Stephen stock good evening, im stephen stock. Thanks for joining us on nbc bay area, where we investigate. Were not far from a year into this pandemic that has put many parts of our lives on hold, but what happens if you cant wait for when we come out the other side of this tunnel . Terminally ill people are fighting for their day in court before its too late. Senior investigate reporter bigad shaban has the story. Bigad shaban how do you build a legacy . Alfonso rocciola spent his whole life building his. Alfonso rocciola if you drive through the city, you can say, wow, well, look what i did. You accomplished something. Bigad hes been in charge of some of the most iconic Construction Projects in San Francisco the cliff house, exploratorium, and his favorite, this chapel in north beach. Throughout his life, alfonso also built a marriage. Alfonso my wife is the number one bigad a family. Alfonso we have five grandchildren. Bigad and now hes building a court case. Alfonso is suing nearly
Critical. Also is this really Outdoor Dining . Whats considered safe as businesses just try to make things work. Its not easy. Tonight restaurants struggle to comply with covid rules that keep changing. And home for the holidays. Despite warnings not to travel Many College Students say they have no choice but to get on a plane. Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us. And jessica, the weekend is here. But for many of us that means changes. In less than 24 hours that california curfew is going into effect. And applies to 94 of the state but three bay area counties are so far exempt. Emphasis on so far because that could change on sunday. Bar and Restaurant Owners in San Francisco say they know its coming and itll be devastating. Nbc bay areas jean elle has more. Reporter Restaurant Owners facing the possibility of a 10 00 p. M. Curfew say the hits just keep coming. They have adjusted to serving diners outside but say they arent sure they can adjust to closing early and keep the do
Traveled to california, the physical geography of the area and evolving Technology Used to mine gold. Good morning everybody. The topic of our lecture is the history of the gold rush and i will talk mainly about california in the years following 1848. But gold played a very, very Important Role in American History. Think back to the conquistadors, one of the things they were fascinating about was the quest for gold. An unquenchable desire for Precious Metals, gold above all, but also silver. When the first settlers came to jamestown they were hoping to find the same supplies of gold found by the spaniards and bitter disappointment not to find gold in the whats now virginia and brought with them jewelers and gold smiths. Americas first gold rush took place in georgia in 1829 in north georgia. If youve been about 100 miles north, you would see the old lump kin county courthouse has been converted into a gold mining museum. Its about 100 miles up the road. What happened was, first gold wa
But also silver. When the first settlers came to jamestown they were hoping to find the same supplies of gold found by the spaniards and bitter disappointment not to find gold in the whats now virginia and brought with them jewelers and gold smiths. Americas first gold rush took place in georgia in 1829 in north georgia. If youve been about 100 miles north, you would see the old lump kin county courthouse has been converted into a gold mining museum. Its about 100 miles up the road. What happened was, first gold was discovered and people started pouring into the area in huge numbers because of the intoxicating possibility that gold would make them wealthy quickly. Until then this had been an area really beyond the line of settlement. But suddenly now the White Settlement catches up very quickly. Here is the governor, george gilmore, describing what it was like meeting the georgia miners in 1829. Many thousands of idle people flocked into georgia from every point of the compass whose pe
Aware many of you have no idea who i am so thank you for showing up out of the spirit of pure curiosity. I think it speaks very well of you and i know theres really big names at the festival and i feel honored to be among them so thanks for coming. Who am i to mark a few things around i write a column called the undercover economist for the Financial Times. At the pink newspaper thats really good. I recommend it. Thanks baxter. And the second thing is i present bbc radio so im present a show for the Bbc World Service called 50things that made the modern economy. Ive presented a show for bbc radio for aboutnumbers and how we think about numbers and how numbers lead us astray. And sometimes help us understand the world. And i also have a podcast with a gentleman called michael lewis, a gentleman called Malcolm Gladwell called Cautionary Tales which is all aboutthings going wrong , sometimes in amusing ways and what we can learn from them. So in between all that, i tried to write a few bo