Videographer, Steve Kern Captures the Action at Golden Gate Fields

Local athletes shine this time around on This is Us, as we profile San Jose Sharks star center and current Canadian Olympic hockey player, Joe Thornton. You’ll also get the chance to lace up the gloves and meet Gilroy’s two-time world champion boxer Robert “Ghost” Guerrero. And setting up a perfect trifecta is thoroughbred horse racing’s all-time winning jockey Russell Baze.

The Golden Gate Fields star rider has a shot for the first Saturday in May and the Kentucky Derby aboard the recent El Camino Real Derby winner, Connemara. Hold on to the winning ticket and join us another episode of This Is Us. In case you are on the bench, you can see it again on Saturday 2/27 at 1:30 p.m.

Betty Soskin, U.S. Park Service Ranger

Last night This is Us presented the remarkable stories of 4 local African-Americans from the deck of the USS Hornet. Featured on the program were Tuskegee Airman, Les Williams; U.S. Park Ranger, Betty Soskin and Sudanese refugees, Simon Deng and Peter Nyok.

There was also lot’s of Hornet history from COO & Education officer, Pete Sutherland who
showed viewers the historic aircraft and spacecraft housed there including an Apollo space capsule.

If you missed it last night, you can see it on Saturday 2/6 at 1:30 p.m. or on Sunday 2/7 at 5:30 p.m.

Also on the show, local diva, Irene Dalis; ballerina, Karen Gabay and P.J. and Roy Hirabayashi of San Jose Taiko.

Here’s a clip of Susanna at work - not with a torch, though. For that you have to watch tonight at 6:30 PM, channel 54 or Comcast 10.

Local fencers, Mark Wheeler and Mark Hannah, of the Fencing Center of San Jose, were our guides into the world of fencing. Here’s a sneak peek from the show:

You can see the full show on Wednesday evening , February 24 at 6:30.

Crew shooting aboard U.S.S. Hornet

This season we’ll be bringing you the show from locations all over the South Bay and central coast.
Last week we shot parts of a show aboard the U.S.S. Hornet. COO & Education officer, Pete Sutherland
showed us the historic aircraft housed there including one of the helicopters that recovered astronauts
returning from space. (Remember the “splash down” days, when they used to just fall from the sky into the ocean?)

The Hornet was the aircraft carrier that retrieved Neil Armstrong from the water when he returned from his moon walk. ( Click here to see a video about the navigator that piloted the ship that day.) You can revisit the scene including a helicopter, space capsule and one of the classic Airstream trailers that served as a sort of contamination chamber for the astronauts. There are even footprints painted on the floor where Neil Armstrong stepped on his way from the helicopter to the Airstream.

If you can’t make it to Alameda, where the ship turned museum is docked, watch This is Us on Wednesday night February 3rd at 6:30. You’ll get a good look at the Hornet and meet a Tuskegee Airman.

San Jose State Students Prepare to shoot Equal Time

The station was buzzing with activity this morning as San Jose State Broadcast Journalism students prepared to shoot a pilot episode for their new program Equal Time. Led by their professor, Diane Guerazzi, the students ran the cameras and control room with ease.

Equal Time is a half-hour current affairs show. Reports from the field show viewers 2 sides of the same issue then both sides come to the table for a discussion moderated by SJS Professor, Bob Rucker, formerly of CNN.

 We just wrapped up Rehearsal for tomorrow’s live show,  Facing the Mortgage  Crisis.  Linda O’Bryon will host a panel of experts who will answer your questions  about  foreclosure prevention, loan modification, predatory loans and more. 

 You can watch at it at home at  6pm tomorrow (Sunday, Aug. 30) or you can join our  studio  audience. We have a few seats available. Call Lyn Johnson -  415-553-2288  or email ljohnson@KTEH.org  for free tickets.

If you are a renter, a home owner looking to refinance, the victim of a predatory loan or just have questions about current mortgage policies, join us at the KTEH Studios, Sunday August 30, at 6p.m. We have assembled a panel of the most qualified and best informed experts in Northern California to answer your mortgage questions.

The programs designed to help homeowners through this crisis continue to evolve. Get up to the minute information about your options and your rights at our live event.

To attend, email Ljohnson@KTEH.org or call Lyn Johnson at 415-553-2288.

This is Us set

We are just putting the finishing touches on the latest episode of This is Us.

Monday, with the help of our interns Eddie Gilbert and Xi Lin, we shot the

host wrap-arounds in our studio. Our editor and cameraman,Steve Kern, will put them together with John Gregg’s stories and on Sunday, May 31 you can watch the whole production at your house.

Steve Kern

You can get a sneak peak now. Our stories on Karen Gabey of San Jose Ballet and Russell Baze, a local jockey who holds the record for most career wins in the United States, are on our website now.

We’ll also profile PJ & Roy Hirabayashi of San Jose Taiko and take a look back at the Santa Cruz High School class of 1954 – great 50’s music, cars and clothes.

The story that will have you on the edge of your seat, though, is about two survivors of the Sudanese Civil War. After many harrowing, narrow escapes, they made it to the U.S and now live in San Jose. Listen to what these young men have to say and you’ll forget your troubles.

This is Us will air on Sunday, May 31 at 6pm

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Student at the controls in KTEH production control room.

KTEH interns have been hard at work documenting our Kid’s Tour. Pictures of students making TV in our studios are now featured on our website click here to visit the page and see a slide show.