Hear. Also a potentially dangerous 48 hours ahead for parts of the bay area already hit hard during this fire season. But first two local counties are changing tiers. Napa now orange, San Francisco now yellow, which means a green light for businesses and schools. And what about the 49ers . The state says yes, the county says no. A lot of mixed messages about our covid restrictions which opens the door for some conflict between the 49ers and Santa Clara County. At stake millions of dollars in revenue and a lot of fans who just want a return to levi stadium. Reporter tonight fans feel like theyve lost again after Santa Clara County blew a whistle. The state announced counties in the orange and yellow tiers could start hosting pro sporting events with limited capacity. In the south bay it would be 20 meaning the earthquakes could host 3,600 fans. The niners 13,700 as the majority of nfl teams now allow some fans. But an hour later the county said no leaving lifelong fan jesse mendez steam
season s play-off run, but with one big addition. get back to the rams, beat em, and take the conference this year, get through the play-offs and straight to the super bowl. reporter: 49ers super fan jesse mendez was part of the 408 faithful s fan group that helped fill opponent stadiums in dallas, green bay and l.a. for the play-offs. this year fans haveheexpectatio questions remain. will jimmy garoppolo be traded? can trey lance lead another play-off run? and what about deebo? we ve had a lot of off-season stuff going on. and i m hoping they work all that out before we get through training camp. today i met with 49ers president al guido. in terms of personnel, any changes to announce at this time? no, no personnel changes to announce. reporter: but the team did just publish its 2022 training camp schedule, which includes 11 open practice dates, the first since they were sidelined by the pandemic. can t wait to welcome fans back, getting into that experience
there is a fan base. reporter: for san jose-based 49er fans like jesse mendez, these are the best of times. my former people are not going to like this but that is where we are at, the 408. they are here and here to stay. reporter: he s a lifelong 49ers fan and a member of the club called 408 empire, it is an empire he says that is rising. it is grown considerably. over the last month or two we had a lot of members that have joined. reporter: all over san jose there are signs of a growing 49ers fan presence, like this recently painted mural on a downtown building. we are a block away from the sap center, we are splashing red and gold on the wall. the mural was painted and commissioned by the niners organization itself. is it a stake in the ground claiming territory? they live here, they are winning, we ve got beautiful art surrounding it. it is a good experience all around. reporter: that was certainly the case the last time the where an excited overflow cro
While. It would be 7 00 or 8 00 tonight. We are monitoring the Development Story and well have much more details and keeping tabs on the situation at 5 00. Until then, live in arlington, Jeff Goldberg, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. Abc7 and Jeff Goldberg first to break the story on twitter and online. For the latest updates as they happen go to wjla. Com and search olivera. Michelle metros Top Executive grilled on the hill today. Paul wiedefeld answering questions about the controversial shutdown. Jonathan he made the decision last month to take all the trains out of service for one full day. Emergency inspections finding frayed cables underground. Some of the tissues so bad that if they knew about it earlier the trains would have been halted a lot sooner. Brianne carter has wiedefelds explanation. He took the hot seat for sure. Brianne well, the hearing is still ongoing here on capitol hill. Just beyond these doors. That hearing again he said continuing this a meeting with the houe e
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