Ken Kramer
Creator/Producer/Host of "Ken Kramer's About San Diego"Ken Kramer is the creator, producer, and host of Ken Kramer’s About San Diego. For more than three decades, the series has presented stories of the people and places that define our home county. Ken Kramer’s About San Diego has been honored with numerous Emmy and Golden Mike Awards, as well as recognition from teachers' groups, Save Our Heritage Organisation, City of San Diego, San Diego Historical Society, Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Press Club, Radio Festival New York, and The Voice of America. In proclaiming “Ken Kramer Day” in 2008, the County Board of Supervisors described the show as “…more valuable to San Diego History than any two or three of our local museums combined.” Ken is a fourth-generation native Californian who grew up in Pasadena, CA. He graduated from San Diego State University in 1974.
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On the latest episode of The Finest podcast, Claudia Rodríguez-Biezunski, fashion designer and owner of Sew Loka, draws on family and heritage to bring Our Lady of Guadalupe into contemporary fashion.
While visiting the Mingei International Museum, Claudia gave host Julia Dixon Evans a tour of "Guadalajara," a textile jacket she constructed from various upcycled fabrics, including suede, leather and cotton flannel.
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Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. Guest: Viet Thanh Nguyen (author of "The Sympathizer") and Mai Elliott (author of "The Sacred Willow"). It's been fifty years since the last U.S. military helicopters left Saigon, signaling the fall of the country or its liberation, depending on whom you ask. Two Vietnamese Americans with personal ties to the war reflect on the milestone anniversary. -
On GZERO World with @Ian_Bremmer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen shares what it was like growing up as a Vietnamese refugee in the US—and how the Americans around him often misunderstood the emotional toll of displacement. -
Fifty years after the fall of Saigon (or its liberation, depending on whom you ask), Vietnam has transformed from a war-torn battleground to one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies — and now finds itself caught between two superpowers. Ian Bremmer breaks down how Vietnam went from devastation in the wake of the Vietnam War to become a regional economic powerhouse. -
It's been fifty years since Saigon fell or was liberated, depending on whom you ask. Two Vietnamese Americans with personal ties to the war reflect on the milestone anniversary. Viet Thanh Nguyen is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Sympathizer," now an HBO TV series, and Mai Elliott is the author of "The Sacred Willow" about a Vietnamese family over four generations.
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Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. A visit to the Steam and Gas Engine Museum at Vista. Remembering the Clermont Hotel and the days when a part of San Diego was known as "The Harlem of the West." Things viewers have sent in.
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