The Grant Napear Show - August 27, 2014
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With sellout after sellout by the Sacramento Republic at Bonney Field, Elk Grove wants to get in the game. Though it's 20 minutes south of Sacramento, city leaders believe they have a strong shot at scoring a team.
Sacramento County borrowed $1 billion to build the airport's Terminal B just as the recession started. The airport pays tens of millions of dollars toward that loan a year, as the number of fliers had dropped 18 percent over seven years.
He's a big player, but the move the Sacramento Kings made by signing Sim Bhullar is even bigger. The 7-foot, 5-inch tall player is the first person of Indian descent to sign an NBA contract.
The Kings have signed their summer league player Sim Bhullar, making him the first player of Indian descent to sign with an NBA team.
Crews have been working inside the Downtown Plaza the past few weeks, prepping it for demolition.
A CBS13 photographer noticed walkers ignoring detour signs and using the bike lane instead. If a cyclist were to meet a pedestrian on the three-foot-wide path, someone is being forced into traffic.
Mayor Kevin Johnson and representatives from the USL Pro's Sacramento Republic FC met with MLS officials in Portland during the league's all-star weekend events.
The 6-foot-9 Outlaw has career averages of 8.5 points and 3.2 rebounds in 622 games in 11 seasons with Portland, the Los Angeles Clippers, New Jersey and Sacramento. Last season for the Kings, he averaged 5.4 points and 2.7 rebounds in 63 games.
MLS Commissioner Don Garber will tour Sacramento soon to see possible stadium sites. The Republic have discussed three possibilities: The Sacramento railyards, the West Sacramento bridge district and the Downtown Plaza.
The U.S. men's national team trimmed its roster to 16 players Tuesday by cutting Washington's John Wall and Bradley Beal, and Atlanta's Paul Millsap.
The city is promising the impact to the traveling public will be minimal during the demolition of Downtown Plaza to make room for a new Sacramento Kings arena. But drivers and pedestrians that CBS13 spoke to say they're still worried.
