Full Episode
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 […]
Historic Rail Line Opens in Santa Cruz
This week we are in Santa Cruz aboard Iowa Pacific for a ride on the newly re-opened 32-mile Branch Rail Line in Santa Cruz County. This is the most recent train to rumble through the central coast but certainly not the first. Today we’re going to learn a bit about local railroad history, from Sandy […]
Chef Phan Takes Us Behind the Scenes at The Slanted Door
This week we are at International Culinary Center in Campbell. Have we got some treats for you! First we’re going to learn to make a famous french pastry with an American twist…..and plenty of chocolate. Will also meet three of the finest and chefs in the Bay Area – Santa Cruz’s Reilly Meehan, the very […]
Spy for a Day-a Look at Antique Spy Gear
This week we are at History where we’ll take a look at San Jose’s famous Electric Tower, just one of the many amazing things you’ll discover walking around grounds here. The tower we’ll show you is a replica of the original, which was built in 1881 to ‘light up’ the downtown area. It was hailed […]
Bear ‘n Bull Fights Were Once Common in San Jose
This week This is Us explores the rich history of San Jose with former president of the California Pioneers of Santa Clara County, Jim Zetterquist. San Jose was founded in 1777 and was once the state capitol. This city is the oldest civil settlement in the Golden State and it’s chock-full of surprising stories. It’s […]
Why the Angels in St Joseph’s Catherdral Look Familiar…
This week we have some World War II stories. You’ll meet Bob Keive, owner of local radio station KLIV and former speech-writer for former President Dwight Eisenhower. Then, we have a love story for you about a WWII pilot who bailed out over enemy territory and was rescued by the French Underground. This week’s show […]
This is Us # 410 – Amy Chow & Sylvia Earl
This week we are on the campus of Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael, CA. I sat down in the play area with 60 puppies, Puppy Raising Specialist, Sharon Kret and others to learn how the dogs are trained, how they change lives and how this amazing service organization got started way back […]
This is Us: Surfing Safari
For this episode we went aboard the O’Neill Sea Odyssey in the Santa Cruz Harbor. It’s a 65-foot catamaran on which kids get to take a field trip they’ll never forget – a science cruise on Monterey Bay. You’ll learn more about this educational adventure during the show. We also met the man behind the […]
This is Us: Foodie’s Delight
This week we profile local chefs Reilly Meehan and Charles Phan. Chef Phan is a winner of the coveted James Beard Award for Best Chef: California and owner of San Franciscos’s The Slanted Door, which has been touted as America’s best Vietnamese restaurant. This is the only place we know where you can taste Lychee […]
This is Us Visits California Artists
This is Us visits the studios of four Northern California artists; Kirk McNeil, artist/blacksmith who works with white hot steel and really big hammers to create unique art; Beth Gripenstraw, she’s best known for her original ceramic jewelry and large ceramic murals but it is her paintings about life with vertigo that are drawing attention […]
