Screaming fans greeted a triumphant team in santa clara. After the victory against the panthers the 49ers are one step closer to the super bowl. Good evening and thank you for im ama dates the win sets up a conference showdown in seattle in one week. Our coverage begins with abc7 News Reporter lilian kim who is live at 49ers headquarterses in santa clara where the teams just returned. Hi, lilian. Hi, ama. Dozens of fans gave the 49ers a warm welcome home. And tonight they got a special treat from the head coach himself. Shortly after the 49ers arrived at Team Headquarters in Santa Clara Jim Harbaugh got out of his car to greet the fans. How are you feeling . Great, fantastic. He took pictures and signed autographs for anybody who asked. I got Jim Harbaughs ought tbraf on my sons hoodie. How do we laminate this thing . She cool. He is doing the kids first and thats a good man. He was the Main Attraction and they cheered on the players as they left one by one and many made sure to wear t
Of the Morning Hours, i should say midmorning, still plenty of cloud cover. But the plan is for the clouds to break up and have a partly cloudy afternoon. Temperatures still on the cool side. Upper 50s to the lower 60s coastside. And ther 60s inland. A look at our warmup in a few minutes. Lisa, thank you. The warriors take on the clippers at 12 30 today at oracle arena in oakland as their playoff series continues. But this morning clippers owner Donald Sterling is getting more attention than the players. We have an audio recording of what he told his girlfriend, to not bring black people to the games. Nick smith reports. Coaches and players from both teams admit that the sterling firestorm is a distraction. Anger and frustration could be heard around the nba after an audio recording surfaced as a man identified as Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling his his girlfriend not to bring black people to his game. People yeah, it bothers me a lot. If you want to broadcast that you are a
This is abc 7 news. Stops doing this, it is absolutely outrageous, and i hope they catch them. Nervous neighbors in the south bay, and new video that could help the police track down the serial arsonist. The search is on in the bay, the Authorities Say he has already struck eight times since wednesday, the most recent, just this morning. And now police have a sketch of the suspect. More from san jose. Lisa . Reporter alma, im at the corner of st. John, this is the target area, Police Believe the person lived right there. The fire ravaged this victorian home before dawn, it belonged to an elderly couple who moved here 50 years ago. Jose lara helped them escape, tonight he is learning more about what he can do as a Downtown Resident to protect himself from an arsonist. Don gagliardi is part of the 13th street neighborhood guard. He believes the arsonist started eight fires this week. Hopefully this person realizes that folks are after them and stops doing this, because it is absolutely o
If you broadcast to you are associating with black people, do you have to . A racist rant from Donald Sterling, allegedly brought a firestorm of controversy now. People are calling for a boycott of the team as theyre getting ready to play against the warriors tomorrow. Good evening, thank you for joining us. The audio was obtained by tmz. Nba officials want few gto get e bottom of it. Nick smith is live. Nick. Reporter basketball commissioner adam silver is not prepared to discuss sanctions, but promised the investigation would move quickly. Many see this as the first true test of adam silver as leader of the nba. In his first year as commissioner spoke about the growing controversy at a press conference before game four between the thunder and grizzlies in memphis. The audio recording posted by tmz is truly offensive and disturbing. And we intend to get to the bottom of it as quickly as possible. The audio recording of a man, Donald Sterling, telling his girlfriend not to bring black
Conversation between clippers owner Donald Sterling, the nbas longest tenured opener and his girlfriend on that tape racist comments are made, fuel something to call for a boycott of the team just as it gets ready to take on warriors tomorrow. Ktvus john sasaki joins us with reaction, including reaction from the coach of the clippers. Reporter heather, the audiotape realized by tmz alleged includes l. A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling arguing with his girlfriend and making inflammatory and racist comment. People call me and tell you that i have black people on my instagram and it bothers me. It brothers me if you want to broadcast you are associating with black people. You associate with black people. Im not you and you are not me. The nba commissioner held a News Conference this evening and called the recording truly offensive and disturb. Donald sterling should be afford due process just as any play or executive in this league would be. So it would be unwise of me and improper frankl