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Mexico month author Richard White presents a history of the Transcontinental Railroad. You draws mexico, next author Richard White presented history of the Transcontinental Railroad. Welcome to the meeting of the Commonwealth Club. You can find us on the internet. I am David Kennedy, professor of history emeritus and codirector of the center for the American West at Stanford University and your moderator for this program. This program is being presented with the California Historical society. It...

Francisco county Transportation Authority. My name is eric mar im the acting chair of the Transportation Authority. Our clerk is mr. Steve stamos, could you please do the roll call . Item one, avalos . Here. Present. Breed. Present. Campos. Present. Cohen npresent. Ferrill, absent. Kim . Absent. Mar . Present. Peskin . Present. Tang absent. Commissioner yee. Present. We have quorum. Item two, chair report, as our director will be recounting the accomplishments of the year and we will hold our ch...

Latest. Reporter they believe the woman rescued is the mother of all nine children the youngest just 8 months old. With bright flames shooting out of windows, neighbors watched in horror as firefighters pulled four people from the burning home including three children. Authorities say the call for help came in just after midnight. By the time the house fire had reached two alarms many baltimore. The fire was so intense the smoke could be seen for miles. Time was of the essence with two children ...

46 tankers will come to lakehurst. They can carry passengers and cargo and refuel other aircrafts midair. That is great for the area and great for the base, that means the base is cemented for at least another 20 to 25 years. They are critical to National Security and the local economy. Its job security for me. I think it will benefit because a lot of the Small Businesses around here benefit from us being here. I work at the Treatment Plant on the base and knowing the plant will be open for a lo...

Dusting of snow. Turning to rain here in the delaware valley, there is a concern roads could be slick overnight. Saturday night. Im walter perez. The big story is a Winter Weather advisory for the delaware valley. The lingering concern is the possibility of wet spots freezing over on the roadways and sidewalks. Meteorologist Melissa Magee joins us with accuweather. Walter, a lot of the precipitation across the area moving out. You see Storm Tracker 6 double scan radar, the precipitation exiting ...

And files to be submitted items today will be appear on the january, 31st, agenda, unless otherwise stated. . Ethank you very much, ladies and gentlemen just for your edification today is my first day of budget chair and so bear with me if i stumble and it is a privilege to serve San Francisco in this cape capacity. Could you call item . Resolution retroactively authorizing the San Francisco department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 367,968 from California Departm...

We will hear in this talk about how lincoln crafted and refined it. [applause] Sidney Blumenthal well, thank you very much for those kind and generous words. I have been delighted to spend a number of years in the 19th century, and im looking forward to spending more of them there. [laughter] [applause] Sidney Blumenthal i am deeply honored for this invitation to address the lincoln forum, and i thank chief williams, the chairman, and carol hauser, the vicechairman, who have both devoted themsel...

We will hear in this talk about how lincoln crafted and refined it. [applause] Sidney Blumenthal well, thank you very much for those kind and generous words. I have been delighted to spend a number of years in the 19th century, and im looking forward to spending more of them there. [laughter] [applause] Sidney Blumenthal i am deeply honored for this invitation to address the lincoln forum, and i thank chief williams, the chairman, and carol hauser, the vicechairman, who have both devoted themsel...

That is the discussion we need to be having. Is it fair to say most of the people who are in the waiting list who are develop mentally disabled traumatic brain injured people and those with serious Mental Illness are on medicaid, a different type of population and what has been your findings with the governors with respect to how most of them would like to take care of this population if there are consensus among governors, what is the governor, the legislature to deal with respect to the popula...

Williams, the chairman, and carol hauser, the vicechairman, who have both devoted themselves for decades to writing and education on abraham lincoln. I am particularly pleased to be here on the 21st lincoln forum. As frank noted, this year i published the first of a multivolume political biography of lincoln entitled the selfmade man. It describes a poor, stunted and oppressed boy who hammers together, on his own, the elements of the man who will be lincoln. The second volume, to be published ne...