Looming large: Travis band album weaves ‘Tapestry’
“American Tapestry,” the latest album from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, focuses on diversity among Americans and their experiences. Several new works were commissioned for inclusion in the piece. (Courtesy graphic)
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE “American Tapestry,” the latest album from Travis Air Force Base’s U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, aims to weave a multitude of experiences of airmen as well as others connected to the armed forces.
The mostly instrumental concert band record brings together numerous threads by casting a light on women, different aircraft, World War II veterans, the American flag, the first African American in outer space and more.
surprised some political analysts when he announced today he supports gay marriage. now the question tonight is, does that mean the president might change his stance on gay marriage as well? nbc bay area s kimberly terry joins us with more on what biden said and reaction as well. reporter: the vice president spoke on meet the press and he is known for veering off-jypt but many political experts say today s announcement was no mistake. here s exactly what the vice president said today about gay marriage. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, heterosexuals are entitled to the exact same rights, civil rights, civil liberties. reporter: he prefaced his comment saying the president sets policy, in other words biden s opinion doesn t mean the president supports it as well. our political analyst said despite the fact that some say it may have been another biden gaffe, it could be that biden is testing the waters for the presid
what ignited this blaze. it began before 10:00 this morning. in 15 minutes it went from a one alarm to three-alarm fire. firefighters say it appears it started in a common stairwell between the building, and they kicked off an aggressive attack inside and contained it by noon. we spoke with a man whose ground floor business was heavily damaged and has been red-tagged. he to carry his mom to safety, her home destroyed. it s very hard because i we know, we struggle in this business. this is the hardest business, we re small owners. we re working for some of the summer here. my mom and my brother and all the people in the building, they re safe. even in the third building, all the people there are safe. that s the major thing. thank god for that. reporter: everyone thankful that nobody got seriously hurt. six firefighters suffered minor injuries, three of them when a staircase collapsed. fire officials say a woman na lived here walked out of a wall of fire but was relative
it s decided who s going to get what. it s here at their convenience. here s how it s going to break down. the city has $395,000 to hand out. of the 38 homeowners whose homes were totally destroyed, they will get $6,000. 17 homeowners had what s considered moderate damage and they ll get $4,000. and 45 homeowners had minor damage and they ll each receive $1,000. now, the vice-mayor explained at a meeting a couple weeks ago why the city waited four months to hand the money out. we really weren t aware of any definitive need. we were under the ashum hon at least pg&e and red cross and the other agencies were filling some of these needs. when they found out at a public hearing that the victims had plenty of needs and wanted the money right away. this is money that was donated to the victims through the city after the september pipeline explosion. officials said in this unprecedented situation, they had to figure out who gets what and they wanted to hear from the public. they