bay area, in just what it takes to get a ticket from one of those. >> and the concerns from moss landing residents as smoke from a battery storage facility fills the air once again. good afternoon, i'm kristen z. >> and i'm larry beil. thanks for joining us. we have new developments this afternoon out of monterey county where smoke is once again coming from that battery facility that caught fire weeks ago. >> that first fire resulted in political and legal action, as the community has remained concerned about potential health impacts. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena joining us live in the newsroom with the latest on the response to this new flare up. luis. >> yes, larry. just last month, a large fire at the same battery facility led to the evacuation of residents in the surrounding area. today, health officials confirmed last night's fire is under control, but they're still monitoring the air quality. it happened again. another fire at the vistra energy battery storage facility in monterey county. this alert urging residents tuesday night to close windows and doors as fire crews

fought the blaze. >> we first responders will remain uh- at the scene.ill >> the north county fire protection district detected the exact location of the blaze in an area known to them. they say a flare up like this one is not unusual. >> the fire started underneath a pile of rubble in a section that had previously burned. >> just last month, a large fire at this battery facility led to the evacuation of residents as the county alerted them of unknown hazards posed by this smoke. during a digital press conference wednesday, monterey county officials said evacuations this time were not necessary. >> no readings have indicated any significant public health impact and barred. our monterey bay air resource district has reviewed the smoke sensor data. air quality has remained in the good range for the past 24 hours. >> monterey county now asking the public to fill out this survey to track any symptoms

after these fires. vistra corp, which owns the moss landing facility, urging those impacted to apply for financial assistance. >> we are concerned about the impact and the disruption this has caused to our neighbors and to the businesses in the area, so we were very prompt in listening and taking action. two programs that are still ongoing. >> on the phone. the on scene coordinator at the u.s. environmental protection agency confirmed they are monitoring this incident and working on ways to prevent future fires. >> it's called delinking the batteries. and basically what that does is it disconnects the batteries and that reduces the likelihood of propagation and the likelihood of a large fire. >> and the u.s. environmental protection agency's plan is set to be deployed on february 22nd. as to the air quality, they said they're sampling for heavy metals but are not urging the public to close their windows and doors at this time anymore. in the newsroom, luz pena, abc

seven news. >> luis, thank you. developing news out of arizona now where at least two people are dead following a mid-air collision over an airport. it happenedn this morning in marana, which is northwest of tucson. police say the two small general aviation planes were involved. each had two people on board. one of the planes managed to land safely and the passengers survived. the airport does not have an air traffic control tower, which some small airports don't have. >> new today. big break in a 35 year old cold case. murder. police say they finally identified a suspect in this case. now. it took place back in 1990, and maria widenhofer was found dead on a trail near inspiration point in tilden regional park. police say when she was found, she had a rope around her neck and there were signs of a struggle. today, east bay regional park police say dna evidence collected from john lipari, who died by suicide in oregon in november of 2024, 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 had been no suspect in this case until lipari was identified last year through new dna testing techniques. >> dozens of faith leaders marched through san francisco today to protest president trump's immigration policies. the march to japantown took place on the 83rd anniversary of the executive order that led to the incarceration of japanese americans during world war two. among the demonstrators were bishops, imams, and rabbis. they reaffirmed their commitment to provide sanctuary in their temples to immigrants facing deportation. >> when the government abuses its power. denying asylum. tearing families apart. dehumanizing the vulnerable. we must resist. >> the faith. leaders are part of a lawsuit against the department of homeland security for a policy change that allows immigration agents to enter houses of

worship to detain undocumented immigrants. >> the council on american islamic relations is taking on universities now for what they deem to be negative treatment of students with pro-palestinian views. >> abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey was at stanford, which was labeled a hostile campus by this organization today. >> when it comes to social justice, many believe silence is violence. but some students at stanford university fear speaking up. >> students are afraid to even hang a palestinian flag out the window of their dorm rooms to attend protest, to speak about palestine in class, to wear keffiyehs in class, or while out and about at the cafe for fear of repression and suspension. >> and now the council on american islamic relations of the san francisco bay area is taking action against what it calls suppression of and retaliation against pro-palestinian views. >> our designation of stanford university as a hostile campus today is therefore about holding the institution accountable tong its purported commitment to

freedom of expression, so that students and staff who speak out against genocide are protected and treated fairly. >> care has designated more than a dozen campuses nationwide as hostile. a stanford university spokesperson told us in a statement that policies are viewpoint neutral in an attempt to protect the community and freedom of expression. however, student conduct policies are initiated when there are disruptions of university operations like the takeover of university buildings in 2023 after being suspended last year. her mom, rafael gonzalez, sees it differently. >> for a university that has spent every day of this genocide begging their students to allow due process to take its course. when it comes to divestment, it was evident that they are more than willing to suspend due process when it came to students who supported said divestment. and it is because the issue at hand is palestine. >> eman says she dreamed of researching at stanford health care because of their message that health is a human right. but she says that message and her hopes for this university

have been shattered. >> i came to stanford to advance human health, but i am constantly reminded that my humanity is conditional. stanford's indifference to the harassment we face sends a chilling message that muslim, palestinian and pro-palestine students do not deserve the same protection as others. >> in the south bay. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> turning now to the weather. light rain this morning. this is video from san francisco's chinatown, where you can see the windshield wipers were required and umbrellas were out. but this afternoon, things have dried out and we even got some a little bit of sunshine out there. >> just like spencer said would happen. >> that's not a surprise that he was right. >> there you go. okay, let me show you what brought us that light rain. here's a look at the satellite radar composite image. you see that weak cold front that swept through earlier that brought us the light rain and the scattered showers. excuse me. and a little bit of a breeze developing behind that front. but look at that area of clearing, high pressure building in there. that's going to bring us a string of sunny and dry

days and a warm up. right now we're looking at a bit of that breeze behind the frontal system, 20 degree, 20 degree, 20 mile per hour winds here in san francisco. and it's a bit breezy in other locations as well. and of course, cooler air follows the cold front very often, so it's a few degrees cooler in many locations now than at this time yesterday. but the warm up is coming our way. check out our forecast headlines tomorrow. warming trend begins over the weekend. more warmth. sunny and spring like. high temperatures moving into the lower to mid 70s in some locations. and this is going to last for a while. this will be a sustained extended warm up. we'll get these words straight in just a few minutes. join me later for the complete accuweather seven day forecast. larry and kristen. >> can't wait. thanks. >> all right. in the south bay, p-g-and-e's is working to reduce unplanned power outages by installing new cables underground. >> abc seven news reporter zach fuentes has more on what neighbors say that they've been dealing with. and the fix p-g-and-e's says it is providing. >> these crews are hard at work.

the project is one p-g-and-e's says will help provide a solution to a problem frustrating homeowners in this san jose neighborhood. unplanned power safety shutoffs. >> like last two years, it would be off. no notice. actually. the power would go off and then you'd get the alert from p-g-and-e's. >> the problem happening so often, dan kennedy says he invested in a generator for his home. other neighbors resorted to other alternatives. >> we lost power consistently. so i decided about five years ago to go solar. >> this particular street was without power for several hours. wednesday while p-g-and-e's worked on the project. the utility says it will significantly reduce outages for 10,000 customers in the san jose communities of almaden valley and santa teresa. >> the customers are currently protected by enhanced powerline safety settings, or what we call eps, which are wildfire safety settings that will automatically turn off power in the event something comes in contact with the power line, so they will shut off within a 10th of a

second. >> something p-g-and-e's says has been a critical tool for safety. but the circuit that triggers that shutoff is widespread, passing through both urban areas like this neighborhood and also high risk fire areas. >> in this case, we want to keep the safety settings in the high fire risk area, but reduce the impact of eps outages in the urbanized neighborhoods. >> the crews have been installing nearly 6500ft of new cable conduits underground, removing overhead power lines and essentially reducing the number of customers impacted by the eps outages. the p-g-and-e's announced that its undergrounding 10,000 miles of power lines. this particular project is unrelated. a total of ten similar projects are planned. the others are waiting on approval. for now, the neighbors are happy that the problem aggravating them for years could be going away. >> there'll be less trouble for my neighbors. i think it's a great idea. >> project's price tag is $11 million. it's expected to be finished by june in san jose. zach fuentes, abc seven news.

>> san francisco drivers could be the first in the state to get tickets from speed cameras. 33 cameras are going up in the city, and today, advocates for safer streets celebrated the installation of one of the first at geary boulevard at seventh avenue. that's a few blocks from where jenny yu's mother was hit by a speeding car. >> believe it will change the way drivers approach speeding. it will make them think twice about putting their foot on that pedal to increase how fast they're going. >> drivers will be cited if they are going 11 miles over the speed limit. the cameras will be activated in mid march. >> coming up on abc seven news at four. federal cutbacks and the impact on our national parks concerns for bay area parks and their future. state lawmakers trying to make bigfoot official. and we'll take you out to pixar in emeryville to get the scoop on their first

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arrived in mesa, arizona. that is the spring home of the athletics. abc seven sports anchor chris alvarez caught up with the green and gold, talking about the transition out of oakland and to the state capitol. >> when did the reality set in that you won't be playing in oakland this year? >> yeah, honestly, i don't know if that really has set in yet. obviously, you know, we know that we are playing in sacramento. me personally, i'm

definitely going to, you know, miss the coliseum i love playing there. >> it still feels feels a little weird for me. i mean my wife and i were talking and i said when we get up to oakland a couple of times and, you know, i haven't been there for this long stretch of time, but two years is a is a good stretch of time. for a young player. so just an adjustment. and you know, we're we're excited about the transition and everything now that that it's here. you know everything last season was we celebrated it for what it was. and you know tried to share as many moments as we could with the people from oakland. >> you refer to a home as, as somewhere, not necessarily as a, as a structure, but where your family is. our family will be together when we're together. sacramento is going to be our home and we're going to embrace that. i think that culture was built in oakland. you know that place, that coliseum has a special feeling about. and that feeling was embraced by the players that that wore the oakland jersey. i think now

moving forward in sacramento, uh, that same embracement because of how rooted we were in that home. can move to where we're going to be, which is in sacramento over the next three years. >> so the athletics, as they're now known, not oakland, just the athletics will begin the regular season march 27th in seattle. a four game set and then the home opener in west sacramento. that's going to be march 31st, a monday night against the chicago cubs with the a's here in arizona. chris alvarez, abc seven sports. >> and thank you, chris. one other sports note this sunday, the golden state warriors will be hosting ex splash brother klay thompson and the dallas mavericks once again. that game is at 1230. you can watch it right here on abc seven, followed by after the game. >> we are counting down to the eighth annual black joy parade this sunday in oakland. abc seven news is a proud media sponsor, streaming it for the third year in a row on our

midday show. co-founder of the black joy parade, amber lester, talked about this year's theme finding joy in the small moments. >> based on what we've heard, there's a lot of that people are experiencing in their people are communities that can be detrimental to their health, their mental health and their hearts. and so we really are trying to push finding, really finding the joy and 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. >> more than 30,000 people are expected to celebrate black joy at this year's parade. >> let's get to the forecast. oh, there. yeah, there it is. the weather. kind of a weather potpourri today because we had some sprinkl. we had some clouds. now we've got some sun. >> yeah i think we're good for now. right. we're done with that mist and drizzle stuff spencer. >> we're done with that for a while that's for sure. we have an extended period of sunny days coming our way. it's going to be a nice warm up over the weekend, and there'll be lots of weather

joy for the black joy parade on sunday in oakland. here's a live doppler seven. you can see just a few little pockets of moisture in the atmosphere right now. the rain has ended and as we animate the map, you can see that cold front that swept through earlier. it's well out of the bay area right now. so coming behind that frontal system and the light rain it produced, we have mainly clear skies at the moment. a little bit cooler air for a while before the warm up comes in. it's a bit breezy behind the front as well. you can see their high pressure building in to bring us a string of sunny days over the next seven days. right now we've got wind speeds up to about 21mph here in san francisco, and it's fairly breezy, just about everywhere. a lighter winds across the bay at oakland and hayward, so the 24 hour temperature change shows most locations just a few degrees cooler than at this time yesterday. the exception being san francisco, which is five degrees warmer than at this time yesterday. a nice view, a dramatic view of the western sky and the golden gate from our emeryville camera. it's currently 58 degrees in san francisco and oakland. hayward 59 low 60s at san jose and redwood city and 55 at half moon bay. mainly blue sky over the

golden gate right now. a few lingering clouds there. 63 at santa rosa, petaluma, 59 low 60s at napa, fairfield and concord, and 60 degrees at livermore. and a nice viw looking across the embarcadero from our rooftop camera. these are our forecast headlines tomorrow. the warming trend begins. weekend warmth will be with us in spring. like spring like fashion, sunny and warm over the weekend with high temperatures well above average for this time of the year. and next week's outlook shows that it will be remaining dry and mild. so we have a an extended period of nice dry weather. here's the forecast animation starting right now, taking us into the evening hours. the clearing will continue mainly clear skies overnight and certainly clear sunny skies to start the day tomorrow. overnight, low temperatures will be mainly in the low to mid 40s, a little bit chillier farther north where santa rosa will drop down to about 36 degrees overnight. and over at lakeport, 34 napa, 39 degrees elsewhere, though, we're talking about low to mid 40s and then high temperatures tomorrow. 59 half moon bay 62 here in san

francisco, right around the bay shoreline, up to about 65 or 66 degrees and a little bit milder in our inland areas. so 66 to 67. so the warming will be underway tomorrow, the warm up and it will continue into the weekend or through the weekend, as you see here on the accuweather seven day forecast, we're talking low to mid 70 as high temperatures on sunday and monday from the bay to our inland areas. beautiful weather for the black joy parade sunday in oakland and even into the middle of next week. not much of a drop off in temperatures will remain in that upper 60s to lower 70 range through the middle of next week, with sunny skies and dry conditions and spring like weather. >> nice. >> all right. thank you. spencer. >> okay, heads up for north bay drivers tonight. all northbound and southbound lanes of 101 in santa rosa, between yolanda street and the baker avenue exits will be closed at 11 until five tomorrow morning. they're doing construction. caltrans has detours for both directions of traffic. >> just ahead. apple introduces a new, cheaper iphone. >> and pixar, launching its

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>> those federal cuts could have an effect on national parks and recreation areas right here in the bay area. >> abc seven news reporter j.r stone here with a look at those concerns. hi j.r. >> hi there larry kristen sze. some are concerned here. others are outraged saying this will have a direct impact on the parks and those who visit the parks. >> this is going to really be a tipping point for them. and they're going to struggle immensely to try to keep facilities open, but they're not going to be able to do it. it's going to be that bad. >> don neubacher is referring to the national park service's challenges ahead. neubacher spent about 21 years as superintendent at point reyes national seashore and yosemite national park. the trump administration has fired about 1000 new park service employees. neubacher says some of them worked at point reyes. >> they did lose staff, so some were fired recently, and they're all heartbreakers. as a matter of fact, i was out watching the elephant seals, and i talked to one staff member that's still

there, but she's worried she's going to get fired. >> we spoke with visitors at muir woods national monument who had strong opinions about park cuts. >> this is a special place, and it's the funding is impaired and the parks have to have restrictions on visitors. it was it's a sad thing. very troubling. >> the national park service does say that it's reinstating thousands of seasonal jobs at these parks that were initially cut last month. >> i talked to park staff the other day and they still haven't gotten any guidance, so there might be some law enforcement seasonals uh, but not other seasonals that might do work in campgrounds like maintenance activities. clean the restrooms. >> this is not an office building. if you don't empty the trash, no big deal. you don't empty the trash in yosemite and bears can die. and once the bear is gone, it's not coming back. >> yosemite has delayed the use of their campground reservation

system. those i spoke with said if that isn't used due to staffing issues, that could lead to major backups. >> expect to be stuck in traffic for hours. we're talking about 4 or 5 hours. >> when covid happens, and we didn't have as many boots on the ground, people were cutting down joshua trees. trash was everywhere. people were driving in the meadows, you know, it was a free for all. and our parks suffered. so please use some foresight. these are not to be managed for profit. let's preserve them for the greater good. whether you're a red voter or a blue voter, we all love our parks. >> a little while ago, i talked with a yosemite worker who was laid off who said he worked 12 to 16 hour days but got paid for nine. he said he would educate people about the park, would clean up trash left on trails, and now he's told you're not needed. the government trying to cut costs, but in this case, heartbreaking for those who have worked so hard. larry. >> all right. have to see how that unfolds. let's talk about the race for california. governor should be taking shape

now. things are kind of moving a bit slower than they normally would for a race like this. but joining us right now is abc seven news insider phil matier. phil, let's start with the speculation about kamala harris. democrats seem to be waiting to see if she'll run, but the expectation seems to be that she will try to win the race for governor. >> well, that is where all the cards are laying out right now, larry. you're absolutely right. and one of the reasons is that the other people running for governor in the state just don't have the name id, you know, whether it's former representative katie porter or former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa or, you know, like lieutenant governor elaine koulizakis. the point of the matter is that none of these people score really high. and so the idea of kamala harris coming in is something that democrats are kind of looking. saying, hey, look, there's a place for you here. think about it. and that's what she's doing. >> it makes it hard to read the tea leaves, but looking at all the things she's been doing. >> lately, signing on with the talent agency, appearing in la after the wildfires, sending out

email blasts to people. taken together, what does it all mean to you? >> well, that means that she's been in politics a long time. i mean, kristen, you know that. you know, you're out there, it gets in your blood, you're working really hard. she really thought that she was going to win the presidential race, and her people in the campaign thought they did going into it, which will not be final days. they thought it was going to be close, but she was going to win. so she sort of having this emotional reaction to that and the drain of it. meanwhile, her husband is setting up homes in both california and new york. he's continuing the law practice and she's, you know, signed up with a talent agency. that's going to mean bringing in some pretty big bucks because she'll be doing speaking events. but it also means she'll be able to keep trump crime on the national money and national attention. or if she does decide to make a move, she will have that kind of support because she's really the only candidate i see on the list that can draw the money in from the outside world, possibly katie porter to because she's pretty well known among

democratic circles outside, but none of them have the star power of kamala harris. all right. >> we're having some audio issues, so let's just continue the conversation when we see you at six. >> all right. thanks. >> all right. >> just ahead. larry. i know this has made you very anxious. >> well, it changes every second. >> i know the chances of that asteroid hitting the earth in 2032 changed again. and how about the chances that bigfoot is real? why? the mythical creature cou

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all right. time now for the four at four with spencer and dion joining us. how concerned are you about air travel right now? a new poll finds confidence is really slipping here. 64% of those surveyed say it is safe or somewhat safe, but that's down from 71% last year and 20% say it's just flat out unsafe. the poll was conducted just days after the collision between a helicopter and a passenger jet outside of washington, dc. but even since then, we saw that the plane in toronto that skidded on the snowy runway and then flipped over. and then we had another small plane crash today. so i don't know, kristen. i know, like many of us, we're a little uneasy sometimes on planes. >> let's just be honest. i'm a

fearful flier, but i try to remind myself that incidents may bunch in a certain period of time does not mean that over the long term, things are getting less safe. and i try to remind myself that statistically, we have a 1 in 90 5%, 1 in 95 chance of dying in a car crash. fatal car crash in our lifetime. but the chance of dying in a plane crash is like 1 in 1,000,000 or something. yeah. >> well, now i'm afraid to drive. >> but that wasn't comforting. >> no 1 to 95. it's not really that great. but, spencer, you fly back and forth to the east coast a lot. any concerns? >> no real concerns. my concerns are certainly not elevated because of recent events. but i will point out that i think many people have who are uneasy fliers. think about the fact that automobile accidents are highly more survivable than plane crashes. well that's true. yeah. >> dion, want to jump in? >> i mean, at this point, i think it's just freaking people out because of the frequency of it. but we have to just remind ourselves that statistically, you know, it's going to be okay. yeah. >> yeah. all right. let's talk

about something else that's equally comforting. the odds of that asteroid hitting earth in 2032 are back down. yeah, it's like the market, right? nasa now says the asteroid has a 1.5% chance of hitting our planet. that's down from 3% last night. i think it was like 3.2%. i was ready to spend all my money and 2% last week. now, nasa says new data collected overnight reduced the impact probability and could drop even more as scientists learn more about this asteroid. okay, dan, you can sleep easy now. >> all of this talk of statistics and, you know, sudden doom. we're going to be in a plane crash. i mean, i'm just going to tune all of this out and just live my life. how about that? >> there you go. i just want to be here in 2032. yeah. >> you know. oh, you'll be here, spencer, and you'll be working. >> i mean, yeah, i'll be right there in the weather center here, standing spencer here. >> on the planet. >> yeah. okay. >> all right. glad you clarified. >> the thing i don't understand. >> is, like, in the course of a

couple of weeks, the thing has gone up and down and up and down. like, how can it be that variable on a day to day basis? what are we looking at here? >> that's what i mean. like, it makes you paranoid just learning about it. i mean, if we didn't even know that this study existed or the percentages went up and down, our lives would be the same. >> yeah. and we'd be a lot calmer. >> yeah. i wouldn't put serious stock in that until we get much, much closer to the date. i will say i saw so many comments on social media, people saying asteroid, take us now. we screw things up so badly. just take us. >> oh, that's very sad. >> yeah, that is sad. >> and it's not a like an earth killing event. it would wipe out a city. a city. yeah. >> and you'd have enough time to get out of the city. >> hopefully not our city. >> yeah. >> all right. >> just don't go on an airplane. >> yeah. yeah, yeah. do you do you wash your produce before you eat it? a lot of foodborne illnesses are due to germs on fresh produce, and experts say you should always wash your fruits and veggies before you eat them. but a recent survey

found that 55% of americans say they only wash produce if they're serving it to others. well, that's actually kind of kind and considerate. >> yeah. >> 17% only wash. they say if that food looks dirty. i'm i'm pretty consistent. me too. i'm washing everything. yeah, yeah. i just don't know what's been sprayed on these apples or you know. >> whose hands have touched them? >> yeah, but sometimes, you know, when you are starving, maybe you are out in the field reporting there's no time to even go to the bathroom. but yet you see an apple, you know, a just a little brush on the shoulder on the sleeve. and it does the trick. >> i've done that, too. >> i didn't realize that your your shoulder. was that sanitary? >> it's a after she wipes everything on it. >> oh my gosh. >> everything. >> germ collection spot. >> are you saying i'm a cesspool of germs? like a petri dish? >> no, i think you said it. we didn't have to say it because. >> you did. oh. >> my words are being twisted, everybody. >> i'm saying nothing here. >> yeah, well, not in this one.

>> you know what? i wash most fruits and veggies, but not the really soft fruit. like, for example, raspberries. because i feel like that just ruins the structure of the raspberries. >> it's true. but those are the ones, i guess, that have the thinnest skin and the pesticides can actually, you know, penetrate. >> right? so buy organic or you grow your own fruit. >> i wash my blueberries with like a more forceful flow of water. yes. raspberries or strawberries? there's something more delicate. i just turn the water down a bit, but i still wash them. >> oh. >> i thought you're going to say you grow your own. okay. california has an official mushroom and an official slug. why not an official mystical creature? santa rosa assemblyman chris rogers wants to name bigfoot the official state cryptid. a creature believed to be real, but there's no proof it exists. the famous 1967 footage of a creature said to be bigfoot was taken near the klamath river in northern california. >> i don't know what's going on in santa rosa, but if i live there, i would prefer that my

legislators focus on something a little bit more important than whether bigfoot exists. >> or you could see it as this they have so little crime or other serious issues that they can have some fun. >> okay. >> right. all right. >> i'm trying here, folks. >> all right. >> spencer, do you believe in bigfoot? do you think there's some hairy monster creature in the in the wilderness somewhere. >> specifically bigfoot? no, i don't, but i fear fearful. there may be other things out there that are threatening that we're not aware of. but not bigfoot. >> like an asteroid? >> yes. right. yes. >> which is more likely seeing an asteroid or bigfoot? i don't know. >> probably the asteroid. >> yeah, i would guess. >> yeah. well, yeah. especially if bigfoot doesn't exist. >> asteroid? >> yeah. okay. >> sorry, larry. >> well, that's. that's fine.

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is win or lose comes out today on disney plus. i went behind the scenes at pixar animation studios in emeryville to see how the series came to life. after four years of development. >> pickles. cuddle up. you all did great today. >> pixar's first long form original animated series is here. call, win or lose. it's set around a middle school coed softball team. one story told through eight perspectives. we decided to visit pixar animation studios in emeryville to discover how they brought this unique story to life. >> i see a whole lot of people

who underestimated us. and you know what? sometimes you have to earn your respect. >> at the beginning of the process, pixar kind of decided they wanted to get into streaming. they brought a bunch of us in the room together, and we were really excited about telling the kinds of stories we can't do in a feature. so, like multi-protagonist story, playing with structure and going deeper in the character level because you have more time. >> uh- do you want to have coffee with? oh. >> like the series is 160 minutes total, which is almost like two full length features together. >> win or lose is one story, broken up into eight episodes and each from a different perspective. >> yep, yep. each from a different perspective. and we kind of came up with that because me and carrie 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? >> when you think about it, it's hilarious that anyone would even think to do something like that, right? that's crazy. that would. >> on a lot of our movies, we have one character that we really focus on, and we have to kind of develop everything around that one character. but on this show, we had eight different characters, and each of them had their own animation devices or things that we needed to develop to kind of bring them to life. >> well, why are you so sweaty? you got this. okay, okay. all right. >> what you're seeing here is basically a trip down memory lane for us. of time spent with all of the crew. you can see a lot of different photos of the crew here, and just different iterations of how we thought that might look. what we did on this show that was unique is anyone on the team could contribute an idea? like, i

think it should look like this. i think it should have little hearts with faces and just a cloud behind it. i think it should be a bunch of little hearts. and so we would just kind of throw a lot of ideas out there. and what we always kind of said on the show was like, best idea wins. >> i can't believe it. this is the happiest day of my life. oh, i'm so proud of all of you. >> the story centers around a softball team. is that from personal experience? >> yeah, i played for about ten years growing up. fast pitch softball. >> so did you feel all those anxieties that lori, our central character in the first episode? >> i did. oh, softball and baseball. it has this unique thing where it's a team sport, and yet at one point, all eyes are on you. when you're in the batter's box. it's just like, pressure's on. and i played even as an adult, you know, just in some recreational leagues. and even then i just get so nervous at the idea of, like, letting everybody down. >> you're out. hey, you'll get em next time, kiddo. >> yeah, yeah. so there's a little piece. >> of you and lori. >> just a little bit. yeah. >> this is good, cause it's high stakes. and that's the kind we

like. >> the show is an opportunity to walk a mile in somebody else's shoes and to see their world from a different perspective. when you first watch an episode, you'll view the character one way, and then we'll pull back the curtain and reveal that there's so much going on beneath the surface. we wanted to make something that everyone can kind of see themselves in and not alienate anyone from it. >> better not blow it. >> we found our water. >> all so good and we're all rooting for the pickles. that's the name of the team. you can watch pixar's win or lose now on disney plus. i have to say they do this very well, just like in their films. they tell a story in such a way that whether you're an adult or a kid, you appreciate and love it on different levels. >> that had to be so cool to visit there. yeah. and see how how they how they put it all together. yeah. spencer's putting a forecast together. >> and it's looking pretty good. i think you like this one. starting with clearing skies overnight. we'll have low temperatures mainly in the low to mid 40s, a little chillier far up north where

we'll see lows down to about 36 to santa rosa. then tomorrow, sunny skies. the warm up really kicks into high gear. tomorrow we'll see highs of uh- low to mid 60s around the bay shoreline. up to about 65 or 66 inland areas will hit 6667 degrees, maybe higher. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast is certainly going to continue warming up over the weekend. beautiful day on sunday for the black joy parade and oakland. we'll see highs in the low to mid 70s from the bay to inland. and that pattern continues into next week uninterrupted. so enjoy larry kristen. >> all right we will. just ahead, the real stars of the new but sometimes i can't help due to burning and stabbing pain in my hands, so i use nervive. nervive's clinical dose of ala reduces nerve discomfort in as little as seven days. now i can help again feel the difference with nervive. when you really need to sleep. you reach for the really good stuff. now i can help again zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil.

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followed by celebrity jeopardy! then what would you do? at ten. and then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. one of the stars of shifting gears could be the cars that are featured n the show. reporter dave kunz, from our sister station in los angeles, took a look around the set. >> it's unusual for a tv show to have an automotive angle, and that's especially true for a sitcom. but there's a big exception right now. >> is that my gto? i built that thing 15 years ago, and somebody stole it. >> hi, dad. >> in tim allen's new comedy shifting gears, his character, matt parker, operates a classic car restoration business. >> i didn't do it this way in my head. i wanted to have a car shop, and it was mostly a small north hollywood car shop. it's turned into a resto rod shop.

>> the actor is no stranger to having his onscreen characters mixed cars and comedy. in his first show, home improvement at 33 ford street, rod had a recurring role. as for placing interesting cars in this new show. that's the job of car consultant katie fox. for realism, the car scene keeps changing. >> we are operating under the guise that this is a functioning shop outside of the sitcom, so we have cars coming and going as though we have real customers that we have to meet these deadlines. >> cars are loaned from local collectors. the early episodes used a very willing one. >> there was a good percentage starting off that were tim's vehicles. not all of them. >> so if you like classic cars, it's fun to spot what's in the garage each week. if some kind of detail about a car isn't done correctly as far as the script, most people won't notice, but car people will. i remember some years back going to a new movie, and one of the characters mentioned having a 1953 ford thunderbird, except the ford thunderbird didn't come out until 1955. ooh. it helps when a car guy not only stars, but

executive produces as well. >> he's the first person to look at a script and be like, that's not a slant six engine. that's a straight six. you know, he's the first person to absolutely call it out. >> so far, shifting gears has been a huge hit, so it could very well have a long run on the primetime schedule. that will mean lots more rotating classics to fill the set. stay tuned. dave, abc news, burbank, california. >> a lot of really cool classic cars there. abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area streaming tv app. join us whenever you want, wherever you are. that will do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry beil. abc seven news at five is coming up next.

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