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it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.alendars every year. you can see us on the website >> good morning, everyone and welcome to fire station 49 art work unveiling it is appropriate this is the national ems week celebration as well. welcome everyone mayor breed, thank you for being here and for your support of the fire department and ems. welcome to supervisor walton, our director of cultural affairs remmington and public works director here carla short. and to our fire commissioners greetings president nakajo and vice president morgan. colin and fraser thank you for being here and the art commissioners president collins and others, welcome, i don't know all your names i apologize. but welcome. and thank you for your partnership on this. >> to our my command staff that is standing behind me i like to point out our ems command staff. chief tong who is the assistance the deputy chief of ems and paramedicine. chief tang and gordon and choker. also thank you to the sfac public art's staff. mary chew, marcus davie. lee. [appla

it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.alendars every year. you can see us on the website >>> i worked on the it for 16+ years and i workeded an endless cycle of people going to the emergency room. i wanted to address those unmet needs. i have a satisfaction when we make a real difference in our clients' lives. we were getting people housed, connecting them to treatment, and seeing them through sobriety. don't be afraid of failure. i have failed at things in my career and they are opportunities to continue on. it's important for women and women and people of color to see representation matters. when i first started my career 25 years ago, there were not that many other women. so it is amazing to respond to meetings and go to meetings and see other female leaders and learn from each other. this career is my dream job from working on [ indiscernible ] to being the chief and overseeing a division. it's been challenging and rewarding and inspiring. policy recommendations. good morning. thank you. good morning. the meeting will

this drill is focused on areas including half moon bay, menlo park, woodside, portola valley and partsredwood city. they want people to be aware that they may see extra crews and equipment, including helicopter flights. but they add that no circuits will be shut off. now, what's trending on ktvu tonight? one of our top stories, a wildlife photographer in oakland says he was robbed at gunpoint. the 72 year old says a group of three masked robbers followed him, stole his camera and other belongings. and in the state of nevada, still no decision from lawmakers on the proposal to use $380 million of taxpayer money to fund a new ballpark in las vegas. for the a's, it is the last day of the legislative session. they're in nevada and they are facing a midnight deadline. and to the excitement of many online, costco is now selling a churro bundt cake. why not? it's from a california based dessert bakery . you can find these stories and much more around the clock at ktvu. i think i need one of those cakes just to get all these years. okay. he said we've stuck together all these years. yep. words

for the pbs newshour, i'm miles o'brien, near portola, california. ♪ geoff: at the stax music academy fundamentals of music, building on the long legacy of r&b and soul artists who emerged from their local communities. this piece comes to us from the newshour's student reporting labs and is part of our arts and culture series, canvas. ♪ >> i'm going to stay in this key. [drumming] >> here, the students learn what were the elements that went into songs of the past in order for them to create those songs of the future. >> i sing everywhere. [choir singing] >> me being at stax academy, now i feel more confident because i'm learning how to like breathe and stuff like that so now i can do my singing to the fullest. >> ♪ sing on i'll be at home yes i will i'll be at home ♪ >> this is an r&b institution that teaches kids the basics about rhythm and blues and soul. >> we have alum who are playing with bruno mars and silk sonic and this last grammy cycle three of our alums were on grammy nominated projects from gospel to pop. >> i heard stax has a lot of genres. when it is fast, you want to da

. >> i am so proud to meet with -- mary portola.. >> has it feel to be the first alaska native congresswoman? it's >> surprising to realize our state as old as it is. and we haven't had a person and our congressional delegation who's elected basket native. >> is there anything your daughter has said? something that's made you feel extra proud? >> i was in the minneapolis airport a few weeks ago. first nations women from canada approached me. she said, looks good for one drive is good for all tribes. >> a lot of people don't know that there are 274 fully recognized tribes in alaska. >> i like to say if you've been to one village in alaska, you've been to one village. every village has such a unique culture. even if you can see the lights of your neighbor and village at night, they are often very different villages. even neighboring tribes can be very different. >> something that's unique to being alaska native is saying you grew up on the river, people the lower 48 might say i grew up in seattle. >> we are all very tied to our places

sectors of the society and not just for our people but for all americans ask representative mary portolaoint you made, that on this show, we certainly cover this story. but, in teaching, you are right. people can probably give you some factoids about native americans in the 19th century, the 20th century, but everything that is happened in the last hundred years is probably lost on a whole lot of people. >> it really is, and it's not being taught in schools. so that's why so many conversations we talk now about what can and can't be taught in schools is so important. and that is one of another reasons why we decided to do the american genocide podcast on the native american born in history of united states. because the majority of americans never learn about it in school. and it is a really, really, violent, horrific, chapter of american history that started in the 1800s all the way through the 1960s in which case the federal government, in partnership with religious institutions, took more than 100,000 children away from their families and place them into these institutions. they cut th

the drill is focusing on areas including half moon bay, menlo park, woodside, portola valley and parts of redwood city. the utility wants residents to be aware that they may see extra crews and equipment, including helicopter flights. the exercise will allow crews to practice procedures they use to use to power off equipment during periods of high fire danger. no circuits, though, will actually be shut off. stay with us. coming up a little bit later, ctv's brooks jarocz will have details on the start of fire season there in santa rosa and contra costa county firefighters very busy today battling three small grass fires on 680 between pacheco and marina vista. firefighters were able to stop forward progress on all three, but two northbound lanes of 680 had to be shut down . the cause of those fires not yet known. and be sure to download the weather app. you can keep tabs on the storms with the interactive radar hourly updates and a seven day forecast. it's free to download right there from the app store. safeway store in pittsburgh was evacuated this afternoon due to a gas leak contra c

for the last permit on our regular agenda this evening, we are hearing from goldenvoice regarding portola music festival. now in its second year at pier 80, the festival take place this year on saturday, september 30th and sunday, october 1st, from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. like last year, the event will have four stages featuring djs and bands that are well known. international touring acts. their current lineup includes skrillex, nelly furtado , thundercat, major lazer and many, many more. they're expected total attendance is 4000 40,000 people excuse me, golden voice is partnering again with non plus ultra on producing this event. the port of san francisco has conditionally approved the event pending final approval from the port commission and issuance of their special event license. if approved, their one time outdoor event permit would allow goldenvoice to host extended hours of outdoor entertainment and amplified sound on both of those days until 11 p.m. they are also requesting to hold soundtrack soundchecks sporadically on september 27th, 28th, 29th, between 12 p.m. and 10 p.m. and on the