And the smoke from 128. Now firefighters tell us, those flames are just a few feet ray way from the street, and they tell us, they need more manpower to find it. Extremely difficult to get to, because, of course we have no roads, and no hydrants iny the fire is. So right now, we have 4 alarms with the fire apparatus here. Basically, a 4 alarm fire, and its for manpower. The firefighters have the hose, hundreds of feet, up feet, through the brush, its just very labor intensive. Firefighters say the fire is contained, and right now, no homes are threatened, but they do expect to be there for several more hours. The conditions really are ripe for brush fires, as weve been talking for weeks about the drought, and how we desperately need rain. There is some wet weather in forecast though. Much needed rain, looking to move in sunday night into dry conditions out there, and the severe drought has turned into extreme Drought Conditions over boston, where 8. 2 inches of rain below where we shou
Online job applications. The city of boston is working to tackle this issue. They call it tech equity. Making sure all residents have equal access to innovation and the internet. It has been said all you need to start a business is an idea. But starting a business isnt that simple. Without access to idea is just that. The reason why technology is so important is because this is the way people are doing business. If you intend to correspond in any way, this is how you are going to do it. It does not make any sense for someone to tell you, this is how we are doing business in jargon internet is to our everyday lives. If you are an adult, you probably use it every day at work or even to find a job. In boston, the city of so much innovation, one in five families does not have access to the internet. Thats a huge number when you think about it. 20 percent of ourse fundamentally important way to get connected. This is the city of bostons chief technology officer. He is tackling the problem o
Promise and the promise will be published on the billboard. One of the things of importance is to think about the value of our own work. A new public art product that ive made. Public trust asks us to examine what can be kept, what is promised and what is fact and what will never come true . People will be able to come and make their promises public. They will be published on a giant 16 foot board. Peoples promises will be contrasted with thomases that happen in public made by scientists, politicians, government and by the weather report. Good . Please come in the last week of august and the first two weeks of september. My plan is to continue bringing contemporary public art to boston. We are joined now by kate colbert and the public trust ambassador. Welcome to you both. Looking splendid in the color purple. We are working hard to use public art to create dialogue. There is a lot of public art happening and we want to make sure all neighborhoods have a chance to access this work and
From his job. Karen anderson, newscenter 5. Heather more breaking news New Hampshire confirming its first case of the zika virus. State Health Officials say a woman contracted the virus after having sexual contact with a man who had symptoms after recently traveling to a country where zika is spreading. They add the woman was not pregnant and has fully recovered. Phil voters in a dozen states and American Samoa heading to the polls this tuesday. Hundreds of delegates are of for grabs. We could see the field the shrink dramatically. Heather polls here in massachusetts are open until 8 00 tonight. We begin with janet wu live in west roxbury. Janet . Janet we could break a record here in massachusetts today. Secretary of state bill galvin is looking for a lot of independents to pick up republican ballots. And in traditionally democratic wards, there Hillary Clinton. The election ward here in Dudley Square s had voting at midday not as high as 2008 but deftly on track to beat 2012. I belie
Captioning sponsored by annenberg cpb narrator north america is comprised of canada and the united states. These two highlyadvanced and comparatively wealthy countries are home to an extremely urbanized and mobile population. In the u. S. , many urban areas are characterized by diverse cultures, which create a rich ethnic mosaic. Our focus is boston, massachusetts, part of a megalopolis located on the northeastern seaboard of the united states. Here, as in Many American cities, ethnic populationss have taken root in older innercity neighborhoods. In recent decades, these neighborhoods deteriorated, with a downward spiral in infrastructure, services and opportunities. But now boston is bouncing back. Well see how relative location to the Central Business district, or cbd, is important to the development of these neighborhoods how so much can ride on their being part of federallyfunded enterprise zones and how Geographic Information systems, or gis, can be used in addressing some difficu