Waves of latinos came to americas heartland and they worked in its factories, farms, and Service Industries and they turned chicagoland into chicagolandia. So im here to find out what kind of impact decades of latinx influence have had on the windy city. And im gonna have some amazing food, because you know that happens a lot on this show. Its right here in my contract. Feed john. [tracks clacking] [upbeat horndriven music] [trills] [upbeat music] im here on chicagos west side in la villita, or Little Village, where theres one of the largest Mexican American communities in the midwest. The mexicans who settled here came looking for work and ended up creating the secondbiggest economy in chicago right here on 26th street, the mexican magnificent mile. With over hundreds of shops, i needed a local guide, so im meeting up with hollywood legend and chicago native, michael pena. You might have seen him in his breakout role in crash. You talking about that bullet that came through your windo
And a cool wind blowing in the town right for the unofficial beginning of summer. What about your holiday forecast . Well have that coming up next. When fun time. From the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news. Thanks so much for joining us at 10. Im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus tonight. A Record Number of people are hitting the roads, getting out of town, going to airports, just trying to have some fun. This memorial Holiday Weekend. Triple a says that airports are going to be really packed. More than we have seen in 20 years and on the road, more than 43 Million People expected to travel at least 50 miles from home. Kron fours Lawrence Karnow joins us now with a look at the conditions people face this weekend. Is there on the roads in the air . Whatever. Hey, lourdes. Yeah. Hey, guys. Yeah. I kind of got a taste of it today, right . Boy, what a cool down. We had across the bay area that onshore wind. The Cool Temperatures coming right off the ocean. Waters dr
Station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning far. Good morning. Thank you for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news at 05 00am. Its monday. May 20th. Im James Fletcher in for reyna harvey at this early hour weve got john started things off here in the Weather Center as we take a look at the week ahead and what you think, john. Yeah, looking pretty good. Were keeping a lot of this weather that weve gotten used to lately unimpeded just going through the rest of the week. Does get a little bit warmer, though. And today youll notice temperatures climbing just a couple of degrees from yesterday. Looking outside at the Golden Gate Bridge. Just the faintest view of a little bit of fog right along the coast. Most of us are crystal clear. So fog, not much of a concern this morning. Winds generally out of the north and west and not too much of a factor at the coast. We do have some breezy conditions up in the north bay mountains, but overall not dress of lee. Windy day either. So today is g
you can get more on those stories on the bbc news website. all have a full bulletin of news for you at the top of the hour, but right now, the travel show. this is just incredible. the caribbean a collection of 7,000 islands set in shimmering seas with some of the best beaches and marine life in the world. it s home to over 45 million people and a mix of cultures, music and natural wonders. but this oceanic environment is as fragile as it is beautiful and the caribbean s relationship with its seas and ecosystems are changing rapidly. i m reece parkinson. as someone who has caribbean ancestry, this place has almost mythical status, even though i ve never been here before. we re swimming with sharks! i m kicking off my adventure in the dominican republic. oh, i m excited! ..where i discover how islanders are carving out a new relationship with the sea. really, what i want is for the community to get in touch with the ocean because that s the only way we re going to take care