starts right now. with this is a must. >> celebrating the black experience. since the energy is so radiating and highlighting its positive influence throughout the bay area's diverse communities. >> we're coming together for the sole, for the sole purpose of joy and love. it's no better feeling than that. >> oakland embraces its black roots, creating unity in its diversity. during this year's black joy parade. >> it's not just about black, it's about everyone. >> it is a day to highlight all of the positives of oakland. thanks for joining us. i'm j.r stone. you may have seen the seventh annual black joy parade that we stream live today on abc seven news platforms. abc seven suzanne phan says it's more than just a celebration in the streets. it's a week long effort to elevate a community that's sometimes vilified and often overlooked. i love it is my first time. >> i'm so excited. >> i missed it last year, so

many people lined the streets of oakland on this sunday to catch the seventh annual black joy parade. >> it's how john coakley celebrated his 73rd birthday. i had to get out of the house and come down here and do this. >> i love seeing all of our black people come out, the different businesses and the different ethnicities. >> for years, the black joy parade has celebrated positive within the community. i love all of us. >> the black pride. we got over 127 contingents out here this year. >> one of our biggest parades yet, and it just continues to grow. really really excited about it. >> abc seven news anchors ama daetz and julian glover hosted a live stream of the parade. organizers say the parade participants and the spectators make a big impact on oakland and the black community. it's helping to lift many small businesses in oakland's black business district, which runs along franklin street. >> we're hoping to reactivate this space and kind of bring some economic empowerment to this area as well.

>> businesses like mentos, jamaican restaurant and bar owner cleve minto says the parade couldn't have come at a better time. he says the past three years have been tough. >> i can't wait on this parade every year. it's really a good day for our business. live stream co-host taylor brown crenshaw talked about the big bucks, the parade generates. >> the parade brings in an incremental $100,000 to black owned restaurants alone every year for this family and many others, it's black history month, so we wanted to come out and celebrate, and it's a great day for the weather to black joy parade is something not to be missed. >> they say it's the ultimate way to be with community and celebrate community in oakland, suzanne phan abc seven news. >> catch every moment of today's black joy parade. you can watch it in its entirety on demand on our website, abc seven news.com, and on the abc seven bay area app. wherever you stream abc seven. the celebration continues following yesterday's lunar new

year parade in san francisco, a massive crowd took in the festivities last night in chinatown. i was out there as well and today was the community street fair. there were more than 120 vendors booths and some live music featuring chinese folk dancing, opera and drumming. mayor london breed and other city officials joined the celebrate. families shopped around and got photos with giant puppet dragons, lions and other memorable parade pieces to the accuweather forecast. we go abc seven weather anchor spencer christian is here to tell us what we can expect next. i was just about to put that umbrella far from the front door, but maybe not so fast. >> not yet jr not yet. tomorrow won't exactly be a parade day,

let's put it that way. here's a look at what's happening on live doppler seven. you can see a storm forming off shore moving in our direction. a little bit of green showing up there, some precipitation developing in the system. not a lot though. it's only a level one storm on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale, so it's not going to be a heavy rain maker. but for tomorrow, we expect scattered showers under a 10th of an inch of rain in most locations, and it will be breezy. so the forecast animation taking us into the overnight hours shows clouds increasing and by about 5 a.m. as the morning commute is getting underway for much of the bay area, we'll see some light scattered showers beginning to move onshore and throughout the day that will be the pattern. pockets of light scattered showers. there could be an isolated downpour or two, but again, this is not a heavy rain storm. it'll be all over by tomorrow night, but there are some heavier activity coming our way later in the week, which i'll show you in my accuweather seven day forecast later in this newscast at jr. >> look forward to that. spencer in the east bay. there was a rally this morning to honor slain shopkeeper aristeo zambrano. he was a former united farm workers leader of the 1970s

and a longtime oakland business owner. organizers say his story embody the american dream. zambrano was killed in his own auto repair shop on international boulevard earlier this month. today's rally had supporters and speakers demanding an end to the violence that is plaguing oakland. former president donald trump is signaling that he believes the primary is over, calling on republicans to unify behind him. this follows a decisive defeat yesterday of nikki haley in her home state. abc news reporter jay o'brien has the latest from the campaign trail. >> the race for the republican nomination. now turning to michigan and then super tuesday after former president donald trump beat challenger nikki haley by 20 points in her home state, south carolina. the former president's campaign saying the primary is over. >> there's never been a spirit like this. and i just want to say that i have never seen the republican party so unified as

it is right now. >> once a popular two time governor in the palmetto state, nikki haley, now looking past the loss here and vowing to stay in the race until super tuesday in early march, when 15 states will go to the polls. >> i don't believe donald trump can beat joe biden. day. trump drives people away from haley supporters we met pushing her to stick it out as a republican alternative to trump. >> she wants to move past the drama and focus on the american people. >> are you concerned that she may not secure the nomination, though? >> you know, i'd like to let everybody vote. >> i think she still has a lot of fight left in her, but trump, still pulling from a passionate base of supporters. >> he's just done great things for the country. >> he just can't go wrong with his results. >> exit polls showing most south carolina republican primary voters view trump as more likely than haley to beat president biden in november, and a majority say trump would be fit

to serve as president if convicted in one of his four pending criminal cases. nikki haley told supporters here she's sticking in the race because she believes that former president trump and president biden are both unpopular with voters and saying she's going to keep making that case. her campaign already promising what it says will be seven figures worth of campaign ads in those super tuesday states. jay o'brien, abc news, charleston, south carolina . >> jay, thank you so much. one man who thinks donald trump will win the republican nomination is california's governor. he had choice words today about trump. >> he's unhinged. he's a much weaker candidate than he was a few years ago. democrats are stronger. we're winning 18, 20, 22, 23. you saw in new york. three. we continue to win. we continue to outperform. and donald trump is a big part of that. >> polls show voters have concerns about president biden's age, but governor newsom says he's not worried about that. that that will impact biden's

chances of beating trump, voting centers are now open across the bay area. voting began at san francisco city hall this weekend. people can cast paper ballots or vote by touch screen in 23 voting centers, opened yesterday in santa clara county, and 20 polling places opened this weekend in alameda county. earl be voting sites will open in contra costa county this friday. why did parts of the bay area plunge into darkness for days during a recent rainstorm? that's the question san francisco supervisors want to answer. the move to hold p-g-and-e's accountable ahead. also, at&t makes a goodwill gesture today to customers impacted by a service outage. you could be getting some

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moment warriors move into the ninth place of the west. la dropped to 10th. but warriors on the verge of losing to denver. wait and see in the standings. women's college hoops senior day for number three. stanford hosting arizona state cameron brink was out friday night back with a vengeance today. five more blocks and she could play one more college season. isn't quite sure what she's going to do with her future. 14 points, nine rebounds to go with those blocks and the other senior hannah jump had 11. great ball movement for the three ball stanford wins 8167. and because of a couple of upsets, a clinch. excuse me a share of what will be the final pac 12 title. really cool moments for cal and stanford softball almost simultaneously in coachella. that's cal junior kaylee pond from lafayette, a two run homer in the bottom of the sixth to walk it off against long beach state. and about the same time over in austin, texas, stanford freshman jade berry, a two run homer in extra innings to beat colorado state, so both bay area teams went a perfect five. and oh, this weekend and their respective tournaments. nascar's second race of the season

extremely rare finish at the atlanta 503 wide in the final lap, and they all finish at the same time. i mean, this is a photo finish to the max. you see the blue car in front, daniel suarez just slightly ahead, declared the winner. his second nascar win. his first, actually was last year at sonoma. hey, just see this our casey pratt. what a great mc he was yesterday afternoon at oakland at the fans fest, the oakland 68th and last i bar partner to host the celebration of oakland sports. casey doing his thing. former a's grant balfour, coco crisp were among the former players in attendance. abc seven sports is sponsored by your northern california honda dealers and breaking news jr. brother cody got engaged. that's breaking news. i love that i just got the updates. >> you know he's sending pictures over and he didn't say what had happened. i just saw a picture of her wearing the rock. i said, i guess that means she said yes, i'm ready to go to the wedding. he'll be on the invite. >> yeah. are you after? >> well, thank you so much. we'll be after the. and congratulations to cody. we'll

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looking back, an unthinkable case in richmond. nearly 30 years ago, a six year old boy and six week old baby linked by a horrific act. her report on what what has happened in all those years since. that's all the time we have for abc seven news at six. we leave you with highlights from today's black joy parade in oakland. we'll see you back here at 11. >> ah, look at this. we are live. welcome to the seventh annual black joy parade. we are celebrating all things black culture, community, history, and we are going to have a great time. we're glad to have you with us. >> our sharing and passing down history every time that we practice a tradition. this is

how it moves on for generations and generations to come. >> the beauty and making sure that oakland and the culture thrives. >> we can shed any of the doubt that oakland is still a lovely place to be, to live, to raise your family. >> this is our black and brown community. it's not just about black, it's about everyone thing. >> our city is beautiful and i want people to understand that this is what's the most important about us representing the beautiful side of our city. >> i think today's joy is evidence of all of the foundation and all of the sweats and all of the work that we do. to make our world the place that we want to live in. that's evident today. and today. we can rest easy. we can be joyful because we put in that hustle. it has been a great day out here in oakland. >> thank you so much for being here with us. we had a blast being here celebrating culture, history and community. >> we love you

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hey, bay area. it's time to share some amazing stories and feel good. we could all use some inspiration right now, and you've come to the right place. this show is all about good food, good people, and good living. on today's show, a local comedian is using her talents to inspire the deaf community, a coal mine experience that takes visitors underground to encounter deep layers of the earth. but first, we're bringing in the lunar new year