san francisco clean. and as you haired in the mayor the giants did it last year the way they sweetie pie the tigers. we're going to use that philosophy and get san francisco clean. by joining this campaign you'll get information on you can join our school program our dr. block program and many altercate programs that we're offering you. are we ready to get this task done? this effort will lead to a krurlt that will bring awareness to our city. and no matter what part of the city you live in san francisco should be clean. our staff works 24 hours, 7 days a week. we've been picking up litter by month matter how much we work there is no one individual we all have to clean together. today, we're empowering our young people that will carry forth many generations for people to come to san francisco. let's go giant sweep. >> all right. thank you so much mahammod. and we're counting on you and all people all over san francisco. and the school is an important part and we will e we need tour contempt we need your participation. as i said earlier this is about making san francisco's beautiful and for generation

and of course all of you who i hope are not just only san francisco giant fans but fans of home-made beer here in san francisco. and it's my great honor to introduce entrepreneurial spirit. mr. gregor was born and raised in the united kingdom. he then moved to singapore at the age of nine. he's lived in amazing cities around the world. so he brings with him an international spirit. but also a passion for san francisco. he and his partner, tony foglio are known for building up the best brands and keeping them both emerging but honoring their roots. so i can't think of a better tenant and partner for this historic pier 48 than anchor brewers and distillers. join me in welcoming keith gregor. [applause] >> thank you. is everyone warm enough? this is great weather for making beer. anchor is one of america's oldest breweries. with origins back to the gold rush. by 1896 the famous brand emer emerged. a real san francisco icon and only 118 years old at the moment. not that many years pass easily. earthquakes. fire. and prohibition and bankruptcy all stood in the way. but they would not end o

part of our -- well, we believe our commitment to our future of pier 48 and the san francisco giants of san francisco is going to provide a giant leap for us before we pass our company on in a much better strongers healthier role. if we weren't confident that our friends, neighbors and partners of the san francisco giants were leading the mission rock development we would have been reluctant to commit to it. we are delighted to partner with them and with you and give our full hearted and full endorsement to them and hope that you will do so. thank you. >> good afternoon, i'm judy workman for the san francisco chamber of commerce. we very much support the mission rock project. this mixed use development will connect mission bay with eastern water front and with downtown. it will activate a vast concrete unutilized dead zone and will create an economic stimulus across the city. it will create more than 20,000 new jobs and will raise hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax revenue. they understand what is important and how to build along the water front in the right way. the chamber s

buster posey being resigned by san francisco giants how does a nine year, $167 million contract sound to you? abc 7 news is live from the giants ballpark. the giants play a's tonight what. a big deal. >> this is a huge deal, dan. the a's taking batting practice behind me. this third year giant joined elite company. we're talking alex rodriguez and justin burlander today. a monster contract extension for posey. giants locking up the reigning nlmvp to the tune of $167 million. he's help lead giants to two world series titles in two years and manages the best

san francisco giants fans have san francisco giants fans have a reason forys of walking to give a breast cancer survivor a lifetime-- that's definitely a fair trade. it was such a beautiful experience. (jessica lee) ♪ and it's beautiful (woman) why walk 60 miles in the boldest breast cancer event in history? because your efforts help komen serve millions of women and men facing breast cancer every year. visit the3day.org to register or to request more information today. it was 3 days of pure joy. ♪ and it's beautiful >>> coming up at 6:00 what some say is another reason to support same-sex marriage. the group says it's good for kids. >> plus, turbing your greens into gold. how you can make change work for you. >> and a look to the new wine season what wine lovers can expect. those stories and more coming up tonight at 6:00. >> a new survey of america's best ballparks is out today and fans probably won't agree with results. >> probably not a kortding to the popularity index on trip advisor at and t park is the second best ballpark in the country. >> the web site says even nonfans should t

san francisco's beautiful and for generations to come as well. and let's welcome the san francisco board president rachel norton. >> any giant fans in the house? i'm a little star stuck-up here we've got the mayor, we've got the police chief and the fire chief. i want to thank mayor lee for your leadership for bringing this together. and i want to thank the giant for helping us to remember we're part of a team. we stress sustainability in how we manage our buildings and we're diverting our trash away from the landfills and you're helping us do that. so we're asking for your help again. this is going to be a fun activity there's going to be contests and you'll be winning stuff. thank you, very much. >> thank you rachel for your contempt to education. well students are getting involved in the giant sweep and right now we have two student leaders. that's right you give it up for your student leaders. >> all right. lincoln high school. how you feeling today? >> it's so nice to see many of you coming out today to celebrate the giant sweep in joining with our schools and, of course, the san francisco giants. >> you guys want to know why this is impo

the san francisco giants want to be the best at social media. the big changes you will see the next time you head to at&t park. >> a live look outside. san francisco, embarcadero this morning. a little drizzly out there. wet on the roadways. be careful as you head out the door. we'll have a look at the forecast. 6:09. hello? the words are going this way-there's no way. oh, the lights came on. isn't technology supposed to make life easier? at chase we're pioneering innovations that make banking simple. deposit a check with a photo. pay someone with an email. and bank seamlessly with our award-winning mobile app. take a step forward... and chase what matters. >>> new video of pope francis celebrating mass at holy thursday. the pass travels to a local prison where he is holding mass with 35 inmates. he is also washing the feet of 12 prisoners. it is a significant gesture meant to encourage catholics to reach ute to those in need >>> 6:12. a teenage girl shot by the taliban in pakistan is not backing down from being an advocate for girls education. m

. >>> san francisco giant's pitcher is suing for $3 million. >>> right after the break, a follow up to a story we told you about. decisions to make it easier to get a cab and why not all drivers are on board. >>> city leaders in san francisco are meeting to discuss a plan to give customers real time tracks of taxi cabs. dozens of driers line driveers lined up >> why should we do that if we can just go get a pink mustache. >> advocates say it will help them compete. we'll have more details after the meeting tonight. >>> pa lowe alto drugmaker is laying off. they may have to sell after they had to recall their only drug with serious side effects. 75% of the workforce is being laid off. san francisco's city attorney is calling to crack down on labeling of caffeinated drinks. a letter from scientist points to studies about the negative effects of high caffeine. they want manufacturers to include caffeine context. >>> march madness is in full swing. loran is there. >> reporter: the first day of the big dance for st. marys, also falls during mid-terms. it's pretty quiet but inside it's a dif

one of the two long time beat rides for the san francisco giants -- writes for the san francisco giants -- writers for the the san francisco giants said they haven't had anything juicy to write about. no players busted for steroids, nobody holding out demanding more money. but for the giants organization they are absolutely just fine with that because what that means is that everybody is getting their work in. everybody is accomplishing what they should be. with no distractions and nobody bothering them with stories that don't concern the team. the players we talked to today, a couple big time stars the catcher buster posey ask sergio romo, they can't believe how fast the off season just flew by. >> enjoy every minute you have even on days you are in arizona, kind of the grind of spring training, try to have fun with it. >> there was no time to enjoy and celebrate. for me, with the classic, i had to start sooner but yeah, definitely a quick off season. ones you don't mind having coming off of what we accomplished last year. >> reporter: but as far as the fans, lapping up the suds, the s

. >>> the san francisco giants are playing their first game since winning the world series. a three-part exhibition with the oakland a's. tonight's game starts at 7:15. yesterday, the giants gave us a sneak peek at some of the big games. home opener, april 5th against the st. louis cardinals. on the 7th. the players will get their world series rings. on may 3rd, it is metallica night, the bay area band will perform the national anthem. on july 10th, the giants slumber party after the game. fans will camp out after the game at at&t park. >> i think that's fun. >> absolutely. great thing to do with the family. be sure to tune in to nbc bay area where you can watch the giants take on the a's. game time, 7:15 right here on the broadcast home of the world champion giants. >>> want to check the forecast with meteorologist, christina loren. things happening today. >> oh, yeah, it is happening. things are going to get a little bit more active as we head through the next couple of days. good morning to you, laura, marla. good morning to you at home. so close to the all-important weeke

san francisco giants returned to at&t parkings it is all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> complete coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> good morning everybody, it is thursday march 28th, i am brian flores in for dave clark. >> we are looking at rain overnight, how long will it last? >> maybe towards the weekend we will have some mild conditions, mid-50s some clouds and for a lot of cloud cover, mild conditions, mid-60s to near 70s. >>> burlingame, we have a traffic alert blocking three lanes -- pardon me, i had to cough. the traffic is going to be slow as you pass burl game and -- burlingame and san mateo. we recommend you use 280 as an alternate route and wet weather may have been the cause of it but we do have wet weather around the bay area. san francisco is investigating an early morning car accident which happened just after 2:30 a.m. just before lake street. a young man knocked down a fence and a light pole before flipping on his roof. the driver had minor injuries and all lanes are now clear and you can see they took awhile to get this

. >>> the san francisco giants and oakland as have broken camp in arizona and are wrapping up spring training in the bay area. they will play their annual bay bridge series which begins tonight at at&t park. >>> "forbes" magazine is out showing the world series san francisco giants are now worth $787 million. that's a 22% jump from last year. it is in part due to attendance at at&t park which was around 3.5 million and the paying down of the debt on the ballpark which could be paid off by 2017. the oakland as saw the greatest jump in value. they are 46% to 468 million. according to "forbes" it's due to more than 30 million in revenue-sharing income from rival clubs and a 14% jump in home attendance last season. the yankees topped the list at 2.3 billion. the dodgers are second at 1.6 billion, boston red sox are third, chicago cubs fourth and the phillies round out the top five, most valuable teams. >>> today at 5:00 on the ktvu news, we're continuing to monitor this deadly crash on interstate 80 in davis that shut down traffic in both directions. the crash caused a big rig to burst i

. >>> the san francisco giants and oakland as have broken camp in arizona and are wrapping up spring training in the bay area. they will play their annual bay bridge series which begins tonight at at&t park. >>> "forbes" magazine is out showing the world series san francisco giants are now worth $787 million. that's a 22% jump from last year. it is in part due to attendance at at&t park which was around 3.5 million and the paying down of the debt on the ballpark which could be paid off by 2017. the oakland as saw the greatest jump in value. they are 46% to 468 million. according to "forbes" it's due to more than 30 million in revenue-sharing income from rival clubs and a 14% jump in home attendance last season. the yankees topped the list at 2.3 billion. the dodgers are second at 1.6 billion, boston red sox are third, chicago cubs fourth and the phillies round out the top five, most valuable teams. >>> today at 5:00 on the ktvu news, we're continuing to monitor this deadly crash on interstate 80 in davis that shut down traffic in both directions. the crash caused a big rig to burst i

powerful role models and so i think that that's a lot about the work that you are doing with the san francisco giants. so can you talk a bit about how you see the san francisco giants as being those role models and playing an active role and being upstanders? >> part of it is the role model stand point and using baseball as a hook to get people's attention. when we have a captive audience of 40,000 people plus a wide tell television and radio audience, we use that to get across the message about an issue. sometimes we get letters, hey, i came to see a game with my so

powerful role models and so i think that that's a lot about the work that you are doing with the san francisco giants. so can you talk a bit about how you see the san francisco giants as being those role models and playing an active role and being upstanders? >> part of it is the role model stand point and using baseball as a hook to get people's attention. when we have a captive audience of 40,000 people plus a wide tell television and radio audience, we use that to get across the message about an issue. sometimes we get letters, hey, i came to see a game with my son and instead i'm hearing about a murder committee in yosemite and that's a downer of a way to start the day. sometimes that's a tough conversation with a fan but at least at the end of the day they've taken something away with them. also at the grass roots level we have a junior giants program, it's a youth baseball program throughout california. we use baseball as the hook to get kids to come together to learn about teamwork, we have a whole can urriculum that's based on the importance of reading, literacy, education, we have a whole vi

on behalf of the elected officials of san francisco one walk and you, home of the world champions san francisco giants. the home of innovation. san francisco the place where we spent many years trying to fight graffiti; we have not reached the place where we are at zero graffiti. i spent a lot of time as a neighborhood activist. like many of you, i spent many hours in neighborhood cleanups, using different chemicals to deal with graffiti; as a small business owner person i heard from hundreds of merchants. as a prosecutor i'm glad i don't recognized any of you. i recognize how difficult it is for the police and judges to prioritize. graffiti needs to be treated seriously. i want to thank those of you who were part of the 2009 program. we have an amazing rewards program; a graffiti advisory board to help us innovate. we feel that the best ideas are in the heads and the brainchilds of people around the world. how many are from california? how many from the east coast? welcome. i hope it's a -- in the west coast. how many are from the midwest and the south? thank you for coming. how many from canada? wel

the san francisco giants versus the oakland a's. in the first of three exhibition games between the two local teams. kron 4's j.r. stone has been with fans all day. he joins us live outside a- t&t park with reaction. j.r. >> reporter: it may only be an exhibition game but baseball is back in the bay area. you can feel the energy outside at at&t park. hosts fans that are making their wastes into at&t park ferran they have been here all day they are in the midst of all >> the san francisco giants. fan and they showed a fairly early. >> to 30. >> probably to 45. if >> 1:00 p.m.. it >> 9 afc. >> what was going through your mind? >> to get a crowd of barograph care of for some it was making a fashion statement. >> i want to know if this is perhaps >> pam: bad news for california's water supply. today the department of water resources announced that the state only has about half of the normal amount of snow in the mountains. kron 4's charles clifford has details on whether or not we may now be facing drought conditions this summer. >> rep

i'm from kiss fm and the voice of your san francisco giants at the park. we've got to great program planned for you today and keep that energy up. and thank you to lincoln high school. this is going to be a very exciting day as mayor lee and the giants kickoff the campaign. it is our goal along with your hope to keep san francisco clean and beautiful this wonderful city that we love for generations to come. we're going to keep you very attend let's get this program started with a beach blanket babylon with an original song and let's welcome renÉe wilson. ♪ ♪ to keep you clean is why we gather here. it's time for us to care. that's why i'll help our mayor to polish every street with one big giant sweep. oh, whistle why while you work. and carefully together we'll show our pride. just like the giants we will triumph but there's work to do. no litering so make sure you pick up your trash. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so whistle while you work. we must work hard to reach our goal keep san francisco beautiful. just work don't be a quiter. keep our city all a glitter. san francisco.

. >>> the world san francisco giants are returning for a series against the a's. we will hear more on what we can expect, another world series championship would be great, right? >> reporter: a lot of players were tweeting grad to be back in the bay certainly excited for a little baseball tonight and we are live at at&t parkings weather is great and yesterday everybody got to go inside for media day and there was a chance for larry bear, the team ceo just to give you an idea of what you can expect and they have been rolling with tickets here. this is the game we played and we have championship trophies, if you are waiting to see if those are going to be on display. social media seems to be the big focus. they are boasting social media centers and if you have been there, it used to be that will not be open for a little bit and we have opening day until another week but tonight, certainly 7:15, it gets everyone excited for the season ahead and whether you are a giants' fans or not, it is certainly a great day to get excited about baseball and what the 2013 season ha

giants fans not so happy in the end. san francisco losing to oakland 4-3. the a's will then have their season opener at home on monday against the seattle mariners. and the giants will open their season on the road to take on the la dodgers. that is also on monday. we're now 49 days away from this year's bay to breakers. kron 4 will bring you the race from start to finish. bay to breakers -- happening -- sunday, may 19th less than a week after the golden gate bridge loses toll takers. next up - we find out how commuters are doing going all electronic. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] call to get u-verse tv starting at $19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. days since the golden gate bridge got rid of the toll takers and switched o

along the waterfront the mixed use development with the san francisco giants at c-3 lot will create vibrant new neighborhoods. and in less than 5 years we'll workman's compensation the golden state wares. a crumpling appear for parked cars will be transformed into a new arena bringing people closer to the waterfront and creating good jobs and year-round jobs. it will a be a short walk along the waterfront. leakage those kinds of opportunities attacking on a mba france should i say and privately finance and building a new facility on your water front only come once in a lifetime. we have a obligation to always put our people first and we must have the best opportunity for building all the facilities we need. i think that we have looerdz who are attentive to the neighbors and the public. well this is a partisanship that's meant to last. i look forward to doing this right. and sees this extraordinary opportunity. and as you can see our opportunity is not just think building it's about the international events we attract. and children and old will see a wonderful water space. last week many of

. >>> san francisco giant's pitcher is suing for $3 million. >>> right after the break, a follow up to a story we told you about. decisions to make it easier to get a cab and why not all drivers are on board. >>> city leaders in san francisco are meeting to discuss a plan to give customers real time tracks of taxi cabs. dozens of driers line driveers lined up >> why should we do that if we can just go get a pink mustache. >> advocates say it will help them compete. we'll have more details after the meeting tonight. >>> pa lowe alto drugmaker is laying off. they may have to sell after they had to recall their only drug with serious side effects. 75% of the workforce is being laid off. san francisco's city attorney is calling to crack down on labeling of caffeinated drinks. a letter from scientist points to studies about the negative effects of high caffeine. they want manufacturers to include caffeine context. >>> march madness is in full swing. loran is there. >> reporter: the first day of the big dance for st. marys, also falls during mid-terms. it's pretty quiet but inside it's a dif

finally i want to remind that our san francisco giants are holding the baseball classic on 17, 18 and 19th. that conclude my executive directors report? >> thank you. do we have any further comment on the directors report? commissioners, i come here from time to time, and you just heard a presentation which speaks about what i would say not along ago. 10 thousand years ago, we did have people here who traveled our bay waters and where the ship rights built their buildings. they too were aware of people that preceded them. now, some mention is made of the chinese in a very indirect way. they were here earlier than 1850. i'm here to stress once again whenever we talk about the bay, we have to give some respect to the first people. we just can't begin when some strangers came here, forgetting that the strangers were welcomed by the first people and they turned around and bit the hand that fed them. so when it came at the beginning for example or whenever they came, their only life and i represent them, i'm not native-american but i represent them, their base closure, infrastructure and o

>> puerto rico. >> the most popular player in the game and san francisco, giants starter. >> and he isood and right here, we're in the ballpark plan so hopefully we can make america. >> at the world baseball classic in san francisco. kron4 news. >> a pickup truck drove through a thrift store. one of those injured included the driver and the seriousness of entry to the driver and other customers are not knownd the ca crash is under investigation. columns of smoke could be seen hanging over antioch brentwood in oakland today due to a grass fire on sherman island. this is a startling sight to people and according to fire officials the blazes started around 3:30 p.m. this afternoon on the island located with the san joaquin sacramento rivers meet and also viewers sent in these photos of ash testing homes firefighters decided to let the fire burn itself out since no structures are threatened. tonight an investigation continues after a deadly shooting and a 10 hour standoff in oakland. the standoff started just after 1:00 o'clock this morning when police went to inspect the residents after t

we're going to show you how the oakland a's came in swinging against the san francisco giants in their first of a three game series here in the bay area. >>> for the first time in more than 40 years san francisco has a new fire station. the san francisco museum of modern arts put $14 million toward the project in exchange they got the old station which needed $9 million in earthquake renovations. the new state of the art facility is located on folsom street and features new equipment for all types of emergencies including a generator which would last three days. station one is san francisco's busiest fire station with 17,000 annual calls. >>> a bay area couple died in that big rig crash near davis. it happened yesterday morning in solano county. the big rig driver choked on some food and passed out at the wheel. his truck then crashed through the center divide and crashed head on into another car killing a couple from petaluma. the big rig driver suffered moderate injuries. the chp says he may face criminal charges. >>> a fire truck responding to a call crashed in oakland. that happene

live in knowledge, monty francis, nbc bay area news. >>> two san francisco giants will feel right ate as the final round of the world baseball classic kicks off at at&t park. >> leave look at the ballpark, where thousands of baseball fans from around the world are gat r gathering to watch puerto rico take on japan. angel pagan plays for the puerto rican team and tomorrow, santiago castillea will take on the netherlands. the two winning teams will play for the title on tuesday. >> we'll be right back. >>> meteorologist rob maeta here with the forecast. >> temperatures in the ffrts and 60s. pretty pleasant outside. we are seeing a large plume from the fire burning near sherman island. smoke being carried toward stockton, sacramento. sea breeze is back. temperatures to the 50s this evening. and high clouds will fill in during the day tomorrow. overall, monday will look a lot like today. increasing high clouds through the afternoon and very likely mostly cloudy skies. heading into the evening. temperatures tomorrow running a little bit cooler, we'll start off in the 40s. by lunchtime, 50

we're going to show you how the oakland a's came in swinging against the san francisco giants in their first of a three game series here in the bay area. >>> for the first time in more than 40 years san francisco has a new fire station. the san francisco museum of modern arts put $14 million toward the project in exchange they got the old station which needed $9 million in earthquake renovations. the new state of the art facility is located on folsom street and features new equipment for all types of emergencies including a generator which would last three days. station one is san francisco's busiest fire station with 17,000 annual calls. >>> a bay area couple died in that big rig crash near davis. it happened yesterday morning in solano county. the big rig driver choked on some food and passed out at the wheel. his truck then crashed through the center divide and crashed head on into another car killing a couple from petaluma. the big rig driver suffered moderate injuries. the chp says he may face criminal charges. >>> a fire truck responding to a call crashed in oakland. that happene