right now. >> the string of midair tragedies continues today. two people are dead after two small

planes collided mid-air over arizona. good afternoon. thanks for joining us for abc seven news at three, i'm kristen z. today's crash happened in marana, arizona, which is northwest of tucson. investigators say a cessna and a lancair propjet collided. it's unclear why two people were on board each of the planes. two died and two survived. their conditions, though, are unknown. according to the faa, the airport is an uncontrolled field. that means it does not have an operating air traffic control tower, and it is up to the pilots to communicate with one another when they're near the airport. the faa and ntsb are investigating the crash. of course, this is very different from a commercial jetliner. which brings us to this. we continue to follow the story of monday's plane crash in toronto. investigators are looking at snow and strong winds as possible factors causing that plane to flip over after landing. abc's perry russom is

in washington with more. >> today, investigators analyzing this video of the plane crash in toronto as they search for the exact cause. the delta airlines plane flipping over after landing at toronto's pearson airport on monday. >> it happened in an instant, but it lasted an eternity. >> 80 people on board, all surviving, including brian erickson. >> we were coming in pretty hot, you know, it was it seemed like it was a very rough landing. and then all of a sudden it's like, wait a minute, we're rolling to the right. what's going on? >> the plane taking off from minneapolis on approach in toronto. the landing gear apparently collapsing, the right wing hitting the ground, sparking a wall of fire. the plane rolling over onto its roof, sliding down the runway. >> something went wrong in the last 10s of this flight. we have data that shows that a 1000ft per minute descent rate had built up just prior to touchdown. that's about almost twice as what it should have been just prior to touching down. >> abc news obtaining this video from inside the plane. chaotic

moments as passengers rushed to get out. people still in their seats hanging upside down. officials pointing to weather as a possible factor in the crash. there were wind gusts of up to 40 miles an hour, kicking up snow on the ground. >> on thursday and sunday. we got more than 20in, 50cm of accumulated snow. that is actually not typical. >> the transportation safety board of canada now on the scene. >> other duties will be conducted here on site are examining the wreckage, examining the runway. we've already removed the cockpit voice recorder, the flight data recorder, and we've sent them to our lab for further analysis. >> again, all 80 people on board surviving. at least 21 were injured, including a child. the injuries include back sprains, head injuries and nausea. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> today, a break in the case of a cold case murder that's been unsolved for nearly 35 years. the east bay regional park police department announced today they have identified a

suspect. maria hofer was found dead on a trail near inspiration point in tilden regional park back in november 1990. she had been reported missing the night before. police say when she was found, she had a rope around her neck and there were signs of a struggle. today, authorities announced that dna evidence collected from john lipari, who died by suicide in oregon in november last year, was linked to the victim. >> justice may have been delayed. but thanks to the hard work of our detectives and our federal partners, justice has been served. >> there have been no suspects in the case until lipari was identified last year through new dna testing techniques. detectives say he is not linked to any other crime at this time. monterey county residents are on edge after new smoke was spotted coming from a battery facility that caught fire weeks ago. this is video from the original fire at moss landing facility, owned by the company vistra. the fire

lasted several days and prompted evacuations. monterey county officials say there was a flare up last night, which is not unusual. crews are monitoring air quality and using drones to keep an eye on the area. folks are encouraged to stay inside if they're sensitive to smoke. now let's turn to the weather. hopefully you've gotten a chance to get outside today, because we're now seeing mild temperatures across much of the bay area after some early morning drizzle. abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian is here with a look at what we have in store. hey, spencer. >> hey, kristen. that light rain and drizzle didn't last very long. as we said it would not. so here's a look at what's happening right now on the satellite radar image. that weak cold front that swept through and brought us some light rain earlier has pushed out of the bay area right now coming behind it. we have clearing partial clearing right now, but it will get even clearer. a bit of a breeze developing and a little bit of cooler air, although we are going into a warming trend. let's talk about the breezes right now. we have wind speeds up to. well, gusts actually to 29mph at sfo, 21 at san mateo.

and you can see how breezy it is in other locations behind that frontal system. and temperatures have dropped a little bit below where they were at this time yesterday. three degrees cooler in concord, for example, two degrees cooler in novato, two degrees cooler at half moon bay. but we do have a warming trend coming our way. right now we're looking at lots of blue sky over the bay from the emeryville camera, 56 degrees here in san francisco. upper 50 at oakland and hayward. 61 at san jose. redwood city 62 and 55 at half moon bay. and a beautiful view of the getting bluer sky over the golden gate right now. 61 up north at santa rosa, petaluma. 59 low 60s at napa, fairfield, concord. 59 degrees at livermore. and here's a view from our rooftop camera looking across the embarcadero. these are our forecast headlines tomorrow. the warming trend begins. weekend warmth will be with us, as it will be sunny and spring like, temperatures rising into the low 70s and next week's outlook remaining dry and mild. so for tonight, forecast animation looks like this. we'll see what few clouds we have

remaining getting out of here. skies will become clear overnight. we'll start the day on a sunny note tomorrow. overnight low temperatures will be mainly in the low or low to mid 40s. a little chillier in the far northern reaches of the bay area. down to 33 degrees in lakeport. excuse me. 36 at santa rosa. and on we go to sunny day tomorrow. in the afternoon, look for high temperatures near 60 degrees on the coast. 62 here in san francisco, around the bay shoreline, 63, 64, maybe 65 degrees and a few inland locations will warm up to 66 or 67 inland. east bay down in the south bay up in the north bay as well. so fairly uniform range of highs in our inland areas tomorrow. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. it gets even warmer on friday. upper 60s near the bay and around in our inland areas on the coast. low 60s over the weekend. look for 70, 72, 74 degrees as the highs near the bay and inland. sunday. beautiful weather for the black joy parade in oakland and even going into next week, this dry, mild pattern continues. we might

see a few clouds move into the sky next week, but days will be mostly sunny and this dry, mild pattern will continue for a while. kristen. >> all right. thank you so much. spencer p-g-and-e's is laying out a new plan to bury power lines underground in south san jose. the utility plans to put a little more than a mile of lines underground near almaden expressway and camden avenue. p-g-and-e's says it's to cut down on power outages. they say anti spark settings on the aboveground lines were causing unnecessary outages. burying the lines will both remove the wildfire risk and keep the lights on. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes will have a full report on this. coming up on abc seven news at four. the race for oakland mayor is well underway. last night, the major candidates vying to replace recall mayor shantel spoke to voters in a public forum. they talked about everything from the city's budget crisis to crime to corruption at city hall. abc seven news reporter j.r stone spoke with all three candidates

hoping to lead the town. >> former congresswoman barbara lee, former oakland city councilman loren taylor and former chief of staff renea webb all running for oakland mayor. lee and webb addressing public safety first and foremost tuesday night. >> i want to make sure that our public safety issues measure in in becomes the reality of a public safety strategy, a comprehensive public safety approach. >> we have to get control of this crime of the dirtiness in the street. you know, we all deserve to live in safety and in peace. >> taylor lost the last mayoral election to the now recalled sheng tao by less than a thousand votes. he's running for mayor again. >> as an oakland resident, frustrated and angry that mayor tao was not only failing the city, but demonstrating the corruption that at least is alleged through her actions. we

have to restore trust in government. >> webb, who's an elementary school educator, served as his chief of staff for a year and a half. she says her time in that position ended the day tao was sworn in. she says she has been called the whistleblower by some. >> when people try to associate me with shame, i say great, go ahead, because i'm the one that stood up to her and said, i'm not going to be corrupt and i'm not going to sell out oakland. >> lee throwing out a possible approach to homelessness if she is elected. >> i would like to look at piloting a project or two here with regard to what other communities have done, and that's providing for universal basic income for unsheltered people who need a job. >> taylor calling for change. >> what we need right now is someone who can fix things. that's what i've been doing outside of city hall and inside of city hall. >> these three candidates will be busy. the special election for oakland mayor is in less than two months on april 15th. in oakland, j.r stone, abc seven

news. >> up next, a new twist in a viral story you first saw here on abc seven. a palo alto teen with top grades in his own startup. rejected by 16 colleges. but then google hired him. now he and his father have filed a racial discrimination lawsuit over uc's admissions practices. we'll talk with the

annual black joy parade. it happens this sunday in oakland, and abc seven news is a proud media sponsor of this hyper positive event, streaming it for the third year in a row. on our midday show today, we were joined by the co-founder of the black joy parade, amber lester,

who talked about this year's theme finding joy in the small moments. it does get bigger and better and more exciting each year. so talk about what's new for year eight for people who have been coming. >> what's new? so this year we have a new footprint that was not planned, but i think it's going to be great. it's going to give us a little movement. we have some things in store for people that we haven't quite shared yet, like our headliners. that's always new. who we feature on the main stage is going to be great. we've brought back some really hit activations like our town classics, which is our car show. that was new last year, but a lot of people didn't get to see that, so we're hoping that people will make their way to town classics. but there's some special things we have up our sleeves that that will be excited to share once we have a parade day coming up. >> yeah, there's always some magic that you all are working behind the scenes to make each year bigger and better than the year before. i'm hearing great things about the headliner, and i know we can't talk about it right now, but i think folks are

going to be really, really excited about it when they hear who it is. we know the big event is obviously sunday, the parade and festival, but you all have all types of stuff leading up to sunday as well. talk about some of those other events and activations. >> yeah. so icons among us. this will be we started icons in 2021 when we were off for the pandemic. and icons among us is an opportunity for us to celebrate all of the amazing work that icons are doing today while they're still with us, giving us, you know, all of the beautiful contributions to the community and recognizing them for that while they're still here. so icons among us is a wonderful, wonderful activation that we really are proud in order to bring to the people and the community. >> tell us about this year's theme and what black joy means to you in this moment. >> great question. so this year's theme is really finding joy in the small moments. and so that could be your cup of tea in the morning. that could be your brunch with your friends on a sunday afternoon. you know, there, based on what we've

heard, there's a lot of that people are experiencing in their communities that could be detrimental to their health, their mental health and their hearts. and so we really are trying to push finding, really finding the joy in the small moments and the little things that you do. and then the celebration for us is finding joy in that big moment. so the parade is going to be awesome and bringing that joy. >> it is always so awesome and everyone just has the biggest smile on their face at the parade. they're having the best time of their lives. drew tells us the weather is going to be fantastic this year too, so it's just going to be an amazing day as it always is. amber, you all just do such a fantastic job showing off oakland in such a positive light and showing off our community in such a positive light. you and alicia work so hard on this and you've been planning it for years and years and years. you all go way back to college. you were introduced by a family friend. when you reflect on all that you've been able to accomplish all of these years, what are you most proud of? >> oh my goodness. i think i'm most proud of really, the

community contribution. the black joy parade doesn't happen without the community. alicia had this beautiful, wonderful idea and i helped to support make it come alive. but really, it doesn't happen without our volunteers, without our vendors, without community support. and i'm really proud in how everyone has really rallied around black joy parade. it's not difficult to get on board with our mission and what we're trying to do, but you can really see it in the 30,000 people that come out to support and make it happen every day. so very, very proud of that. >> well, you all are the masterminds, but like you said, it takes a village right to make black joy the hit, the success that it is every single year. amber lester, we really appreciate your time. thank you so much for joining us. >> the black joy parade is this sunday. you can watch it starting at 1230 wherever you stream abc seven news. we'll be right back with an interview with the father of stanley jones, the college reject, who is now google engineer, who is now filing suit

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and viral 16 months ago. a palo alto teen hired straight out of high school by google as a phd level software engineer. yet he was rejected by most colleges he applied to, including five uc campuses. even with a 4.4 gpa and a 1590 out of 1600 on the sats. >> some of them were certainly expected, you know. stanford, mit. you know, it's it is what it is, right? but yeah, for some of them, like cal poly uh- some of the state schools, i really thought, you know, i had a good chance. >> his name, stanley jones, and he and his father just filed a lawsuit against the university of california and the u.s. department of education. the joneses allege that uc is engaging in racial discrimination in admissions, despite the law banning the use of race in the process. joining us live now to talk about their

lawsuit, nanjiang stanley's father and the co-plaintiff in this new lawsuit. nan, thanks for being here. i'm going to start here. why isn't stanley joining us today? >> well, so he is facing a lot of pressure socially and in his social circle and in general macro environment generally. there's a lot of hostility towards asian-americans standing up for their rights on college admission, as witnessed in the sfa versus harvard case. so yeah, i got a thick skin. i can deal with it. so i'm here. >> okay. i think everyone is pretty familiar with stanley's story and his credentials, but one person's results don't prove a pattern or practice right. many high achieving brilliant students are qualified yet rejected by the ucs. do you have any specific evidence of racial discrimination? beyond that? stanley was competitive on paper and got hired by google. >> yeah. so that's what we're trying to prove in the court. and i think we have a good case to have a strong case to show

there. first of all, in addition to stanley, there are a lot of other asian american students who actually contacted us about their college admission stories, how they were rejected by uc despite their outstanding qualifications, similar to stanley's. so that is evidence number one. evidence number two, that we have collected evidence that uc is using race in clear violation of the law in faculty hiring and to the degree they actually not, it's not only using it, but they also knowing it's illegal and they're also hiding the evidence of using it. so that's evidence number two. evidence number three. we also look at some of the limited available public data. and there's a clear suppression of asian enrollment despite the strong population growth in the asian community in california. >> you know, just because even if you could prove that in faculty hiring, there is a racial consideration, can you necessarily draw a straight line to admissions? that is a totally different process, right? >> that is a process we need to

play out in the court. but the logic we're going after is that, hey, these guys know what they're doing and they know it's illegal and they're actively concealing it. so it's likely we're not going to find anything that's going to put on paper saying, we're going to do this, but we have seen this playing out in faculty hiring, and we are making the allegation that they're probably doing that in student admission as well, because these two are closely related. >> your lawsuit is the second one this month against uc over its admissions. the first one was by a group called students against racial discrimination, alleging diversity considerations are overshadowing academic merit and disadvantaging asians and white students in the process. i want to show the uc statement to us when we inquire. they call these lawsuits meritless, and they also say the uc undergraduate admissions application collects students race and ethnicity for statistical purposes only. the information is not shared with application reviewers and is not used for admission. you're not

disputing that, are you? >> oh, we don't know, actually. of course you're going to say that. that's what the machine is designed to do, and they're not going to deviate from their narrative. we're going to leave it to the jury to decide. >> this is a jury. you're going for a jury trial here? >> that's correct. >> okay. i'm going to i'm not going to go into why in this strategy. but i do want to ask you, why do you think the group's argument, that's the one that filed suit earlier this month, that admissions should only consider academics and nothing about extracurriculars and life experiences? do you share that belief or not? >> no, i don't share that belief. i think it's very important to look beyond the pure academics. so beyond that, beyond gpa, it's probably the right thing to do for the colleges to look at extracurricular curriculum and other things, how the students overcome rejections, how to overcome adverse conditions. yeah, i think those are all right conditions to consider. but even with that, i think asian students are still facing a much higher bar in the college admission. >> why are you also suing the

department of education? >> because uc, in connection with the department of education, they are both using race for some federal grant programs. and we allege that it's unconstitutional. >> are you suing every college that rejected stanley? i mean, as we know from the previous reporting, 16 colleges rejected him. >> or evaluating them one by one. we're contacting them one by one. we'll see which ones are willing to have a dialog. in the case of uc, we've been trying having a dialog with them for well over a year. like you mentioned, this case was reported back in late 2023, and we have been trying for well over a year to engage with them for a dialog or a conversation to understand what's going on. and they have basically been blowing us off. we also tried to reach out to the state lawmakers, not without much success. we also had a public letter signed by over 4000 people, sent over to governor newsom, and the lieutenant

governor. neither replied. >> i gotta. >> ask you, though. >> some people might look at this and say, look, stanley is working at google, making good money with a dream job that top university graduates aspire to. why does he want to be a part of this? and for you, some critics might be why are you not letting this go? >> there's a bigger story here. first of all, i think the story is bigger than stanley himself and bigger than myself, for sure. and what we're trying to get out of this is a fair treatment of asian applicants going forward, including my other kids and my future grandkids. >> all right. plaintiff in a new complaint against uc and five uc campuses over admissions practices. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> we'll take a short break. but remember, abc seven news is streaming 24/7. get the abc seven bay area app and join us whenever y

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how it impacted you. that's the basic concept of pixar's new animated series, win or lose. the series looks at eight different characters as they each prepare for the big softball championship game. each episode focuses on one character the kids, their parents and families, and even the umpire. the show's creators say they hope audiences can watch and understand each other's perspectives. i went to pixar in emeryville to talk with the executive producer of the series, to learn more about what inspired it. >> we kind of came up with that because me and kari were office mates on toy story four. and we would often notice we would have like, different interpretations of the same event. so like, we would come out of a meeting and then i'll be like, oh my gosh, that went terrible. they're

going to fire me. i'm sorry, i'm saying goodbye. you can have my couch. and she'd be like, what are you talking about? that went great. they loved it. and it was like, oh, how can we both experience the same thing and take away something totally different? and we sort of use that as the core for the entire series. >> and you can see my full interview with the creative team behind this coming up on abc seven news at four. win or lose is now available to stream on disney plus. disney is the parent company of abc seven, and this is so incredible in the way they're able to show visually emotions in the cutest way and really makes you feel all the feels, whether it's, you know, guilt, i'm not a good enough parent, or i'm disappointed in my parent or life. it's really great. i'll see you again tonight, the winter storm slamming parts of the east at this hour. the accidents, the treacherous driving. the images coming no now. and now record-breaking cold coming in for millions acrs