hello and welcome. the united states, the european union and the uk have condemned authorities in russia after police there detained more than 2,000 people at protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexey navalny. large gatherings took place across russia, including the eastern cities of vladivostok and khabarovsk. in the siberian city of yakutsk, protesters braved temperatures of 50 degrees. the main demonstration was in the capital, moscow, from where our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. in moscow, you can feel the anger. police had warned people any protests would be broken up, any protester risked arrest. but thousands came to pushkin square to support the kremlin s fiercest critic, alexei navalny. freedom to navalny, they cried. and, russia without putin. on her way to the protest, mr navalny s wife, yulia, was detained by police. so were hundreds of others for taking part in what the authorities called an unsanctioned gathering. for years, the r
i am vivian schiller with the outfit institute. glad you could be with us today. the new york times bestseller list can be a mirror of the national psyche and this reflects a nation going through an awakening on matters of race. books on matters of race and racism fill fiction and nonfiction. that s the good news. sadly the publishing industry does not always reflect that reality. the recent twitter protest amy, the pay disparity in the industry between black and nonblack others. there are a few people of color who serve as publishing several literary agents and even fewer who operate at a decision-making level and for those who are published, the market exposure can be so awesome. at this year of national reckoning on racism, we look at the book publishing industry and whether it can bring more racial diversity to the field. this is part of our changing the narrative series, issues of race through the media and one program on the news media and another program about the ente
firefighters are still doing mop-up in that area. the cause is under investigation. firefighters keeping an eye on hot spots from what was a fast-moving fire in fairfield. two homes and several outdoor sheds and barns were destroyed. this is where it happened. at the 680 interchange off cordelia road. the fire burned five acres before it was contained. but it forced the closure of 680 for a time. and that created a massive traffic jam. the cause is under investigation. but it was fueled by winds and the dry conditions. ten people are homeless this evening after an early morning fire in berkeley. the fire started about 1:00 a.m. on martin luther king jr. way. it burned for an hour and caused about $300,000 in damage. the american red cross is providing shelter to the victims. no one was injured. the cause is under investigation. three people are recovering from stab wounds tonight after a fire broke out at a house party in santa rosa. police were called to a home on simp
investigators still trying to figure out the cause of that fire. it is the first day that lombard street is closed to cars, causing a lot of headaches. we re not just talking about for the tourists. christie smith is there live tonight. we understand that lombard just reopened? reporter: day one of the closure is over. haven t seen any cars roll down just yet. but for six hours, the crooked street here in san francisco was the crookedest hiking trail in san francisco. a lot of tourists saying they like the chance to walk down the center of the street. some of them, of course, say they did want to drive. residents are the only ones allowed to drive. they told us getting out was more of a challenge than they ever expected. the world famous crooked street closed from noon to 6:00 to cars as part of an experiment for the next few weeks today. people could only walk or ride bikes after residents on lombard complained about the amusement park type atmosphere outside at all ho
you really can t see the ride or the view. for some neighbors who waited for this day, there were a whole lot more people than they bargained for. by evening, cars full of tourists snapping pictures were back so fast it was like they never left lombard street. lee wiberg of sweden was among the first. how was your ride? very good. worth the wait? of course. how long did you wait? two hours. at noon a sign went up. municipal transportation agency workers waved off cars for six hours. the tires swerving and going up to the wall. the world famous crooked street became a crooked footpath. this is just part of a trial after residents complained the cars, noise were just too much. you hear the comments about, you knew what you were getting into when you bought the place. 17 years ago it wasn t anything like this. must be a local. reporter: residents can drive lombard. one woman says this new scene made her hit the horn a few times. she says the closure t