angel island. the angel island immigration station where chinese and otherim grants were detained and interrogated from 1910 to 1940 before they were allowed into america. many adopted false identities in order to escape this strict act. our morning strolls to mountain lake park my wife of 50 years stays a step behind. she needs my arm for balance but avoids my touch. she counts the 10 sign posts. 5 stop signs and 2 mailboxes to our destination. she moves her lips as if remembering. before i came here, i had a name. 4 palm trees faced us when we landed loomed like guardians to pass the golden gate we tell them what they wanted to hear. on this island of desperate dreams we shed our skins and wore new once. we burned our parents name and let our past curl into smoke. no longer my father's daughter. no longer my husband's wife. only the sea gulls know who i really am. for months we were held in separate rooms the dampness went through the bunks and gnawed our bones the wales of ghosts kept us awake. 32 steps to my father's house. 4 windows facing north. 24 steps to my uncle's house, 2 doors facing s

angel island were honored in san francisco tonight. joyce kinnard and olympic gold medalist krissy yamaguchi received the immigrant heritage award. the event raises money for the angel island immigration stationnext faces of the angel island regs storation project will focus on the hospital used by many of those immigrants. >> a bit of germany came to oakland today. ♪ >> alan: yes, this is the fourth year of the event has been held in oakland, based on the german oktoberfest. there -- this one is called oak toberfest, a bear hall offered brews and sound stages. if oompa isn't your style. leigh glaser looking for a little october rain during oktoberfest. >> leigh: well, probably not tomorrow but as we head into monday, tuesday, mid-week, get ready for the first week of october to be a wet one. tomorrow, a dry day. high pressure will bring us some clearing, as you see here. this is the first storm system and will start to thicken our clouds up in the overnight howss night, and then the rain moves in across the bay area monday afternoon, monday night, early tuesday morning, another stronger system moves in on wednesday. here's the highs for tomorrow. enjoy. very mild. 70 for santa rosa. 67 for s