hum, yuk. slurp, hum... disgusting. i'm almost done. [laughter]. slurp, slurp. i gave up eating noodles. thank you, thank you. >> sometimes notable authors come to main stage and do more than read passages from their work. they sit in a live conversation with a reporter, playwright discusses the relevancy of his work with one of his theatre critics. as part of the yearly 1 city one book event. fields questions from sm scott chauffeur. >> before writing the book you want to louisiana and did a lot of research. what reception did you get there? what obstacles did you find? well -- it depends on which decade you are talking about. i did research, actually starting in from the time i was very small. and we went back every summer even though i was born here in berkeley, as a matter of fact we went back every summer to louisiana and i was always interested and did a lot of -- um -- both formal and informal research. starting in the 50's and the 60's. and i will tell you that when i first startd that research and a lot of the research i did in that time period was i wa

downtown san francisco, south san francisco, mid-60s, north bay, low 70s around cloverdale and yuk kia. rest of you into 60s, there is east bay communities 66 in oakland. still, a nice day. inland areas cooler than today. 70 in concord. and monterey bay, 67 degrees in monterey. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is still pleasant wednesday. cooling continues and rain first arrives by friday evening, turning into colder showers and breezy conditions for weekend. there is sunday and monday feeling like winter here towards weekend. >> like normal. >> yes. >> and there is another royal wedding to talk about. >> the way prince will yom is honoring his late mother with his engagement. [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. it's the way to individually brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew, hon. [ female announcer ] choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. at just seven inches, it's the only tablet designed for maximum mobility. and it's android-powered and flash-enabled for the best web browsing experience. get yours at ve

first period, alex ovechkin gets hit in the mouth with the uck, yuk. he's all right.hockey player. they were all tough. on the power play, they get it jammed home. a poke at it and then niklas backstrom scores. caps trail. still on the power play, hendricks with the shot in front and we're tied at three and jason, oh, he's jacked. he loves it. caps down, 4-3 and less than a minute left. fires and scores and we're all tied afour. after overtime we're heed to a shootout where everyone misses until danny goes through the pa of his danny. so bobby jo stimmit, the caps lo to the flyers 5-4 in a shootout. bruce beudreaux still pleased. >> i thought we fought hard until the end. a lot of teams would have said, it's not going our way hitting cross bars and posts and everything. let's just get out of here and take a day off and regroup for next week but this group stayed with it and always believed that they could come back and i think with the ability to score that we have there's always that chance. >> bruce and the caps play at new jersey on monday. >>> never put off until

and getting close to yuk kaia.and there is just hours, it will be pushing into immediate bay area, meaning no wet overnight period. there is temperatures now into 40s and san francisco and san jose 50 degrees. those are balmy spots now. and this is a break from freezing temperatures. rain spreads tonight and there is showers tomorrow, meaning highest peeks probably will see snow during the decent of the cold air. there is high pressure brought us cold snap last couple days pushing inland. there is a rain moving in tonight. and forecast calls for rain to be pushing into the north bay by 10:00, o.11:00 tonight. and there is a front continuing to sweep through. we may see areas of heavy rain around 3:00 a.m. or so. and there is a a little bit of a break there is showers developing and by mid day, we'll see some pockets of showers that continue to push south ward and eastward. and there is showers tapering off and will be out of here by 7:00. however, won't be lift with impressive rainfall totals. north bay from a half