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New This is Us Blog Coming Soon!
In the future, I'll be bringing you the inside scoop on a new This Is Us blog located on KQED.org. Look for it in early October. I'll take you behind the scenes, bring you sneak previews of future stories and updates on past profiles so be sure to check out the new blog in its new home. The TIU blog will have some fun new features we hope you'll like, such as a place for you to suggest people you'd like us to profile. All the past TiU stories will be archived on the new blog so you'll easily be able to find any story you're looking for. The new stories will be a lot easier to find, too.
Continue reading...Japantown is a Rare Sight in the U.S.
Monday, September 19, 2011
There are only three Japantowns left in the United States. One of them is here in San Jose. Established at the turn of the 20th century, it offered Japanese emigrants a community that felt more like home.
Continue reading...When Grapes Were Crushed by Hand….or Foot
Sunday, September 18, 2011
In the second part of the KTEH's 1970 documentary, "The Valley That Was," vineyards vie for the top crop spot.
Continue reading...Early Japanese Farmers in Santa Clara Valley
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Japanese farmers began arriving in the Santa Clara valley around the end of the 19th century. By 1908 Japanese farmers of the San Jose district controlled 3241 acres of land. Some of that land was purchased by the Sakawa family. Edward Sakawa talks about his father, and working on their turn of the century pear farm, in this clip from "The Valley That Was."
Continue reading...How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation?
Friday, May 6, 2011
Before World War II, cutting apricots for the drying process was the summer job of choice in the valley. Whole families would would work together making 10 cents a box - or about 10 cents an hour. Apricots were also canned in some of the 50 canneries running in the area. A local woman remembers her apricot summers in this clip from "The Valley That was."
Continue reading...The Valley That Was
Monday, May 2, 2011
Back in the 1970's KTEH made a documentary called, "The Valley That Was." It told the story of farming in the Valley of Heart's Delight from the beginning.
Continue reading...The Monk Amoung Us
Monday, April 4, 2011
Tibetan Monk, Venerable Thupten Donyo, befriended and toured with the legendary rock band The Grateful Dead in the late 1980's. He liked the United States so much, he eventually settled in San Jose where he converted a suburban home into a temple and founded The Gyuto Vajrayana Center.
Continue reading...Magical History Tour of San Jose
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
a fascinating historical tour of San Jose done in 1981. In this clip, we we take a tour through San Jose's early beginnings from the bank of the Guadalupe River, to the Peralta Adobe and to the Fallon House. It's interesting to see how those building have changed even more over the last 30 years.
Continue reading...Hooked on Farmville?
Friday, March 25, 2011
These days, If you're busy harvesting in Silicon Valley, you're not on a farm. You're on Farmville, a very popular "social game" said to have 30 million players a month. Social Gaming is booming. E-Marketer projects the social gaming market will exceed a billion dollars this year…and that ain't hay. KTEH's Robin McElhatton filed this story for [...]
Continue reading...KTEH Teams Up With Nightly Business Report
Friday, November 12, 2010
KTEH is the newest contributor to the National program, Nightly Business Report.
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