Or the candidates, is not just the economy or immigration they are talking about, but the environment is top of mind for most of them. Thats because swing voters named Climate Change as a key issue, one that could win or lose their vote. But while this green revolution might seem new, it has deep roots in places like the far south side of chicago, where our special correspondent joie chen learned the forgotten history of the Environmental Justice movement, and the woman who made it happen. Joie the tears fall hard here, and often. At this streetsmart memorial to all the lives lost, in a poisoned community. Do you think you know most of them . Yeah, i know charles lamb senior, because i knew his son chilly. He was sick. He died of cancer joie the browns. The smiths. The rays. So many more. This is a lot of suffering. This is a lot of suffering. It is. Which makes the more dedicated to fight for change. Joie Cheryl Johnson remembers many names on the wall. She grew up here. You could say
Happening in our world today. And finally, we will highlight some other big events coming up, including the big indian festival diwali, all on our show today. Well, ive had the pleasure of attending the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival. I have hosted some q a sessions with filmmakers. The event is a project of cats, contemporary asian theater scene, and is still growing and evolving. Joining me now is an old friend, he is cofounder of cats and the cochair of the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival, steve yamaguma. And also with us, i have the privilege of welcoming filmmaker andrea yuchieh chung. Born in taipei, she is a trained classical musician who found she had a passion for documentary filmmaking and on a global scale. She is presenting her latest work, finding nasseebi, a film where she turns the camera on herself and her journey to understand islam. Welcome to the show. Andrea yuchieh chung thank you for having us. Robert good to see you again. Steve yamaguma go
Bank in place, a little drizzle out there, but temperatures, 5060s low clouds filling in nicely here. Not much change here compared to yesterday. All that tropical moisture we talked about is visiting Southern California for the high desert. And a little bit towards the central sierra. But for us, i think we have to wait a little bit before that maybe makes a move probably later in the weekend, 60s, 70s and 80s on those temps. All right. Sal is here. I dont know, picking up cones. Something else right now we have a crash, steve, that has all lanes here on 880 blocked southbound 880 at 16th. Let me put it on the map here for you. Southbound, 880 at 16th. The couple of trucks got into it in the 3 00 hour and its been theyre closed in that southbound direction. People are being taken off the freeway. Now. It is early enough that its not causing a major delay, but i would use eastbound 580 and forget about 880 south unless you are getting on the freeway after 16th. If youre getting on at t
Graders. But could a spike in covid cases disrupt the start of the new school year . Im justine waldman. Thanks for joining us for kron. 4 news at a time can wane. Here we go. Families enrolled at hoover elementary. Were excited to see some of the upgrades on the campus. The school had a fresh coat of paint. Theres a new playground. And the school year also started in antioch today, several east Bay School Districts and San Francisco start School Next Week as more bay area children get ready to head back to school. Medical experts say the return of indoor classes. Coupled with the recent uptick in covid cases nationwide might result in more children getting the virus for us to assist reports and how experts say, although we are in a lot better shape than in years past covid19 is still a virus to take seriously. The American Academy of pediatrics says 15. 6 million children have contracted covid19 since the beginning of the pandemic 2020. Now as students go back to school, medical exper
Apart. But until we can get all the way into the pile to put all the fire out, were going to be out here for a while. The fire is contained. Theres no chance of it spreading anywhere right now. Were just trying to get all the fire out of the to the all the way to the bottom of the pile and get all the fire out for fire, Officials Say, fortunately, no one was injured. The chief says the epa is here monitoring the air quality and says it is normal. The wind is blowing the smoke towards Contra Costa County and fire Officials Say people there should not be alarmed but advises them to keep their doors and windows closed as a precaution. Fire crews are hoping to get full containment on this fire soon. Mike hey, amber. When firefighters got on scene, you could see that pile of debris. I mean, its absolutely enormous. Any particular reason why it was so high . Yes, the fire chief says the shredder has been broken for a few days and that theyre waiting for parts to get it repaired. All right. A