the feminist chinese women during the turn of the century and i wanted to write about my japanese culter't have the story or the culture unfortunately because i was born in san francisco, half chinese and half japanese but raised in the chinese culture. when it was time to write the second book and i knew i wanted to explore my japanese side it was going to be difficult in the way that i didn't know the culture. right away i had to learn a lot. it was something that was not engrained in me besides the story. i sat down and thought about the story my mother told me about her brother being ill. he at one point went from hong kong to japan to recuperate. he was the one that wanted to be an artist and wanted to paint. i thought about that because it must have been hard growing up in hong kong to be far away from everything and have a dream and get sick at this point. i thought u is there a story here? that's the way it begins for writers. people think things jump out and we have it in our head. it's the opposite we have nothing in our head. we turn on the machine and praying for something to

at a time when government spending is under a microscope, bucket cutters are looking -- budget culters are looking closely at nasa. the united states is still number one in space, but other countries with direction and commitment are rapidly catching up. gary nurenberg, 9news now. >>> anny is here today. we're getting some much need rain. >> we are, jc. it's kind of a light rain today. it is much cooler out there. any rain we're going to get today, we are going to take so that fire danger goes down. you'll want your umbrellas all day today and tonight along with a coat. here's a look at our day planner for your wednesday. temperatures will be in the mid- 50s generally this afternoon. that's pretty much our high. temperatures will be falling with this rain. here's a look at the doppler. you can see it's coming up from the southwest and impacting much of the carolinas into the mid-atlantic, even a couple lightning bolts to the south of uses right around charlottesville. that's where some of the heavier rain is. where you see the yellow, that's mott rad to heavy rainfall. around beaver da

a law to return a family culter to sports venues in california. >> right now, he goes down to the drunk tank and gets a slap on the rist. >> reporter: he wants to encourage posting signs. it would create a blacklist. banning convicted violent offenders from sports venues from attending future sporting events. >> i hope something good comes out of this. we need a safe venue for people to go and experience athletic competition and enjoy it. >> after hearing his story and call for accountability, state lawmakers on the public safety committee voted down the proposed law. assemblyman gato says he's not finished. bottom line, the issue has made waves in sacramento. but is still a long way from becoming law. lots of talk, though. >> any arrests yet? >> nothing yet. sfpd continue to look at it. continue to try to investigate. but no word, yet, on if they're going to have charges. >> at least you have sparked a conversation about it. and we're talking about it. >> there is conversation here and sacramento. >> if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call. >>> we're getting a clea