. >> wayne friedman is live with what they had to say today. >> reporter: you know sometimes when you have a job and you finish it, you have an exit interview with your employer. that's what they did, they had one of those exit interviews. and when they exited the interview, they had another exit interview with a few of the members of the media. >> i'm kind of mad that we should have been doing this last year. >> reporter: he might have found agreement some four floors above the warriors practice facility. >> it's going to be a better summer for sure. >> reporter: in the shadows of previous greats as the warriors prep for tomorrow's parade, they brought out several players, a main question for all of them, yes, they say they plan to stay together. as to why? >> we make each other better and it's not about, you know, who gets the credit. it's really just about let's have fun playing ball and let's see how we can win together. >> next question, will they go to the white house? >> we haven't talked about it much, aside from conversations here or there that you don't plan a championship l

. >> wayne friedman is live with what they had to say today. >> reporter: you know sometimes when youe a job and you finish it, you have an exit interview with your employer. that's what they did, they had one of those exit interviews. and when they exited the interview, they had another exit interview with a few of the members of the media. >> i'm kind of mad that we should have been doing this last year. >> reporter: he might have found agreement some four floors above the warriors practice facility. >> it's going to be a better summer for sure. >> reporter: in the shadows of previous greats as the warriors prep for tomorrow's parade, they brought out several players, a main question for all of them, yes, they say they plan to stay together. as to why? >> we make each other better and it's not about, you know, who gets the credit. it's really just about let's have fun playing ball and let's see how we can win together. >> next question, will they go to the white house? >> we haven't talked about it much, aside from conversations here or there that you don't plan a championship like

wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >>> phil jackson is out as president of the new york knicks.ent today saying they had mutually agreed to part company ending one of the worst eras in team history. he could never replicate the success he had as a coach when we won an nba record 11 championships. he tried to hire steve kerr shortly after he got the job but he chose the warriors instead. we like that. you can get the latest news any time with the abc 7 news app. you can download it for free. enable push alerts know about breaking news where you live. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >>> we cannot ply international whack a mole with each new threat. >> a big escalation of airport security. hundreds of thousands of people will be affected. >>> did the killer set off a metal detector just before he killed three co-workers? >>> are packed hearing over a predatory lending scheme. how people are accuse e ed -- treated after they are accused of a crime. >>> warm summer weather is in the forecast. i'll have a holiday temperature coming up. >>> that breaking news is in san jose where there'

here's abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman. >> reporter: at westlake middle school in oakland this was a day for some very large bodies to mingle with some grateful student ones. >> have you ever been more excited than -- >> no. >> meet the nba warriors and brass. this is what happens when the league picks your school to become what they call a legacy. >> everydy is on a high. this is the most excited i've seen students ever since i've been here. >> reporter: randy porter runs the music program on this almost 100-year-old campus. those were his kids serenading the dignitaries as they arrived. but a lot led up to this. work here began more than a month ago. legacy school status brought with it new backboards for the gymnasium and simple but major upgrades to the dance center. >> mis, blinds, something as simple as blinds. we didn't have blinds. >> reporter: in the library principal jonathan farrar showed us a new play and study center and not far away a parents' room complete with all the comforts of home. >> for example, the washing machine or their dryer broke. so they're more than we

wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >>> well, the sierra snow melt is too much for one community. the extreme heat has the king's river running high and fast. reporter gene haganson has the story. >> reporter: waters continue to pour into the king's river channel, pushing the waterway for miles downstream, threatening homes, property and farmland. >> it's still within its channel capacity but it is getting to the point where the levy's downstream are going to be pretty saturated. >> reporter: so far the levies are holding but there's nothing protecting the low lying river bed. they're being enforced by the sheriff's department. it doesn't mean they have to leave but if they do, they can't go back home. one of five park residents who did leave and are staying at the red cross shelter. this view shows just how the river has spread and crews are working to save the golf course. >> we're holding the line. if you go throughout and look, there's fairways with water in them. we've got pumps, we've rented pumps. we're pumping it back into the river and try to keep what damage we can to a

abc7 news reporter wayne friedman has the story. >> reporter: it is a strange place to use a tape measure. a sidewalk next to traffic in a railroad intersection. >> it is about 30 1/2 inches. that won't accommodate a wheelchair. >> the thorn the in side of the smart railway which just today announced a soft opening and free preview rides. he says they're close to approval. it is still at an automated system. >> we're doing those responses as quickly as fobl get that. >> but at the crossing, it is controversial. they're saying smart has not listened to their concerns. >> as far as i'm concern, they're on notice right now for their liability if a pedestrian gets hit. >> the measure has forced sonoma county to spend $2 million on sidewalks and traffic improvements. at issue, trains move fast and on a bend. the crossing the blind and somewhat tight. if it is safe, why do they put flagmen here every day? >> they're just extra eyes and ears for smart. >> and yet they've announced they'll be putting in additional gates and other measures. they're willing to cut him some slack. it is a half billi

wayne friedman has more from the track. >> welcome to sonoma raceway where this weekend, usual rules of road will not apply. >> these guys don't use hand signals or turn signals or anything. >> that is nascar in a nutshell as this ken lewis from eugene, oregon, just another member of this weekend's know maddic tribe. >> one with 38 stops per year that can leave a person partially death. especially if he's thrilled to exhaustion by caution. we are on pit road where men checking tire pressure never before seemed to fascinated. wander close enough, you'll whiff the ethanol. >> there's no room for luggage in here. >> no, sir. have to travel light. >> as nascar races go, this is unusual. a road with hills, steep turns, elevation changes, up close in one location or park your rv high on the hill in a space that sold for $1500 for the whole weekend. dinner anyone? ♪ >> across the so-called street, they're just having beer and lots of it, who describe their ample provisioning. >> 630 for the two of us. >> 180 beers. >> that's 90 per man. >> well, i'll probably drink 85 at least. >> in summar

wayne friedman has more from the track. >> welcome to sonoma raceway where this weekend, usual ruleswill not apply. >> these guys don't use hand signals or turn signals or anything. >> that is nascar in a nutshell as this ken lewis from eugene, oregon, just another member of this weekend's know maddic tribe. >> one with 38 stops per year that can leave a person partially death. especially if he thrilled to exhaustion by caution. we are on pit road where men checking tire pressure never before seemed to fascinated. wander close enough, you'll whiff the ethanol. >> there's no room for luggage in here. >> no, sir. have to travel light. >> as nascar races go, this is unusual. a road with hills, steep turns, elevation changes, up close in one location or park your rv high on the hill in a space that sold for $1500 for the whole weekend. dinner anyone? ♪ >> across the so-called street, they're just having beer and lots of it, who describe their ample provisioning. >> 630 for the two of us. >> 180 beers. >> that's 90 per man. >> well, i'll probably drink 85 at least. >> in summary, it may b