the rumors at the time were that chester arthur had been born in canada. his father was an irishman, and his mother was a canadian from quebec, and they emigrated to vermont. but the story went that when she was pregnant and ready to give birth, she went back home to quebec and had the baby there which, if true, would mean that chester arthur was not an american citizen because neither of his parents were, and he wasn't born in the u.s. i'll point out that, no, we do not have the birth certificate, long or short form, for chester arthur. they just put his name in the family bible and said he was born in vermont, and i guess that was good enough in 1880 to qualify him to hold the office of vice president and president. grover cleveland, who was elected four years after garfield in 1884, always fascinated me just for the plain fact that -- and this is what everybody knows -- grover served two nonconsecutive terms. he was elected in 1884, lost re-election in 1888 and then came back four years later and won the white house back which is a unique achievement in

and dennis was saying,chester arthur was president then. he would know. rainy season officially ends on thursday. yesterday we were at 99% of normal in san jose. today's rain places us above average. carry the umbrella for spotty showers through the morning commute especially north of the golden gate bridge. take a good look at the clearing. that's history. that's history in the making as it plows into the sierra above 7500 feet with snow. hit and miss scattered showers because the air mass behind this cold front is very unstable. and because of that we can keep that chance of a spotty shower as cold air collides with warmer air mass in place. we saw some lightning strikes and heard the thunder out towards concord earlier today. 46 degrees. tomorrow gradual partial clearing of the skies, 50s beaches and low 70s away from the bay. the winds return to the west at 20. but then the offshore flow kicks in by friday. check that out. the hottest day of the holiday coming up will be on sunday into the triple digits. plan barbecues on monday but dennis, don't do a