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and he is currently professor of history at university of southern california. his new book tells the story of the first three centuries of the european encounter with north america from about 1500- 1800. he opens with a bold statement, there can be no understanding of american culture and history without an understanding of the role played by catholic people and the unfolding drama of the catholic experience. who were those people and what were their roles. please stay with us and after the break we will speak to professor starr and scratch on his sound of historical knowledge font of historical knowledge. welcome back to mosaic. our guest today is professor kevin starr , author dasher author of the book, continental ambitions. let me ask about your title. you say in your introduction there are many fine histories of catholics in north america with a regional and historical perspective. it is a larger perspective, why did you adopt it? i adopted the larger perspecti ....
and blues tch. he s shocked tonight and called them a nice kid. people there were shocked to when rollens pulled out a gun and starts shooting kyle rollens was just 21-year-old and had been playing the blues for seven years. sacramento police arrested him on five counts of attempted mur. witness murder, witnesses say he was acting strange and was asked to leave. they say he returned a short time later and pulled out a handgun with a man. i told everybody to get down and one of my friends was bold enough to jump on him. people who know him says they cannot believe it. he s such a nice kid. every time i see him, he s friends with so many people and i never see that side of him at all. in his sacramento county jail photo, he had numerous cuts and bruises that he got during the scuffle for his gun. reporter: well, the gunman is so on the lose, that s what investigators announced saying after a highway shooting in concord. the shooting happened about 5:00 this ev ....
actually, i felt horrible seeing all the images coming in from it was pretty crazy. but now things are nice and calm and cool. for a little while. for now, anyway. we ll ramp it back up for you this week, sam. we re going to have some more storms rolling into the bay area, heading in on wednesday. we have a couple of more days to prepare, but it looks like we ll need that time to do that. as we get a look at what s happening now, as you head out early on this monday morning, it s all clear across san jose. we ve seen some spots dealing with some fog. especially as you head through the tri-valley, over towards the delta. we ve had some very dense fog over the central valley, that s been kind of spilling into parts of the bay area. and in santa rosa, visibility now down to about a half of a mile, dealing with that, also some very chilly temperatures. it s only 34 degrees in fairfield. 38 in santa rosa. and livermore at 40 degrees. so with those temperatures st ....
investigation. two men were shot at, the shooter or shooters then drove away, the victims drove to a gas station to get help, one man was hit and suffered non- life-threatening injuries. the shooting happened as a new set of surveillance cameras is about to go live along i-80. over the past few years there have been dozens of shootings along that stretch of freeway. on 580, 880 and highway 4. several mayors are wanting more funding for highway cameras. it is unknown if the leader shooting is connected to the other rash of shootings on east bay freeways, lisa chan, kpix 5 today commemorates the birthday of martin luther king junior. sandra osborne joining us live from downtown san jose where he will be celebrated today. with the celebration train ride it is something people around here know about it used to be the freedom train, now the celebration train a 54 mile trek from san jose to san francisco as a tribute to honor the late martin luther king jr. we have video ....
that forecast. it s cold, but if you re stuck in that fog, boy, it can be really cold. everything is mostly sunny today and tomorrow, then we ll deal with another system, but watch out, that footprint of the fog in the valley is as thick as i ve seen in a long time. mostly sunny, unless year dealing with some of that fog, 4:01 on a monday. good morning, sal. good morning, steve. this martin luther king day. i think some people do have the day off today. let s look at the tracy commute. it looks slower where 580 and 280 meet, but that s about all. the visibility here in oakland at this spot is pretty good. at the babies toll plaza, visibility is good bay bridge toll plaza, visibility is good. police say two men in a black mercedes in concord last night were shot. the injuries not life- threatening. the men were found at a gas station not far from the freeway. the car with the shoot err inside drove off into the city of concord. we ll be looking at surveillance fr ....