Lift. Well, good evening. Good evening, everybody. Im bradley graham, the coowner of politics prose along with my wife, lissa muscatine. On behalf of everybody at the bookstore and all the great folks here at sixth and u, thank you very much sixth and i, thank you very much for coming. Every time we do a joint author event like tonight with sixth and i which we love doing, by the way, in this marvelous facility i think back 15 years when the building was up for sale and how close it came to being transformed into a nightclub. [laughter] you know . It came this close. But instead, the founders of sixth and i and the staff here have transformed this wonderful place over the past decade and a half into the vibrant Community Center that it is today. Lets have a round of applause for that. [applause] we have a great event for you this evening featuring, of course, Melinda Gates here to talk about her new book, the moment of lift. This is melindas debut as an author, and her book is part mem
Mark matthews, nbc bay area news. Thanks, mark. Another big move today by President Trump, john bolton is out. The president fired his National Security adviser and announced it on twitter. He said the two have had a string of policy disagreements including taliban negotiations and china trade talks. The president tweeted that he asked for boltons resignation but bolton claims to have resigned on his own. The two men had a history of differences which the president acknowledged in the past. John bolton is absolutely a hawk. If it was up to him he would take on the whole world at one time but that doesnt matter because i want both sides. By next week President Trump is expected to neighboring the fourth National Security adviser in less than three years. And nbc bay area exclusive we have learned one of the most controversial judges in recent bay area history has a new job. Recalled judge aaron persky is coaching tennis at a south bay high school. Now kay made National Headlines a few y
Low 80s by early afternoon. Eventually were going to see a few inland east bay spots reaching the low 90s but mostly 80s there on the map for parts of the bay, the coast staying in the upper 60s. Well talk about some much hotter temperatures ahead and now mike youre tracking a new crash in san jose. Kari, right when were starting to see the volume build for highway 101 and the rest of the freeways of course but the slowing we typically see is 101 at capitol expressway. North of that on 87 the shift toward curtner a crash in the middle at guadalupe parkway. Hopefully that will quickly clear and well be able to recover. This is a critical time for the south bay. Hayward and the Castro Valley y show a little slowing but no problems toward the bay bridge. Just now we broke that 20minute mark. The metering lights at the bay bridge toll plaza, marcus. Thanks, mike. Innout Burger Lovers in campbell may go hungry after the controversy on the story. Today in the bays kris sanchez is live from t
Running in the midto upper 50s or low 60s. Good morning in San Francisco. The San Francisco Unified School District starts today. Happy first day. Breezy and mild, midto upper 60s to the afternoon. Daytime highs in concord, 85, 83 in livermore, 73 in oakland and 63 for pacifica. High pressure builds in this weekend details coming up. We are seeing issues on those roadways with travel times moving out of the green and into the yellow and you are no longer in the red on some of them but still in the Altamont Pass, in the red at 40 minutes. Still looking good on the eastshore freeway and 101 and highway 4, slowing down and the Altamont Pass, if you take 84 westbound, there is a lane closed approaching sonoma. Bay bridge metering lights are on for the foot of the monies and the 880 flyover in your approach to the toll plaza, a side. Lot better and at t its out of the lanes but really slow going toward the peninsula, slower than usual. You might need to give yourself 510 extra minutes towar
Innocence that was formative for coke sense of home and for her identity as a german the more time she spent abroad the greater her interest grew in finding out what her family had done during the nazi era. For instance he drew swastikas in his School Notebook joined the s s and was killed in combat at the age of 18. Or her grandfather villi the driving instructor what did he see in 1938 when the synagogue across from his office was set on fire. These and many other episodes are collected in kochs book titled High Mountain german and in the u. K. Belonging in the us edition its an illustrated diary chronicling years of research that incorporates Historical Documents momentos photographs and drawings. Of the School Curriculum in germany teaches pupils about the atrocities committed by the nazis. No they are kook felt that was important but as she worked on her book she realized what was lacking was a way to move from a purely critical view of german this toward something positive. Note