49ers return to Bay Area after Super Bowl loss

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The San Francisco 49ers are back in the Bay Area Monday after the Super Bowl.

The team plane landed in San Jose where seven buses were waiting to take the players and staff back to Levi's Stadium.

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Now begins the long off-season of analyzing what the team needs to do next year -- so that the 49ers are able to hold up a Super Bowl trophy for the first time in 30 years.

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