evening for neighbors who lived just off the coast near half moon bay. >> i ran to my window facing the ocean, and i could see that the plane was turning around and it was losing altitude. >> and it all started after 7:00 sunday night. that's when the san mateo county sheriff's office said they got a call from someone at the moss beach distillery. the person reported a plane flying erratically and sputtering before losing sight of it. this witness described what she heard. we heard this like motor engine, like puttering, like you hear in a movie when a plane's about to crash and you hear the puttering of the engine and it came around the corner and it's kind of a bi plane, very, very visible. >> we figured something was wrong because it was so close to the to the restaurant. >> michelle weil, who lives near the distillery, said she heard the plane too, though planes in the area are normal. she said this was different. >> this one was unusually loud. loud and i looked out the window

and i saw it and it was way lower than normal and it was taking a different flight path. normally they take off and head straight north. they're not allowed to fly over the marine reserve behind me, but it was turning out toward this direction and over the marine reserve, emergency crews responded with drones and a diver. >> sunday night around 830, they found the plane in the water without passengers. now monday, the plane was pulled from the water near ross cove. pieces of wreckage were also found in other places just off the coast. >> the plane was actually upside down in the water and this morning with about 30 search and rescue volunteers, emergency service bureau, we're beginning to see some of that wreckage come up onto the coastline. >> the faa confirmed monday that it was a single engine, cozy mach four airplane with two people on board. the san mateo county sheriff's office said that while the search was going on, a woman's body was found in the water by a commercial fishing boat, though they're still working to confirm her identity, they believe she is associated with the plane crash, the coast guard announced just before 11 monday morning that they had suspended their search

for survivors. the ntsb is now investigating, though authorities confirmed that the plane originated from an east bay airport. they're still not confirming which one in half moon bay. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> san jose has recorded its first traffic fatality of this new year. a passing suv hit a pedestrian just before 2:00 this morning on monterey road near skyway drive. this is in south san jose. the driver stopped and is cooperating with police. authorities say the pedestrian was crossing monterey road near a crosswalk when she died at the hospital. conditions were foggy at the time, but police have not said whether visibility was a factor. a driver? somehow this is unbelievable. careened off an off ramp and into a building in san francisco. that driver was hospitalized with critical injuries after her car crashed into the second story of the clock tower lofts in the rincon hill neighborhood. it happened last night on the i-80 westbound off ramp at the intersection of bryant and sterling streets. a resident describes the moment the car slammed into the

building. listen >> it felt like an earthquake. yeah you know, it's a great neighborhood. once in a while, we have something like this happen. but it's still a great place to live. >> again, the driver is in critical condition, but no one inside the building was hurt. they marched for one and a half miles today in san francisco. >> a way to commemorate the much longer journey made by doctor king and his supporters in 1965. from selma to montgomery, alabama. it's an mlk tradition in the city, and as abc seven news anchor dion lim shows us a way to share king's dream with people of all races and ages. >> from the air was a sight to behold as thousands marched across the lefty o'doul bridge in san francisco. >> we're still fighting a good fight. we're trying to fight the good fight every day. >> the crossing part of a symbolic route in monday's martin luther king junior day march, as those gathered reflect

on bloody sunday in march of 1965, when supporters of doctor king were beaten by police as they crossed the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama, at the beginning of a 54 mile trek to montgomery. >> for me, it's a blessing to be here, to walk in unity with all these people of all races, because martin luther king's dream and i'm here. >> while the civil rights marches in alabama helped earn black americans voting rights, those in attendance on this monday. i'm gonna let it shine. say the key to harmony is first, through education. many passing out fliers and holding up signs. it's overwhelming. >> and it's so great to see so many generations of people here, especially the young people, to understand that if you know your history, then you can move forward in the future. the message of unity and solidarity were on full display. >> i come here and i see so much community. >> i see so much joy, and i think there's so much love to that. >> it's an opportunity for us to

really show that we are a coalition of many organizations, doing all kinds of work and coming together in service of justice and love. >> the march continued through mission bay and culminated with song, dance and celebration at yerba buena gardens. i am the power. >> i am the love. >> these grounds, home of our country's third largest. memorial to the late doctor king , whose message of standing up against hate rings true even for the littlest. we came out here to show the politicians and everyone that it's not okay. >> and it needs to be fixed. >> elected leaders also took to the stage and reflected upon years past while encouraging us to move forward. >> we celebrate it together, different races and people of all backgrounds, people who spoke english and people who did not. and every single step of the way. it was joy in san francisco. >> diane lim, abc seven news.

>> the mlk celebration train brought hundreds of people into san francisco for the march. ho! hey ho, hey. it was a day celebration. some passengers sang and danced as they made their way up the peninsula to san francisco. the trip commemorates the historic 54 mile march. doctor king led from selma to montgomery, alabama, in 1965. it's a gathering of like minded people to celebrate doctor martin luther king jr for peace, love, kindness, hope. >> they got to bring him and show him where we came to and where we came from, you know what i mean? he's a young cat, two years older than me. you know what i'm saying? >> so it's nothing's impossible to accomplish. >> you know, he became a doctor at a very, very young age. so anything is possible. anything is possible. >> the journey began at san jose's diridon station and included stops in palo alto and san mateo in the north bay, a community wide mlk junior day

celebration in marin city featured music and speakers who reflected on doctor king's legacy as abc's seven news reporter cornell bernard explains, those people also honored doctor king by improving their community. you ought to be so mean. >> there was music and song praising the work and legacy of doctor martin luther king jr. >> our theme this year is let us fan the flame of the dream into a reality. >> residents of marin city and beyond, coming together as they do every year to celebrate doctor king's birthday. it's time of the year where all of marin county comes together. >> so it's a it's a unity thing and we love it. florence williams says this event, now in its 25th year, is celebrated in a place where mlk. >> s name and image is everywhere. reminders of king's work to achieve equality for black americans. >> we want to hold up his legacy of unity, love, togetherness uh- justice. equity, all of that. we

have many years of hard memories , so this day is a great day for celebration and it's nice to see white people involved because that makes it all more beautiful and makes martin luther king rest in peace at mlk academy nearby sausalito, volunteers are spending this day tending to the school's garden, cleaning up and replanting. >> today, we are reimagining doctor king's dream, which is that we provide a service which is we're clearing out beds and we're planting all of our gardens, provide food for the school breakfast and lunch programs. volunteer gabby muse says besides creating food sustainability, this event is about building community bridges. my kids are multiracial, but mill valley is predominantly white and it can be a really isolating experience to be anything other than that in the community, and this is a way to create connections across, um, across different

parts of our community. >> a day of service to honor one man and his dream. >> i think he'd be so amazed that all of the people that are here from all the different schools, different, diverse backgrounds, i think he'd be so happy that we exemplify his dream in marin county. >> cornell bernard. abc seven news. >> in oakland, the anti-police terror project organized a rally to honor doctor king with a message of activism and resistance. this is the 10th year the project has held a march through downtown oakland to honor doctor king's legacy of peaceful resistance. the group rallied in front of oakland city hall, highlighting king's progressive values. participants also spoke about the situation in the middle east, calling for a ceasefire in gaza. we have a compilation of some of doctor martin luther king jr's most impactful quotes, work that helped shape our nation. we're remembering the civil rights leader with his own words at abc seven news.com. you'll find the

link right there on our home page and what words he spoke and inspired us with. >> all right. now to a live doppler seven tracking rain that is approaching once again. abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian is here with a look at the timing of all of this. spencer. >> okay, dan is getting a little bit closer. here's a look at live doppler seven in the radar and the satellite, and you can see that there's little activity offshore. that's not the system heading our way. it's about a day away. here's the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. the approaching storm is a level one a light storm, and tomorrow afternoon and evening is when we expect to start to feel the impact of this system. it's going to be a messy evening commute tomorrow. here's our forecast animation starting at 5 a.m. not until about 9 a.m. we'll see the first batch of light showers moving through the north bay between then and about noon. it gets more widespread and heavier, and the afternoon evening commute will be a mess of the full accuweather seven day forecast in a few minutes. kristen. spencer, thank you.

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candidates are hoping for a great turnout for the state's caucuses, despite the wintry weather conditions. >> as abc news reporter craig wahl gives you a preview of what we can expect in less than an hour, iowans will go to their precincts around the state to begin caucusing and there is so much at stake tonight as the temperatures, though, go from bitter cold to worse. >> the candidates are hoping to keep their campaigns heating up. are you ready to brave the cold to make your voice heard tonight? >> there is a lot at stake tonight for ron desantis, slipping in the polls to third place heading into the caucuses. >> a strong showing is a must today. he was appealing for all the support he can get. >> if you're going out and between now and i guess what 630 , 7:00 you bring another person or a couple other people with you that's going to have a huge impact. >> nikki haley and a battle with desantis for second place. but rising in the polls now focusing her attention on donald trump,

looking to portray herself as the best alternative to the republican frontrunner, 75% of americans have said they don't want to see a biden trump rematch. >> they want to go forward with a new generational leader with new solutions. they want to leave the old names and the negativity and the baggage behind. >> iowans have never experienced a caucus that will be this cold. temperatures are still hovering below zero and expected to keep falling. donald trump, considerably ahead in the polls, feeling good about the expected results tonight as he left his hotel. >> we're going to have a tremendous night tonight. the people are fantastic and i've never seen spirit like they have countrywide. but in iowa i've never seen spirit. are you democrats are watching from the sidelines since they are not caucusing this year, but illinois governor jb pritzker, part of the biden reelection team going on the attack against all of the republican candidates in tonight's contest, is simply a question of whether you like your maga trump agenda wrapped in the original packaging, or with high heels, or with lifts in their boots. >> today, all eyes will indeed

be here on iowa. >> how much the cold impacts turnout remains to be seen, but for nikki haley and ron desantis, a strong finish is very important as they look ahead to the new hampshire primary next week in des moines, iowa. craig wahl abc seven eyewitness news. >> investigators say a false report triggered a major emergency response to the white house this morning. police determined it was a swatting incident. multiple fire and ems units were dispatched following a 911 call claiming there was a fire at the white house. the caller also claims someone was trapped inside. the call was traced to a fake number and determined to be a false alarm. president biden was not at the white house at the time of the incident, but. >> all right, let's turn to the weather. we talked about what it's like in iowa for the caucuses. brutal cold, another storm coming our way. >> yeah, but right now it's kind of nice outside. >> spencer. it is nice out there right now. it's nice and calm and pleasant. blue skies dry. here's a look at live doppler seven and the satellite radar composite image. you can see

just a few clouds beginning to spill into the bay area, and that pattern will continue overnight. but right now skies are blue and temperatures are these 59 degrees here in san francisco, oakland, 5659. in hayward, 61. san jose 57 at san mateo and half moon bay, blue sky over the golden gate. for the most part, other temperature readings right now mid 50s at santa rosa, petaluma and napa. mid to upper 50s at fairfield, concord and livermore. and these are our forecast headlines tonight. we'll see increasing clouds during the overnight hours tomorrow afternoon and evening rain. although a few drops of rain may begin to fall in the morning hours in the north bay. and this weekend we expect possibility of some heavy rain and quite stormy weather on. we go to a look at the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. the approaching storm is a light level one storm, so tomorrow afternoon and evening is when we'll feel the main impact of the storm. although, as i mentioned, some of these light showers will start to fall in the north bay in the morning hours, isolated downpours are possible and it's going to be a wet and messy evening commute.

forecast animation looks like this by 9:00 tomorrow morning, we'll see the first batches of showers pushing into the north bay between 9 a.m. and about 1 p.m, not much change. it will be mainly in north bay event, but later in the day it all swings eastward and southward and as you can see in the evening hours, it's going to be wet all across the region. and that will certainly slow down the evening commute quite a bit. well, rainfall totals by the end of this rain event, generally between a quarter of an inch and a third of an inch, although a few isolated locations may see more rain than that. overnight. lows mainly low to mid 40s. highs tomorrow, generally in the mid 50s in the rain covered north bay, but. the remainder of the bay area will see highs in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees. and here is the accuweather seven day forecast. so we get past the level one storm tomorrow. it will be drier and milder on wednesday, although quite a few clouds lingering mostly cloudy but still dry on thursday. then we get a series of wet days coming our way. all level one storms beginning with evening showers on friday. then on saturday, lightrillionain and showers. sunday looks like the day with

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a chronicle is reporting that the hyde street pier will be torn out sometime this year. four of the ships at the pier

will set sail for vallejo for several years. the pier has been a san francisco fixture since the late 1800s. congress has approved a $102 million plan for improvements. the rebuild is expected to take about three years to finish. >> the postal service is getting some negative response to this year's lunar new year stamp. our news partner, the san francisco standard, reports that many people in san francisco's chinese american community are upset with the year of the dragon design. some say it doesn't evoke happiness or good luck, and doesn't even look like a dragon, but more like a monkey or cow. yeah i can see that the nose is a little monkey ish or cow ish. the postal service says there is often a variety of interpretations, and it always welcomes suggestions from the public. >> all right, moving on. are you ready for some football? the niners announced a series of fan events across the bay area and beyond to get people pumped about the upcoming playoff game. >> details just ahead

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>> abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey has a look at what's at stake for fans and for the team this win or go home. >> it's about how good can you play in those three hours. and that's the team that usually uh- is happy at the end of the year. >> welcome to the nfl playoffs. the road to super bowl 58 for the red and gold starts this weekend at levi's stadium. >> i just think that everybody's excited. you know, niner football is always fun, but playoff football is another level. >> but standing in the way of that lombardi trophy is a familiar foe. the green bay packers. for fans, it almost doesn't seem like a normal playoff run without seeing these colors come to town. >> just seeing that yellow and green and then that red and gold and, you know, being a football fan and that tradition of football. and it's been a playoffs on top of that, it's that whole tradition, a tradition that dates back to the 1950s when the niners and packers first played the franchise's now scoring up for a nfl record 10th time in the

playoffs. >> the winner of this game not only punches their ticket to the nfc championship, but will sit atop the all time playoff win record in nfl history as well. >> this really is uh- nf fell classic retired mercury news sports writer mark purdy remembers covering the freezing matchups in lambeau, as well as the big wins in the bay and he's anticipating another moment that will be etched in the history books again this weekend. the nfl is really for fans who want to take the ride, and if you taken the ride with 40 niners, packers over the years, you've seen a lot of great football and a lot of ups and downs and a lot of drama. i expect a lot of drama on on saturday as well. >> drama that you could take part in across the bay with 40 niners, sponsored watch parties in san jose, san francisco, oakland, even mexico city. but fans say there will be no place like home this weekend. >> i think having the home stadium is definitely a huge advantage for the fans. rocking loud at levi's stadium is definitely a huge advantage.

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♪ super wild card weekend wraps up in tampa, florida, where the buccaneers finished the year winning five of welcoming the philadelphia eagles who came in week lee and