stanford wins in a thriller 54- 53 and vanderveer, her third ncaa title. >> i owe it all to my teamdon't have confidence in myself. coming down the stretch i saw in their eyes they needed me to come out big and i did thankfully. >> no one knows who scores. it's a national championship and this is a great team. we did not play a great game today, however, but if we can win not playing as well as we need to, i'm excited. >> after the game coach vanderveer said she got 600 text messages to go through. if you text her, give her a little time to get back to you, but steph curry's facetime seemed to get through. my call, i guess it was blocked. >>> the rest of the day in sports in a few minutes. we had a lot going on, including the warriors as well. >> you never have to apologize for screaming in the sports department for something like this. >>> moving on, still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, a san jose couple thinks the ups man is at their door, but instead it's a man going on a racist rant, how the family is now rallying the neighborhood to make sure it doesn't happen again. >>> in the fight

she knows her stuff vanderveer just named the naismith coach of the year. today.ad back in the final 4 for the first time since 2017 but stanford fell behind early doctors 9 in the first but haley jones hit in the triple to make it a three-point game. more from jones later. but for now we got to go ahead and go all the way to the 4th quarter because this was a battle to the finish under a minute to play gamecocks down to destiny henderson. nails. the 3 for south carolina just their second lead of the game card now trailing by one with 38 seconds to play. so stanford trying to take that lead back. they've got a chance. jones inbound the ball to lexi hall and she can't get it to go. but here comes jones. the rebound and the go ahead bucket and maybe the points of her entire career still cool as a cucumber. we go to the final seconds of the game jones in down again to the freshman cameron brink and she can. just take the ball there cam. so the gamecocks going here come the got to another chance. >> capes and they're headed back to the national title game for the firs

she's a great leader and coach and even better person. >> reporter: coach vanderveer or t.lled now has a third national title following a season when she also became the women's coach with the most wins in history. stanford was on the road for ten weeks because of the covid protocol, that is 86 days in hotels, living out of their bags, away from home, but the road trip ends today as the stand ford team comes back to the bay area and hopefully able to celebrate with their fans, albeit at a distance. at stanford, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> all right, what a road trip to victory, though. that is so great to see. proud of the cardinal there. all right, so it was a good week weekend for basketball, easter weekend. how are we looking weather wise, kari? >> it's going to continue, like the weather we had over the weekend, where at times we saw some sunshine, every now and then we saw some clouds and that's what we're seeing right now, getting up and heading out the door. here is a live look outside in san jose. it starts out cloudy but it won't be that way all throughout

and coach tara vanderveer joins me now. coach, welcome to the newshour.antly, congratulations. how are you doing today? >> thank you very much, i'm doing great. you know, you just i kind of woke up and you have to remind yourself, you know, we're national champions and it feels great. >> nawaz: well, let's talk about that championship, because before this, you have won national titles before, right? two of them, but the last one was a while ago. 29 years ago. this win after this particular year, especially in the pandemic and everything you've been through. what does this win mean? >> you know, it might have an asterisk by it because of the championship was a little bit different. it was in a bubble and everything. but in some ways i think it was it was the hardest championship, know, to maintain, you know, your health, number one, with all the issues that are going on and the challenges of that. for this particular team to be out of northern california for, you know, ten weeks about, i think the hardest thing, honestly, was not going home for christmas.

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amna: coach tara vanderveer, thank you so much for your time.ations again to you and your team. tara: thank you very much. my pleasure. ♪ judy: in a moment marked by deep political and cultural divides, an innovative program harnesses theatre techniques to step into the shoes of others. jeffrey brown has the story for our arts and culture series, canvas. jeffrey: two recent college graduates. myiah smith of georgetown university in washington d.c., founded by jesuits but ecumenically and culturally liberal. michael 'mikey' pozo of patrick henry college, a small conservative christian school about an hour away in purcellville, virginia. different backgrounds and college experiences, brought together in an unusual program called, in your shoes. >> me as a christian, there are some things that i believe, that it's very hard for me to get out there. but i was able to speak freely in that context. >> there are so many ways that we could identify how we are different from other people. but what in your shoes project was about was despite those differe

bay area on december 15th, the cardinal rolled over university of pacific and stockton and tara vanderveergest coach and women's college basketball history, the good humor and unity of her team demonstrated by the t dog jacket. she was presented at stand for, then traveled to southern california and arizona while changing home headquarters to santa cruz home games were played in the arena, usually occupied by the santa cruz. warriors it was in santa cruz that stanford suffered the second of back to back losses. the teams on lee two losses of the season. finally in early february, the all clear was given and the team returned to campus. but of course it was back on the road for the pac 12 tournament in the already familiar city of las vegas, and then onto the san antonio bubble for what turned out to be six games that led to the celebration of a national championship. throughout that time, the players juggled practice, sometimes in an unheated high school gym. covid protocols and classes via zoom. the season may be the greatest and most satisfying accomplishment, and tara vanderveer is 43 y

tara vanderveer and company. there they go. well.s the trophy right there sitting pretty in in about one second. there she is, the goat. tara vanderveer arrived in front of dozens of stanford supporters. the program won its 3rd national championship yesterday when they took down arizona santa cruz native haley jones was named the final 4 most outstanding player. men's national championship game in indianapolis taking on baylor. the matchup people expected all season long. there's mark few but this one close at all teague 3 pointer. he had 14 points by the break. the bears led by as many as 19 but went into halftime up only 10 2nd half. they pull away again. adam flager. nice 3 air bears 10 for the game. they pushed the lead back to 16. 4 minutes left. it's my favorite planted in the game. davion mitchell. he was blown by people all night. they go up 19 on that. that's it. baylor beats gonzaga who came in 30 anno taking it to them. 86 to 70 they when the nc double a title. indiana. still the last undefeated team to win the tournament

season may be the greatest and most satisfying accomplishment, and tara vanderveer is 43 year collegiateaching career joe fonzi ktvu, fox two news, very happy for them, they certainly deserve it now. the country the golden state warriors, the once mighty warriors, now losers of. 12 out of their last 16 games, including that embarrassing 53 point loss to toronto on friday night. so what's left of this regular season? no doubt will be spent concentrating on trying to get a play and slide and also player development. more particularly the development of rookie james wiseman. despite an uneven first year. there's still great hope for this guy. he'll be a superstar, everyone high on him, and you know what? he's got a little bit of a surprise mentor. how about kevin durant charming in to help the rookies? i'm out talking to katie every day we talked about like the system like how he was able to finish the system here. hey, just give me like a lot of advice. it's really funny to me because i really don't look at none of the negativity and stuff like that. because i'm because i look at the bigge

tara vanderveer lead. the parade was followed by her group of talented players. stanford beat arizona yesterday 5453 the big story that we're following for you tonight. according to sources, coors field in denver is expected to host this year's all-star game. the mlb opted to move the game out of atlanta due to voting laws passed in georgia last month. >> meanwhile, major league sweet the major league baseball season is in full swing right now in teams are taking different approaches when it comes to covid protocols. this is side by side video of what it looked like today in oakland and in texas, thousands of folks packing inside of the stadium there in dallas says it is 100% capacity filled there as the rangers have their home opener paid attendance of 38,238 a sellout. it's also the largest crowd to see an event in north america in more than a year. while the a's well, they are operating at 26% capacity or about 12,000 people. >> coming up a busy weekend for police all across the bay area side shows a real problem. details on the problem. details on the arrests

well, her crystal ball proved eerily accurate vanderveer just named the naismith coach of the year.ay. her squad back in the final 4 for the first time since 2017 behind early down by as much as 9 in the first. but here's archbishop mitty zone. haley jones hitting the triple to make it a three-point game more from jones later. but for now we got to go ahead and go all the way to the 4th quarter because this was a battle to the finish under a minute to play gamecocks down to destiny henderson, nails. the 3 for south carolina just their second lead of the game so card trailing by one with 38 seconds to play trying to take that leaves act. they would get a chance jones inbounding the ball lexi hall can't get it to go. so here comes jones. the rebound. and the go ahead bucket point of her career. >> and just cool as a cucumber is jones. we go to the final seconds of the james again to cameron brate, the freshman camping on to it. so gamecocks. back to the national title game for the first time since 2010, oh, what a game. what a finish. this is march madness. a one-point win for the num

jones, your most outstanding player and vanderveer gets her third ncaa title. >> they had hoped me tohave confidence in myself. coming down the stretch i saw in their eyes. i did, big thankfully. a little to them. this team is so close, and i am just so happy to be here with this type of squad. >> the other one was not as close. the last one. that we are really excited. nobody knows the sport, nobody knows, it's just a national championship. i'm really excited to represent stanford. it's a great, it's a great team. we play a great game, but if we can win, not playing as well as we needed to, i'm excited. >> spoken like a true coach. the warriors in atlanta try to win a three-game winless road trip. stefan curry, battling that bruised thalmann. draymond green is back with bac after their two players get back with jermont and staff. >> yes, yes, he is still in some pain, but he's going to play tonight. overtime, this will dissipate. hopefully, having these periodic two days off, it will dissipate and go away. but it is still lingering. >> the a's are oh 0-3. still have not held a lead i

tara vanderveer in company landed trophy in hand they see the trophy is not exactly in hand. there's par of the goat dozens of stanford supporters were there to greet them. the program won its 3rd national championship yesterday when they took down arizona santa cruz native and archbishop mitty grad. haley jones was named the final 4 most outstanding player. all right. we've talked about it at nauseum. but is still hold true to the warriors have an identity problem is an organization that still has championship pedigree but doesn't have championship talent on the roster at the moment. i'm sure steve kerr feels the when now pressure from the fan base, but he also faces the reality of having to develop young players and the most important one of those young guys is james wiseman who has had an interesting season to say the least. that's what's great about competitive for like or want better marked. so for us in moscow for a high standard. >> we're going to back games really like maybe stronger because it. remy realize that you're going to have ups and downs. but to stop to stay

williams had high praise for her teammates and coach tara vanderveer. >> i'm so proud of the team and we're champs. i can't believe it. she's a great leader and coach and even better person. >> reporter: coach vanderveer has a national title and the women's coach with the most wins in history. stanford was on the road for ten weeks because of the coronavirus, that is 86 days in hotels, away from home but that long road trip ends today as the women make their way back to stanford to very excited fans ready to see them albeit at a distance. at stanford, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> i'm sure it was worth it all. >> no doubt. really nice to see. thanks, kris. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay," we're going to talk about a production change. ahead at 5:25 on "today in the bay," the abrupt about-face johnson & johnson is making in the wake of an error that led to millions of vaccines being tossed in the garbage. >>> stock market starts at new records and astronauts doing sort of a chore. if you own more than one car you'll know all about it. that's coming up. >>> plus -- ♪ whe

and with her. >> coach tara vanderveer throughout the tournament with her winds. 3rd winningest coach in basketball history. college basketball history. this is her first title in 29 years. she won in 1992 and last night and in true style because she is all class she thought he she talked about her former players who knocks on the door but did not win for the last 29 years and she thanked them for their participation as well. >> haley jones right here in the bay area she could win anywhere any college as she was the top rate high school player in the country. she chose to go here and we're better for it. >> yeah. it's cool that she's out of santa cruz because you feel like, you know somebody for out here actually won. and i know they'll go to school year like tiger, for example, who is a champion from stanford and he was one of the first to say congrats to the women. he tweeted that he won here in 94 and we might have heard of anyone on to and he's recovering right. yeah. and he tweeted out because he's still proud of stanford. president joe biden. he tweeted out

well, her crystal ball proved eerily accurate vanderveer named naismith coach of the year before the game today. we're going to go ahead and jump all the way to the 4th quarter because this was a battle to the finish under a minute to play gamecocks down to destiny henderson. is going to nail the 3 for south carolina just the second lead of the game for them and the card trailing by one with 38 seconds to play. so stanford tried to take that lead back and they have a chance. spent own haley jones in bounce, alexi hawley who can't get it to go. but here comes jones. the rebound and the go ahead bucket may be the biggest 2 points of her career right there. she is cool as a cucumber. >> final seconds of the game jones inbounded to cameron brate the freshman can hang on soegamecocks can win it here. stanford a are heading back to the national title game for the first time since 2010. what a game. what a finish. the definition of march madness. a one-point win for the number one overall seed. but as is typical for van der veer. she was all humility after the this is one of survive and adv

bay area on december 15th, the cardinal rolled over university of pacific and stockton and tara vanderveer became the winningest coach and women's college basketball history, the good humor and unity of her team demonstrated by the. t dog jacket. she was presented donations stand for then traveled to southern california and arizona while changing home headquarters to santa cruz. home games were played in the arena, usually occupied by the santa cruz warriors. it was in santa cruz that stanford suffered the second of back to back losses. the teams on lee two losses of the season. finally in early february, the all clear was given. and the team returned to campus. but of course it was back on the road for the pac 12 tournament in the already familiar city of las vegas, and then onto the san antonio bubble for what turned out to be six games that led to the celebration of a national championship. i'm so proud of this team, not for just their basketball, but for being able to get through this covid and be so mature. the season may be the greatest and most satisfying accomplishment, and tara va

well, here's tara vanderveer. >> we've got to limit turnovers because they really get out and run in transition. you know, and these are things that are any big secrets. you know, watch him play in. they're they're a great up uptempo team. so you've got to limit turnovers. so they're you know, run on you. and you've got you've got to really get back in transition and i take away easy baskets. we've got to play the 2nd half. we can't wait to a 2nd half. we can ourselves a hole. we've got to come out and the whole game just like we did the 2nd half against >> so we got to tomorrow, baseball tonight. it's a good time. good times and ce fans in the stands. hard to believe still, it's but yet better than cardboard any day. okay. we'll be right back all right. want to take you back to that breaking news in san mateo county their fire crews that responded to a fire. they are calling the springs fire at this point a portion of kings mountain road skyline, boulevard and kings mountain road at 100 park those are closed at the moment. legacy that smoke. this is a picture courtesy of cal fire, w

tara vanderveer said yesterday that stanford would have to play aggressive uptempo ball. >> to keep paceuth carolina. i guess there's a reason she is the winningest coach of all time. she knows her stuff. yeah. let's get into a van der veer just named the naismith coach of the year today with good reason her squad back in the final 4 for the first time since they fell behind early down by as much as 9 in the first but haley jones hitting the triple to make it a three-point game. jones later. but we've got to go ahead and go all the way to the 4th quarter because this was a battle to the finish under a minute to play gamecocks down to destiny henderson. nails. the 3 for south carolina just their second lead of the game card trailing by one with 38 seconds to play. so stanford is going to try to take that lead back. they've got a chance on the ball to lexi hall is jones. she can get it to go. but here comes joe has the rebound and the go ahead bucket maybe the 2 biggest points of her career still cool as a cucumber final seconds of the game here. jones inbounds again to freshman cameron br

earlier today, stanford head coach kara vanderveer was named women's college basketball coach of the >>> shifting gears, and a look at this massive fire in solano county. skype 7 flew over flames just before 11:00 a.m. today. the battalion chief told us this was a controlled burn at grizzly island, and there are multiple fires. the thick, black smoke, as you can see, could be viewed miles away. for several hours after the fire started. certainly a time, even though we are enjoying the sunshine, we could use that rain. >> things are awfully dry out there, at least a controlled burn is probably a good idea to keep out later this year. we are running out of time to get rain. >> the so-called rainy season which hasn't given us much rain is about to end. we are moving it into one of our driest parts of the year, and for the seven days ahead, it will remain dry. if you think about getting out of town, here's a look at the travel forecast for tomorrow. bay area airports, sunny skies. after early morning fog, light breeze tomorrow. high temperatures ranging from low 60s to upper 60s. as we l

tara vanderveer, and the cardinal had to sweat it out for the second straight game, two minutes to playley jones scores and gets filed, stanford had a 4 point lead but arizona got to within one point, and a chance to win it.>> mcdonald trapped in heaves, i can't hit, that is it! and stanford survives again. >> 2 straight games like that, stanford hangs on to beat arizona 54-53 and win their third national title in program history.>> the other one was not quite as close, the last one, but we are really excited. no one knows who scores, it is a national championship, and i'm really excited to represent stanford and a great team. >> we had 15 seconds left in the entire season's, so we could leave anything, we left it on the floor. we gave what we had, we talked and communicated, it was just a team effort, communication and we showed how much heart and passion and grit we have is a team. >> coming up on game day, are one shining moment tribute to stanford's incredible season, they are national champions for the first time in 29 years. >> all right, thank you dennis. >>> a live look outside

it was especially exciting for tara vanderveer. >> tough on the old ticker because it is been so longad not won the national title since 1992 but arizona had a chance to win the game. they had the second straight game and two minutes to play and stanford up 1 and haley jones into the lane and hits part of a 3-point play and five seconds left in arizona within 1 and mcdonnell

tara vanderveer led stanford program won the national championship despite some very good teams. since then, the cardinal in the national championship game against arizona team that stanford beat twice during the regular season stand for jump to an early lead and then had to withstand arizona rallies of one in the fourth quarter. hayley jones muscles in a shot in the lane. despite the foul, she made the free throw. it was 54 50 cardinal, but the wildcats weren't finished. they made a three to pull within a point and had the ball with you. has to win with six seconds left. great stand for defense is ari mcdonald is blanketed her shot at the buzzer won't go. stanford hangs on for a 54 53 win, which means they're the best in the nation and national champions for the third time. this is a team that didn't have a home for much of the season because of covid restrictions, but somehow managed to get it done. this is a dream come true for our team. i think it probably hit me tomorrow, but we have some really outstanding women on our change. i'll let the drama's been a great leader for us

tara vanderveer identified when the team was so happy to be back in stanford that the players relaxed on their covid restrictions and then had to pay a price. it was a breach of protocol. and i have to say that you know, like i'm worried about it. i'm you know, i'm not their age. and you know, i just i was hurt and i was upset and i let him know that that incident helped us. because they're in quarantine for 14 days and that cut into our practice beginning there and they realized i don't wanna be in quarantine anymore, but i think that that really set the tone that what we said we're gonna be. we're gonna be honest when she found out she was just so heartbroken and disappointed, and i felt like. the only way to make up for that is still in the national championship for her show me and endless, um, way said. from there on out, we're gonna be better leaders know followed the rules follow protocol and to win this natty and you know o obviously anything but a routine season ends in a national championship for stanford, the winningest coach in women's college basketball history and her pro

and one win away are the stanford cardinal women from taking it all in the ncaa is great for tara vanderveer, coach of the year. third time she's won that award, the names of his events and take it under 40 seconds down. one lexie hall missed, but haley jones, barry's the clutch, dad. stanford 66 65, now under 10 seconds left nerve wracking brink loses the ball. south carolina comes out with it. a missed shot. aaliyah, boston right there for the follow to win it. no, it will not go and absolute pure emotion breaks out both sides. it's a one point win for the stanford cardinal glee and agony on display for the first time since 2010 stanford. go to the ncaa championship game against arizona wildcats taking care of you. come on, in a surprise tonight that game to be played sunday. the warriors, conversely, were terrible, tough. the what dream on green out with a sprained finger steps not playing in toronto had their way. get this. they led by as many as 61 points over the warriors. bad pass here. turnover leads to the pascal seatac um three, and it just continued. terrible passing. kelly, you b

fans turned out to cheer for a team that won its first national title since 1992 head coach tara vanderveer and her longtime assistant k pay when the first convertible leading the parade with the trophy in their laps and followed, of course, but a very talented group of players who got it out a thrilling win in yesterday's national championship game. it was really strange season that saw him spend 63 days on the roadway from home due to covid protocols and santa clara county. so everyone is really thrilled to be home, but especially because they've now got that trophy and tell this also makes it the 45th consecutive year that at least one stanford athletics program has won a national title. and just to give you a little bit about idea how impressive that streak is coming happen. the next closest school has only won 3 championships in a row. so 45 championships in a row for stanford this athletics program here is really just hut of this world. >> exciting times said sure, it's just amazing and you can't really given even an air high-five. can i just kind of look at each other and go, wow. th

and the national champs were greeted by a parade at stanford university head coach tara vanderveer andy cardinals were greeted by dozens of fans. the women's basketball program won its 3rd national championship over the weekend when they took down arizona santa cruz native haley jones was named the final 4 most outstanding player. now to the men's basketball baylor ruin gonzaga's perfect season to win the nc double a national championship. the game ended with baylor beat gonzaga with a final score of 8670 is the first national title for baylor this is also gonzaga's first loss of the season that leaves indiana's wanted 1975 6 to 17 as the last to go undefeated. coming up in the next hour of the cross on morning news. it's to your tuesday. and you know what that means. for bexar counties are kind of move into the orange tier. we're going to have a live report from sonoma ahead. >> plus, more changes could be coming to the states print for reopening today could help counties moved to less restrictive tiers. easily. >> and federal, state and local leaders are working out logistics to keep

turned out to cheer for a team that has won its first national title since 1992 head coach tara vanderveer and her longtime assistant k pay lead the parade in the first convertible with the trophy in their laps and they were followed in a bunch of other convertibles by their group of talented players who really just gutted out a thrilling win in yesterday's national championship. it has been such a strange season for them. they've made spent 63 days on the road. en route to. this national championship because of covid protocols in santa clara county. so it's especially sweet to be home right now, especially with the trophy in tow. now, as you see behind me, there's congratulations national champion sign this i believe it or not, not new for this team. that's because stanford has a streak of 4 to 5 straight years of winning an athletic championship in at least one sport. just to give you an idea of how impressive that streak is. the next closest school has a streak of only 3 years. so 45 years, 3 years just goes to show you how great athletics really are at stanford university can happen. a

coach tara vanderveer has a third national title following a season she became the women's coach withnford was on the road for ten weeks because of covid protocol but headed home today. >>> hopefully greeted by some nice weather. let's check in with kari. >> yes, we'll make sure the sun is shining at that point, even though we're starting out with some clouds and our temperatures inland today will reach into the upper 60s. it's going to be so comfortable the next few days. highs near 70 degrees, and just getting a little bit warmer in time for the weekend with inland areas in the mid-70s and san francisco will see some low 60s throughout the week. a mix of sun and cloud and breezy winds and some mid-60s saturday and sunday. laura? >> all right, thank you so much. thank you for joining us as well. we'll go back to the local news update in half an hour. hope to see you then. have a good monday. this unplugged device is protecting our beautiful coastlines and more. put off chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm to help keep our state golden. >>> we're back at 7:30 with a dynamic duo t

and coach vanderveer saying she didn't get into coaching to win, but it must feel nice.see you right back here tomorrow. good night. it was her first first first fi the bay area since taking office. >> i am dan ashley. thank you for joining us. the vice president and gavin newsom toward a water treatment facility and visited with the business owner at red door catering in oakland. lien melendez is in the newsroom with a look at today's visit. >> reporter: what can i say? vice president harris is a hometown girl. she got a lot of support from the bay area. she really came here to sell the president's massive infrastructure plan, but she also focused on what is needed in oakland, which is to save small businesses and help them rise. >> reporter: it was a short trip home to oakland for kamala harris, the first since the election. she began with a visit to visit east bay water treatment plant where she was joined by governor gavin newsom. there, the vice president touted biden's 2.3 trillion infrastructure plan which includes rebuilding our drinking water infrastrucinfrasc >

but he also allowed 8 hits and 5 runs in field in tara vanderveer and stanford taking fellow one seed south carolina and a final 4 matchup. we're going to go ahead and jump all the way to the 4th quarter because this was a battle to the finish under a minute to play gamecocks down to destiny henderson nails. the 3 for south carolina just their second lead of the game the cardinals trailing by one with 38 seconds to place a stanford trying to take that leaves act. >> and they have a chance. archbishop mitty zone haley jones inbounds to lexi hall who can't get goes that here comes jones. the rebound and the go ahead 2 points of her career right there still cool as a cucumber is jones. final seconds of the game jones against inbounds cameron brink and the freshman just carrying on so the gamecocks can win it here. their first shot. no good on another doesn't so stanford hangs on their head back to the national title game for the first time since 2010. what a game. what a just the definition of march madness. a one-point win. the number one overall seed. but as is typical for van der veer

well, here's tara vanderveer. >> we've got to limit turnovers because they really get out and run in transition. you know, and these are things that are any big secrets. you know, watch him play in. they're they're a great up uptempo team show you've got to limit turnovers. so they're you know, run on you. and you've got you've got to really get back in transition and i take away easy baskets. we've got to play the 2nd half. we can't wait to a 2nd half. we can do ourselves a hole. we've got to come out and the whole game just like we did the 2nd half against legal. >> really looking forward to that one tomorrow aftern ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ hey limu! [ squawks ] how great is it that we get to tell everybody how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? i mean it... oh, sorry... [ laughter ] woops! [ laughter ] good evening! meow! nope. oh... what? i'm an emu! ah ha ha. no, buddy! buddy, it's a filter! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ >> americans are getting protection with the vaccine. we are reaching a point where

tara vanderveer looking for ring number 3, 1st quarter.the hometown kid recently named all american. he williams with that last try showing out in front of her friends and family. but stanford in arizona won't blow for blow all game long chain up ellington. with the steal giving up arizona. one point lead. the brawl continues lexi hall for 3. plus the fall, the cardinal of 59 3 pointers during the nc double a tournament, which is a record. >> and another one of those trace kiya anna wilson had one stanford led by 7 at the half. of course it hit her big brother rather russell wilson loves it. 3rd quarter hailey jones running the floor out. there we go. we've got the steal, the video finally matching up here. but that was back at that last play. here we go. lexi hall with the deep 3. she played fantastic this entire tournament as well. very impressive. tournament for her. kianna williams for anna wilson, rather with that right there. we see russell wilson, her big brother, of course, cheering on his younger sister season. another great play.

this team has not won a championship since 1992 despite the fact that head coach tara vanderveer is theest coach all-time in and to double a women's basketball history. now, the fact that they were able to pull this off, extend the streak of stanford university winning championships in at least one sport for 45 years. a whopping 45 years. you can see this banner right behind me here. they haven't had to get a new one in quite some time because they just keep winning. to give you an idea of how impressive that streak as the university with the next longest streak of championships in a row is only 3. but the great thing about this team is that they're young. there isn't a lot of freshmen and sophomores on this team who are going to be back and going to be able to hopefully keep the championships and the parades going for years to come. but for now it's a beautiful day out here in stanford and people are just happy to be able to welcome the team back ir person, even in a socially distance mask-wearing fashion. so i can't i'm sure they're going to be celebrating for, you know, some time. bu

it was especially exciting for tara vanderveer. >> tough on the old ticker because it is been so long. stanford had not won the national title since 1992 but arizona had a chance to win the game. they had the second straight game and two minutes to play and stanford up 1 and haley jones into the lane and hits part of a 3-point play and five seconds left in arizona within 1 and mcdonnell for the three stanford defenders to win it and off the mark and stanford hangs on to beat arizona 54-53. they win their third national title in program history. >> the other one was not quite as close, last one, but we really excited and no one knows the score and no one knows who scored but it is a national championship. i'm really excited to represent stanford and it is a great team. >> we had like 15 seconds out of the entire season so we couldn't leave anything we would have regrets with at the end of the day so we left it on the floor and we did what we had and we communicated and talked and we showed how hard and how much heart and passion we have as a team. >> as i said their third national titl

it ends a 29 year drought for coach tara vanderveer. a lot of players. obviously they're very happy for themselves. for their family, but perhaps they are the happiest for their coach. here's kianna williams talking about that. >> does we've been through. it just feels like it was worth it to to win it for tara and in the same year that she's become all-time winningest coach. it just it just means everything. into one in my hometown. that means a lot. >> let's do some math. this being stanford higher intellect. let's do some math. 9029 3 90 day road trip. you talk about the warriors going on. say a 2 week road trip. how about 90 days and the reason why those stanford cardinal players had to because of the shutdown because of covid-19. so they were on the road for all that time. they won the championship in san antonio where they pretty much shelter in place during the tournament. 29 years since the last championship 1992 and 3, meaning 3 championships for coach tara band of year. so she's coming home victorious. and after she won, she not only congratula

hello to tara vanderveer. that's haley jones, a big jump shot. she went to mini high school in san jose. final seconds, though, south carolina missed one chance, missed another chance. they could have won the game, but they didn't. we're happy about that. stanford holds on to win. wow. so stanford beat south carolina. they now advance to the national title game. they'll play on sunday. you see the tears there, stanford will play either uconn or arizona. >> congratulations, can't wait to watch. >>> well, the countdown to tokyo continues. there are 112 days left until the olympics and we are rooting for a bay area boxer to qualify and go. >> as nbc bay area's anthony flores reports this boxer has plenty of fight and determination. >> one of the most promising young amateur boxers in the country. >> i feel like i have very fast hands and quick feet and a really good jab. >> reporter: skills the brisbane native has been working on since he first laced up the gloves when he was 9. >> i started winning fights and i just fell in love with it. >> reporte

that's a 3rd championship by coach tara vanderveer.ere's what she had to say about winning it all. >> former players would be so proud to be part of this team because of the brazilian save shown because of the sisterhood that they and just i'm just thrilled for this team, but also for all the women out there that played at stanford. >> isn't that wonderful that she thought about her past teams as well that she felt so bad for the other players. last time she competed and the national championship. she lost to uconn in 2010, the first and she won a championship chance and daria 90 92 and then last night. so that's 3rd championship. couple of people you might have heard about. they tweeted this out. tiger woods. he went to stanford back in 1994. he tweeted out congratulations to the women of stanford president joe biden. he also sent out a tweet congratulating them as well as far as the drought we know droughts in california it's been 29 years since coach van veer won a championship. how's this. that's the longest drought from one champi

tara vanderveer. named the maze first coach of the year for the third time prior to the game, we go to the fourth quarter, stanford is up three alexia oh, come over the steel kiana williams a touch cameron brink will lay it in fantastically. what's the replay? the break actually kicked it. there's no call. they're bringing by the way six points. and six blocks under a minute. cardinal up to destiny, henderson will not get down as c up one, but it was not her destiny to be the hero under 40 of miss shot by lexie all loose ball. haley jones with the clutch shot. stanford goes up. 66 65 jones. by the way of 24. now we go under 10 seconds left stanford brink loses the ball as he comes away, screaming out of there with it. brianna beale! ms talia busted right there for the follow. it will not go a release of pure emotion after that, breaking out on both sides. you see the glee and the understandable agony. stanford survived. 66 65. and on to the championship game for the first time for them since 2010 and

the wait is over for coach tara vanderveer and the stanford cardinals capturing the women's ncaa basketball night for the first time since 1992. top-seeded stanford 54-53 victory came down to the final seconds with arizona unable to sink the winning shot at the buzzer. after being forced to spend ten weeks on the road earlier this season because of coronavirus restrictions in santa clara, california, stanford battled three weeks in san antonio where they leave national champions. the 29-year title gap which includes ten trips to the final four is the long for for any coach in any sport. wow. >>> meanwhile, the men's title is going to be decided between a pair of top seeds following a dominant win in an all-texas final four matchup on sad, baylor will meet gonzaga. the number one seeded bulldogs will look to complete their perfect season, can you believe that, with a win over baylor after surviving the final four with a buzzer beater in overtime with the 11th seeded ucla. if you haven't seen it, watch that shot. it's amazing. >>> and in major league baseball, the nationals will finally open

. >> coach tara vanderveer throughout the tournament with her winds. now she's the 3rd winngeinst coach in basketball history. college basketball history. this is her first title in 29 years. she won in 1992 and last night and in true style because she is all class she thought he she talked about her former players who knocks on the door but did not win for the last 29 years and she thanked them for their participation as well. >> haley jones right here in the bay area she could win anywhere any college as she was the top rate high school player in the country. she chose to go here and we're better for it. >> yeah. it's cool that she's out of santa cruz because you feel like, you know somebody for out here actually won. and i know they'll go to school year like tiger, for example, who is a champion from stanford and he was one of the first to say congrats to the women. he tweeted that he won here in 94 and we might have heard of anyone on to himself and he's recovering right. yeah. and he tweeted out because he's still proud of stanford. president joe

here's what tara vanderveer had to say. >> we've got to limit turnovers because they really get out and run in transition. you know, and these are things that are any big secrets. you know, watch him play in. they're they're a great up uptempo team. so you've got to limit turnovers. so they're you know, run on you and you've got you've got to really get back in transition and i take aw y easy baskets. we've got to play the 2nd half. we can't wait to a 2nd half. we can ourselves a hole. we've got to come out and the whole game just like we did the 2nd half against alito. >> can't wait for that one tomorrow afternoon. all right. that's it for sports. more ne senators county is riding a wave of better metrics back into the orange tier of the state's reopening standings and celebrating that hundreds of people who hopped on the rides at the santa cruz beach boardwalk today. it is open again. >> kron four's. rob fladeboe has that story. >> there's nothing quite like a ride in the world. renowned giant roller coaster tomorrow. the quarantine cobwebs from our collective pandemic-weary psyche. t

but he also allowed 8 hits and 5 runs and feel tara vanderveer and stanford taking on fellow one seed south carolina and a final 4 matchup today. we're going to go ahead and jump all the way to the 4th quarter because this was a battle to the finish under a minute to play gamecocks down to destiny henderson nails. the 3 for south carolina just their second lead of the game the cardinals trailing by one with 38 seconds to place a stanford trying to take that leaves act. >> and they have a chance. archbishop mitty zone haley jones inbounds to lexi hall who can't get it goes that here comes jones. the rebound and the go ahead 2 points of her career right there still cool as a cucumber is jones. final seconds of the game jones against inbounds cameron brink and the freshman just carrying on so the gamecocks can win it here. their first shot. no good on another doesn't so stanford hangs on their head back to the national title game for the first time since 2010. what a game. what a finish off just the definition of march madness. a one-point win for the number one overall seed. but as is t

. >> an impromptu parade on the campus yesterday head coach tara vanderveer and the lady cardinal, we'reh campus in convertibles, waving the women's basketball program won their 3rd national championship over the weekend taken down arizona santa cruz de of a lee jones named the final four's. most outstanding player. and now to the man baylor ruin gonzaga's perfect season. they won the men's national basketball championship for colleges game ended with baylor beating the zags final score 86 to 70. it wasn't even close. the whole game long. it's baylor's first national title and zags first loss of the season. 5.55 is the time right now. james. yeah, let's talk about the golden state trying to snap a three-game losing streak tonight they'll be taken on the milwaukee bucks. >> sunday. as you know, the warriors loss to the atlanta hawks. even with steph curry back in the lineup. rookie center. james wiseman has been struggling in recent games. he says he's working hard to get better and understanding the warriors style of play. >> i'm so competitive for like our warm better marked so for us i

but coach vanderveer steam shows how grit tenacity can prevail in d. superintendent of san francisco public schools announced today that he will delay his retirement for another year. vince matthews was initially planning to retire on june 30th. he says that the board of education, though, asked him to put that on hold. matthews will stay on with the district until june. 30th of 2022, the district is facing a number of challenges, including terms of reopening and a potential recall of board member. and speaking of tomorrow, the san francisco school board could reverse their decision to rename 44 schools in the city. the chronicle reports. the school board says it's taking the action to avoid costly litigation. in january, the board voted to change school names that a committee had determined or associated with slavery, oppression, genocide and colonization. the names included lincoln washington mission, balboa, jefferson and sarah. lawsuit was filed against the renaming planned by people who say the board did not consult with historians in making their

but coach vanderveer. team shows how grit and tenacity can prevail. still to come at noon. as more people get the covid-19 vaccine, they are beginning to feel a little more comfortable about attending gatherings were to take a look at what's opening here in the bay area and the county that's worried about an increase in cases, plus the derrick shop and trial enters its second week with more testimony for the prosecution. we're gonna have the latest for you from the courtroom, and it's a cool cloudy day across the bay area, check out this gorgeous picture of lake tahoe at this hour. they give you meteorologist college, grogan is going to have your full majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways... fertile farmlands... there's lots to love about california. so put off those chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm when less clean energy is available. because that's power down time. with the emergency room doctor who treated george floyd now dr bradford legend. feld said that floyd heart had stopped by the time floyd arrived at the hospital. the doctor testified this morni

the nch campion ship is the third for stanford and coach tara vanderveer.his team, not for just their basketball, but for being able to get through this covid and be so mature and we stayed in it, and we found ways to, um. really enjoy each other and be be excited to play and we're really happy to win this championship. the road to the national championship wasn't easy with challenges due to the pandemic, the players juggled practice covid protocols and classes be a zoom. we've learned tonight that major league baseball was going to move their all star game to course field in denver after pulling out of georgia in protest of that state's controversial new voting law. the move by major league baseball will cost the state alameda money. one expert estimates that the atlanta area will miss out on almost $100 million in tourism revenue without the all star game. democrats say the bill will disproportionately hurt minority voters and restrict voting. but republicans say that's a false narrative and claims it's just another example of cancer. cancel culture, thes

here's the goat as we call her tara vanderveer, they landed to dozens of stanford supporters. 3rd national championship yesterday when they took down arizona santa cruz native haley jones was named the most outstanding player of the final 4. all right. let's go to the men's game in indianapolis baylor the matchup. everybody expected all season and the 1st half was all baylor. check out this guy. teague. he had 14 points at the half. the bears led by as many as 19. they went up by 10 at halftime. 2nd half baylor pulls away again that adam flager. coming off 3 of those cash money, 10 3 of the game. 16 point game 4 minutes left they'll be moved by davion mitchell baylor goes up. 19 that would really do it. they beacons ag 86 to 70 indiana is still the last undefeated team to win the nc double a tournament. that was all the way back in 1976. all right. the pro guys. now, we've talked about it at nauseum. but it still holds true. the warriors have an identity problem. it's an organization that still has championship pedigree steph curry draymond green. they don't have championship

dead for coach tara vanderveer says she's treasuring every moment with her team for this team that haswed some great resilience. great determination on incredible togetherness. i'm their biggest fan, and i just know that i only have two more games of potential coaching them, and i wanted to be two great games. go demanded. we're also making sure that our players have time to relax. the school posted this fun video of the coach squaring off against the players in a fun game of foosball, the coach. by the way one. we do have some breaking news coming out of major league baseball here. the league just announced plans to move this year's all star game from the atlanta braves ballpark in response to georgia, enacting a new law last month restricting voting rights. mlb had awarded the game to atlanta in may of 2019, and the game was scheduled for july. 13th is part of baseball's mid summer break here, but commissioner of the league made the decision to move the all star events and the amateur draft, which had been scheduled to be held in atlanta for the first time, the commissioner said, quo

. >> coach tara vanderveer first championship in 29 seasons when she won, she thought about her current players and how heart warming is this. she thought about all the other players that she coach. they came so close to winning a championship for themselves and for her. so she talked about that scene. the last time she was in a championship game and i watched it was in 2010 and they lost to uconn. so this is the 3rd championship for coach van der veer 9092 2021 and now she's the 3rd winningest coach in college women's basketball as well. so they're coming back as queens of the basketball world tiger woods. he went here in 1994. he tweeted out congratulations. president joe biden. he tweeted out congratulations as well. and you know, james dairy, if you leave for a few days. re you miss home. how about this because of the shutdown, because of covid-19 that clamping down on organized sports in the county and in the bay area that was a 90 day road trip that they are finally coming home back to their own beds as queens of the basketball at it paid off. that's a lot of time at a hotel. but.