After 15 months with no Permanent Police chief, oaklands top cop is now on the job. Good morning. It is monday, may 13th. Lets check on the weather with drew. Yeah. Good morning. So we start out with our marine layer out there. We have a lot of cloud cover to begin our monday. Heres a live look at the exploratorium camera where you can see those overcast skies. Its going to be one of those afternoons where we have that cloud cover pull back to the coast, and a pretty wide range of temperatures later on today. Looking at numbers right now, we have our typical chill for the first part of the morning. Our coolest spots right now are in the 40s like san rafael, cloverdale, vallejo at 49, some low and mid 50s around the immediate bay shoreline. So outside we go. Heres the tam cam. You can see that marine layer here as it pushes in from the coast. Well have that morning fog early on our sunrise almost at 6 a. M. This morning. We will have brighter skies as we head throughout the afternoon, but by 4 p. M. Well keep those clouds along the coast. Its cool there in the 50s around the bay shoreline. Its a mild day, will be in the low and mid 70s and inland. Well go into the mid 80s for daytime highs. So just a little bit above average for this time of the year. Well go to 68. In oakland, 63 in the city near 80 in san jose amanda good morning. Drew here at 501. Really nothing in your way as you look at this overall map of the bay area. But we do want to zoom in. So you can see that typical slowdown across the altamont pass. Something to keep in mind. Dense fog on your drive. This includes places like gilroy, hollister as well as pacifica and daly city, something were keeping our eye on this morning. Lets get back to the desk now. Amanda. Thanks. Happening today, oaklands new police chief takes the reins after more than a year without a chief Floyd Mitchell is officially on the clock today. Abc seven News ReporterGloria Rodriguez is here with a look at his first order of business. And, gloria, we are. Will be hearing from the chief today. We will. Stephanie. He is expected to make a brief statement to the media this morning, but were told he will not be taking questions from reporters today. Chief Floyd Mitchell comes to oakland at a time when the city finds itself with many concerns over public safety. Back in march, when his hiring was first announced, he said in his first 100 days in office, he plans to meet with Key Community stakeholders, city staff and the Police Department. Key to his agenda are what he called data driven, proactive policing and high visibility Community Leaders are hopeful the city can move forward under his leadership. During the time of the firing of chief armstrong, and until now, its just been a lot going on, and were hoping that he comes in and focuses on the real issues, the things that need to be done in his interaction with the actual community. Recent data from the city shows overall crime is falling in oakland through the start of the year, but one type of crime, robberies, is shown to be worsening. Chief mitchell believes he is up for the task and says he and the Police Department cant accomplish this Monumental Task alone. But well have to Work Together to solve these issues, live in the studio. Gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. Thank you gloria. This morning, a major milestone is set to take place in the effort to demolish Baltimores Francis scott key bridge. Amanda crews are going to blow up a portion of that collapsed bridge. Reggie aqui. This explosion was supposed to happen over the weekend, but had to be postponed due to lightning. This work is really a key moment in the cleanup. Once it happens, crews will be able to use cranes to remove the collapsed portion of the bridge. Then the cargo ship that hit the bridge will be able to move. That will allow them to reopen the shipping channel that leads to the port of baltimore, Officials Say todays explosion will be done in an extremely precise way. Theres not going to be a big fireball explosion or an explosive type of an effect. These are very discreet, highly focused pressure charges that will be cutting through the steel and what you might see are these poofs of smoke around the wreckage. And this morning were expecting a News Conference with Maryland Governor wes moore and congresswoman nancy pelosi. I should say, while the House Committee on transportation and infrastructure is planning to hold a hearing on the investigation on wednesday, back to you at the desk. Thanks, amanda. Part of building a better bay area is following up on ideas that have been implemented in the community to see if theyre actually working. Its been four years since the Oakland Unified SchoolDistrict Voted to disband its Police Department in the aftermath of George Floyds murder. Now, the district is sharing how safety has changed in 2022, oakland unified added violence interruption teams to deal with problems at schools instead of police, the district tells the oakland city council. Since those teams started, suspensions for physical violence at school dropped 10. But they say theres more work to be done. Police data showed hundreds of violence suspensions , plus 67 shootings that injured people last school year. School Board Members want to expand the violence interruption teams to every ousd School Safety is really a Community Effort where you wrap your arms around the incident and finding support in a holistic sense. The district is expecting more data this summer and how well the program is working to take us down. You must be an urgent man. The university of San Francisco says its commencement is still on for this week, despite protests on campus. Students held a propalestinian rally at the encampment set up at usf over the weekend. Theyre calling for usf to divest from israel and calling the war in gaza a genocide. The Student Group says usfs president visited the encampment last thursday, but they would not agree to their demands. The school told abc seven news theyre keeping lines of communication open with protesters open. In southern california, hundreds of propalestinian protesters tried to disrupt the Graduation Ceremony at pomona college. Los Angeles Police say protesters tried to block the entrance to the Shrine Auditorium as people arrived last night. At one point, the protest was declared an unlawful , unlawful gathering and officers began trying to disperse the crowd. Police say one person was arrested after trying to hit an officer. Administrators had already been forced to move the ceremony from campus after a group of propalestine activists set up an encampment in front of the original graduation stage last week. Protesters continue to demand the school divest from companies tied to israel. I think its sad, and i think its, its a really bad way to end your college career. And i think its showing exactly where pomona is headed as our university celebrate, we should also be extremely critical of their involvement that that has led to the decimation of entire educational infrastructure in palestine. School Officials Say despite delays, they were able to honor nearly 400 graduates. Than two dozen graduates walked out of Duke UniversitysGraduation Ceremony in North Carolina over the weekend, just as comedian Jerry Seinfeld began his commencement speech. Some were waving palestinian flags. Seinfeld has publicly expressed his support for israel since the deadly attack on october 7th by hamas. Back here in the bay area, uc berkeleys big Commencement Ceremony got interrupted 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 even canceled because of covid 19. Abc seven News Reporter cornell bernard spoke with them and some of their parents, who were upset by the interruptions cals commencement, honoring nearly 7000 undergraduates began peacefully inside memorial stadium, but minutes later, the occupation has got to go. The ceremony, disrupted by several dozen propalestinian protesters shouting from the stands. The protest was so loud the ceremony was delayed at times, speakers forced to wait it out without a protest. So i get it. Some students in the stands displayed the israeli flag. The chants got louder as more propalestinian students joined in. Some of the demonstrators then walked out of the stadium protesting outside free palestine. As a berkeley student, we have a long history of protesting and we did the same for apartheid south africa. Its 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 israels war with hamas. But berkeleys graduation went on as planned. Chancellor carol christ attempted to speak over the crowd, calling for tolerance and understanding. We have lost the ability to talk with one another. I feel passionately that we must work to regain this capacity, whatever our beliefs and perspectives, not everybody in the crowd supported this protest. They say it was drowning out their big day. Student michaela falzon says she had no High School Graduation due to covid, and now her College Graduation is being disrupted. I can hear the speakers at all. And, you know, we worked hard for four years and truly, this is a berkeley degree. Were extremely saddened. Ive waited for this day for a very long time to see my son graduate. Hes the first in our family to do so, and its really disturbing because i understand their feelings. But its not the appropriate time or place. You know, our son is a he came here to study engineering, not idiocy. In a statement, the University Said while todays commencement was at times, unfortunately disrupted, it did not prevent us from honoring the hard work and accomplishments of our students. Saturdays protest was peaceful. No arrests were made at uc berkeley. Cornel bernard abc seven news. Thanks, cornel 510, this morning were taking a look at sfo, where we have that morning marine layer with us. A lot of cloud cover. The only areas that are not seeing the fog this morning, well inland eastern parts of contra costa and alameda county. But for a lot of us, we start out gray, but well find sunshine this afternoon. So the big headline today is that we have that Morning Cloud cover. Well have a pretty wide range of afternoon temperatures. You could call it a summer spread later on today and get used to that pattern. Its really going to for the week ahead. So looking at our highs versus average we have a little bit of a mixed bag. Most areas will be a few degrees above average later on this afternoon. The only exception is the city because that fog is pretty persistent all day long, so itll be a little bit below average in the 60s later on today. Heres the forecast region by region. Inland we have a lot of sunshine, temperatures and the upper 70s and lower 80s around the bay shoreline. We start out with a lot of cloud cover, burn off that fog for sunnier skies, get highs into the upper 60s and lower 70s, but the coast is cloudy all day long. A little bit of sunshine, maybe in the afternoon, but temperatures are chilly in the mid 50s, so a high of 68 in oakland today, 63 in the city will have a high near 80. In san jose, 77 in napa, concord, up to 80 degrees. But Half Moon Bay only 58 later on. Today its a really steady pattern here. The next several days, not much change in our temperatures. Well have that morning fog giving way to afternoon sunshine through wednesday. Reggie. Thanks, drew. Coming up, honoring the longtime leader of a San Francisco landmark, his way of living life ripples out and continues to impact every person he touched with his presence and his vibration. The powerful tribute to the man who built glide church, reverend Cecil Williams, and it was the breathtaking story of the weekend. The scenes from across the bay area and the cou norman, bad news. I never graduated from med school. What . But the good news is. Xfinity mobile just got even better now, you can automatically connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go. Plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year. I gotta get this deal. Thats like 20 a month per unlimited line. I dont want to miss that. Thats amazing doc. Mobile savings are calling. Visit xfinitymobile. Com to learn more. Doc . Long ago, Cecil Williams brought his heart to San Francisco. Powerful words. American businessman and close financial friend of glide memorial church, warren buffett, paying tribute to a pioneer. People from all walks of life coming together to honor the late reverend Cecil Williams. Williams died last month at the age of 94. Over the course of his trailblazing lifetime, he fought for the poor and the hungry, founding glide church and turning it into a worldwide brand. The church he founded 60 years ago was standing room only for the celebration of life. Yesterday i was a person who grew up in the bay area and you know, as a as a gay young person, it was really wasnt okay. And cecil just, shared his liberation theology with me, and its been with me all my life. Community members and local pioneers joined together to honor the legacy reverend williams left on the city of San Francisco. His activism reached beyond the church doors. Reverend williams was recognized as a National Leader who stood up for social reform and civil rights. Cecils essence and his love, his teachings, his way of living life ripples out and continues to impact every person he touched with his presence and his vibration. No word yet on who will succeed reverend williams. Our coverage of reverend williams continues right now on our website. Youll find even more on his life and legacy. Its all there for you at abc seven news. Com. A weekend solar storm offered up some stunning nighttime images, depending on where you live. Abc seven News Reporter j. R. Stone is hearing from some in the bay area who got a good look. This image of the Northern Lights was taken along the side of a vineyard in yountville friday by margie verdin. I was just so jazzed. I was so amazed at how beautiful the showcase of colors were. Margie couldnt see these images with her eyes. She put her iphone in night mode, hit the shutter and took the picture. Then she saw this. It was just in my backyard. Other people had to fly to ireland and norway or alaska. Just to see those beautiful colors. And i saw it and while many could only see the Northern Lights in their pictures, some like kitty nikolai, who were far from city lights in paradise, california, could see them starting around 1030. We could literally see it with the naked eye. The photos were just absolutely fantastic. So we got the we got the purples and the pinks and the greens. I thought i saw a pink hue in the sky. And i you know how sometimes you question yourself and think its because you want to see it and i close my eyes and i open them again and im like, no, i see pink. We reached there at around 1 15 a. M. And at least for the first half an hour, we could very clearly see them with our eyes. Stanford scholar Sushant Mahajan took these images from an area near the Lick Observatory in mount hamilton. Early saturday morning. We got a g5, which is why, like aurora were visible in all 50 states, even hawaii g5 was the highest level solar storm of the weekend. Saturday night was a g3 and sunday night was a g3, possibly g4, depending on what expert you talked with. All of these images though, were taken friday night and early saturday morning. You had to have it on night mode and like my husbands got the, hes got the x, the iphone x, he doesnt have night mode, so he couldnt see it at all. Visually or on his phone. So in the newbies would come in and say, oh, i cant see anything. And, you know, somebody would always run over to them and help them with their phones excitement and gratitude. I was awed because of being able to see it. Jr stone, abc seven news. Wow. So beautiful. Yeah, it was really cool. I saw a little bit of green friday night in the city and i was like, thats amazing. And then the next morning, all everybodys pictures came in. I was like, that is beautiful. Incredible. I mean, people spend their whole life chasing this. And then it just like showed up. It just came to our backyard. Someone needs to keep tabs on like the Northern Lights industry. Like, is this going to either decimate it because everybodys like, oh, well, its already solid. Like i need to see more like people get like the thirst for more of them. Oh, wow. Who knows, this morning though, we are dealing with fox, so visibility is not great in a lot of areas because we