First we are going to talk about general william t. Sherman and what he did in 1865, at least the first stage of his campaign in 1865 when he left the state of georgia and began to move north into South Carolina. He built up a little bit of a base at the conclusion of that campaign and began to talk about heading north. The conclusion of the savanna campaign had a couple questions behind it, political questions, which he did not want to deal with, and a couple of military, after it was agreed he would be permitted to move to the north and go straight into South Carolina. There were repercussions for that on the confederate side and the folks on the Southern Side would begin to react to that. Of course, even as sherman was leaving atlanta, there were folks on the confederate side that reacted to what was going on. One of them, something of an alert fellow, general beauregard, reacted and saw what was on the way. And of course, technology is always a curse in here. There we go. He discus
Im tracking those temperatures. Ill show you that in just a moment. But here is a stunning view our camera looking east with the sunrising. As we head through the afternoon, seasonal daytime highs, breezy around the coast and 70 in oakland, looking at 75 in san jose, and 80 for fairfield. Temperatures in some spots as we mode through the Holiday Weekend into the 90s. Details coming up. With temperatures heating up, oakland city officials will be cracking down on crowds this memorial day weekend. Joat ian out you know, the sun is just coming up. It is looking gorgeous out here at lake merritt, and its still gorgeous despite all of these warning signs that were seeing out here. Towaway, no parking. Cover your nation, stay six feet apart. Just like last weekend, the lake will still be opened, but the city will not make it easy for you to get here, in an effort to reduce the crowds. The following changes go into effect through the Holiday Weekend. No parking aation to lake no park at allci
Fo really called our church this. From sky 7, you can see hundreds of drivers lined up patiently waiting their turn for pickup. Pastor kenny foreman says he has never seen anything like this before. Were going to be here for the long haul until we goat the other side. Second harvest of Silicon Valley distributes food through sites in santa clara and san mateo counties. The church is just one of them. We have so many people feeling so much anxiety right now, and so many people finding themselves for the first time in need of help. Across town at the san jose armory, Real Estate Developer urban community has brought together a network of business and Community Leaders to help form a new nonprofit called san jose ship kits. There is a lot of good people throughout that really want to make a difference. And weve got a lot of already. The group is distributing free medical, food and wellness supply kits by those in shelter in place mandate. Theyre really going through it. And to be able to
We have at least 119 people who have lost their lives in the pandemic here in the bay area. Santa clara county remains the hot spot in the region with more than 1,400 cases. Both Alameda County and San Francisco both have more than 700 confirmed cases. Further north lake county has three confirmed cases in mendocino county. Three of those patients gratefully have recovered. With less traffic in oakland because of the stayathome o order closing 74 miles of residential streets to cars. Calls the emergency oakland slow streets. Provides 10 of roadway for people to safely ikn freshair. H beus of the shelter in place will unfortunately mean cuts. Ridership is down a ohis week. We know were going to have to cut. We are going to have to cut some things and were going to have to become more lean and nimble and we cant expect taxpayers to fill the whole hole of 246 million to 240 million in revenue lost. B. A. R. T. Is losing 9 million every week. It started running trains only once every 30 mi
Heres a look back at about 2 00 this morning when some of the light to moderate showers moved through the south bay. More than a tenth of an inch in the mountains and 400 in the valley. Little slippery this morning, but you can see that has moved on and all of our neighborhoods are showing pretty dry weather right now even though we have pretty cloudy conditions out there still. Temperatures in the low to mid50s through 7 00 and stay at the 50s in the coast and we in h the low 60s at noon and mid 60s at 4 00 with more sunshine than yesterday and back into the 50s. Grab a coat if youre heading out this evening. Well take a look at the warmer weather coming up. Heres reggie. Thanks, mike. Easter at home. That is the new reality for so many people in the bay area this weekend. So, lets go to our reporter at home and that would be Julian Glover live from the south bay this morning. Good morning, julian. Hey, good morning, reggie. Yes. Certainly unusual in times that are far from normal. We