All on our show today. Well, box city is a documentary about a homeless encampment that shows how many homeless filipinos survive poverty in the midst of the bay areas vast wealth. With me right now is the executive producer for this project through the filipino channel, henni espinosa, who is an Emmy Awardwinning documentary filmmaker for her first documentary with the filipino channel, the filipino champions of soma. Welcome to the show. Henni espinosa thank you for having me. Robert give us sort of an overview of your film, as well as what was sort of the inspiration for doing it . Henni well, box city is a story about a group of homeless filipinos in San Francisco. Theyre young, in their 20s and 30s. Theyre legal immigrants here. Some of them have jobs, but the thing is that they live in boxes, small boxes, and theyre, you know, they rely on each other for support. And, you know, these people actually met on the streets when they were, you know, searching for places to live. And so
Pass this bill, but they did actually by a wide margin. 9420. Governor nikki haley put out this tweet that says it is a new day in South Carolina. Haley herself reversing her position of on the Confederate Flag. She is expected to sign this bill today and then the bill requires that the flag be removed within 24 hours her signing it. Back to you. Thank you, kristin. Efforts here on capitol hill to ban the Confederate Flag in federal cemeteries is proving controversial. The measure was added as an amendment this week to a bill that funds the National Park service. Today, however, the house will vote again on another amendment. The democrats say weakens that ban. 5 01 right now. Today, the outcome of a Board Meeting at metro may have a big impact on your morning commute. Zachary kiesch has more on how it could affect the metro riders. Zachary . Reporter yeah, good morning, aaron. Blue line riders would be the real winners here. This is a new proposal being presented today to metro board
This is were almost towards the end of the semester and because were almost towards the end of the semester i decided to talk to you guys today about what i researched. You guys had my piece on braceros. To start with i want us to think about the class today in two parts. One in which were going to bracero history and i know we covered brassero history in sort of broad sketches. This time well talk about brassero history a little more indepth. Cero history a little indepth. Second thing were going to do is tuck about the article. Good . Okay. Im going to tell you guys a little bit about how i started being interested in bracero history. I always tell you guys i was a student like you guys in a class. Mexican American History. My adviser, my thenmentor was first my teacher. Matt garcia said to me, and to the rest of the class, find your oldest Family Member and collect an oral history. I thought an oral history was a basic interview i thought okay, thats fine. Its a little challenging w
Hakone gardens has been a popular place for many of us growing up in the bay area, an oasis of japanese history, culture, and atmosphere that has never become a commercially oriented tourist spot. It is a haven for many visitors, not just japaneseamericans, by the way, and it is celebrating a centennial celebration. Joining me to talk about Hakone Gardens and its history and celebration are some old friends, the executive director of the Hakone Foundation, shozo kagoshima. And a wellknown bay area historian, a member of the Hakone Foundation board of trustees, as well as a former chair, Connie Young Yu. Its great to see both of you here. Shozo kagoshima well, thank you for having us. Connie young yu delighted. Robert for people who dont know much about it, give us sort of an overview of Hakone Gardens, what it is, and where it is today. Shozo well, i think most people recognize hakone as being an event venue. Its a popular place for wedding and receptions. But people really dont realiz
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