He grew up in the springs i am a former resident of the springs. Pardon me. He obtained his bachelors at the university of colorado and his doctorate at harvard. He has been serving as an associate professor of history at the university of california berkeley, what some of us like to call that other School Across the bay. Professor delay is known best for his 2008 book war of a thousand deserts which won 5 major book prizes. His scholarly articles have won multiple book prizes. He has even ventured into the realm of art history in a terrific essay on winslow homers famous painting, watson and the shark. Just published in the new collection entitled the familiar made strange american artifacts after the transnational turn. Brians new contract under ww norton is to be called shoot the state arms, capitalism, and freedom in america before gun control. Professor delay is also a multiple awardwinning teacher who has served on an organization of american historians and a fulbright distinguis
This holiday holding a Neighborhood Watch party. All the neighbors came out and weve been checking in on each other the whole weekend now. Reporter theyre collective gaze isnt for criminals but rather the menacing smoky cloud rising above the ridge. The fire started burning between 6 30 and 7 00 saturday night. Many here packed up and prepared to leave. Just in case increasing winds started blowing trouble toward their home. You hate to see the house go up. But its just a house. And were okay. So you know, you keep thinking of houston and the other fires that are going on and you say, okay we can do this lord. Reporter 200 firefighters are waging an unrelenting assault on the flames from the air and from the ground. Steep rocky terrain is making it difficult for bulldozers to dig containment lines around the fire. So firefighters from calfire and local departments from surrounding counties have gone back to basics. Were basically building containment lines. Right now were hitting it ve
Had, i was progressively spiraling down. Derek wittenbergs Second Military enlistment included a tour in afghanistan. And his return to civilian life two years ago was not what he planned. Its kind of hard to relate to that. It wasnt like it was before. I wasnt the same person. This time, he was homeless. The situation was different for henry frank. He served in the army more than 30 years ago. When i went in i did my tour at ft. Stuart, georgia. I stayed there pretty much the whole time, even though we did desert training; never saw combat, but his life changed dramatically a couple of years ago when financial problems left him with no home, no money, and no prospects. You show obvious signs of being homeless, its very difficult to get a job. Hacap says 40 per cent of iowas homeless are veterans and their families. Thats a startling statistic that hacaps Operation Home strives to eliminate. The whole sole purpose of the program is to end veteran homelessness. So we prioritize helping
Po through the day. Tonight, expect clear and Cool Conditions with widespread 20s. For those that have not experienced a hard freeze yet this season, you should get one tonight. This weekend continues to look great with highs primarily in the lower 50s saturday and upper 50s low 60s on sunday. Have a great weekend today mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 510. Low 33 thanks kaj. This morning, crews in Waterloo Commercial street. We spoke with authorities this morning and will continue to follow this developing story. Stay with us here and online, at kcrg dot com. Today is veterans day, a day when america honors all men and women whove served. Some veterans struggle after leaving the military and too many end up homeless. In eastern iowa, the Hawkeye Area Community Action program, or hacap, has a mission to Operation Home. We send our military men and women off to fight in foreign
Though cooler than yesterday. A few more scattered clouds will be possible, but otherwise the sky should remain fairly clear through the day. Tonight, expect clear and Cool Conditions with widespread 20s. For those that have not experienced a hard freeze yet this season, you should get one tonight. This weekend continues to look great with highs primarily in the lower 50s saturday and upper 50s low 60s on sunday. Have a great weekend today mostly sunny. Wind n 1020. High 54 tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 tom. Night clear. Wind sw 10. Low 33 over Donald Trumps election win. Portland police say demonstrators broke windows of businesses and started a Dumpster Fire downtown. Police in los angeles arrested more than two dozen protesters. Demonstrators were also out in new york, colorado and texas. The antitrump protest also spread to minneapolis where protesters blocked interstate 94. The protests blocked traffic in both directions on the i