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Tonights speaker harry albert is a retired accountant who immersed himself in historical and Cultural Community of worcester for the past. 13 years. Harry complete preservation worcesters comprehensive docent course in 2018 and he was the recipient of preservation. 200 2023 towson of Distinction Award harry spent two years researching Andrew Haswell green. His research included weeks of study at the New York Historical society and then new york public library, perusing thousands of newspaper art...

Cloudy start to the day. You can see a little bit of patchy fog out there as we take a view towards San Francisco. High clouds overhead as well, and as we get into the afternoon, a low clouds will return to the coastline as well as an uptick in the onshore breeze. Right now, the winds are light, even calm across the bay area. A pretty start to the day, with temperatures ranging from upper 40s to upper 50s. 46 right now at Half Moon Bay, 54 in livermore and in the north bay 51 in napa. We are goi...

She was catcalled by one of the unhoused residents living near and neighboring our school. [ spea king in a global language ] were here because were struggling. We dont really have a place to go. Parents worried about their kids at school, but some homeless say theyre out of options and now the city of san jose might step in. I know a number of people who will not bring their children to this main library. Im a parent, you know, and that breaks my heart. Frightened on the job. San francisco Libr...

Job. Reporter Library Workers are concerned for their safety. They say, things have gotten so bad that they are concerned someone could lose their life. We were not trained to do this type of work in library school. Reporter Library Workers across the city say they are being forced to do a lot more than recommend books. Every day they are the ones making sure the libraries are safe. Reporter nicole has been working in the San Francisco Library System for more than 30 years. She says over the yea...

Place to go. Parents worried about theirkids at school but some homeless say theyre out of options and now the city of san jose might step many i know a number ofpeople who will not bring their children to this main librgas stations as people need still indagation and i mean we dont have all of us dont have the opportunity to get electric cars. Bold action to protect the environment in the east bay. But is it fair to all drivers . And the end of an era at stanford. Take a bow, Tara Vanderveer. C...

Fair for us to do a lot more than recommended books. She has been working in the San Francisco Library System for more than 30 years. Over the years, things have become worse and she fears someone will get hurt. We could fill the library with the incidents. Reporter there were a stack of reports all from the past month. She works as a Branch Manager at the childrens library. They bargained for a guard back in 2022 after an incident that could have become a tragedy. I will never forget it. What b...

This is cbs news bay area with elizabeth cook. Six months into the israelhamas war and there is no end in sight to the fighting. Now, a bay area nurse is back from the war zone and she is giving us a firsthand account of the devastation. It was a situation that this is the situation they are in during day after day. Thank you for joining us. Im devin feeley in for elizabeth cook. That nurse is among many medical professionals who have traveled to the middle east to help treat people wounded in t...

Uneasy relationship between Herbert Hoover and Dwight Eisenhower a former director of the museum where this event took place. Its a great pleasure to introduce the last speaker. Tim walch received a ph. D. In history from northwestern in 1975. After that he served in various capacities of ne National Archives and records institution part of that large organization. Until his retirement in 2011 beginning as a Program Analyst with the National Historical Public Relations commission, tim served as ...

Congress w eisenhower accepted the inevitable. The lack of enthusiasm compromised the pace and legislation darkened hoovers move. Hoover began reorganizing in january of 1954, often skeptical the former preponderate was pleased from the first Hoover Commission that had been adopted during the true you truman years. Hoover was unaware that a administration was giving serious thours to the Central Intelligence agency. Eisenhower chose not to give more work to a man approaching his 80th birthday. H...

I was so worried. [applause] i was so worried. It was ringing. I thought are going to want to stay in bed and read. Here you are. Thank you and good morning. Welcome to the 2017th National Book festival. I am carla hayden. I am so honored to be able to say im the 14th librarian of congress. As you can see pretty excited to open this event. Our 17th consecutive celebration of books and reading. It is wonderful to see a full house here. Not only will we have a full house here at the convention cen...