>> we are just inside the church getting the reactions from folks who are reacting to the passing of reverend cecil who died at the age of 94. you mentioned briefly his history here. for folks that know about this, know that they have the specific services for those in need. the home was around the city. that was around the thanksgiving event. thousands of people in the city it's quite a sight to see. and is a very popular church. a number of dignitaries have attended this church over the years we are talking former presidents as well as different celebrities. as he mentioned we were talking about reverend cecil williams over the decades becoming one of the more influential figures here in san francisco history with folks here at the church we will have more on the passing of reverend cecil in

our later show. >> it's all about san francisco to find so much about the city for so long within the hour we also spoke with the former san francisco mayor willie brown you remember cecil williams for his work in the city and their friendship. >> cecil however, was dramatically different from any other pastor. he had 39 different programs he was running. they would build housing for people to live in. they put together a school for very small children and they would raise that school up to the rooftop, so there would be no problem about safety for kids on the streets. and then cecil invited all of us. they helped cook and when they would help cook, it meant we would have equipment. he literally created a kitchen.

>> in a statement today the mayor reflected on reverend william st. cloud, reverend cecil williams was the conscience of our san francisco community he spoke out against injustice and spoke for the marginalized he led with compassion and wisdom always putting people first and never relenting in the pursuit of justice and equality. he brought people together and his vision changed our city in the world. we of course will continue to bring you reactions and reflections throughout the night. you can always get our latest on the website nbc bay area.com. new development in the case of the san jose fire captain accused of sending lewd photos to someone he thought, was a 13- year-old girl. we are now learning he was one of 24 people arrested in a sting conducted by undercover officers. now the latest from san jose city hall. >> reporter: this sting was spearheaded by the sacrament he

-- sacramento county sheriff's office. san jose police are conducting their own independent criminal probe. today the sheriffs office of sacramento county released this video of a sting that led to the arrest of 24 suspected child predators including a postal worker, a sunday school teacher and former san jose fire captain spencer parker. >> the undercover officers. >> reporter: he was charged with three felonies including attempted lewd acts with a child. a person he thought, was a 13- year-old girl but was actually an undercover cop. >> the crimes that are alleged here are absolutely disgusting. >> we still have confidence from the fire chief as the leader from the department. coming up on the two major scandals under his watch. >> i happen to ask myself a similar question every day when

i come to work. do i have a vision for the organization? do have a plan to move forward am i prepared to observe the issues that come to my desk every day? >> this is a extremely difficult issue that came to my desk and i'm here to process it appropriately that means my full cooperation with law enforcement. >> while the investigation might be over san jose police are still conducting their own criminal poke. >> we asked them to initiate an investigation into all of his actions, communications, whatever we can learn about his behavior in the department to make sure that we know what if anything else he's done. >> we watched the sacramento news conference today with legal analyst. anything else going on.

>> i expect him to come forward. for additional training, what else we need to do. >> spencer was put on leave on april 11th after his arrest and resign from the appoint -- he's thrilled his team took 24 elections off of the streets in the southeast nbc bay area news. major campuses today the students gathered to protest. in connecticut more than 40 people were arrested.

they briefly address those protests today. >> i don't understand what's going on with the palestinians. >> some of the protests have been taking place including at m.i.t., boston university, emerson college and boston university. celebrating passover tonight the director of the fbi set federal law enforcement is there for any holiday celebrations several centers are now stepping up security in the wake of the ongoing war between israel and hamas. oakland tells us they have more security cameras, secured doors and plan to invest in bullet resistant windows. >> they higher private guards they have all windows and doors secured we are fortunate to have received the grant

recently going forward we will have even more security. >> the congregation is here said it will have security guards when it hosts 150 members for the community later tonight. they have been increasing security since they launched the attack on israel october 7th since then the fbi says they have hate crime investigation in the u.s. they have hate crime investigation in the u.s. they have tripled. >> a year after a home depot security guard was shot and killed trying to stop a shoplifter they suspected his murder. it was part of a plea deal. this was a deal they had been asking for. jones today she explains why they made that request. >> it's us taking back something they stole. because now with the plea deal there is no appeal. there is no years back in court

. is done. >> after year in and out of court the parents of 26-year- old home depot security guard returned to the home depot where the sun was shot and killed during a robbery today. they came and said they wouldn't have to relive his murder in court. >> they get their life back towards her today. >> it's part of the chaos. it's the final closure. it's more important than a few extra years. >> they said it's not because of a lack of evidence. >> he knew how to get evidence and he did that for us. he made it such a beautiful case that we could do this in honor of him. it's an honor. >> reporter: on last 25 to life 19 years to life for second degree murder. the getaway driver who fled he

will serve a little over seven years instead of a possible 16 for accessory charges. he will spend rehabilitating that. it's closure for us. it's closure for them too. they get another chance. that's important to me. >> the previously criticized alameda county pam a price for not adding additional advancements. >> he has nothing to do with this deal and it's on record. it's a family driven god led choice. it's a decision they allow them to move on while remembering him as a person filled with joy, kindness and laughter.

>> nbc bay area news. a man was hit by a car in san jose after the victim was taken to the hospital with life- threatening injuries the road was closed during the investigation. celebrating the grand opening of a new affordable housing development called the department featuring 130 units of supportive housing and housing for low income families. the apartments were built with funds. that was in 2016. to a from alameda. it's nice what they are telling us and what happens next. >> what's the most important

achievement at this summer's olympic? how paris is getting competitive in its efforts to keep the city clean. >> chief meteorologist jeff we will continue our coverage and i will show you what you do right now through your lifetime and what it could do to make

an eye-opening environmental report for your today. claiming europe is now the fastest continent in the world with temperatures rising at roughly twice the global average. it does have a silver lining europe has consistently generated more renewable energy and he continues in this direction. it could still reach its carbon emission goals set by the 2015 player paris climate accord. >> the olympics are near their

launching a ambitious plan for the first carbon neutral olympics. >> requiring major changes here every aspect of the olympics from athletes meals to the power grid the national climate reporter takes us behind the scenes in paris. >> hosting a big international event isn't exactly a climate friendly thing to do the last three summer games have average admissions of 3.5 million tons of carbon dioxide that's more than the annual omissions from germany and india combined. home of the paris climate agreement. >> that's how we will reduce that. >> we will resist against climate change. >> the president of paris 2024 and three time gold medalist who he met at a potato farm. really one of the with 13

million meals served during the game. local food lower omissions. have been cooking up to cut the omissions in half. this is not possible you're never going to make it. >> they've already made it. coming up in those efforts they were proud to help build and source enough new wind and solar. with 100% clean energy. coming up from the coast to solar panels. using existing arenas also help/their carbon footprint. built two new venues for products and basketball.

they made that entirely from plastic water bottles. >> they accelerate those spaces. >> reporter: the city's deputy mayor showed us how the city is also embracing climate solutions to endure long after the olympics including 800 miles of new bike lanes implanting 300,000 it will be more expensive and more difficult so that's why we decided to accelerate our investment it's cheaper to do now. those are part of climate solutions. if they can send that message it's worth making an effort. it's possible. they managed to send that message across we have won a really good medal.

>> they bring the world together in a way that few others do. we will find out just how successful they were. they will release the report card checking their goal against their actual mission. reporting in paris, back to you. also on this earth day in california jennifer knew some helped dedicate the states newest park. those are pictures of the ceremony about eight miles west of modesto and central valley. the state park opened in golden state. they had about 1600 acres coming back to 12 for the largest restoration project in california to restore habitats for threatened and endangered wildlife. >> that's beautiful actually. coming up for special events happening across the bay area.

bay areas reporting from a climate in crisis series all of our stories begin every day at 5:00 a.m. on our morning newscast. >> restoring marshlands, that's going to be really crucial when the sea level rises. almost things make an impact together. nice day outside today we had sunshine and blue skies. get ready though, colder temperatures are on the way we want detail all of that for you but i want to continue our climate coverage right now and we're going to take a look at emissions and our future temperatures what you do right now and through your lifetime and how we actually could see this all make a difference for us. let's start off and take a look at how much we've learned globally since 1880 we've seen a one degree celsius rise in temperature is it doesn't seem like a lot we make subtle changes globally that's what set off things with the level

rise. two thirds of that warming is happening since 1975. how is and that we do something now that helps our future? let's take a look at this graph. if we don't get any omission cuts, we could go five degrees celsius warmer here as we head into the future, we do not want that. if we make significant cuts we could stay around at two degrees celsius warming targets. that will help mitigate some of the harmful impacts and we will actually be able to hold back on some of the dire consequences that we hear about time and time again it will take everyone coming together on this one. they come up as the top polluters to come together to lower the co2 and get us to a better position. we all know this stuff. coming up locally and help

recycle. solar panels are so expensive, but if you able to do that, it will help out. changing light bulbs to l.e.d. can help out. we have more coverage at nbc bay area.com we will continue more throughout this week. we will clear that drizzle back through the afternoon with sunshine here away from the coastline. that means morning temperatures will be in the 50s to start throughout the bay area lifejackets not nearly as hot as we head into the afternoon today. we are back at 69. you will feel that at 68 in vallejo. 67 here in san mateo. 65 downtown and a cooler 66 in sonoma. we have a chance of the few spotty showers friday trying out the upcoming weekend and temperatures after 85 in san jose we are down to 69 on wednesday and this weekend most

importantly, we warm up some more comfortable efforts. what a great weekend. today is awesome. >> i agree. up next, a carcass down in the san francisco bay. >> an officer involved shooting nearly 700 miles away. the tragedy being felt in the

a sheriff's deputy killed in the line of duty in idaho over the weekend. those who loved him are struggling with such a tragic loss. flags are at half staff at the pleasant hill police department, where deputies were told he worked as a police officer. he worked for nearly 5 years before moving to idaho for a slower pace of life. he was shot and killed saturday during a traffic stop in boise he attended a christian high school and walnut creek. cross country while he pursued law enforcement. >> he's a public serve and a serve of his church and a serve of our school. really he wasn't one of those guys who is thinking about himself he was always thinking about others and how he could give back. >> he always had a smile on his face. he got along really well.

he got along really well. >> his teachers say we wanted to become police officers in high school he served as a cadet. he married his high school sweetheart. scientists are trying to figure out how a whale died over the weekend. the marine mammal center that's where experts will try to figure out how it died. they were spotted two weeks ago. they just made history by rick breaking the record. he spoke with manilow about his biggest hits.

>> you really did not put your money on it. >> we put it this close. we asked the dj to play. everyone ran to the dance floor. it was -- i said -- >> you can watch the full interview coming up next on nbc nightly news. business. it's not a nine-to-five proposition. it's all day and into the night. it's all the things that keep this world turning. the go-tos that keep us going. the places we cheer.

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today is the beginning of birth week and this year is also bring your can do work day. >> santa clara valley authority combined the two with the employees and their children in environmental awareness activities for san jose park. , cecil williams the legendary san francisco community leader employee of the week saying they are being bullied by their boss. leading to a new call for an

investigation. coming up on a 7:00 news. tonight, the opening statements and the first witness taking the stand in donald trump's historic hush money trial. the former president back in a new york court as both sides laid out their cases. prosecutors accusing mr. trump of a criminal conspiracy to cover up a payment to adult film actress stormy daniels just before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair. the defense calling it merely a legal expense, saying it's not illegal to try to influence an election. and the first witness, the former publisher of the "national enquirer." the key role prosecutors said he plays in the case. also tonight, clashes on college campuses. nearly 50 pro-palestinian protesters arrested at yale as another ivy league university, columbia, moves