The strand is the sole survivor now run by a thirdgeneration owner and we want to thank you for your support. We are so appreciative. Tonight we are beyond excited to have with us journalist and historian Richard Kreitner to launch his new book break it up. Richard grew up in new jersey and studied philosophy in montreal. Since 2012 hes been affiliated with the nation as a intern editor and writer and also published essays, reviews and articles. The new york review of books in the New York Times. His books are break it up and the secret history of america the Perfect Union and a travelers guide to literary locations around the world and also writes only united name and occasional newsletter on politics and history. Joining richard in conversation is rick perlstein, author of reaganland. Before that he published the invisible bridge, the fall of nixon and the rise of reagan. New york times bestseller, one of the best nonfiction books of the year by over a dozen locations. Winner of the
Can i get another one of those actually . [ superfan ] hey, america, were here to help. This is the creamy chicken corn chowder. I mean, look at it. So indulgent. Did i tell you i am on the. [ both ] Chicken Pot Pie diet me too [ male announcer ] so indulgent, youll never believe theyre light. 100calorie progresso light soups. Youll never believe theyre light. California mourns the loss of 2 Highway Patrol officers tonight. Killed in the lien of duty. Those officers killed trying to avoid crashing in an accident scene in the central valley. Both men had worked this the bay area before transferring to reno. Good evening. Im in for carolyn. Officer brian law began his career with the chp in oakland. Officer Juan Gonzalez worked for the chp office in san jose and thats where lillian is live tonight to again our coverage. Lillian . Officer gonzalez worked at the office for a couple of years. Officers say avenues good mentor. Approachable. With a good attitude. Its be. Reporter working this
Reporter working this tonight was perhaps harder than most. Patrolling the highway is never easy knowing that 2 of your own died only hours earlier. And even harder when one of the 2 was someone you knew. Lee worked with officer gonzalez in the same San Jose Office before he transferred to fresno in 2010. Easy to talk to. Times we worked together i remember him just always being really steady and even keel. He was hand the wheel when they crashed on highway 99 on their way to assist in a multivehicle accident on the northbound lane. Turned out the accident was actually on the south bound lane. Officers took evasive action to avoid striking any of the parties from the previous collision. Lost control of the vehicle. Struck the guard rai rail. And severely crashed. Reporter this is video of gonzalez on the job two years ago from our sister station in fresno. 33yearold leaves behind mother, sister and girl friend who was planning to propose to. Officer brian law mane while leaves hyped hi
50s to near 60. Overcast near evening and keeping the temperatures in the mild area. Lowtomid 60s from noon to 4 00 and we will go gray, all gray, at 7 00 and 55 and at the coast, we are 47 right now but we will be in the midtoupper 50s and brisk in the afternoon. 52 degree with clouds during the evening hours. Now a check on the commute. Leyla gulen . It is back to work, backtoschool, and we are starting to see evidence of that. A few extra crashes have been reported to the c. H. P. And we will see where it is happening. First as we take you southbound along the nimitz you make it into union city and two lanes are blocked off and you can see the red, you are looking at heavy backup away from 92 and we have this stalled vehicle southbound 680 at highway four and that is blocking one lane and a look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights turn on a couple minutes ago and you can see how far back the head lits are extending so, very heavy traffic at this hour. Kris
Coast and our bay and inland neighborhoods top out in the lowtomid 60s. It is back to work as we have been talking about and back to traffic. Leyla gulen . Good morning, mike. We are starting off quiet with an early accident cleared at the bay bridge toll plaza but we will talk about mass transit at 36 bart trains run on time and a. C. Transit and no delays with sam tran, all running on same. There is a buildup of traffic over the Altamont Pass and 32 minutes from tracy to dublin. We will look at the richmondsan rafael bridge the traffic is nonexistence. When we make the commute over the Golden Gate Bridge, the traffic is light. There are no accidents to report. Is everyone staying home. A man is dead following a confrontation with Sheriff Deputies inside his hole. Now the latest information from the scene. The paramedics were here first and called the Sheriff Deputies and the deputies shot and killed the man of the a spokesman for the sheriff says that the man attacked officers and th