Hello, everyone and welcome to powerhouse we are an independent bookstore and we thank you for your support and attendance tonight and hope that you purchase the book. We are very excited to be hosting the new book american overdose and die will be reading and talking with the moderator after which they will be taking questions. The former journalist at the bbc the guardians correspondent in jerusalem and washington, d. C. By tim on the impact of economic recession in modern america he received the James Cameron prize he was awarded the prize for journalism for recording the version of events and told an unpalatable truth and hes the longtime staff writer in the paris review and the office of Standard Operating Procedure from 2008 and we wish to inform you including the National Book critics circle award. Facebook short fiction essays have been translated into a dozen languages. Hes at work on a new book. Please join me now in welcoming chris. [applause] this one works. [laughter] a lo
By tim on the impact of economic recession in modern america he received the James Cameron prize he was awarded the prize for journalism for recording the version of events and told an unpalatable truth and hes the longtime staff writer in the paris review and the office of Standard Operating Procedure from 2008 and we wish to inform you including the National Book critics circle award. Facebook short fiction essays have been translated into a dozen languages. Hes at work on a new book. Please join me now in welcoming chris. [applause] this one works. [laughter] a long time ago at the border in 1996 or maybe earlier than that and in those days chris is doing some of the truly outstanding reporting from there as he has them everywhere that he has reported that ive ever had the pleasure to read. I guess i want to just start tonight, you have written about american overdose. It is just a terrific book, terrific reporting, writing, exceptional read and urgent story. How did you get into it
Was slope right there coming up on downtown oakland. Lets look at the westbound bay bridge toll plaza. Theres one lane that is show. It does look good. Right now, its chasing a vehicle in the southern part of san jose. Speeds are about 100 Miles Per Hour. It is going on, well keep you posted on whats happening. 4 31, well keep you informed. Cal fire is preparing for wildfires sparked by dry lightning. There is a fire on Bethel Island where a fire was reported last night. Reporter good morning, fire burned through this five acres of dry brush. You can see the damage that was done here. A few buildings were threatened for a short time. In the end no damage was done to them. While the cause of this particular fire is unclear, dry lightning will be a big concern for firefighters across the bay area as we move throughout the day. A red flag warning went through midnight. The forecast calls for thunderstorms bringing gusty conditions, winds more than 25 Miles Per Hour and the possibility of
Facebook users a big favor. This is ktvu channel 2, morning news. Good morning, heres a live picture at the entrance to the port of oakland and those are truckers out on the picket lines this morning. The issue theyre trying to bring attention to, thats coming up in a few minutes. Good morning, pam cook, august 19th. Good morning. Theres a fire danger in the pay area. Steve . Possible lightning and clouds building up in and around, it goes to wednesday. Thunder shower activity. This will not be widespread, it will be hit or miss. It will be impact of lightning and possible fire. It will be slamdunk in northeast california. Its wrapping back towards us. It looks like its pushing into the pacific, slightly cooler, especially the coast. Its partly sunny skies and partly cloudy. Look at it, 70, fairfield, livermore and San Francisco, a west whipped picking up. A lot of cloud cover comes off the mother load or central sierra. Some of that could move back off of us. The flow continues to pic
Bay area because of dangerous fire conditions. Ktvus alex savidge will tell us about how crews are preparing in a moment but first, we begin our Team Coverage with Steve Paulson who explains the weather conditions outside. Well, its a tale of three different forecasts. If you are near the coast, fog or sun. If you are south bay or parts of the peninsula, its mostly sunny. Although theres one little band of clouds going through the south bay. North bay and parts of the east bay. A lot of clouds, mostly cloudy. Its cool, warm, hot, muggy. A little low off Central California is producing a lot of cloud cover and it will be with us through thursday morning. I think a bert opportunity for showers is tuesday. The red flag warning is out for lightning, for causing fires. Its very dry and hot. Already 93 in livermore. Yesterday they were 102. San francisco is 61. Half moon bay, also 61. A huge difference. Watch the clouds streaming in. You can see they are definitely taking aim more towards th