season. he finished a disappointing 8- 8, the team losing four of the last five games, just missed the play-offs by a game, also the most penalized team in the league. only days on the job now, it's mackenzie's first move as the general manager. he will meet the media today to talk about this and who might replace him today at 2:00. >>> an suv crashes into a high voltage power pole in san jose triggering an outage to homes and businesses and a school that lost electricity is closed for the entire day. lisa washington is in san jose where crews have just succeeded in getting almost everyone back online. >> reporter: pg&e says only one customer is still without power. you can see the end result. about 100 yards or so from where we are, you can see still see that white such suv that hit the pole. lots of work to be done after that high voltage crash. the first order of business for pg&e workers in san jose tuesday is replacing a power pole that police say a w

everybody says reggie mackenzie does not fool around. he can tell talent by looking at it. need him. the first general manager since bruce allen. with al davis gone, he is going to be a guy to come in and relieve a little bit, hugh jackson. and let hugh jackson be head coach once more. >> because he was being head coach and everything else. that's a lot. >> that's a lot. >> hopefully they'll be 12-4 next week. >> sure. maybe. >> we'll see. >> got to be optimistic. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> ktvu channel 2 news starts tomorrow at 7:00.

conference is scheduld >>> the raiders have named former packers director of football operation reggie mackenzie to be their new general manager. a press conference is scheduled for tuesday in alameda. mckenzie spent the past 18 seasons working with the packers. he played four seasons with the raiders in the 1980s. earlier this week hue jackson said he would have no trouble working with a new general manager. >> i'm pretty comfortable with who i am and what i am. you know? i don't -- i'm not going to get caught up in who we hire and bring in. i know how that works. people mention that, if you hire a gm he wants to bring in his own head coach. hey, if that's what mark decides to do, that's his right. i don't think that that's the case but that is his right. at the end of the day, whoever comes here i think is going to be somebody who wants to share the same vision i do which is winning a championship which is getting the organization back to being better than average because we should be and we can be. >> for many of the 49ers, this will be their first trip to the post-season in the nfl. for safe

everybody says reggie mackenzie does not fool around. he can tell talent by looking at it.him. the first general manager since bruce allen. with al davis gone, he is going to be a guy to come in and relieve a little bit, hugh jackson. and let hugh jackson be head coach once more. >> because he was being head coach and everything else. that's a lot. >> that's a lot. >> hopefully they'll be 12-4 next week. >> sure. maybe. >> we'll see. >> got to be optimistic. >> got to be optimistic. >> thank you for trusting when you first find out you have breast cancer, you feel like you're in a nightmare. terrified. horrified with the news. when i was diagnosed, i felt very out of control and very helpless and a victim of the disease. i was just so overwhelmed, and, um, my heart just started to race. helpless but never hopeless. (woman) and i can actually do something to help. (woman) and this is something we can do. (man) we can walk. (woman) we can walk. (man) if our wives and daughters, our sisters and mothers can go through breast cancer... we can walk 60 miles. 60 miles. we can eras

mackenzie drafted out of tennessee and felt lake it was coming home. several former team mates believe reggiethe right man for the job. >> after being here and back in the day and played here he definitely knows what the organization is about. he's the guys for the job. mark did a good job of i think screening him and going through the process using john madden as one of his consult afternoon. i thought that was important in not only that, smart. >> this is what, where i came from. i'm back home now. l. >>reporter: mackenzie wants his own guy alongside the assumption is that green bay assistant coach moss will be a serious candidate to become the new head coach. mackenzie moss his played for the raiders. they have to wait for green bay season is over if they want to the hire moss. stay type. >> 49 ers host the saints this sachlts they don't want to get in a shoot without drew because his statistics are ridiculous. he threw 46 touch down pass this is year. compare that with alec smith who threw sfaechbility he passed for more than 5400 i can't remember. nfl record more than 2000 more than smit