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Peter urban and im a park ranger at for the National Park service here at ellis island. This island for Many Americans is a place where their american story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and to this building in order to be given the ok to go out and start their lives in the late 1800s and early 1900s. A lot of people dont know about ellis island before that time, so let me talk to you briefly about ellis island itself. Today, we are 27 acres in size. But in the origin form this island was in, it was three acres. A small island in the middle of the the barely came above. Its first serve as a fort in 1812 and then as a storage depot. Somewhere around 1890, it was decided by the federal government that this would be the place that they would institute the first buildings specifically constructed for the processing of immigrants. And so they did construct that building between 1890 and 1892. The building you see here is not the first Processing Center, it is actuall
Between 1892 and 1954, about 12 Million Immigrants seeking a new life in america were taken to ellis island for processing, questioning and health screening. Today, millions of americans take ferry boats each year to visit ellis island and the statue of liberty. Up next on American History tv american artifacts, we visit Ellis Island Immigration Museum to learn about the immigrant experience. Good morning, my name is peter urban and im a park ranger for the National Park service here at ellis island. This island for Many Americans is the place where their american story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and to this building in order to be given the ok to go out and start their lives in the late 1800s and early 1900s. A lot of people dont know about alice island before that time, so let me talk briefly about ellis island itself. Today, we are 27 acres in size. But in the original form this island was, it was three acres. A small island in the middle of the harbor, ba
Across the board. We dont see that too often including the vermont, san jose, santa rosa, you can winter to, sima hayes will not clear. Theres just too much. Still westwind 31, gus to 46, it is going to keep the school this week. Temperatures below average especially inland. It is 7 00, anything new . We have a big backup at the bay bridge which is typical. Im looking at it and if you want to wait around, we have seen this pattern emerge. By the time in 00 rolls around, it will be much better and by the time 9 00 rolls around, it will be gone. So if you want to wait, that is cool. Lets talk about the other commute here and that will be the east bay. In general we dont see a lot of traffic right now. Any of these commutes, they look pretty good to start off with including the san matteo bridge. Lets go back to the headlines. Right now, california is coming very close to hitting 400,000 covid19 cases. More than 386,000 positive coronavirus cases have now been reported. More than a 7700 p
Younger adults and the numbers have tripled since june 1. Partly because of parties and backyards. Homes and parks like lake merit. Not a good sign. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Heres another way to see whats happening. This is a graph showing the cases since march. The first in the bay area to reach 10,000 cases. Whats driving the numbers in oakland. People are letting their guard down. If your social bubble changes from saturday to wednesday that doesnt work. Health experts and officials in oakland are floored by new numbers from the health center. Showing a steep rise in covid19 cases among 18 to 50 yearolds. A especially in east oakland. You look and the case rates are double and triple the rest of oakland. And they are doubling at a rapid rate. Heres the chart. In the last two months cases related to work and errands are declining. Covid19 cases linked to social gatherings are soaring. Racial and ethnic disparities persisting with the latin residents six times more like