Floor to questions so without further ado one thing i want to mention, a lot of people tend to conflate all families with chronically Homeless Individuals and they are two populations with different sets of needs so you might bear that in mind. The introduction to my book is called the family room, a place to sleep. For most of us it is a given in our lives along with a roof over our heads and our own front door to close, ever since the beginning of the european colonization of north america jamestown in 1607 and the mayflower pilgrims Plymouth Colony in 1620, communities on the source have had to deal with those among them who did not have a place to sleep, people who could not provide for themselves or their children and had no one to give them shelter. Despite the fact the new world offered any ablebodied person an abundance of seafood and fertile soil life was not easy. Disease, war and accidents were constantly leaving families to fend for themselves. A woman could be widowed in t
Would also turn out to be true and not because of some historical accident, but because our Economic System was intentionally rigged in favor of corporations and wealthy americans over everyone else. Trickle down economics was woven into the National Conversation consciousness as if it were written into the founding documents of our country. Two hundred years of struggle and progress had been intentionally reversed over the course of the last 30 years. If a foreign power had announced that was its plan for america, we would have gone to war. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] and were back live in nashville, and heres author Richard Schweid live from the southern festival of books. [inaudible conversations] thank you all very much for coming. Thanks, of course, to the southern festival of books. Open the floor to questions so without further ado one thing i want to mention, a lot of people tend to conflate all families with chronicall
Mix of sun and clouds on saturday returning to mostly sunny sky on sunday. Chilly start saturday with morning temps in the 30s but becoming warmer with highs right around average in the upper 50s. Lower 60s for highs arrive on sunday. 3 3 roads are in great shape this morningthere will be a full freeway closure overnight of i94 wb at 84th st through the zoo interchange for its game day in green bay the packers take on the Chicago Bears tonight. A rivalry that dates back almost 100 years. Years. Cbs 58s Scott Grodsky joins us in the studio with a look back at when it all 3 scott its the greatest rivalry in football, maybe all of sports. Before the 193 chapter in the border battle between the packers and bears is written lets take a look back in the record book. The rivalry first kicked off in 1921 with the chicago staleys shutting the pack out 20 zip. Theyve played every year since 1923 and overall it is incredibly closethe bears have the edge winning 95 times but at 93 the packers can
60s and 70s across the bay area. It will be breezy and cooler tonight. Sunset 8 14 and cooler for the weekend. Mike has an update on that slowdown through fremont. We are watching 880. There were rumors of a crash. We are looking toward a little build southbound by the truck scale there. Overall looking good. This is slow iing. This is starting to clear up now. That road crew did clear. We have recovery now but slowing out of hayward to union city. Typical pattern for the rest of the bay approaching the bay bridge where metering lights are on. There you go. Just filled in that. Back to you. Thank you, mike. 6 01, we have breaking news we are following from overseas. The french president confirms and egyptair flight carrying 56 people crashed. Its too early to know why. The flight was traveling from paris to cairo when it disappeared from radar over the mediterranean sea. We are seeing the plane made sudden swerves. It was behaving erratically as it was coming down. We can confirm that
Reporter the 12 parcel tax will begin next year and the revenue doled out the following. The money will go towards 30,000acre of tidal marsh restoration. Its a lot of marsh. Have you picked a spot to start, how it will be implemented . The Restoration Authority will accept proposals from project applicants and then they will determine which Restoration Projects are ready to go first. Reporter the work will be paid for as with past by the nine bay area counties. It got a two third majority but most of the people we talked to werent sure how it worked. Even if they were sure they liked the idea of saving the bay. Im not that familiar with t. Reporter that didnt matter . It mattered to me is that we protect the bay. Reporter the folks making the decisions arent evenly representing all the people that have to pay. For one, there are only 7 seats for the 9 counties involved. And sonoma, marin and solano counties dont have a dog in the fight. What kind of public input will you be accepting w