About how great i am, it just happens to me because i have that experience of imagining myself in the other persons position so much more im going to move on to audience questions. Peggy asks the opposite of what my question was. I do you feel like your writing was affected your drinking when you were drinking . What was it that you were held back from or . Guest this is something i talk about in another chapter about writing a column and thinking its the greatest thing in the world, sitting and knocking back a few or whatever and waking up in the morning and looking at it and thinkingthis makes no sense. Or this isnt accurate. So theres just that very baselevel of its just not as good writing and its not Good Journalism to be drunk. You cant write as well. And i think i really limited my ambition. I think the idea of writing a book would have been impossible. I told myself a story about myself which is that i cant write more than 500 words because i dont have that kind of Attention Sp
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Eveng, ien bastida. Abco the manhunt just ending this evening after a shooting spree that terrorized the town of paso robles. The Police Closed in on the suspect, 26yearold mason lira, this afternoon. They opened fire on several off officers that arrived at the scene, but it all came to an end when the suspect tried to run from a river bed to highway 101. He was shot and killed by police. The 3 officers injured are hospitalized with nonlifethreatening injuries. Heres what we know about the suspect. Authorities say hes a homeless man from the monterey area. He was caught on Security Camera footage yesterday. Hours earlier say lira started shooting at the Paso Robles Police station. As officers started responding, lira turned his gun on the police cars rolling in, shooting a deputy in the head. The shooting triggered an intense manhunt. Its not a good feeling to have. The Law Enforcement around here is really good, so the fact they cant get him is frightening and very concerning. Its unr
Yeah. All right. Air conditioner last night, crank it up and we all went to bed. Opened up the windows thinking there would an draft. Nothing, sal. Temperatures are continuing to climb, lets get over to steve paulson, we mentioned a few times, its going to be hot. We have . Yes, we have. A both counts using ac on the way in. Mike you are right, there was nothing. Crickets. We do have one more hot day sal and i have been saying since 4 00 this morning. Heat advisories now red flag warning are for the north bay hills, no longer the east bay hills even though there is still pretty good gusts there. Livermore forecast high 98 that is what they were yesterday. Forecast today 101. Tomorrow 84 and degrees in pope valley. 80 in wood acre. Bodega bay is the Concord Pavilion ail i dont know there is mid70s danville. 8degrees. That is a rarity. 90s and 100s today. Way above average. Probably near record setting territory. Vallejo 98. Hayward 99. San carlos 99 degrees. Here are some of the records
a landmark stimulus bill has been stopped with progressive options. these ideas for what should be done to tackle the covid crisis such as it is now and to try to rebound and get on the road forward. democrats are now eyeing this openly a as both a solution set of plans for the nation and a political weapon. the democrats chances of winning something that they see as fundamental for this biden era, can which would be in congress. there are zillion signs the message may be breaking through. 67%, that is a supermajority in any time period, 67% of americans approve of the handling of covid. the main issue of the year. and his overall approval rating up to 62%. that s up 6 points from it last week. we have been charting some of these numbers because they are unusual and they suggest a break with the politics and the polarization of the last four years, at least on some issues. it speaks to a bet that president biden and his team are making that americans obviously need help. this