We are now going to hear a piece, the final for romeo and juliet. Thank you so much. s. Should okay mexico [applause] [applause] good evening, good evening. Lets give the members of the National Washington opera another round of applause. [applause] my name is jon samuels i had the distinct privilege of introducing the director of this smithsonian natural portrait gallery. The first woman to serve as a director of this missoni at National Portrait gallery has been exploring new ways to place personal experience and creativity at the center of learning and awareness. Ladies and gentlemen i present to some been introduced to others the director of the smithsonian National Portrait gallery. [applause] good evening. I want to welcome you to the smithsonian at the National Portrait gallery. When congress founded the museum it was with the understanding that we would select comic display tell the stories of individuals who have made a major contribution to the u. S. History and culture. As w
Released, the Highway Patrol says he was a 32yearold man from the hillsburg area, they believe. Alcohol was a factor. A couple of the southbound lanes near todd road were closed for several hours. Now were going to take a look at the san mateo bridge. This traffic looks pretty good heading out to the high rise with no major issues as you drive through. And if youre driving this morning on 80 west, im sorry, 880 westbound to hayward, that looks good. 4 31. Lets go back to the desk. As weve been saying, happening today, San Francisco says hello to Paul Mccartney, goodbye to Candlestick Park. Workers now busy finishing work on a huge stage for the final event at the stick. Tonight mccartney will officially close the old ballpark with a threehour concert. Sir paul will take the stage nearly 50 years after another historic event there, the beetles performed their last big concert at candlestick back in august of 1966. The stage now set for another big night for bay area beetles fans. Ktvus
Thanks, steve. Sal is with the band. Low cloud and temperatures on the mild for some, north bay running a little cooler up into oregon. Thats kind of pushed all the tropical clouds completely out of the state which is not kind if it has, steve, which is a first, but the fog bank is still there. 53 hillsburg to 53 petaluma, cool readings. Lakeport isnt too bad. Down to the south, 57 in gilroy, low 60s around sunnyvale, also san jose state university. Running a little cooler 55, fog will retreat right back, maybe a few high clouds to the south. Fog, sun, mild to warm. The water temps are running mild to warm as well, so the low is even close and the highs at the coast are not that bad. 60s and 70s around the bay. 80s inland. Heres sal. Reporter all right, steve. We are talking about a problem in santa rosa. Traffic on highway 101 should start to slow down about a half hour from now. Several southbound lanes at todd road were closed for two hours overnight, though, after a deadly onecar c
101 near 380. At 5 00 lets go back to the desk. Sal, thank you. A big decision by the Fremont School district. Ktvus janeen del la vega joins us now to tell us what the Fremont School board has done about a controversy controversial sex ed textbook that has angered a lot of parents. Janeen. Reporter the meeting went late last night, but the board did finally make a decision to delay the decision on whether 9th graders should be learning Sex Education out of a book that has content that some parents consider too racy. Now, district representatives did get an ear full from parent hoss were upset that the textbook called your health today makes references to masturbation, sex toys and bondage. They say it is not age appropriate for incoming freshmans at fremonts six high schools who are required to take a health class. The school board wants to work with the books publisher to make some changes in its chapters on Sex Education so that it is more suit to 14 years old. Heres what some stude
Transit bus. Why this attack is getting so much attention. Mornings on 2 begins right now. Its a big night for a bay area landmark. Tonight, Candlestick Park holds its last event and for many people it will be the place to be in the bay area, as sir Paul Mccartney is promising an explosive show for fans. Alex savidge has been live at the stick all morning. Coming up in two minutes, he will tell us about some of the special plans in store for the big event and a look at what makes the park so significant, so part of the history of the bay area. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. Morning, tori. Good morning. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steve, how does it look outside . Mostly gray. Yeah. Some sun. If you are heading to Candlestick Park, i think there could be worse conditions. It shouldnt be too bad. Water temps are running in the 60s. The lows have been on the mild side. Even though theres fog, a little mist and drizzle being reported. Not