Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became something of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own, and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. Thats a very interesting commentary on what a beloved status she still held. She was, you know, earnest about her husbands work. She went to every post she could go to with him. He went through that arduous journey. The hardships were terrible. They really were. She was very well liked in the diplomatic community. T
A warm day out there today, but even hotter weather moves in tomorrow. Well have the details in the accuweather forecast. Its happening three days sooner than expected. Coming up, what San Francisco restaurants are doing to get ready for Outdoor Dining start thing friday. Much of Sonoma County is reopening, but not businesses like this, at least not any time soon. Dropping the cross fit ban. Gym opener s owners are noe taking action. Abc7 news starts right now. Build a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Tonight, step by step, the bay area is reopening. It comes despite a recent rise in new coronavirus cases for the region as a whole. The process of reopening has become a delicate balancing act for local health officials, and build a better bay area means reopening the economy without putting Peoples Health at risk. A surprise announcement tonight. In San Francisco, restaurants were given the early go ahead to reopen sitdown dining. But in Sonoma County, wh
Tuesday may just be one of the most happening spots in the bay area. The Sonoma County Health Officer has allowed for restaurants and most other businesses to reopen. This is probably an environment which were seeing more concern and more care than weve seen anywhere else. Reporter good news for pete and vieira, in down from florida. But the situation is not perfect for all businesses. Most are open, yes, but not all. Lifting too many of the restriction toos soon could lead to a large increase in cases. Reporter most gyms, hotels and camp grounds are still closed. And the county Health Officer says opening them will be delayed. Some we talked with said theyre okay with that. I feel like it makes sense to keep the gyms close because it is a place where people can come into contact with a lot of bodily fluids. Reporter on the hotel front, the situation is a confusing one. The metro hotel and cafe is closed for business. Yet when we Hotel Petaluma they were open. Along with the best weste
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Sales Force Tower camera. We look at the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance. Good morning. Its wednesday, june 10th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. We are at the halfway point, michelle, and mary lee has the forecast to start the day. Good morning, mary. Good morning to you, len and michelle. Clear skies, and as we head through the afternoon, plenty of sunshine, and heating up even more as we head through the afternoon. Heres a live look at the mt. Hamilton camera. Temperatures on the mild side. 50s and 60s to start the day. Through the afternoon, the day time highs will soar. Mid70sin San Francisco. 90 in san jose, and mid90s for concord. Highs 9 to 14 degrees above average for this time of the year, and the ridge of High Pressure is strengthening for. Coming up. Im anne makovec at the live news desk, and breaking news out of vallejo. Several people were shot last night in north vallejo.
Top military commanders, speaking out against President Trump. Youre watching kron 4 morning news at 6. Good morning and thanks for waking up with us on a monday, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher lots to get to as you saw weve got a lot of news to cover and we will in just a moment, but first we should probably get a check of the forecast and welcome back john travel to the studio be somewhere else other than my couch which has been nice but its also great to be back looking outside at berkeley this morning, a nice little glow in the distance definitely no cloud cover north augie can actually see the Golden Gate Bridge. If you look really closely winds still definitely a factor and nothingness lot of county for a red flag warning to be in effect today, its going to be our warmest county and also our breezy a spot to while the rest of the bay area pretty calm fairfield not so calm just yet. Now current temperatures in the 40s 50s for most of us redwood city in berkeley year each of