Everybody. I am bradley graham, the coowner and everybody at the bookstore and all the great folks, welcome. Thank you very much for coming. Every time we do a joint author event like tonight which we love doing by the way and marvelous facility, i think back 15 years when the building was up for sale and how close it came to being transformed into a nightclub. It came this close but instead the s founders and the staff hae transformed the wonderful place over the pastnd decade and a haf into the vibrant Community Center that it is today, lets have around of applause for that. We have a great event for you this evening featuring Melinda Gates here to talk about her new book, the moment of lift, this is melindas debut as an author and her book is part memoir and part call for more action as melinda recount the mission she been on, she tells the story tof her journey from taken a jb at microsoft in 1987 fresh out of Business School to marrying bill gates seven years later to partnering w
Be open to calling congress back to washington. The love, the respect and also the saying lets see if we can get something done and republicans and democrats want to do it. There are two proposed bills to expand background checks. The house passed them earlier this year. Another would expand red flag laws which allow for guns to be taken away from people who are at risk. Law is in effect in california and several other indicates. A large turn out is expected tonight for two town halls with members of congress. East bay representative is speaking at shore lot Wood Middle School in danville at 6 30 tonight. Another town hall will be at 7 00 at the College Theater in redwood. They support stricter access to guns as does guns. They were the recent focus. Worked very hard in the midterms to change the Congress Post parkland. We won 17 seats where an nra endorsed member of congress had held the seat. Off that we passed background checks and now its time for the senate to act. Last nights Mas
For another rainy, stormy night. Amelia draper is in the storm centeth a look at what to expect. Amelia . And, pat, ikehink the word is some. Most of us are going to stay dry out there tonight, but tomorrow im tracking widespread showers and thunderstorms looking likely later in the day, but where it is raining, its raining heavily a this is back toour west right now. This rain is slowly trying to move into parts of Frederick County and virginia. Successfully now moving into Shenandoah County where its producing very, very heavy rainfall right alongi81. Starting to see a little bit of rain as well. Based on the latest track its going to be moving into luray. Well see that pop up there and the steady rain at 5 30 and 5 40 d winchester at 6 15 and perryville at 6 50. Closer to home in the metro area, im seeing isolated showers popping up in montgomern and right on the border of frederick and Loudoun County and up around theus damasc area. Most of us stay try tonight and everybody dealing
Celebration for you. So im phil the general manager of rec and parks department. [applause]. Thank you. And we are going to start with land acknowledgment and take a second. To acknowledge. [land acknowledgment] thank you. Okay. Here we are. In the heart of San Francisco south of market. Serving the soma filipino Cultural Heritage district jean friend soma rec center. The site serving the Community Since 1990. Soccer, youth and after school programming. Seniors, a play grouped, weight room and more. This place like a few other facilities has been literalliful loveed death. It is time, it is is time to give this place a refresher, renovation we will make it bigger and grander. This project is part of the 2020 health and recovery bond. Although, i will note and you will hear from speakers, donny, and i will introduce you in a minute. This upon mine the very first reshg center i visited as gm, i have been as a San Francisco and might have the first one this goes become it 2009 this is how
With land acknowledgment and take a second. To acknowledge. [land acknowledgment] thank you. Okay. Here we are. In the heart of San Francisco south of market. Serving the soma filipino Cultural Heritage district jean friend soma rec center. The site serving the Community Since 1990. Soccer, youth and after school programming. Seniors, a play grouped, weight room and more. This place like a few other facilities has been literalliful loveed death. It is time, it is is time to give this place a refresher, renovation we will make it bigger and grander. This project is part of the 2020 health and recovery bond. Although, i will note and you will hear from speakers, donny, and i will introduce you in a minute. This upon mine the very first reshg center i visited as gm, i have been as a San Francisco and might have the first one this goes become it 2009 this is how long this project has been percolating. You remember, you and your brother came and we did weight room way back when. I will talk