leader of glide church for decades, preaching unconditional love to the city's most vulnerable. tonight, reverend cecil williams has passed away. good evening, i'm julie julie haener. reverend cecil williams headed up glide memorial church in san francisco's tenderloin district for 60 years, feeding the bodies and souls of thousands, maybe even millions of the most vulnerable. over the years. >> the news of his death coming just in the past hour, mayor london breed saying tonight he was the conscience of our san francisco community. ktvu jana katsuyama live tonight in the newsroom. and gianna, his kindness. it was enormous. his love for all so impactful. and i know you did speak to the reverend recently. >> i did mike and julie. this is such a heartbreaking moment for so many people across the city. i spoke with reverend cecil williams one on one when they had the big holiday jam celebration for him back in november. he had the biggest smile on his face. i saw him looking out over the crowd of

many people who were celebrating him, and glide with musical tributes that holiday jam party and so many others. a celebration for him, really. a showcase of how his influence crossed all lines of politics. different generations, different neighborhoods from the tenderloin where glide is all the way up to pac heights and beyond. about five years ago, i had a chance to sit down and talk with him. as he looked back on his legacy, he did, as you mentioned, preach unconditional love, and he talked to me about how proud he was of that. just this past hour, i spoke with glide's communications officer, who told me that reverend williams passed away peacefully at his home in san francisco, and they have had an outpouring of love from people everywhere around the country. >> and even though cecil was 94 and he lived a long and beautiful and impactful life, nothing takes away that sting of knowing that he is gone. and i think that is what we're

holding. anyone who knew cecil will recognize that. and this is something that people around the city and around the country and around the world are going to be feeling and of course, seeing there with his longtime wife, janice mirikitani, the poet, and also his partner at glide, we're right in the tenderloin. >> they reached out to people where they were in the most need and brought the world around them, williams daughter is reportedly coming up from los angeles right now. glide says that they are going to be having some people gather there at the church, but certainly this is having a ripple effect across the city, but also really across the world because of the tremendous heart that he brought to his work and that he brought to other people. >> yeah. oh, go ahead. >> i was going to say, gianna, you know, he came to san francisco in 1963 to help this struggling little church in the heart of the city. and now it's a world famous church. how did he do it? if you had to put your

finger on it? and i know you talked a lot about his love. and anyone who walked through those doors always welcome. but how did he make it? what? it was 60 years ago to what it is today? >> you know, one of the things that really struck me about him and also his wife, you know, the late janice mirikitani is they were so good at communicating the reasons why people should not just pass by somebody that they see on the street, but really reach out and see the humanity in them. and i think that that resonated with so many people, that persistence in trying to get people to look at fellow citizens and say, we can help. and i think that's a testament. when you look at glide, you look at the tenderloin and you see how glide has not only developed, you know, the holiday meals, but they also have a housing. they have outreach. during the pandemic, they were there for the people who were most in need. and i think that large heart, that sense of humanity, is something which really transcended so many racial, ethnic, socioeconomic borders and bounds. yeah

>> when you talk about helping those most in need, it was not only the homeless, but runaways, prostitutes, drug addicts, lgbt people with issues. he he really transcended many generations and communities. you spoke with him back in november. how do you think reverend cecil williams would want to be remembered? >> you know, that's a really good question, because i think that everybody who came in contact with him has their their memories of him. i think that one of the things that, you know, he was very humble. that was something when i was talking to him in november and i said, wow, look at all of this. you know, you're on nob hill at the masonic temple. all of these people are here for you. and he said, you know, well, this is just what he was doing. and i think that that sense of humility was something that was really amazing in him. >> for somebody who did so much his love, his kindness, no matter what, just seemed to always bring people together. a true san franciscan jana katsuyama with us live tonight. there in the newsroom. gianna.

thank you. >> well, san francisco mayor london breed speaking on the passing of williams in a post on x, she wrote in part, reverend cecil williams was the conscience of our san francisco community. he spoke out against injustice and he spoke for the marginalized. he led with compassion and wisdom, always putting the people first and never relenting in his pursuit of justice and equality. his kindness brought people together and his vision changed our city and the world. we are working now to speak with people who knew reverend cecil williams, and we'll have much more on his life and legacy coming up tonight at six. >> all right. now to the east bay. and our other top story, alameda county district attorney pamela price is accusing county prosecutors in previous administrations of intentional excluding black and jewish jurors. >> and now a review of death penalty cases is underway. our crime reporter henry lee has the latest now on this story. >> this is not about left or right or any kind of politics. this is about ethics. >> alameda county da pamela

price says she has evidence showing former prosecutors illegally kicked off jurors from death penalty cases. >> prosecutors in the alameda county district attorney's office may have intentionally appear to have intentionally excluded jewish and black jurors from death penalty cases, she says. >> this has led a federal judge to order a review of about three dozen death penalty cases. >> my office discovered evidence of a pattern of misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct that may well impact all of the death penalty cases in alameda county. >> the allegations surfaced during a review of the case against ernest dikes, who is on death row after being convicted of murdering nine year old lance clark in east oakland in 1993 and injuring his grandmother during a robbery attempt, price said her office found these handwritten notes, which apparently show prosecutors purposefully excluding jewish and black female jurors from the jury pool. >> this is something that's been going on in alameda for it's been it's been, the worst kept secret. >> brian pomerantz is an

attorney representing dikes. he says those notes also included purportedly race neutral reasons as to why jurors were tossed. >> so these aren't notes that just are showing we don't like this juror for this reason. they it was a scheme to be able to get away with it. >> he provided at least one rationale as to why prosecutors may have chosen to exclude jewish jurors. >> there was a belief at the time that because the gas chamber was what was used in california for that, jewish jurors would not want to send people to the gas chamber, pomeranz said. >> it took price, a progressive da who ran on a platform to reform the criminal justice system, to bring these allegations to light. >> it took pamela price to bring this about. it should have happened in previous administrations, the attorney tells me. >> one of those prosecutors is now an alameda county superior court judge in oakland. henry lee ktvu, fox two news miramonte high school in orinda went into lockdown in response to a security threat. >> today, school officials say that lockdown started at 230 this afternoon after someone

called the school, threatening to come to campus and cause harm. police were called. officers and deputies did search the campus, and school officials did report that all students and staff were safe. >> we are learning new details tonight of how a former san jose fire captain was caught in a child predator sting in the central valley. spencer parker faces three felony counts of lewd acts with a child following a broad based investigation that netted as many as two dozen suspects. ktvu south bay reporter jesse gary live now in downtown san jose, with more on the operation. jesse julie, the sacramento county sheriff, says the problem of child predators is so prolific, trying to combat it is like trying to plug holes in a leaky dam. >> one of those leaks found its way here to san jose with the arrest of a san jose fire captain, who resigned shortly after charges were filed. this stuff goes on 24 over seven 365, and that's a big issue. sacramento investigators monday releasing video from operation

spring cleaning. the three day sweep at the end of march, netting the arrest of two dozen accused child predators, including one connected to the city of san jose. >> we arrested san jose firefighter who lives here in sacramento, san jose officials say captain spencer parker is no longer employed by the city. >> he was put on administrative leave 11 days ago and resigned april 12th. in court documents, parker is accused of three counts of trying to perform lewd acts on a 13 year old girl during the initial we were able to identify him and once he was arrested, we confirmed that he is member of the san jose fire department. investigators say spring cleaning involved 21 local, state and federal agencies and more than 100 officers, all part of the internet. crimes against children task force detectives posed as children on multiple social media platforms to lure child predators to meet them at predetermined locations. but there were no underage victims, just law men and women and

handcuffs. >> this operation is the actual transition of sharing photos to actually trying to meet and molest and abuse children who they believed were under the age of 13. >> officials say suspects range in age from their 70s to their 20s, and in occupations from a sunday school teacher to a postal worker to a firefighter. officials didn't elaborate on parker's arrest. san jose mayor matt mehan says his city is cooperating with the investigation. >> we're collaborating with the sacramento county sheriff who is leading this investigation. we want to make sure justice is served. i'm just completely disgusted by these allegations. >> late monday, the san jose fire department released a statement that says, in part, no criminal activity is tolerable in our service and the types of crimes described by the charges are beyond a betrayal of public trust and are particularly reprehensible when committed by someone sworn to public service. parker is due in court wednesday

in sacramento county. officials say subsequent arrests after the sweeps netted more suspects. we are live in downtown san jose this evening, jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news julie will head back up to you in oakland. >> all right, jesse, thank you. >> the first witness was called to testify in former president trump's hush money trial in new york city this morning. prosecutors argued in opening statements that trump orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election. trump's attorneys, in their opening remarks, called him innocent and that he did not falsify business records. fox's connor hansen has the story from new york. >> court ended early monday, but not before prosecutors called and started questioning their first witness in the former presidents criminal hush money case, david pecker, taking the stand in a new york courtroom to testify in donald trump's historic trial. the former publisher of the national enquirer, who has been granted immunity, confirmed he had the final say on what stories would be published, and prosecutors

say he played a key role suppressing stories on trump during the 2016 campaign. >> they buy the rights to a story and then choose not to publish it. people may not like that, but there's nothing illegal about that. and the state was arguing that they did that in order to help trump win the election. >> in the center of the legal drama is a $130,000 payment made to adult film star stormy daniels to allegedly quiet her claims she had a sexual encounter with trump. trump's then attorney, michael cohen, allegedly orchestrated the payment after being alerted by pecker in court. trump's current attorneys argued they were legitimate legal expenses. >> he puts in an invoice or whatever a bill, and they pay it and they go to legal expense. i got indicted for that during opening statements, prosecutors said this case is about a, quote, criminal conspiracy and a cover up to silence people and ultimately influence the 2016 election court resumes tuesday morning with a hearing on whether or not former president

trump violated his gag order, followed by more witness testimony in new york. >> connor hansen, fox news. >> students across the country protest on college campuses over the war in gaza, from canceling classes to making arrests. how colleges are walking a fine line between freedom of speech rights and keeping campuses safe. >> a 16 year old stabbed right outside a bay area skate park. what police say they believe led to the attack. plus >> golden gate ferry blue and gold ferry provide critical service to sausalito and the city of san francisco. but right now, right now, there's no service at all. we'll tell you how soon it's likely to be back. >> and bay area weather another warm day across most of the region, except out toward the coast. you can see the. the main reason why out in the distance, a fog bank is o there

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san francisco police identified 25 year old marco saliuk as the suspect. officers responded to the church just before 1:00 sunday afternoon. the archbishop of san francisco was there for a confirmation mass for children. police say when the man went into the church, concerned parishioners escorted him outside. that's when he reportedly pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed one of them in the leg. the victim is expected to be okay, but church officials and parishioners say they're on edge by what happened. >> we all know that what has happened is our life has become defined by the most dysfunctional people because there's no consequences for their behavior.

>> the man was detained by parishioners until police arrived. he faces charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. police in healdsburg are investigating a stabbing at a skate park that sent a teenager to the hospital. it happened last night at about 1030 near the carson warner memorial skate park. a 16 year old boy was found with multiple stab wounds. he was taken to the hospital. authorities say his injuries are serious, but he is expected to recover. so far, police have not released any information on a suspect or a possible arrest. >> the united states supreme court heard arguments today about whether city laws criminalizing the homeless for camping on public property are legal. the case originates from the town of grants pass, oregon. among other things, the city bans people who are homeless from using blankets, pillows or cardboard boxes as shelter to camp outdoors within city limits. people who violate the law face fines of up to $295. now, challengers argue that it makes it a crime to be homeless

in the city in violation of the eighth amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. meantime, the city argues the ordinance is essential to public health and safety. during court arguments, every justice did agree that the homeless problem was serious, but differed on how and who should tackle it. justice brett kavanaugh suggesting it's not up to the federal courts to micromanage homeless policy. while justice sonia sotomayor questioned what would happen if every city passed identical laws. >> where do we put them? if every city, every village, every town lacks compassion, are they supposed to kill themselves, not sleeping? >> the supreme court's ruling is expected at the end of june. the supreme court decision on this specific case will be closely followed by many right here in the bay area. ktvu is christian captain live tonight in san francisco and christian the mayor. many more are keeping an eye on close on this one. >> yeah, the city of san francisco keeping a very close

eye on this one. mike. right now, the city of san francisco is in legal limbo. the city's plans to address homelessness are held up in court. and the decision that the supreme court reaches in this grants pass case will have huge implications. right here in san francisco. the supreme court of the united states heard oral arguments over how cities manage the issue of homelessness. while the case in question came from grants pass, oregon, the case is drawing attention here in the bay area. homeless advocates marched and rallied in front of san francisco's federal court building and through the streets of the city, advocates saying the case will get to the heart of whether cities can criminalize homelessness. >> the reality is folks are out there because they have no other choice, for almost everyone. and it's not okay to then cite them and arrest them because they're destitute. that is, in essence, a pauper's prison that we're creating. there and i think we've moved beyond that. >> san francisco's city attorney's office has a very different take. the city says it has laws on the book to offer

compassionate care for homeless, but also to clear streets when necessary. those policies have been blocked for now by the courts waiting for a decision on this case. city attorney david chiu says whether and how san francisco can manage its homelessness crisis will be determined by this ruling. >> hopefully have a much more nuanced ruling that strikes a balance between what san francisco has been trying to do, which is our compassionate approach to homelessness, but also giving us the ability to have some tools to ensure that our streets are clean and safe. >> while it's difficult to predict how the court will rule, levine says it appears the court is leaning toward giving cities more control over how they combat homelessness. >> listening to the oral argument, it seems like a majority is likely to go there. then the judge in this in the case in san francisco, would have to be more deferential to what san francisco thinks is an appropriate way to handle the local homelessness problem.

>> and the supreme court is expected to issue its ruling in june. we're live in san francisco, kristin kafton, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, and barry weather wrapping up another warm day, especially inland. a very nice day with some 70s and some 80s. things will be cooling off though in your tuesday forecast. and that's kind of the biggest, biggest weather headline, at least in the short terms. so take a look at some of the highs from today. some areas on the warm side out toward vacaville, healdsburg, walnut creek, saratoga, all in the 80s. but the fog rushing up the coast from southern california cooled off portions of the bay and near the bay shoreline temperatures only in the upper 50s to the lower 60s, so some areas cooled off quite a bit with that, with that stronger breeze, that stronger onshore breeze. so definitely temperatures will be trending down a bit in your tuesday forecast and kind of staying in that cool pattern for wednesday, thursday and into friday. here's the satellite yesterday we're showing you the fog bank and it was down towards southern california. but over the past day it kind of rushed

up the coastline, surging closer to the bay area. and that had a big impact on the on the temperatures coast side and right around the bay. so here's a closer look at the satellite and the clouds from santa cruz to half moon bay to the marin headlands out toward point rays as well. so we have a solid fog bank to work with. and with the help of those onshore winds will definitely push back into the bay overnight. current numbers in the 50s in half moon bay, oakland 64, some 70s for concord and in livermore and the winds. there is a bit of a breeze out there. look at napa, the airport gusting to right around 30 miles an hour. sfo winds gusting to 22 miles an hour. here's our live camera looking out toward mount diablo. we still have mostly clear skies here, but the fog we're watching out toward the coast and right around the bay. we're going to definitely cloud things up first thing tomorrow morning. overnight temperatures, most neighborhoods in the 50s. and here's the cloud pattern expected for your tuesday morning into the afternoon. our skies becoming partly sunny and no more 80s. the warmest locations barely making it to 70 degrees with partly sunny skies tomorrow afternoon. eventually

we could be talking about some shower chances back in the forecast. and while the full update coming up in a little bit, mark, thank you. >> when tourists think about san francisco, it is one of the first things many people picture . so why is ridership down on the city's iconic cable cars? >> and coming up tonight at six, homelessness on the rise among those under the age of 18. the ideas being debated in san francisco city hall to prevent hall to prevent childr ( ♪ ) you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving. how about a more solid way to save? i'm listening. well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. both: cash reward? and there's a cash bonus when you open a new checking account to get you started. wow. anything you can't do? ( ♪ ) mugs. ♪ bmo ♪

mta report to the federal transit administration. the agency has seen a significant decline compared to before the pandemic, according to the chronicle. as of february, cable cars had recovered about 58% of their 2019 ridership, when cars had between 430 to 480,000 passenger trips per month. officials say the ridership recovery has been on the same track as the city's downtown economic recovery and the slow return of tourism. it is now day four since a structural issue was discovered on the sausalito ferry dock, and at this point there is no clear date on when it may reopen to the public. >> ktvu tom vacar live tonight with more on how the docks closure is affecting the cities of san francisco and sausalito. tom >> big impact. let me show you exactly what's going on. if you look over here, you will see four blue pillars. what they're called is pilings. and those four blue pillars hold the entire the, dock up so that when

a ship comes in, a ferry comes in. what will happen is those have to all be intact. one of those, it turns out at low tide, they observed that it had some cracks in it. and now they're trying to do something to fix it, whether that's welding or concrete we don't quite yet know, but that's what's going on. and that's why this is closed, because it's always better to on the side of safety and make sure that nobody gets hurt or possibly even killed. the sausalito ferry dock, a critical asset to bay area tourism, is closed indefinitely at this time. inspectors, engineers and maritime repair experts are somewhat hampered because the repairs can only be accomplished during low tide. on friday afternoon, during a routine inspection, staff discovered an issue with one of the four piles that supports the pier and ferry service out of an abundance of caution, was suspended until we're able to

complete those repairs, the hope is to have it done in a matter of days, provided everything goes well. >> there are some special pieces that need to be fabricated. at this point, we don't have a timeline for when those might be done which may extend this closure and the suspension of service, but it's more than just one ferry line involved. >> the blue and gold is primarily responsible for taking tourists across the sausalito, along with some commuters, but the golden gate ferry down by the ferry building, that is a big commute route. >> typically, i'll take the bus if the ferry for some reason is out of service. so not a huge deal, but definitely i enjoy my ferry morning. >> in the meantime, a bus bridge has been put in place. >> we don't live any, you know, anywhere near a ferry, so we were excited to have that opportunity and experience that. it's part of san francisco. >> many tourists choose to rent a bike in the city, ride over the golden gate bridge and take a ferry back just within this

couple block radius, there's about seven bike rental shops. >> and you know, this is obviously a huge, big part of our business. >> robert dunlap, a tourist from montana, rode his personal bike over the bridge and wanted to take the ferry back to avoid the long uphill return to the bridge. well i did it 30 years ago, but i'm not so sure i'll be so successful this time. >> but i'll get up the hill. >> now the golden gate ferry hauls some 500 passengers each and every day. a few with bikes. but the blue and gold fleet also hauls that many on weekdays. but on the weekends, a thousand passengers a day on those weekend days, many, many with bikes. and because of that, you really have to have this thing fixed and the sooner the better. tom vacar ktvu, fox two news. >> and at this point, it does seem like it's a repair project, not an actual replacement of the entire pylon. >> no, but again, the problem is it has to be done at low tide.

so, you know, the tide's only low for a while and then it goes back up. so that obviates being able to do it. so they have to get in. they have to do what they have to do. but they also have to make sure that it's done right, that it passes all the inspections so they don't have to come back and do this again some other time. but i think they're doing a very good job. and they were very smart to close it down earlier than later. >> yeah. safety first tom vacar live tonight in sausalito tom thank you. still to come, protesters erect tents at uc berkeley's sproul plaza during a rally in protest against the war in gaza. still to come, how students protesting the war are affecting campuses. all across the country today. >> also ahead, what killed a young whale

with many seeing daily protests from the east coast to right here in the bay area. students taking to the streets to protest israel's war with hamas. just today, we saw one university cancel in-person classes and at another, dozens of students were arrested. ktvu jana katsuyama was at uc berkeley for one of those protests. today we will not step. >> we will not rest. >> hundreds of people gathered in uc berkeley's sproul plaza monday, calling on the university of california to divest itself from any investments in weapons manufacturers. >> i'm here today to honor our dead and fight for our living. >> the coalition of more than 75

student faculty and community groups spoke out against the weekend attack by israeli forces on rafah, a city in southern gaza, saturday where palestinian refugees have fled. 22 people, including 18 children, were killed, according to gaza health officials. >> as a palestinian, as a human being, i feel like standing in the face of one of the most well documented genocides, one of the most well documented mass killings of people because of their identity, it's essential that we stand up. >> i would like the united states to stop funding weapons for israel. if we cut off the funding for weapons, then the conflict will have to stop. >> i think they're very important to demonstrate how many of us really care about such matters as human rights. >> over the weekend, the house passed a $26 billion aid package for israel that includes about $9 billion for humanitarian aid to palestinians in gaza who face near-famine conditions, according to the u.n. some jewish students at berkeley said they wanted to attend monday's rally on passover, standing in solidarity against civilian

suffering in gaza at sundown. >> tonight begins our holiday of pesach, or passover, which is the festival of liberation for our people. it marks our release from enslavement in egypt. i need to be standing for the liberation of palestinians. i wear a shirt that says, not in our name. >> the u.s. reportedly is considering whether to block aid to a part of the israeli military. the right wing netzah yehuda battalion, over reported human rights violations. prime minister netanyahu's defense minister told the group they have the administration's backing. some uc berkeley students with family in palestine say the u.s. actions are not enough. >> they just approved $26 billion. while we're seeing almost 40,000 palestinians killed, 70% of whom are women and children. so i feel this is not this is a joke of a step. this is just saving face. this is to distract from the billions that are being funneled to the killing of my people. >> jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news and cal is not the only university where students walked out of classes today to protest the war in gaza. >> students faced off with police and other security members on several campuses.

today, fox news alexis mcadams has more now from columbia university in new york city. >> it is up to the university to decide whether or not they want us on campus. they've made it clear that we're not to be there. >> the nypd, explaining the nuances of their authority as protests and counter-protests erupt at columbia university and on college campuses across the country, determining when something goes from protected speech to unprotected speech can be very context specific. >> we're making judgment calls. we're doing it to the very best of our ability, and the stakes are high. >> so far, police say no one has been injured in these protests, but they do encourage anyone who thinks they've been assaulted to call the police. take a look at what officials are up against here. these are aerials of columbia university that show what looks like a homeless encampment on their campus. pro-palestinian demonstrators returning to the ivy league school with their tents again on monday. and the protests are spreading.

>> the nypd is ready when needed to go back and to help the school out. columbia university or any educational institution in this city. >> the tents and encampments are popping up at campuses at nyu and out in connecticut at yale, officers making arrests there as students continue to protest, jewish students say they're dealing with different types of hate. >> it's really painful to realize that your peers, have joined the party. >> with passover underway, the nypd will have an increased security presence here to try and make sure jewish students feel as safe as possible. reporting in new york city. i'm alexis mcadams, fox news. >> today is earth day, and people around the world are marking it in different ways from the fight against plastics to a new state park. we take a look at how people are spending the holiday. >> also, 20 years ago today, we lost a hero coming up,

tillman, who attended leland high school in san jose, died on april 22, 2004. after the nine over 11 attacks. tillman, who was playing football for the arizona cardinals, gave up his nfl career and a $3.5 million contract to join the army and become a ranger. two years later, he was killed in combat. his death initially was attributed to enemy combatants. it was later revealed that

tillman was killed by friendly fire. >> his image is forever preserved, with a statue in pat tillman freedom plaza, and today the arizona cardinals organization released a video tribute to honor tillman's sacrifice. >> tillman had a career high 155 tackles in the 2000 season, 118 of them were solo. he ultimately spent just four seasons in the nfl. federally funded nursing homes now have new rules to follow for minimum staffing levels and pay. >> vice president kamala harris announced today the new rules in la crosse, wisconsin, while meeting with nursing home care workers. under these new rules, every facility with 100 residents needs at least 2 to 3 registered nurses to be compliant as well as ten or more nurse aides and two nursing staffers. this is the first time the federal government has established national minimum staffing standards for federally funded nursing homes. >> for residents, this will mean more staff, which means fewer

e.r. visits, potentially more independence. for families, it's going to mean peace of mind in terms of your loved one being taken care of, and for care workers, it's going to be more time with their patients, less burnout and lower turnover. >> vice president harris also announced a new requirement to help increase pay for nursing home workers. under the rule, 80% of the federal funds sent to nursing homes must be used to pay workers instead of administrative or overhead costs. the new rules are set to be implemented in phases. >> governor newsom is launching another ad campaign targeting abortion restrictions in republican led states. this time, alabama. >> we're almost there. you're gonna make it. >> miss. i'm going to need you to step out of the vehicle, take a pregnancy test. >> the ad depicts a woman being arrested for trying to leave the state to get an abortion. it was created by campaign for democracy, a political action committee created by governor

newsom. it started airing in alabama today, where republicans have called for prosecuting women who travel out of state for an abortion on the move coming up, a dead whale that washed up on the shores of alameda over the weekend. >> now at angel island, the next step in finding out what killed it and what a way to mark earth day. >> coming up next, we will take you to california's newest state park, the first new park for the golden state in nearly ten years. >> and it was a warm earth day across parts of the bay area. but the fog making a comeback near portions of the coastline and the cooling trend, it really kicks in. in

angel island, where a necropsy will be performed. this is video from sky fox earlier in the day, as ktvu allie rasmus explains, marine mammal scientists want to try to figure out how and why the whale died in the san francisco bay this morning. >> a tow boat with flashing lights slowly maneuvered through the water, pulling what looked like a giant rock or mass with several birds perched on top. >> it weighs probably 40,000 pounds. it's approximately 35ft long. >> it was the carcass of a female gray whale that had washed up dead near the alameda shoreline saturday evening. it was visible from crown beach until monday morning, when the tide carried it north towards vienna avenue. vienna means whale in spanish. >> it was drifting off the coast of the south side of alameda,

and we had to go out and find the whale and, get it hooked up and tow it to its final resting place at angel island. >> that's where scientists with the california academy of sciences will try to get some answers about what happened to the whale throughout the weekend, people in alameda were saddened and struck by the sight of it. >> how did it die and why was it so close to shore here? like it's really shallow. >> i think it would be interesting to find out what the cause of death was. >> in general, the most common causes of whale deaths are boat strikes, entanglement and poor nutrition. but marine scientists say so far there are no initial signs this whale suffered any of those problems. >> what we'll do once we get the whale to a point where we can conduct an an animal autopsy called a necropsy, we will open it up and look for broken bones and hemorrhaging to see if the animal suffered a blunt force trauma from a vessel strike. >> scientists from the california academy of sciences were able to gather some samples from the whale's blubber before it became dislodged and floated

out into the bay, but they won't have a clear idea about what exactly happened to the mammal until they do. a full necropsy in alameda. allie rasmus ktvu fox two news. >> today is earth day and president biden announced a new $7 billion program to expand solar projects to low and middle middle income communities. >> the white house says the funds will power nearly a million low income households, saving on average $400 a year for each home on energy costs. the program was included in the president's landmark climate change law, the inflation reduction act, and is expected to create 200,000 new jobs for tens of thousands of young people to work at the forefront of our climate resilience and energy future. a new nbc news poll finds. only 5% of voters think climate change is the most important issue facing the country right now. >> pg and e announced on this earth day that it's renewable energy, and california's clean

energy transition plans are making significant progress. pg and e's ceo was part of a panel discussion with other energy executives today at the rosie the riveter museum in richmond. she says last year, the utility delivered 100% greenhouse gas free energy for its retail customers. according to the ceo, pg and e used wind, solar, small and large hydro and nuclear power. >> i'm inspired today by the idea that the can do spirit is alive and well, and that women and men and all the people across california get to be part of a clean energy future. and i couldn't be more excited about that and more inspired here today, the ceo, patty poppy, also says pg and e has made significant progress with its use of battery storage. >> governor newsom celebrated earth day by showing off california's newest state park. governor newsom first partner jennifer siebel newsom and civil rights activist dolores huerta were in stanislaus county for the new park's dedication. dos rios ranch state park consists

of 1600 acres of rehabilitated natural open space along the san joaquin and tony rivers near modesto. the area was transformed from farmland. it's the first new state park here in california in nearly a decade. >> we are here today in modesto at dos rios because again, it is a wonderful a beautiful, a magical example of the work we're doing to heal our environment and ourselves through restoration of this beautiful land and the protection of the endangered species who call it home. >> san joaquin valley, in fact, per capita has the lowest per capita open space and parks. any other region in the state of california. and that's why this is so profound. >> the park project costs more than $45 million from public and private funding. dos rios ranch state park is set to open in june. >> well, it has been a beautiful earth day here in the bay area.

another round of warm temperatures away from the coastline. if you're near the coastline today, you probably notice that cooling change with the fog out there making a comeback. so temperatures not so warm for pacifica and san francisco, even some cooling out toward oakland, but another round of 80s for concord out toward antioch and livermore and san jose. 83 degrees. it is a cooler tuesday across the entire bay area. more clouds tomorrow morning. partly sunny and breezy into the afternoon hours. lots of 60s for afternoon highs and the warmest locations will be flirting with the 70 degree mark yesterday. at this time the fog was down towards southern california, way down here. but over the past day or so kind of raced up the coastline. we call that the southerly surge. so it's back near the bay area shoreline right now, getting ready to push back into the bay. so this will be a key factor in our forecast, at least in the short terms for tonight into tomorrow morning. so here you can see the cloud pattern out toward portions of the coastline right around the marin headlands. also out towards santa cruz as well. current numbers where we have the fog. it's on the cooler side out

towards san francisco and half moon bay, and then some 60s around the bay. warmest locations right now, not incredibly hot. you can see livermore right now checking in 73 and the winds. we have a pretty good breeze out there. look at that napa airport site. typically with this with this pattern change, the north bay gets the cooling. and that's what we have right now. napa that southerly wind gusting to 30 miles an hour. and some more reports for you sfo gusting right around 20 two half moon bay. let me step out of the way. half moon bay winds out of the south at about 16 miles an hour. here's our live camera from the south bay. a bit of some haze out there, but still mostly clear skies. as we mentioned, we're going to bring in some more clouds overnight and still some pockets of fog temperatures to start things off. tomorrow morning will be in the 50s. coolest locations starting out the day in the upper 40s. so here's the forecast. tomorrow morning you can see all the cloud cover out there into the afternoon hours. we are expecting partly sunny skies. we could still have some patchy coastal fog and there's the eventual temperature range from the 60s to right around 70 degrees. here's the pattern change this area of high pressure is going away as we

head toward tuesday, wednesday and beyond, being replaced by this area of low pressure offshore. here, some more clouds . we have that cool down out there. and then by thursday night into friday, there's actually the chance we could have a few sprinkles or a few scattered showers approach the bay area. we're watching this forecast model here. this is wednesday. we'll have the cloud cover and then look at this action up to our north on thursday. and as we mentioned, maybe by thursday, late afternoon thursday evening, there's the chance of some showers back in the bay area that could linger into friday. forecast highs for tomorrow. definitely a cool down out there, especially inland. warmest locations right around 70 degrees. it will also be breezy with winds over 20 miles an hour. more clouds for your wednesday. more clouds on thursday. there's that chance of a shower by thursday night and into friday. the weekend should be dry, but it's not going to be like last weekend. temperatures only in the 60s to the lower 70s, so definitely a cooler weather in our future. >> yeah, busy week ahead. mark thank you. a warning from scientists on this earth day plastic could be our biggest enemy when it comes to the

environment. the simple things we can all do to make a difference. next. >> and coming up tonight at six, he was a civil rights icon here in the bay area and across the country. our coverage continues of the death of reverend cecil williams, including a look back at his important role in the civil rights movement in the 1960s. also ahead at six on this earth day, hundreds of thousands of animal and plant species face extinction. how the oakland zoo has become a w ldwide l der in

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often environmentalists in new york are trying to get a law passed that would ban individually wrapped products, including kraft singles. supporters of the bill say it shifts the responsibility of recycling on to companies instead of consumers. opponents say the move would raise the price for some of these products for other states have implemented similar single use programs, including california and this year's earth day theme planet versus plastic. >> fox news jacqui ibanez shows us we can all do something to protect our planet from plastics. >> monday marks earth day, a time to celebrate the planet and increase efforts to protect the environment. and with this

year's theme being planet versus plastics, advocates continue sounding the alarm about their massive impacts. >> we produce more plastic than most people can imagine. >> according to the united nations, the world generates roughly 400 million tons of plastic waste every single year, much of which is made up of single use plastics. for instance, 1 million plastic bottles are bought every minute around the world. but with less than 10% of plastic products being recycled, many wind up as trash in landfills or as litter in natural habitats, where they can take hundreds of years to break down into smaller bits. >> the problem is plastics are never just plastic. they have colors in them. they have fire retardants. these are all chemicals. >> those small microplastics can then end up in the water and food we consume, while more research needs to be done to determine any risks, a study from the world wildlife fund reveals people eat about a

credit card size worth of plastic every week. >> we're all becoming more plastic, even if we don't know what that means. >> but the crisis may only get worse with global plastic production expected to triple by 2050. if business and consumer habits go unchanged, more people feel connected, and the more they know what their waste is, the more recycling programs will will work to learn more about how you can take action this year, visit earthday.org. org jackie ibanez, fox news this is ktvu, fox two news at six. >> he was an icon in san francisco and in the civil rights movement. tonight, people are remembering the life and legacy of reverend cecil williams glide, confirming that williams died today surrounded by family and friends. he was 94 years old. good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach and i'm julie julie haener williams and his wife, janice mirikitani grew glide into a congregation of 10,000 in the 1960s. >> together they were strong advocates for civil rights and social justice. >> ktvu crystal bailey joins us

tonight from the newsroom with more reaction from today's news and his legacy. crystal. >> well, reverend cecil williams was known for leading with compassion and kindness to pursue equality for people from all walks of life. now, during the civil rights movement, he pastored and grew glide memorial church in the tenderloin, known now for providing resources and underserved to the underserved communities and feeding the homeless. he fought alongside people like angela davis and the black panthers for social justice, even if it meant jail time. he provided a lot of hope to the community, and he's known around the world for his impact. >> and even though cecil was 94 and he lived a long and beautiful and impactful life, nothing takes away that sting of knowing that he is gone. and i think that is what we're holding any one who knew cecil will recognize that. and this is something that people around the city and around the country and around the world are going to be feeling. >> mayor london breed shared this photo on x, formerly twitter, writing