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Spare the air alert, bob alvarado decided to put a couple of logs on the fireplace. Soon after an explosion so powerful it lifted the roof of the house. It was like a bomb went off in there. Reporter in a moment he saw the home he built go from beautiful to blackened. He saw billowing in an electrical outlet. Thats when i put my hand on the wall and the wall was hot. So i screamed to them get out. Reporter when they got to the driveway, boom. Lifted the roof off the house. It blew out the back wall about two feet. And blew all the sheet rock off the ceiling to the floor. This is exactly what h...

We must always honor the memory of folks who lost their lives in the earthquake. The contribution of this bridge first its a beautiful structure f that adds another iconic structure to our incredible bay area landscape. Its truly a gateway to the east bay community. Second this bridge it insures our safety. We all remember the distribution brought by the earthquake. We know the daggers of a future quake thats why its so for this is built to withstand a big quake. We will right lane on this bridge to maintain the resources in the case of a man made disagrees. Third this has big impacts on our e...

The bridge is looking and just a bonus that all of us who are so fortunate to live here in the bay area, will be able to enjoy. And so today, we will say hello, to the newly span, but we also say good bye to the original version. Perhaps, a few comparisons between the old and the new are in order and you can follow along on your screens. The original was completed in the Great Depression and the new bridge as we weathered the great recession. And the cost was a little different between the two and even if yukon vert the original cost of the whole bridge end to end it is about one billion dolla...

And we happen to have the person for the job, currently a professor of creative writing at uc river side and was craoe put to his post in 2012 and it is my pleasure to introduce him who has written a poem about our beautiful new bridge. Thank you, very much. It is a great pleasure to be here you look fabulous and this looks fabulous and i want to thank Governor Brown, for nominating me and confirming me as your poet laurit, and i would like to thank the arts council for doing the same and the University California river side and the department of transportation, and thank you so much. And i al...

From the bay area. When i hear people talk about this bridge and todays events the touchstone that is most often talked about is 1989 the earthquake. And this is, of course, appropriate. But as steven said earlier the touchstone for this great california event could be just as easily been 1936 the year the bridge was build. For in 193 of this country was in the midst of the Great Depression. A signal to renewed civic effort proved that the pioneer spirit still lives. And now, of course, it the 2012 and were here again. Today, we decade this new span worked through the toughest Economic Times s...