Since my earliest days in new york. I consider him a mentor and a friend. Youve got his boilerplate info, so im not going to reread that hes written many books and magazine articles. He produces tv series. My five word description of his books are he brings history to life. Its a nonfiction writer of. One of the things i most admire about dean is how turns his personal passions into, his livelihood. Way back in the 1990s, he fell in love. The historical maritime maritime novels Patrick Obrian set during napoleonic wars, and he spent the next decade or more becoming a maybe the obrian expert. He published companion books, some of which i him with, and he eventually published the first biography of Patrick Obrian is a fascinating tale of. A man who pretended most of his life during research. He was in the new York Yacht Club library when he discovered an old leather bound volume with, the title sufferings in africa. And that was enough to spark another adventure. That was the 1817 accoun
Allows to focus on that. All right. Thank you, ricardo. Thank you to the attendees. A round of please. A reminder. Also, the nowhere bookshop outside in the festival marketplace has book sales and signing the next event will come in shortly. And so theyre asking us to boogie out of here pretty quic i im logan ward a long Time Magazine feature writer, author of the memoir see you in 100 years. Its about an experimental year i spent with my Family Living in the shenandoah valley, using only the technology from the year 1900 or earlier. But were here to talk to dean king. Ive known dean for decades now, since my earliest days in new york. I consider him a mentor and a friend. Youve got his boilerplate info, so im not going to reread that hes written many books and magazine articles. He produces tv series. My five word description of his books are he brings history to life. Its a nonfiction writer of. One of the things i most admire about dean is how turns his personal passions into, his l
Anywhere if youre north or east or inland youre like, man, this is unseasonably cool for us, no doubt about it. Some of the lows this morning sebastopol, sonoma, 42 windsor, menlo park, fairfax, clayton, los altos and tiburon all between 43, 45 and 46. Cool cool degrees here. Lots of low clouds in place. They continue to ramp up 40s and 50s on the temps, and there is a no doubt about it breeze in place for many. So a windy and cooler friday 50 6070 temps well below average here across the board, which translates into 60s and 70s low 70s inland. All right im going to do a i am going to do a quick check of traffic here from the desk you can see a view of the east bay here with that traffic still sluggish on the span on the bay bridge. Also note there is some slow traffic now that were seeing at the richmondsan rafael bridge toll plaza. You can see it here in our live picture here, with the people tapping the brake lights as they head over towards san rafael. No specific problems, just th
Tomorrow morning, 50s on the temps. Fog is i mean, its moving fast here as this system begins to move in so low and high clouds are on the way. A big drop in the temps and the wind will pick up. 60s and 70s today. Lets get back to the news now with dave and gasia. We continue to follow the breaking news as the country reacts to the death of longtime california senator Dianne Feinstein, a senator feinsteins career included many firsts. Ktvus james torres in the studio now getting reaction thats coming in. Good morning, james. Good morning to you, dave and gasia. Of course, the news breaking just about an hour ago here and since then weve seen the reaction all over the state and all over the country here. One of the most recent ones coming from hillary clinton, im saying in part on twitter, im deeply saddened by the passing of Dianne Feinstein. She blazed trails for women in politics and found a lifes calling in Public Service. Ill miss her greatly as a friend and colleague and send my c
Bright. Well, its clear. So easy to see. Yes, but fog is getting its act together rapidly here as well get a pretty good cooldown here and the wind will pick up. Not too much. Right now, its rather calm, but its going to develop here as this system to the north begins to drop in. The wind will pick up low clouds will move in and increasing clouds by this evening. So temperatures coming down today 60s and 70s. All right, sal here, 4 00. Man, hes had a busy week. Lets hope todays friday light. I really hope so, too. Steve right now we are starting off that way. We dont see a lot going on thankfully right now. Traffic at the bay bridge looks very good with no major issues. Sometimes on fridays we do get breaks and thats exactly what were hoping for. This is a look at the san mateo bridge that looks very nice. And the east bay commute is off to a good start. Almost everywhere you look, there are some minor crashes that are not causing any big delays. 401. Lets get back to the headlines. Th