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and it is great to be back here all the time. a few years ago, after agreeing to write a book celebrating the centennial of grand central terminal, i casually suggested an audacious but catchy subtitle, how a train station transformed america. and almost immediately i was struck by second thoughts. individuals and events shape history, but could a single building? luckily, grand central s 100 year imprint on commerce and culture, its pivotal role in urban development, and codifying landmark and air rights, in shifting manhattan s cultural center of gravity from downtown in midtownstep manhattan, turned out to validate the subtitle after all. aell, a building, albeit monumental one, was one thing. could a single object be transformative? that question arose after the british museum and the bbc collaborated on the history of the world in 100 objects. that inspired a spate of collections on subjects including bird watching, the first world war, cricket, the future, the bea ....
where bolts are lighting up bay area tonight. this is kpix5 news. a show in the skies where bolts are lighting up the bay area tonight. good evening. i m ken bastida. i m elizabeth cook. brian hackney is here with a look at where the lightning will be most intense in the coming hours. you bet, liz. boy, theist a different kind of strike at at&t park tonight they saw a different kind of strike at at&t park tonight. viewers sent in from about 6:45 tonight there was amazing shots of lightning over the bay area. that s from south san francisco. if you were out of the fog and had a good view toward the west and the ocean, you saw some of it. there s a little more on the way tonight, even more tomorrow, hi-def doppler showing pretty good cells extending about 100 nautical miles offshore, but the heat of the sun is gone. that means a lot of the energy is taken out of the thunderstorms. if you look towards the south bay, right around cupertino on 280 west of san jose ....
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right now. we have fog moving off shore. even drizzle there. 50s and 60s at this hour. the core of the low remains off the coast. fire danger running high. red flag warnings are up. temperature wise 80s and low 90s. 70s and 80s around the bay and 60s out toward the coast. let s check out the roadways. major injury crash. we have confirmed that with chp. roads closed and traffic alert this morning. a heads up if your commute takes you through san jose. northbound 880 is shut down right now. car overturned and a person was reportedly trapped inside. the latest word is that 5:30 this morning, hope to get the street sweepers out there. in the meantime, traffic is squeezing by in the right hand shoulder. you can continue using 280. in the meantime, the drive time continues to slow about 15 minutes or so on northbound 880 between 280 and highway 237. let s go outside. the rest of the bay area is quiet towards the oakland coliseum. back to you. thanks. right now the lightn ....