Eye Witnesses to History
Jockey Russell Baze Has Ridden in 50,000 Races – That’s 1.5 Times Around the World
This week we are in Albany, California to see the ponies run at Golden Gate Fields. This is the only major racetrack in Northern California and thoroughbreds first started racing here back in 1941. This track has seen some truly great racehorses over the years including Noor, Citation and one of the sport’s most popular […]
The Only Full Color Footage from Inside a Japanese Internment Camp
The film posted here, Dave Tatsuno Movies and Memories, documents an important piece of American and Bay Area history. In 1942 about 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States were placed in “war relocation camps.” Japanese-American businessman, Dave Masaharu Tatsuno and his family were relocated to the […]
Profile: Astronaut Greg Chamitoff
Astronaut Greg Chamitoff grew up in San Jose and went on to travel on both the Discovery and Endeavor shuttle missions, and also spent six months on the International Space Station. He and his colleagues had plenty of work inside and outside the Space Station but they managed to squeeze in some fun, too. In […]
This is Us: Working for Change
In this episode TiU visited the Emma Prusch Farm Park not far from downtown San Jose. This was an actual working farm from 1870 until 1969. The Farm is now run by The City of San Jose and the Department of Parks and Recreation. Kids come here from all over the valley to learn about […]
Show: The Rescuers
We took a special tour of the San Jose Fire Museum with Captain Sean Lovens who shared the history of fire fighting in San Jose – from the days when firemen were known as “house wreckers” (because sometimes their only option was to pull a burning house down and save the rest of the town) […]
Profile: Tom Humann
Thomas Humann is a former Marine Corps helicopter pilot. After flying some dangerous missions in the Middle East, Humann left the Marines and became the pilot for Marine One, the helicopter that flies the President of the United States. Today, Humann is among an elite group of aviators who fly for CAL FIRE, battling blazes, […]
Bay Area Veterans Remember Pearl Harbor
The Imperial Japanese Navy struck without warning on December 7, 1941, leaving 3700 casualties in their wake. It was a terrible, devastating day. This is Us interviewed a dozen Bay Area veterans of the Pearl Harbor attack. They told remarkable stories. The men revealed how they came to be at Pearl Harbor that day, their […]
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Special
December 7, 2011, marks the 70th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, an unprecedented event that drew the United States into World War II. There are less than 1,400 veterans of that battle still living. Most are more than 90 years old. This is Us spoke to a dozen local Pearl Harbor Survivors, […]
Profile: Norman Minetta, Former U.S. Secretary Of Transportation
Former San Jose Mayor, congressman, presidential cabinet member and San Jose’s favorite son…Secretary Norman Mineta, was just local Cub Scout when world war II came to the united states. Panic griped the nation following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the target of that fear and hysteria were the Japanese Americans. Within three months President […]
Profile: Dr. Masako Miura
Profile on Dr. Masako Miura an internee and physician at Manzanar Relocation Camp in 1942. Born and raised in California, Dr. Miura graduated from USC Medical School shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Her entire family was interned at Manzanar, and she was one of the few physicians that could offer medical help to […]
