Leading hospital in treating this. And i thought that adele had just the right mix of compassion and humor with a long hard days that she spent the veterans in her care. It allowed her tremendous sympathies and she shared her vulnerabilities and she asked so much. Her greatest survival tool, she will tell you, is her sense of humor, which is why i found her painful story such a delight to read. And adele has written some 30 pieces of humor for the Washington Post. When she is not working, she is also a a longdistance swimmer. She has swim across the chesapeake asics times. But today she will be talking and here she is to talk about her book, run, dont walk. [applause] am so grateful for that very nice introduction and grateful for you for having me here today. Im going to talk about how it happened that i wrote a book because i am sure that many of my friends are still in disbelief that this happened. In 2003 i own the car that my friends nicknamed the rustang. But i love the car and d
Deployments. When walter reed begin to shut down in 2010, it coincided with the surge in afghanistan. And that your the caseload at walter reed tripled. Unfortunately, walter reed was also in the process of moving to bethesda, and the first thing that happened was that they start to shut down the employee parking lots. So in order to find parking guide to get to work no later than 6 a. M. , which we all did. We got to work at six. We worked through lunch and we stayed late. We were so busy that at night in my dreams, everyone was in amputee, even me. I know my friends over the years have gotten really sick of hearing me say that i was going to put walter reed. I was always going to quit. I was going to lead. This was it, i wasnt done, i was going to find a job with parking and better hours. But then the next time you saw me i was still at walter reed, and they would get irritated but i never could quite explain it. The reason i ended up staying, i stayed for nine years, was because i w
The east bay. And the repairs will require at least five to six hours to complete is what theyre saying. And that means that this will likely go into the evening commute. Theyre only single tracking in San Francisco and have a limited amount of trains that can get through the transbay tube. Obviously this means that the Service Schedule will be affected. Its the same as this morning when this was first discovered. Only the yellow line into San Francisco and milbury. That one is running. Fremont to daly city goes to mac acthur arthur. Folks will have to transfer. The blue line will go to montgomery and turns back. Richmond to mulberry no service. Those folks need to get on a fremont train. Ac transit is offering aid. Get on and show your b. A. R. T. Certificate and get on for free. Same for muni. Theyre offering mutual aid. Singletracking in San Francisco. Major delays. It could possibly go into the evening commute. Thats the story from here. Reporting live in San Francisco. Christie sm
Bridge to reopen. The closure may be one factor in that. Caltrans saying their work is going as expected and they are on target to reopen by 5 00 a. M. Traffic near the bay bridge was slow going this evening. Driver jamie rusk was delayed 30 minutes. Shes looking forward to the san mateo bridge reopening. How do you think your commute will be in the morning . It will be much better. Reporter patty flores wanted to visit a relative in the hospital in San Francisco but decided the ride was too long on one of the alternate ate routes. We just got off the freeway and came here. Reporter caltrans points out it was a busy weekend in addition to the closure. Mothers day. Sporting events. There were a lot of people out. The westbound work is almost complete. Reporter the work is on track, resurfacing, treating and maintenance. They released pictures of their progress and say some of the asphalt has been there since 1967. We stripped the old pavement on the high rise and truss section and put d