First it was traffic. Then the heat. And today trouble with the turf had them ripping out the entire field but is there a bigger problem at levi stadium. Then how safe the stands are for fortyniner fans. Im in for dan. Yesterday fortyniner practice was cut short after players were slipping on the sod and the coach felt the field was just too dangerous. Sky 7 hd was overhead today as crews ripped out the bad sod leaving a giant dirt patch where the field should be. Workers have until this weekend to get the new grass down. Niners will host san diego in preseason game on sunday. The chargers were assured the field would be ready and they do intend to play but tonight the 1. 3 billion dollar stadium facing yet another potential problem. Lisa is live at levi stadiu stadium. Lisa . Reporter hi. First the turf issue and now this. Bay area attorney is raising another issue. Has to do with just how safe fans are sitting in the stands exploratorium base personal injury attorney chris do land is
First it was traffic. Then the heat. And today trouble with the turf had them ripping out the entire field but is there a bigger problem at levi stadium. Then how safe the stands are for fortyniner fans. Im in for dan. Yesterday fortyniner practice was cut short after players were slipping on the sod and the coach felt the field was just too dangerous. Sky 7 hd was overhead today as crews ripped out the bad sod leaving a giant dirt patch where the field should be. Workers have until this weekend to get the new grass down. Niners will host san diego in preseason game on assured the field would be fiele ready and they do intend to play but tonight the 1. 3 billion dollar stadium facing yet another potential problem. Lisa is live at levi stadiu stadium. Lisa . Rstreporter hi. First the turf issue and now this. Bay area attorney is raising another issue. Has to do with just how safe fans are sitting in the stands exploratorium base personal injury attorney chris do land is a big fortyniner
Moments ago. Theyre trying to reassure fans by giving us and the fans more details on why they think the turf will be ready inside levi stadium for sundays preseason game, which keep in mind, is just over 48 hours ago. Now, here you can see whats been going on in the stadium, from chopper. This is the view from chopper. This has been going on in the stadium since before dawn. But the past few hours, the ground crew has been installing new rolls of their bandera bermuda grass. Weve counted about six truckloads of that sod so far. The reason why this sod should be ready for sunday is that its double cut. Its twice as thick as regular sod, which means its heavier and has a more established root system. The 49ers are using a special machine that compresses the turf into the sand below and pushes it together, so there are no seems for the players to trip on. The 49ers tell us that this is a Standard Practice in the nfl, a plan theyve had in their back pocket for a while. We confirmed with t
Problem at the Lafayette Bart station. Reporter imagine getting off bart to see this, a perfectly good day gone up in flames. I saw on the news that theres a fire in the Lafayette Bart parking lot. And so i heard it was in the central parking lot. I thought it was way over there. I thought i was okay because i parked way out here. Reporter not so much. The Running Board melted on todds nissan. The car was driveable. The fire started in the engine of this lexus around 2 p. M. In the parking lot of Lafayette Bart and spread to four other cars leaving one with scorched paint, another with a melted front end, and a third with a v shaped gash in the grill from firefighters trying to vent it. I was shocked to see my car was partially melted from all this high heat and flames. Reporter how high did the flames go . Check out this tree. The singed leaves go nearly all the way to the top of the lamppost. Commuters were caught off guard by their good fortune. Shocking i cant believe how lucky i a
Thank you. 5 00 now. New this morning, dozens of people lost their homes to an east bay fire overnight. Kpix 5s anne makovec has the very latest from the scene on international boulevard this morning in oakland. Anne. Reporter im here at international at 23rd avenue in oakland. 37 people are out of their homes this morning after this huge fire. It started in this blue building here behind me. Firefighters say it started in the back of the building outside and quickly spread up the walls, blew out the roof and then spread to the White Building next door. 10 Apartment Units total on the upper floor of these buildings, and then there were three businesses on the bottom, a bake shop, hair salon and bookstore. Now, all the 37 people who lived in those apartments got out okay. But their homes are destroyed. And five dogs are missing. The apartment goes all the way to the back. And there was some sort of explosion. I heard it. It sounded like a car crash in front. He actually jumped. Reporter