I hope everyone had a good day yesterday. I certainly did. Today, we will look at the Environmental Impact of the California Gold rush. I would like to begin, as i said, by trying to think larger than we normally do. What is going on . My advisor, university of colorado he said, historians only ask one question, what is going on here . I nodded and thought, that is about the dumbest thing i have heard a smart man say. It is the only question we have to go back to an earlier time. The past as a foreign country, this time in the past and we look around and say, what is going on . What is going on . Lots of stuff. I hope you are getting that idea so far. One of the things is the place itself, the environment itself is being fundamentally transformed, remade. This is an episode in american westward expansion, expansion that starts here on the Atlantic Coast and moves across the country, a dramatic develop and come 1845 to 1888, acquisition of texas and the northern territory, so in 1853, w
And will take you into one of symbolic ways to maximum Security Prisons activists say the countrys jails violates the rights of the people they house. And Christine Wonderwall come to d. W. News africa im glad youre choosing then and president it seems in malawi as thousands of people rally against the results of last months disputed president ial Elections Police fired tear gas to protest as demanding the resignation off the head of the countrys Electoral Commission who they say has dismissed allegations of voting fraud not incumbent president. Narrowly won that of the 2 main opposition party. Teams have challenged the result. Was the scene outside parliament in long way on wednesday in the last few days thousands have demonstrated across the country an unusual sight in an otherwise peaceful and stable country. The longest the stronghold of the opposition millau Congress Party they say last months president ial election was wreaked and theyve been robbed of their victory clashes have
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California, is now due west of us. And its going to be close, but probably not today, maybe thursday night, more likely friday, and then maybe some huge changes next week. But until we get there, 60 plus 70s, 80s to a few 90s tomorrow will drop good ten degrees. But today one more hot day inland. All right. Sallys here all of a sudden things got a little busier and this time he will begin with lets start off with the east bay commute. Steve, i want to show you that some of these east bay commutes are pretty slow. As a matter of fact, the east shore freeway is taking 27 minutes now, almost a half hour to drive from the bridge to the macarthur maze. And then another 15 or so to get onto the bridge. So if youre driving from vallejo to make it to San Francisco, were coming up on almost an hour drive time. This is a look at the san mateo bridge. Its more crowded. Its not stop and go, but theres some slowing along the way. On 92, 101. When you get over there, it doesnt look too slow. One on
Yeah. Its not as bad as yesterday. But yes, we actually have a little rain here in oakland. Wow. Big drops, big drops. Temperatures are warm again, although weve lost a majority of the higher clouds. Theyre still plenty going through. And theres a little line forming ill show you here in a second. I mean, 60s again, on many of these lows, thats for sure. Have a watch. The line that forms from fremont to oakland right there. Its right over richmond now. Probably berkeley and emeryville and heading out right over San Pablo Bay, stretching back along the 880 corridor. So were not done with that moisture yet. Still some coming up from the south. Its going to be hot today, especially if you dont have any clouds. Well go 70s, 80s and 90s to 100 out there in livermore. I think sals here. There he is. There he is picking up something on 80. Thats my guess. Thats right. 80 at powell street was a big rig crash. Its right at powell street and theyre still clearing it up. It happened last night, l