It is friday on a happy we are all. Very cheerful andl dont waste. And it is not even payday. While back just ruined mymy mood. My name is stacy in for kristi. Its still pretty humid werer at 70 at some storms movemo through Summit County as check out the coverages a lighter in intensitt because the front actually slowed downwnb now theyre goino be moving through today it will we should generally stay in the lower and middle 80s0swe with light northwest went unfortunately we are off to a bumpy friday commuteo the seven just before 1 00 a. M. This is 90 eastbound. Do you think we have that. Maybe not. Its out there. Voices in my head. Its out there. Vo they are blocked so stay to the leftftt traffic is moving well t on the southwest side. Cedar does remain closed between brainerd and landor. To watch a twocar accident. Wayne and stacy packed to you. Just days from now medical marijuana will be legal. They can use it even with a prescription its a choice that they were all lot any up to
Toll plaza if you are coming from san rafael and marin. And then lets take a look from hayward into the peninsula. Your san mateo bridge 880 to 101 westbound will take but 14, 15 minutes. So looking good there if you are heading to the peninsula but it is baseball day again. Boston red sox versus our oakland as first pitch at 7 05. And i hear the red sox bring in a big fan base so there will be a big crowd tonight but mass transit looking good. Right now, a large crowd is forming outside the Santa Clara County jail this morning waiting former stanford swimmer brock turner to be released. Maria medina is live outside the jail where extra security is in place in case of chaos. Reporter just a couple of minutes ago the Santa Clara County sheriff came out to speak to us to say that brock turner will be released here in the next couple of hours. He wont he treated any differently. He will come out the front door. There is a huge Media Presence. Well take chopper 5 overhead of the main jail
Will likely walk out into a large crowd of media and protestors. Kpix 5 reporter maria medina is live outside the Santa Clara County jail. Maria. Reporter good morning, michelle. Yeah. Technically, brock turner can be released anytime now but the sheriff said he will likely be released between 5 and 9 a. M. We are keeping a close eye on the doors behind me. You can see a huge presence of the media here but the protestors who plan to show up have not shown up just yet. Turner sexually assaulted a drunk woman outside a frat party last year. He is a former stanford swimmer. He faced several years in prison. But judge aaron persky gave him just six months in jail. Many felt that was a slap on the wrist. Now he is getting out after only three months. The protestors who plan to show up today say their message isnt necessarily for turner but for persky, who they believe should be off the bench. We want to make sure that the public is safe. And if there is any kind of violence, that we have de
15 minutes. Professor waugh this is for my lecture baseball becomes professional. It wasnt too long ago that , if youre controversial can can imagine. Sports and consumerism wasnt important enough. It would have raised eyebrows. Sports, Department Stores buying stuff, will not anymore. Sports and consumer culture our research and written about, made during like every other topic by historians. Now theyre even professors of sports history. Why . Because professors have found that we cannot ignore sports. Why . Because it represents money and big our, big big power, big business. Its also cultural and emotional. There is this tension between professionalism, big business, and the emotional ties that is exemplified by this letter, written by a baseball fan and published in a newspaper sports section. Let me read a quote. Care modern ballplayers about nothing but money. They dont care about their team , or their city, with their fans. In my day, things were different. That sounds familiar.
The class is about an hour and 15 minutes. Professor waugh good morning ucla students. Good to see you for my lecture baseball becomes professional. It wasnt too long ago that these subjects were controversial, if you can can imagine. Sports and consumerism, they werent important enough. It would have raised eyebrows. Like i am raising my eyebrows now. Sports, Department Stores buying stuff, will not anymore. Sports and consumer culture our research and written about, made boring like every other topic by historians. Now theyre even professors of sports history. Why . Because professors have found that we cannot ignore sports. Why . Because it represents money and big power, big business. We cant ignore sports for another reason. Its also cultural and emotional. There is this tension between professionalism, big business, and the emotional tie that is exemplified by this letter, written by a baseball fan and published in a newspaper sports section. Let me read a quote. These modern bal