America and is written on a broad range of issues including river pirates in the amazon, paraguays guerilla insurgency and the shifting politics of antarctica. He was nyt Andean Bureau chief based in caracas, venezuela for the New York Times as bureau chief where he covered hugo chavez, the colombian war and politics in bolivia. Give a warm welcome to simon romero. Thanks for the kind introduction. I will introduce this wonderful panel i have the pleasure of moderating. Cecilia bailli is a journalist and cultural anthropologist and writer at texas monthly. Her work focuses on the u. S. Mexico border in the history and culture of south texas. Her writing has also appeared in harpers magazine and the New York Times. Angela kocherga is a multimedia journalist who has covered the u. S. Mexico border in mexicos interior for television, newspapers and radio and was mexico border chief for a major broadcasting group. She is currently the Southern New Mexico reporter for the albuquerque journa
Starting at 4. 99. Is. A young muslim athlete is taking on air canada. These are the fare gates youre used to. Soon, there will be three different options. Im in downtown pallo alto where hundreds are getting involved in the Global Climate strike. Abc7news starts right now. A Global Climate strike led mostly by young people sent tens of thousands into the streets of San Francisco today. Burkely and the south bay were also there. Amanda . Reporter crowds across the south bay. We saw students, seniors and others who spent hours pushing for change. With millions involved worldwide, local marchers say theyre hopeful their message was heard. Climate strikes across south bay brought out thousands, different demographics, same goal. Theres so many issues involved its going to take cooperation at every level. Reporter libby and her husband admit their actions may have failed. At Palo Alto City Hall patients say theyre keeping the future in mind, also having conversations about the climate with
Five million kids now using ecigarettes. The fda said juul ignored the law with Misleading Health claims. Now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn San Franciscos ecigarette protections. Say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. Is. A young muslim athlete is taking on air canada. These are the fare gates youre used to. Soon, there will be three different options. Im in downtown pallo alto where hundreds are getting involved in the Global Climate strike. Abc7news starts right now. A Global Climate strike led mostly by young people sent tens of thousands into the streets of San Francisco today. Burkely and the south bay were also there. Amanda . Reporter crowds across the south bay. We saw students, seniors and others who spent hours pushing for change. With worldwide, local marchers say theyre hopeful their message was heard. Climate strikes across south bay brought out thousands, different demographics, same goal. Theres so many issues involved its going to take cooperation at eve
Through the day look how warm. Noontime, 70s. 70s at the beaches today. Its a warmer afternoon for everyone. Ens la inner east bay. Youre very hot, in the 90s. But more hot weather to talk about the seven day outlining. Abc 7 is committed to building a better bay area. We focus on transportation. Like b. A. R. T. One of the biggest issues is fare he evasion. B. A. R. T. Tried several gates with mixed results. Next week the b. A. R. T. Board of directors will vote on gate designs. Luz pena spoke to riders for reaction. Some use the clipper card others jump the gate. Fare evasions are part of the reason the they will vote. I believe we had 89 percent of the people surveyed believed it was important to reduce fare evasion. Board director doesh allen is referring to a Online Survey conducted with riders the biggest concern. Too many people cheating the system. We walked around the embarcadero b. A. R. T. Station and asked what they thought about the options. I dont like any of them. As lon
In the name of safety. Live with more on this. Fire danger a real concern across Northern California tonight. For now pg e has notified 68,000 of the customers in this foothills they may lose power to help reduce the risk of wild fire. The areas include beaut, nevada, plaster and uba. Also monitoring the threat of fire danger in the north bay. Where a Public Safety power shut off remains a possibility in the next three to four days. When hot dry, windy conditions move in. Pg e urging customers to be prepared just in case. Prepare for power outage. Charge your phone. Have batteries. Take a look at your house see what requires power for your health. For medications that need to be in the refrigerator. In the event of a power shut off it would give customers a 48 hour warning. It is ramping up a red flag fire conditions which began monday at 9 00 p. M. Tlasting through wednesday at 5 00 p. M. It is prepared to increase staffing. Especially entering a very critical time for fire season. Th