[inaudible conversations] in San Francisco. Im the director of events and we are pleased to welcome you to our author event. We are pleased to welcome you to this event with roland de wolk. We are pleased to have them both here for the first time. Before we begin, i would like to find out how many of you have been to the mechanics before . Wonderful. How many are new . Wonderful. Please come back wednesday at noon, we have a tour of our library, the librarian will show you around. At the International Test club down the hallway. 1850, we have a long history of San Francisco. We have Ongoing Events such as this one. We have the International Chess club down the hallway that presents their ongoing lectures and tournaments. Also, we have book clubs and a Writers Group and friday nights, we help we you welcome and join us for our cultural events. I would like to introduce our guest. Hes an Investigative Reporter in print, broadcast and online journalism. Is also a historian at the universi
California needs the rain. Todays storm helped boost our water supply. Were dealing with the cold, wet, and windy weather. Its something else. Today a quickmoving storm soaked the bay area, dumping rain that overwhelmed drains and caused problems on the roads. Reporter parts of the bay area saw hail. A viewer sent us this video from outside his home in the castro district. And the highest peaks picked up some snow. 3,400 in the santa cruz mountains. The sierra got smacked with a lot of snow. More than a foot at higher elevations. This is video of the treacherous drive along interstate 80. Amber lee is here now with more on how the weather affected everyones day. Its been a while since we have had heavy rain. A day of treacherous driving and dealing with problems caused by the rain. Reporter thursdays winter storm made a big splash all over the bay area. In San Francisco, we found standing water. Neighbors say its a recurring problem. I live here. Thats my garage. Water gets too high. I
Survivors am human trafficking, ranging in age from 24 to 54. The police came. And they had their guns, their machine guns. Reporter this neighbor too afraid to show her face lives on silverlake road in this quiet neighborhood. I feel relieved. Nobody wants this in their neighborhood and around their families. Reporter she says the tenants moved in in december. She would see young girls and men going in and out of the home and expensive cars parked outside. Among the items, police atm machines. I didnt know who actually moved in there. Reporter this next door neighbor says police checked to see if anyone had jumped in his backyard. He and others had no idea. Im just really surprised. That in our neighborhood, things like that go on. Reporter one neighbor said the house had Christmas Lights on all the time so the house would stand out. That was the kaes at this suspected brothel eight miles away on south king road. The survivors are receiving support tonight from Community Solutions non
I am laura shepard, director of events and im pleased to welcome you to our author event for comers new book grothman. In conversation with San Francisco columnist, we are pleased to have them here for the first time. I would like to find out how many of you have been to the Mechanics Institute before and how many are new . Please come back and we will give you a free tour of the library and show you the Incredible Library on the second and third floors. The International Chess club is down the hallway and we will tell you about our history. We were founded in 1854 and at the Mechanics Institute we have ongoing author events like this one, the International Chess club with their ongoing lectures and tournaments and book clubs and writers groups and on friday nights, we hope you will join us for all our cultural events. I would like to introduce our guest Roland De Wolk, an Investigative Reporter in print, broadcast and online journalism and a historian university adjunct and author. Du
New book, american, the life of stanford. We are pleased to have them both here for the first time. Before we begin, i would like to find out how many of you have been to the mechanics before . Wonderful. How many are new . Wonderful. Please come back wednesday at noon, we have a tour of our library, the librarian will show you around. At the International Test club down the hallway. 1850, we have a long history of San Francisco. We have Ongoing Events such as this one. We have the International Chess club down the hallway that presents their ongoing lectures and tournaments. Also, we have book clubs and a Writers Group and friday nights, we help we you welcome and join us for our cultural events. I would like to introduce our guest. Hes an Investigative Reporter in print, broadcast and online journalism. Is also a historian at the university adjunct an offer. During his almost four decades in journalism, is specialized in investigative projects as well as new features, earning him mos