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Next, author Eric Jay Dolin discusses the american fur trade in his book fur, fortune, and empire. He profiles key players including Thomas Jefferson and john jacob astor. Eric i remember very clearly the moment at which the idea for this book came to me. It was back in the spring of 2007

Tech trouble. Weve seen attacks recently, some bad blood between some of the citizenry and the workers in the bay area. Were going to talk a little bit jerry brown also. Theres been a lot of talk about jerry brown, possibly another run for president. I cant believe it. You can. Well hear from our political insiders, coming up in a few minutes. Lets take a check on our Weather Forecast first this morning. A live look at San Francisco. The beautiful bay bridge. A little bit of patchy fog, but over...

The vote makes no apologies for his 800,000 race. We spent money because we didnt want to take the seat for granted. We really believe we were fighting for the right issues. Reporter but bussell to save money he was out picking up his signs to use them again come the fall. He is going to need them. Its not the only race where a republican squeaked in as the democrats bashed each other. Theres another race nearby with another strong republican showing. Reporter came in first Catherine Baker runni...

There. Hugh spent less than 5,000 and he might find himself in a runoff. It seems like it was kind of a liability to be an incumbent this time around. We have our Political Insiders weigh in on that coming up. And one of our live studio interviews, oak city is going to be here and phil, youll talk to him about whether oaklands have a Police Commissioner in . We might ask about the oakland mayors race. See if we can get him to handicap that for us. You might ask about it . I think we can expect t...

Like this . Whether it be substations or power lines . Are the utilities moving fast enough to make sure were secure in the future . Were going to be talking with the state senator about his plans to call for more action coming up. This week is going to mark the oneYear Anniversary for measure d in san jose, of course that raised the minimum wage 2 there. We look at a study that sees if this has some sort of impact on the economy. Very hot topic nationwide. One the president just took up this we...

Dubois good evening. Scott is off tonight, im maurice dubois. This is are western edition of the broadcast. Today we got to see for the first time how the release of u. S. Army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl went down. The taliban put out this video of his handover to u. S. Forces last saturday, five years after he was taken prisoner. We also learned more today about bergdahls Service Record in afghanistan. We have a series of reports tonight, first, bob orr with the video. Reporter with the sun setting...

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According to historian Eric Jay Dolin, a crucial element missing from most maritime histories of the American Revolution is the ragtag fleet of private vessels - from 20-foot whaleboats to 40-cannon men-of-war - that played a key role in winning the war. Dolin will fill in the blanks during a fre

Five months after remnants of Hurricane Hilary pounded Death Valley National Park, some areas are still closed by storm damage, but visitors who have headed to the park are enjoying their time there.

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