Some because of fireworks paired with smokes from fireworks is causing air quality issues this morning. 56 degrees. Wind speeds at 17 Miles Per Hour in walnut creek. 65 degrees already and we will be warm again. Just to give you an idea about five degrees warmer in livermore, san jose a few degrees there. Todays micro climates highs in the 70s, 80s and 90s. A spread of good old micro climates. Now San Francisco yesterday did hit a high of 76. And here is what im talking about air quality, down to the south moderate. In the east bay its unhealthy especially for sensitive groups. Ill go into more detail on that coming up in a few minutes. Kira . As vianey mentioned, we are following dozens of fires erupting across the bay area. Many likely caused by illegal fourth of july fireworks. All but one official fireworks displays were called off this year to stop the spread of covid19. It does appear people, residents, made their own shows igniting brushfires across the bay. We begin with breaki
Miami when epstein faced charges there but he never answered to the federal charges. Instead pleading guilty to a minor state charge. Epstein back in the news because he now faces charges once again, stomachchurning and alarming allegations not ome did he run a child sex ring and people knew about it and did very little. On wednesday acosta, now the labor secretary, went on television to explain his actions many years ago but it wasnt enough to quell the criticism. This morning over the wind of a Helicopter Engine he and President Trump faced tv cameras. This was him, not me. Because im with him. He was a a tremendous talent, hes a hispanic man. He went to harvard. A great student. And in so many ways, i just hate what hes saying now because were going to miss him. Over the last week ive seen a lot of coverage of the department of labor and what i have not seen has been credible job creation that weve seen in this economy. Acosta would go on to list all of the things going right with l
Robert jim nagareda, a long time jtown resident and photographer, historian, and author of images of america san joses japantown. Jim my main focus through the whole book was the people. Its the people, and the activities, the things that they did. And this community is very unique. And so, thats really what i wanted to capture. A lot of people in this area were into agriculture. And when they came back from the incarceration camps, they found other ways of employment. And it was difficult for them. A lot of them became gardeners. You know, in japantown, we had several barbers, we hadit was pharmacies and things like that. Foryou know, cause the Japanese Community wanted to support other japanese, and they felt very comfortable working with other japanese. So, all theall the Different Things that you needed were located in one area. And you can actually go to you know, through preschool here, and you can have all your church, and all the way up to where yuai kai, where theyre serving s
Robert jim nagareda, a long time jtown resident and photographer, historian, and author of images of america san joses japantown. Jim my main focus through the whole book was the people. Its the people, and the activities, the things that they did. And this community is very unique. And so, thats really what i wanted to capture. A lot of people in this area were into agriculture. And when they came back from the incarceration camps, they found other ways of employment. And it was difficult for them. A lot of them became gardeners. You know, in japantown, we had several barbers, we hadit was pharmacies and things like that. Foryou know, cause the Japanese Community wanted to support other japanese, and they felt very comfortable working with other japanese. So, all theall the Different Things that you needed were located in one area. And you can actually go to you know, through preschool here, and you can have all your church, and all the way up to where yuai kai, where theyre serving s
Culture and food are on the menu today. Ive known jim nagareda for many years. And as a professional photographer with an artists eye, who is part of a family that has been part of the community for over 50 years, i cant think of anyone more qualified to chronicle the history of san joses japantown than him. Jim, welcome to the show. Jim nagareda thank you very much for having me, great. Robert now, give me an idea. First of all, we were talking about the book, san joses japantown, of which you got to be the author. First and foremost, must have been a thrill to be asked to be the one documenting the history of the place. Jim yeah, we had just finished a big project called san Jose Japantown a journey. And it was a very comprehensive book on the history of japantown. And during that project, we were asked by Arcadia Publishing to do thisa book in their series. And at that time, we wanted to focus just on our big book, the journey. And so, we put that off. And when we were done with the