Welcome to our panel today. These authors all commit the question of justice in different ways. I am frank shyong a columnist with the l. A. Times and i will let everyone introduce themselves so i get it correctly. I am Nicholas David often and i come from new haven, connecticut. I am erica and i live in california. My name is ali winston and i come from new york. I feel like this is setting up a tender profile or something. I live in l. A. I will start with erica. You wrote the book somewhere sisters. I wanted to ask you, as an introduction to the book in case not everyone here has read it, why did you want to write a book and how did the idea come about . My book centers on a pair of identical trends twins born in vietnam separated at birth. About six years ago i became a mother to identical twins. I was studying twin science and epigenetics. I connected with a researcher in california that is a very wellknown twin researcher. She connected me with twins around the world. For a piece
A peninsula. Smoke was about, id say 100, 100ft up. Its probably been the biggest fire ive seen. That firefighter, it was a long one, but it has come to an end tonight. Good evening everyone. Im mike mibach. And im Heather Holmes. The fire is at sims metal in redwood city, and it broke out just before 3 00 this afternoon. The flames sent smoke into several nearby cities, prompting air quality concerns. Our joey huerta joins us now live from redwood city. And joey, firefighters have pinpointed where in the yard this fire first began. Thats right. Heather and mike all clear now. The fire is out. You can still smell a metallic odor in the air now. And as i step out of the way, you can see crews who work at this scrapyard are still at it, moving things around with their heavy equipment tonight. And were told by the fire department, this all came down to a pile of cars that caught fire. Thick black plumes of smoke billowing over the horizon. Skyfox shows the view from above. Sims metal, a s
Expecting this memorial day weekend straight ahead. Live from jack london square. This is mornings on two. The knight. Today is thursday, may 23rd. Were looking at the San Francisco skyline here, and it is just i dont know if thats haze. Its not completely blue. Skies are clear and i know that the weather is probably on your mind, especially if youre staying in the bay area. So were going to have steve talk about that in just a bit. When it comes to hiring new employees , as more Companies Say that a candidates skills are more important than their experience, according to a new study from indeed, this trend is especially true in high wage positions that require college degrees. It found that two years ago, 66 of indeed job postings that required a bachelors degree also asked for a minimum amount of experience. But today, just 44 of these postings asked for any experience at all. The shift towards skills based hiring comes as online resources have made it easier to pick up new skills. W
Remain vote in the European Union because i think we have to work with likeminded people across europe who want to deal with tax havens and tax avoidance, who want to protect one inironment, but also solidarity with people rather than sing them all as enemies. Amy then we go to oakland, california, where a third police chief has resigned in just over a week amid a massive sexcrimes scandal involving an underaged teenage girl. As the mayor of oakland, i am here to run a Police Department, not a frat house. Amy then to oaxaca, mexico, where a Deadly Police crackdown against teachers has left at least eight people dead and more than 100 wounded. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Senate has failed to pass four separate measures aimed at curbing access to guns just eight days after a gunman massacred 49 people at a gay nightclub in orlando, florida. As families of People Killed by gun violence watc
Historic referendum on whether britain should stay in the European Union. For aave been campaigning remain vote in the European Union because i think we have to work with likeminded people across europe who want to deal with tax havens and tax avoidance, who want to protect one inironment, but also solidarity with people rather than sing them all as enemies. Amy then we go to oakland, california, where a third police chief has resigned in just over a week amid a massive sexcrimes scandal involving an underaged teenage girl. As the mayor of oakland, i am here to run a Police Department, not a frat house. Amy then to oaxaca, mexico, where a Deadly Police crackdown against teachers has left at least eight people dead and more than 100 wounded. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Senate has failed to pass four separate measures aimed at curbing access to guns just eight days after a gunman massacred