Saidid aa oint femo starthase t. An annnc fm llyfie, abc7 news. Happening today, governor gavin newsom will release his revised state Budget Proposal to balance a shortfall caused by this pandemic. His revised plan will include more than 200 million to increase the states firefighting efforts. That will be used to manage a surge in wildfires and hire 600 new additional firefigters. Newsom will have to decide what will be cut. Some state lawmakers areern waing against cuts to education and others are suggesting a statewide tax increase. California does have at least 16 billion in its rainy day fund. You can watch the governors briefing at noon live right here on abcden 7. Your health, your childrens emgication, the changing workplace and the economy. These are all areas that abc7 news is committed to covering in the effort to build a better bay area. As we see progress in reopening the bay area, we know well have to adapt to a much different world. The question that is weighing on paren
Association the director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program a State University of new york and the author of in the spirit of marching the living legacy of doctor mlk junior and through the eyes of others africanamericans and identity in arts. In her new book driving while black, just out today, the professor tells a story of the indispensable green book that reshape the africanamerican traveling experience throughout the sacred native land to help drive the Civil Rights Movement. Please welcome gretchen to the free library of philadelphia. [applause] good evening. Its wonderful to be in this great city of philadelphia and i apologize rick could not join us this evening. He had an emergency and italy but i hope we a jewel on enjoy the preview of the film. So im sure many of you have seen the green book movie i will talk this evening of the broader story and that is about the automobile and the role it played in africanamerican life. How important your mobility is to you. How important
Many of you honestly know him. Hes cohost of morning edition on npr. Hes also the author of this great book on jessie and john fremont. How many people are here from fremont . We have a couple, okay great. Thank you very much, steve, for coming. [applause] thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks everyone, and good day. Delighted you could come this afternoon. Im delighted to be here in San Francisco, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and particularly to talk about jessie and john fremont who had so much to do with the creation of california as we know it and so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. I got into San Francisco about 2 30 a. M. On a delayed flight from los angeles, got a couple of hours of sleep at an Airport Hotel and then woke up again because i was to be picked up by a car and driven up the highway into San Francisco to do a live radio thing on kqed. The thing about life radio is it begins at a very exact time. The thing about going through S
I can very much, steve, are coming. [applause] thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks everyone and good day here delighted that you could come this afternoon. Im delighted to be in San Francisco, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. And particularly to talk about jessie and john fremont who it so much to do with the creation of california as we know it. And so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. I got into summer cisco about 2 30 a. M. On a delayed flight from los angeles. Got a couple of hours of sleep in an Airport Hotel and then woke up again because i was to be picked up by a car and driven up the highway into San Francisco to do a live radio thing on kqed. The thing about live radio is it begins at a very exact time. The thing about going through San Francisco traffic is that youre you are really not going to make your exact time. I was supposed to be 8 a. M. That i would be there for the National Radio and at 80 m im still the road in the back of this
Thanks, everyone. Good day. Im delighted to be here in San Francisco, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Particularly to talk about jesse and John Freemont who had so much to do with the creation of california as we know it and so much to do with the creation of San Francisco as we know it. I got in to San Francisco about 2 30 a. M. On a delayed flight from los angeles, got a couple of hours of sleep at an Airport Hotel and then woke up again because i was to be picked up by a car and driven up the highway into San Francisco to do alive radio thing on to do a live radio thing on kqed. The thing about live radio is it begins at an exact time. The thing about going through San Francisco traffic is that youre really not going to make your exact time. And so i was supposed to be 8 00 a. M. Pacific time that i would be there for this National Radio hit, and at 8 00 a. M. , im still on the road, in the back of this car, creeping up the freeway at, i dont know, 7, 9 milesanhour, w