Introduce the panelists, and as i introduce each of you, if you could just spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography, and what is it you love about the genre . First we have a professor in the graduate acting program at new york universitys tish school of the arts with an affiliation in the graduate musical theater writing program, and is particularly interested in the history of broadway and of comedy. He has written biographies of xoeter Richard Rogers and p playwright. His most recent is a documentary film sammy davis jr. Ive got to be me. So, larry, tell us what has drawn you to biography. Well, i may be a little different from the rest of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So obviously in entertainment youre dealing with the public persona of performers, what they sang, what they danced, what they acted. And then, of course, what happens off stage or behind the curtain is equally fascinating as you try to make some sense out of wha
Through the upper 60s. Today in the lower 80s. And the warmest locations by 3 00. And we will be looking at a cooler sunday. Well track the cooldown coming up. Liz. Sounds good, thanks, lisa. Developing this morning. Several destructive wildfires burning in southern california. Killing at least two peep. Here is a live look at the saddleridge fire burning in los angeles. Its ripped through more than 7500 acres of land. Its now 19 contained. Up from 13 last night. The governor mass declared a state of emergency in two counties because of the fires. Some road closed lifted this morpg showing signs of progress. Matt gutmann is in los angeles. Reporter overnight gusting winds continue to threaten the los angeles communities ravaged by fires. Evacuation order in place affecting nearly 100,000 residents. Cant even see. Lets get the hell out of here. So many displaced the governor declaring a state of emergency. The declaration i put forward directs all city departments to take whatever neces
Sounds good, thanks, lisa. Lets get to the destructive wildfires burning in southern california, killing at least two. Thes angeles ripped true 7500 akers of land and inspect contained. Marcie gonzalez reports from one of the hardest hit communities. Massive fires tearing through southern california, destroying z dos of homes. My house i can see where it was from here. And its all gone. Santa ana winds spreading flames quickly as families scramble to evacuate facing a nightmare on the roads. The embers in the air above me, its coming this which. Were getting out. Firefighters in Los Angeles County hosing flames creeping towards this backyard. Without regard for their own life theyve done everything to protect us. Reenforcements moving in. Here comes the helicopter we got a water drop on the way. Officials say one man suffered a heart attack and died while trying to stop the fire fromingme errest someone revived by our paramedics but died at the hospital. This community in river std com
At traffic. We have reports of an accident, two cars tangled up. Southbound 101 near marin city. Not too far from that highway 1 exit. Two left lanes are blocked. You have chp on scene and possible injuries reported. Expect some delays. If you are using the richmond, san rafael bridge to commute between the east bay, so far, traffic is light, moving in both directions. Once youre on 101, you might run into that backup because of that crash near marin city exit. Westbound 580 continues to be one of our hot spots. Still stuck in lanes. This trouble spot in the right lane, a couple big rigs tangled up. A minor fender bender. It is blocking one lane with delays. 57 minutes. Slow and go coming away from 205 to 680. Michelle. Right now, police in san jose are searching for the person who shot a gun multiple times in the downtown area last night. Bullets shattered several windows on the san jose state campus. Kpix5s jackie ward is live. Jackie, where does the and we are well past the honeymoo
Ones you love. Gilroy strong was the theme tonight. Good evening, the people at tonights vigil said that garlic festival shooting will not defy to find their tightknit community. Reporter tonight was supposed to be a Downtown Music series event, but instead it was a candlelight vigil to support the victims families and each other. Organizers say it was only fitting to have it here in downtown to celebrate community, a community that is gilroy strong. [music] standing together in morning, gilroys resilience on full display thursday night as hundreds of people took over the downtown intersection of monterey and fifth street, blanketed with the message, gilroy strong. We are saddened, hurt, angry, and confused. We are now one of those communities on a growing list of communities. A Community Still reeling after the fact on the citys cherished and is celebrated gilroy garlic festival known as the soul of the community. An individual with hatred in his heart decided to try and steal our inn