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Profile: Karen Gabay, Ballerina
Karen Gabey of the San Jose Ballet – after 28 years as a leading ballerina in San Jose, the 47 year old dancer is turning her attention to choreography.

Place: Penny Ice Creamery
Becca and the This is Us crew get the scoop from The Penny Ice Creamery located in Santa Cruz.

Place: James Lick Observatory
This is Us visits the James Lick Observatory high atop Mount Hamilton.

Profile: Joe Thornton
Joe Thornton is the center and alternate captain for the San Jose Sharks. During the 2005-06 NHL season, Thornton won both the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player to his team, and the Art Ross Trophy as the top scorer.

Profile: Irene Dallas, Opera San Jose
Profile of Irene Dalis – Up until her retirement in 1977, she was the principal artist at New York’s Metropolitan Opera for 20 consecutive seasons. She founded the Opera San Jose and is currently its General Director.

Profile: Eddie Gale, Musician
Eddie Gale is a trumpeter known for his work in free jazz, especially with the Sun Ra Arkestra. Gale has also performed with Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane. In 1974, Gale was named San Jose’s Ambassador of Jazz for his efforts to bring jazz to the city.

Profile: Goldsmith Seeds
Goldsmith Seeds is a family business that was started back in 1962, in Gilroy by Glenn Goldsmith. Three of his sons joined him in the business. Goldsmiths seeds are growing in many of the most famous gardens in the world. Update: The Goldsmith family sold their seed company to Syngenta in March of 2011.

Profile: Bob Culbertson, Watsonville Wetlands Watch
This area of California has been blessed by some extraordinary people and one of them has spent most of his lifetime in a valiant effort to protect our Wetlands. If you ever travel on Highway 1 through Watsonville, just off the freeway you’ll find a beautiful natural landscape teeming with plants and wildlife. Although few […]