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KQED Spark - Anna Von Mertens
Spark explores the method and meaning behind Anna Von Mertens's quilts that are covered with as many as 100,000 handsewn stitches. Original air date: May 2004. For more information, go to: http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/spark/profile.jsp?essid=4163Download the corresponding educator guide for classroom activity ideas and further information about this subject at: http://www.kqed.org/assets/pdf/arts/programs/spark/219.pdf
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This Week: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan
Scott Shafer talks with Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. Her first year in office has been a turbulent one, with the challenges of the Occupy Oakland movement, the city budget, job cuts due to the loss of state redevelopment funding, and a recall effort.Published 1 week ago
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This Week: News Panel for January 27, 2012
California's sweeping new auto emission regulations, requiring that 15 percent of new cars sold in the state by 2025 produce little or no smog, could reshape the entire American automobile industry.The city of Richmond wins the intense competition by half a dozen Bay Area cities to be the coveted site of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab's second campus.
The 49ers stadium project in Santa Clara hits another snag with a petition drive to put it back on the ballot before voters, a week after the team loses its chance to be in the Super Bowl.
Guests:
Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News
Amy Standen, KQED's QUEST
C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle
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This is Us Episode #403
Becca and the This is Us crew visit The San Jose Fire Museum where they view several historic fire trucks. Featured stories include 3 local heroes, a helicopter pilot from Cal Fire who's seen more than his share of action and a number of blazes, a pilot that saved 155 lives when he miraculously landed his jet airliner on the Hudson River, and a fire captain who's search and rescue partnership will melt your heart.Published 2 weeks ago
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This is Us: Thomas Humann Fire Pilot
An Amazing story about former Marine Corps helicopter pilot, Thomas Humann. 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 that fly for CAL FIRE, battling blazes and fighting fires while protecting life and property.Published 2 weeks ago
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This is Us: Captain Jim Boggeri and Nino
A wonderful story about Marin Fire Captain Jim Boggeri and his unique partnership with his friend Nino. Nino is a search and rescue dog and his job is to find live human scent in a disaster stricken environment, searching for people buried under rubble after major catastrophes. Nino lives with Jim and his family and they put in countless hours training together, weekdays and weekends.Published 2 weeks ago
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KQED This Week: January 20, 2012
News Panel and California High-Speed Rail At A Cross RoadsPublished 2 weeks ago
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This Week: California High-Speed Rail At A Cross Roads
Is it the end of the line for California's controversial High-Speed Rail project? Four years after voters approved a $10 billion bond measure to build a bullet train from San Francisco to Los Angeles, the project has been mired in controversy. This documentary report, produced in association with "Train Wars," profiles the Central Valley town of Hanford, caught in the cross fires in the debate over high speed rail.Published 2 weeks ago
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This is Us: Fire Captain Jim Boggeri and Nino
A wonderful story about Marin Fire Captain Jim Boggeri and his unique partnership with his friend Nino. Nino is a search and rescue dog and his job is to find live human scent in a disaster stricken environment, searching for people buried under rubble after major catastrophes. Nino lives with Jim and his family and they put in countless hours training together, weekdays and weekends.Published 2 weeks ago
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KQED This Week: GOP presidential candidate Fred Karger interviewed by Belva Davis
GOP presidential candidate Fred Karger is interviewed by Belva Davis, host of KQED's "This Week in Northern California." He talks about why he's running for president, the ideological direction of the Republican party and his role in fighting Proposition 8 and California's voter-passed initiative to ban same sex marriage. He's trying to promote dialogue about same-sex marriage in Republican circles.Published 3 weeks ago
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This Week: News Panel for January 6, 2012
Belva Davis and San Francisco Chronicle senior political writer Carla Marinucci are in New Hampshire with a special report from the campaign trail. The Republican presidential candidates have hit the ground running for the January 10 first in the nation primary, following Mitt Romney's narrow lead over Rick Santorum and Ron Paul in the Iowa caucuses.Gov. Jerry Brown released his 2012-13 fiscal year budget proposal ahead of schedule after the document was accidentally posted online. The budget was to be unveiled on Tuesday, the constitutional deadline. It includes more than $1 billion in cuts to welfare programs. Brown will also ask voters for $5 billion in education funding with a November tax measure.
It's another fork in the road for California's $99 billion high-speed rail project. A key independent review panel recommended that billions of dollars of voter approved bonds should not be approved by lawmakers. They say the funding isn't secure and the business plan has not been finalized.
Guests:
Belva Davis, KQED
Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle
Marisa Lagos, San Francisco Chronicle
Amy Standen, KQED's QUEST
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KQED This Week: January 6, 2012
News Panel and San Francisco District Attorney George GasconPublished 1 month ago
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This Week: San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon
Former San Francisco Chief of Police George Gascon is sworn in as District Attorney following his win in the November election. The first Latino to hold the office in San Francisco, he was appointed to the position a year ago by former Mayor Gavin Newsom when Kamala Harris was elected attorney general. Gascón discusses his philosophies on law enforcement, the impact of prison realignment and California's three-strikes sentencing law, and high school truancy programs to keep youth out of the system. He has pledged to make San Francisco the safest large city in the country.Published 1 month ago
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