super bowl lviii where it's starting to look more and more like the bay area. fans all decked out in 9er gear are touching down in sin city and they have brought their confidence. >> 2019, we thought that was our year. so we're back and this is it. >> reporter: we go along with the team of volunteers there to greet fans at the airport. >> welcome to las vegas. have a great time! >> reporter: ever wonder why the 9ers chose santa clara as the home of levi's stadium? it turns out a towering amusement park ride had a lot to do with it. >> it's not a thrill ride, but that day it was. >> reporter: the story of the high stakes sales pitch that ended up closing the deal. plus a city struggling with crime and the state is taking note, the extra legal help coming to oakland to help prosecute crime. home of super bowl lviii between the 49ers and the chiefs. this is cbs news bay

area. >> reporter: good evening to you, bay area. i'm juliette goodrich, coming to you live from las vegas counting down to super bowl lviii, the big rematch between the 9ers and the chiefs, less than three days away. can you believe it? and you can only watch it right here on cbs news. the excitement certainly growing and you can definitely feel it in the air. today we saw more of the faithful flying in and they traveled wearing their 9er gear. they came from as far away as atlanta and even australia. >> because we were here just a few years ago to candlestick park, been 9ers every since. >> reporter: are you going to that actual game? >> actually we're season ticket holders. i grew up in toronto and loved joe montana, loved the 9ers growing up and just stuck with them all

through this. so we're very excited. >> in 2019 we thought that was our year. so we're back and this is it. >> reporter: this is getting exciting, so much history. max darrow is here with me now. you were actually at the airport today. you were talking to fans as they were arriving and then what's interesting is there's volunteers greeting them. so what is that atmosphere like there? >> we know we're in vegas. they're all about putting on a big show. hospitality is a big thing in las vegas and putting on the super bowl, that in itself is putting on a massive show. they've got volunteers who are part of the effort making sure everything goes smoothly. >> would you like a sticker? >> reporter: amy ashbaugl is suited up for super bowl lviii giving her team around 50,000 people her very best. she's a volunteer with the las vegas super bowl host committee taking the field at harry reid international airport. >> welcome to las vegas! >> reporter: the playbook is

simple, make visitors feel welcome and be there to answer any questions they might have as it can be a little overwhelming getting around and knowing what's going on before, during, and after the super bowl. >> we're the first face that they see when they get off that plane and we want to make that impact right then. >> reporter: sometimes she's there to help with logistical questions, other times fun suggestions. she says a lot of folks are asking about what free events are going on. >> because things can get a little pricey during super bowl and again, they've spent a lot of money to get here. sometimes it's nice just to like get those things and take in those experiences. >> reporter: this is ashbaugh's third trip to the super bowl as a volunteer and says so far the atmosphere is unlike any other experience. >> there's definitely like a different excitement because it's the first super bowl ever here in las vegas. >> reporter: ashbaugh is here from phoenix, but trevor bob, the svp of volunteer operations says the team is made up of

people from around the world. >> i've met people that have flown in from germany, the uk. we have volunteers from over 45 states representing us in las vegas and over 20 countries. >> reporter: hosting the super bowl is no small undertaking. heidi hayes with the airport gives us some perspective. >> we're expecting the busiest week ever here at harry reid international airport. las vegas hosts a lot of events, conventions, so we're used to hosting a lot of people, but this will be our busiest week we've ever seen. >> reporter: ashbaugh enjoys the energy and has enjoyed meeting fans. >> the 9ers fans, you'll walk by them and they'll just start yelling their chants, bang bang and i walk by and said 9er gang and they're like yeah. >> reporter: but really it's about putting good out into the world. >> bringing joy to other people. when you leave, you just have this amazing feeling that you've been able to help someone or just make an impact

in someone's life. >> thank you. >> you're so welcome. >> reporter: now that is a winning game plan. speaking of winning game plans, i did not ask who she is going for. i figured she probably wanted to stay impartial, but i did ask if there were more 9ers fans or chiefs fans at the airport and she said hands down more 9ers fans. >> i knew i liked her. thank you so much, max. tonight is also one of the other biggest nights on the football calendar, nfl honors, everything from mvp to the next hall of fame class. it's getting announced tonight. the red carpet has wrapped up. let's go to vern who is inside the event. hey, vern, i always give you the mvp award, but i know you spoke to a lot of folks there, too. >> reporter: thank you, jules.

we are actually in the awards tent. this show is underway. as the best of the best in the nfl this season get honored, they come right in here. right behind me over there is for the hall of famers that will be selected tonight and we are hoping that former 49er linebacker patrick willis will be in that tent. there are no current 49ers here, although there are some on the list, to be honored tonight. they are getting ready for sunday's game, but i caught up with some former 9ers. here was the scene from the red carpet earlier today, nfl stars galore. here on hand with their families and loved ones and the league again handing out some big, big nuggets for the best performers this season. i even ran into former 49ers receiver torrey smith, who knows a thing or two

about winning the super bowl, because he's won two of them. >> when i was in with the 49ers, we were awful, terrible two years, but now you're talking about the way the organization has been built back, the only thing that's missing is that super bowl ring that is coming on sunday. i feel it. you talk about coach shanahan doing his thing. i think christian mccaffery is player of the year. brock purdy is playing at an extremely high level. >> reporter: we saw the bling before you even walked in the door. tell us about that. >> i got a couple rings, one philly, one baltimore. they're normally in the safe, bring them out for special events like this. >> reporter: nfl honors night, go big or go home. >> bring them out. it's like a fraternity, seeing a bunch of

old teammates, just a great experience being here. >> reporter: one more time, the red and gold, the 49ers sunday? >> the 49ers, bang bang 9er game. >> reporter: i love the sound of that. those super bowl rings, pretty impressive, but if you look at the rings on the hands of juliette goodrich, whoa, that will make you jelly. >> hardly, vern. you crack me up. thanks. let's check in on some of our top headlines from around the bay area. in daly city we're getting word of an injury accident involving a muni bus this afternoon, footage of the incident showing this 14 mission bus half on the sidewalk next to the intersection of mission streets in that area there. a muni spokesperson is saying that the crash was caused by a run-away coach. one person has been taken to the hospital. no other

vehicles were struck in the collision. governor newsom sending even more reinforcements to alameda county two days after announcing he was sending chp officers to oakland to help them battle the rise in violent crime and also burglaries. governor newsom says now he is sending in state prosecutors to help them deal with the increased arrests they're expecting as a result. alameda county d.a. pamela price says she welcomes the extra manpower. >> these are experienced deputy district attorneys that come predominantly from southern california, but they're very experienced. they've been doing this work now for a period of time. >> but anti-crime advocates trying to recall price worry it won't make a difference with her still at the head. >> it really depends what guidelines they'll go up under. if they come in and go under the directives of the

current d.a.'s administration, that's not really going to do us any good. if they would be working independently, that would be good. >> reporter: the prosecutors being brought in are from both california department of justice and california national guard. two bay area mayors london breed and matt mahan are now backing a campaign to roll back a law that aimed to reduce jail populations in the state. they are among a wave of democrats who are joining the republican-led effort against prop 47. the argument is that the law has emboldened criminals. prop 47 was passed by voters ten years ago and here is what it did. it made nonviolent theft where the stolen items add up to less than $950 a misdemeanor had. it also made some some drug offenses into misdemeanors instead of felonies. still ahead, it was a once in a lifetime sales pitch big

time done in just 45 minutes. up next, is the story of the amusement park ride that helped land the 49ers in santa clara, what a ride. >> by the time we were done, pretty mu this ad? typical. politicians... "he's bad. i'm good." blah, blah. let's shake things up. with katie porter. porter refuses corporate pac money. and leads the fight to ban congressional stock trading. katie porter. taking on big banks to make housing more affordable. and drug company ceos to stop their price gouging. most politicians just fight each other. while katie porter fights for you. for senate - democrat katie porter. i'm katie porter and i approve this message. growing up, my parents wanted me to become a doctor or an engineer. those are good careers! but i chose a different path. first, as mayor and then in the legislature.

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welcome back. i'm juliette goodrich. we are live in las vegas bringing you all the super bowl excitement and it is getting exciting by the second. here's a little bit of trivia for you. the 9ers have now been at levi's stadium for almost ten years and the deal to bring the team to santa clara was done at the great america amusement park on a ride. as len ramirez reports, before

there was a groundbreaking, there was a ride in the sky. >> reporter: former santa clara vice mayor kevin moore says there might never have been a levi's stadium if not for that blue tower amusement ride that stands head and shoulders above california's great america. >> it's not a thrill ride, but that day it was. >> reporter: moore is talking about the day back in 2007 when santa clara hatched a plan to snag the 49ers. it was just after talks to build a new stadium in san francisco fell through when the team and city officials lured the nfl's roger goodell to look at santa clara, but the commissioner had only a sliver of time to spend on the ground and some santa clara people wanted to show him everything. >> in 45 minutes we're going to show him intel, great america, stanford, america university and i said you can't do it. you can't go to

20 places in 45 minutes during rush hour and he said what place can we go? i said let's see if we can get in the amusement park. >> reporter: moore's plan was to take them on a one-stop shop to the theme park's star tower ride, a slowly rising and rotating observation deck that gently elevates riders 200 feet above the park and once on top you get 360-degree views of santa clara and silicon valley. >> my job was to convince them to go into the amusement park and that was crazy. why are we going to the amusement park? i said because you'll have the best view of the valley. i knew once we got them in there, mayor patty mahan would close the deal. >> reporter: mayor mahan who died of cancer in 2023 showed goodell the lay of the land, the tech companies who would buy luxury suites and the infrastructure past city leaders laid down to make it a viable stadium site, including light rail and wide sweeping boulevards. >> the 101 freeway, the 237 freeway here and by the time we

were done pretty much a done deal. was he impressed, the commissioner? i think he was blown away, yeah. i looked at that point and go we're getting the 49ers down here in santa clara. patty just knocked it out of the park. >> reporter: voters approved a stadium measure in 2010. the stadium opened in 2014. two years later it hosted super bowl l. >> we worked on this so many years it's just a dream come true to see that stadium out there. >> reporter: moore, considered the godfather of the stadium effort, was once told by a former city manager that santa clara had a 1 in a billion chance of getting the 49ers, but after the meeting in the amusement park, moore said the odds at least improved to even money. >> fascinating. thank you, len. the super bowl is not just about football. it's also about the entertainment. today we heard from the performers, usher, of course, the halftime show headliner. he didn't give us any clues about what he is going to sing or if he's going

to bring out any special guests, but he did promise an epic performance he describes as 30 years in the making. >> what i did is i was being mindful of my past, celebrating my present, which is here in las vegas, and thinking about where we're headed in the future. >> reporter: there's also post malone singing "america the beautiful" and "lift every voice and sing" and reba mcentire will sing the national anthem. >> it means i get to sing a very special song for all americans, people all around the world, who have really worked so hard for our freedom. >> reporter: of course, you have to be in the building to hear these legendary artists

perform and tickets aren't cheap. kelsi is joining me now to talk about those ticket prices. actually you can still see the performance on channel 5, but you can't be there live. >> reporter: yeah. we were just talking about whether or not the experience might be a little better if you actually watch it on tv, a closer view. >> we were making ourselves feel better about not being there. i do like seeing the instant replays and i like just being at home sometimes watching the game. i'll be in vegas, my new home now. >> reporter: the good news is you won't be alone. i talked to dozens, if not hundreds, of fans this week and maybe a handful have tickets. most of them are watching at a hotel or somewhere here in vegas. i met one couple yesterday out here doing all sorts of super bowl events. the guy runs a kind of golf sports series where he brings out athletes to play different sports ahead of the big game, but he was telling me

he has one ticket. his wife is in town with him and he doesn't know if he's going to be able to get her a ticket. so he may just go to the game himself. here's a little of what he told me. >> as of right now, there's one ticket. of course, if we can find an extra, she'll be my plus one always. right now it's just me. hopefully that changes because i'd like for me to be there and wipe my tears when we win. >> reporter: it's cute. he definitely said he'll try and get a ticket for his wife and he is rooting for the 9ers. that just shows you how hard it is to get a ticket or find multiple. >> once again, i think my phone is listening to what i'm thinking and saying because i got another flash that says $500 off a ticket on one of the stubhub kind of things. so i

looked and it's still $7,400 is the price for a ticket. even with $500 off. >> reporter: it wouldn't surprise me if you if fination had finagled your way into the stadium sunday. we still have a couple showers in the bay area in the process of quieting down. these are the last showers for a while, tracking drier weather

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i'm katie porter and i approve this message. growing up, my parents wanted me to become a doctor or an engineer. those are good careers! but i chose a different path. first, as mayor and then in the legislature. i enshrined abortion rights in our california constitution. in the face of trump, i strengthened hate crime laws and lowered the costs for the middle class. now i'm running to bring the fight to congress. you were always stubborn. and on that note, i'm evan low, and i approve this message. a few lingering showers across the bay area, but a lot of us managed to stay dry. the few lingering showers left over will quiet down. still seeing some clouds and a tiny bit of light on the horizon, nice to see after 6:00. the showers

quiet down tonight and we'll be dry through the weekend and likely through the first half of next week, gradually warming back up to near normal temperatures over the weekend, even slightly above average temperatures early next week. the rain chances eventually return as we enter the latter half of next week. another check of first alert doppler shows the showers making its way from the east bay into the diablo range falling east of the santa clara valley and not bothering too many people. we'll see a few showers farther down the peninsula before they fizzle out over the next couple hours and that will do it for the rain chances for the next several days. looking outside from treasure island towards downtown, ominous looking clouds, but nothing to worry about downtown. temperatures are chilly, 49 degrees in livermore and concord, low 50s otherwise. it's going to be chilly through the rest of tonight, also locally dense fog developing, especially in the east bay. the central valley

will have quite a bit of the fog developing in the wake of the moisture from the last several days. some of that will spill from the central valley towards concord into the tri-valley, but it shouldn't take long to dissipate. we should see improving visibility late morning and should be gone by lunchtime tomorrow. patchy fog the rest of the bay area to start the day, widespread chilly temperatures, mid- to upper 30s inland with low 40s along the bay and coast. our temperatures warm up to within about 3 to 6 degrees of what's normal for this time of year, one more day of cooler than normal temperatures and then close to average saturday and sunday, right around 60 degrees in san jose, but probably falling just short of hitting 60. these temperatures, 3 to 6 degrees below normal, mid-50s inland and the east bay and around the bay, along the coast 50s, temperatures around or slightly above 60 degrees for this time of year. that's where we'll be over the weekend with a gradual trend towards above normal temperatures as we head

into monday, tuesday, and wednesday. let's look at the ten-day temperature outlook after the dog walking forecast for tomorrow. this is roscoe who is prepared for tomorrow's cool temperature with a jacket and dent have to worry about chasing his ball through puddles tomorrow on. it will be dry through the end of the workweek. you can wear your pets out the next few days. here's the ten-day temperature outlook, mid-60s in san jose by tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday, even as our rain chances increase. we have to worry about that eventually. the climate prediction center, the long range outlook, eight to 14 days, through presidents' day weekend, shows a high risk of heavy rainfall setting up for much of california and also an elevated threat of gusty winds as the next set of atmospheric rivers could be heading our way. it's long range data, but something to keep in the back of your mind as you make plans for travel or staying locally for presidents' day weekend. here's the seven-day forecast, a return to near-average

temperatures through the weekend into early next week and then we warm things up by tuesday, wednesday and thursday. we are adding a chance of showers to the forecast thursday. the long range forecast data is divided exactly when the rain chance arrives. we'll keep you updated as we head through the dry stretch of weather. two leading candidates for senate. two very different visions for california. steve garvey, the leading republican,

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when the 9ers win the super bowl, what's your song? >> it's going to be celebration because it will be a celebration. >> there's a party going on right here. >> a celebration that lasts throughout all the year. >> so bring your good times. >> and your laughter, too, and don't forget i got my champagne. you need to drink some, too. >> you're the best. that's cool from kool and this ad? typical. politicians... "he's bad. i'm good." blah, blah. let's shake things up. with katie porter. porter refuses corporate pac money. and leads the fight to ban congressional stock trading. katie porter. taking on big banks to make housing more affordable. and drug company ceos to stop their price gouging. most politicians just fight each other. while katie porter fights for you. for senate - democrat katie porter. i'm katie porter and i approve this message.

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