Good evening. I would like to welcome you to tonights program. To our members we are so glad that you are here. And to you joining us for the first time and with the wide range of programs please turn off your cell phones during the program. Mary beth norton the author of five books and cowat it one call author several others and it has been published ten additions over 500,000 copies. As a Pulitzer Prize finalist and present of the Historical Association she is a professor america of American History at cornell and her new book it is available for purchase following the program please join me to welcome mary beth norton. [applause]. I want to show you the cover briefly because if you are a colonial historian on dash i dont know if anybody recognizes it but in the Massachusetts Historical Society the claims on the label but it contains t from the Boston Harbor the day after the party this is quite well known object in colonial america. Now i want to start with this verse from a poem th
Where the 60s remain and still in the 60s at 7 00. Here is jobina. How is the commute . We have positive news for people traveling through dublin. This fourcar crash thats been blocking three lanes on westbound 580 before hopyard the chp is telling us they should be opening up all those lanes in about five minutes. You can see the backup here more than four miles. A live look in San Francisco, 280 at king street and then moving over now to a live look where things are beginning to fill in. Reggie and kumasi . Developing news in the east bay, Police Searching for the person who right and killed a 12yearold girl crossing the street. It happened at manter and crow canyon road yesterday. Police are looking for the truck you see on your screen there. Julian glover is live with more this morning. Julian . Reporter traffic has picked back up here off crow canyon road this morning and i can only imagine how busy it was yesterday afternoon when the 12yearold girl and her sister were walking acr
Drop in temperatures. 60s at 4 00. The rest of us in the 70s. Jobina . Happy friday to you. We made it. We have our mass transit updates. Ferries running with no delays. B. A. R. T. Has 12 training running on time. Ace 1 is on time as well. I have a vta commuter alert. The blue and green lines will have a bus bridge in place between the karina and civic center stations. Julian and kumasi . Thank you. Some developing news to get to. Countries around the world are taking steps this morning to protect their Public Transit systems from the spread of the coronavirus. In the bay area, transit officials are preparing. Amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with more on this. Amy . Hi, good morning. B. A. R. T. Officials say right now theyre not doing anything major yesterday. Theyre taking a wait and see approach. So its business as usual right now. The b. A. R. T. Board of directors had a lot of questions yesterday for the general manager at the Board Meeting about what was being don trepare
From 9 00 p. M. To s6 00 a. M. , ad it just wrapped up. Thanks. The grand princess cruise ship is docked at the port of oakland as we speak. It will be there as long as it takes all the passengers to get off. Last night at least five people were loaded into ambulances and taken to hospitals. Sky 7 was overhead as the ship travelled into San Francisco bay and it passed under the Golden Gate Bridge and as you can see here, under the bay bridge and docked at the port just afternoon. This map gives you a closer view of where the ship is docked. Its in the ports outer terminal harbor, and its pretty far away from alameda and the es cue wary. Julian is in the south bay, where the city announced a ban on large events, but we will start with Amy Hollyfield who is live at the port. Reporter there are still people on the ship. They could not get everybody off yesterday so they will work again on that today in just a few hours. We have spoke to some passengers that said they are happy to be here,
While 62 to 64 at noon, and stray showers possible in the south bay in the spread, and 57 cool at the coast and the rest of us, 63 to 66. Good morning, everyone. Happy tuesday to you. Hope your morning is off to a smooth start because our traffic is. We are looking at the san rafael bridge, and a couple cars making their way to the plaza. And the bay bridge, its recovering from a slowdown from earlier that we talked about. If you are traveling westbound you will see the grand princess cruise ship off to the lefthand side. Its big and bright and you cant miss it. I know we have been covering it and a lot of people are curious so wanted to mention that. Walnut creek to dublin, eight minutes. The grand princess ship is docked. Last night at least five people were loaded into ambulances and taken to the hospital. One woman tweeted operations were running smoothly. Sky 7 was overhead yesterday morning as we watched the ship travel into the bay. It docked at the port around 12 15 p. M. And e