Kelly so the richmond bread riot. One thing that struck me as i was going over this talk, this is one i wrote a few years ago. One thing that struck me is it seemed a little more relevant today than it did back when i wrote it. Because today, we can definitely go to the stores and not be able to find everything we want to, such as Hand Sanitizer or toilet paper or pasta. And this was one of the big problems that provoked the bread riot, were shortages in the market. So well be talking about that tonight. And what i want to do at the beginning of the talk is kind of set the stage for the bread riot, give you an idea for the conditions under which it could occur. Then i will talk about the riot itself, and then ill end with the aftermath of the riot. I have a slight up here of robert keene. He wrote some insightful things in the days leading up to the bread riots. I want to share something from his diary. On march 7, this is what he said. He was an official in the War Department. He said
Temperatures near average for the coast and may. Above for inland areas. Change for the weekend. Lets look and see if theres anything new out there. Good morning. Good morning. Not looking at anything too serious as we look at the commute. You can see traffic is going to be okay if you are driving at the bay bridge toll plaza. It looks fine. No major problems. Also looking at a commute on the east bay. The traffic is moving looks like i didnt put my mic on. Traffic in east bay looks good. Slow traffic on 880 northbound in union city. We will figure out why it is sloping down and let you know by the next traffic update. Lets go back to the headlines. Topping the news today. Governor newsom is expected to provide another update on the coronavirus situation. The state has been posting single day records this week. The governor is angry at people he calls selfish californians. We cannot continue to do what we have done over the last number of weeks. Reporter as counties continue to reopen,
It has been. Temperatures about the same this morning, mid to upperer 50s, even a 60 around the bay. Near 60 at the coast where the clouds will return before we get to noon. 78 to 90 at 4 00. Enjoy a wonderful evening with temperatures in the 70s. Now we want to get to the developing news in the south bay. Police are looking into social media posts identifying this woman seen in this video coughing on a child at a yogurt land shop. Lauren martinez is live in san jose with the latest on this investigation. Reporter tsom intentionally coughing on this child in a dispute over social distancing. The boys mother has identified the woman in a photo lineup are. In the video released by police, you can see the woman walk over to a stroller and cough at least two times over a young boy. The mother says the woman standing in front of her got mad that she was too close in line. The Oak Grove School district released this statement that says in part, we are aware of an incident allegedly involving
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This morning an update on that story about a woman caught on camera sbrenksintentionally g on a 1yearold boy. Police say that the woman is a teacher. Lauren martinez is live at the yogurt land where it all happened. Good morning. Reporter good morning, julian. This woman is intentionally or accused of intentionally coughing on a young child last friday over a dispute over social distancing. The boys mother says police have shown her a photo lineup and shes identify the woman. In the Surveillance Video released by police, you can see the woman walk over to his stroller and cough at least two times over a young boy. The mother says the woman standing in front of her got mad that she was too close in line. The Oak Grove School district released this statement that says in part, we are aware of an incident allegedly involving one of our employees who was roe v. Wade i dont taped coughing on a baby at a local eatery. The employee is currently off of work and not providing any services to ou