from the post gold rush years to the 1906 earthquake and fire, from the panama pacific international expigz and summer of love. aids epidemic and explosion of business and jobs it is a oasis through the joy, misery, growth, invasion. within the parks majestic canopy are stories. stories about class, about race, about nationality and religion. stories about conflict and peace. stories about gentrification and equity. stories about constancy and change. stories about stewardship and stories about destruction. stories about technology and nature, about celebration and suffering, about all arts, music and food. about love gartherings and solitary strolls. stories about communities neighborhoods and families. stories about all of us. on a personal note, this park is my post important place. no other place knows me better. this park watched me fall in love, raise my two daughters, make friends, build my career. golden gate park helped me work through struggles and challenges and helped me find joy, health and inspiration. the trail network and tree canopy offered me privacy and shelter to

from the post gold rush years to the 1906 earthquake and fire, from the panama pacific international expigz and summer of love. aids epidemic and

from the post gold rush years to the 1906 earthquake and fire, from the panama pacific international expigz and summer of

from the post gold rush years to the 1906 earthquake and fire from the panama pacific international expositionom the aids epidemic to the explosion of technology, business and jobs, this park has served as the city's oasis through all its joy, its misery, its growth, its innovation. >> the golden gate park is in the running in an online contest by usa today to be named the best city park in america, usa today calls it a wonderful urban oasis. it's times now for 59. the return of oakland's first friday event, postponed because of the rainy weather. that popular community event was supposed to resume today after a hiatus of three months. the last time first friday took place was back in december. organizers blamed that break on financial difficulties for the festival. the monthly block party has been a gathering place for a variety of artists, performers and small business owners in oakland for several years. the date for the next event has not been announced yet. well, today is the home opener for the san francisco giants. we tell you what's different for fans this season as they go back to the

another important one. channel the panama way connects the pacific ocean with the caribbean sea and theocean. billions of dollars worth of goods pass through it every year. the panama canal began to be built at the end of the 19th century by the french, but 20 years later in 1914 the united states of america took up the initiative from washington with money from the rest of the work, building a trade route for 70 thousand people. almost half died. the channel is named for this. on november 3, 1903, an uprising began in colombia, and 7 us ships landed troops; panama announced the next day. independence, and 6 november this state was recognized by the united states. in colombia it was stated that washington was taking the new power under its protection and would not tolerate outside troops in this territory. already on november 18, the authorities of independent panama signed an agreement with the united states on the construction of the canal. as a result , $400 million was spent on construction; on august 15, 1914 , the first ocean-going steamer sailed along the new artery. americans. w

so from the post gold rush years to the 1906 earthquake and fire from the panama-pacific international exposition to the summer of love , from the aids epidemic to the explosion of technology and business and jobs, this park has served as the city's oasis through all its joy, its misery, its growth, its innovation. >> golden gate park is in the running in an online contest by usa today to be named the best city park in america. >> all right, ali, we have breaking news. it's just coming into our ktvu newsroom. there was a magnitude 4.8 earthquake in new york city. these are live pictures of new york. you're looking at it happened in the past 15 minutes. and right away, instantly, social media lit up with reports of shaking across all five boroughs in the new york city area. the actual earthquake was centered in new jersey, though about 40 miles away. i just heard from my sister in philadelphia, she said. yeah, we felt it too. so far, there's no word of any damage or any injuries as a result of that quake along the coast and along the east, the border of the eastern seaboard. >> not ever

from the post gold rush years to the 1906 earthquake and fire, from the panama pacific international expigz and summer of love. aids epidemic and ex

panama canal. the path connects the pacific ocean with the caribbean sea and the atlantic ocean. worth of goods pass through it every year. the panama canal began to be built at the end of the 19th century by the french. however, after 20 years. in 1914 the initiative was taken up by the united states america got money from washington with the rest of the work, 70 thousand people built the trade route, almost half died. for this, the canal is called the deadliest in the world. there is another trick here: until 1904, the french intended to transfer the territory of the columbia canal to the historical owner. the americans certainly could not allow this to happen, having smelled the smell of money. unexpectedly in panama. on november 3, 1903, an uprising began in colombia, and 7 us navy ships landed troops. the next day, panama declared its independence, and on november 6, this state recognized by the united states. in colombia it was stated that washington was taking the new power under its protection and would not tolerate outside troops in this territory. already on november 18

from the post gold rush years to the 1906 earthquake and fire, from the panama pacific international expigz and summer of love. aids epidemic and explosion of business

from the post gold rush years to the 1906 earthquake and fire, from the panama pacific internationald summer of love. aids epidemic and explosion of business and jobs it is a oasis through the joy, misery, growth, invasion. within the parks majestic canopy are stories. stories about class, about race, about nationality and religion. stories about conflict and peace. stories about gentrification and equity. stories about constancy and change. stories about stewardship and stories about destruction. stories about technology and nature, about celebration and suffering, about all arts, music and food. about love gartherings and solitary strolls. stories about communities neighborhoods and families. stories about all of us. on a personal note, this park is my post important place. no other place knows me better. this park watched me fall in love, raise my two daughters, make friends, build my career. golden gate park helped me work through struggles and challenges and helped me find joy, health and inspiration. the trail network and tree canopy offered me privacy and shelter to find mysel

from the post gold rush years to the 1906 earthquake and fire, from the panama pacific internationaler of

from the post gold rush years to the 1906 earthquake and fire, from the panama pacific internationaligz and summer of love. aids

panama canal. water shortages there have led the authorities to reduce the volume of shipping travelling between the atlantic and pacifictrade on that route has fallen by nearly a third over the past year. although tensions are high, the closure of the strait of hormuz is unlikely. that's according to peter from zanatta, is unlikely. that's according to peterfrom zanatta, which specialises in shipping logistics. i specialises in shipping logistics-_ logistics. i think the likelihood _ logistics. i think the likelihood of - logistics. i think the likelihood of an - logistics. i think the - likelihood of an outright blockage of the strait of hormuz is quite limited. that doesn't mean that shipping will continue to do business in an out of the area. from the most recent exchange of fire from iran. this is an area that had been haunted in the maritime industry for decades. so everyone trading in the area often have contingency plans for when events like this happen. but for the time being it seems as if everyone is waiting and they are waiting with contingency plans already to avoid the area of such an escalation would also

panama canal. water shortages there have led the authorities to reduce the volume of shipping travelling between the atlantic and pacifichat trade on that route has fallen by nearly a third over the past year. let's bring in industry expert peter sand from xeneta, which specialises in shipping logistics. it's quite dramatic what is going on right now in the region. we are aware of the disruptions that everyone in the maritime supply chains are facing right now with the situation in the red sea and the gulf, with the hijacking of the gulf, with the hijacking of the container ship msc, also over the weekend we saw tensions going one step further up tensions going one step further up also involve an arabian gulf, and what we have seen fairly resilient response from the container shipping industry with no mass exodus of the area, we have seenjust in with no mass exodus of the area, we have seen just in the first few weeks in this month of april that some rates of moved up by 10% in a key corridorfrom shanghai moved up by 10% in a key corridor from shanghai to as well. is corridor from shanghai to as well. , ., ,~ corridor f