SAN ANTONIO – One person is dead and another is critical condition after a shooting at a gym on the city’s North Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
Officials say officers were called out to the gym in the 7100 block of Blanco Road around 9 p.m. Friday.
SAPD says there was a possible altercation in the gym, and when two individuals tried to leave the facility, a gunman shot at them and left the scene.
One of the victims was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other was taken to University Hospital in critical condition, officials say.
SAPD said there was no information available about the suspect.
KSAT will update this story as more information becomes available.
“It was billed as one of the top 10 most luxurious buildings in the world,” former Millennium resident Frank Jernigan recalled.
But, since it opened, the hulking blue-gray tower has sunk 18 inches into the soft downtown soil on which it was built — and it’s tilting, according to the Millennium’s current engineer, Ronald Hamburger.
“When you have a high rise that collapses and you had a situation in San Francisco — we had a high rise that was sinking and tilting — it affects people’s peace of mind,” said attorney Niall McCarthy. He represented about 100 Millennium Tower residents who reached a mediated settlement in 2020 with developers and others to a lawsuit claiming their property values plummeted with news of the sinking.
Millennium engineer: Surfside comparisons ‘reckless and premature’
Hamburger, who has monitored the settlements of the Millennium Tower and evaluated their effect on the structure since 2014, told CNN in a statement that the building was designed for earthquake resistance, remains safe and is not at risk of collapse.
“The collapse of the residential building in Surfside … was tragic, but it is far too early to speculate about what caused that disaster — and any potential comparisons with Millennium Tower would be reckless and premature,” Hamburger said.
“Millennium Tower was designed to stringent earthquake resistance standards and is a much tougher form of construction than typical buildings in Florida, which are not required to be designed for earthquake resistance,” he added. “I can state with confidence that settlements experienced by Millennium Tower have not compromised its stability and safety.”
A $100 million fix, set to be completed next year, involves the installation of piles into the bedrock of downtown San Francisco beneath the building, according to Millennium spokesman Doug Elmets. The piles will then be tied to the existing foundation, he said.
The retrofit, announced in October following years of lawsuits, hearings and accusations, will finally anchor the building to the bedrock. The original foundation was built into deep sand and experts determined that nearby projects and a process known as dewatering had weakened the soil under the sinking tower.
“The structural upgrade currently underway at the tower is intended to prevent further settlement, and recover some of the building’s tilt, rather than to repair damage or provide strengthening,” Hamburger said in the statement. “The building remains safe and is in no danger of collapse.”
Surfside collapse may have begun in building’s lower reaches
In Florida, at least 24 people are dead and dozens are unaccounted for after the residential building partially collapsed last Thursday. Search and rescue teams had worked feverishly to locate missing residents until efforts were temporarily halted Thursday amid structural concerns about parts of the building that remain standing. Those efforts resumed Thursday evening.
Several engineers have told CNN that video of the collapse suggests the failure began near the structure’s foundation, and a 2018 survey prepared ahead of the building’s mandated 40-year certification cited problems in the pool area and the garage beneath it.
Resident Sara Nir, who was in her ground floor condo at Champlain Towers South with her two children the night of the collapse, said she heard loud knocking sounds followed by a boom. She said ran toward the sound and witnessed the building’s underground garage collapse.
The cause of the collapse is still unknown.
The surviving members of the Champlain Towers South condo association issued a statement Friday saying, “We know that answers will take time as part of a comprehensive investigation and we will continue to work with city, state, local, and federal officials in their rescue efforts, and to understand the causes of this tragedy.”
‘It was a really wonderful place to live’
“These people were lying in bed comfortably at night with no warning whatsoever,” former Millennium resident Jernigan said of the Surfside catastrophe. “It’s a horrendous thing for the families to be going through now. And our hearts just go out.”
Jernigan, a retired software engineer, and Andrew Faulk, a retired physician, paid more than $4 million in 2011 for their condo on the 50th floor of the Millennial.
Years later Jernigan and Faulk learned the highrise was not only sinking but also tilting. In 2016, they recorded a heavily watched online video titled, “Marble roll in Millennium Tower.”
“It was the very first time we did it,” Jernigan said of the experiment. “He got the marble out and I’m going to roll this and see what it does.”
In the video, aimed at demonstrating the infamous tilt, the marble was rolled on a hardwood floor but it then changed directions.
“Rolls about 10 feet out,” Jernigan, who shot the video, said of the marble’s trajectory. “Slows to a stop and then turns around and starts rolling back and picks up speed as it goes past him.”
“In the direction that the building is leaning,” Faulk interjected. “And so, it was like, ‘Oh my God.'”
In 2017, CBS’s “60 Minutes” called a segment on the Millennium “The Leaning Tower of San Francisco,” and showed alarming stress gauges and cracks in the building’s foundation.
Jernigan and Faulk sold their two Millennium units in 2017 for what the former software engineer called “earthquake sale prices.”
“It was a really wonderful place to live and, of course, we didn’t know it when we were moving in, but there were also wonderful people that lived there,” Jernigan said.
Amenities in the building included a barrel shaped wine locker, a private movie theater, and a sprawling outdoor terrace with a marble fireplace and waterfall overlooking the indoor Olympic-sized pool.
Jernigan and Faulk, of course, will not be around with their friends and onetime neighbors for the completion of the Millennium’s fix in late 2022. They have moved to another condo complex.
“We did what we had to do to get peace of mind,” Jernigan said.
Faulk added, “We got our suitcases … put everything in …. and we left.”
CNN’s Eliott C. McLaughlin and Rebekah Riess contributed to this report.
Target is changing the operating hours of its stores in the San Francisco area due to rising crime in the city.
Six stores in the San Francisco area will close at 6 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. due to concerns about the safety of their customers and rising theft, the company announced.
“For more than a month, we’ve been experiencing a significant and alarming rise in theft and security incidents at our San Francisco stores, similar to reports from other retailers in the area. Target is engaging local law enforcement, elected officials and community partners to address our concerns,” the retail giant said in a statement Friday. “With the safety of our guests, team members and communities as our top priority, we’ve temporarily reduced our operating hours in six San Francisco stores.”
40% OF SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS PLAN TO LEAVE DUE TO QUALITY OF LIFE: POLL
The pharmacy chain Walgreens will shutter 10 stores in the area in response to a surge in shoplifting, it announced in March.
A shoplifter went viral in June after he filled up a garbage bag full of Walgreens products and rode his bike out of the store with the items as a security guard stood by and watched.
“Seventeen Walgreens over the last five years, almost every Gap retail outlet is gone, CVS is under assault,” said San Francisco Supervisor Ahsha Safai about the crime surge.
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Certain crimes have been spiking in San Francisco, including a surge in car burglaries, which are up as much as 700% in some areas, police statistics showed. Burglaries, car thefts, and arson cases rose dramatically in 2020 compared to the year before, and homicides rose 17%.
Forty percent of residents are planning to leave the city in the next few years, a poll conducted by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce suggested, and 8 out of 10 San Franciscans believe crime has worsened in the city, leading to a lower quality of life for them.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — According to the California Retailer’s Association three cities in our state are among the top 10 in the country when it comes to organized retail crime–Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento.
Already we are seeing the negative impact it is having in San Francisco with stores permanently shutting down or closing early. It has become one of the most pressing issues in our city today.
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Target has now acknowledged that San Francisco is the only city in America where they have decided to close some stores early because of the escalating retail crime.
For more than a month, we’ve been experiencing a significant and alarming rise in theft and security incidents at our San Francisco Stores, similar to reports from other retailers in the area.
Target isn’t the only store in San Francisco to make changes because of the continuous shoplifting. After 10 p.m. the 7-Eleven on Drumm St. in the Financial District only does business through a metal door. But first you have to ring the bell to let them know you’re outside.
“This window was installed like two to three months ago because it was not safe. Sometimes they would break that glass of the door,” explained Manager Bobby Singh.
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Walgreens has already closed several stores for the same reason and security guards like Kevin Greathouse are told not to physically engage with those shoplifting.
“It’s going to be lawsuits, obviously they don’t want ourselves or anybody else to get injured while we’re out here attempting to make these apprehensions and leave it to law enforcement,” said Greathouse.
He carries with him a handgun, a taser and pepper spray, but thankfully he’s never had to use them. On the other hand, he says people shoplifting have, at times, threatened him with a knife.
“I don’t have any intention of getting stabbed for $60 worth of stuff,” he added.
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Most of them never get caught. The man shown on cell phone video allegedly shoplifting and leaving with a bag full of goods on a bike has been arrested.
“The question is will this person be held accountable for what they did and that need to be part of the equation as well,” insisted San Francisco Mayor London Breed.
That’s where San Francisco Supervisor Ahsha Safai has stepped in. He’s asked both the police department and the District Attorney’s office to come up with a coordinated plan to reduce the organized retail crime and find out why San Francisco is apparently targeted more than anywhere else.
“These are people who are recruited, organized and are reselling these good and San Francisco is hurting for it,” said Safai.
He’s given police and the DA’s office a week to come up with an answer.
The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) has vacated Coronado High School’s championship title following its investigation of the postgame tortilla-throwing incident that largely overshadowed the matchup with Orange Glen High School of Escondido two weekends ago.
“In this instance, there is no doubt the act of throwing tortillas at a predominately Latino team is unacceptable and warrants sanctions,” the CIF said in part.
In addition to being stripped of its Division 4-A Regional Championship title, Coronado High was placed on probation through the 2023-24 school year and won’t be allowed to host any sectional, regional or state postseason basketball games through the 2022-23 school year. The school’s entire athletics program will be barred from hosting postseason play until:
Completion of a sportsmanship workshop (to include a component of racial/cultural sensitivity training such as the NFHS Implicit Bias Course) for all Coronado High School administrators, athletic director(s), coaches and student-athletes.
Completion of game management training for all Coronado High School administrators and athletic director(s).
“While consequences are warranted for such an egregious action as throwing tortillas at a predominantly Latino team and the sanctions below are being levied on the athletic program at Coronado High School, we must all be aware that behavior does not normally change with sanctions alone. The path towards real change comes with the development of empathy for those who are on the receiving end of this type of degrading and demeaning behavior, no matter the proffered intent of that behavior,” the CIF said.
The CIF also recommends administrators at both schools work together to offer restorative justice opportunities for students and to get involved with joint community service projects.
The Coronado Unified School District released a statement following the CIF’s decision, which read in part, “We are currently reviewing the decision and will evaluate a possible appeal. We have also retained an outside investigator to thoroughly review the incident, which will guide any additional corrective actions. Whatever actions we take to address this matter, this incident and the CIF decision have served as clear reminders of the importance of sportsmanship and respectful conduct toward one another.”
The tortilla throwing overshadowed a hard-fought game between the two schools on June 19, and shined a spotlight on the mostly white upscale island community of Coronado, and Orange Glen High School, of which around 80% of its student body is Latino.
In the days following the incident, the CUSD board voted unanimously to fire CHS head basketball coach J.D. Laaperi. Last weekend, the district superintendent told the CIF in a letter the district’s investigation found no evidence warranting forfeiture of the title.
Last week, San Diego County Human Relations Commission (HRC) voted unanimously to form a Youth Advisory Board that could help bridge the gap, kid-to-kid in the youth community.
“Our young people know what the deal is and what’s happening, and they also have incredible solutions on anti-hate or anti-racism,” Ellen Nash, Chair of the HRC said.
The HRC thinks creating a youth board is the first step in bringing young people to the table to lead the charge in eliminated school-to-school or student-to-student prejudice and increasing cultural sensitivity.
Community activists and others have called for Coronado to forfeit the game, but the district has announced they don’t plan to do so. NBC 7’s Amber Frias has more.
The group would be made up of students from schools across the county who would collaborate with other youth groups to tackle division.
“What happened inside the gymnasium was a disgrace, embarrassing,” Coronado parent Chuck Gossage said. “Frankly, the idea of student leadership, well-represented from all the schools in the San Diego area, I think it’s a fabulous idea. Taking away the adult perspective where some of us are potentially jaded over the years, and are really dug into our positions.”
In a letter to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), Coronado’s schools boss said the district’s probe of a tortilla-throwing incident following a championship game last weekend had not turned up any evidence that would require Coronado’s High to forfeit the game. NBC 7’s Amber Frias has more.
A Coronado alum said he brought the tortillas to the game so they could be used as a celebratory prop, but tension between the two sidelines boiled over and the tortillas made it into the hands of at least two Coronado High School players, who hurled them in Orange Glen’s direction.
The HRC also voted to send a letter to the CIF demanding accountability and transparency. It expects the letter to go out in the next week. As for the youth advisory board, commission members said it could take months to form.
Over the weekend, the Coronado Unified School District board told the CIF it found no evidence warranting forfeiture of the championship.
The Escondido Union High School District, home to Orange Glen, met last week and adopted a resolution denouncing racism and racial discrimination, and affirming the district’s support equity, safety and well-being of all students.
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After the final buzzer but before the teams from each side shook hands in a post-game tradition, people on the Coronado side threw tortillas at the team from Escondido and – according to Orange Glen’s coaches – told them to get out of their gym.
There was a squabble between coaching staff from both schools. Video widely shared on social media showed at least two Coronado students throwing tortillas into the air toward the other team.
Coronado High School’s basketball team took the win on Saturday night, but instead of celebrating in good fashion, the team turned their win into what is now being called an act of racism, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan.
The Coronado school board’s letter to the CIF stated that its investigation of the incident turned up evidence that showed there was regrettable behavior by both sides.
Mueller said CUSD has no “agenda” and wrote that, “according to multiple witness accounts, audio-video coverage, and personal statements from those involved,” it’s the district’s understanding that “Numerous statements reference the actions of people representing both schools as contributing to somewhat of a ‘powder keg’ atmosphere.” Mueller added that “there are allegations of inappropriate language from CHS and OGHS fans, coaches, and players which vary in who ‘started it’ or was ‘worse’ in these interactions.”
Both groups behaved in ways that are not consistent with the CIF’s code of ethics, the Coronado district’s investigation determined, with the letter stating that the tortillas were thrown after “adults around the scorers’ table, representing both OGHS and CHS, escalated tensions by using profanities and insults instead of modeling good sportsmanship.”
Mueller went on to write that the throwing of the tortillas “caused offense and subjected our guests and Coronado residents present to feelings related to discrimination” and that the honorable thing to do following such an incident is to apologize, which he does: “I was and am deeply sorry.”
Mueller said the disitrct was working to organize time for the two teams to come together and “reconcile through a lens of understanding.”
“We will be a better and stronger school community through our willingness to reflect and grow with humility,” he said.
NBC 7’s Dave Summers heard reaction from players, adults and leaders from both communities.
Laaperi said on social media before his firing that a community member brought the tortillas to the game and that the incident was “unacceptable and racist in nature” and he did not condone it.
NBC 7’s Melissa Adan heard from the Coronado High School alum who said he brought tortillas to the game so they could be used in celebration.
NBC 7 learned that a Coronado alum, Luke Serna, announced that he had brought the tortillas to the game and denied that doing so had a racist component. He maintained that he was evoking a tradition at UC Santa Barbara, which he also attended. People familiar with the practice of tortilla tossing at sporting events, however, say the intent is often to distract during games, not as a celebration after a victory, though a search of the Internet did turn up results describing people throwing tortillas after the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos scored a goal.
San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials on Tuesday reported that the county’s first case of the COVID-19 Delta variant has been identified.
The variant is said to spread more quickly and easily than earlier strains of the virus.
On June 15, the CDC labeled Delta as a variant of concern, meaning there is evidence that it spreads more easily, causes more severe disease, and leads to increased hospitalizations and deaths.
Health officials say the COVID-19 vaccine is still effective against the variant.
County health officials say they are investigating the recent case to understand how the patient contracted COVID-19 and to take steps to prevent the spread of the variant.
Santa Barbara County Public Health officials previously detected two cases of the Delta variant.
To make an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination, visit the state’s My Turn website.
A murder suspect also wanted in connection with an alleged assault on a law enforcement officer crashed into a semi-truck Tuesday evening following a pursuit that stretched from San Diego to Los Angeles, according to reports.
The suspect allegedly assaulted a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputy when deputies attempted to make contact with the suspect after being alerted of the northbound chase, FOX 11 of Los Angeles reported. No details about the alleged assault were immediately disclosed.
The chase ended around 7 p.m. PT in Pomona, in east Los Angeles, when the suspect turned left onto the wrong side of the street and hit the front end of the truck from the side while the truck driver was making a wide right, according to video posted by KNBC-TV in Los Angeles.
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The driver allegedly reached speeds of more than 90 mph on Highway 60, drove on the wrong side of the road, nearly hit several cars and drove on a sidewalk at one point during the chase that started around 5:30 p.m., KABC-TV of Los Angeles reported.
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Both the driver and a passenger were taken into custody, according to FOX 11. No injuries were immediately reported.
The passenger was released by police and said she realize that the driver, her friend, was a murder suspect, according to FOX 11.
TEO: HAS COVID CASES LEVEL OFF IN CALIFORNIA, MORE COUNTIES ARE MOVING TO LESS RESTRICTIVE TEARS. SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY MOVING FROM THE MOST RESTRICTED PURPLE TEAR TO THE RED TIER. DINING AND MOVIE THEATERS CAN REOPEN A 25% CAPACITY, OR UP TO 1500 PEOPLE. GYMS CAN OPEN INDOORS AT 10%. CONTRA COSTA COUNTY IS MOVING TO THE ORANGE TIER. THAT IS THE ONLY MOVEMENT IN THE AREA. THERE ARE SEVERAL COUNTIES AND OTHER PARTS OF
San Joaquin County moves into California’s red tier; El Dorado joins more counties in orange
Updated: 2:45 PM PDT Apr 6, 2021
San Joaquin County is moving out of the state’s most restrictive COVID-19 purple tier into red, clearing the way for indoor operations to resume, with modifications, for businesses that include restaurants, gyms, museums, and movie theaters.The move will also expand maximum capacity for things like retail and shopping malls from 25% to 50% and open up food courts.California officials also announced Tuesday that Contra Costa, El Dorado, Humboldt, Imperial, Mendocino, Monterey, Riverside, Napa, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tulare and Ventura counties are moving into the orange, or moderate, tier of COVID-19 restrictions, which will increase the numbers of those allowed indoors at museums, places of worship, gyms and other places. Retail will no longer have capacity restrictions.The new tier assignments take effect on Wednesday. | Related| What’s allowed under California’s tier systemSierra and Alpine counties remain in the state’s lesser yellow tier for minimal COVID-19 restrictions. Merced and Inyo counties are the only counties stuck in the purple tier for widespread COVID-19 cases. Now that 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in 400-plus ZIP codes considered most vulnerable, California is making it easier for counties to move through the tiers by altering the case rate range for the tiers.The purple tier threshold will remain at greater than 10 cases per 100,000. The red (substantial) tier case rate range will narrow to 6 to 10 cases per 100,000 and the orange tier case rate range will shift to 2 to 5.9 cases per 100,0000. The yellow tier case rate range will shift to less than 2 cases per 100,000. The latest announcement comes as California on Tuesday announced a target date for fully reopening the economy under a new system as more Californians get COVID-19 vaccines and hospitalization rates continue to decline.The entire state will move into this phase June 15 if two criteria are met: If vaccine supply is sufficient for Californians 16 years and older who want the vaccine, and if hospitalization rates are stable and low.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
San Joaquin County is moving out of the state’s most restrictive COVID-19 purple tier into red, clearing the way for indoor operations to resume, with modifications, for businesses that include restaurants, gyms, museums, and movie theaters.
The move will also expand maximum capacity for things like retail and shopping malls from 25% to 50% and open up food courts.
California officials also announced Tuesday that Contra Costa, El Dorado, Humboldt, Imperial, Mendocino, Monterey, Riverside, Napa, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Tulare and Ventura counties are moving into the orange, or moderate, tier of COVID-19 restrictions, which will increase the numbers of those allowed indoors at museums, places of worship, gyms and other places. Retail will no longer have capacity restrictions.
The new tier assignments take effect on Wednesday.
| Related| What’s allowed under California’s tier system
Sierra and Alpine counties remain in the state’s lesser yellow tier for minimal COVID-19 restrictions.
Merced and Inyo counties are the only counties stuck in the purple tier for widespread COVID-19 cases.
Now that 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in 400-plus ZIP codes considered most vulnerable, California is making it easier for counties to move through the tiers by altering the case rate range for the tiers.
The purple tier threshold will remain at greater than 10 cases per 100,000. The red (substantial) tier case rate range will narrow to 6 to 10 cases per 100,000 and the orange tier case rate range will shift to 2 to 5.9 cases per 100,0000. The yellow tier case rate range will shift to less than 2 cases per 100,000.
The latest announcement comes as California on Tuesday announced a target date for fully reopening the economy under a new system as more Californians get COVID-19 vaccines and hospitalization rates continue to decline.
The entire state will move into this phase June 15 if two criteria are met: If vaccine supply is sufficient for Californians 16 years and older who want the vaccine, and if hospitalization rates are stable and low.
SAN DIEGO — Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. hurt himself taking a hard swing and immediately left Monday’s 3-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants.
Tatis struck out swinging against Anthony DeSclafani and winced in pain as he fell to the ground. He cradled his left arm while he got up, and two athletic trainers helped hold his left arm against his body as he walked off the field.
The Padres later said that Tatis exited because of a left shoulder subluxation, which is a partial dislocation of a joint. He will be reevaluated Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Tatis left a game late in spring training with left shoulder discomfort but was back two days later. Manager Jayce Tingler said then that Tatis had been dealing with left shoulder discomfort since his minor league days. Tatis later said he’d had it since rookie ball.
Tatis committed five errors through the first four games.
He signed the longest contract in big league history on Feb. 22, a 14-year, $340 million deal.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
The 49ers made their move up to the No. 3 overall pick in this year’s draft with a specific player in mind. We won’t know who that player is until the pick is officially announced on April 29. Speculation will run rampant until then.
While much of the talk about who San Francisco will pick has revolved around Alabama quarterback Mac Jones and Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields, NFL.com draft analyst Lance Zierlein sees North Dakota State’s Trey Lance as the best fit for the 49ers and head coach Kyle Shanahan.
Zierlein joined the Morning Roast on 95.7 the Game in San Francisco and explained why Lance’s experience in the North Dakota State offense set him up to fit Shanahan’s scheme.
“What North Dakota State does, is they’re a full-field-read offense. They set their own protections. They do a lot of outside zone stuff, which is obviously similar,” Zierlein said. “You’ve got boot action if you want to put that in there, you get the big man on the move with the athleticism. It really, because he’s a full-field reader and he’s not one of these like, half-field college quarterbacks, it really blends itself and works with more the layered passing attack that San Francisco likes to run. And of course Kyle’s (Shanahan) worked a lot more quick game and he’s kind of altered his offense to take in more of what today’s NFL football is which is a copy of college.”
This is going to be an intriguing wrinkle in how the 49ers operate with their pick. Shanahan said in his press conference that their pick is more about the future than just this year, and they seem ready to roll with Jimmy Garoppolo as the starter while their rookie takes a year to learn the system and get up to speed in the NFL.
That would lend some credence to the idea that the rookie doesn’t necessarily need that scheme familiarity right away.
On the other hand, Garoppolo’s spot on the 49ers’ roster isn’t guaranteed and if they get the right trade for him it’s hard to imagine they wouldn’t aim to move him. That would leave the No. 3 pick as the presumed starter with only Josh Rosen and Josh Johnson also on the roster.
A player who’s already thrived in an offense like Shanahan’s would seemingly be able to hit the ground running faster than a player who needs to get comfortable in the scheme.
Perhaps the 49ers are looking for something different in their No. 3 pick, but Lance’s background at NDSU would seem to make him a good fit with San Francisco. If Shanahan is enamored with the physical tools Lance brings as well, it’s easy to see why they’d trade three first-round picks to climb the board and draft him.
