Bay areas tom jensen tells us, it is a true demonstration that humanity is alive and well in the city by the bay. Reporter it was an otherwise sunny and peaceful saturday outside the sanaa cafe near the San Francisco museum of modern art. The serenity interrupted when this man walked past the cafe windows, where customers worked on laptops and then turned and went inside, targeting a female customer. The ladies, they screamed loud, so it was so scary. This employee asked us not to use her name or show her face as she describes what she witnessed. She says the man went to the back and quickly grabbed a womans macbook before darting out the door. But watch what happens as he exits customers hot on his tracks, tackle him less than 100ft from the front door and hold him without hurting him until Police Arrived minutes later. It surprised me, but yeah, im so happy when they do that. And it wasnt just customers from inside the cafe that helped. There were patrons outside here too, with their coffee and their smartphones in hand, and instead of stopping and taking video, they jumped up and helped a neighbor in need. A popular social media account at frisco live 415 posted video after customers jumped into action and the Police Response that followed. They talked to the first customer to reach the suspect. Luckily within seconds, everyone ran outside, so i just, you know, told people to pick, you know, someone on one leg, someone on another leg and hold his arms as well, just so he could would stop trying to fight and hit me. And we can control him until the cops got here. And, you know, they seem to get here pretty quickly. Its very great seeing that, that people arent just bystanders. In the meantime, customers at shanna cafe say its refreshing to see people helping someone in need. The entirety of the community here just act on her behalf and, you know, stand up for her, its very reassuring. And, you know, its like you said, it ignites my faith in humanity. People acting on it, and a lot of people acting on it. I think it says a lot about this community. We reached out to sfpd for more information, but a spokesperson said no details would be available until monday. In San Francisco, tom jensen, nbc, bay area news. A new start for the city of oakland tonight. Oaklands new police chief is getting ready for his first day on the job. Chief Floyd Mitchell reports for duty tomorrow morning. His official start date was yesterday, but tomorrow is his first day at opd headquarters. This comes six weeks after mayor shengtao announced his hiring. Since then, the mayor says that chief mitchell has been working with the interim chief, learning about the department, learning about the city. Mitchell comes to the role after serving as chief of police in lubbock, texas. Oakland had been without a police chief since former chief Lauren Armstrong was fired in february of last year. All right, did you see the smoke . The Oakland Fire Department is now saying that this fire at the port of oakland was started by a lithium battery. The blaze sent black smoke, as you can see, up over the bay, seen here from this video from citizen app. The fire started around three this afternoon and was out an hour later. No word on how that battery caught fire. A very sad update to a story we brought you last night at 11. The five year old child pulled from the water in Contra Costa County has died. This happened around 430 yesterday on bethel island. Police got a call about a five year old who had fallen into the water to the back of a home. Rescue crews pulled that child from the water about 15 minutes later. Paramedics performed cpr and rushed the child to the hospital, where they later. He later died. No other details are being released at this time. Well, close to 2000 people crowded white plaza at Stanford University this afternoon, participating in dueling rallies. While tensions were high, things remained peaceful, but organizers of an interfaith rally, who are part of stanfords jewish student group, say they were forced to relocate midway through the rally due to an alleged safety concern. Nbc bay areas emma gaugh spoke to students involved in both demonstrations. We have come to respectfully ask Stanford University to live up to its highest ideals, to create communities of love just yards away from the propalestinian encampment on white plaza, stanfords jewish student group, the hayim club, hosted what it called an interfaith rally against terror. This is a message of humanity, and its a message of people coming together to stand against terror and to stand against hatred. We pride ourselves on the fact that it was an interfaith rally. In response to the planned rally, students at the encampment decided to host their own rally. One student told us, out of concern for their safety, taking into account what had happened at ucla and the violence thats been seen at other encampments. Yeah, understanding that this encampment is not really physically protected or barricaded, i think it was kind of like a safety response. Campus Public Safety officers stood between the dueling rallies. The encampment also had at least 30 of its own safety marshals on hand. I was also safety marshaling. So i was reminding our own protesters and our own Community Members to not get physically involved with anyone, not get close to anyone, and just sort of keep the peace. More than an hour into the interfaith rally, the group abruptly relocated, walking to the stanford oval. Organizers say Campus Security pressured them to leave due to unexplained safety concerns. The moment we got to white plaza and we started our speakers event and i started introducing, we all of a sudden got a lot of pushback and pressure from the stanford like security members. Nbc bay area reached out to campus Public Safety but has not heard back. The interfaith rally continued smoothly, with speakers across hindu, zoroastrian, chinese, iranian and israeli communities calling for hamas to free the remaining hostages and calling for peace. It felt like the world hugged us. Eventually, i we needed that hug. I think that we see so many times, the back that we get as an israelis. But to see the hindus and the chinese are coming all together, and the iranian with the dueling rallies behind them, both proisrael students on campus and students at the encampment, tell me there is interest in coming together for respectful dialog. People come to us in good faith. Well return to them in good faith. We are open to conversations. And thats thats something that we want at Stanford University. Emma goss, nbc, bay area news. In los angeles, dozens of propalestinian protesters gathered outside the Pomona College commencement ceremony. Demonstrators chanted waved signs as guests arrived. Now, last week, the college moved its graduation to shrine auditorium. Thats nearly 40 miles away from its campus in claremont. The college made that move after protesters refused to take down their encampment as tensions remain high here in the u. S, israel has issued an urgent warning to palestinians to evacuate parts of rafah in southern gaza. Battles are continuing across gaza, with the Health Ministry saying the death toll has now topped 35,000 people. The Israeli Military says it was continuing what it calls precise operations in eastern rafah, ahead of a full scale invasion. U. S. Officials have repeatedly warned against the move. Secretary of state Antony Blinken was on nbcs meet the press this morning. Is it fair to say that President Biden and Prime Minister netanyahu are not seeing eye to eye right now . There are two things. One is that, as the president said and as we said in many conversations over the last couple of months, there has to be a credible plan for the civilians. Have you seen a credible plan . We have not. Second, theres Something Else thats important. We also havent seen a plan for what happens the day after this war in gaza ends, because right now, the trajectory that israel is on is even if it goes in and takes heavy action in rafah, there will still be thousands of armed hamas left. You can, of course, catch more exclusive interviews on meet the press with kristen welker. Watch every sunday at eight right here on nbc. Bay area east. Outbound highway 37 in Sonoma County has reopened early. Part of that road was expected to be closed until five tomorrow morning for a repaving. It opened tonight about ten hours ahead of schedule. Caltrans says that it will shut down the westbound lanes next weekend, so it can complete that repaving project. Highway 37 reopening early. Good news for the morning commute. Obviously. Join us weekdays starting at 5 a. M. On today in the bay. Our mike inouye will break down what you need to know before you head out the door. All right, now to folks trying to make it in the bay. Rents are up or down, depending on where you live. San francisco, san mateo and santa clara counties all saw average rent increases over the last year in the east bay, though alameda and contra costa counties actually saw a drop in prices. That is according to real estate data company costar. Experts say its being driven by prices in oakland, and Apartment List says rent there has dipped more than 10 in the last year. And you might be asking yourself why . Experts say the decline is because theres an excess of market rate and luxury housing in the city. Well, city leaders in Half Moon Bay are feeling the pressure from the state this week. The governor says he wants the Planning Commission to stop delaying a 40 unit Affordable Housing project for farm workers. Last week, he issued a warning pick up the face or face. Legal consequences the Planning Commission is due to meet tuesday and may finally vote to move forward with the project. This comes after a deadly mass shooting at two farms last year, which put a spotlight on poor Living Conditions for farm workers. In response, the city proposed building a complex for senior farm workers but never approved it. Newsom calls the delays egregious. It was a day to celebrate the reverend Cecil Williams, a longtime leader of San Franciscos glide Memorial Church, was a champion of racial equality, lgbtq rights and the poor over the past 60 years, williams transformed glide into a center for civil rights activism, lgbt inclusivity, service to the neighborhood today, the congregation celebrated his life and legacy with a special service nbc bay area Sergio Quintana was there. The first thing you need to know about this special service dedicated to reverend Cecil Williams is it is not a solemn memorial. This is a celebration. Its now been nearly three weeks since reverend williams passed away. He was 94. His daughter, kimberly williams, was with him. It was a bright, sunny morning. It was a fine day to take his freedom flight and liberate himself from the mortal vessel. He was full of joy and light that day. I want everyone to know he was radiant. Cecil williams arrived at glide Memorial Church in 1963. Through the decades, he led the church in civil rights actions, openly invited the Lgbtq Community into the congregation, and was an early aids health care advocate, and of course, was a steady supporter of the diverse residents of the tenderloin. But his efforts went beyond this neighborhood and the city. At todays memorial, a delegation from all levels of government paid their respects, including a message from Vice President kamala harris, which was delivered by reverend amos brown, leader of San Franciscos third baptist church. I am grateful for his tireless efforts to uplift some of our nations most vulnerable communities, along with the speeches were some tearful testimonials from people who say reverend williams saved their lives. People like baby resident rhonda york. I came from the tenderloin you know, and its hard out here. But mr. Williams made things better. Just a little bit better. And ever since he told me that i was a child of god, i always believed that im. Im clean and sober. 12 years today, and i give thanks to glide memorial in San Francisco, Sergio Quintana nbc, bay area news. We are back in 60s. It is mothers day and these two are quite literally gold medal winning moms. You sit down with the olympic duo on their first mothers day. Plus one east bay city is putting a stop to a controversial project aimed at cooling our warming planet and plan on some low clouds and drizzle part of that monday morning commute ahead of the coolest day of the week before temperatures climb back to summerlike levels to summerlike levels midweek. The meet new all sensitive fresh™, its a game changer for me and my family. Now all has a detergent thats gentle on skin and leaves our laundry smelling breezy. All sensitive fresh, with a hypoallergenic scent my family loves. A slow network is no network for business. Thats why more choose comcast business. And now, were introducing ultimate speed for business our fastest plans yet. 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I feel like time is just like flown by olympic Beach VolleyballGold Medalist april ross and Alix Klineman are celebrating their first mothers day. For me, being a mom is just changed everything. Ross is in there and its good. Whereas before, like volleyball was so central to my life and like everything revolved around that. Now being a mom, its like, thats number one. But then it also makes me like prioritize other things too. And i feel like my life is just so much more balanced than it used to be. Balanced but hectic, especially now. The reigning Gold Medalist from tokyo are back to competing. Training began only a few months ago. Like trying to come back now is like a mad rush. Its really hard to be a mom and a play, and i was kind of like, okay, i think i might be done. And then april texted me and was like, do you want to play . And i was like, okay, well, if im going to play with anybody at this point, i had to take her to breakfast and like, sell her on it a little bit, a little breakfast and a lot of support from each other. We say, like before, we had to go to practice and now we get to go to practice. And i think it definitely like makes us appreciate being out there. Its our social time. Its like get out of the house time. Its like me time. Its all those things all in one klineman and she puts it away. Their first tournament together in two years will be in their backyard at the avp Huntington Beach open later this month. They won this tournament in 2019. All of the top teams will be playing, which will be really fun because its, you know, its anyone whos local. Its their chance to see the top competition before they go to the olympics. So and the reigning Gold Medalist, itll be our last, maybe one of our last tournaments as the reigning Gold Medalist. Their competitive spirit still strong. But they also understand theres this reality. Its important we want to do the best that we can. And when we get out there, like she said, like were going to try to win and we probably wont be happy unless we win the tournament. But we also have to like kind of be a little bit realistic about what our, you know, expectations might be. They also want to prove they can still compete in Beach Volleyball, like so many mothers have done before them in theirs and other professional sports. Obviously, im an older mom, but i love it and i feel like it was the right timing for me and now i can really dive into being a mom and not feel like im missing out on anything. I hope that, you know, after we do this, we make it just even a little bit easier for the next person that does it. And before they compete, theres mothers day. What are you most going to celebrate . I was thinking, its cool. Im going to get to celebrate it with my mom. And like, i just feel like she has always been in my corner helping me. And its crazy that thats like the role that im going to, you know, play for him. For me, im just like, i want to go get my nails done. Oh, the little things. Any mother can relate, even olympic medalist. Oh very cool. The kids dont care if youre doing an interview. No, they got things to do. Yeah, they got things to say and do. All right. The bay are