Im standing in front of the stadium. The road is being closed. Excitement and curiosity definitely in the air. Behind the scenes it was a last push to open the doors. Leaf levis stadium is finally ready for its closeup, almost. Outside its a mad rush to get finishing touches young. Sam is grouting as fast as he can. We have to do the building since this morning. Time is running out here. Oh, yeah. Welcome to levis stadium, and to the first game. Irene lopez is one of thousands of concession workers on the job for the first time. Pj fuentes shows off the tickets he just bought with his dad for the inaugural earthquakes versus Seattle Sounders match. Im. Amped up. A great day for the community and a quarter earthquakes, 45,000 people here, to christen levis stadium. Traffic was jammed up before noon, most trying to get to great america. If you driving to the game electronic signage directs you to parking. These two didnt have a ticket but drove up to the see stadium. The candlestick, gre
Headed to santa clara for the match. Sergio quintana begins our Team Coverage live from levis stadium. Sergio . Reporter it is opening day and all the spectators here are making their way into what is now the newest, shiness, football stadium in the country. Opening game is here, of course, theyre going to be playing futbol, 0 as we call it in the united states, soccer. The earthquakes fans are eager to be the first ones to take in this grand sporting venue. It took a little over two years to construct the stadium. Capacity is just under 69,000 spectators but wont get close to that number for this matchup between the San Jose Earthquakes and the Seattle Sounders. A lot of fans were decked out in 49ers crimson. Grew up near santa clara my whole life and been a 49er feign and they brought it here. Got to be here. Our inaugural celebration go niners. Reporter hours for before be gates opened up. So many people waiting to get through security. Traffic took getting used to but fans got here
Our inaugural celebration go niners. Reporter hours for before be gates opened up. So many people waiting to get through security. Traffic took getting used to but fans got here by freeway or light rail in plenty of time. My colleague, cornell bernard, has been here throughout the day and continues our Team Coverage with a look at the preparations. Welcome to levis stadium. The first day on the job at levis stadium for concession worker irene lopez. Everything brand new, awesome. I just love it. I got lucky to be here and im ready to go for todays game. Levis stadium is almost ready for the fans. Outside its a mad rush to get finishing touches done. Sam is grouting as fast as he can. The building we have to do since this morning. Time is running out here. Oh, yeah. The first actual live event here, so im really amped up. P. J. Shows off the tickets he bought with his dad for the earthquakes with Seattle Sounders game, and the Team President called it an honor to be the first on need. A
Todays high temperatures and strong winds made it difficult for firefighters to get containment at 20 . Shasta countys fire exploded to 7,000 acres forcing more evacuations there. Its been burning in the National Forest since thursday. Firefighters have zero contain mtd of the blaze. The governor secure add grant to cover the cost of fighting the fire. A series of thunderstorms moving through Southern California this weekend. Last sunday a rare storm hit the region. Lightning strikes killed one and injured several others who were caught off guard. This morning the storm dumped rain on a bicycle race through the mountains. Some of the cyclists had to be treated for hypothermia. Here in the bay area, relief for areas dealing with the recent triple digit temperatures. Francis has more with a look at live doppler 7 hd, hi, francis. Good evening. Walnut creek dropped by 19 degrees. Live doppler 7 picking up a very typical summer pattern with clouds at the coast starting to spill in to the b