but anyway, now the alamo's been kind enough to put it on display. if you go into the chapel it's the first door on the left. you can see this alamo cannon with the friends group had it donated to it. we got it conserved and it's there now. that's another thing for you all. on our website, the friends of the san jacinto battleground, you can win up to $500 if you can prove this is an alla mow cannon. there's hints on there for where you might want to start looking. another place you can find texas history is in the archives. now they have the mexican military archives online and i stumbled across this document by empudilla, and he was in the sea of mud so i knew the name right away, i also realized he was at the alamo. this is a document he wrote to santa ana the day after the alamo fell and it's all about how the mexican artillery got involved. one of the things he says in there, and we didn't know that he and several artillery officers went into the alamo during the assault, got one of the texans' cannons, rolled it down a ramp, and fired probably a

in one breath, houston urges the public to rush to the relief of the alamo. in the next, he insinuates that the alamo may have already fallen, the enemy is on the doorstep and texians should prepare to defend their homes. talk about mixed messages. could it be as early as march 2nd houston was already preparing his case for withdrawal? on march 6th, 1836, general houston departed washington for gonzalez to take command of the relief forces gathered there and break the siege of the alamo. the irony is, of course, that the fort had fallen earlier that morning. still, no person outside of san antonio knew that and certainly not the delegates in washington. on march 11th, the same day that houston finally arrived in gonzalez, two men galloped into town to report to fall of the alamo. according to a patriot, quote, their report was so detailed as to preclude any doubts about the disastrous event. nevertheless, houston arrested the pair as spies while he publicly disparaged their information, the general privately admitted in a letter to colonel james walker fannen

on february 23rd, he arrived and laid siege inside the alamo. on march 1st, texan delegates arrived to attend a convention held in the town of washington. wasting no time, they declared independence the following day. on that exact day, sam houston issued a proclamation that made its way through the anglo settlements. at first, this appears innocuous enough but close inspection reveals some odd inconsistencies. since delegates did not confirm houston as commander in chief of the army until march 4th, this march 2nd proclamation appeared more than a little presumptuous or at least peremptory. still, it was typical of houston's large and in charge style. if one reads the body of the document, houston's intent seems clear. and let's do that. war is raging on the frontier bears the siege by 2,000 under the command of general sesma. reinforcements are on the march to join with the besieging army. by the last report, our force was only 150 men. the citizens of texas must rally to the aid of our army or it will perish. let the citizens of the east march

this knife could easily have been captured at the alamo or at the phantom battle site there. there were two units in the retreating mexican army but they were with reyes as he advanced as well that fought at the alamo and at the phantom battle. i'm not saying that's james bowie's knife. then again, i'm not saying it isn't. one of my favorite artifacts also is a really piece of trigger guard which otherwise would have been insignificant but soldado, geronimo espina wrote his name on it. the mexican army was fascinating, they had some real characters just like the texans did. this is a belt plate. they had their bayonet strap that they held their bayonet scabbard and their cartridge box strap. where they met they put a brass plate. we found two of these. they're the only ones known to exist. they have a fancy "m" and that's for muralos battalion. we found this which is cool. i date it as pre-1821. after 1821 all the mexican eagles faced the other direction. you can tell this was older style with no snake or anything, but what's really neat about this is that it could easily com

to restrict tour buses in the alamo square historic district of the we asked the m.t.a. to exclude employee shuttle buses, since we value the benefit of giving our neighbors modes of transportation to and from work. and one more thing -- the study identifies major arterials around alamo square, south street and oak street. other commercial districts are also relatively close, like the lower hayes valley and lower fill more. we want to promote the use of major arterials that can support the frequency and size of the tour buses, while drawing visitors to our commercial districts. we are a transit-first city and we should also be supporting the muni bus system which surrounds our park. we should be encouraging visitors to use our public transit to reach destinations like alamo square. the real economic benefit from tourism comes from interaction between visitors and local businesses and neighborhoods. the tour bus companies are instead usurping our residential streets to meet the ends of our business model. thank you. >> thank you. i'd like to open it up for public comment

i am of the alamo square neighborhood association. what we would like to do is not stop the visitors from coming to the fine city because we all love san francisco and that is why we live here. we want to encourage the tour buses to go to fillmore street, the main commercial districts. that way people can get off and walk to the park and take photos, and on the way they can go shopping and support local merchants, who could use the business. it would be a wonderful way to get to know san francisco, by checking out all of the cool shops. going over to fill more and getting some of the best barbecue you can possibly get. we need for the mass transit authority to make it easier for people to get their cards. my in-laws are from manhattan, and they are people who know how to ride the subway. but they have a difficult time getting a clipper card. even then, it was not clear to them how to ride the bus. if we are a transit-first city we need to make it easier for individuals from out of town and people who are not like my in- laws, people fr

"the alamo 1836: santa ana's texas campaign." and "texian macabrar:p the melancholy tale of a hanging in early houston." additionally he's the editor of the book "lone star: the republic of texas 1836 to 1846." and is the author of more than a dozen scholarly articles enjoyed by readers on both sides of the atlantic. recently "texan iliad" earned the distinction of being a basic texas book by mike cox, who updates that list now. when not teaching in the classroom dr. hardin can be seen on a&e network, the history channel, nbc's "today" show. he's known for his readable style of history. he's an inductee of the texas institute of letters, an admiral in the texas navy, a member of the western writers of america, a fellow of the texas state historical association, and was a historical adviser for the 2004 john lee hancock film "the alamo." the chronicles of higher education examined his work on that film in a feature article. he lives in abilene with his wife debra and children walker and savannah. his presentation today is what was

and they fought at the alamo and everything. we don't get credit for it. >> you're right. >> only thing they think of is slaves. >> well, and to me the wonderful story about the war of 1812 is how african-americans used that as a way to secure their freedom. now, one of the great stories -- >> they didn't come here as slaves. some of them came and helped discover america. >> you're right. some of them did. exactly. and yet what we see is that we tend to create in the narrative of american history we tend to put people in certain groups or categories. and we generalize those categories. we can say that within any group of people there are exceptions to those rules. >> yes. >> and in the process of trying to make it a narrative flow that goes from point a to the end, we talk about the generalizations rather than the exceptions.

police arrested a tour is at the alamo after he relieved himself on the monument. a representative says they want the man to face more than a criminal misdemeanor charge. it was built in honor of those killed during the battle of the alamo in 1836. >>> head down to ocean city this weekend for a great cause. ocean city is going to be painted pink for the first time ever, the susan g komen race for the cure will be held at the shore. >>> update on salmonella outbreak, we told you about, sickening 11 people in maryland, 116 nationwide. the source of the outbreak is the yellow fin tuna. moon marine u.s.a. is recalling 59,000 pounds of the frozen tuna. it was not sold directly to customers in stores, but restaurants and grocery stores to make raw food dishes. >>> new data says you won't take a lunch break today. more than half of people eat lunch at desks or don't take breaks. there aren't laws requiring employees to give lunch breaks. experts say more people are affective and productive if they take a break. >>> a study shows relief can be on the way if your mate is a

you wonder if they had a conversation, as someone who had seen his father alive before he died at the alamo. also in the document that's pretty compelling is that there's a column up here that says, immigrant or native? and if you go down and look at the names, every anglo name is immigrant. every hispanic name is native. we were the immigrants. people who look like me. we were the immigrants. we were the newcomers. as a matter of fact, i love going to various places and talking to -- particularly at republican events. we're going to build a fence on the border here and we're going to do this and do that. and somebody will say, i'm a fifth generation texan. and i'll say, did your ancestor come here legally or illegally? what do you mean? [ laughter ] >> mr. jones? of course they came -- well, you're not so sure about that. if they didn't come in here sponsored by a presadio grant they were probably illegal. i forget the time immigration was suspended by mexico, they were illegal immigrants. we have a long tradition of illegal immigration but it started out with anglos and people who talked

and houston was at first polite and then 'costed him for the massacres of the alamo. he accosted him for the massacres, the murders, the cold-blooded murders at golead and santa ana lost his composure. in fact, there were called right then and there to string him up, to hang him, to execute him on the spot and they say santa ana lost his composure. so houston offered him some opium to chew to calm his nerves. which he took. and over the next couple of hours they had discussion and he said, well, you've got other troops in texas, there are about 4,000 troops south of the brazos river. they didn't know exactly how many. he said tell your armies to surrender. he said they're military men, they will not surrender, they will not lay down their arms and surrender to you. but if i give them an order to withdraw then they will withdraw. so that's what they come up with. it was a cease-fire. it was an armistice and an agreement to withdraw troops texas, which effectively ended the war. so the fate of texas was settled first on the battlefield, and then by two guys sitting under

the city. [applause] >> i am emily and i am a resident of alamo square park. thank you for the opportunity to speak today. my husband and i own a home up from alamo square park. the tour buses parked in front of my house and sometimes they drive around, or sometimes they're parked in the bus stop when i am waiting for the 21. we are lucky enough to live in an area, with the lights of san francisco. and the view of san francisco behind it. a tourist attraction is by definition, something that attracts tourists. and with the tourists bring to our neighborhoods, more biculturalism -- multiculturalism. rather than legislate this problem, we should make this a better option to take, and still, some people will only take the bus. maybe they don't speak the language or they are not physically mobile. or maybe they're just intimidated traveling in a big city. one of these people may be a photographer. in the place that they are from. or they may be an entrepreneur who falls in love with the well- kept park, and so we benefit from sharing the neighborhood with these tes

an issue that was brought to my attention by a lot of neighborhoods or residents, particularly of the alamo square area, who were dealing with a lot of issues around noise smmbings the impacts and the -- some of the impacts of the tour bus stops and just the quality of life issues that were basically weighing on residents of this neighborhood. also, i believe that in many ways -- i'm glad that i had the opportunity to speak with the tour bus operators, but it just seems to me that at the time i wasn't aware that supervisor chu had been working for some time on this issue. but one thing that i found is there seemed to be a certain way of approaching it that maybe was more focused on neighborhood impacts instead of citywide policy. so at some point i'm hoping that this is the first of several conversations. i haven't looked at your legislation yet, but i'm sure that some of these issues around noise that would have to go through the health department is a step in that direction. but i think in many ways that there doesn't seem to be a citywide policy around the behavior of this industry. so a

g traffic divertin the alamo, but it looks like that is out of the way. back to you. >> thank you. traffic alert for people driving through arlington county, crystal city. takes place each friday in april and that means will closures will happen in the between 6:15 and 7 icloud 45. access to some barrages in the area will be restricted as well. 43 degrees. >> bad news for a health care tank created by republican presidential candidate newt gingrich. why it is going out of business. >> a rescue force and firefighters. ahhh, now that's a clean mouth. i just wish it wouldn't fade away so fast. let me show you something. [ dr. rahmany ] as soon as you leave here... plaque quickly starts to grow tock. but now there's a way to keep the clean longer. introducing new crest pro-health clinical rinse. it's a clinical breakthrough that actually keeps your teeth 91% clean of ,laque at 2 monthsa after a . plus, it gives you these key benefits. new crest pro-health clinical rinse. so now when you leave the dental office, you can keep a cleaner mouth with you. crest. life opens up when you do. ba

if he loses all three, that may very well be the alamo of his race. >> d.c. voters going to the polls for hotly contested ward races. orange is being contested. alexenader in 4. barry in ward 8. turnout so far has been light. another hot contest, six congressional districts where roscoe bartlett is battling state senator david brinkley for the republican nomination. a group which may be tied to bartlett contained a 911 call made by brinkley's former wife. as for the democrats, the leading are rob garagiola and john delaney. live coverage on news channel eight and a politico.com. we will have a big wrap up on abc 7 news at 11. >> syrian troops are starting to pull out. this is the first step towards selling the ongoing conflict. this is a cease-fire plan to remove troops and the fighters are hoping there will be immediate drawdown. >> president obama lashing out today saying the spending plan amounted to social darwinism that would hurt the pocketbooks of local families. >> it is a trojan horse disguised as a deficit-reduction plan but really is an attempt to i

the cold eggs. >> alamos in this instance there is always a jar of pickled eggs. >> then, there is principal skinner, perhaps third named after a famous person the needy. >> it has a wonderful full court.

at the alamo it in the city, there is an accident. -- at the alameda. a bit of a delay on northbound coming in from the beltway. a wind warnings at the key bridge in effect. be careful. this is 895, looking good at the moment. up to speed north and southbound. 95 north and southbound in great shape at this hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. happy friday. >> thank you. happy friday. we have a two bus delays. the 35 and 36 buses are operating with delays. metro subway operating on time. no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. what real servers will be disrupted for necessary rail improvements. shuttle buses will be in place from the time morning to hunt valley during this time. now back to tony pann. >> good morning. things are pretty quiet this morning. it will be windy but we don't have any rain to talk about today. 49 degrees at the airport. a wind gusting to 23. the wind will probably get even stronger after sunri

i'm a resident of the alamo square neighborhood. it's a little bit of a red herring to have a conversation with the chamber of commerce and committee on jobs talking about multinational banks that suddenly can't afford to invest in a little extra time in san francisco to ensure that if they were going to have a location here in san francisco, that they are actually wanted and fit into a given neighborhood. what's interesting about the process we have so far is the amendment that planning staff is suggesting is one that we brought to you a year ago and brought up the idea of sales and service retail as an issue that was within formula retail as was mentioned by mr. preston, we were told financial service was exempt. it's a little ironic to have staff come back a year later to essentially acknowledge that there is a catch-all category that they have either been carefully interpreting, occasionally interpreting, not interpreting at all or not using within formula retail and want to remove the entire category. i think there's a misunders

when he was unable to join his friend and neighbor, davey crockett at the alamo in 1936. mcculluck missed little else during his remarkable life. he fought against santa ana. he mined for gold in california. he commanded a troop of texas frontiers, rangers on the frontier against apaches. he served in the congresses of the republic of texas and the united states. he did many other thanks that brought him quite a measure of celebrity in antebellum america. in fact, he is often described as the antebellum version of daniel boone from an earlier period. and he did a number of things that brought him celebrity in antebellum, america, he is described as the antebellum version of daniel boon from an earlier period. one of the most remarkable things is how his celebrityhood -- is that a word? how his celebrityhood has faded to the point where today almost no one has heard of him. mcculluck was untutored in military matters. he dropped out of school after, four, five years. but he was a natural soldier and blessed with a sure grasp of tactics, strategy and administration. his army

they fought in the alamo and everything. we don't get credit for it. >> you're right. >> only thing you think ever is slaves. >> well, and to me the wonderful story about the war of 1812 is how african-americans used that as a way to secure their freedom. now one of the great stories -- >> lot of them didn't come here slaves. some of them came and helped america. >> you're right, some of them did, exactly. and yet what we see is we tend to create in the narrative american history, we tend to put people in certain groups or categories and we generalize those categories. we can say that within any group of people there are exceptions to those rules. >> yeah. >> and in the process of trying to make it a narrative flow that goes from point "a" to the end we talk about the generalizations rather than the exceptions. >> yeah. give credit where credit is due. >> i agree. i agree. other questions. >> hi, there. i have a question about thomas jefferson. >> okay. maybe i have an answer. >> okay. the phrase separation of church and stat

i'm a resident of the alamo square neighborhood. it's a little bit of a red herringo

and just show them your shirt, show them yourself and scream, remember the alamo! applause ] >> jimmy: this guy -- i believe that is the reason why gary was not invited to participate in celebrity week on "wheel of fortune." a woman in cincinnati hasn't been able to speak for the last 15 years. she was in a car accident. and she was in a super market. and a woman handed her a card with a doctor's name and he mimics the technology to make jet engines go. and al 3 1/2 decades, she has his voice back. >> jan lost her voice in a car accident, that was 35 years ago. now, after 33 years of marriage, she can finally talk to her husband and family. >> i said, none of my family has heard my original voice, accept for my mother. >> that is amazing. >> jimmy: things just got a little weird in the bedroom. here is a -- [ applause ] thank you. we worked for almost a minute on that. i saw this clip on youtube last night. this is a 3-year-old girl anytimed keerston. she didn't want to take her bowl to the sink when she was done eating. so her father was smart enough to break out t

the contra costa times report the footpath will connect the zip tenial trail with the alamo tv. that in is due to open this fall. >>> the tickets now on sale between the san jose sharks and st. louis blues. it starts thursday in st. louis. the teams will play there on saturday. any games after that will be if they are necessary. sharks by the way were 20-4 -- 0-4 against the news in the regular season. >>> 5:26. how do you make up for lost homes. more onthe way the navy will compensate people. >> racial graffiti found in a san francisco neighborhood. the police investigation into what was spray painted on some homes. >> a bicyclist killed in an overnight crash in oakland. ? good morning, no problems on the san mateo bridge. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this t

the grand plan of mexico which backfired on them they wanted independence and after a bump at the alamo they got it. in effect it isn't the only reason texas happened but at least in part a misguided schemes to stop the comanches. pretty good way to tell history to somebody who doesn't know the history of texas. so many other things. the rangers are a product of the comanche. finally the comanches who in the 40 year work in a single line of the frontier just draw a line from san antonio for dallas-fort worth. not a very precise one brett pretty close. that is where the frontiers at for 40 years. nothing even remotely similar happened with any other native american war or tribe. i call them in my book the most powerful tribe in american history and people have asked me comanches met the western suit in a pitched battle who would win? if a comanche -- there is a show on tv where a computer pits a mongolian against the comanches historical warriors. even though they were fabulous warriors, what i mean is the power to influence the course of history. note tribe, no tribe has such a determin

. >>> i come from a state where, you know, they have this little place called the alamo and they declaredr death. you know, we're kind of into those slogans, man. it's like, live free or die, victory or death. bring it! >> obviously, there were a number of problems with that rick perry speech on the republican presidential campaign trail last fall. none of which i need to explain to you. it's as plain as the nose on your face, or as plain as the bottle of syrup in the governor's tender embrace at the end of the speech, when he just left to be alone with the syrup. but one of the more subtle, between the lines problems, with that speech is that it was delivered before an anti-gay group in new hampshire that like many anti-gay groups now, bases its anti-gay political arguments around a core pseudo medical argument that being gay is a curable thing. that you can change your sexual orientation if you work on it. the core mainstream scientific justification for that argument has just been blown up by reporting from our next guest. gabriel aranna is a reporter and web editor at the american pro

. >> right down to the jar of the cold eggs. >> alamos in this instance there is always a jar of pickled> then, there is principal skinner, perhaps third named after a famous person the needy. >> it has a wonderful full court. >> by the afternoon look for trouble just reads the '60s and '70s. over the next seven days, we never really nicely. this'll be the first week of springlike weather. by thursday and friday, readings in the '80s. >>vicki: have a good night everyone. we hope to see you at 11:00 p.m. the myriad will

and there is davie nonchalantly shooting of a bear with his faithful dog but he passes and 1836 at the alamo and his reputation grows with each passing year to the decade and we ended with 1850 the davy crockett almanac. he's writing an alligator and is spectacularly wrestling bears and fighting sneaks in caves so we've gone from the bear bones to this legendary figure in the this is an important collection, because you can see how the stereotypes and the legend of this person grows through the years come so for scholars this is a fabulous way charting the history of his legend. we also have two very important books published in 1848, 1850 and 51. these books are important the war started in 1846 and these are primary source materials where people are actually documenting what happened during that war. summit 19th century material that is firsthand account of a war in a long period ago is very important for scholars, so this is a key holding for the high school collection. he was also interested in the slavery issue is obviously being a southern state that would have an impact on his collect

southbound 680 slowing down approaching the alamo area out of walnut creek. ank you. rather cold around here. it's clear to mostly clear, a few clouds over the hills. but they'll start to increase later on as some come down from the north. there are some partly cloudy skies but clear here. cold, breese, lot of 30s here this morning. sun, clouds, cool by noon, partly cloudy, maybe mostly cloudy to the north and east. possibility of showers later on, and monday was a warmest day of the week, upper 60s, low 70s. yesterday we kept dropping. we'll continue and this looks like the coolest day of the week with lot of upper 50s. 58 santa rosa yesterday. even low 60s so dropping a few degrees today then start rebound tomorrow. it does look better on saturday. clear skies, clouds, cold air going over the relatively warm ocean water so partly cloudy skies off the coast. and then ramping back around. system will produce cloud cover tomorrow on become the big screaming message are the cold temps. lakeport, 26 degrees. kenwood 29. lottery napa 32, and the wind machines in t

contra costa county, pleasant hill, southbound 680 traffic a little bit slow getting into the alamo areateve. >> thank you, sal. under mostly cloudy skies after last flight's rain, very windy conditions settling in under clear skies here. also some cools lows and middletown, lake county, 3. 35. ken -- 33. 35, kenwood. there's some cool readings all over the place. concord and san rafael, close. the system that went by is long gone but the cold air continues to work its way in. there could be some popcorn variety showers later. sunny here for the morning hours, maybe a few clouds in the afternoon. i will mention a couple of hours -- couple of showers. it could develop. the days are longer. 50s and 60s even though it's not warm. it could be colder tonight into the morning. then we'll see a rebound with better conditions on the way. >>> the official word came just 90 minutes ago. a silicon valley giant is handing out thousands of pink slips. >> reporter: investigators continue to search for the weapon used in a mass shooting m an oakland university. we're also learning new details about the

> you are almost right kristen, east bay slowly moving to the peninsula, that's the key slowly edging to concord and alamo. right now the heaviest rain up to the north around sonoma, napa, highway 37, highway 29, american canyon, getting wet. as we head over through oakland and berkeley, you can see piedmont and wet weather through macarthur boulevard, skyline boulevard and moraga light showers 101 burlingame not there yet you can see towards moss beach and half moon bay and the winds have been a factor with mild temperatures and cloud cover if you are in the east bay valleys, south bay not raining yet we expect rain showers with breezy winds southwest winds this morning definitely allow to you keep the both hands-on the steering wheel us a go over bridges and over passes. mild with the rain showers today, 62 palo alto, 63 san jose, soggy through the workweek mild we are sun over the weekend >>> good morning. we've got some rain in the north bay this is a live shot of san rafael, taillights southbound past the civic center into central san rafael. we have sprinkles, you need windshield wipe there's will b

the "contra costa times" reports the footpath will connect the centennial trail in pleasanton with the alamoill run under 580 and the b.a.r.t. tracks. it's scheduled to open this fall. >>> 8:08. we want to check in with sal. sal, you said last week was light because of spring break and you said this week might be the case. >> a little bit. we've had some traffic troubles. we're gonna start with one of those. it looks like a crash, the chp is not telling us much more than that. they've -- they've just arrived on the scene. if you drive in this area, give yourself extra time to drive through. it seems lighter. we have a minor fender-bender. it's not a huge deal. still looking pretty good with a couple of slowdowns. we did have an accident northbound 85. but that's been cleared near the shoulder. let's go to westbound 24 near central la fayette. there is word of a minor -- minor fender-bender. to get to the toll plaza, that has completely cleared out so we're having a pretty good, what some people kuehl easter monday. other people call monday but at least at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's ligh

portion of the bay area where we will see '70s the closer you get to the water but midi and high 80s towards brentwood danville and alamo. in the north bay high temperatures will bank anywhere. the win will be flat, but the air quality will be relatively decent except right here towards the santa clara valley. the extended forecast calls for the warmest day of the warming trend on saturday and then it will be cooler on sunday but still unseasonably mild. back to the '50s and '60s on tuesday through thursday with partly cloudy skies. if you're heading out here tonight, this is what every person in attendance receives. randy, i have been telling everyone what to expect outdoors tonight, what can we expect indoors >> a good playoff game. this is pretty important, they go back to st. louis and then things even up. >> any big changes we can expect? >> i'm not at liberty to reveal them at this time because i don't want to give the opposition in the tense but the coaches thinking about quitting his lineups. >> when it warms up outside, does the play off year get a little itchy? >> it used to come in a lot parker >> is a family

we still have rainfall from san francisco down the peninsula and out toward the concord and alamo and want to take you in at street level. in san francisco it has been raining steadily and you can see bay street and geery boulevard is pretty wet right now. the rainfall has not been very heavy, but it has been steady down toward third street as well. and in the santa cruz mountains we are getting moderate to heavy rainfall beginning to develop just now. here are your temperatures, speaking of now in the low to mid50s. and our highways look like this, scattered showers and a slight chance of thunder. the next storm arrives on thursday, and it is going to hang around through friday. this front has been hanging around. this cold front has been hanging out and that's why we have been seeing the rainy weather. the front will kick on out of here as this area of low pressure approaches on wednesday. and this will be the trigger for the possibility of some showers and isolated thunderstorms. on thursday we are looking at another round of rain coming in here, and it is this system coming out of