I think of students in college as the best thing to do is to take the teacher, not the course and hear to take these incredible authors and to be in the room, whatever they are talking about. The problem with this festival is there is somebody in every room you want to be with. Douglas brinkley has written biographies of more president s than most of us have ever heard of. Other interesting things a prime focus on the space program. The great space race. Be watching for that. And hes a cnn historian. He has a little basement studio envy of jon meacham. And Margaret Macmillan is trying to make the deal with cnbc. The great historical deal one of those transformative books but so important and jon meacham has written so many wonderful biographies, former editor of newsweek. The assignment is to talk about your favorite historical figure. I want to make that a fun thing so maybe we will get into some other elements. John why dont you start us off with your favorite historical figure. Its
From the east and west, north, and south in the goldrush. Tolerance, discrimination, and many difficulties have endured, threatened, and contributed enormously. The chinese continue to arrive today to study, to work, to perhaps stay permanently for today, a priest of the design who directs the Chinese Ministry , serving the spiritual needs of the chinese catholics of our area. A little history, find out what is up currently, but perhaps into the future. So after this, join us with conversation on chinese catholics. Hello, and thank you for joining us. How do i say that . Thank you, thank you. And he is, the director of Chinese Ministry . Yes, and the direct are here. And how long have you been doing that . Ive been doing that work for five years. In the city . Yes, i live in the city. To stand of sunset. And from then, i believe is one of six or seven parishes that have chinese worship . Yes, they have sunday mass at 12 30. Actually, 12 00. Every sunday. And is your mass in japanese, m
Put trend day too, because both of these i can celebrate today. I dont think that i have enough letters for International Friend day. Mike has on pajama pantses . No, i have pants on. That is our friend. Well let him be. Can we move on . I didnt know the library was open this early. Read. Always open. All right. Here is a look at what is going on weatherwise. Welcome to friday. International friends day, National Cheesecake day, whateer. Have a great day. 32mileperhour wind at fairfield, about 23 through the altamont pass. And you can see the clouds hanging out once again. The mist not quite as anth willll aittle bit ee o thi afternoon. There is now a clearer picture of what the start of the school year will look like for students in berkeley. The School Board Just signed off on their plan. Of course education is a big part of building a better bay area. We know a lot of families are looking for answers especially during this pandemic. Amy hollyfield is live for us in berkeley this mor
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