For this island. Sugar, spices, gold, just a few of the perks the spanish enjoyed for over 400 years. That is, until the u. S. Was happy to help, you know, liberate the island from the spanish and make it a u. S. Commonwealth. That means puerto rico is neither an independent country nor an official state. And its people dont have a vote in the u. S. Congress or in president ial elections. Despite all of that, Puerto Ricans are unstoppable. And their Cultural Impact on the u. S. And the world . Massive. To really get to the bottom of how puerto rico has not only survived but thrived requires an understanding of the cultural history of the island. So thats what were going to do now. And in case youre new to this show, thats like our whole mo here. [upbeat latintinged music] [upbeat latintinged music] music has become the love language between the u. S. And puerto rico. From the time of the tainos to the Enslaved Africans who were brought here later on to modern day, music has been an out
Negotiating. We bargained in good faith in a long process. Reporter the union objects to the policy of not filing in moving vehicles. So they sued. Have a judge order them back to the table. If they refuse to come back to the table im willing to let a superior court judge decide this or im willing to let an arbitrator decide this. Reporter the use of force policy is the final piece of mayor lees plan to implement 272 recommendations issued by the department of justice this year. On a brighter note, the union and the commission agreed on everything else. To get to the point where we agreed on 99 was wonderful. Reporter the tragedy in berlin has some members of the union more convinced than ever that officers need to be able to fire on moving vehicles even when the driver doesnt have a gun and in what might also be a historical moment [chuckling] tomorrow the union says they are going to go to Supreme Court im sorry, superior court here and file for restraining orders to prevent that use
Going to notice that the heaviest rainfall has moved through over the last, oh, say, three hours or so. Heavy downpours for the next couple of hours with showers and thunderstorms. So our roads are looking good. They are just wet so make sure you drive safely but we want to update you on mass transit. Bart has a change at pittsburg bay point modified and ace train three and five are running, afternoon trains four and six are running. But one, seven, eight and ten are not running. Larkspur ferry and San Francisco ferry cancelled for 8 45 due to problems. Muni and caltrain on time. Looking good into downtown San Francisco. Be careful of wet roads. A lot of people are expected to fly today and if you are heading to the airport you are going to want to give yourself some extra time. He so far security lines are taking a half our at sfo. Airport officials recommend arriving two hours early. New details on a house fire in the oakland hills. We are hearing from the family who lives inside. Fi
Immediately afterwards. And crazy enough, people around Telegraph Hill and nob hill called at the same time and said that they smelled like rotten eggs. Ha. So were trying to say, was something connected there . Gas lines . Yeah. Or just some sulfur activity . Thats why you never get any sleep. [ laughter ] you care too much about weather and really, yeah. Woke me up. It was hard to go back to sleep and then that alarm went off at 2 00 this morning. Rise and shine its another breezy morning around much of the bay area. Live weather camera, the skies are clear and that is a view of the golden gate bridge. Temperature right now in San Francisco 44 degrees. But we have been picking up a wind out of the northeast at 7 so even though thats light it feels like its in the 30s if you want to talk about a wind chill. Livermore freezing, 30 in santa rosa. Oakland 37. Thats your coldest temperature so far this week. Satellite and radar, coast is clear. Well have an offshore flow today and a sligh
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