What A Ride; The Drive - 01/09/17
Dave, Kayte, and Nate recap a phenomenal Raiders season, Kings vs Warriors last night, and more.
Dave, Kayte, and Nate recap a phenomenal Raiders season, Kings vs Warriors last night, and more.
With their 27-14 loss to the Houston Texans (10-7), Oakland (12-5) saw its season come to an end, a season that could have been so much more were not it for MVP candidate Derek Carr breaking his right fibula in the team's next to last regular season game against Indianapolis.
Before Derek Carr broke his right fibula, the Raiders were a game in front of Kansas City for the AFC West title. Fast-forward a few weeks and it is the Chiefs sitting home and resting this weekend. That rest is something Oakland would have surely loved to have had.
Dave, Kayte, and Nate try and fit every little bit of sports news they can into three hours on The Drive.
The NFL Playoffs kick off this weekend with some hot teams and heavy favorites taking the field. How will the matchups play out?
Seth Payne gives a Houston Texans perspective on Raiders and Texans this weekend.
Chris Landry gets you ready for the NFL Playoffs on The Drive.
Trent Green previews the NFL Playoffs on The Drive.
It's been 14 seasons since the Oakland Raiders last made it to the NFL playoffs, and this 2016 roster doesn't want to waste the opportunity with a one-and-done appearance.
Greg Papa talks Raider football on The Drive.
The Oakland Raiders are in the playoffs for the first time since the 2002 season, when they lost Super Bowl XXXVII to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Sadly, the Silver & Black won't have their starting quarterback available for the game, and perhaps their backup QB also will be unavailable. However, it may not matter much since the Raiders are playing the Houston Texans, default winner of the AFC South Division.
The band is back together! Dave, Kayte, and Nate start off 2017 with a BANG on KHTK.
Lincoln Kennedy talks Oakland Raiders football on The Drive.
Tony Gonzalez, 17-year NFL veteran and current CBS Sports NFL analyst, discusses Chiefs-Falcons, Texans-Packers matchups in Week 13.
Instead of looking at the very surface of award talk, let's take a deeper look at some of the less talked about awards.
Greg Papa talks Raiders football on The Drive.
Dave, Kayte, and Nate are very thankful on a beautiful Tuesday morning.
With the win, Oakland (8-2) stands a full game in front of both Kansas City (7-3) and Denver (7-3) in the AFC West.
Dave, Kayte, and Nate start Thanksgiving week off with the Monday edition of The Drive.
The Oakland Raiders are 7-2 and tied for first place among AFC West Division teams. Now, thanks to the great timing of its bye week, Oakland also is a very healthy football team as it looks to close strong in the final seven games of the NFL regular season. The Raiders haven't made the playoffs since 2002, but if the roster can stay this healthy, the Silver & Black have a great chance to make it back to meaningful January football for the first time in 14 years.
The Oakland Raiders will "host" the Houston Texans in Mexico's capital on Monday Night Football fresh off their bye week.
Greg Papa previews Raiders & Texans on The Drive.
J.J. Watt, the NFL's best defensive player, had back surgery yesterday. It's unclear if he can return to form, or return at all.
Trent Green, CBS Sports analyst and longtime NFL QB, looks at Week 3 games, including a big Texans-Pats matchup on Thursday Night Football.
Undefeated New England Patriots face an undefeated Houston Texans team looking to tee off on a quarterback who isn't Tom Brady.
Country in the Park, hosted by KNCI 105.1, took over Cal Expo starting Friday night with a boot scootin' good time.
A small business owner feels fed up and forgotten by the City of Sacramento's handling of a homeless encampment next to his midtown auto shop and wants to see a solution fast.
The Kansas City Royals beat Oakland 6-2 on Friday night to extend the Athletics losing streak to a season-high six.
California added more than 50,000 jobs in April two years ago, but the state only added 5,200 jobs this past April. It's a troubling trend that some experts are concerned about how it impacts small business owners.
Body cam footage was released Friday of a May 5 deadly encounter between Stanislaus County sheriff's deputies and an armed suspect.
Body cam footage was released Friday of a May 5 deadly encounter between Stanislaus County sheriff's deputies and an armed suspect.
Stockton is home to one of the largest numbers of Cambodian refugees in the country. Many of them arrived in the 1980s after escaping war and persecution.
Country in the Park, hosted by KNCI 105.1, took over Cal Expo starting Friday night with a boot scootin' good time.
The City of Sacramento confirms that some homeowners in South Natomas are extending their properties onto city land.
A small business owner feels fed up and forgotten by the City of Sacramento's handling of a homeless encampment next to his midtown auto shop and wants to see a solution fast.
Country in the Park, hosted by KNCI 105.1, took over Cal Expo starting Friday night with a boot scootin' good time.
A small business owner feels fed up and forgotten by the City of Sacramento's handling of a homeless encampment next to his midtown auto shop and wants to see a solution fast.
The handwritten sign alluded to bike lane impacts: "Despite the city's best attempts, we are still in business. Please support."
A potential anthrax threat at the California State Capitol on Thursday forced an evacuation of the Senate and all staff, according to a memo obtained by CBS Sacramento.
At dusk on Wednesday night a group of cyclists in Sacramento got out on city roads to make a statement without saying any words.
California's largest teachers union on Friday turned up the pressure on Gov. Newsom, announcing a public campaign aimed at blocking part of his plan to balance the budget.
California could be seeing more unhealthy air quality days by a new metric to measure air quality by the EPA.
California lawmakers on Thursday voted to keep hundreds of bills from advancing for a floor vote during a tough budget year.
Sonoma State University President Mike Lee was placed on leave Wednesday following an email where he announced he and campus protesters had reached an agreement on divestment from Israel.
Family members of a Navy veteran who died after a police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes have settled with the Northern California city of Antioch for $7.5 million.
The Kansas City Royals beat Oakland 6-2 on Friday night to extend the Athletics losing streak to a season-high six.
San Francisco Giants centerfielder Jung Hoo Lee will undergo season-ending surgery to repair his injured left shoulde
Footage showed top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler handcuffed and walking toward a police car in the morning darkness. He later teed off at the PGA Championship.
The Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 8-1 and completed a four-game sweep.
Harrison Butker encouraged women to be homemakers and railed against Pride Month in his speech at Benedictine College.
Police released what they say was a suicide note left by Boeing whistleblower John Barnett.
While the State Department bulletin is meant for overseas travel, there is concern of a domestic threat from ISIS, two sources told CBS News.
The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday morning.
Sonoma State University President Mike Lee will retire from his job at the school, notifying officials a day after being placed on leave for an email he sent about the agreement he made with campus protesters on divestment from Israel.
California Governor Gavin Newsom called out former President Donald Trump at the Vatican on Thursday, accusing him of "open corruption" at a Vatican conference on climate change.
Health authorities are watching for signs the virus might be starting to accelerate again after a springtime lull in COVID rates.
The Placer Veteran Services, an organization dedicated to aiding veterans, is working around the clock filing a record number of health care claims.
A landmark study just kicked off with the goal of answering why Black women have a much higher mortality rate when it comes to cancer. It just launched last week and they need volunteers in California to help.
A Bay Area-based study finds that 80% of Asian American women with lung cancer never smoked and researchers are trying to figure out why.
Some of the strains in the "FLiRT" group are closely related to the JN.1 COVID variant from last winter.
From rock concerts to food festivals, tourists attending Sacramento events are providing a big boost to the local economy.
A Stockton small business owner is realizing her dream of helping others achieve their own health and wellness dreams.
Neighbors in Roseville will soon see their energy bills go up after the city council approved a proposal allowing Roseville Electric to raise its prices.
Some California restaurants are bracing for big changes to how they charge customers as a new law takes effect this summer that bans hidden fees from people's bills.
The first numbers are in to show the impact of California's increase in fast-food worker salaries on consumer prices.
CBS News California has identified a spike in the number of "sexually violent predators" who are being granted conditional release by the Department of State Hospitals amid an ongoing struggle to find housing for the men. The reporting prompted several proposed changes to state law, but, one by one, the bills are dying inside California's capitol.
They fought for fentanyl legislation, but it was killed before lawmakers even got to vote. Four grieving moms wanted to know why. They're uncovering the truth using a new AI tool designed to help everyday Californians hold lawmakers accountable. They discovered powerful lawmakers killed the popular fentanyl bill by *not* voting.
The California State Capitol Capitol doesn't generally work the way people think it does. We're following bills prompted by our reporting, to show you how things really work inside California's Capitol.
California law says genetic testing companies have to get your permission before they store, use or sell your DNA, but the state itself doesn't have to get your permission and has been storing DNA samples from every baby born there since the '80s. Lawmakers want to change that, but face an uphill battle.
A bill introduced in the wake of our "Handcuffs in Hallways" investigation aims to reduce "unnecessary" calls for police at schools. But one California lawmaker could kill it without a vote.
Eric Stevens planned to buy his 90-year-old mom a wheelchair with his tax refund. Instead, he got a lousy piece of paper from the Franchise Tax Board saying they intercepted $1,483 — his entire tax refund.
The victims are smart, they're savvy, and they're still getting tricked.
The state regulates crematoriums for people, but we've learned there is zero oversight for pet crematoriums.
Kurtis Ming has had conversations with people in our community about the impact of inflation on their personal finances. It's forcing some to make some tough choices.
Theresa Ingraham paid for her homeowners insurance each month through her mortgage payment but learned that after her house fire, her AAA bill went unpaid.
It's a good time to do some spring cleaning around the yard to make sure your home is prepared for the upcoming fire season, and in California, everyone should prepare.
Beavers. They've had a bad reputation. Many call them pests, but they're far from it. They play such an important role in our ecosystem that their work can even curtail wildfires.
A former Grizzly Flats resident received a shocking notice this week that her insurance is being invoiced for debris removal related to the Caldor Fire, which decimated the El Dorado County town in 2021.
Firearm-related charges were dismissed this week against one of the two men arrested in connection to the Caldor Fire that tore through El Dorado County in 2021, prosecutors said Thursday.
The Senate Committee on Insurance passed a bill Wednesday that lawmakers said will address the cost and availability of fire insurance in California.
A celebration at Sacramento Charter High on Thursday as college-bound seniors announced their campus of choice and 95% were accepted into four-year schools.
A bank employee in Lodi has some big bragging rights. He's never missed a day of work in his 47 years on the job and now he's getting ready to retire.
Meet Frannie the dog, Instagram's newest fitness influencer.
A Yuba City mom started a baseball team for kids with physical and intellectual disabilities after finding her 11-year-old son with Down Syndrome didn't have anywhere to play.
A Sacramento nonprofit is teaming up with a local credit union to give back so seniors can safely do basic tasks like bathing or exercising. Those lending a helping hand are also a group of seniors.
With fire season fast approaching, communities are getting creative about how they prepare before a fire ever sparks.
Ashley Sharp was there for a boot scootin' good time.
A woman has been arrested for vehicular manslaughter more than a year after a middle school student was hit and killed by a vehicle in Fairfield, police said Friday.
A small business owner feels fed up and forgotten by the City of Sacramento's handling of a homeless encampment next to his midtown auto shop and wants to see a solution fast.
It's a common feeling: boredom can creep up on all of us, especially children who are still learning how to temper it. But experts say that being bored can be a good thing. How? Here's The Answer.