Hero of World War Two and of the civil rights movement. As david martin will report in our cover story. Aircraft carriers are usually named for american president s, a tradition that is about to be overturned. What was your personal reaction . I was overwhelmed. Its a reminder too that heroism is in no way limited by race, by gender, by background, by rank or rating. The enlisted sailor who will receive an honor for very few americans. Ahead on sunday morning. Rocca our sunday profile this morning is of laura dern. The Hollywood Star whose current success has inspired her fans to coin a brand new word, as well hear from tracy smith. I will not not be rich. Big little lies actress laura dern is in so many great roles these days. Theyre calling it, the dernaissance. What do you think of the term the dernaissance . I mean, it sounds fantastic. Laura dern on a roll later on sunday morning. Rocca reaching out is a story from lee cowan, all about a promising approach to preventing troubled p
Friday. Weve been desensitized, and weve been trained to think that the airport experience is horrible. Why should that be . That only happened just recently. You know, before it was the miracle of flight. Traveling was exciting. Reporter but for most americans, its been a long time since flying was anything close to exciting. Smaller seats, fuller plane, and often dark, dingy terminals that feel a bit like bus stations. We invented the aviation system, and we dont have one of the top 30 airports in the world. Records tory barnes is a Vice President of the u. S. Travel association. We dont need a taj mahal. Were not asking for that. We just need the government and private sector to be willing to invest in making it a better system. Reporter the average airport in the u. S. Is now 40 years old. Experts estimate 128 billion in new investment is needed over the next five years just to keep up with the growing number of flyers. If things stay the way they are now, will travelers experience
Despithuge flames smoke now seems to be the Biggest Issue because breathing is hard you might have noticed when you came out to me and i had my mask on because the Fire Department when around passing these masks to anybody near this area, particularly the media because the wind sometimes carries the smoke in our particular direction. But it looks like most of the smoke for now blowing away from us, but every now and then a gust picks up and sends it our way it does not appear anybody was injured are killed. Fire exploded really quickly because he was called in at 6. 20 and the morning and according to the Fire Department within 15 minutes. They knew they had their hands full they call back up and it was declared a 3 alarm i are just 10 or 15 minutes into the battle thats how much they knew particularly because they know this location is used by artists and that is important because of the chemicals that they use to weld to do paintings to stained glass and thats why it seems to be more
Ben lomond. Ill be back. Rain pounded south way. Especially santa cruz mountains. Always a treacherous ride up and down highway 17, hit with mud slides earlier this year. Jean even dla vega is live. Right now, heavy rain stopped, just a light mist but here it is treacherous with big downpour. So far no major problems. Traffic is flowing okay but drivers do worry about the winter. Those who drive highway 17 regularly know the dangers of the santa cruz mountains. Last wint, just misses a slide. Barely missed it. If i running late for work, on time, probably would have been hit. Our own abc7 news photographer was hit by mud slide earlier this year on 17. Construction worker died coulding repair work on that slide. Area is holding up. Cal tran says theyve stabilized hillside. Watching problem areas but can be unpredictable. Depends onnen rain and wind. Weve had earthquakes lately to so always in back of our mind. Hoping it stays calm this year. Cal trans crews were moving from location to
Before giving way to sunny weekend. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze in for ama daetz. Entire bay area soak bid storm, started out as strong three on impact scale. Live Team Coverage from north, east and south bay, but first sandhya patel in for spencer today with the forecast. This storm delivered. Live doppler 7, its winding down as you mentioned. Seeing light showers, scattered around the bay area. Start with the south bay from san martin to morgan hill to ed ed edenvalley, heading into the east bay. Pleasanton to livermore, slippery roadways. And showers towards the delta. In terms of rainfall, 1 1 2 inches in San Francisco. Oakland just over. Livermore over an inch, concord almost two. Winning total, almost five inches in Santa Cruz Mountain in ben lomond. Ill be back. Rain pounded south way. Especially Santa Cruz Mountains. Always a treacherous ride up and down highway 17, hit with mud slides earlier this year. Jean even dla vega is live. Right now, heavy rain stopped, just a light