they are the defending champs and scott reese was there for what they have the day before, media dayties and here is scott reese from at at&t park. >> a mere 103 days after the giants last took the field, they took to the microphone. >> short offseason is always good. >> well traveled -- >> going on vacation for a week to costa rica. >> how is your arm? >> it feels just like an arm. >> the down time afforded them some perspective on an incredible third title in five years. >> looking through all the memorabilia at all the pictures, it sinks in, what you are able to accomplish as a team. >> the focus shifts to 2015 and the most notable absence. >> we'll miss pablo. he's a great player, and it will be a little different without him to my right at third base. >> your new third baseman, casey mcgee. >> future hall of famer -- no,. >> maybe not quite, but a solid player, nonetheless. >> to get casey, it was huge. a good third baseman, great makeup guy, tough out. he will help soften the blow. i know that. >> perhaps the biggest challenge being the new guy on a team full of returning world

in oakland, i'm scott reese for sports wrap. >> >> they are in the third quarter in arizona, superbowlix, seahawks have opened up a 24-14 lead. i'll have the latest later tonight. >> thanks, joe. >> >> tonight on the 10:00 news, refineries in the bay area, strikes -- >> thousands of workers set to strike. we look into what this could mean for oil prices. thank you for making ktvu your source for news. >> we'll see you back here tonight at 10:00. d, some physicists are concerned that if this supercollider actually works it'll create a black hole and swallow up the earth ending life as we know it. pfft, what a bunch of crybabies. no guts, no glory, man. hey, check it out. the school of pharmacology is looking for volunteers. "we are testing a new medication "for social anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia and obsessive compulsive disorder." why would they be looking for test subjects here? i don't know, raj. maybe the comic book store doesn't have a bulletin board. what's going on? (whispering): shh, hot girl in sheldon's office. sheldon's office? is she lost? i don't think so.

scott reese, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have to talk about the a's too.s fans, their fan fest happens tomorrow. >> starts at 10:00 until 4:00 in the afternoon. weather should not be a problem. it will be held at the coliseum and inside oracle arena. players include cocoa crisp and new signee billy butler, formerly of the royals. >>> getting back to work. coming up at 8:45, we are going to tell you about the delay that forced turbo tax to shut down and the warning for taxpayers as filing season is ramping up. >>> and it is going to be a popular movie valentine's day weekend. but beware. what one theater company is telling people not to bring props or costumes to see fifty shades of gray. >>> 40 victims have been found in the taiwan airplane crash. when the plane took off on wednesday, the lighten gin mal- functioned. officials say the pilots then turned off the left engine that was still working. investigators will not comment on whether the pilots followed proper procedures or why they would turn off that left engine. meantime transasia has canceled 90 fl

something that never gets old. >> reporter: at at&t park i'm scott reese. >> baseball season underwayg the fields will take to dry out. >> this is going to go on pretty much the entire day through tomorrow morning. in addition to practices being cancelled this morning perhaps, at least one marathon too. we have runners running in this very wet weather. live look at san jose, light rain and i can tell from that look that we have a little bit of sunshine with partly sunny skies we'll call it. into the afternoon we'll see those breaks of sunshine and that will only add to the instability that could bring us a few thunderstorms for the afternoon. so as we get through this morning we have the steady rain, as we get into the second half of the day on and off scattered showers and possibility of thunderstorms. look here, we've had heavy rain reported over north bay and into the east bay. the peninsula seeing scattered showers at this time. slide into the north bay first and see where we have heavier rain. stretches all the way into areas like lake county, from calistoga into hidden valley la

how are they at threat and how will the troop reese act if they continue to enkroich on this base? joining me now lieutenant colonel scott mann. colonel, welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you for coming on. we have people who are quote/unquote advisers. i just have to ask you. they would be combat-ready correct, if isis were to get up to those gates and beyond. surely they would be poised to fight back. >> yeah absolutely. i mean these guys are adviser but, you know advising is one of the most dangerous jobs in the military because of the fact that you are up close and personal to the action but you're having to work by with and through indigenous forces in some rough places. i think what concerns me more than anything is not that we're not ready but you're investing in the iraqi military only and not at a community level, especially in a sunni-dominated area. that's how isis is able to exploit things and get close to the base. >> wait a minute. how do you mean? how should we be engaging community-wise? >> well, one of the things that we've learned is that, you know just working with the military as an advise

scott mcgrew. lots of questions but so far, no arrests in connection with the death of an infant found yesterday near sacramento. searchers discovered the body of 3 week old justin reeseeir bids. the next two games are scheduled for glendale arizona, and for tampa. check our weather after the break. >> outside high clouds and patchy low clouds around midday today. temperatures warming into the 60s, and by midafternoon upper 60s to low 70s with the winds picking up as we move into the evening. high today, close to 70 in san jose. upper 60s near san francisco. upper 60s and low 70s toward the north bay and tri-valley and then the clouds will increase and tomorrow morning, we'll see a chance of showers dropping into the bay area, and a big drop in temperatures as we preach the weekend. >> we're looking to oakland where we have seen quick recovery over the last few minutes north past the coliseum. look at the map. the sensors haven't updated so we have the red zone from the coliseum to downtown. earlier debris caused a late backup there. the approach to the maze is great. 680 coming up to the 50 miles per hour range at pleasanton down to fremont and an earlier crash at mi