this was the sight of the first american pacific of the war in the pacific. a lot of people ask where is this place? certainly if you asked any of the 10,000 marines who landed here in the late summer of 1942 they wouldn't have had any idea. but this was the farthest expansion of the japanese army. from here they planned to invade new guinea cut off supplies to australia and new zealand and inn veiled australia. but on august 7, 1972 they were going to take away the airfield and the island and in so doing answer the question of an anonymous marine private. his question was where the hell is guadal canal. on august 7th they landed without a casualty. japanese were taken completely by surprise. by the 8th of august they got what they were after the field. henderson field was 3600 feet long but only partially completed. there were about 2,000 japanese on the island when the navy began the pre-invasion bomb barredment. to a man they fled inland. they have left behind an enormous amount of supplies, construction equipment, weapons, food and saki. it was a good thin

we are about to start a conversation on a fascinating new topic, jews on the pacific coast. reinventing community on america's edge. joining us are two of the three authors. ava k ahn, author on many books on the topic and professor ellen ellenizeen burg. welcome. >> thank you. >> this is a wonderful book seems a tremendous edition to the way we frame jews on the pacific coast what was your intent in writing this book? >> sure. well, the field of american jewish history has been so traditionally framed by the east coast. particularly new york. one of the things we wanted to do with this book was to reorient that in some way and demonstrate the importance of the communities here and also demonstrate they are not just some sort of shadow of the eastern experience but a unique experience here really distinctive in some ways of what happened back east. >> what is distinctive about the jewish immigration experience to the pacific coast? >> well, it is people who wanted to take a chance. they tended to be step migrants, therefore they stopped in the eastern u.s., or midwest, probab

blowing an engine out over the pacific. we will show you more of the damage and we'll hear from passengers comin' up. >> also in the headlines, berkeley police make an appeal. >> cloudy as we look from downtown san francisco this morning. but high pressure is comein' in and guess what, it's going to get hot once again. we'll talk about where the areas we'll see the biggest heat and how much cooler it will be for the holiday weekend. >> road work causing delays. all the details in a few minutes. >> state lawmakers set to vote on two competing budget measures two months after the deadline. optimism is low that either one will get enough votes. it's a tuesday at 5:00 this morning. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. right now hundreds of nervous passengers are on their way from sfo to bay area hotels after their flight to australia was aborted when a engine blew up over the pacific. terry mcsweeney is live at sfo with more details. i guess more accurate to say it blew out. terry? >> yeah. some passengers were -- had their eyes

a little blast of heat up this in the pacific northwest. unfortunately it still looks like the clouds will linger in the on-shore flow further to the south. southern california, i think for los angeles i was looking, this weekend the heat will return to your area. if you're watching on kntr 16 in eugene, oregon, you don't want to walk a mile in these historic shoes. but catch them and others at fancy footwear at the newseum of natural and cultural history. that's your pacific event of the day, lynn. >> bill, thanks. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. former "american idol" winner fantasia barrino is expected to be released from a hospital soon after taking an overdose of aspirin and sleep aids monday night. under intense media attention recently, after a lawsuit accused her of carrying on a relationship with a married man, fantasia's manager says she was overwhelmed, exhausted, and dehydrated, but she'll be fine. >>> "in touch weekly" quotes sources who say despite her relationship with dallas cowb

the asian and pacific islander wellness center. pplause] founded in 1987 as a grass-roots response to the hiv/aids crisis in the asian and pacific islander community, whose center is a health services and education, research and policy organization, his mission is to educate, support, and power and advocate for asian and pacific islander communities, and particularly, for those living with or at risk for hiv/aids, as the oldest american not as profit that focuses on api communities are and how and a teddy services, the organization has been effective in putting innovative and holistic and effective programs and services in place and programs that benefit all communities. in addition to help and counseling services, the organization has lost numerous innovative initiatives to fight stigma as well as from a generational understanding of issues facing the asian-pacific american families and communities. congratulations. [applause] >> the good evening. thank you so much. of i and the executive director of asian and pacific islander well

i like to think of the buddha guarding the journey of this ship across the pacific. thank you so much, victor. [applause] i also want to thank the hus for giving us the expertise of their staff. scott. they didn't say ok, we will do this for you for free, but they actually had their staff work with us on a daly basis and help us really project manage the details and logistics and the complications of exporting a work of this scale and complexity. would you please stand as well diana, leslie and scott? i couldn't have done it without your expertise and guidance. we are total novices at bringing 30,000 pounds of a copper and bronze sculpture from shanghai. thank you so much. [applause] now that we had the shipping and the export taken care of, the project really gained tracks, and with that, our development director was able to add that information to our pending grant with the national endowment for the arts that was mentioned, and we procured that $70,000, one of the highest awards given. everything builds up, and again, it takes a village. every day somebody else par

[applause] >> welcome to the 2010 celebration of asian pacific american heritage month. ehalf of the celebration committee, all the names are here. which includes representatives from city officials and executives from over 10 @ nicholas in the asian-pacific american family. i welcome you here. -- over 10 representatives. with the demographics we have in san francisco, everyone should be and can be celebrated as asian-pacific american heritage month. i cannot agree more. but looking around the room tonight, it is really a true do like that so many friends from the communities, from all communities, from all walks of life have decided to join us for our celebration. and it really means a lot to us. the truth of the matter is in a diverse city like san francisco where we call home, not only every month can be asian pacific american heritage month, every month can be african american heritage month. every month can be seen the demise of. every month could be irish american, every month could be women's history month. don't you agree with me? [applause] this is a place where

these will bring clouds and showers to the pacific northwest. not a lot of wet weather but mostly clouds will roll in. that's why the clouds will only be 65 in seattle, 64 in seattle. still a nice day, can't complain. 82 in l.a. red bluff. we'll call it 93 in fallon nevada, salem, oregon 71 and mostly cloudy skies. we'll take a look at your weekend forecast coming up, lynn. >>> bill, thanks so much. wall street jitters ahead of the fed chief's big speech. and what your facebook habits may say about you. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus "the expendables" are expected to be expendable at the top of the box office this weekend, so who will take its place? >>> tiger woods flashes signs of his old self, a huge milestone for albert pujols, and, hey, pete carroll, what's in the cooler? you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry and here are some of your top headlines this morning. extraordinary video is giving us a new glimpse of the 33 trapped chilean miners. the m

warm in the pacific northwest. definitely hot through southern nevada through the deserts of arizona. much of california is going to be warm, too. the exception, as i said, we've got the morning clouds lingering on the coast with that marine layer. in los angeles, call it 80, 68 in san francisco. look at the pacific northwest. it's going to be one of the warmest stretches we've seen so far this summer. 97 in medford, 92 in portland. all areas in washington state and oregon state should have an abundant amount of sunshine today. grab the sunglasses and enjoy. it will be hot from vegas to phoenix p city. that's where the temperature is very cool. otherwise, nice forecast, astoria, oregon, 85 degrees. enjoy. we're going to talk about the warm-up. temperatures will get very warm in seattle. may even have to turn the air conditioner on. shocking news. >> 103 for las vegas. can you do something about that? i'm heading in that direction. >> i'd like to recommend a trip during the winter. >> thanks, bill. >>> cisco sinks st

welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. >>> and today we begin with economic breakdown. a few months ago, the u.s. economy appeared to be on its way to recovery. now with the federal reserve and wall street having their doubts, according to a new nbc news "wall street journal" poll, american people are sharing those same suspicions. nbc news kristen dahlgren joins us live now from washington, d.c. with more. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, lynn. yeah, july now marks the eighth straight month that the number of foreclosures has increased over last year. couple that with unemployment, and a lot of americans are beginning to feel like we haven't yet hit bottom. in prince georges county, maryland, 3,000 would-be firefighters fought over just 94 jobs. >> we had to split off the testing process over two days, inviting 750 people to each written test period. >> reporter: across the country in los angeles, job fair attendees faired about the same. >> most employers are still laying off j

welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with a despicable act of violence. that's how secretary of state hillary clinton is describing the murder of ten medical aid workers in afghanistan last week. the condemnation comes as we're learning more about those who were ambushed and killed. they were on a return trip from a remote afghan province. nbc's frances coe has our story. >> reporter: the bodies of the aid workers murdered in a remote province of afghanistan have now been recovered and brought to kabul. three of the six americans killed, a denver dentist, dr. thomas graham, he left his dental practice in colorado four years ago to give free dental care to children in the war-torn country. cheryl beckett, the 32-year-old daughter of a tennessee pastor, had spent six years in afghanistan specializing in mother and child health and nutrition. and dr. tom little, who with his wife left upstate new york 30 years ago to help. libby little takes comfort knowing that her husband an optometrist, literally changed th

not much wet weather over the northwest few days, just showers today up in the pacific northwest. >>> if you're watching us on ksnv, my news 3, las vegas, nevada, head to the treasures of egypt exhibit. that's at the natural history museum. you can explore king tut's tomb, a mummy and more. that's your "pacific event of the day," lynn. and your mummy always watches, right? >> she does, yes, every day. thanks, bill. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. heidi montag admits she has regrets. where do we begin? apparently, with her drastic transformation, including ten plastic surgery procedures in one day. the soon-to-be ex-wife of spencer pratt says she's "desperate to get back to normal," which apparently includes removing her massive breast implants. >>> mel gibson's fate is now in the l.a. district attorney's hands. reports say the police have turned over their investigation into domestic violence allegations, and now prosecutors will decide whether any charges will be filed. >>> mariah carey is reportedly expecting. according to radaronline,

took this over, and from these shores, tens of thousands of sailors and marines left the fight in the pacific in world war ii, and a lot of those sailors and marines who left from here, this was the last time they saw america, and they made the ultimate sacrifice for us. as we transfer this treasure, this island, from the navy back to the city, i hope that all of us will remember the service and sacrifice of every sailor, every marine, living and dead. [applause] and the people who left from here and the people who serve today, risking everything, so that we can celebrate today. that legacy lives on in the young men and women who wear the cloth of this country and who are deployed around the world as we meet here today. when the famous or infamous bates 3 aligning closure process started in 1988, a final result of any individual base closure and transfer could not have hoped for a better ultimate outcome than what has been achieved in treasure island. the navy's charge is to dispose of property in a manner that promotes economic development. that has been done. the transfer of treasure island

welcome to onour viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with heading to the high court. elena kagan will become the fourth woman ever to serve on the supreme court after being confirmed by the senate yesterday. five republicans and two independents joined all but one democrat in voting for the former dean of harvard law school. kagan will officially join the bench when she is sworn in tomorrow afternoon by chief justice john roberts. her addition will mark the first time three women have served together on the nine-member supreme court. kagan will be the only justice on the current court who has never been a judge. >>> also on capitol hill, the senate has voted to confirm james clapper as the next director of national intelligence. by unanimous vote last night, the retired three-star air force general won approval to oversee the nation's 16 spy agencies. clapper, who has served as the pentagon's chief intelligence official, will be the fourth person in the position since it was created five years ago. he succeeds retired admi

once again, mainly on the pacific side of southern japan. at's where we'll see the highest risk of a little bit of wet weather forming. now, for china we've got this frontal line here, and that is going to be producing quite a bit of rain. we'll see that rain start heading southward, too, stretching in toward eastern china. so overall pretty wet picture for the eastern half of china today. in the north here there is a chance of still some more heavy rains to fall. do stay on the watch for that. and then for southern portions and central areas here too, a lot of moisture coming off the coast as well 37 come coupled with all of that this entire area starting to look at more wet weather developing today. now, another area continues tonight indian subcontinent. a lot of showers will continue for the next couple of days. still light showers, mostly scattered across the region, although still in the next 24 hours or so there's a chance of some heavier amounts falling in southern pakistan. after that rainfall amounts slowly start easing off, althoug

this morning a small tsunami toughed off in the south pacific. the island is located off of australia north eastern coast. more than halfway toward the island of fee dwi. so far there have been no ward on any significant damage or injuries. we'll keep watching. >>> time now just turning 5:08. what is going on with california's budget mess? a lot of people want answers and you may get some in san jose. >>> as for the national economy new ideas will be discussed today. we have the details. . >> and the house has interrupted a summer break. i'll show you what's at steak for california. >>> good morning. westbound 80 traffic moving along very well. we'll tell you more about the morning commute coming up. >>> bp engineers say they are close to finishing the relief well in the gulf of mexico. the drilling is within 100 feet of its target. the relief well could be completed by friday. then crews plan to pour mud and cement to fill the oil well. >>> time now 5:11 emergency session of house democrats in washington is set for this morning to pass a bill aim

system dropping down from the pacific northwest right underneath foggy and sunny. that's going to settle in over us. cold and foggy. then after the fog finally starts to burn off sunny but cooler inland and a little windy at times. fairfield only 80. morgan hill 80. napa 71. santa cruz 67. a chilly pattern. will continue this way into saturday. slightly warmer from the coast as we head into the weekend early this week. >>> your time is now 6:11. ac transit riders may have an easier time getting around starting sunday when ac transit switches back to old work rules and schedules. ever since a new contract and new work schedules were imposed on drivers, many drivers have called in sick and commuters have suffered through frustrating delays on several of the bus routes. on monday a judge ordered ac transit to restore the old contract as arbitration begins on this continuing labor dispute. >>> all rightment coming up next on the ktvu morning news, one bay area town is pulling the plug on a pg&e plan. we'll explain. >>> the senate takes a big vote today to save teaching

another cool down towards the weekend and another system develops in the pacific northwest. today low clouds and fog then sunshine. it will be warmer. mainly inland and bay side. the coast will probably take another day. 60s there, very low 70s and upper 70s for some, 80s. tomorrow here we go warmer 90s. upper 90s on thursday. drops down friday and then really cools down on the weekend. >>> india will delay banning some blackberry services at least until late october. the government will use the time to study the feasibility of routing blackberry services through a server in india. today was the deadline india set for blackberry maker research in motion to make e- mail and messaging services more accessible to the government. research in motion is having similar discussions with other middle eastern countries and indonesia. >>> there's a report on what steve jobs will announce at tomorrow's apple event. i tunes customers will get more time to sample songs they're considering buying. right now i tunes samples last just about 30 seconds. >>> many football players ensure their b

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one more system kind of has to clip the pacific northwest. we're on the southern edge of all of that. we'll see more of a north, maybe a slight northeasterly wind. warmer weather is on the way. by the weekend, what's now? another low digs into the pacific northwest. that will usher in the cooler patterns. low clouds and fog. sunshine today. warmer, bay, inland. coast will probably take another day. but 60s there, 70s. after that fog. 70s and mid-80s. tomorrow inland areas hit the mid 90s. that would be vacaville, cloeverdale -- cloverdale. >>> that from montpolice officer injured in the line of duty is -- that police officer injured in the line of duty is expected to have more surgery. it's reported that he's doing better. his condition was upgraded from critical to serious. at 39, the veteran police officer was shot and critically wounded while trying to arrest a man on domestic violence charges. the union city man who police say has confessed to shooting officer young is still in jail in san diego. an dree barrientos was expected to be trans

very strong low will dig into the pacific northwest tomorrow. that's going to give us a pretty good cooling trend. today it will be a little warmer and the fog will burn off sooner. inland areas come up about three to five. upper 80s to a few low and mid- 90s well away from the fog bank. more fog and cooler pattern wednesday, thursday. then just settle in friday and saturday. >>> countrywide financial corporation which is now owned by bank of america has agreed to pay $600 million to settle shareholder lawsuits. that's after stockholders claimed countrywide concealed mounting risk as it loosens requirement for buyers during the housing boom. it's the largest pay out by any company involved in the mortgage meltdown and would end several class action lawsuits. the s.e.c. continues to investigate countrywide for misleading investors. >>> let's take a look at numbers this morning. the dow is down by about 32 points right now. certainly we have been watching these markets because we had a few things come in this morning that the traders are not liking

that's the pacific event of the day. i love county fairs. >> i do, too. where else do you find turkey trot dash. and don't forget fried twinkies. >> i've never gone there. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. oscar-winning actor/producer michael douglas is battling a tumor in his throat. "people" reports douglas will undergo eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy. douglas says he is, quote, very optimistic, and his doctors expect a full recovery. >>> tmz reports mel gibson lost control of his mazerati sunday in malibu and crashed into a rocky hillside. gibson, who was unhurt, told officers he has no idea how he ran off the road and denied using his cell phone. dui is not suspected. >>> england's "daily telegraph" reports angelina jolie will play marilyn monroe in a film following the last two years of her life through the eyes of her maltese terrier given to her by frank sinatra. kind of interesting there. >>> and, finally, two wrongs may not make a right. it's revenge for justin bieber. "gawker" reports the pop star h

that's the pacific event of the day. imagine looking at the world through his eyes. my brain would probably hurt. can't take it. >>> here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. sylvester stallone outmuscled julia roberts over the weekend to score the biggest opening of his career yet. the action hero's thriller "the expendables" was a big hit with male audiences. it debuted with an expected $35 million. that's thanks to an all-star ensemble cast that includes bruce lee and mickey rourke. >>> julia roberts career almost as cold as stallone's, "eat, pray, love" followed at a distant second about a woman's worldly search for herself opened with $23.7 million, also in line with expectations. >> rounding out the top three was will ferrell's the other guys. that was $18 million down 49% from its debut. and then coming in at fifth place was this weekend's third new opener, scott pilgrim versus the world. and that took in a dismal $10.5 million. >>> finally, lizzie mcguire is all grown up. 22-year-old disney diva, hilary duff married her long time beau, pro h

welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with a nightmare that is finally over. that's how a u.s. marshal described yesterday's capture of the last of three inmates who escaped from an arizona prison and his alleged accomplice. police say john mccluskey and his fiancee and cousin casslyn welch were arrested after an alert forest ranger spotted their stolen vehicle at a campground in northeastern arizona, then called in the s.w.a.t. team. >> mr. mccluskey was lying down on the campground. he was taken into custody, and he made a statement at that time or a few minutes later that if he had gotten back to the tent, there was a gun there and that he would have killed the officers involved. >> they were the target of a three-week nationwide manhunt after welch allegedly helped mccluskey cut through the prison security fence. after their escape, police say both suspects were linked to the slayings of a couple on vacation in new mexico. the other two inmates who escaped with mccluskey were recaptured earlier this

passengers say they were about 45 minutes out over the pacific when they heard what they described as thud. that was all about a gaping hole in the engine and the engine housing. it wasn't the thud that frightened some passengers. it was what happened next. >> sittin' on the plane. and a thud. i just turned to my right and i could see a stream of sparks flying out from the foot of the plane. obviously one of the engines. >> people sitting on the jetliner say there were sparks on the engine. the captain got on the p.a. and said we have a problem. we're going to be heading back. we have to dump our fuel and they did. they came back. i talked to like seven or eight passengers. all was calm. there was no panic. they landed and got off just a few minutes ago. they got on a bus and went to hotels arranged for by the airlines. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you. it's 4:33 now. dutch investigators are questioning two men arrested at amsterdam's airport as u.s. authorities found suspicious items in their checked luggage. both men are charged with preparation of a terrorist attack

that what they're going to body with it was in a service over and over the pacific and you had their little of the atomic bomb. and i think my next door neighbor came over here when he found out what i did and dumping the atomic bomb and he could be over here at six o'clock one morning pounding on my door says i just found out what you did you saved my life and i says are you proud of my door at six o'clock again the ifa i won't say but big that's all i can say but everybody is in the pacific at the time says will come up to me and say you saved my life do you regret being on that mission that dropped that for a separate tonic on i regret we ever had to have made sure i regret every mission i had over europe and everything of that type i dropped a lot of bombs over there that killed people and probably killed several israeli arms but do i regret the atomic mission i regret we had to do it there is a phone here you have the day and what was that he was saying that the japanese should apologize to was for making us drop the atomic bomb that was a new twist on things i would have ever ha

this is the site that is from jackson street north to pacific. we recommend, as i just mentioned, that jackson st. be returned as a public right of way and that from st. the -- the pathway be widened to it's full public right of way, allowing for a series of three new open spaces. for the site just north of broadway, we recommend the valejo be connected, and the front street be extended north of to the embarcadero as well, creating two new public spaces. additionally, we recommend that the sale, mid law, to maintain a pedestrian involvement. -- midway between. finally, for the size between green and union street, a similar set of recommendations. we would have a more formal extension commerce east to the waterfront, and extending the treatment across in elevated crosswalk. similarly, front street would also be extended up to the embarcadero, and union street would be extended as a pedestrian right of way east to the waterfront -- east of the waterfront. the next set of recommendations deal with the quality of building design, and on this, we did a

area of low pressure over the pacific typical summertime alignment. t so typical the fact we haven't got than much heat in the bay area for the summer. the heat has been over the desert south west. las vegas july has been the warmest ever since record keeping began back in the 1937 time period. they have had some warm nights and of course warm day. hot day. it has been a dry month with just a trace of rain. haven't seen much in the way of monsoon moisture or thunderstorm activity in las vegas. by contrast the same alignment lower pressure inland high pressure over the pacific has kept a persistent sea breeze across the bay area. strong sea breasts has really brought san francisco at the coolest level ever since 1971. so it cool as july since 1971. talking almost 40 years. only one day where they actually reached 70 degrees and this is the fourth consecutive month of below normal temperature. august already heading to another with week of cooler than normal conditions coming up here and if we continue that the pace that will make it the fifth consecutiv

been trying to do one for me is and china is a challenge a challenge is growing looking asia in the pacific japan south korea which elyse of the united states but they already have more trade with china than with the night of states recently i talked to one diplomat from thailand in moscow and i said to him what is china's role in your foreign policy and he said you know our prime minister he used to start his day by reading new york times now she starts his day by here. what is what is said in the miserable in the chinese newspaper china is becoming more important for many countries to become more important or more dangerous for america it will it becomes more important and more dangerous china doesn't want to be in the american. interest and on many issues and they do have issues on where they collide it's taiwan issue japan's militaru role and there are some other issues and in addition to the field of americas not only challenge their positions in the world but they're not interested interested in the growth of the chinese economy in the modernization of. the suspect that americans inte