Iconic longtime leader of San Franciscos glide foundation, the reverend Cecil Williams, has passed away. Were looking back on its decades of work to help people in the city. Good morning. It is tuesday, april 23rd. Want to start with a check of our forecast with lisa . Did you feel that cool down yesterday . Yeah big time. Those winds were gusty and we have an area of low pressure off the coast that is supporting all of that cloud cover that is blanketing the bay area. So theres a look at live doppler seven. You notice the clouds all the way into our inland valleys. Its 55 in fremont. Good morning, san jose. 57 for you as well as sfo and up in the north bay, were looking at low 50s sonoma, 54, in napa. So as we go through the next several hours, those breezy winds, you can see them right now up to 20 miles an hour by the delta, 15 over in oakland. And this will be with us throughout the afternoon. So it is going to be cooler, breezier. But right now with that deck of low clouds, we are
Changes theyre demanding the university make right away. Plus, the growing protests over the israelhamas war across the country as tensions rise, some universities now taking drastic measures to ensure safety on campus. Remembering the iconic long time leader of San Franciscos glide foundation , the reverend Cecil Williams, has passed away. We are looking back on his decades of work to help people in the city. Good morning. It is tuesday, april 23rd. Im going to start the check of our forecast with lisa. All right. Well, no surprise, weve got a cooler day. It started yesterday with those gusty south winds. The low clouds, the fog this morning, not only concord and livermore covered in the gray, but you have a breeze out there as well. So it took about a day for the cool air to get to you while the rest of us really felt it yesterday, upper 50s along the bay shore right now 55 San Francisco and in the north bay. Slightly cooler numbers 53 in sonoma. Heres a look at that breeze out of th
Money from the Pacific Heights and presidio heights, and he could walk and spend it in the tenderloin. When you went to glide and you would cover glide and cecil uh, you were always sitting there going, okay, how does this really work . And it did work by bringing the money down to the hood. That was as simple as it. Now, one person, reverend williams worked closely with at glide is marvin k white, glides , minister of celebration. He responded to the news of reverend williams death, saying his impact on the bay area was felt from the moment he arrived in the 1950s. His immediately opening up the doors of the sanctuary to women, to poor folks, to sex workers, to black folks, to brown folks, to early queer organizers. He knew that there would always be someone coming in each generation beyond crack. Now theres fentanyl, but we know that we need to be here because he taught us that someone else is going to come. Well need our services. Well need our spiritual support. Well need our socia
Review of dozens of past Death Penalty cases amid accusations of prosecutorial misconduct. This is ktvu, fox two news at 730. And good evening, everyone. Im heather holmes. We begin tonight with that late news today that Cecil Williams has died. A look at the remarkable contributions now he made to San Francisco in his mission to uplift the most vulnerable in our society. Crystal bailey is here now with reaction. Crystal. Well reverend Cecil Williams spoke out against injustice, leading with compassion and kindness to pursue equality for people from all walks of life. Now the faith based activist pastored and grew glide Memorial Methodist Church in the tenderloin, known for providing resources to marginalized communities and people in need. He fought alongside angela davis and the black panthers for social justice, even if it meant jail time. He was an advocate for the poor and disenfranchized, he told ktvu back in 2019 on his 90th birthday. He does it all for love. What we see is a pe
A champion for the poor, the homeless, a fighter for racial equality. Tonight we remember the reverend Cecil Williams, whose love and compassion was the rock and foundation and Guiding Light for all who walked through the doors of glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. He walked his talk. He he was a direct example of how to be in the world. Its such a loss for the city. Its a loss for this community. The reverend Cecil Williams died today at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was 94 years old. Good evening. Im julie julie haener and im mike mibach. Williams was known for his wisdom, compassion and providing critical support to impoverished residents every day for 60 years. Ktvu is amberleigh live tonight at San Francisco city hall. Amber. A very big loss tonight for the community. Absolutely, mike. There is grief and gratitude for all the work Cecil Williams did for the people and city of San Francisco. Now, the folks at glide tell me he may have retired years ago, but he