hour look at the purple those are hundred degree readings in the central valley not quite reaching the bay area but holding on to '90s for the afternoon highs today. 86 novato, 71 richmond, 92 fairfield, 94 concord 80s and 90s as we make our way south 84 mountain view, 96 los gatos, 96 morgan hill and 96 in livermore. continuing to see low clouds and patchy fog over the next couple of days in the morning but we will see the warming as we make our way into the weekend friday and saturday an nice warmup '90s inland cities around the bay and '60s and '70s around the coast continuing to see sunshine but cooler by the beginning of the workweek. george was traffic >> the nimitz freeway is hot spot that is not the only one i said northbound and and southbound we will track it from the south to the north the accident at dixon landing road is long gone but the slow traffic remains as you can see. still backed up pretty solid all the way into a word for the south bound ride. and new problem and a new hot spot for the ride on 680 i don't know where the map is trying to take me so let's just do li

the author of "the color purple" is out with two projects, overcoming speechlessness and "the world has changed." the latter is a collection of conversations with alice walker conducted over a 35-year period. also tonight, a visit from the only living original member of the temptations, otis williams, along with lead singer terry weeks, the tempt akeses are out now with a new cd and summer tour. next year marks the 50th anniversary of the legendary motown act. we're glad you have joined us author alice walker and >> and by contributions to your pbs station for viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> please welcome alice walker back to this program, the pulitzer-prize winner writer is out with two new projects. she's been busy overcoming speechlessness, and it's not what you think it's about but we'll get into that book in a second. a second text called "the world has changed," which is a collection of conversations spanning a 35-year period. alice walker, always an honor to have you on this stage. >> thank you very much for inviting me. tavis

he wrote "the purple cow." have you heard of that one? it's an old san francisco one. but he got so sick of it. tive written down here. he hated people reciting it back to him so he wrote, "a, yes, i wrote "the purple cow," i'm sorry now i wrote it. but i can tell you anyhow, i'll kill you if you quote it." he used carville in two of his novels, scenes and characters. one is a romantic. a guy rents one and brings his dates out there for a little romantic rendezvous. and another one where an old car conductor rents a car and it comes to life. you have to read more in these books. another artist and musicians. this car on the left, number one, was called la bohemme rented in the sutro section by musicians who when they finished their work downtown in the clubs and theaters would go out to carville to this clubhouse in the night and drink and go skinny dipping in the surf and raise all sorts of ruckus. this little hill in front of them they called mount diablo. they each had their own little locker that was locked up where they kept their liquor so they didn't have to sha

i see purple, red, blue, green, orange. i see cheetah revera on broadway. as american as the lee's, the kennedys. none sound american to me. i am not a shamed. jose can you see. i pledge allegiance to this country. land of commercialism. if i can win gold medals. if i can sign my life away. ain't no language. this is my country too. i believe in free dom and diversity, need to get the hell out. [applause] >> i have one more performer. can you believe that? i am so excited. he is a very kind man to be here. he's a total icon. tales of the city. his book that was made do a city. he's here on his book tour. thank you very much. well, i would not have missed this evening for anything. you and i both know these things can be boring. not tonight. i like to read, since i'm back home from a tour. i would like to read the chapter that my editor wanted me to remove. i have to set it up for you. michael toliver is 55 years old. they have gone to florida because his mother has died. and they have been out to the rest home, to the bear bar in orlando. they meet a black

you can see heavy, heavy bouts of rain with the concentrated areas of blues and purples. we've also had as we mentioned earlier today significant flooding across parts of japan. luckily these should ease up. we don't see as much heavy rain as we had earlier this week. hp moves in and we have high temperatures over the weekend. here's what we expect in tokyo on saturday, 32 degrees, 35 in shanghai and 31 in hong kong. we have incredible heat across central and eastern europe, but there is relief in the way of this system right here actually. we have a very strong, windy system. that frontal line comes across norway into france, and as this system passes central europe, you start to get relief from all the high heat. until then it will be pretty unbearable. let me show you where that heat is headed. jet stream allows it up north as far as places in finland and sweden. let me show you the temperatures we expect on saturday. berlin is 28, so it's cooler than all week. good news for you. 33 in vienna and clearly hot across eastern europe 36 in kiev and in the 30s for moscow. b

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your afternoon highs steal the purple that's triple digits dominating the central valley could spillur area we are not ruling out triple digits even though we are showing '90s it could get warmer. flirting with the century mark today. getting into the upper 80s for santa rosa warren novato and 90 degrees, 75 in richmond fairfield 99, concord 98, livermore 99, 95 los gatos, 80s around the bay. 89 redwood city cooler in oakland at 75. 7 day around the bay today is going to be similar to tomorrow as we head into the weekend we will keep temperatures around get used to them for the next couple of days then we will kuleshov headed into next work week the weekend will be warm it's not until work week you will notice the cool down. >> a check gone your commit this morning no hot spots that's what you need to know traffic moving well pretty much everywhere in the bay area. that is the case at the bay bridge approach. no issue at all across the span no problems nine minutes from one end to the other san mateo bridge moving with no problems nine minutes to get off sorry 12 minutes from hayward

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are most states conservatively red or blue or is there a hunk of purple when it comes to what matters. meet dan. he wanted to know what real americans believe so he left the bay area and spent 100 days. the results became dan hoyle's fellow show the real americans now playing flew september at san francisco's marsh theater. congratulations. welcome. >> you went on this trip for 100 days. why did you do this? >> i was hanging out with my friends having brunch in classic san francisco hip ster scene and they said does anyone want pears like this? >> who knew saving the world could be so delicious. all these things are going on. do you like my new shoes? those are sick marlene. i love that. all this us going on. i'm thinking man i can't breathe in my own town, my own city. what has become of it? i need to get the real america so i bought a ford van and took off to go to small town and rural america and get that real america i was missing. >> how did you go about this? you can't land on someone's doorstep and say i want to make a store. what is the process? >> i had some things lined up,

and at this point in time, i think they really see what the color purple is on the broadway corridor. i wish them the best because i think with the addition of the tutuqua, we all remember that, and in addition of the wine club, the addition with these guys, they're blowing some good air in the balloon. we needed to let a lot of bad air out before we could get some good people in there. so i think the corridor is headed in the right direction. commissioner joseph: thank you. >> last but not least, barry toronto. i want to say i was so pleased to hear officer mathias as opposed to other officers who have given such negative statements. it's such a bright thing to hear and such a wonderful thinged a i applaud him for his corporation and the fact that he met continuously with these club owners to make it right. thank you. commissioner joseph: thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? >> i would move to approve to include both the standard good neighbor policies and the conditions being recommended by staff with one minor amendment

the purple line shows the bus rapid transit line that connects to the shipyard, eventually down south to bay shore station, all the way to balboa park and bart station. you may hear that it is somehow out skirting residential in the baby. it is to the contrary. the proposed transit improvements will allow the southeast to be connected to the city as a whole. it will serve much as a market street with corporation transit areas. the local connecter lines would connect to the bart and cal train. we have a unique opportunity in the project to create a fast and reliable bus transit line. the city has a number of challenges with the existing residential and business districts. the city needs to balance the parking needs with the need for fast and reliable muni service. we can create a green track system to provide reliable access. it will help us achieve the doubling of transit usage for the entire southeast. the bart would run on a proposed bridge across yosemite blue. the bridge is thnine designed as primarily a pedestrian and bicycle access except for game days when cars would be allowed

a little purple is okay but not too much. here are the stalks when they get big.e a knife and slice off the top of it. then the tender stalks inside are great. you can saute them with zucchini or with the broccoli itself. when you bring it home, open up the plastic bag so it can breath. that is important. store it five or six days at the most. longer than that, forget it. you waste it. 240% of the vitamins you need for the day. it's great for us. also remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. big stalks aren't bad. >> there is a song about broccoli, isn't there? >>> how about a star bigger than the sun, 265 times bigger. a team of british astronomers discovered what is believed to be the largest star ever recorded. they found it using a telescope facility in chili. apparently the star was at one time bigger because, unlike humans, stars are born heavy and lose weight as they age. that's it for us at noon. i can let you know we have learned from bart that the lake merritt bart station reopened. we will have the latest at 5:00 tonight. ,,,, ♪ hey, at&t u-verse tv? yea

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. >> i would normally agree with everything that jonathan says, but my cousin vinny won with a purple suit. [laughter] >> john and i have known each other for 15, 20 minutes. [laughter] i am not a media person. these folks know better. one thing i can tell you the public defender should do, lawyers in private practice, public defenders, should not view each other as the enemy. the criminal defense bar, public or private, needs to be unified. when you are unified, it increases your numbers and increases your financial base with which to try to do the kinds of media efforts, contribute to the media like you are talking about. >> i wanted to pick up on something. i agree entirely with jerry. i agree with your focus in the blank case -- blake case. although we try to get the interview and tried to distract you in the cause, you are right to focus on the case. in the end, we had a conversation after verdict. in the end, it is important to be concerned about the image, not during the case, but in general, of public defender offices and criminal defense attorneys. i think it is also importan

. >> reporter: this dermatologist says patients are always complaining about these deep purple veins.nd looking for ways to get rid of them. >> remember, these blood vessels are caused by pregnancy by obesity, genetics, aging. people that have professions where they are on their feet all day long, so it's a very, very common problem and i would say more so for women than for men. >> reporter: now for the first time in decades, there is a way to successfully fight the smaller spieder veins. it's a substance called asclera that's injected into the veins. >> once you inject the substance into the blood vessel, it immediately disappears. temporarily, of course. and then eventually with time it will just -- the vessel will close and it will get reabsorbed and it's just changed into other tissues. >> reporter: it has been used in europe for some time, but just this year was approved by the food and drug administration for use in the united states. >> it's been 60 years before the fda-approved a new agent so we are very excited to have something that we know that works well, fast and has a v

his home was searched, police discovered codeine syrup without a prescription, whose purple drink was it. >>> time for the top 5. at number 5, ramirez's defensive star, really is, backhands this ball, makes a nice throw to first. white sox defeat the mariners. number 4, three norwegians call themselves space jumpers, that's what they did from the highest peaks in green land. have a nice trip. see you next fall. at number 3, every guy's nightmare, carl crawford gets hit where it counts adding insult to injury he is thrown out and his rays lost to the orioles tonight. number 2, tim lincecum, you think he was off tonight? maybe just a tad. what did he just say? >> ah. >> you couldn't repeat that again. ramirez, we showed you him earlier, he was on fire tonight. a nice defensive play, look at three home runs, cubs beat the astros, 14-7. three home runs and we'll be back right after this. ,, >>> it looks like the freeway already born -- and in the united states -- you were probably watching history" . >>> 41 years ago tonight, hu? >> that's right. the eagle has landed. nch of guys about to

. >> reporter: midstream is quite literally the setting for a  program called operation purple, helpingitary families reconnect in the great outdoors. >> you can't replace the birthdays that you have missed or the holidays or the milestones, but you have a chance to make new memories here. >> reporter: the hernandez family needs them. juan hernandez was deployed to iraq for over a year. >> sometimes i feel like juan can feel like an outsider. he's gone a lot. he misses a lot. >> reporter: here he missed nothing -- not the canoeing, not the river rafting, and not the long hikes in the woods. >> it's a good space to clear your head and see what really is important in life. >> reporter: there is even community service work, clearing trails and fixing up old cabins. >> you get that opportunity to kind of sit back and say, okay, you know, we're still a family. >> reporter: military families who came here not for a getaway but for a coming together and letting nature's power to heal quietly do its job. lee cowan, nbc news. >>> spectacular. that's our broadcast for this monday night. thank you

start finish the purple but five three spartacus. staying with football where cisco moscow look to have a bottle on their hands if they want to hold on to star striker kids zuki honda the japanese now on the radar of a whole host of english clubs after helping his country reach the last sixteen of the world cup finals in south africa british newspaper the daily telegraph reporting that arsenal and liverpool are evening to snap up one day before the season the twenty four year old agent confirming the interest but added that's how we see any on three offers the army men funded to a four year deal last december his star has risen significantly since thought however the midfielder schoolin twice in south africa including the winner against cameroon in japan's opening group much. back to domestic matters where week thirteen of thirty in the premier league has now wrapped up zany to still the team to catch leading the way by half a dozen points following their two no win over sabir twenty two goals in all in this round if you missed any a

twenty four hours a rage of the mustard agent larry south east winds are blowing smoke through the purple haze and breathing difficulties. the smoke is also reduced visibility from the records is. rising. costs of cinema schools sweltering record breaking temperatures will stay until at least the end of the week. now to some other international news making the headlines this hour. at least twenty five people have been killed and more than fifty wounded fell into kabul last in the wrong city of kabul the explosions occurred on the road regularly used by shiite pilgrims targeted were traveling to a festival to take part in an interest on the day in a separate incident six people died and more than a dozen wounded in the news channel. severe flooding and landslides caused by terentia rains continue to sweep across southern china of the seven hundred people have died as a result of weather conditions in the country to see and hundred students and water levels alone the parts of the country's largest for the ganci the highest since one thousand to seventy four costa say more heavy rains are ex

purple. is. with you live from the russian capital twenty four hours a day this is good to have you with us top stories now this hour at least twenty five people have been killed in wildfires across russia as a record breaking heat wave grips the country homes have been destroyed and fled as far as struggle to stop the flames spreading. emergency crews are scouring a river in china barrels of highly toxic chemicals which could reach two weeks thousands of the containers were swept away during severe flooding chinese authorities say the drums are tightly sealed and don't pose any threat. to germany looks forced to scrap a system that keeps some convicts behind bars indefinitely preventive detention aims to stop violent prisoners reoffending by keeping them locked up after the official sentence has ended but the european court of human rights says that is illegal. will be back with more on those stories more developments in less than half an hour from now in the meantime we'll take you to the centr

it's in all colors, purple, green, red, blue. it's a beautiful rock. . >> one thing i wanted to ask you, the review in the paper recently on sunday said that your book is different from all the other books about the anastazi because you brought out some of the non-flattering parts of their culture like violence. how did you conclude that they were a violent culture? . >> well, i didn't necessarily conclude they were a violent culture, i just concluded there was violence in their culture. the evidence is very clear where you find masker sites, where every place you drop a trench there are bodies, unburied bodies missing their heads, in some cases where there will be a head in one room and you can match it up to the body which is in another room 100 yards away and they didn't just end up there; somebody took the head off. and there will be places where it's all femurs, all gathered together. and places where it's obviously some kind of warfare event where people are all huddled into one spot and they have all been burned there. the

, in nevada, sharron angle running against the majority leader, whose numbers are very low in the purple, is going to have tens and millions of dollars of negative advertising run against her. that is sort of what the playing field looks like this time. voters are going to have to make the decision whether they want to continue business as usual in washington, d.c., or whether they want to send someone who will operate as a check on single-party power and on unpopular policies. >> a few questions on fund- raising for you. the big story this week is that the second quarter fund-raising reports are do. give me an assessment of how your candidates did this quarter, specifically. >> i think republican candidates are running very strong and raising significant amounts of money. i think that's also an indication of the energy and the support that they're getting and the desire that voters have for change in washington, d.c. in modern politics, particularly at the national level, you're going to have a number of different people participating in these elections, including the party committees,

said the authorities now have in their hands and again, it is a key change, it is something about purple drink and drive that throws me off. but lubrani and his agent said wait a minute. i had at my has. maybe it came in and again right now we have stanley roberts looking into it. the last heartwarming story delays in judgment at this late may have stolen this thing. that would certainly put lot on the business. never feel sorry for anybody that case is the wall in the of money. you know that right? when you are stumbling of the lucky locker in chico, it's the man with a bike, watching rodriguez and his first victory, " levi got sixth place, 46 of the lead and sunday the event will end. >> kron4 news at 11:00 is coming up.

. >> this is his purple heart, and this was presented... >> reporter: which is given to anyone who isounded or killed. >> ... in combat. >> reporter: in combat. there are some 200,000 u.s. military personnel in afghanistan and iraq today. each one has a family waiting back home, anxious for good news... >> phone calls, emails, whatever contact you do get, you just savor every second of it. >> reporter: ... but fearful they, too, will get that knock on the door. >> "is it finally going to be me? is it my turn now to feel this, to go through this?" it's just-- indescribable. it really is. >> reporter: nicole morse is crystal's best friend. her husband, jim morse, is a sergeant in the same company as kenneth may. >> it is really tough because, while going through day-to-day things with her and helping her with what she's going through, in the back of my mind is "my husband is still over there." >> reporter: we showed nicole morse some video we had shot of her husband the previous month in afghanistan. >> they say the deployment is harder on the spouse than it is on the marine, and i comp

the audi murphy award, the patterson award, two purple heart, two tours in iraq, now afghanistan.here he survived a lightning strike. >> you kind of go, lightning. how many lives does this guy have. >> reporter: she hopes enough lives to survive afghanistan. >> look at that. >> reporter: that's why she watched with interest what happened with interest what happened in kabul today. >> the july 2,011th date captures both our sense of urgency and the strength of our resolve. >> reporter: and afghanistan's president giving an end date, not a start date for the troops in iraq. a date that coinsides with the end of his term. >> throughout our country by 2014. >> reporter: pat solar's son is helping train those afghan national security forces to stand up so u.s. forces can stand down. >> so how do i feel? i feel guardedly optimistic. i think that as he and his government continue to step up, that means our kids can come home knowing that they have accomplished the mission they set out for. >> reporter: but pat soler knowings all this is too late for five u.s. troops killed in afghanistan

the audi murphy award, the patterson award, two purple heart, two tours in iraq, now afghanistan. where he survived a lightning strike. >> you kind of go, lightning. how many lives does this guy have. >> reporter: she hopes enough lives to survive afghanistan. >> look at that. >> reporter: that's why she watched with interest what happened with interest what happened in kabul today. >> the july 2,011th date captures both our sense of urgency and the strength of our resolve. >> reporter: and afghanistan's president giving an end date, not a start date for the troops in iraq. a date that coinsides with the end of his term. >> throughout our country by 2014. >> reporter: pat solar's son is helping train those afghan national security forces to stand up so u.s. forces can stand down. >> so how do i feel? i feel guardedly optimistic. i think that as he and his government continue to step up, that means our kids can come home knowing that they have accomplished the mission they set out for. >> reporter: but pat soler knowings all this is too late for five u.s. troops killed in afghanist

the chp says it's shows tyreek evans driving his purple mercedes more than 100-miles-an- hour.vans appeared to be raising another car but they lost sight of that second vehicle. he was arrested for reckless driving. last week he pled not guilty. police suspended his license for 30 days. >>> president obama today touted the success of last year's auto bail out. some republicans are preparing a constitutional amendment that would keep it from happening again. the president marked the university of the government take over of gm and chrysler but touring an auto plant of my which michigan. he says 1 million jobs have been created because of the bail out. >> today this industry is growing stronger. it's creating new jobs. it's manufacturing the fuel efficient cars and trucks that will carry us toward an energy independent future. >> government doesn't produce jobs, private industry does and we have to keep a separation there. >> the constitutional amendment is a long shot. 2/three of congress and 3/4 of all states would have to approve it. >>> president obama is expected to sign a b

researchers say 70% support the death penalty. 24% oppose capital purple and 6% have no opinion. but first, degree murder the field poll finds 42% are in favor of life in prison without parole. 13% say it would depend on the circumstances 4% have no opinion. >> this morning, contra costa is the latest county to offer a choice to voters to raise registration fees to fix potholes. they plan to put the measure on the ballot. car owners would pay $10 a year. a new state law allows county agencies to sponsor the measures but requires a simple majority to pass. >> vallejo officials talk about the search for a new superintendent and consider cost cutting operations. vallejo times herald reports they have $4 million in spending cuts in mind that would lead to larger classes, fewer temperatures and less support for athletic programs and teachers. the other option would shorten the school year by four days that would save $2 million. >> no too many getting swimming opportunities. what's up? >> you can see behind me, you will get some drizzle this morning. chilly temperatures. one of the gr

that is purple ecclesiology in action.he internal catholic version is to think that the hierarchy, and often specifically the vatican, is the cause of than the solution to all of our problems. therefore, the way i would advisor to start thinking about these questions is this. if you think there is a problem with reaching a young catholic adults these days, please do not make your first instinct to be waiting for the vatican to fix it. that is never the way change rates in the church, right? in many ways, change will arrive in the catholic church in the holy see last. at the joke goes, if you hear that the end of the world is on the way to make your way to the vatican because everything gets their last. another way of putting it is the working model of the vatican is a top u.s. on tuesday and we will get back to you in 200 years. the model would be, "not built for speed." you get the idea. i am being flippant, but this is not by design. what is the terrorism of the successor of peter? when christ returned to his face will s

been charged with felony drug possession, that being codeine syrup used to make what's known as the purple drink. he did not have a trips. up to ten people were in russell's house when he was arrested and once the evidence is known, he will be exonerated. now the same year that raiders -- the raiders drafted russell, the top pick, 2007, the niners took a guy ten spots later, he doesn't have his initials embroidered into a sports coast but patrick willis, a perennial pro bowler and top flight destroyer in the niners linebacking corps. hanging out in redwood city checking out a new game called nfl training camp. his own training camp is days away and after an over-season knee injury he's ready to go and really looking forward to the season ahead here. >> people said opportunities are always around and great opportunities come -- come every so often, and i feel like this year is one of those rare opportunities that we've got to take advantage of it. >> and it's just around the corner. a week from tomorrow, the raiders begin their camp in napa and then a few days later the niners open their ca

he earned the purple heart and the bronze star for bravery. he was a fatherless, high-school dropout who went from pushing a hand truck in the garden district of new york city to becoming one of the most powerful and i believe it's safe to say well-liked members of congress and public figures on capitol hill. life story is not what we are discussing today. that is not why we are here. every american has his or her own story to tell. instead, congressman green and i are here to present to this subcommittee and the american people a summary of a different story altogether. we have a responsibility to submit evidence to the adjudicatory subcommittee that mr. rangel may have broken the rules of the house and brought discredit to this body. the american people have little faith in our ability as their elected representatives to do our job on their behalf. according to article 1, section 4 of the united states constitution, it is the duty of the house to punish its members for disorderly behavior. as such, this is truly a sad day where no one regard

. >> purple is a good color. >> reporter: it's a traditional hopi coat. there's a lot going on out here. the event is not even happening today. it's happening on saturday and sunday. it's the mountain view obon festival. you can see the traditional dancing happening back here behind us. all of these ladies getting geared up. ma'am, do you want to come over here and we can talk to you a little bit about this dancing? it's all on the fly here at nbc bay area. what's your name? >> [ inaudible ]. >> you guys are so beautiful. tell us about this special dancing and how you pronounce it. >> it's the obon festival. every year we come out and celebrate in memory of all of those before us, our grandparents, everyone. we all dance together and have a great time. there's simple dances. >> reporter: but they look really beautiful. can you show a little dancing? very nice. get a little bit of dancing. you get a lot of culture and a lot of food. once again, this is just the rehearsal. let's go ahead and get to our forecast. we're looking at hot temperatures as we head

question, whose purple drank was it?u have to remember, there was close to a dozen people at the house that particular day. okay? and i mean, that speaks vols to plea. >> well, of course it wasn't jamarcus's. this is more fallout at usc. athletic director mike on the left there is out. the trojans were recently placed on two years probation for lack of institutional control. a long ncaa investigation found that reggie bush received improper benefits. a usc is now returning its copy of bush's heisman trophy. bush gets to keep his. replacing garrett, another former trojan football player, pat hayden. >> there were great players and directors that came before me. there's going to be great ones afterwards. it's one big long continuum. i'm a piece of the puzzle. but boy, i'm passionate about winning but we want to win ethically. >> mr. perfect dallas braden rejoins the as tonight just in time to face the boston red sox. [ applause ] since. braden just >> you may recall two months ago he pitched a perfect game but hasn't won a

you've got the purple bear here. a little later we'll show you some octopuses that are flying. how in the world would an octopus be able to take flight? that's the question i had and you'll see coming up. look at this. this is amazing. i got a tangle in my string. >> bob, bob, bob. >> shocker. >> is it relaxing, bob? >> it is. it is a little chilly out. it is nice to be able to -- for this to be -- >> come on you got a job where you get to fly a kite in the morning. it is a little chilly out there. you have one of the best jobs in the world. >> i am not complaining one bit. i wish i didn't have this string all tangled up. oh, the humanity, i just took out the cube kite. >> they'll kick you out. >> can you move down a few yards. get over there, will you? all right. >> thanks, bob. we'll check in with you later. pretty fun. what a great place to go fly a kite. >> i have a kite, a smoosh up kite, doesn't have any sticks in it in the back of the car. because you never quite know when you're going to need a kite. if the weather is not good for kite flying, maybe some movies, angelin