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racist messages are found outside a san francisco home. the action neighbors are taking to make sure beloved dog walker stay safe. and you may have seen this rare sight in the bay area sky last night. what caused the northern lights to appear here and when you could get a chance to see them again? the news at five starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney and i'm gia vang. now the celebration turned into protest. today. student demonstrators used today's graduation ceremony at uc berkeley to speak out about the ongoing war between israel and hamas. and i don't mean adding an 8 a.m. to your schedule. we are truly drum majors for social . all right, come on now. this is video from the university's live feed of the ceremony. and you heard those pro-palestinian protesters, they were chanting in the background as the student body president started giving

her speech. a member of the administration, you see steps in saying they are being heard, but asked them to give the student body president respect while she speaks to intifada long beach father father video shared on. social media shows some of the protests up close. you can see some students chanting from the stands, while others walk into the stadium. the university says protesters left the stadium voluntarily and no arrests were made. now this follows an interruption at cal's law school graduation yesterday. pro-palestinian protesters disrupted the ceremony, chanting and holding up signs that said hands off rafah and divest now. meantime, the pro-palestinian encampment near sproul plaza continues to grow. the students are asking the university to divest from israel and are calling for a cease fire. uc berkeley released a statement about the demonstrations that said, in part, while today's commencement was at times unfortunately disrupted, it did not prevent us from honoring the

hard work and accomplishments of our students. university of san francisco students rallying again today to call for divestment. this after an unsuccessful meeting with the university president, pro-palestinian demonstrators rallied at welch field today. the students have had an encampment set up on the field for a few weeks. the rally follows a heated meeting with the usf president on thursday. students say president paul fitzgerald did not meet their demands and agree to address a genocide in gaza. students claim. the president said the university does not have ties with israel, but the students disagree, citing a school program that offers a trip to israel. protesters tell us they feel this reveals a much bigger issue with the school. i want to see them start defending people pro-palestinian people and palestinians and other muslim students here at this school because it's bigger than just us. we want people, them to start, you know, protecting more black students on this campus and respecting them and respecting the latinx and asian communities at this campus.

students say they will continue to camp on welch field until their demands are met. earlier this week, usf said in a statement that university leadership is committed to finding a peaceful path forward, adding they plan to have another meeting with students soon. no word on when that meeting might happen. okay did you see this? such a spectacular light show in the sky last night. the northern lights shining over california. something we don't normally see here. meteorologist rob mayeda took these pictures, believe it or not, from danville. and you can see the blue and purple lights hovering about houses. i know rob is joining us now to explain how this phenomenon works. and rob a lot of people wondering. i missed it last night. can i see it again tonight? i'd be the first to admit i did not expect to see those colors last night. you know, northern california bay area as far south as we are. sometimes you might see just a little bit of red in the sky. we have that at times. but as things flared up, that was the view over danville captured on a ten second exposure on a camera or a smartphone, which gathers up more light. now, speaking of

those colors we had in the sky, this is that upper energy that hits the earth's upper atmosphere, reacting with nitrogen and oxygen molecules. and depending on where that is in the atmosphere, you do get those different colors. usually when an aurora is set up far away, you see the red on the horizon. but with the southern extent of the aurora down and even southern california, you did get to see all those colors last night. the red, the blue, the green and the pink. so how do we set up tonight? last night it was a g5 level storm. right now the official forecast from the space weather prediction center is a g4, which means as far south as northern california is a possibility again tonight the levels have dropped off to start, but after midnight tonight, there will be that window of opportunity where we just might see more of those northern lights not so far to the north, but the weather might get in the way. as you see, we got some low clouds spreading across the bay, leading to some cooling temperatures taking the edge off that summer-like heat we've been experiencing inland over the last couple of days. we'll talk more about this cooling trend heading our way to

wrap up the weekend and the hour by hour aurora viewing forecast coming up in about ten minutes. wow. amazing rob, let's do it again i know, did you catch it, terry i did not i'm going to be out tonight though i guarantee you that viewers they have been sending us pictures of the solar storm they caught it from all across the bay area. to see more, go to our website site nbcbayarea.com. you can use your phone right here to scan that qr code and download our nbc bay area app. a san francisco community is rallying around one of their neighbors after he was targeted in two racist incidents. today. they gathered at alamo square to show support for the man and his family and to denounce racism. here's nbc bay area's christie smith. we're here because we love terry, and we will not tolerate racism or crimes here in our district. community members and neighbors gathered in san francisco's alamo square saturday, unified with a message and to raise awareness. thank you, everyone, for showing up. terry williams is a lifelong alamo square

resident and a well known dog walker. late last month, he received a package with a doll in a noose telling him to leave and vile racial slurs so bad we can't show them on air. then he says the family was targeted again and it was even worse because i'm not going to let this go. this this is my life right here. no sense. so they came to my house twice, so i don't know who they are. what so i'm just worried. so i'm trying to do ways to protect myself and my family and my neighbors. when this happened, i was horrified. and i think it's incredibly special to know that there are so many other people out there that recognize that this is not okay, and we don't stand for it today. the painted lady served as a backdrop for colorful signs with a message. well, this was a neighborhood driven event, and those we spoke with today say they absolutely needed to be here. i think this is amazing. you know, this incident is so ugly and at the same time, look at what it brings out. it brings out love. so that's a beautiful

thing i feel good. let me know. it's hope in the neighborhood. neighbors were also raising money to get williams a more comprehensive security system and help provide security systems around the neighborhood. i've been checking in with the chief. i know they're actively investigating it, and i've also heard from neighbors this week who have had the police coming by checking for video. this is surveillance video from the neighborhood showing a suspect hiding behind a mask. i'm happy that everybody can come out to support me. it spreads awareness and maybe we can, like, defeat what's going on around in our neighborhood. police are still trying to find the person or people responsible. all in san francisco. christie smith, nbc bay area news. christie thank you. and happening tomorrow. glide memorial church will be packed to celebrate the life and legacy of the late reverend cecil williams, the longtime leader of san francisco's glide memorial church died last month at the age of 94. he was known as a champion of racial equality , lgbtq rights and the poor. reverend amos brown is one of the speakers at tomorrow's public memorial. he says what williams built at glide will

last far beyond his remarkable life. for 60 years, cesar williams was a quintessential. example of true servant hood, brown added. vice president kamala harris sent him a letter that he will read at the memorial. the celebration of life for the reverend is happening at 1:00 tomorrow at glide memorial church on ellis street. we will also be live streaming it on our website, nbc bay area .com, and our other streaming platforms. new at five a grim discovery at a san jose animal shelter. the san jose animal care center says the body of a contractor was found at the facility yesterday morning. it is not yet clear how that person died. so far, it doesn't appear to be a violent death. police are investigating it as a so-called unattended death. the shelter was closed yesterday, but it's back open today. the

shelter says no animals were involved. and it is sending heartfelt condolences to the family. well, an auto body shop in san rafael is patching up after a car slammed into it. it happened just before 11 this morning at bell am boulevard and anderson drive. pictures. as you can see right here, showing that damaged car. police say the driver suffered a medical emergency. they were taken to the hospital and it's unclear how they're doing tonight. highway 37 in the north bay partially closed again this weekend for repaving work. caltrans says things are going smoothly on that stretch between vallejo and sears point. crews are repaving the eastbound side of the highway. first things on track to reopen by five monday morning. westbound 37 is open this weekend, but next weekend it will be closed for repaving, while the eastbound direction will remain open. well, there is a new park in san francisco and the opening marks one step closer to refreshing yerba buena island city leaders officially opened panoramic park during a ceremony this morning. the new park offers a 360 view of the

bay. this is part of a larger project for mayor london breed. she wants to revitalize treasure island and yerba buena island. the entire project will include building 8000 new homes, 300 acres of new parks, restaurants, shops and a library. coming up celebrating 160 years of service. how caltrain let people take a walk through history and get a sneak peek at its new fleet of trains, plus a special tribute to the nation's oldest park ranger, the bay area university that honored betty reid, soskin. today and the weekend. starting off with some summer-like temperatures still 81 degrees in san jose as we track a bit of a cooldown. headed our way in that sunday forecast. have a look at that when we come right back. on medicare, half diabetes. when enjoying life's special moments, are you left guessing which foods are right for you? with a freestyle libre three system, you'll know your glucose and where it's headed. no

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love boat. soon. we'll be making another one. and it's like. boy, it's like. it's. i guess you could say getting official signs have gone up outside the old raging waters location in san jose. look at that park's new name. check it out. announced yesterday, the park will now be called cowabunga. yes, indeed. and you'll remember at the end of summer last year, raging waters announced it wasn't renewing its lease closing for good because of low turnout. everybody thought it was over. it's not. in february, san jose mayor matt mahan said the park is going to reopen under new management. cowabunga will have an opening ceremony sometime after memorial day weekend. i like saying that word an exact date has not yet been announced. well, marking a major milestone. caltrain is celebrating 160 years of moving the bay area

forward. caltrain runs between san francisco and san jose, and today the community got a chance to celebrate its 160th anniversary. and learn more on the history of caltrain. while walking through its legacy, caltrain operators also wanted to give people a look into the future and show off the agency's new electric trains. groups got to tour the new trains, although they're not ready for riders yet. people were excited to get a good look inside. we've got 5000 people rsvp to come here to today see a train that isn't going to move, which is very good news for us. there's just a lot of excitement. people can't stop talking about them and just looking at the benefits. look how much faster they're going to be, how much more comfortable, how much greener and cleaner. okay, so when can you take a ride on these electric trains? caltrain says it will start giving passengers rides in september. all right, a big honor for betty. read suskin as cal state east bay today. during its commencement, the university conferred an honorary doctorate of humane letters to the 102

year old soskin. the oldest u.s. national park ranger in history. retired in 2022 at the age of 100. whoa she's led a most remarkable life. she graduated from oakland high school, was a file clerk during world war two at the richmond shipyards. afterwards she became active in the civil rights movement, served as a delegate to the 1972 democratic national convention, and was named woman of the year by california lawmakers in 1995. but perhaps she's best known for her work as a ranger at the rosie the riveter world war two home front national historical park in richmond, miramar park in recognition of her exceptional accomplishments and contributions, especially right here in the east bay, the board of troy state university and california state university, east bay are proud to confer upon betty reid, soskin, the honorary degree of doctor of humane letters, and now we will give her her hood. and listen to

that. that wow, what a reception we served her award to the wild screams of graduates gave her a standing ovation. it is safe to say her legacy has made quite an impression. congratulations to her and congratulations to all the folks who got a really awesome photo last night of the aurora lights u.s. weather. good for that. we have to have clear skies. imagine how unpopular i'd be if it was all cloudy. you had no chance to see it was going to be like tonight, san francisco. you may have issues with that forecast. there's going to be some clouds rolling in tomorrow. we'll wake up to those low clouds providing some cooling in the weekend forecast. but yes, we'll take a closer look hour by hour to see how the cloud cover will shape up tonight, as we could get round two of aurora viewing around the bay area. but look at the temperatures 81 degrees san jose. typically today we should see a high of 73. so these numbers are indeed almost summerlike around the bay area, 84 degrees. walnut creek average high is about 77 degrees

in san francisco. that's a look at almost summerlike microclimates to get the sea breeze picking up low clouds starting to scoot in across the bay at 65 degrees, and that wind out of the west at 20mph. we still have mid 80 s upper 80s out towards fairfield. danville 86 degrees mid 80s into morgan hill. but notice the temperature change signs of cooling out there that marine air is going to deepen up a little bit more as we head towards tomorrow morning. so it's starting now. west of san francisco is going to move across the bay approaching midnight. so for your aurora viewing tips tonight, hills east of san jose, diablo range and the interior north bay look pretty good because watch what happens. by the time we get towards tomorrow morning, we're going to wake up to low clouds, even towards those inland east bay valleys for the morning and then back into the sunshine for the afternoon. but the extent of the low clouds for the morning, hinting at a slight cool down on the way. we begin with 50s to start off for tomorrow morning, and then by lunchtime numbers in the 70s to low 80s. but high temperatures tomorrow start a little bit of a downward trend.

maintaining 60s around san francisco. low 70s around oakland. one more day of low 80s in san jose. then as we move forward to monday, those numbers start to come down a little bit. so inland locations briefly drop in the low 80s and the temperatures are going to rebound again as we head towards tuesday. and again now by wednesday, solano county could be close to those upper 80s to near 90 degrees, low to mid 80s around san jose, 60s and 70s again around san francisco and oakland. that's going to be high pressure wednesday and thursday. it's that midweek warm up now. we've seen three weeks in a row with some coastal low clouds heading towards next weekend. right now doesn't look like much . just have to watch for some isolated sierra thunderstorms for the afternoon. but bay area wise, we're kind of in a summer pattern now with inland temperatures in the 70s and 80s. san francisco looking at more low clouds. cloudy start. not the best place for trying to catch some of aurora viewing tonight around the inner bay or coast. inland areas will be pretty good though, as you see. just a very subtle cool down there monday into tuesday,

warming back up and then cooling as we head towards next weekend. we finally broken out of the bad weather on weekends. trend it took a while. we finally got there and we got into the aurora borealis. yeah, that's quite a substitute. oh my goodness rob. thanks up next, art shopping and more. the event giving the bay area a taste of korean culture. whenever you have a problem, chris is the guy to talk to. our energy bills are up. we want to help you bring them back down. so we made a how to video for that. i'll show you how some savvy shoppers are cutting their food bills in half. if transportation to class is a problem, here's a possible solution. resort fees. let's look at five ways you can beat them. you have so many tips and tricks. how to videos i love it. nbc bay area response solutions that move the bay area forward. it's my birthday. we your host, maya rudolph with musical guests

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