american airlines jet and a military helicopter. >> not sure how to process it. >> they were our future. it was mostly really promising. promising future skaters. >> i think for all of us, we have lost family. >> many on board that plane. members of the close knit skating community. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm kristen z. just moments ago, abc news learned that the black boxes from the american airlines plane were recovered and are on their way now to the ntsb lab. we have team coverage this afternoon with the latest on the investigation. and later, tim john looks into the safety at risk at a local airport with the possible loss of its air traffic controllers. >> plus, abc seven news reporter zach fuentes will have reaction from the local skating community. we begin this afternoon with the latest on the investigation with reporter josh einiger on scene in dc. >> the last few seconds of a flight are among the most critical of the entire flight.

those pilots are focused on what's in front of them. they're looking at the runway. they're looking at their instruments. they are not looking to their right. and it was from the right that disaster arrived in a flash. the frantic search for survivors in the icy potomac gave way this morning to the grimmest reality. >> at this point, we don't believe there are any survivors. >> not a single survivor. after america's worst aviation disaster in a decade and a half. >> loss of life in an aviation accident is very unusual in the united states, and our heartfelt sorrow goes out to everyone that's affected. it affects us. it affects everyone around us. there are a lot of people hurting today. we will help find out what happened. we will do it factually and we will do it accurately. >> tonight, the ntsb has taken charge of the search for answers. after a routine night turned deadly. american eagle flight 5342 was inbound from wichita, kansas. its pilots cleared for landing. an army blackhawk helicopter was on a training mission. its pilots instructed to give way to the

american flight, but cameras on the ground captured the chopper, closing in and ramming the nearly full regional jet. >> it was lit up a very bright yellow uh, and there was a stream of sparks underneath the plane. >> in the nation's capital, military helicopters routinely share airspace, with commercial traffic in and out of national airport. but how did the blackhawk collide with that jet? the newly sworn in defense secretary says mistakes were made. >> we anticipate that the investigation will quickly be able to determine whether the aircraft was in the corridor and at the right altitude at the time of the incident. >> as one nation, we grieve for every precious soul that has been taken from us so suddenly, and we are a country of really, we are in mourning. >> by mid-afternoon, the recovery of the bodies had slowed, with rescue workers reporting they had found all the people they could without disturbing the fuselage, which had come to a rest upside down in the river. and because of the

fireball cameras captured on impact, crews are preparing for the possibility some of the victims may found. >> our focus right now is doing everything that we can to support all of those involved. this is devastating. it's we are all hurting incredibly. >> and american airlines has sent go teams here to reagan airport and also to wichita to try to help family members begin to process what they're going through right now. as for the ntsb. today was mostly an organizational day, but in the next day or two, they will start finally looking at the fuselage and the wreckage. chief among that, searching for the black boxes, the flight data recorders that could unlock so many mysteries about what happened here. they are still trapped in the wreckage, along with the bodies of as many as 30 victims. at reagan airport outside washington. josh einiger, abc seven news. >> and as we mentioned, the black boxes have been found. but members of the figure skating community have been absolutely

devastated by this news as it continues to unfold. >> abc seven news reporter zach fuentes spoke with locals in that skating community, who were just with some of the victims in the crash. he joins us live now from the south bay. zach. >> yeah. that's right. a retired local figure skater i spoke with was telling me just how small of a bubble this community is, and that many of them know each and other, especially when competing at the national level. so she did know many of the people who were on that plane. and right now, she and so many others are still trying to process what happened. images of young figure skaters doing what they love are now heartbreaking to look at. after officials confirm that there were no survivors in the midair crash in dc thursday night. paulina edmunds was just in wichita for the u.s. championships last week. >> i think everyone in the community is just so shocked right now and devastated. and so many people know either the people on the plane or know of the people on the plane. >> edmunds is a retired figure skater who represented the u.s.

in the 2014 winter olympics, getting her start in san jose. she's now a small business owner and has been a faculty member of the u.s. figure skating national development camp. >> a lot of these kids that were on the flight uh, i've worked with them in these figure skating camps. i've done classes. they've all taken my classes. so seeing their names and seeing photos of them, of course, i recognize these faces. and it is it's just heartbreaking. and not to mention that there were also coaches on this flight. >> six of the victims were from the skating club of boston. through tears, figure skating legend nancy kerrigan spoke to the media there thursday. >> but i just feel for the athletes, the skaters and their families. but anyone that was on that plane, not just the skaters, because it's just such a tragic event. >> 24 year old anthony ponomarenko is a san jose native. he was in kansas competing in the national figure skating championships. he took this picture on the rink with

other competitors, he said. initial reports of the plane crash included his name. >> so my parents called me panicked, thinking i could have potentially been on that flight. >> thankful to be safe, he's now grieving the loss of the many lives on that plane. >> to find out who was actually on that flight. it was. it was pretty heartbreaking. >> as the heartbreak continues, edmond says the tight knit figure skating community is coming together even stronger. >> it's just making us all, you know, of course, reach out to each other, make sure everyone in our own close circles are okay, and kind of seeing how we can lean on each other in this time, but it is just unimaginable what happened. >> yeah. other athletes we've heard from say they plan. they're planning to honor the lives lost at the world figure skating championships happening in boston. that's coming up near the end of march. right now, live in the san jose bureau. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> zach thank you. more reaction now from that tight knit skating community. bay area native and 1992 gold medalist kristi

yamaguchi tweeted, quote, my heart breaks for my skating community and all who are involved in the plane crash. too much is still unknown. sending love and prayers. 1984 olympic gold medalist and four time world champion scott hamilton wrote. there are no words, adding that his heart is shattered and asking for prayers for the families, and the san jose sharks expressed sadness as well, offering deepest sympathies to all of those impacted by the tragedy. >> since 2008, the ntsb national transportation safety board has investigated 145 mid-air collisions in the u.s. roughly half of them, 77 in total, have been in the last decade. now, there were 9 in 2024 of those total, 145 since 2008 71 were fatal in all 15 of the collisions since 2008, about 10% happened during approach, just like the one that we saw in washington, dc. former pilot and bay area resident sully sullenberger says airplanese safe, but mistakes can happen. >> we have in this country, you

know, 10,000 flights a day, you know, 10.2 million to flights a year. and we operate them all safely. but it's hard. it's hard to have the diligence and the dedication to adhere to best practices on every minute of every hour of every day, every week, every month, every year for a decades long aviation career. that's what's required. and any lapse could potentially be fatal. even though we have a lot of safety layers in there, if all the dominoes line up in the wrong way, we can have, on rare occasions, a catastrophic event. >> sullenberger is known for being the hero pilot that landed his plane on the hudson river after a bird strike, saving the lives of everybody on board. stay with us for the newest developments about this deadly midair collision in washington, dc. you can also find the latest on abc seven news.com and our abc seven bay area app. >> we're going to shift gears and talk about something that's

pretty important because it's quite a change. the weather. a lot of rain in the forecast. >> next few days. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel here with a first look at what we can expect. hi, sandhya. >> hi, there. yeah, the rain is going to first start tomorrow. and then really continue. larry and kristen, off and on, all the way through much of the first half of next week. so enjoy the dry while it's here. from our mount tam cam you can see some peeks of sun through the clouds. we are tracking a level one for tomorrow and a level two storm for saturday. basically, it's one storm system, but it becomes an atmospheric river with live doppler seven. i want to show you where the flood risk is going up. pretty much all of the bay area from saturday morning to sunday morning, will start to notice that there is a possibility of flooding as we go, hour by hour tomorrow morning. it just starts out as a regular storm. 7:00 light to moderate rain by 11 a.m. most areas are getting wet and it turns over to scattered showers. as we head into saturday, you start to notice the heavier rain going into the afternoon, so it is a one fr

tomorrow. widespread morning rain, scattered afternoon evening showers, breezy and slick roadways. atmospheric river accompanying the storm. so by saturday, that's when you start to notice the storm goes to a level two downpours. with those gusty winds, flooding on the roadways is likely, especially minor roadway flooding and on the smaller streams and creeks. i'll be back with a full look at the timeline coming right up. kristen. >> thank you. in the south bay, a new housing project that could be both affordable and easily accessible to public transit is coming to san jose. the santa clara valley transportation authority, making the announcement this morning. 45 homes will be built at the light rail station. about a quarter of them are designated for extremely low income residents, earning 30% or less of the county's median income. and unlike other affordable housing projects, these homes are for sale, not rent. >> i really see this random station project as a game changer for so many families, and it's really what we need more of affordable transit,

connected homeownership for working families. >> officials say that the fifth housing project launched on vta property in the past year and a half. this one was the previous projects focused on rental units. >> new developments now in a $14 billion deal to merge two silicon valley based companies, the department of justice is now suing to block it. hewlett packard enterprise and juniper networks are the second and third largest players in the corporate wireless networking market. the doj suit claims the merger would reduce competition because the combined company would control 70% of the market, but the companies claim the merger would actually increase market competitiveness. >> our coverage of that deadly mid-air collision continues with a look at safety at bay area airports and one local airport coming close to losing its air traffic controllers. the investigation underway after a deadly attack at a south bay jail. and as we celebrate lunar new year in the upcoming chinese new year parade, the san francisco woman helping beautify

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incarcerated men at santa clara county's elmwood jail. sheriff's office deputies found the victim in his bed during a routine welfare check. unconscious and suffering from severe life threatening injuries. william armelin with the san jose silicon valley naacp, says this attack lasted around 20 minutes. >> which is an eternity. i mean, 20 minutes on camera, in the full view and in a public dormitory setting in the jail again, is an eternity for something like this to occur. >> the victim was allegedly mistaken as a rival gang member before being brutally beaten. three men have been charged with attempted murder and torture and transferred to the main jail in san jose. santa clara county supervisor susan ellenberg says the details are horrific. >> the attack was well and carefully planned during the transition of folks in and out of the barracks to lunch. i have been told that the assault began in the bathroom where there are

no cameras, and then continued. >> out into a large dormitory style setting that's unique to elmwood jail compared to the more secure main county jail setting. >> we try to provide an open environment for individuals to recover and recuperate. that type of open bay living is suitable only for individuals who have proven to be not related to these type of potential gangs. >> this is not the first incident of violence at elmwood and across santa clara county. in-custody deaths doubled. armelin says this highlights the need for criminal justice reform. >> there is a clear pattern at elmwood and in our just in general county jail facilities of people being beaten, harmed, abused, of there being a lack of response or slow response or no response. >> the naacp is demanding change, so this never happens again. in santa clara county, dustin dorsey, abc7 news. >> a coalition of community groups is working to find answers to the overdose crisis

in san francisco. this first ever gathering was focused on the disparities in overdoses between racial groups. organizers say san francisco's black community is being hit especially hard. >> whether you be harm reduction is or abstinence based or faith based or or you believe in different approaches of recovery, it doesn't matter. aa, aa, aa. let's all come together and talk about some recommendations and some strategies, because some of the things that we're doing are not working. >> today's summit was put together by more than 30 community groups in tandem with the department of public health. >> it is fred korematsu day in california. korematsu was born in oakland, fought the illegal incarceration of tens of thousands of japanese americans during world war two. he was ultimately arrested and interned. decades later, his conviction was overturned, and in 1998, then-president bill clinton awarded him the presidential medal of freedom. then in 2010, california governor schwarzenegger signed a law recognizing january 30th as

the fred korematsu day of civil liberties. >> all right. we're going to talk about this rain, because we've been forecasting it for a while, been wanting it for weeks. right? >> yes. >> finally. >> yes. and, sandy, this will be the last dry day today that we will have for a while. >> that's right. and you know what? the weekend will include rain. and so will part of next week. larry and kristen, let me show you live doppler seven. we have been waiting for many weeks for this to happen and as you will see here, we've got two areas of low pressure here. here's the first one. here's the second one right behind it, the moisture trail extending all the way out to the hawaiian islands. and guess what? we're going to get a good soaking around here. let's start with the flood watch that is going up for solano county tomorrow afternoon until sunday night. flooding potential is there, especially as they start to see some downpours. beautiful view from our south beach camera right now. just soak up a little bit of sun that we have because there's still a lot of cloud cover. on live doppler seven hanging around and those temperatures

reflect this. we have 40s and 50s at this hour. from our emeryville cameras, you can see the golden gate bridge and clouds stacked up. tomorrow. rain starts in the morning. it will be breezy. it becomes a storm. level two on saturday as an atmospheric river arrives, and then sunday through the middle of next week. wet pattern is going to continue. it's not all day, all the time, but it is going to be wet. so for tomorrow it's a level one. a light storm, widespread morning rain, scattered afternoon evening showers and we are looking at slick roadways and breezy conditions. it's a2a moderate strength for saturday. atmospheric river arrives. do expect downpours at times. gusty winds and flooding. urban flooding is going to be a concern by then. 7:00 tomorrow morning light to moderate rain. this looks like just the kind of storm we expect to see in the winter. it's raining at 11 a.m. in the afternoon and evening. you have those scattered showers, so carry the umbrellas for friday. saturday i would take your plan indoors if you can, especially during the morning hours when we have some of the heavier rain coming through 10:00, you

can see some moderate to heavy rain going in and then really scattered showers continuing into sunday before another round arrives next week. rainfall projections through sunday morning. you're looking at some of the higher totals. inch and a half to two, and a third of an inch up in the northern part of our viewing area, the santa cruz mountains. but it's going to be pretty evenly distributed half an inch, though, around mountain view and san jose winds coming with it tomorrow. it will get breezy to gusty at times, but not strong winds. you could see about 25 to 27 there. winter weather advisory tomorrow morning for the sierra until sunday morning above 6500ft1 to 18in. expected above 7000. so it's really going to be a rain snow mix at lake level up to two feet for the peaks with those gusty winds. certainly count on slow going travel, slippery roads and chain controls. 30s and 40s. on those temperatures in the morning, i would give yourself extra time for the commute to get to work, or if you are going out of town, because it may take you a little bit longer

tomorrow afternoon. keep the umbrellas handy. temperatures will be primarily in the 50s, 60 degrees in san jose. the accuweather seven day forecast. it's a one tomorrow, a two saturday. back to a one on sunday and monday, and then a level two on tuesday as we are expecting another round of some heavier rain and gusty winds. and then wednesday and thursday i have them as ones, but one model is actually drying us out. so kristen and larry stay tuned. they're not in complete agreement for the middle of next week, but wed this. >> yes, we. >> are waiting for a long. >> time and things are always changing. yes, as you taught us. >> absolutely. >> pair of twos and five ones is a lot of rain. yeah. thank you. sandra. yeah. the two nasa astronauts stuck aboard the space station since june took their first spacewalk today. suni williams and butch wilmore became stranded after issues with boeing's starliner spacecraft made it too dangerous for them to try to return on it. their return to earth is not expected until at least late march. >> nasa researchers have found what they say could be the key

to how life on earth began. >> and they found that key by sifting through piles of dust. abc news reporter andrew dymburt with the details. >> a breakthrough discovery from nasa. a sample from an asteroid holding the building blocks of life. >> the samples contain salts that formed in a liquid environment, like a lake, or maybe even an ocean, and organic molecules that are central to all life on earth. >> nasa's osiris-rex spacecraft returned four ounces of dust and pebbles from the asteroid bennu, the biggest cosmic haul yet from beyond the moon, researchers found amino acids and nitrogen in the form of ammonia. scientists say it's the strongest evidence that asteroids may be the reason that life developed here. >> this is telling us that not just the water, but some of the building blocks of life actually were seeded onto earth and other planets. >> and while this breakthrough might help solve why we're here, it raises other questions. >> how did life on earth originate? and also, what is the likelihood that there is life

elsewhere in our solar system? >> andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. >> absolutely fascinating. and there's now a push to plan missions to jupiter and saturn's moons to try to collect more space dust. >> okay. well, a san francisco police officer honored for his role in helping track down the man accused of killing a health care insurance ceo. >> and then later, the south bay woman accused of faking cancer to get money. you can learn more

month's auction will include some of the most desirable american and european automobiles ever produced. >> this is a very unique collection. it's mostly pre-war centered, so cars that were built before world war two. these cars represent an area of collecting that is quite unique and is a very niche market. >> the car is expected to fetch the most money. the 1955 mercedes-benz 300 sl gullwing coupe, estimated to sell for up to $1.5 million, and the 1933 chrysler custom imperial lebaron could go from anywhere between 900,000 to $1.2 million. can you imagine spending that much money for a car you will not drive?

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airport is back open as officials investigate just exactly what led to the fatal collision between that american airlines jet and a military black hawk helicopter. >> abc news reporter christiane cordero has the latest from arlington. >> today, in frigid water and with planes flying overhead, officials in the nation's capital are searching for answers. >> we will look at the aircraft, we will look at the helicopter. we will look at the environment in which they were operating in. >> this video shows the helicopter crashing into the passenger jet around 845 last night. another angle in this earth cam video. everyone on

board american airlines flight 5342 and the army black hawk helicopter are presumed dead. the american jet from wichita, kansas, cleared for landing after a last minute, but routine runway change. the army helicopter on its usual path for standard night training, but flying at 350ft instead of 200. audio from air traffic control reveals. the military pilot acknowledged he saw the jet approaching the runway. >> 13. flight. the club has an aircraft separation. >> among the questions why didn't the helicopter change course? >> helicopter said we see it and we accept visual separation, meaning that the blackhawk crew says we will stay away from that helicopter. >> president trump today seeming to agree. >> the helicopter obviously was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> he then speculated, without providing evidence, that the crash was a result of his predecessor's diversity, equity and inclusion, or dei initiatives involving air traffic controllers. >> are you saying this crash was

somehow caused and the result of diversity hiring? and what evidence have you seen to support these claims? >> it just could have been we have a high standard. these are various very powerful tests that we put to use. and they were terminated by biden. and biden went by a standard that's the exact opposite. so we don't know. >> the faa had similar diversity policies under both presidents biden and trump's first term. the ntsb says it plans to release its preliminary report within 30 days. a final report will be released when they have completed the investigation. christiane cordero, abc news, arlington, virginia. >> back here in the bay area, a small peninsula regional airport may be at risk of losing its air traffic controllers. >> yeah, it's a general aviation airport. san carlos airport was said to have no one to man the airport's tower starting this weekend because of a pay dispute. but as abc seven news reporter tim johns found out, a last minute deal that preserves airport safety is in the works.

>> just miles away from sfo. the air traffic control tower at the smaller san carlos airport is set to go dark this saturday. the airport making the announcement in a press release earlier this week. the small airport's air traffic control team all resigning after a contract dispute over pay with the private company that employs them. >> it was significantly less than what the previous circle company was offering them, so the controllers declined the package. >> the prospect of having no air traffic controllers has alarmed many people, especially given the fatal collision that happened in washington, dc. that includes san mateo county supervisor ray mueller, whose district includes the airport. >> you just cannot have an airport. san carlos airport, functioning in close proximity to an airport that sees the type of traffic that san francisco airport has. >> aviation consultant and former sfo supervisor mike mccarran says small airports can still operate without air traffic control staff. however,

he says having that extra layer of safety is better for everyone. >> it's still safe to fly in an uncontrolled airfield. it's done every day around the across the nation. there's hundreds of uncontrolled airfields, but when you're operating in a congested airspace such as the bay area, it just helps more to have people in the tower. >> mccarran says most airports air traffic control staff are employed directly by the faa, which offers a cost of living adjustment for employees who work in expensive metropolitan areas. he tells me he hopes the company that runs the san carlos airport tower will do the same as of thursday. airport staff say they believe a deal will soon be reached, but they have a contingency plan in place to make sure the tower remains staffed. >> we're confident that come saturday, either the present controllers will still be working, or some new controllers will be standing by to take over and run the control tower. >> in san carlos, tim johns abc seven news. >> coming up, uber rewards some bad drivers and everything old is new again, especially when it

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us. getting a driver's license is a rite of passage, right? but for those who don't pass their test, uber is now offering up to six free rides costing less than $20. so what do we think here? is this rewarding failure or protecting the rest of us from bad drivers? i think it took me

two attempts to get my license. me too. but back then it was so long ago. you know, i rode a horse during the test, so a little different. but, you know, nowadays, monica, they don't even teach like parallel parking. you don't have to parallel park to pass my tests. >> and that's what got me. i'm pretty sure now it's just my little sister only had to do a three point turn. i'm like, that's so easy, but interesting move by uber. i wonder if they're just trying to create a new market, say, oh, look who needs a driver's license? you can just uber everywhere, you know, i don't know. >> well, uber teen also i mean some people are using it, but i think it also depends on which dmv you go to as to what the teenagers might be asked to do. that's what i'm hearing. definitely. yeah. no, definitely. >> a lot of kids don't even want to get their driver's license. they're just like, well, uber forever. yeah, okay. if there's one thing kids don't need, it's more energy. and now there's research to back that up. several leading health organizations released new guidelines saying children under 18 should not drink caffeinated

or sugar drinks. children should also limit 100% juice, flavored milk and milk alternatives that aren't medically necessary. uh- totally agree on the sugar part. none of us need to add any sugar. really, right? caffeine, i don't know. i mean, kids enjoy tea and coffee. that's fine. >> i mean, especially if it's like a green tea or something, right? >> yeah. >> they're not drinking that. they're drinking monster energy drinks. there's way worse, you know, bang drinks and all that stuff. >> but the boba milk, the baba boba so much. >> yeah, that's really big. i don't my thing is, i don't know how i would have survived high school without coffee. i could barely get out of bed in the morning. and then, you know, having to stay up late, studying like junior year when you're getting ready for college. i still am to this day, fueled on caffeine. so. >> well, it's a good thing because you bring the energy. monica. >> exactly. but they they got me early. the coffee, the coffee people. well. >> now we know why you failed your test the first time. you're too tired to sleep. well, either

too tired or too sleepy, one or the other. get ready to head back to the world of little house on the prairie. really? netflix has ordered a reboot of the long running tv show. the streaming giant says fans can look forward to a reimagining of laura ingalls wilder's famous book series, which also spawned a massively popular series in the 70s and 80s. we're talking about back in the michael landon days. it's interesting to me. i don't know, what do you guys, what do you guys think of this? i don't know how many of you watched the little house on the prairie. >> i feel like i had to watch it in history class. >> we're all too young, larry. why don't you tell us about it? >> yeah. >> since you. you know, you were taking the horse, the buggy, you know, might as well. >> it's better if i do it to myself than kristen does it, but i that was not one of my shows back in the day. it's i. >> don't know. yeah. >> i mean, to. >> that time period. i don't want to watch tv about it, you know what i mean? like, it's

just life didn't look great back then. >> yeah. no cars. right? back to my horse again. you know what? i don't mind it if clint eastwood is in it, but this is a little bit of a different direction. >> none of us are nostalgia fans, okay? nostalgia is big when it comes to super bowl ads, though. one that's getting a lot of buzz is billy crystal and meg ryan reprising that infamous scene from when harry met sally. >> i can't believe they let us back in this place. why? hello? >> nobody remembers that i. >> i can just picture her going. >> well. >> that's delicious. >> that's why she does a little more than that. i can't. >> wait to see that. >> yeah. >> a 32nd super bowl ad is going for $8 million. that's 1 million more than last year. but hey, this year you got taylor swift again and all that. so you know you're going to reach a lot of eyeballs. >> oh yeah. oh my gosh. harry even has the knit sweater that he wore. yeah i love it. that's

great. >> larry we do like this movie. and we did watch. >> it was you. >> know when harry met sally was great. it's funny that they, you know, brought back this this duo in the commercial. if you if you see, let's say you go online somewhere and you'll see the full spot and there's and there's sydney sweeney who says, i'll have what she's having. meg ryan sells it. yeah. really? well. really well. >> so excited to see the whole thing. i love that movie. i watch it every fall. >> i mean, they only they can make that scene so cute and wholesome. yeah, definitely. >> yes. >> and it's about mayonnaise, by the way. that's. >> yeah, that's. >> the commercial. oh geez. >> yeah i know, i know. that's it for the

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days to the big event, which you can watch live right here and everywhere you stream. abc seven. >> and as we count down to the parade, we're shining a spotlight on people making a difference in their community. >> yes. today our focus is on lily lowe, amazing woman, founder of be chinatown. this nonprofit organization is dedicated to revitalizing chinatown and ensuring its stability for future generations. >> my mission is to beautify san francisco's chinatown. so we did the lantern. we noticed that chinatown is quite dark, so the light is really bringing safety to chinatown.

of alley in, you know, chinatown, especially in san francisco. we noticed that, you know, a lot of, you know, seniors don't feel safe. and especially we come up with the idea because of the crime. and that's how we put the community together. on daytime, people take pictures, and at nighttime, people feel safer to walk on the street. >> and it's become such an instagrammable thing. >> yes, yes. it's beautiful. >> it really is. >> i moved here 1974, so of course when i moved here, my family don't speak any english, so, you know, it's new to us. so i know how hard to become, you know, a new immigrant. my son is an immigrant, and i know chinatown. a lot of, you know, immigrant. also a lot of small businesses. you know, i want them to success. so i want them to have more people to come to chinatown, especially young people.

email. they don't have, you know, they do not speak the language. so when they have a grant during the pgp or the city have offered any kind of grant, it's all, you know, in english. so that's the time, you know, i, myself and some volunteers start helping the small businesses with the grant application. so we email none of them have email address and none of them don't understand what what's going on. and that's the time that, you know, we really hand on with a lot of the small businesses. >> so the chinatown started as an idea to beautify chinatown's neighborhoods. yes. but it's become so much more than that. tell me what it's branched into. >> we noticed the chinatown is very quiet and people start, you know, not coming back. and then so we come out with night market. so night market really bring a young people eat and shop. this is another way to promote all the food in

chinatown because many small businesses, they don't know how to promote. and we noticed, you know, young people they don't want who can eat. >> i think a lot of people are discovering chinatown for the first time. right. the inauguration party. yes. >> people will come for the first time. they should come back and continue to support, you know, the small business. come and eat and enjoy it. so chinatown do have a lot of history. so many shops, so many bakery and buildings. you know, all this building is very unique. >> yes. the architecture is amazing. yes. and they're walking tours. >> they do have free walking tours. you know, this is something that, you know, really create income and create jobs to chinatown. so thanks to all the volunteers who really help put it together.

celebrate chinese new year. it's good to bring all the, you know, people together. and we see a lot of crowd once a year and you're going to see peoplend decorate the floats and thousands of people, you know, not only chinese, you got all kind of, you know, people, you know, different cultures, you know, come together to celebrate the new year. it's exciting. chinatown has been around for a long time, and we want to continue. we need the chinatown to grow, to get back. if chinatown get back, the city will get back, you know? so we want the city to build back. >> lily's done. so much for chinatown. look, you can watch dan, ashley and i host the 2025 san francisco chinese new year parade on abc seven. you can watch live parade saturday night, february 15th, starting at 6:00 on abc seven. and of course, wherever you stream abc seven news. >> so we're 16 days out.

hopefully we'll get through with all of the rain in this next week. so you'll have clear skies for the for the parade. >> get it done. it's going to be fun regardless. but yes, dry weather hopefully, but not this weekend. >> that's right, we're going to have wet weather this weekend. kristen and larry, you know what? it's rained on the parade before. it's supposed to be good luck is what i heard. here's a live view. welcome sight is coming to the sierra. this is from zephyr cove. you have a little mix of sun and clouds. they are expecting big time snow up there. this is taking you through the next seven days. donner 84in kirkwood 67in. right now on live doppler seven. just some clouds hanging around. tomorrow afternoon. definitely is going to be a wet, wet one. 50s and 60s breezy as well. i do want to show you the rainfall projections from tomorrow morning all the way through next week on thursday, over four inches for san francisco, more than five inches in santa rosa. looking at over seven inches of rain up in chico. and i've even seen higher totals than that. the accuweather seven day forecast a one tomorrow, a two on saturday

with the atmospheric river and back to one for sunday. monday before we have another two coming our way on tuesday. larry. >> all right. thank you sandhya. we are only days ay from hearing the lineup for this year's cinequest film and creativity festival, the festival ceo announced. emmy award winning actress gillian anderson will be this year's maverick spirit award recipient. she's known, of course, for her roles in the x-files and the crown. more than 100 u.s. and world premieres will be featured at the annual independent film festival. >> it's exciting. this festival means so much to san jose, and as a filmmaker in the bay area, you always want to come out and support the people that support you and that welcome the community out to share these special experiences. >> the 2025 cinequest festival will be held at three theaters in downtown san jose, march 11th through the 23rd. >> just ahead, the south bay woman, who used fake cancero get donations,

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and then at nine, catch the premiere of scamanda, followed by perfect wife the mysterious disappearance of sherri papini, and then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. now, scamanda is about a south bay woman who uses an elaborate fake cancer and a battle with cancer to get donations, as well as sympathy. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes spoke with two of the investigators whose work led to that woman's conviction.

>> this is amanda c riley, a mom, wife and friend beloved by so many in her san jose church community and beyond. that community rallied around her when amanda told them of a stage three cancer battle starting in 2012. she documented the journey she said she was going through in a blog. for years. she shared detailed stories, posted pictures of herself in treatment attached to tubes and devices. all of it was fake. all the while, amanda spoke regularly at her san jose megachurch, getting countless cash, electronic and in-kind donations from people and organizations. but as convincing as the scheme was to many, she did have skeptics. one of them reaching out to an investigative producer, nancy muscatello, who investigated for five years. she got jose martinez involved. a san jose police detective who has since retired, martinez now had the task of finding proof he could possibly bring to a court that amanda was, in fact, lying and scamming people out of money. >> if i pursue this young lady

and she really does have cancer, it's not going to go well. >> but because amanda had posted so much on the blog, martinez was able to check facts. >> there were things that weren't lining up, like doctors, associated, particular hospitals. but not all of those doctors were were named as employees of those hospitals. >> patient confidentiality laws led to difficulties, but a breakthrough finally came. one of the hospitals amanda claimed to have visited finally responded to martinez. >> they said, no, she's never been here. she doesn't have any future appointments. she never was here. >> from there, more breakthroughs came. but amanda had been traveling coast to coast for what she claimed were cancer treatments, meaning the case was bigger than martinez's reach. enter irs special agent arlette lyons, based in oakland. lyons had also been in touch with the investigative producer who tipped off martinez. and with lyons now on the case, amanda was now under federal investigation for wire fraud. >> we knew she was using a website, and we knew people were

paying her electronically, and we knew that she was telling people that she had cancer and she did not. >> the investigative work of both martinez and lyons eventually led to amanda c riley pleading guilty in federal court, admitting to scheming more than $100,000 in donations. the judge sentenced her to five years and restitution. the work, muscatello, martinez and lyons did now setting a precedent for any future cases, something meaningful for them all. >> so my twin sister had cancer the whole time during this. the day of the search warrant, my mom was having surgery for breast cancer. >> lyons sister, kristen kane, passed away in november of 2023. >> this is what i was able to do my little fight for, you know, in her name. >> for his part, martinez hopes that this empowers organizations meant to help those with cancer to ask tough questions. >> as an example of why they need to ask you for your doctor's information. it's not

to create more damage to you. who person who who is sick, but to keep people who are faking it and taking away resources from you who aren't sick. >> and this is just scratching the surface. just how did amanda c riley manage to get away with this scam for so long? who else could have been involved? who were some of her victims? you can find all of that out in the abc news studios docuseries scamanda on abc and hulu. in san jose, zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> quite the story. and you can learn more tonight at 9:00 here on abc seven. abc seven news streaming 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area streaming tv app. join us whenever you want, wherever you are. that'll do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry beil, abc seven news a

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