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today, the memorial for reverend cecil williams. how you can get an up close look at the archive honoring his legacy in the bay area and beyond, plus another chance to see the northern lights, how others are making the most out of the opportunity in the east bay. and good morning to you. it's sunday, may 12th, mother's day. i'm zach fuentes. let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. happy mother's day to you. thank you zach. >> yeah i the emphasis on the east bay was legit for the northern lights because we finally got clear skies there. but then the fog moved in into livermore. and so you can see our visible picture shows that there is fog, low clouds all up and down the coast. and as we get a better perspective, it is clearing. it was right over into the east bay, but we're getting some sun and the reduced visibility two and a half miles from half moon bay. so there's another look at how far it reached this morning. 52 san francisco. it is 58 in hayward. and of course, this plays a major part in our afternoon high temperatures. the breezy winds
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from the coast today will keep san francisco in oakland cooler and across the bay as well. 60 by the delta with that southwest wind picking up. and overall anywhere from 2 to 10 degrees cooler. this morning there's a look at san jose brightening up. and as we go through the next several hours, mid 80s, in our endless and our inland valleys for the warmest temperatures in mid 70s around the bay with clouds at the coast. zach. >> lisa thank you. in the east bay, uc berkeley's big commencement ceremony was disrupted by protesters who wanted to send a message to the crowd. the graduating students are the same students whose high school graduations were impacted or canceled because of covid 19. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard spoke with them and parents upset by the interruptions >> cal's commencement, honoring nearly 7000 undergraduates began peacefully inside memorial stadium, but minutes later, the occupation has got to go. the
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ceremony, disrupted by several dozen pro-palestinian protesters shouting from the stands. the protest was so loud the ceremony was delayed at times, speakers forced to wait it out. this wouldn't be ferguson without a protest. >> so i get it. >> some students in the stands displayed the israeli flag. the chants got louder as more pro-palestinian students joined in. some of the demonstrators then walked out of the stadium protesting outside. free, free, free palestine as a berkeley student, we have a long history of protesting and we did the same for apartheid. >> south africa. it's not any different. in 20 years from now, the university is going to recognize it as that. >> some universities across the country have changed or canceled commencement in the wake of campus encampments protesting israel's war with hamas. but berkeley's graduation went on as planned. chancellor carol chryst attempted to speak over the crowd, calling for tolerance and understanding. >> we have lost the ability to
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talk with one another. i feel passionately that we must work to regain this capacity to be whatever our beliefs and perspectives. >> not everybody in the crowd supported this protest. they say it was drowning out their big day. student michaela forouzan says she had no high school graduation due to covid, and now her college graduation is being disrupted. >> i can't hear the speakers at all. and, you know, we worked hard for four years. and truly, this is a berkeley degree. we're extremely saddened. i've waited for this day for a very long time to see my son graduate, and he's the first in our family to do so. >> and it's really disturbing because i understand their feelings, but it's not the appropriate time or place. >> you know, our son is a he came here to study engineering, not idiocy. >> in a statement, the
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university said while today's commencement was at times unfortunate, disrupted, it did not prevent us from honoring the hard work and accomplishments of our students. saturday's protest was peaceful. no arrests were made at uc berkeley, cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> the university of san francisco says its commencement is still on for next week, despite protests on campus, and take a stand. >> you must be an urgent man. >> students held a pro-palestinian rally at the encampment, set up at usf yesterday. they're calling for usf to divest from israel and call the war in gaza a genocide. the student group says usf's president visited the encampment thursday and would not agree to their demands. the school told abc seven news they're keeping lines of communication with protesters open and journalists killed while covering the war in gaza are being honored in the bay area. a ceremony was held yesterday in harry bridges plaza in san francisco, followed by a procession to rincon park. an estimated 141 journalists and
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media workers have been killed since the war started on october 7th. journalists are considered protected citizens under international law as long as they're not partaking in the conflict. happening today, the community will continue to honor the life of reverend cecil williams, who died last month at the age of 94. his memorial service will begin at one. williams was the longtime leader of san francisco's glide memorial church. he established a legacy of being a champion of civil rights and helping the poor. his decades of work is now available for viewing at the san francisco public library. abc seven news reporter tara campbell got a look at the archive planning meeting in 85. >> the gloves are on and a legacy preserved at the san francisco public library's main branch, one box at a time, 50 to be exact, chronicling the life of civil rights activist reverend cecil williams and his work at glide memorial church. >> we're very excited to have this collection because it documents this major institution that really broke barriers, serving vulnerable people in the
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city, decades of documents detailing glide service in the tenderloin neighborhood and to lgbtq plus communities. >> oh, this one has old pictures. >> these are good ones. >> as well as williams influence on everyone, from world leaders to rock stars. >> it does include sermons from cecil williams. it includes a lot of their sunday celebration programs, photos of a lot of events, and visiting visitors. >> it's like you're walking into, you know, the congressional archives. i mean, you see telegrams from presidents. you see, incredible dialog about incredible civil rights actions. >> carl robillard is the chief communications and public affairs officer at glide. >> cecil's history is san francisco's history. he kind of carried a message of the day that i think was so significant not just to glide, but to san francisco and beyond, making sure the reverend's message
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continues to be carried. we can't just house this in the fifth floor in a corner office in the very back of the building. it needs to be public people need to see it and feel it and experience it. tara campbell, abc seven news williams memorial service will be held at glide. >> doors are going to open at noon and the ceremony begins at one and we'll be streaming that live. you can watch it through the abc seven news app. it's important to note to a portion of ellis street near the church will be closed. well, the northern lights are expected to be back for another night. tonight. we've already seen some spectacular pictures. you're looking at a time lapse that was taken in maine. there in the bay area is contending with city lights and the fog. but that's not keeping people from the chabot space and science center. abc seven news reporter anser hassan talks with people who say the sight is magical. >> the aurora borealis is headlining for a second night over the bay area, and the crowds continue to show up. >> i think it's like magical. and you think about it from when you're a kid. you see pictures
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of it and you just want to see it for real. i've never seen it for real, and so i thought the opportunity was too awesome to skip. >> scott zimmerman and his family drove up from mountain view for a view from the chabot space and science center up in the hills of oakland, hoping to see the northern lights. >> it's pretty exciting, and it kind of reminds us that, you know, we're part of a much bigger universe and sometimes the universe kind of talks back to us. >> gerald mckeon is an astronomer at chabot. as he explains, the sun releases ionized gas, those clouds, sometimes bigger than the actual sun, travel out into space. its interaction with the earth's atmosphere produces the lights. >> i did get a chance to see it last night, when we looked to the north from here at the chabot space and science center, we could see a faint reddish glow in the sky. >> mckeon says the sun is on an 11 year cycle, which means every 10 to 20 years, the northern lights become visible. this far south. >> i've heard my father always say he wanted to see the northern lights, so i had this dream that i would take him there. but it's over here, so i.
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so it's good that he can see it. >> 14 year old preet pratyusha wants to be an astronomer, so she sees this as a special opportunity. astronomers say saturday night's cloud coverage won't necessarily block the lights, but humidity from the clouds could cause a problem, and the lights out to be seen using a telescope. >> it's something that's unusual, like you cannot see it anywhere else. it's kind of rare, so i just want to see it mckeegan says. >> the more intense the geomagnetic storm, the more chances of power outages and disruptions to electronics such as cell phones and tvs. >> as far as i know, we've had none of that happen yet. but stay tuned. >> that's because mckeegan says sunday night will likely produce the most intense light show because of a massive gas release headed towards earth in oakland, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> our bay area locals making sure they get their chance to see those northern lights while it's here. lisa. even in spite of conditions. >> yeah, that's right. you know, our inland valleys had a nice shot of it last night. and then
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this happened with the fog that really strong push across the bay. it is 55 here in santa cruz, a high in the upper 60s today with those breezy winds. so here we go with a bit of a cool down. i'll tell you how much and for how long. next >> all right lisa, thank you. also ahead, east bay law enforcement sued while local families blaming police for the death of a mother and her six year old son >> hi everyone and welcome. if you or someone you know were injured in an accident, that was not your fault. listen up. we have legal professionals standing by to tell you how much your case is potentially worth. so, tom, tell the viewers watching at home who should call in right now. >> well, gina, anyone who's been injured in an accident that was not your fault should give us a call right now. we have live agents available to answer any questions you have. they'll tell you if you have a case and how much is potentially worth. >> thanks, tom. you heard it, folks call. >> now, they say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. well, they are correct.
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magnitude quake hit the area around six in the morning local time. that is according to the usgs. there are no reports of damage as of right now, but the remote areas where there are more mountains are prone to landslides, so we'll keep track of that for you. and new this morning, thousands of canadians have evacuated because of a fast growing wildfire. it's called the parker lake fire, and it's continuing to spread throughout fort nelson, british columbia, and parts of its neighboring provinces. british columbia wildfire service says the fire has now doubled in size, reaching more than 4000 acres. canadian government officials warned this year's weather conditions could produce another severe wildfire season. and happening now, part of highway 37 is closed in the north bay so that caltrans crews can make repairs. caltrans shared this video of the latest construction , and the closure is for the eastbound lanes from sears point to vallejo. it is the same stretch that shut down for several weekends last month. we have the detour there for you in green. the road is set to reopen by 5 a.m. tomorrow, and another
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closure is planned for next weekend to hopefully finish all of this work well. abc seven news is celebrating moms around the world for mother's day. mother's day was officially recognized as a u.s. holiday in 1914. however, it was west virginia activist anna jarvis who first campaigned for a national observance of her mother in 1908. the billion dollar holiday now has become a staple american tradition to uplift moms, and we also want to take a moment to honor those who have lost mothers or who don't know their mothers and may have lost children for all of the mothers and all forms, today is for you that, of course, includes meteorologist lisa argen, the mom of three. happy mother's day to you, lisa. we're loving this weather. >> oh, thanks, zach. that's so nice of you. yeah, we've got a cooldown underway. happy mother's day to you. this loop is from 6:00. the sun coming up at 601. so notice up and down the coast we have got a stretch of gray and looking at that, eroding the outer layers of it, the outer edges. and so it's getting sunny in our inland valleys. but at pier 39 it is
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pretty gray out there. 59 redwood city, 52 san francisco a mix of clouds and sun for you. oakland you're coming down today to near 70 degrees and on the peninsula. you had that sea breeze yesterday. so the cooling for most of us yesterday, the rest of us today, 48 in petaluma, 60 by the delta. those southwesterly winds providing that cooling. and a look at the airport there so cloudy skies coast and bay and for mother's day mild to warm today still above average though in our inland valleys. and the look ahead for this week looking at sunshine, breezy winds, mild temperatures and we'll look for those winds to kick up throughout the afternoon. so they're really moderate to light right now. and if you're headed to the ballpark it will be cool. upper 50s to near 60. sunny and breezy, winds up to about 17 miles an hour. so this is how the pattern goes. it clears to the coast. the fog moves back in in earnest for your monday, and then it settles back from the san mateo coast. this is tuesday morning. a further push into our inland valley. so you get the idea. we're going to see the ebb
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and flow of the fog. 65 san francisco low to mid 70s for you around the bay shore 84 in livermore and the accuweather seven day forecast. we've got some minor cooling into monday. a little minor bump up throughout the middle of the week, and by the end of the week we could see more pronounced cooling. but all in all, pretty nice. zach. >> we like it. lisa. thank you so much. the new movie kingdom of the planet of the apes is now playing in theaters everywhere, and on the red carpet is taking you inside the kingdom. today on abc seven, you'll see all the surprises at the world premiere in hollywood and hear from the cast and crew who brought this thrilling new adventure to life. plus, find out the secrets behind the film's stunning visual effects and even learn how to walk like an ape looks kind of hard. don't miss on the red carpet presents kingdom of the planet of the apes today at 3 p.m. right here on abc seven, we are going to be right back. >> we know that it's warmer. we know there's more impacts of extreme events, issues that directly relate to climate change. >> an abc seven originals
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on saturday afternoon. an odd side at oracle. it's a pelican on the field, but maybe a good luck charm for the giants. we'll call it the rally pelican because bottom one bases loaded, two out matt chapman who's been struggling of late. how about his first homer at oracle park this season. and it's a grand slam. that ball flew out of the yard for nothing. giants late afternoon sun causing some trouble but not for helio ramos coming on. and oh a nice catch in the fifth. so nice. we show it twice and mason black the pitcher approves of that in the sixth jeimer candelario blast looks like it's going to get out but it's high off the top of the wall. mike yastrzemski fields and fires to second base and out . giants win five one. they can win the series later this afternoon at oracle up in seattle. how about a group of happy a's fans. their bottom four lawrence butler. nice catch to rob julio rodriguez of extra bases. rodriguez he's fast. he approves. butler shrug hey that's just what i do. bottom five more a's defense brett
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harris snagging the mitch garver line drive and this is why they call it the hot corner folks. you got to be quick with the reactions over there. a's break open a close game late with three in the eighth and ninth. jj bleday got all of that one fifth homer of the year. a's win eight one. they can take the rubber match later today as well. nba playoffs start right here on abc seven saturday. that's patrick mahomes watching game three. the mavs and thunder late fourth dallas is up three okc with the ball. and they turn it over luka doncic the steal. and he's going to go the other way a steal and score five point lead for dallas. great move in the open court from luka who's been battling injuries this entire postseason. under a minute now kyrie irving dribble dribble dribble crazy handles shakes his defender. lefty floater is good. he had 22 in the game. mavericks win 105 10121. series lead game four monday in dallas. and hey just see this 17 years ago yesterday on this date in 2007, warriors
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mitchell's first day in office at the oakland police department. mitchell comes on the job more than a year after mayor shang tao fired the last police chief. the new chief comes to oakland from lubbock, texas. mitchell has promised change for her department, facing huge challenges with crime and recruiting officers, the city of san francisco is celebrating its newest public park. city officials held the grand opening of panorama park, which sits on top of yerba buena island. the new public space offers 360 degree views of the city and surrounding bay area, as well as an infinity sculpture by japanese artist hiroshi sugimoto. the park is part of an 8000 home neighborhood project on the island. it's really nice, right? >> i have to check that out. it's gorgeous. it will get sunny later on. it makes the clouds and sun in the city, but as we go through the next several days, we will trim down those upper 80s to mid 80s. we've got a system offshore that's going to allow for a generous marine push each and every night, and in the morning it peels back to reveal some sun. mid 70s bayside, more like mid 80s
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inland. that's still above average in the clouds clinging to the coast. so very pleasant week and really no big extremes today. >> should be nice. we like that. a weekend with no rain. finally happy mother's day to you and all the moms out there. i'm zach fuentes along with lisa argen. abc seven news continues at 430. have a great day hi everyone and welcome. >> if you or someone you know were injured in an accident, that was not your fault, listen up. we have legal professionals standing by to tell you how much your case is potentially worth. so tom, tell the viewers watching at home who should call in right now. well, gina, anyone who's been injured in an accident that was not your fault should give us a call right now. >> we have live agents available to answer any questions you
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