. >>> the thrashers were sold to a group that will move them to winnipeg.peaking of hockey, bruins and canucks tonight at 8:00 eastern on abc. >>> a recipe for success, danny espinosa was cooking with fire, hit a pair of homers. phils won it, 10-2. >>> finally, the most important piece of equipment for any baseball player has to be his glove. wilson reached out and made a bare handed grab. no glove, but plenty of love for that stuff. the cowboys could use a receiver with hands like that. to the eighth, no one was going to catch this. eva langoria left the yard in a hurry. tampa has the lead. they went on to we win it, 5-4. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> the consequences of snooki's bang up in italy. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, the world has poured out its sympathy and offered its assistance to tornado ravaged joplin, missouri. but one source of help has some residents thinking they were hallucinating. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. lots of clouds and temperat

known in the skate boarding communicate for his technology innovations, as well as his work with thrasher. he is survived by his wife and sister. >>> preparations are underway for this weekend's gay pride celebration in san francisco. tonight mayor ed lee un if you recalled the rainbow flag at city hall. [ applause ] >> there were cheers tonight as the flag was unfurled on the balcony outside the mayor's office. the original gay pride flag first flew at the san francisco gay freedom day parade back in 1978. this saturday the city will host the dike march and sunday is the pride parade. activist bono is one of this year's grand marshalls. >>> and a big cool down today. temperatures in your neighborhood as much as 10-20 degrees cooler. the fog is out there right now. more cooling in store. i will tell you how much cooler. >>> a drink from a bottle of water sends a three month mother and her son to the hospital. what she wants done now. [ music ] >> and forget cuts to the state parks and education. i have here in my hand a partial solution to the state budget crisis. [ music ] . >>> new at 1

known in the skate boarding communicate for his technology innovations, as well as his work with thrasher. he is survived by his wife and sister. >>> preparations are underway for this weekend's gay pride celebration in san francisco. tonight mayor ed lee un if you recalled the rainbow flag at city hall. [ applause ] >> there were cheers tonight as the flag was unfurled on the balcony outside the mayor's office. the original gay pride flag first flew at the san francisco gay freedom day parade back in 1978. this saturday the city will host the dike march and sunday is the pride parade. activist bono is one of this year's grand marshalls. >>> and a big cool down today. temperatures in your neighborhood as much as 10-20 degrees cooler. the fog is out there right now. more cooling in store. i will tell you how much cooler. >>> a drink from a bottle of water sends a three month mother and her son to the hospital. what she wants done now. [ music ] >> and forget cuts to the stat i want to crush more cars. i want to sell more tea cups. ♪ i need help selling bread. ♪ i want to sell more crabs. [

now the atlanta thrashers are making the journey to frigid manitoba.ve longed for this day and celebrating thinking about it. atlanta has lost two teams to canada. first the flames and now the thrashers. but for $170 million, winterpeg lived with the deal. we can't complain too much. it's almost the same weather here. >> because it's junuary. >> i'm not accepting that. >> well, we'll have to work on you. >> stay with us, we're back in a moment. >>> all right, get ready because tonight is the fourth and final battle on "the voice." the remaining singers will compete for the final slot on their coach's teams. lily elise is among tonight's competitors. she must ploouf that her voice has the power to win. over the weekend she drove home, sat down with marla tellez. >> it's a place where i always come back to feel centered. >> i'm so thankful for everything that i got out of it. >> reporter: no surprise, lily's parents are holding a viewing party to watch lily's battle. you can see if lily moves on tonight at 10:00 right here on nbc bay area. then at 11:00,

. >> they have sun belt issues, thrashers moved up. the support of hockey from the corporate perspective really good. labor seems not to be a problem. 3 billion dollars. the commissioner says they seemed to be moving in the right direction. and a blockbuster deal with nbc. >> that direction has been moving north back to canada. nbc also big blockbuster deal with the olympics. now within the past week, $4.4 billion deal, 4 olympic games through 2020. comcast, olympic deal here. but nbc is not necessarily had a money maker the last couple of olympic games. what does it need to do? >> they spent an amount of mones domestic product of figi. it's huge. why? they lost 200 million in van cover, losing in london, 2 reasons. set up the prime time programming around those 2 weeks. and second, protected the brand. you think olympics? you think the nbc family of networks. >> comcast verses the sports cable channel, this has to help with the cable fees which can be a nice avenue toward higher revenues. >> 2 system process. buy the program and lock

the 64-year-old co-founder of the popular thrasher magazine shot and killed himself outside the mission police station on monday. he revolutionized skateboard mechanics and helped make it a global spot. friends say he may have been upset after a leg injury he suffered several years ago. >>> preparations are under way in san francisco tonight and the city's mayor raised the lbgt flag at city hall to celebrate. a million people, including chaz bono, are expected this weekend for the largest pride celebration in the nation held on sunday. hondte als restaurants are getting ready for the boom. >> it's something that people look forward to. i think people really do go out and celebrate during pride, especially during this weekend. >> there are some changes this weekend. last year's prelude to the parade is a street party in the castro that ended with the shooting death of a san francisco teen. so organizers say this saturday, police will be cracking down on public drinking. the weekend celebration at the civic center will also be ending earlier than they have in the past years. >>> a cross d

the founder of the skateboarding magazine thrasher. eric swenson took his own life. officers heard the shot. he was well known in the skateboarding community. >>> heavy spring run off striggered by hot weather. there have been 30 rescues in the last week alone. that's where ktvu's ken pritchett joins us live tonight. just east of sacramento. >> reporter: a fire official told me they just rescued twenty people on the american river. so add that to the 30, that's 50 people in the last week. you can see the fire rescue boat out there right now. they are here just having presence because of the high number of rescues they have had. the water is cold, 46 degrees and as you can see the river is very swift. >> reporter: using six boats and 28 firefighters, crews trained and warned rafters of the dangerous river conditions. >> between the swift water, cold water and the lack of awareness people have on the river, we are having serious problems. >> reporter: he says a raft carrying eight people from the bay area capsized last week. >> three went under water and were -- had gi

the atlanta thrashers were sold for $170 million. ownership group is moving the team to winnipeg. the old winnipeg jets moved to phoenix after 1997 season. atlanta was 28th out of 30 teams in attendance last year. they are the first city in history to lose two hockey teams. the first team flamed out in 1980. >>> the cal bears football team will play its home games this season at at&t park as memorial stadium continues its face lift in berkeley. >> what do you find to be the most unique thing about that home facility? >> that it is still standing. >> reporter: 87 seasons in the making and major progress at cal memorial stadium. it is hardly recognizable. >> good lord. >> did you test the missiles or what. >> reporter: the multimillion- dollar renovation process will yield a current version of what was built in 1923. >> working for sure six days a week. many times seven days a week. up to 12 hours a day. >> reporter: assistant athletic director overseeing the project and helping to ensure the stadium is safe in an earthquake. >> where

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the jets are the atlantic thrashers, but they will use their old names. 1995. any idea who the sharks will go with for the first pick? >> i have no idea. >> that is unusual. >> that is. now the biggest racing yvette, there are a number of the events, but this is one of the hottest tracks in the country, but this is the one that everyone talks about. this annual event, mark martin and co., they have been qualifying all day. they have had some preliminary races tomorrow, and a big deal, we just have, this just in, joey has won, he will go off first on a sunday afternoon. we see this each and every year, if you have any hopes of going up there you know, from the bay area, san jose to oakland, sanford's us go leave about 9:00 a.m., take your time, go up there and then get out of their around 4:00 your on your own. the nba appears to be headed for a lockout, but everyone relax, you will be happy to know that there is solidarity. millionaires with solidarity, they're all wearing the same t-shirts, >> if you just missed kim kardashian her fiancee. >> humphrey is