Lets get right to our top story this friday morning. Bay Area Health Officials encouraging everyone to stay home this 4th of july weekend. Now this comes as the state and the bay area continue to see a rise in coronavirus cases kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in Contra Costa County this morning. She has all the details sarah good morning. And theyre good morning marty i live here in Contra Costa County one of counties in the bay area that seeing a major surge in cases terrible time they cant believe were heading into the 4th of july weekend and were seeing a spike in cases when we were doing so well and now were seeing that resurgence. So officials are asking us to stay home and be safe. Why lets take a look at the increases that were seeing across the bay area in all of our take a look at your screen there are quite a lot of numbers but just to name a few Contra Costa County is seeing a 129 increase in cases in a 111 increase in deaths from may 31st until yesterday that the county saw a 207
Details rana. James and darya good morning that fire continues to burn you can see Law Enforcement have this road here closed off on east done this is in the unincorporated area out here now again that fire you can see the smoke in the background ongoing go ahead and give you guys a closer look because you can really see just how strong the fire is on the hillside then go ahead to the iris scans you guys can see there. But look at that the fire continues to burn even hours after it was started. Firefighters have been here on with a number of agencies trying to get the fire put out were going to show you that video from overnight here now the fire right now as we know is about approximately 40 acres in size that was the last update that cal fire gave out that was about 5 hours ago. So theres a strong possibility that th co since then now we do know some evacuations in the area are in progress for finley ridge road and that theres also a hard road closure like i mentioned on east done a
Important that people understand that these men aboard the submarines died to preserve our freedom. They sacrificed all their tomorrows for our today, and that is why this exhibit is here. It is not just to highlight the sacrifice of the tang, but the sacrifice of all the americans who died in submarines in the second world war. Ive learned that you can do anything you want to. You can do anything you want to, and its just such a great opportunity. I would advise any first lady to do what she wants to do. Youre going to be criticized no matter what you do. I couldve stayed at the white house, poured tea, and i would have been criticized. I got a lot of criticism. But you learn to live with it, as i said earlier. You expected and you live with it, and never let it influence me. She was her husbands political partner from their first campaign. As first lady, she attended jimmy carters cabinet meetings, championing womens rights and Mental Health issues, even testifying before congress th
Capital. West,are in the wild domes and columns in a similar look and style. It was the idea that we were part of this particular government right now. You see a lot of symbolism in the room. Later, here about the internment of japanese americans during world war ii. I remember the day we had to leave. We did not know how long we were going to go. We didnt know where we would be sent. We just knew that we had to leave our farm. We begin the hour with a visit to the Sacramento History Center and a look at the items in the gold rush collection. The concept of where sacramento is is quite ludicrous in many ways. Its lowlying marshland. Probably the worst place to put a city. But the concept that it was more important for the monetary gain than it was for the longterm life of the city. What that caused in the end and what a lot of these things helped us document was how the city had to transform and change for self. It is a story of disasters. You can ask yourself that question, what i hav
This year cspan is touring cities across the country. Next a look at our recent visit to sacramento california. Historyatching american tv. All weekend, every weekend on cspan3. The California State Railroad museum is significant not only its collection, but where we sit. We sit at the corner of front and i streets in old sacramento, very close to the birthplace of the railroad. California became a state in 1850. Even prior to that people had talked and dreamed about a railroad spanning the American Continent. It was really important to the United States to have a railroad connecting california because in the 1860s, the civil war was raging. And californias gold and nevada silver funded a large range of efforts in the war. Prior to the secession of the Southern States, congress could not agree on a route for a railroad. Southern congressmen thought it would give more power to the north politically. Similarly, northern congressmen thought it would enable slavery to spread and give the s