Its often called a once in a lifetime experience, and soon it could be seen for the second night in a row for people here in the bay area. Ive never seen Northern Lights in my whole life. My cousins did. My friends did. Now i cant wait for my turn right now, spectators are gathering for the rare opportunity to potentially see the Northern Lights. Good evening. Im amber lee. It could be the second night in a row that these lights are visible in bay area skies. Ktvu is joey huerta is live from the Chabot Observatory in the Oakland Hills, where both astronomers and stargazers are gathered. Tonight, joey. Yeah. Amber. What a night out here. The spectators have been coming in for hours now, waiting in line. There at capacity. Theres a parking lot that holds 400 cars. It is full at this point. These people, eager to see this rare solar storm over the bay area. The Northern Lights, a stunning light show illuminating the night sky across the country. And right here in the bay area, seen for th
Together in San Francisco demanding and end to the violence. Many years ago, an important and often overlooked battle over School Segregation played out right here in the bay area. And is centered around a brave eightyearold, Opening Doors for chineseamericans. Happy mothers day. We will tell you about some special events happening in the bay area to celebrate the important women in our lives. Instructed morning, and thank you for starting your day with us. Today is sunday, may 12th. I am max darrow. Family and friends of journalists killed covering the war in gaza , coming together in San Francisco this weekend to demand better protections and an end to the violence. This is a look from San Francisco this weekend. Amanda harry spoke to someone who lost a loved one while reporting in the west bank. It is an ongoing, intentional targeting of journalists. Reporter the loss of life in the west bank, continues to be felt around the world. According to gazas government media office, more th
The last time we saw a show like this was 20 years ago, so why is it happening . Ionize material enters the atmosphere at the poles where it interacts with the oxygen in our atmosphere, creating all of these bright colors. And while he says tonights show may not be as colorful, its worth trying to catch a glimpse using your camera just find a spot away from city lights and point north. But these vibrant colors may also have a dark side. Its kind of disrupting the earths magnetic field, and that can cause all kinds of problems with Radio Communications with gps, it can cause problems like power failures. Starlink, the satellite arm of elon musks spacex, warned of Degraded Service because of the geomagnetic storm. But that isnt stopping people from trying to catch a glimpse of this light show tonight. Getting a chance to see it in the Santa Clara Valley is, you know, almost as as rare as snow mary ann favro nbc, bay area news. Wow, beautiful. We cant get enough. Heres another view taken
Arriving every day. And now one local rescue center is desperately appealing to the public for help. John ramos has the story. Reporter this public open house at the International Bird rescue in fairfield almost didnt happen, but they decided to go through with it anyway, because they thought it was important for the public to understand the crisis theyre dealing with. The International Bird rescue center is accustomed to dealing with injured or sick birds, but what began slowly in april has suddenly become overwhelming. We were all going back and forth like is this a thing, is it not a thing. And then over the last four, five days things just kind of cratered. For the first time in ten year, this is the most pelicans ive seen here. Reporter brown pelicans are the birds you see at the beach skimming over to water in formation like a squadron of fighter plane, but lately theyve been found wandering in unusual places, unable to fly away from people. One bird that we have in care right no
Their commencement. Were going to continue to be a headache. Were going to continue to disrupt. And pelicans are starving and scientists dont know why. How a Wildlife Center in fairfield is stepping in. And the Northern Lights put on quite the show last night. Well find out if weve got an encore tonight. Thanks for joining us on this saturday afternoon, im brian hackney. And im andrea nakano. Its a day students look forward to after years of studying and hard work, but cals graduation today was interrupted by antiwar protests. Hundreds of graduates filled the stands, stomping their feet and chanting during the ceremony. The protest had a mixed reaction from the crowd. Reporter many of the new graduates did not have a normal High School Graduation four years ago because of the pandemic, so this commencement was supposed to help make up for some of that lost experience. Hundreds of propalestinian protesters made their voice heard as thousands of people at Memorial Stadium celebrated the