that s why i hope very much that they don t. spending spree, why americans are buying like crazy despite high inflation. plus the origins of black history month in chicago. surf s up, even if the temperature isn t. the winter wave riders chilling out on lake superior. everything else goes away, all you re doing is just focused on riding that wave. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. tonight, a powerful winter storm that piled up snow, prompted blizzard warnings, water rescues, and freeway closures. it s on its way out of southern california. 30 million americans woke up to weather alerts. los angeles chilled after a dusting of snow. this was the storm seen from space today. as it flowed over the california toast. cbs tom wait is in los angeles tonight with the latest. good evening, tom. how are you feeling out there? reporter: cold. good evening to you, adriana. california took a direct hit from the storm, l.a
carter g. woodson was trying to do is not use the lessons of the past to shame anyone, but to make sure we don t repeat those mistakes. he was a very creative, imaginative, resourceful man. reporter: her father worked closely with woodson and says woodson was known as a stickler for perfection and for his doggedness. black history had been written before carter g. woodson. what carter woodson did which no one else did was to start a movement. a movement that would comprise the entire nation. reporter: in 1976, the association expanded the week to a month. congress designated february as black history month a decade later. seeds woodson planted in this building in 1915 chicago. for him, the idea of a week was never a week. the idea of a month was never a month, as we have it now. it was always 365 days with all of the different activities. he was a builder.
There were Dundalk doubles on Friday for trainers Joseph O’Brien and Eddie Lynam. Joseph has made a flying start to the year at Dundalk and took his Stadi.