a life lessa. in the midst of weeks of national protests against police brutality. parents in the the bay area try another tactic sharing a message of social justice with the next generation. good evening. cornellber naar was at a special story time held today in oakland with an important life lesson. >> parents wanted to find a way to include their kids in real-life issues of social injustice and police brutality so they took to the streets and

made it a teaching moment. >> we are the children, mighty, mighty children. >> march through the lake shore district? oakland. these demonstrators barely old enough to read and write but wise enough to know the difference between right and wrong. the group marched through the farmers market getting attention. >> as a group of parents really concerned by the issues happening with people being killed by the police and the backlash as a result of that and we wanted our kids to be engaged in the discussion. >> talking about racial injustice isn't easy with little kids, so they called on dr. seuss. >> they were really quite small. you might think such a thing wouldn't matter at all. >> the speeches teach tolerance and acceptance when one group with stars fir the bellies and those without.

>> is that fair? >> kids later made their own stars. brianna wants her kid knows that black lives matter. >> don't want to make it too big but at the end of the day, fairness equality, are issues i think our kids know already. and you just want to make sure they understand and know how to talk about it. >> it's important to support my little brother, as a little boy of color he could be the next radon martin or as scatter grant or michael brown. >> parents hope today is a message for the future. in oakland, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> uc berkeley students and supporters held a loud but peaceful black lives matter demonstration this morning. the event was organized by several groups including the cal black student union. the group says the even was designed to educate and elevate

the conversation about police brutality against unarmed black men. they apologized for the inconvenience but say many people seemed receptive to their message. >> police officers from across the country are in new york city this weekend to honor a second nypd officer who was killed in the line of duty. despite snow and cold temperatures, hundreds of people attended the wake of officer wenjiian liu today. men and women in uniform linedded the streets help was shot to death in his patrol car two weeks ago along with officer ramos who was laid to rest last weekend. governor andrew cuomo paid his respects as he plans funeral services for his father former new york governor mario cuomo. >> he would have wanted me here and sandy here to express our condolences on behalf of the people of the state of new york. my father would have been here today. i wanted to be here today. >> thousands of people are expected to attend tomorrow's funeral service for officer liu.

to developing news in the airasia plane search. official says they're confident wreckage of flight 8501 has been located. sonar equipment detected four massive objects on the floor of the sea. fishing out the black boxes is now top priority. one week ago the airasia flight with 162 people onboard disappeared off radar and into the sea for reasons still not known. at least 30 bodies have been recovered as well as this debris. these pictures posted on facebook by indonesia's defense minister. two u.s. warships are now looking for victims and more debris. >> we are relying on radar sonar, helicopters and even personnel with using your eyes looking out for debris or recognizable aircraft part. >> bad weather has hindered the search and storms are expected to continue until tomorrow. another plane crash, this one involves an incredible story

of survival. a seven-year-old girl is alive tonight after the plane she was in went down killing her entire family. investigators are now trying to figure out what went wrong as the plane plummeted into the kentucky woods. here's the latest. reporter: all started with a knock at larry wilkins'front door. >> open opened the door and little girl about seven years old, bloody. she told me her parents were dead and she had been in a plane crash. >> the disorient seven-year-old the sole survivor of a crash that killed her entire family. >> seven-year-old just came out of the woods alone scratched up and i think she was involved in plane crash. >> in the faa confirms that late friday evening air traffic control just outside memphis lost contact with a plane traveling from key west to illinois. the pilot had sent a distress call reporting an engine failed. minutes later the piper plane crashed into a remote wooded

area in kentucky. >> losing an engine in a heavily loaded airplane, a very, very tough situation for my pilot. >> little sailor somehow survived. trekking barefoot through the rough, wet terrain alone. >> i need an ems down here. >> this is what we call the fight or flight response that adrenaline that stress homer moan. >> investigators say by the time first responders found the crash site the girl's father mom, sister and cousin were all dead. >> the family released a statement saturday saying we are devastate by this loss. but our confident they rest in god's loving arms. the young survivor treated at the hospital miraculously with just minor injuries. >> done good for a seven-year-old girl, tell you that. extremely good. >> abc news, new york. >> a chilly start to the day with parts of the bay area under a frost advisory until 9:00 this morning and a"spare the air" alert for the entire bay area.

taking a look at the view from the east bay hill cameras, the haze clearly visible and our sutro tower camera shows a layer of haze above san francisco. another "spare the air" day tomorrow the third straight this year. let's check in now with abc7 meteorologist drew tuma. >> the frost advisories and freeze warnings were in place for a good reason because many spots woke up to below freezing temperatures. 27 the overnight low in napa. 29, santa rosa. 3 1 concord. san francisco, the urban areas stayed in the 40s with a low of 42 degrees. we have rebounded into the 40s and the 50s this hour. it's 52 in san francisco currently. the same in oakland. 51, san jose. 48, the current temperature in napa. so, going out on the town this evening, we'll have clear skies, temperatures chilly but not quite as cold, and the upper 30s

to mid-40s. i am tracking much warmer air on the way. >> thank you. winter break was anything but relaxing at newark memorial high school where a ruptured pipe flooded classrooms. crews have been cleaning up since the pipe burst on december 23rd. the superintendent says water up to three feet deep caused millions of dollars in damage to eight classrooms. classes will be moved to another building likely for the rest of the year. no word yet on what caused the pipe to burst but the school district says nothing appears suspicious. a christmas tree is being blamed for starting a fire that burped a home in antioch. it happened on san jose drive also before noon a battalion chief on scene says 15-year-old and another juvenile were home at the time. they first smelled smoke then saw their christmas tree on fire and were able to get themselves out of the house safely. three people are now displaced. the battalion chief says this is a reminder to everyone to get

your dry christmas tree out of the house. in a rare move, dmv offices across the state were open today. >> i want to dance and scream. i don't know. >> usually don't see people that happy outside of the dmv. how many took advantage of a new program that issues driver's licenses to people in the country illegally. >> governor brown has a big week ahead. he'll be making state history. what you need to know to catch the first

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a much calmer scene at california dmv offices today during a rare being open on saturday. the extend hours were set to doomed the influx of immigrants. the law will keep everyone safe by making sure all drivers are licensed to be behind the wheel and they have auto insurance. >> i'm so happy because i got -- i can drive now safe. i can do a lot of things. i can take my kids to school, and not noh problem. i can have my -- everything. i'm so happy. >> the dmv says statewide more than 17,000 people applied for driver's license yesterday which was the first day they were able to do so under the new law. governor brown is starting an unprecedented fourth and final term with a flourish. on monday brown will be the first person to be sworn in for a fourth term as governor. on tuesday, he'll participate in the official california high speed rail groundbreaking

ceremony in fresno, and then on friday the governor will propose the 2015-16 budget in sacramento, with major decisions expected on higher education funding and likely using record revenues to pay down debt. san leandro police found a missing elderly man. we told you about the 90-year-old rupert fong at 6:00. last night he was reported missing thursday afternoon. this morning police say fong has been located and is safe. ahead, a treehouse that any child would envy. why the owners of this treetop escape may have gone a little too far. >> heading live outside sunny but chilly day. are we in for more freezing temperatures tonight? meteorologist drew tuma hacks

planning officials are asking a northern california couple to downsize their deluxe treehouse. the sacramento bee got a tour of the treehouses' posted this video. the house features a full kitchen and bathroom but the county planning department says the kitchen and mattress must go because the family already has a full guest cottage on the property. the treehouse's openers have not said yet what they plan to do. it was noted national treehouse designer who built the masterpiece for more than

$60,000. pretty cool. are you ready two-first meteor shower of 2015? tonight is the best night to see it. when the meteor display is supposed to reach its peak and that could mean as many as 80 an hour. the best view are hours are from midnight to dawn. the big question is will the weather stay clear so we can see it? let's check in with drew tuma. >> live doppler 7hd is all clear but we have two things fighting against us. one, little haze up above and, two, a nearly full moon will keep the skies bright. nonetheless, go look in the eastern sky and you may see a couple of the meteors every midnight tonight. outside, on a sunny saturday from the sutro tower cam, time lapsing through the afternoon and evening. sunshine but you notice we have a bit of haze overhead and the "spare the air" day in effect right now, and we'll do it all over again on sunday. here's live from the sutro tower

cam. "spare the air" is going on for another day. north bay, coast central bay, and the santa clara valley will have poor air quality tomorrow so no wood burning through sunday. so the forecast features call for isolated spots below 32 degrees tonight. no widespread freezing. we're callling a january thursday and mild air on the way ask then tracking a light chance of rain thursday night into friday. so 40s and 50s right now. 52 in oakland. 52 in fremont. right now, 351 in san jose, san francisco, 52. satellite and radar is going to somehow you a void of any intense cloud cover thanks to large area of hi pure in control keeping the moisture and cloud cover at bay and extending the storms well to the north. this high pressure is also going to help to warm us up mid-week this week. take a look at this picture. the national temperature map and this line right here is the jetstream and it separates the

mild air from the cold air and at we get into wednesday, look how far that jet stream gets pushed northment we have mild air headed our way and by wednesday we're talking 60s and potentially low 70s moving into the bay area. overnight lows not as chilly as last night. a few towns may get close to freezing but most sports will stay above it. 43 overnight in san francisco. 39 oakland. 38, san jose 35, santa rosa. highs on sunday, warmer than today. a few 60s on the board. 60 in santa rosa 62, santa cruz. 59, the high tomorrow in oakland. here's your accuweather seven-day forecast, partly cloudy tomorrow then on monday we see sunshine and everybody goes back into the 60s. that mild air really peaks tuesday, into wednesday. look at this, inland spots on wednesday have a chance of getting into the low 70s and then track our chance of rain, thursday night into friday morning, and really right now

it's light in nature, less than a tenth of an inch possible and then by saturday we're dry and back to seasonal. now on the upswing of the temps roller coaster. >> sounds wonderful to me. april been cold not that i'm complaining. >> remember her resolution. >> that was just a statement. >> never complain for new years resolution. >> i just said it was cold which i love. >> period. >> i love the cold. and i love sports. >> okay. kind of reminds you of what we have coming up of you, wild card weekend. the nfl post season. we kick off with the panthers and cardinals. defense wins championships and the cardinals have one

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>> the arizona cardinals come into the playoffs with a third string quarterback, and carolina this only team with a losing record in the postseason but have cam newton at quarterback. raiders and niners hope to interview for their head coaching position. first he has to get past the panthers. after a cam newton interception, cardinals with great field position. greiss fumble but upon further review the ball was over the line. they lead 14-13 at the half. in the third quarter panthers offense runs over arizona's defense. whittaker on the screen pass. somehow gets past the entire cardinal defense. panthers take a 20-13 lead.

former 49ers ted gin, jr. fumbled the kickoff. newton finds tolbert. 27-14 just like that. fourth quarter, cards defense gave the offense great field position then lindley picked off. cardinals 77 yards of offense, they're eliminate as the panthers move on with the victory. first playoff win since twice, face either green bay or seattle next week. cam newt top his first playoff victory. >> college football bowl season continues. florida and east cared in the birmingham bowl. this screen pass -- finds the seam turns on the jets. 86 yards to the house. can't coach speed. florida takes the 28-14 lead. 1:24 left. throws the second pick of the game and florida wins 28-20. finishing 7-5 on the season. remember, ohio state and oregon will play for the college

national championship january 12th 5:30'm on espn and the watch espn app. well in the sharks take the ice tonight against st. louis they will re bought joe thornton whose iron man streak ends at 319 games. he hint missed a game since 2010 but left the wednesday game with an upper body injury. appears to be his shoulder. he skated yesterday but the head coach said today he will not be in the lineup. he is day-to-day. lost in the shuffle of the bowl games and the nfl playoffs is college hoops. we tip off in the wcc. bright lye lead the gaels in los angeles. st. mary's up five at the break. bright had six assists, dishes for the three. he had 17. where is waldo? in the second, layup and the foul. st. mary's now 4 or in wcc play.

11-3 on the year. 72-63 the final. cal women hosting utah in the pac-12 matchup in berkeley. first half, boyd misses but gray on the rebound. look at this one against five. finally gets it in. cal up 26-18 at the half. gray not done in the second. nice pass from boyd. banks it off the glass and in. cal wins 67-49. >> we'll head to the locker room of today's card-panthers game at 6:00 here on abc7 always tough to lose your first round of the playoff because you're done. >> thank you shu. we're not done. a lost dog with more twists and turns than a big ri

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at 6:00, why scientist believe a pacific coast bird is suddenly dying off in large numbers. a new hacking tool that targets apple i-cloud accounts. an easy way to keep your account secure. join us at 6:00. now, a lost dog that had quite an at venture. penny was reunite width her familiarfully washington state after being picked up by a truck driver. penny got to see california, nebraska and iowa, finally endings up i an animal shelter in pennsylvania on christmas heave. penny's owners credit social media for helping reunite them. love those stories. never give up hope when you're pet runs away. that dot is for us here at 5:00.

for drew and shu we'll see you again at 6:00. welcome to "world news tonight." sole survivor. the small plane crash that killed an entire family except for one little girl. her climb out of the wreckage and trek through the dark woods, the man who answered her knock on the door. how did she make it out alive? wicked weather. the arctic blast spreading across the country just as america travels home from the holidays. icy roads, freezing rain and now tornadoes whipping up too. breakthrough. the massive object spotted on the ocean floor. tonight searchers on the hunt for the missing airasia jet say this is what they've been looking for. are they now close to finding the black boxes? and tipping off thieves, the danger of sharing too much online. >> i'm kind of a social media nerd.