band, cherrelle, stokley, deborah cox, and ann nesby. what?! [ cheers and applause ] and here to honor his good friends, let's hear from our amazing musical director for the evening, the incredible big jim wright. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, thank you to everybody here. right words to say it. i love these two gentlemen so much. they have been so instrumental in making me who i am as a musician, as a producer, and as a man. they've taught me so much. so, now, as i said, to come here full circle and to be able to present this award to my heroes -- they know what they mean to me. would give them the world if i owned it. please welcome our 2016 music innovators, presented by chevrolet, my friends, my brothers, jimmy jam and terry lewis. >> mm. wow. yeah, i want to hold this 'cause this is a -- this has been a heavy night. >> yes. >> and this award is a heavy award, so this is perfect. [ cheers and applause ] >> go first. >> look at the credits, and you'll see big jim wright's name on mostly every hit that we have from the time we met him.

from the bart station, there was plenty of entertainment including performances by deborah cox and lisa about the families at the festival today. >> oakland has a large concentration of same-sex families of any city in america. this is a city that welcomes every kind of family and they are having fun together in the family section at oakland drive today. >> children play to safely at the carnival and fair on franklin street and there is a petting zoo and pony rides in a teacup ride and other things to check up in the festivities and at 7 pm tonight. >>> coming up short, the effort of one woman who swam from the sacramento river to san francisco bay and why she decided to call it quits. >>> the bay area cools off, lots of fog and as far as the temperatures for tomorrow, possibly some drizzle. we will talk about that after the break. ♪ ♪ you live life your way. we can help you retire your way, too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. >>> in endurance swimmer became the first solo unassisted swim. kim chambers plan to work through the san francisco bay i