starts right now. >> but they did lose staff, so some were fired recently. and they're all heartbreakers. >> federal cuts hitting home in the bay area and national park service workers worry who's next. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm dion lim. outrage and concern tonight regarding layoffs among those working for the national park service. >> hundreds of employees have been laid off. and there is a belief that this could directly impact you on your next trip to a national park or federal managed land. >> abc seven news reporter j.r stone joins us now live with details j.r. >> dion. dan 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 hours a day, got paid for nine. he said he would educate people about the park, would clean up trash that was 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. j.r stone, abc seven news. >> yeah, we can only imagine j.r. thank you. moving now to today's top stories from the trump administration. the city and county of san francisco joined a lawsuit to protect public health data from being removed by the government. the department of transportation has also pulled its approval for new york city's congestion pricing toll program. the administration also continues to fire federal workers. the irs is expected to begin laying off 6000 employees tomorrow. and defense secretary pete hegseth is considering firing or removing generals and senior officers as early as this week. >> the council on american islamic relations care is tg

on universities for what they deem poor treatment of students with pro-palestinian views. abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey is at stanford, which care tonight is labeling a hostile campus. >> 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. >> well, some people started the day with rain drops enough to eventually need the windshield wipers while driving. we recorded this video in san francisco near chinatown this morning. >> abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel has a look at the forecast. sandhya. >> yeah, it played out just as we expected. dan and diane, let me show you a live view right now from our sutro tower camera. i think you can pretty much see what's coming, which is we're going to basically get rid of all the wet weather we had earlier in the day, and we're going to bring on the sunshine. let me show you how much rain. five hundredths of an inch in santa rosa, san francisco. 400. a little less than that in oakland. hayward a 10th of an inch. half moon bay, hayward 600. excuse me, a 10th of an inch in half moon bay. and a trace in san jose. as we take a look at live doppler seven, you can see that the front came through. we had some showers

around. they're gone. the breeze is picking up, especially in the hills. hawkeye 28 miles an hour. if you are stepping out tonight, here's what you can expect. dry conditions, inland areas in the low 50s. coming down into the mid 40s later on. so you will need to bundle up. right around the bay from the mid 50s to the upper 40s by 11 p.m. and near the coastline from 53 to 48 degrees by 11 p.m. we certainly have some fog around and it will greet us first thing tomorrow morning. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast, which includes your weekend coming up. >> sounds great. sandhya. thank you. in the south bay, p-g-and-e's is working to reduce unplanned power outages by putting cables underground. the utility plans to put a little more than a mile of lines underground, near the almaden expressway and camden avenue. abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes has reaction to the project. that's part of building a better bay area. >> reporter 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 shut off 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 will 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. >> court proceedings at the superior court of alameda county were disrupted today because of a strike by clerks, court reporters and court managers.

this morning, we saw some seiu service employees, international union members picketing in front of the hayward hall of justice. the union says there is an understaffing problem with workers being pressed to perform tasks, tasks they aren't trained to do. >> we are not being afforded the knowledge that it takes to work in the courtrooms, and we need to work with accuracy and efficiency, and the courts are not allowing us to do that. they want to put legal processing assistance in the courtroom who have not been trained, who could possibly send somebody to jail. >> the county claims the main issue is reaching an agreement over pay. officials say the court faces a dire budget situation caused by state funding cuts. tonight, a break in a 35 year old murder case involving a woman killed in tilden regional park. maria hofer was found dead back in 1990. abc seven news reporter lena howland has the story of how detectives have now cracked this case.

>> through this investigation, john lipari was determined to be a potential suspect and later became our primary suspect in 2024. >> after 35 years and no answers. east bay regional park district police identified a former martinez resident as the killer of 32 year old maria hofer. john lipari died by suicide in oregon near the end of last year. his extended family posting this gofundme in the days after his death. >> when it was a match, it was definitely bittersweet. we would have loved for him to know that we were zeroing in on him. >> hoffa's body was found on a trail near inspiration point here in tilden regional park. she was discovered with a rope around her neck showing physical signs of a struggle. after being reported missing the night before, semen collected from hoffa's body decades ago later uploaded to a genetic genealogy database, is what eventually turned up as a positive match.

>> it's a long process. it takes time, but we were able to get a pool of suspects that we slowly went through, and eventually lipari became our primary in 2024. >> this comes nearly eight years after the department released these images of the suspect, generated by sending dna from the crime scene to a company, saying it can turn dna into a face, a face. detectives now say, matched lipari. >> because in 1990 we didn't have the ability to extract dna in this fashion and process the dna, and certainly didn't havee the ability to do the comparisons on a familial basis and even even just comparing it to, to a pool of potential suspects. >> lipari family was shocked to find out about his involvement just a week after his suicide. his former sister in law told us they're sending condolences to hoffa's family. detective rudy reading this statement from maria's brother hans.

>> we would like to express our gratitude to law enforcement for their unceasing efforts and finally bringing some measure of closure to this tragedy. >> in orinda, lena howland abc seven news. >> as they say, where there's smoke, there's fire. this battery factory burned before. now it's smoking again. are there new health hazards? >> also next we're joined live by abc seven news insider phil matier with a look at the upcoming race for california governor. we're talking familiar

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than they normally would for a race like this. >> so joining us live is abc seven news insider phil matier. phil, let's get right to it. let's start with the speculation about kamala harris. democrats seem to be waiting if she is going to run. >> that is the big question. you know, the entire race for replacing gavin newsom as governor took a big pause after the president presidential election. up until that point, we had the lieutenant governor looking at in the race, we had the state comptroller, we had the state superintendent of education. we had a number of people that were gearing up trying to get traction, trying to get fundraising going, trying to get endorsements. and then we had the presidential election, and all of a sudden the question became, will kamala harris, former vp, return to california and run for governor? and when that question rose, everything else sort of froze in place. the only movement we're seeing now are republicans saying, if she gets in, then we'll double down.

>> interesting. now, harris also just signed on with the talent agency. i assume that means books and speaking. what's your take, phil? >> that is books and speaking and big bucks. and what she's doing right now is splitting her time between she and her husband's home in california and in new york, where he's a lawyer and he's practicing with a big firm on both sides of the us. and she's taking time. she's taking time to sort of regroup, readjust herself. it was a real toll running for president. it was a real disappointment that she didn't win. she actually thought she was going to in the final week of the campaign. and so it's a bit of a let down. but she is a very active person, and one who has run statewide in california, have been the attorney general, been the u.s. senator, and she's not necessarily ready to go out to pasture and just do speaking and book tours. so the real question is going to be she has about between now and the summer to make up her mind, but others are saying, you know, if she gets in, that will pretty much clear the field. so the reason is, is that she's got the star power, and that star power really

outshines all the other contenders on the democratic and to be honest, on the republican side. and so that's why everybody is waiting. it's the big question will she or won't she? >> yeah, i can see that capitalizing on all that momentum. you know, let's shift to talking about other contenders, because on monday we heard about riverside county sheriff chad bianco officially announcing his plans for running for governor. do you know who else will likely be entering this race? >> well, a lot of it depends on whether or not it's kamala harris on one side. i mean, it's an open primary. so it's the top two vote getters. and sheriff chad bianco out of riverside has said yes, especially if it's kamala harris, because he thinks he can rally all the trump people and probably disaffected democrats over to run against her. because, remember, she can be a polarizing figure as well. on the democratic side, eleni kounalakis, the lieutenant governor, is out there. we also have former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa out there. we have a question about whether

representative katie porter, who actually polls very well. she ran for the u.s. senate and didn't make it. if she hops in the race. so it's kind of like everybody's in a standoff, staring at each other, going, who's going to go and who's going to make the move? but the real first move goes to kamala harris. >> who's going to blink at the governor's race. slow start, but it's going to heat up very quickly, i suspect. abc seven news insider phil matier. thanks, phil. >> all right. let's move back to our weather situation where things seem to be clearing up. >> they are. we've got some really nice weather ahead, especially if you like spring like temperatures. >> that's right. you'll be smiling all week if you like that kind of weather. dan and diane, let me show you a live picture right now. a sign of what's to come from our sky star camera at fisherman's wharf. you can pretty much see that from this vantage point. skies are clearing. this is from the sky star wheel, giving you a pretty cool view. and speaking of cool, it is cold enough that there have been some snow showers in the sierra and we had our showers as well. as you look at live doppler seven, they're

gone. but here's a look at what we have left, which is some patchy fog and some clouds lingering. here's a view from our east bay hills camera and those temperatures mid 50s san francisco, oakland. you're at 58 in san jose and 57 in redwood city. is this gorgeous or what? from our pier 39 camera. right now it is 57, in santa rosa, 54 petaluma. good evening to you in napa, 57 degrees livermore 56. and one other live picture from our golden gate bridge camera. clearing skies overnight, chilly inland. tomorrow. sunny and mild weather coming your way and the weekend outlook. you'll be warming up. you will notice it as we go hour by hour tonight 715. we still have a few clouds around, temperatures in the 50s dropping off into the 40s and 50s by 920. tomorrow morning when you get going, not only will you need to bundle up, but watch out. there will be some areas of fog. it will be really patchy. clears away quickly and you have sunshine for you. with most areas into the 50s and 60s and then cooling off later on at night. tomorrow morning it's

going to be chillier than this morning because of the fact that we're going to be seeing clear skies, mid 30s, in the coldest locations like santa rosa, lakeport, 40 degrees in livermore, 41 in concord, 45. san jose 44. oakland, san francisco 46 degrees tomorrow afternoon, san rafael 65. getting you into the upper 60s. santa rosa, san jose 66. concord mid 60s oakland, palo alto 62, in san francisco. enjoy the sun friday. it is going to be another mild one with mainly 60s. and then we bring in the 70s for your saturday around the bay inland. you'll be seeing those temperatures coming up well above average into your sunday. now, if you're wondering about any rain chances, there is a system that's going to keep the atmospheric river going in the pacific northwest as you will head into the weekend, but it stays away from the bay area next monday. this model wants to bring in a few showers, possibly as far south as the north bay, but not all models are in agreement, so let's just keep it out of the forecast for now. and as we get

closer, we'll let you know if anything changes. the accuweather seven day forecast. enjoy the mild pattern we have, because it is really just going to be pleasant through the rest of the week into the weekend. looking nice for the black joy parade in oakland on sunday. temperatures in the mid 60s to mid 70s for monday. it's still mild and springlike and then a little bit of a dip on tuesday, but temperatures do bounce back on wednesday. above average for this time of year. diane and dan. >> loving this though. nice. thanks. enjoy. >> well just ahead, people y finally start getting their money back from ftx. the cryptocurrency exchange which collapsed. we'll see who's first in line. >> that's coming. this sunday, the golden state warriors host klay thompson, anthony davis and the dallas mavericks. the game is at 1230 right here on abc seven. and at the end of that game the warriors will also retire andre iguodala number nine jersey. so keep it right here on abc seven for after the game with larry and the guys for

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both up nearly 15 points. apple is launching a less expensive version of the current iphone, and it will go on sale at the end of this month. the iphone 16 e will sell for $599, where the current iphone 16 starts at $799. the new version will be the cheapest iphone that supports apple's ai tool. apple intelligence it's also the first iphone with a cellular modem designed by apple. >> some crypto creditors who got caught in the ftx collapse are about to get their money back. it comes more than two years after the cryptocurrency exchange filed for bankruptcy this week. payouts will start going out to customers with claims less than $50,000. the ftx estate raised funds by selling off assets. it plans to repay billions of dollars. the former ceo of ftx, sam bankman-fried, is a bay area native. both of his parents are professors at stanford university. the former billionaire was convicted of

fraud and money laundering in 2023. he is currently serving a 25 year prison sentence outside reno. fresno. >> up next, the first speed cameras have gone up in san francisco and more are on the way. next, we'll take a look at how long until there will be up to speed and automatically issuing tickets to drivers going too fast. >> plus, our overdose deaths up or down in san francisco. we have some perspective

speed cameras is now in place in san francisco, the city thece in first in the state, actually to use the technology. in an effort to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities. >> they'll be located throughout the city in locations that are identified as hotspots on a map that you can find at sfmta's website. >> all of them are expected to be up and running next month. >> now, today, one group gathered at an intersection of geary boulevard and seventh avenue to celebrate what they say is the beginning of a safer city.

>> who wants to hang out in geary? right? it's like, so scary. it feels like a freeway. >> the group gathered at the corner of gary and seventh avenue in san francisco's richmond district, is celebrating the start of what they hope to be safer streets. >> geary street has statistically, a lot of fatalities. my mom is a traffic violence victim. this saturday will be 14 years ago on park presidio and anza. that a speeding suv struck her and flung her body to the other side of the road. >> legislation passed in 2023 allowed six cities in california to begin using speed cameras. last spring, sfmta approved plans for 33 to be installed across the city. sfmta determined the worst location for speeding in the city. right here. >> if people drive the rate that they're driving, there could be about 4000 tickets per day on geary street. >> verra mobility, the company contracted to operate the cameras, says that once all 33 are installed sometime in march, a 60 day warning period begins. >> after that is when citations

will be issued. a citation can start as much as $50, but if you're going well in excess of 11 to 15mph, that's when the fine increase. the legislation is written where it can go in excess of $500. >> in other cities, such as philadelphia and new york, where speed cameras have been in use for years, the company reports a 70 to 90% reduction in speeding pedestrian crashes decreased by as much as half. >> this is going to make a huge difference. >> earlier this month, verra mobility addressed privacy concerns, stating their product only captures license plates. >> know the vehicle, not the back of the vehicle. no faces. >> after six years of advocating for this legislation in california, walk sf sees these cameras as a hopeful step toward change. now, as we mentioned, sfmta's website has progress updates on the cameras. it is important to note the law is written so that citations can be contested. this would apply, for example, if a car is ticketed when it has either been stolen

or is being driven by someone else. >> officials are monitoring air quality around moss landing after another fire broke out last night at a battery storage facility. that's the second time in the past month. residents are being urged to close their windows and doors to protect themselves from potentiallyt toxic smoke. the new fire began among a group of lithium batteries that reignited in an area of the vistra energy plant that had originally burned in mid january. monterey county officials say this time no evacuations, however, were necessary. >> no readings have indicated any significant public health impact. 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. >> the environmental protection agency will begin a process this saturday to prevent the lithium batteries from rekindling. >> at least two people are dead following a mid-air collision over an airport in arizona. it all happened this morning in marana, which is just northwest of tucson. police say two small

planes were involved. each had two people on board. one of the planes managed to land safely and the passengers there survived. the airport does not have an air traffic control tower, and this is the latest in a string of aviation incidents. crews began removing parts of the delta airlines plane that crashed on monday at toronto pearson international airport. investigators are looking at the snowy and windy weather and a possible malfunction in the landing gear that may have contributed to that hard landing. the plane slammed on the runway hard and then flipped over, leaving passengers upside down and just dangling from their seats. delta is now offering all passengers $30,000 in compensation. some of them are describing what it was like inside the plane. >> 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? >> now, as scary as it looked,

no one was killed in the plane crash. several were injured. now, all but one of those passengers have been released from the hospital. those on board have one more worry, though it may take weeks to get their luggage back. >> just amazing. everyone survived. well. and now to the opioid crisis in the bay area. drug overdose deaths in san francisco are up in recent months after dropping for most of last year. last month, 59 people died of overdoses. that's up from 49 in december. overall, in 2024, 633 people died of overdoses, including 451 from fentanyl. now, this chart shows how overdoses were headed down before a rise began in november. the 59 deaths are still lowerer. than january of 2024, when 71 people died of an overdose in san francisco. a third of overdose deaths involve african americans, even though they represent just 6% of san francisco's population. there is hope an education campaign can make a difference here, like the

living proof billboards highlighting chevonne allen, who overcame drug addiction and now advocates for treatment. >> i don't preach. i simply share my experience. and that's why i do this work, because i was once a mother who, returning to a stable, normalized life, seemed like a million miles away. >> san francisco health officials plan to expand a program that provides quick access to a medication that treats drug addiction. from the tenderloin to the bayview. and if you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, there is help and it's not far away. we've curated a list of local resources and you'll find it at abc7 news.com. take action. >> coming up, the first new marina on san francisco bay in a generation. it's all part of a bigger project. also ahead. >> pickles total up. you all did great today.

>> win or lose is streaming now on disney plus tonight. meet the pixar team behind team

on a modern marina on treasure island. the 168 slip marina will be located in clipper cove, which separates treasure island from yerba buena island. construction there will take about two years and it is the first change like this on the bay in decades and comes amid several revitalization projects on treasure island. well, the parking lot at san francisco's coit tower will soon be closed for a much needed repaving project. abc seven news was there today and was told that the work will happen in stages. four parking spaces at a time. the lot, as you can see, is in pretty bad shape. lots of cracks on the surface. in total, it will be shut down for about six weeks. happening tomorrow a chance to learn more about how the territory for santa clara county fire department could expand. it could soon protect san martin, gilroy, and morgan hill cities in the southern part of santa clara county. this change comes after supervisors voted to end their contract with cal fire. cal fire will

continue, though, to respond to fires on state owned property. the expansion has to be approved before it takes effect, and there is currently no timeline for how long that will be. >> all right. we are counting down to the eighth annual black joy parade this sunday in oakland. abc seven is a proud media sponsor, streaming it for a third year in a row. more than 30,000 people are expected to celebrate at this year's parade. and 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. >> 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 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 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 will bring a lot of joy. you can watch the black joy parade sunday starting at 1230 wherever you stream abc seven news now. we brought you the chinese new year parade live on saturday night right here on abc seven. the full parade is streaming on demand on our website, abc seven news.com, and wherever you stream. it was spectacular. >> well, just ahead, a little rain to start the day in some parts of the bay area, but take a look. there is sunshine on the way for this weekend that doesn't even look real beautiful. see sandy is updated seven day

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win or lose comes out today on disney plus. >> abc seven news anchor kristen sze went behind the scenes at pixar animation studios in emeryville to see how the series came to life. after several years of development. >> pickles. cuddle up. you all did great today. >> pixar's first ever long form original animated series is here called 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 i 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 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 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 you'd do something like that, right? oh that's crazy. look at. >> 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. >> girl, 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've 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 the 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. >> ever. i want it all. >> well, i'm definitely rooting for everyone on the pickles and you can cheer for them and enjoy the series yourself. win or lose on disney+. >> fantastic. good for kristen. that was great. >> yeah. how fun is that? >> all right. let's talk about the weather forecast one more time. >> yeah, we are all eyes on well, is it too early to say? all eyes on the weekend. >> we're getting close. >> okay. it's going to be nice, sandy. well done. >> never too early. diane and

dan, it is going to be gorgeous this weekend. let me show you live doppler seven. the rain is gone. we've got fog along the coastline and visibility will be fluctuating near the coast tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon it's a bright sunny day. upper 50s to the upper 60 now in oakland for the black joy parade. it couldn't be better weather. it's going to be nice at noon time. the parade gets underway at 1230. 64 degrees sun and a few high clouds. warmer in the afternoon. getting you up into the upper 60s and then cooler but still comfortable by the evening hours. here's a look at your accuweather seven day forecast from mild to warmer for the weekend. and that includes the black joy parade. if you like these temperatures. the spring like weather starts off next week, and even though temperatures do come down a little bit on tuesday, they'll bounce right back up on wednesday. i mean, this is really a spring preview a little early, diane. >> we like it. okay, thanks. >> sports director larry beil is here. show me the money, i guess. right. >> and a lot of money. a lot. when and how much? brock purdy gets paid. obviously a big topic of conversation. but we do know this. the salary cap in the nfl

just went up, and the 40 niners could have tons and tons of cash to throw around this season. we'll explain exactly why next in sports.

of transition for the a's. they left oakland. they'll call sacramento home for the next three seasons. whether they ever actually get a shovel in the

ground in las vegas remains to be seen. the a's holding spring training in mesa, arizona. they actually have some really good young talent and should certainly be better than the 69 win, 93 loss record from a season ago. manager mark kotsay has been overseeing this rebuild, just signed a contract extension, and players are still processing the fact that the team is not going to be playing in oakland. >> 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 just an adjustment and, you know, we're we're excited about the transition and everything now that that it's here. >> it'll be interesting. warriors back in action friday night in sacramento after the all star break. they'll have a couple of new players on the roster. kevin knox and yuri collins have both been brought up from the g league team. knox

was the ninth pick in the draft back in 2018. he can score. jimmy butler has played only four games with the warriors since that trade, but he has had an instant impact on this team. the warriors have won three of those four games that butler has played in. dubs are 28 and 27, with 27 games left in the regular season, and butler likes what he sees on this roster. >> i'm so happy over their organization is top notch. obviously, you know i get to play with steph, so i'm a fan of him. just like uh- 99.9% of the world and you know a chance of winning a championship. what more can you ask for? and draymond's on the team. draymond me and draymond get along quite well. yeah a lot of dominoes. you have fun. >> it feels like i mean i feel like he's fun as well. >> oh he's he's the best. and you don't realize how great he is until you actually get on his team. and how smart and how he'll do anything to win. and i respect that the most out of anything. it's all about winning all the time with that dude. and i'm learning. >> draymond and jimmy are very similar in some ways. we got the

warriors mavericks game sunday afternoon right here on abc seven as klay thompson returns yet again. that is going to be a 12:30 p.m. tipoff at chase, followed by after the game, which will include the andre iguodala jersey retirement ceremony. the 40 niners are reportedly looking to sell 10% of the team, but what's staggering is the valuation of the franchise. according to bloomberg, the niners have set their value at $9 billion. that would be second only to the dallas cowboys, estimated at 10 billion. so if you do the math here, selling 10% would net $900 million, giving the 40 niners plenty of money to restructure contracts in the offseason. the nfl salary cap is going up really dramatically. so the niners may have about 50 million in cap space. and on his podcast, linebacker fred warner says, you know, last year it was a rash of injuries that just destroyed last season. >> like, you need your guys who you're paying all this money. who are your star players to go be out there and make the plays?

the thing that hurt us, honestly, was the injuries that we sustained in camp because we didn't have our guys out there. so let's say we were talking about brandon aiyuk and the battles that me and him have had in camp. he went out there all camp y of a contract dispute. yeah, you know what i'm saying? and people are like, oh, well, you know, he'll be back and he'll be ready to go. and i'm like, you don't understand. like there's a level of competition that has to occur. and timing not only for him and brock purdy, i'm talking about as a team. >> that's a really good poit that he makes because you assume, okay, the contract is signed, but you can't be in football shape unless you play football, right? so that's that's one thing. that's why they're going to try to get the purdy contract extension done early, as opposed to waiting till the end. and just let me know how much of the 900 million you want to kick. >> in nine. >> four, four way split. we can, you know, each have a couple. >> you take 90% of that. >> oh, yeah. how it goes. i see. thanks, larry. i'll write a check. >> all right, that's it for this edition of abc seven news at

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