. his association with the jiens is permanent and it will last forever. he was a true giant on the field and off. tonight the bay area is mourning the loss of one of its legends. good evening. it was this afternoon we learned of the hall of famer s death. the 80-year-old mccovey had been d he passed away at stanford hospital. we have team coverage tonight. we begin with abc 7 news sports director larry vierra. what a loss. willy mccovey was a giant among giants, a man who could hit these titanic home runs. he was beloved after his baseball career ended in 1980. willie mays may be the best giant ever. willie-mc maybe the most loved. loved and admired for his demeanor off the field, he could be scaryhease. he debuted with the san francisco giants at 21. the man named stretch protected willie mays. you talk about a first baseman, hear all these things about this guy can stretch, this guy can hid. mac did all those things. that s why big mac was a first ballot
. his association with the jiens is permanent and it will last forever. he was a true giant on the field and off. tonight the bay area is mourning the loss of one of its legends. good evening. it was this afternoon we learned of the hall of famer s death. the 80-year-old mccovey had been dealing with some health issues. he passed away at stanford hospital. we have team coverage tonight. we begin with abc 7 news sports director larry vierra. what a loss. willy mccovey was a giant among giants, a man who could hit these titanic home runs. he was beloved after his baseball career ended in 1980. willie mays may be the best giant ever. willie-mc maybe the most loved. loved and admired for his demeanor off the field, he could be scary behind the base. he debuted with the san francisco giants at 21. the man named stretch protected willie mays. you talk about a first baseman, hear all these things about this guy can stretch, this guy can hid. mac did all those things.
highs in my 12-hour day planner. low to upper 50s at 7:00. nearing 70 at noon. near 70 at the coast at 4:00. near 80 elsewhere. a gorgeous evening on the bay. 60 at the coast. let s find out about the commute. hi, alexis. we are starting off with a sig-alert eastbound 80, bay bridge. you can see this from the emeryville camera. we have flashing lights here. we did get better news from chp. the two left lanes are open. three right lanes remain closed. two-car crash that resulted in a vehicle fire. that s why it is taking a bit longer to get that fully cleared. i m not sure why my clicker is not cooperating. we ll take a closer look at tracy coming up next. you re looking at an illegal streetside show. a few hours ago highway patrol said the officers knew about side shows across the county. so police teamed up to keep drivers from blocking streets and performing these dangerous stunts for the cars. obviously they kept happening anyway. they arrested two suspects and impound
no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) new this morning. c-h-p was busy overnight with a handful of sideshows in san jose. ( james ) kron4 s lydia pantazas has the video that shows just how out of hand thigs got. yesterday the san jose office of chp learned of some information that tipped them to some sideshow activity that was planned in san jose. chp worked with san jose police to position themselves in key locations to stop freeways from being shut down. chp was able to arrest one participant and impounded the owners car for 30 days. officers also observed an onlooker driving erratically and was able to stop that person after a short chase and arrested the driver. chp could not confirm any of the activity that happened on city streets but we ar
We were thrilled to welcome more than 24,000 runners to the streets of Chicago today, said Executive Race Director Carey Pinkowski. Chicago s running community came out in full force.