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received at their home. neighbors are standing by terry williams and say they're working to make the neighborhood free from hate. nbc bay area's christie smith explains. thank you, everyone for showing up a little nervous, terry williams grateful for the community members who gathered for a rally at alamo square today. that's why i'm speaking up now. hopefully more people will speak up. recently, two packages arrived at williams home nearby. one of them included a doll with a noose telling him to leave the neighborhood and racial slurs so bad we can't show them. the second one is even worse. like more pictures of me, we're going to eradicate you. you don't belong here. you're fine. you're fine with. we're here because we love terry. and we will not tolerate racism or crimes here in our district, williams is a lifelong resident and well known as a dog walker. neighbors organize this gathering to stand in solidarity with williams and raise awareness. 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. the painted ladies were the backdrop for colorful signs of support and solidarity. we must see that we are all members of the human family. the rally also aimed to raise funds for a comprehensive security system near the williams home, and help install security systems in the neighborhood. police are investigating the incidents, and video appears to show a suspect hiding under a hood and mask. i've been checking in with the chief. i know they're actively investigating it. meantime, the turnout today reaffirmed a neighborhood effort to stick together. people rally up, rallying against hate, racism in the neighborhood because it's real. so this is 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 in san francisco. christie smith, nbc, bay area news. not just the person to get caught, a celebration turned pro west student protests. demonstrators use 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 chanting in the background as the student body president started giving her speech. and then, as you saw, a member of the administration steps in saying they are being heard, but asked them to give the student body president respect while she speaks. 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 rest were made. 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 rallied at welch field, calling for the school to divest any israeli ties. 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. earlier this week, usf said in a statement university leadership is committed to finding a peaceful path forward, adding they plan to have another meeting with students soon and over in san jose city and santa clara county, leaders gathered for an annual raising of the palestinian culture and heritage flag. community members shared this video right here with us. the event honors the palestinian community and their contributions to the south bay. during the ceremony, county supervisor otto lee spoke out against the war in gaza when shooting down 300 missiles from iran, raining down on israel.

that's defending israel, but restricting humanity, foreign aid, including food, medicine and even water to seniors, women and children, is not defending israel. this event, by the way, has been held for more than 20 years overseas. israel has issued an urgent warning to palestinians and parts of rafah to evacuate. the new orders, advise palestinians to head to shelters in a designated humanitarian zone. this video showing israeli troops on the border of rafah, here and this is in southern gaza, and black smoke, as you can see, rising over the city. israel has already sent some tanks into rafah for months. it has warned it will launch a ground assault there to destroy what is left of hamas. this is in retaliation for the october 7th attacks in israel. the invasion is raising international condemnations because of israel's refusal to outline detailed protections for civilians. if you stayed up late and had the right viewpoint, you might have seen this. quite the

reward. a rare sight in northern california thanks to a solar storm. check out this time lapse taken by photographer brian fulda. he posted this on his instagram page showing the northern lights over blue canyon. that's up in placer county right off of 80. there people all over the country got to enjoy this sight. the best views away from city lights. that doesn't mean you couldn't see it from the bay area, because you definitely could. these photos were taken by meteorologist rob mayeda in danville. see the colorful lights above the houses there and here to verify that is rob himself to talk about that happened. i was shocked, you know it's fantastic for northern california. it's good if you could see a little bit of red on the horizon. but to see all the colors associated with the aurora that was pretty unique this far south. typically you might find this in alaska or canada, but with the aurora set up as far south as it was last night, the upper energy particles reacting off the earth's atmosphere, the molecules up there, the oxygen and nitrogen molecules higher

up. you get those red colors above 200km. then as you drop down to 100km and lower blue, green and pink showing up, those are the colors we usually don't see because the aurora is too far to the north. but that was not the case last night, and we might have one more chance, i think after midnight tonight. but things are shaping up for now. a bit more quiet. the levels have dropped off during the day right now. too low for us to see any aurora viewing, but the space weather prediction center expects the next wave, another pulse of energy moving away from the sun to react if the earth's upper atmosphere after midnight tonight, which could bring that viewing line back into parts of northern california and perhaps closer to the bay area late tonight. but you might be fighting the weather. look at that. we've got some low clouds spreading across the bay. best viewing inland areas and hilltop locations east of san jose. and those hills around the north bay. we're beginning to see cooldown too, with those low clouds leading to a bit of a change up for the wrap up of your weekend forecast . cooler changes ahead, we'll talk more about what you can expect in your sunday forecast

and the hour by hour viewing forecast for the aurora tonight, coming up in about ten minutes. we want to hear that, rob. thank you very much. well, new at six. oakland's annual art and soul festival is off, at least for now. organizers made the announcement on social media. they say they were forced to cancel the 22nd annual event because of a delay in funding from the city. now, the event was going to be held this fall. the group says it won't return until next year, and that's only if they can collect enough money. by that time. we reached out to the city and council members for comment have not heard back. well, here we go again. another closure for highway 37 in the north bay. caltrans is doing repaving work this weekend between vallejo and sears point. crews are repaving the eastbound side of the highway first. caltrans says it is on track to reopen by 5 a.m. 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, 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. it's not yet clear how the person died, and so far doesn't appear to be a violent death. police are investigating it as a so-called unintended unattended death. the shelter was closed yesterday but is back open today. the shelter says no animals were involved and it is sending heartfelt condolences to the family. tomorrow afternoon, glide memorial church is going to 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 ask far beyond his remarkable lifetime. for 60 years, cecil williams was a quintessential. example of true servanthood. the

reverend brown added. vice president kamala harris sent him a letter, and he's going to read that at the memorial. celebration of life for the reverend is happening 1:00 tomorrow. the glide memorial church right there on ellis street. we will also be streaming it live on our website, nbcbayarea.com. com and our other streaming platforms. another step for bringing new life to yerba buena island. we'll take you to the grand opening for san francisco's newest park plus a living east bay legend adds another honor to her story. a special ceremony at cal state east bay for america's oldest park ranger and we're enjoying a warm saturday evening around the bay area. still, 83 degrees in walnut creek. as we track some cooler changes ahead of that sunday forecast, we'll have a closer look when we come right back. the feet have a really big impact on how the rest of the body moves the knees, the hips, the lower back,

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because of what this means to the fabric of what makes san francisco so special. we've been through challenging times, but we don't throw up our hands. we roll up our sleeves and we move forward and we make magic happen. several other parks have opened on yerba buena island near panoramic park, and they include signal point, the rocks dog park and buckeye grove. what a view. yeah, a big honor for betty reid soskin at cal state east bay today. during its commencement, the university conferred an honorary doctorate of humane humane letters to the 102 year old soskin who has led a most remarkable life. soskin graduated from oakland high school and worked as a file clerk during world war two at the richmond shipyards, and afterwards she became active in the civil rights movement. she is perhaps best known for her work as a u.s. park ranger at the rosie the riveter world war two home front national historical park in richmond. two years ago, she finally retired

at the age of 100. it is a great privilege to have an opportunity to recognize and honor the excellence and extraordinary achievement of individuals in significant areas of human endeavor within which are embodied the objectives and the ideals of the california state university, such a person is here with us today. wow i like it. soskin received her award to the wild screams of graduates. you can kind of hear them right now. they gave her a standing ovation. wow, congratulations to you back to more pictures from the northern lights. this picture went viral on reddit. it was taken in hollister hollister. people person who posted it lives in san jose but traveled a bit further south. get a clearer view of the lights. let's take a look at some more here. taken by a viewer at a beach in mendocino county. wow man, you used to have to travel a long ways to get things like this. you see the purple yellow green skies

above the ocean there. great shots. she was posting that last night. i was just it looks like alaska. you know, you were opposed to that. you're not sure you're going to get any sleep last night? i know you want to see it. that was the thing. and it's a big difference what we had last night in the way i think tonight is going to go. those energy levels have dropped off quite a bit. so hopefully you did have a chance last night to get that view. something we really haven't seen at least the last 20 years. we might have a chance tonight, though. there's a couple factors that might limit the viewing at least. to start, you're looking at one right there near san francisco. as the fog rolls in. look at the temperatures today. it's like we jumped out of extended winter into summer upper 80s today in concord. average highs should be in the 70s inland, but san francisco right on the mark. mid 60s with the all day sea breeze and low clouds. a little bit of mist on the camera lens, now 64 degrees, wind out of the west at 18mph. still hanging on to the 80s in walnut creek and close to it in san jose. 79 degrees as we see the clear skies and still those 80 degree temperatures

inland. overall, though, the inner bay especially beginning to see a cooldown as the sea breeze gets stronger, we'll see more low clouds surging inland tonight, which will lead to a slight cooling trend to wrap up the weekend. but those are like your summer microclimates. if those low to mid 60s and san francisco and 70s to upper 80s inland, and there's a look at the low clouds right now approaching san francisco for your aurora viewing tonight, see the areas out of the low clouds initially around san jose, the east foothills, diablo range, north bay looking pretty good. then later in the night those clouds will start to fill in as we head towards tomorrow morning. even some of the inland valleys of the east bay may see some low clouds to start. then back into the sunshine moving forward into the afternoon. so morning temperatures will be in the mid to upper 50s. cloudy start clearing skies inland. comfortable temperatures for your sunday. pretty close to where we were today, but a little bit cooler as you get closer to the coast in oakland. san francisco 65 degrees 73 in oakland, 83 in san jose, and probably the coolest day of the week. but not really cool at

all. we're still near 80 in san jose, but we'll begin to see more low clouds, a bit of cooling for san francisco and oakland. low 80s inland as we head into tuesday. numbers start to rebound again as high pressure builds back. that's another midweek warm up close to 90 degrees in vacaville. again, you can see san jose low to mid 80s. you may be closer to 70 around san francisco. this will be the window of opportunity for the warmest temperatures of the week wednesday into thursday. and right now that extended weather forecast keeps things dry as we head towards next weekend. so watching those low clouds and drizzle around san francisco for any potential aurora viewing tonight, which we expect to pick up after midnight for a brief time. the coast and inner bay not so good. we're going to see more low clouds as we head towards tomorrow morning. inland locations a bit better with the visibility and rebounding temperatures approaching midweek, so stay tuned. you're going to have to be patient tonight. i think things might be a little bit quiet before midnight. we'll see if they pick up. thanks to aurora, twitter and social media

. we'll see them active maybe after midnight tonight. all right. fingers crossed. i'm going to try to go check it out somewhere. all right rob, thanks. still ahead, a taste of korea without the price of a plane ticket. we'll take you to the food festival in the south bay. when we come back in two minutes. here. mayoral candidates plans to fix san francisco at together sf action and grow. sf's can't miss. make or break, make them sweat mayoral debate on monday, may 20th at 6 p.m. rsvp to watch the live stream at sf. org. for everyone who's endured the bad seat finally. sweet, sweet redemption, the lexus tt, a three row luxury that treats every seat like the best seat. lease the 2024 tt 350 for 609 a month for 36 months. my late

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yeah, there was also food galore . mill valley chamber of commerce came up with a music festival a couple of years back as a way to lift the community out of covid. live music is built in the bones of this, of this community, and we decided to create a music festival, it's a heavy lift every year, but it brings great, great vibes and community to our town and we love to do it. and we're going to keep doing it. by the way, that woman right there is danielle ponder. she's fantastic. she's great. so great. i've seen her at hardly strictly. yeah, yeah, yeah. the festival continues tomorrow. they got music from mullet daddy, margo price, john key and greensky bluegrass. doors open at noon. music starts at 1230. cool. i like margo, too. and it was a perfect day. big crowd video terry okay. hey, we're celebrating asian american, native hawaiian pacific islander month here at nbc bay area. today, the south bay community got a taste of korean culture without having to travel across the world. the international

youth fellowship put on a korean food festival in san jose. people got to taste a wide variety of korean dishes like odeng kimchi, while also visiting different booths to play some korean games or look at art organizers. they say this festival is a chance to stir up more interest in korean culture, especially because the u.s. has already embraced korean pop culture like k-pop. terry, you saw some k-pop at a warrior game recently at halftime, the crowd went nuts. yes, a couple of years ago, actually. now. yeah they like k-dramas and this is all to bring the community together. humanistic viewpoint. we want to get together and to familiarize right to each other. you know what i mean? so i think in human society, togetherness with the human feeling is very, very important. that's the essence, the essence of that. she just saying unity. the festival today also promoted the international youth fellowships trip to korea this summer. and hey, don't forget tonight's saturday night live. it is back

with former cast member maya rudolph hosting for her third time. vampire weekend is the musical guest. you can watch snl right here on nbc bay area at 830. catch an encore after our 11:00 newscast of all the impressions she does, which one would be your favorite? whitney houston it's hilarious. i knew that fantastic, right. anthony florez joining us now with the anthony. you never know. you think it's going to be baseball today because it's summertime. you don't know what's going on. i'm more impressed. you shot the video in mill valley i did mill. is that what it is? mill valley? yeah. oh wow. pretty good. you know, i could use you out at football practice. i'm available. video. all right, come in. all right. rookie minicamp going on right now. count me in. it's over. but in a couple of weeks, terry might be out on the football field when they report for off season workouts. right now, that college is over. yeah. what they did before doesn't really matter because now they're trying to make it in the nfl. the goals being set during 49ers rookie minicamp stick around. sports is next. but i teed up. i said,

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area, like the rest of the nation, is captivated by the spectacular light show in the sky. now on the field at levi's stadium, some young stars are also hoping to shine this weekend. the 40 niners holding their annual rookie minicamp all eyes are on that guy. first round pick ricky pearsall. he looked good doing his receiver drills and did a little of punt return work. but all right, let me be honest. it's shoes and shorts. they're professional athletes. everybody's supposed to look good. now as the 31st overall selection he's making the 49ers roster. every other rookie is fighting for a job, so they have to make every rep count. i'm just trying to learn as much as i can as quick as i can to be able to get to this point, you know, to prove to the five year old version of myself, you know, who dreamed to be in this position to that i'm actually here, you know, it's exciting, but you know now it's now now it's about maintaining that. so, i'm definitely excited

for it, for sure. i'm just grateful and just excited to get to work. but yeah, mainly grateful for the opportunity. all right. the veterans report for offseason workouts in a couple of weeks. mandatory minicamp is the first week in june and. college baseball cal and san jose state tied at three in the bottom of the 11th. pj cerritos with a hot shot to third. the throw home is dropped. the winning run scores. cal beats the spartans in a walk off, four three. it's cal's first 30 win season since 2019. all right, the giants, a's, quakes and bay fc all in action under the lights. we'll have highlights tonight on the news at 11:00. that's a look at sports. more news after the break. the xfinity sports desk a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds... at no additional cost.

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solar storm brought it in. check out the time lapse taken by photographer brian fulda. he posted this on his instagram page. and those are the northern lights over blue canyon, up in placer county. people all over the country got to enjoy this sight. some of the best views away from the city lights, but some darn good views from right here in the bay area and rob mayeda couldn't, couldn't contain himself. no, no, it was it was something else. you know, you needed to do the timed exposure on your phone or your camera about 10s. if you get away from the city lights, you could get images like that and time lapse. you see how frequently it also changes through the night. you get different views every few minutes. all right. yeah. all right. thanks for joining us. we'll be back tonight at 11. hope to see you then. you're watching an nbc bay area news special tonight. nbc bay area responds. they said that your balance is zero. people's gift cards are going blank. we're exposing an international scheme that drains them, and we'll show you how to protec b