and i m the director of community partnerships for themassachusetts historical society . our program this evening is a seasonal, it s a look at the tradition of summer reading we are joined by professor donna harrington-lueker on her new publication gavin kleespies, 19th century publishing the rise of summer reading. she is a passer in newport rhode island and she has an undergraduate degree from rhode island and phd. as a former magazine writer and editor, research interests include 19th-century print culture, women s magazines on any period and radical or alternative press. before we begin i d like to extend a special welcome to anyone joining the virtual program for the first time. if you re not familiar with the massachusetts historical society we are the first historical society in america and have been preserving publishing and sharing our history since 1791. we hold a collection of 14 million manuscript pages including the papers of the first three presidents of the un
business for lawmakers include approving disaster relief funding in butte county following the camp fire. the california disaster assistance act normally allows for the state to share 75% of post- disaster projects with local agencies. butte county area lawmakers are hoping for 100%. that would make the camp fire the 14th event in california history to receive such funding. ((nats))another expensive cost for lawmakers to consider: how to fund the $20 million dollars it will take to prosecute the accused golden state killer. a judge determined joseph deangelo will be represented by a public defender for the dozens of charges he faces stemming from murders and rapes across a sacramento-area assemblyman filed a bill hoping to establish legislation that will appropriate funds to pay for the pricey prosecution. these are just a few of the hundreds of issues lawmakers hope to sort out in 2019. authorities are investigating a small plane that crashed into the american river near dis
northwest part of alameda county, went from the san leandro waste management transfer station, went through that, it was loaded into a landfill truck. >as investigators look into exactly what happened.. evidence suggests a homicide. an autopsy is scheduled tomorrow to determine the exact cause of the death.in the meantime, investigators are also tracking the previous loads that were brought in to the landfill from the western side of the county.live in livermore gayle ong kron 4 news. (ken) san jose mayor sam liccardo is going home from the hospital after he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. kron 4 s rob fladeboe has details of the accident and the latest on the mayor s condition from san jose. (pam) san jose. (pam) protesters gathered outside a modesto courtroom .. as the alleged killer made his first appearance. the case garnering national attention. because the suspect is here in the united states illegally. (pam) gustavo arriaga showed up today to be arraigne
committed cold-blooded murder against jennifer vasquez>(pam) the south bay family of a woman killed by police . says, officers murdered their daughter. and they want charges brought against them. (pam) thank you for joining us i m pam moore.(ken) and i m ken wayne. jennifer vasquez was shot and killed on christmas morning. but san jose police say the shooting was justified kron-4 s charles clifford tells us what the family is demanding now. natswednesday afternoon, the parents of jennifer vasquez spoke to the media on the spot where their daughter died christmas morning. they are pleading for the district attorney to take a closer look at the case because they believe the police department is not being forthcoming about what happened. lydia jimenez read a statement prepared by the family.sotsan jose in the early morning hours of christmas day committed cold blooded murder against jennifer vasquez.this all started early on christmas morning, when san jose police officers respo
now seven last word with laura jean coming or it s. good evening rachel, this raises an untrusting artistic question, and that is what the discussion is cameras in the courtroom has been going on for a while. they re in almost all courtrooms in america, and the place where they re not allowed or in federal courts. and because we don t allow them in federal courts, we still have some court artists left. . and are doing this work, and my worry about cameras in the federal courts is what happens to that body of art? and i have some wonderful pieces from courtrooms from decades ago that i treasure. i don t know what the future is if, for that, if we don t have cameras in federal courts. i was thinking about that today. as a journalist, i want cameras in the courts, because i want more materials, as a citizen i m not sure that i do. you re right about losing that as a job. a thing that people need to be good at in our country. i remember one of the things we actually prepped