stanford university libraries. as bruce was describing, the bill lane center is dedicated to advancing scholarship and public education on the past, present and future of western north america. so this is a very appropriate program for them, and the stanford university libraries offers access to a comprehensive range of scholarly resources both print and digital format in support of research and nstruction here at stanford. today we inaugurate a new lane center initiative called arts west. it is designed to place a spotlight on the rich contributions of the arts and humilities in the american west. arts west offers the stanford community innovative public programming, on the writers, artists and cultural leaders that make the west a fertile ground for global creativity and artistic vision. it offers two distinctive series , the great writers of the west focuses on our western literary heritage and the great artists of the west elevates the western visual arts. we begin today
on holidays, too. follow us on twitter, like us on facebook. and find our programs and schedule on our website, c-span.org/history. next on american history tv, a panel of scholars discusses the life and legacy of novelist, journalist, photographer, and social activist jack london. in this two-hour program, we ll see a selection of his photo journalism and learn how the author of the call of the wild has influenced generations of western writers. the bill lane center for the american west and stanford university libraries co-hosted this event. thank you, bruce. hello, my name is marc levin, and i m an affiliated scholar with the billing center for the american center. a program today is called jack london, apostil of the american west. and is being co-sponsors by bill lane center for american west and the stanford university libraries. as bruce was describing, the billings center is dedicated to advancing scholarship and public education on the past, present, and future
my name is mark lavigne and i m an affiliated scholar with the billing center for the american west. our program today is called jack london, apostle of the american west. and it is being co-sponsored by stanford s bill lane center for the american west and the stanford university libraries. as bruce was describing, the bill lane center is dedicated to advancing scholarship and public public education on the past, present and future of western north america. so this is a very appropriate program for them, and the stanford university libraries offers access to a comprehensive range of scholarly resources both print and digital format in support of research and instruction here at stanford. today we inaugurate a new lane center initiative called arts west. it is designed to place a spotlight on the rich contributions of the arts and humilities in the american west. arts west offers the stanford community innovative public programming, on the writers, artists and cultural lead
november 27. this morning we re on storm watch. rain is making for a wet commute including in the mountains where the sierra is seeing more snow. the forecast this morning is for clouds around, residual showers, but in general things will clear up. we ll get a peak at sun as the low pressure kicks in and the rain gives up the sun will come out but there is still rain ahead and this afternoon we ll see increasing sunshine, fog in the early-going along the shoreline and temperatures manage only 60 degrees. there is more rain on the way and we ll have details with the forecast coming up in just a few minutes. now to our top stories overnight. a mess on bay area highways on northbound 880 at least a dozen cars, trucks and suvs were damaged because of road debris, an axle was left in the road from a separate crash. it was slow-going as many had to be towed away. on southbound 680, six chp officers were injured after being rear ended. the officers had just gotten into their v
mild in the 40s tonight before climbing to near 60 in the metro tomorrow. rainfall amounts by the time all is said and done should range between 1-3 , which is unusually high for this time of year. bre: we ll have more coming up in main weather. nikki: thanks bre. now if you re looking for the most up to date weather visit our website, we are iowa dot com. local 5 s interactive radar shows you what s happening door. nikki: tough decisions for west des moines public schools. after enrollment dropped by more than a hundred students, the district now will have less money to spend on its programs and some are on the chopping block. but before any decisions are made, they re asking the public for help local five s jacob peklo joins us now with more on the discussion. jacob? jacob nikki, the district needs to cut nearly eight-hundred thousand dollars from its budget for next year. so, some long- time programs may not be offered next year. but there s a big group of students and par