i'm raj mathai. next on nbc bay area news tonight, it's a gut punch, and it's happening. the a's are leaving oakland and heading to sacramento. >> and we're looking forward to this being our home. >> this is a bad day for baseball. it really is. >> the a's should be in oakland. >> we're going hear from a's fans, and we're digging into why

the deal to stay at the coliseum a little bit longer fell apart. also -- snow and hail in the bay area. so what's in store as we head into the weekend? plus, our investigative unit has uncovered dozens of cities across the bay area not meeting their requirements to build new and affordable housing. good evening. this is nbc bay area news tonight. i'm raj mathai. this one hurts just a little bit different. a heartbreaking and emotional day for a whole lot of people here in the bay area. the oakland a's are leaving. we knew this day was coming. but for many of us, we thought maybe, just maybe there was a glimmer of hope the a's would stay in oakland. maybe john fisher would sell the team. but it's not happening. like the raiders and to a lesser extent the warriors, the a's are walking out on oakland. starting next season, the a's will be playing in sacramento at sutter health park, home to the

aaa rivercats. they'll be known as the athletics. no oakland, no sacramento in the name. capacity at sutter health park 10,000 seats. and then there is a grassy knoll out on for 4,000 people. so overall 14,000. sacramento is a temporary home for three, maybe four seasons until the a's new ballpark is built out in las vegas. right on the strip about a mile away from the raiders stadium. this morning, the a's made it official at sutter health park. you see john fisher there on the far right. the reclusive billionaire owner joining forces with sacramento kings owner vivek ranadive, who also owns the rivercats and some of the city officials out there. nbc's thom jensen also there. >> the a's and ownership here in west sacramento have been in talks for months. and when it seemed like there was no way to reach a deal at the coliseum in oakland, they penned an agreement to move here, at least temporarily for the next three years, maybe

longer. >> we're looking forward to this being our home until we move on to our stadium in las vegas in 2028. >> reporter: a's owner john fisher said he knows this is painful for bay area fans, but says a deal to stay in oakland seemed out of reach. the negotiations also included the sacramento kings co-owner vivek ranadive, who also owns the minor league sacramento rivercats. he sees this as one step closer to bringing a major league team to the state capital when the league expands. >> i think this is a great showcase for us. >> it's ban dream of west sacramento to have a major league team here. >> reporter: the deal also comes with one more twist, a park mate. the a's will share the field with the minor league rivercats. the a's have an agreement for the first three seasons, and then an option for a fourth season in 2018 if their new park in las vegas isn't ready in time. in west sacramento, thom jensen,

nbc bay area news. >> thom, thank you. this is rock bottom for so many a's fans. 56 years of amazing memories, but also many of those years filled with angst, with the exception really of the haas family in the 1980s, a's ownership has frustrated this fan base. over the last several months, the fans have fought back. all the reverse boycotts, the t-shirts with the sell slogans. and on opening night, the fans staying outside the ballpark in protest. >> i don't like it at all. i'm loyal to where i live and the a's should be in oakland. >> i'm kind of glad they're leaving, you know. it kind of sucks that big sports organizations are taking taxpayer money and they're pretty much holding the city hostage. >> i'm disappointed because i wanted them to have to stay here, pay more money and sell back -- give us back the stadium. they're holding on to something that's ruining the area.

and they're doing nothing with it. they don't care about oakland at all. >> there is the business side to all of this. what happened? sources close to negotiations tell nbc bay area the city of oakland and alameda county did make a last-ditch offer to keep the team for the next few years. initially, the city and county wanted $97 million over five years for an extension of the coliseum. among the deal points, they wanted the a's to sell their 50% stake at the coliseum site, or of the coliseum site. the a's rejected that deal. so on tuesday night, you see on the right side of your screen, a second offer was made. the city and county then reduced their asking price. this time $60 million over three years, and again, for the a's to sell its share of the coliseum. again, the a's said no. instead, the a's won't pay any lease money out in sacramento. they will revenue share with the kings organization.

today, mayor sheng thao issuing the statement saying the final proposal was fair to the a's and was fiscally responsible for our city. she went on the say we wish the a's the best. the city of oakland will now focus on advancing redevelopment efforts at the coliseum. and that's really now the big issue. the a's still own half of this 155-acre complex. the coliseum, the arena, the parking lots, that's a lot of land with its own freeway exit and a bart station. the negotiations over selling the a's stake are ongoing. there will be some pro sports there, even after the a's leave. the roots and soul soccer teams will play their matches at the coliseum next year. however, not enough events to save jobs. there will be layoffs. >> it's a sad thing. and, you know, we have a great group of people with the a's. and they've done a great job in put aggregate product out there. but that is something that comes with this. and we're going to do everything we can to make sure that we have the right severance packages and we have placement and do what's

right there. is the opportunity for some of them up here or even in vegas, because we're going there too. >> joining us now is fp santangelo, retired big league player who played for the a's and the giants. he also grew up in the sacramento area. fp, nice to see you. i don't know much to say here other than this is a bummer. the fans are crushed and a bit angry. what are your thoughts as a former player with all this? >> i mean, as a former player, raj, i think the first thing that comes to mind is you work your whole life to get to the big leagues, and you finally get there, and now you're going to play in a minor league stadium. but as a kid who grew up in sacramento, it's ban rough day for me. i have mixed emotions. i'm all over the place. i'm conflicted. have i friends and family in sacramento that are kind of excited to see major leaguers roll through there. have i friends who work for the a's that got a text message today about november 1st being a cutoff day. and they might being b having to look for new jobs. so there could be people out of work. as a former oakland athletic, my

time with the a's was amazing. won 102 games. 15,000 fans would be this the ballpark and it would feel like 50,000. so a's fans are super passionate. as a baseball player, i just think this a bad day for baseball. it really is. as you can tell, i'm super conflicted. i'm all over the place. i think it's cool that baseball is going to sacramento. i think it's horrible for a's fans that they're losing a team. we knew that day was coming, right? we've been hearing about it forever. but the finality of it. this is the last year. i think that's the part. >> that's what makes it so hard. you said it very well. it's so many conflicting things here. we saw the raiders walk out, and now it's the a's. can sacramento just in terms of facilities, let's just talk about the players point of view, do they have the clubhouses, the facilities to house a major league team, including the yankees and the red sox who come to town? >> i think when you talk about -- do you remember the blue jays during the covid year?

they played in dunedin and they made that facility major league ready. i know that when sacramento first built, it was called raley field. when i was playing there in aaa in 2001 before i got called up to oakland, they said the ballpark is easily expandible. so there are certain ramifications and standards that minor league ballparks need to meet to be a major league ballpark. but i guess when you talk about the big pitcher, that's the easy part, raj. the hard part is are the river cats still going to play there? are the a's playing there? if you finally get called up to the big leagues after years in the minors, is your first game going to be in a minor league stadium? there are different ways to look at it. and that's why i'm super conflicted. being from the 916 and living in the 415. and that's my hometown. it's kind of cool. but then it's not cool. as you can tell, i'm all over the place. it's a bag full of mixed emotions. >> a final question for you, pete. you know the history here.

growing up in the sacramento area, playing for the a's, the giants we lose part of the fabric here. this is part of our community team, the a's leaving town. >> yeah, this isn't like the expos leaving montreal. this is a team that is a storied franchise of some of the greatest players whoever walked the face of the earth and they won four world championships. this is a little different. i think my first ever big league game was at tiger stadium. my second big league game was in oakland watching the tigers play the a's. so when i went to berkeley as a freshman, we would sneak out at night and go a's games. this is hard for the community. i feel for a's fans. they're a loyal bunch, as you well know. >> i went there as a kid. i bring my kids. that's going come to an end. fp santangelo thanks for your time. have a gaining on. >> thanks for having me on, raj. i appreciate it. let's take a live look at the coliseum. the a's are on the road right now. they're back at home on this field april 12th against the nationals. so we will talk to those players at this point. but of course we'll also chat with them when they are on the road.

let's get to some of our other headlines now. there it is. snow, hail, rain across the region. you can see it, and you can hear it. hail bouncing off cars and patios from oakland to san francisco to the south bay. and the snow, how about this? not just in the sierra. this is santa clara county. mount hamilton. a lot of snow there. nbc's robert handa is on snow patrol. >> well, it is a cold and windy day on mount hamilton near san jose, as you can imagine. we've seen a series of storms come through. but we never really saw the temperatures drop that much. so we saw a lot of rain. but now as the temperatures have dropped, it has gotten really cold, and you are seeing a lot of snow up here. in fact, it's not even that easy to walk through it. this isn't the only place that we saw snow as well. earlier today, we were up in the santa cruz mountains. but we also saw snow falling. and we saw a lot of people who were there trying to get close

to it. they had a little bit better luck than the people here on mount hamilton, because the chp has closed off the main road. so it's very difficult to come up here. we saw them turning away an awful lot of cars. they say they don't really like to do it, but they understand the snow is really a tempting attraction, and they know that a lot of people would like to come up here and play in it. but unfortunately, they say they get in the way of the people who have to work in it and work around it. and these people, they don't get a chance to leave once they've had their fun. on mount hamilton, robert handa, nbc bay area news. >> that still looks pretty cool. thank you, robert. so what's next? here is a look at the bay bridge. is it going to be rainy for the giants home opener tomorrow afternoon at oracle park? jeff ranieri talking about that and all the things that we're seeing even at this hour, jeff. take it away. >> it's been wild today. really taking us back to winter. and january 1st, so to speak, the way the storm system is moving in. it's not only the cold air, the rain, the thunderstorms, and

also that small hail. let's show storm ranger doppler radar. and we are tracking moderate few heavier pockets, let's put a track on this. i do see some of this wet weather here with some heavier rain at times, continuing off through orinda, walnut creek, martinez and concord. even into 7:49 the. livermore just got done with some very heavy downpours. this is moving off toward the altamont pass, eventually towards tracy. for the south bay rain continues in san jose, even low snow through the santa cruz mountains, and right back here towards mount hamilton. so as we head through tonight, rainfall chances stay with us, along with tomorrow, we'll keep the chance of some thunderstorms and small hail, low snow between 2,000 to 3,000 feet and temperatures only in the 50s. now i do want to just kind of show you one other thing that i'm tracking right now, and that is an earthquake just happened. this evening a 4.5 to the north and also to the east of chico. we're monitoring that. and of course the home opener for the giants tomorrow.

i've got that full forecast coming up later on in the show, raj. >> we need some good news regarding baseball. thank you, jeff. another big headline tonight. it's now certified and it's now official. three candidates will be on the november ballot. this is to replace congresswoman anna eshoo. normally the top two candidates move on to the general election in november, but as we've been reporting, the race ended in a tie, and those results were made official late today. here we go. santa clara supervisor joe simitian and state assembly member evan low ended with 30,249 votes each. that means both will advance to the november general election to take on front-runner, former san jose mayor sam liccardo. up next, dozens of bay area cities and counties not meeting the state mandated housing and affordable housing goals. we investigate why they're falling short and the consequences they could face. plus, a brazen smash and

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welcome back to nbc bay area news tonight. we know this. we have a housing shortage around here, and now california is dropping the hammer when it comes to forcing communities to build new housing. this week, portola valley became the first place in the state to get its housing plan

decertified. but portola valley isn't alone. our investigative unit found dozens of other bay area cities and counties may also be in trouble because their housing plans also do not meet the state standards. every eight years, jurisdictions are required to submit their plans to build more housing. portola valley is supposed to be 8ing 253 new units. and more than half of them must be affordable. portola valley's plan recently got rejected because the state said the town is not moving fast enough to approve the zoning changes necessary to build this new housing. so what happens if a city or county is out of compliance? well, they lose out on state money for things like housing and transportation. it also means that developers or builders may be able to move ahead with their construction plans without city approval. most cities, in fact probably all the cities wouldn't want that to happen. let's bring in nbc investigative producer shawn meyers. shawn, nice to see you. this is not a list you want to be on. what other cities are out of

compliance here? >> right now there are 40 cities and towns across the bay area that are out of compliance according to the latest state data. these are cities of all stripes, all income levels from wine country to the peninsula out to contra costa and solana. overall, we found 40% of cities in our region are out of compliance. that now includes portola valley. >> so that's a big number here. why are these cities being flagged by the state? are there specific checkmarks here? >> we're not doing enough to create new housing is what it comes down to. and these targets are determined by the state. they're across different income levels. it's all about keeping action moving forward. so what's interesting about this portola valley case is that the towns had been compliant. they had submitted their plan for housing. but then the state came back and said hey, this isn't moving fast enough and it pulled them out of compliance. so the state is showing good enough to have a plan, there has to be follow-through and action.

>> you mentioned the city, maybe 40 around the bay area, including portola valley. so i'm not compliant. then what? what can the state do? we mentioned some of the things. but what are some of the consequences here? >> so there is the unknown and the known here. what we know is these cities could face funding cuts for public transportation projects, for housing projects. but the bigger concern here is what we don't know. as soon as you're out of compliance, that means developers can come in and build just about whatever they want, assuming they meet some minimal requirements there. so it seems like it's shortsighted for some of these areas to be fighting this housing plan. because at the end of the day, if they don't do enough and prove that they're going to execute that plan, it opens up to developers and the market will come in and decide. >> sean, final question. is there any sort of class warfare here? is it only upscale cities, port toll lab, palo alto or are there regular more blue collar cities? >> what we've seen so far is that this is not tied to income

necessarily. what i will say is a lot of the areas that we think of as higher income areas in the bay do have those bigger lots, fewer people packed into tight areas. and so they're ripe to bed a issue with these changes. you're going to be impacted more by these things when you're that single-family home versus already living in a neighborhood that is more dense and potentially a little bit more towards the medium income in the area. >> good information. sean myers with our investigative unit. keep us posted on this, and we'll continue to follow your reporting. thank you. let's move on now. a woman whose terrifying smash and grab was captured on camera is hoping her experience will help others. [ screaming ] >> this is her dash cam video. you can hear her, screaming, struggling with a masked man who broke in through her car's passenger side window and just tried to swipe her bag while she was waiting at a red light in

vallejo. the man finally gave up and she took off. her video is going viral on social media. >> i've always known growing up, especially in the bay area if you're parking your car somewhere, don't leave your purse, don't leave any bags. don't even leave a water bottle. i've always known that growing up. but i didn't think that when i was driving that i would have that same risk as someone smashing my windows. >> amazing. sitting at a stoplight in the bay area and this laps. this afternoon, vallejo police confirm to us a second woman was also victimized at another intersection 45 minutes after this attack on carolyn. it was the same suspect and vehicle description. so far no arrests. all right. let's take a live look outside now. this is the -- wow -- very wet and soupy conditions on the san mateo bridge during the 7:00 hour. jeff is going to return with our weekend forecast and that game day forecast for the giants' day forecast for the giants'

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welcome back. i'm all about spring showers, but this is a little extreme. >> it is. i mean, it's just been wild today, getting all this weather. the rain, the thunderstorms, the small hail, even snow across the mountains. and right now in storm ranger, you'll see that rainfall is continuing through the bay area. let me show you more about how this is going to move tonight and into tomorrow. and we're going stay with these scattered areas of rain and thunderstorms chances through tonight. i think as we head through tomorrow morning's forecast, it's a mixed picture here. we'll have some sun, some clouds, and scattered thunderstorms. and that would stay in the forecast through the afternoon. so not only that, but chilly

temperatures as you roll through tomorrow, where rainfall totals overall would range about a quarter inch or less, although in our eastern counties around dublin and livermore, we could see a quarter to half inch. speaking of temperatures, down in the 30s and 40s tomorrow morning. jacket to start. jacket to finish. only 50s for highs. so what does this mean if you're headed out to the giants home opener? first pitch at 1:35. take the jacket. we'll have a spotty chance here of some showers through the game. and bring that poncho. it doesn't look like a rainout. and check this out, raj. 80s as we head into next wednesday and thursday. that's going to be real good. >> that payoff is going to be real nice. thanks for joining us at 7:00. thanks for joining us at 7:00. for everyone here at nbc, we with our new grocery outlet app,

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