. >> author dennis smith discusses the exam fire in san francisco in 1906. -- and fires in san francisco in 1906. this lasts about an hour. jonathan: good afternoon everyone. first of all, i would like to thank you for coming to book passage for the reading with dennis smith. his book "san francisco is burning" is newly released and he's going to be talking to you about that today. to start off, are just -- i just kind of wanted to give a little bit of background about dennis and say a few words first. so this coming april, next april marks the 100 year anniversary of the san francisco earthquake, which was an event that until up to fairly recently, was arguably the worst natural disaster in american history. however, what is often overlooked by those unfamiliar with the history of the 1906 earthquake is that the quake itself, measuring somewhere around 8, i believe on the richter scale, actually played a lesser role than some may think in the ensuing catastrophe. as dennis will surely explain, fire was the culprit of much of the devastation that came afterwards. and in the wake of recen

author dennis smith discusses the earthquake and fires that ravaged san francisco in 1906. smith examines how several factors contributed to the magnitude of the fires including leadership failures and mismanagement of resources. this is about an hour. >> i would like to thank you for coming to book passage for the reading of dennis smith's "san francisco is burning." he will talk to you about that today. i want to give a background about dennis and have a few words. this coming april marks the 100-year anniversary of the san francisco earthquake which was an event, though fairly recently, was arguably the worst national disaster in american history. what is often overlooked by those unfamiliar with the history of the earthquake, which was the earthquake itself, registry around and eight on the richter scale, played less of a role in the catastrophe. fire was the culprit of much of the devastation that came afterwards. in the wake of recent events it seems particularly troubling to look to the 1906 quake four lessons. especially the social and psychological consequences to

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smith reports. >> reporter: one of the things that propelled dennis to the third highest office in the land was hisow-key, good-guy reputation, a reputation burnished by his past as a small town high school teacher and coach. now there are questions about whether or not hastert has a darker past. >> i never envisioned that i would have the opportunity to lead the united states house of representatives. >> reporter: eight years after stepping down as speaker of the house, he is in serious trouble. in an indictment federal prosecutors say a near lifelong associate identified only as individual a threatened in 2010 to make public some quote, prior misconduct that the 73 year old committed before becoming house speaker in 1999. the indictment does not spell out what the misconduct was. the indictment alleges hastert withdrew $1.7 million from his accounts between 2010 and 2014. this money was part of $3.5 million hastert allegedly agreed to pay for individual a's silence. all of that is only the background. here is what he is actually in froubl for. first, the faces one count of lying to the fbi. when

smith has the story. >> reporter: one of the things that propelled dennis hahs ard to the third highest pogsz in the land the good guy reputation. now are questions about whether or not hastert had a darker past. eight years after stepping down as speaker of the house, dennis is in serious trouble. in an indictment made public on thursday federal prosecutors say a near lifelong associate identified only as individual a tlented in 2010 to make public some quote prior must conduct that the 73 year old committed before becoming house speaker in 1999. the indictment does not spell out what the misconduct was. to keep individual a quiet, the indictment alleges has has erd withdrew $1.7 million from his accounts. this was part of $3.5 million he allegedly agreed to pay for individual a's silence. that only the background. here is what he is actually in trouble for. first he faces one count of lying to the fbi. when investigators asked him why he was withdrawing so much money, the indictment says he told them the money was for personal use, and that he was withdrawing the money out of a distrust for the banking

dennis o'donnell and if the a's center fielder catches report is next on kpix5. >> the gold rush must have gone bust because the 49ers are leaving left and right. today just tip smithats. the defensive lineman known as the cowboy came to san francisco in 2008. in his 14 year career he missed just three games. he said wear and tear in his left shoulder made the decision easier to call it quits. >>> western conference final tip-off tomorrow at oracle. wasn't too long ago james harden said this. >> they ain't that good, man. >> turns out james harden was wrong. the warriors are pretty good. both teams played the same fast pace style. klay thompson expects to run a lot when he guards harden. >> if you prepare, you'll be all right. i've been a runner since i was a kid. >> reporter: do you do cross- country or something like that? >> absolutely not. >>> the caped crusader ran into trouble in the 2nd inning in his big league debut. eric sogard ripped a base lit. ace starter drew pomeranz was just as good but in the 8th he had a shoulder injury. the a's have the lead really. look at the catch. a's snap a four-game skid. >>> michael franco hit his first big league home run

dennis hastert faces federal charges today. prosecutors say he tried to hide nearly $2 million in secret payments, then lied about it to the f.b.i. john henry smith is here. this threatens to taint his reputation. >> it would be quite a turn about for the illinois republican. he rose to the third highest office in the land on the strength of his low key good guy reputation, a reputation burn issued by his past as a small town teacher. now a darker side is emerging. a new federal indictment alleges he withdrew $1.7 million over five years and tried to get around federal reporting allow while doing so. prosecutors say he paid that money to a lifelong associate to cover up past misconduct. we don't exactly know what type of misconduct it was. many still remember his stall town roots in illinois where he taught history at the high school for years. >> people coming from your community are trying to make a difference in illinois, so it's disappointing. >> he's definitely part of the town. it's a shock. >> hastert faces one count of lying to the f.b.i. and another count for trying to conceal his transactions. according to the indictment, hastert claime

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first of all, i would like to thank you for coming to book passage for the reading with dennis smith. his book "san francisco is burning" is newly released and he's going to be talking to you about that today. to start off, are just -- i just kind of wanted to give a little bit of background about dennis and say a few words first.