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Moving tribute to a titan among Giants

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2 years ago

July 9, 2024

Fans, family and a former presidents honor Willie Mays in San Francisco

A celebration of life was held for Willie Mays in San Francisco’s Oracle Park on Monday. Those who knew Mays shared intimate moments of his life, while fans shared how he inspired them even from afar. KTVU’s Christien Kafton reports from San Francisco.

San Francisco Giants and their fans are saying a final farewell to a legend.

Inside Oracle Park the Giants family gathered for a moving ceremony to honor Willie Mays.
Luminaries from the world of politics, including former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown shared their personal recollections.

“I’d known Willie, because Willie was not just a baseball player, Willie was a world changer for us in San Francisco,” said Brown.
Former President Bill Clinton took the field as well. “Willie and I had gotten to know each other play golf, do all kinds of things,” said President Clinton. “He was going to sit with me through the game. Which I hoped would at least impress my daughter. She was over the whole president thing and then it got rained out, the game got rained out.”
From the world of sports, some of the biggest names in Giants history were on hand to honor the legend, including Filipe Alou, Dusty Baker and Mays’ godson, Barry Bonds with an emotional tribute.

“But I didn’t know all these years, turning 60 in July, what Willie was truly giving me,” said Bonds. “Until now. Forever memories. Forever memories. Like I said about my father, Thank you. Thank you.”

Fans showed up by the thousands, each one with a memory of the “Say Hey Kid.”

“For me, I was eight years old, my dad took me to Candlestick it was 1960, the first game I saw, the first time I saw Willie Mays and going forward from there. We’d have pick up games in the yard. Everybody wanted to be somebody, everybody wanted to be Willie Mays,” said TW Johnson.

“Because he represents San Francisco, he is the heart of San Francisco,” said Lana Chan. “He is so much a part of our community, that I felt I had to come out to respect him.”

Also on hand was Mays’ family, receiving a flag in honor of his military service in the Korean War that put his career on hold for two years. But the sentiment that we heard over and over again, that so many fans felt like Willie Mays was a part of their extended family, and the Giants family, and that while he may be gone, his legacy lives on.

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San Francisco, Oakland report warmest February morning on record

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11 hours ago

February 28, 2026

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San Francisco, Oakland report warmest February morning on record

Zoe Mintz

February 28, 2026 / 1:38 PM PST
/ CBS San Francisco

Saturday morning in the Bay Area was muggy and mild, if not warm. Temperatures only cooled down to the upper 50s to low 60s across much of the Bay Area – five to 15 degrees above average for late winter.

For San Francisco and Oakland, it was a record warm start to the last day of the month. With temperatures only dipping down to 62 in San Francisco, it was the warmest morning in recorded history during the month of February, and those records go back to 1875. The old record was 61° in 1985.

Oakland’s old record was also in 1985, when the low was 60°. Now Oakland’s new record for warmest February morning was set on Saturday, with a low of 61. It was also extremely muggy, with dew points in the upper 50s and humidity over 90%.

Why? It mostly has to do with the extremely warm blob of water sitting off the Bay Area’s coast. It’s technically called a “Marine Heatwave” and the one we are currently dealing with began in May 2025.

Normally this time of year, ocean temperatures are near 53 degrees – but it was about 57 near the Golden Gate Bridge as of Saturday morning.

Warmer ocean water warms up the air above it, and then winds carry the warmer air over land and warms us up. The warmer water also increases evaporation, raising moisture content in the air (aka humidity).

So now you know, you can blame the warm blob of ocean water for the reason it was so muggy.

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Sunset Night Market makes official return to San Francisco

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23 hours ago

February 28, 2026

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Sunset Night Market makes official return to San Francisco – CBS San Francisco

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Giants scratch Rafael Devers from lineup with tight hamstring

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1 day ago

February 27, 2026

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Giants scratch Rafael Devers from lineup with tight hamstring

Friday, February 27, 2026 9:48PM

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The San Francisco Giants scratched slugger Rafael Devers from the starting lineup because of a tight hamstring, keeping him out of a spring training game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.

The three-time All-Star and 2018 World Series champion is starting his first full season with the Giants after they acquired him in a trade with the Boston Red Sox last year.

Devers hit 35 home runs and had 109 RBIs last season, playing 90 games with San Francisco and 73 in Boston. He signed a $313.5 million, 10-year contract in 2023 with the Red Sox.

He was 20 when he made his major league debut in Boston nine years ago, and he helped them win the World Series the following year.

Devers, who has 235 career homers and 747 RBIs, led Boston in RBIs for five straight seasons and has finished in the top 20 in voting for AL MVP five times.

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