Have steve is our speaker see biden anyone to be tellings about John Burroughs who was a young man, came to capitol hill during the civil war and introduce the nation to the beauty of washington and became one of the countries leading and while no major steve dryden recounted the life of John Burroughs and i spent suspect in the wouldve appreciated the career path of our speaker and he started with the va Political Science from duke is a masters in International Affairs from columbia and those to steve to an almost 20 years as a reporter and editor leading newspapers both here and abroad and play sex these focus on the very local families of the rock creek songbirds which is the Habitat Restoration project and serving for many years is the executive director of the friends of pierce meal and while he digs deeper into the history and Natural Resources have a very area that John Burroughs new 1150 years ago theres a second reason that i am delighted to be introducing speaker and his topi
Of california during the 19th century and the californios who lived in the region. In particular, he focuses on business and pio pico, pictured here who was the governor of Alta California under mexican role. This was hosted by the California Historical society and San Francisco. Welcome. My name is marie silva. I am the manuscript librarian at the California Historical society. I also cocurated our 2014 exhibition. I am really excited about tonights program. It is my great pleasure to introduce our speaker, dr. Carlos salomon. He is an associate professor of ethnic studies at cal state east bay. He works on borderland studies and such. In the biography of pio pico, it is a pioneering work that presents him as not a victim but as a historical agent that navigated the history of california with great resourcefulness. This portrait of pico challenges the paradigm of the decline of the californios, there which that experience has often been connected drawing a , connection between the str
Of california during the 19th century and the californios who lived in the region. In particular, he focuses on business and pio pico, pictured here who was the governor of Alta California under mexican role. This was hosted by the California Historical society and San Francisco. Welcome. My name is marie silva. I am the manuscript librarian at the California Historical society. I also cocurated our 2014 exhibition. I am really excited about tonights program. It is my great pleasure to introduce our speaker, dr. Carlos salomon. He is an associate professor of ethnic studies at cal state east bay. He works on borderland studies and such. In the biography of pio pico, it is a pioneering work that presents him as not a victim but as a historical agent that navigated the history of california with great resourcefulness. This portrait of pico challenges the paradigm of the decline of the californios, there which that experience has often been connected drawing a , connection between the str
You to go someplace. They have not said the name of the homeowner or what charges they plan to file in this case. Also, here at 4 00, we are following new developments in the investigation into the deadly amtrak Train Derailment that happened in port richmond. Action news reporter, john rawlins was at todays hearing. He joins us from washington, d. C. Reporter let me start with a question here. You ever driven down a dark road at night and have you something on your mind that is important and all of a sudden you realized you missed your turned its a loss situational situation. That is what investigators think happened to the engineer on the night of the crash. That was the best conclusion we could come to as to why he was trying to accelerate. After excluding drugs and alcohol or trying to use a cell phone. They believe that engineer, Brandon Bostian lost his situation ala wearness. He was involved in radio chatter up the track reporting damage from thrown rocks, the orange line on thi
Museums, and Historic Sites from around the country. , a mexicanamerican Cultural Center in los angeles, open to the public and april of 2011. American history tv visited to learn about the history of mexicans and southern california. I am the president and ceo. This is really a Cultural Center that is meant to tell the story of the influence and evolving nature of influence of mexicans and mexicanamericans throughout the history of los angeles to celebrate the culture and educate people. It is a brandnew institution in los angeles and were hoping many people will come and visit and discover something new every time. We do not collect objects, we collect stories. People will see different objects and listen to different stories or tell their own stories as well. Los angeles is a city always looking forward, always looking to the future. Sometimes we forget the origins of the city and how it came about. Native americans were here and they had been seen from afar from the boats and ships