Special message for her counterparts in cleveland. Lebron is a cry baby, and im from oaktown. Im just keeping it real and calling it like i call it. Reporter go dubs. In oakland, eric thomas, abc 7 news. Well, the fans are concerned should the warriors be worried . Its a little tense but it is exciting. Abc 7 news sports director larry biel is here with that perspective and what happened last night. What happened . It all went bad. I want to pay the guy who paid 49,000 for the ticker and see what he does and see if he needs an assistant. History is actually on the warriors side here. Home teams are 153 alltime in game sevens of the finals. The road team hasnt won since 1978. The problem is the warriors look extremely vulnerable the last couple of games partly because of injuries partly because lebron james looked very much like the king. He scored 41 points in backtoback finals games with the cavs facing elimination. You now, to make matters wofrs here, the warriors best defender iguod
Again come sunday. And of course the controversy continues. The twitter controversy took a different turn. A wellknown commentator offered up some pretty harsh criticism. Smith suggested that aisha was getting a pass from critics, implying people would have been far harsher if Lebron Jamess wife sent out that type of tweet. And her comments put her husband in a compromising position. She fired back on twitter, stephen a. Smith, why are you pitting us against each other . Youre the one thats out of pocket. If youre desperate to see sundays game, a limited number of tickets just wen on sale at the top of the hour. We dont know how many and were told season Ticket Holders get the first shot at them. What about resale . Stub hub lists close to 800 for the cheap seats. On lower level, we couldnt find a ticket for less than 1300. Front side, Court Side Seats start at a whopping 40,000. Our coverage of the warriors continues online and on our website nbcbayarea. Com. Dont forget to send us yo
Department. This kind of language, if true and if he did it, is totally inappropriate and unacceptable. Civil rights attorney, says the texts which depict images of the ku klux klan and the n word promote just the kind of culture he and others have been fighting to stamp out. It starts as a joke. And its not funny. And then it goes, it, it can go on to things that are even less funny than the jokes. If they come from a commander it is even more disturbing. If it is a commander that means that the officers that that person commands thinks it is okay. And its not. Now we fried to get reaction to those Text Messages from city. Of course theyre dealing with a lot tonight. Sources tell us that acting interim chief police chief paul figaroa has stepped down. And city administrator will now jee eversee the department. A News Conference scheduled for just 30 minutes from now. Reporting live in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. 48hour tenure there as police chief. Jo di jodi, thank yo
Replaced sean wendt last thursday. A week later he was replaced by paul figueroa. Now he is being replaced by the oakland city administrator. Claims have been made that at many as 20 officers had sex with the same minor and racist texts sent to at least four other officers in the department. We have an exclusive look at the Text Messages. Were told they were sent in 2014. One shows a cereal box with a kkk picture on it. And another shows a kkk rally with an obscene caption. The mayor says its important to note that the texts were sent by africanamerican officers. They are wholly inappropriate and not acceptable from anyone who wears the badge of the Oakland Police department. The mayor described the culture of the opd as quote, toxic and macho. She said she was running a Police Department not a frat house. Who is overseeing oakland pd . Sabrina landress used to be city manager in emoryville. While they look for a permanent chief, command staff will report to her. I have seen overseeing
Way involving 2 lawsuits regarding the arena. Kpix 5s anne makovec reports. Reporter this is the latest in a string of challenges to that project. The Mission Bay Alliance once again trying to call a time out. [ sirens in the background ] reporter the piece of land in question is now an empty lot in mission bay across 3rd street from the Ucsf Medical Center campus. This is what the warriors want to turn it into. A complex featuring a new 18,000seat arena to house the nba champion team. Its going to be a disaster for San Francisco. Reporter the Mission Bay Alliance says the arena will create a traffic nightmare around the hospital especially if there are simultaneous events at the arena and at at t park a few blocks to the north. All the noise and shouting and the music and the loudness, this will really create havoc on the patients being treated. Reporter the lawsuit alleges San Francisco overlooked important environmental regulations in a rush to approve the project. Thats ridiculous.