The first episode features interviews with Jerry Rice, Tom Flores, Steve Young, George Atkinson, Ronnie Lott, Fred Biletnikoff, Michael Zagaris, and Greg Papa. They reveal personal stories of the players, coaches, superstitions, pregame rituals, on-field drama and off-field hijinks which helped bring 7 Super Bowl Championships to the Bay Area.
You know the history – the Bay Area was transformed from orchards and farms into the center of the information age. But did you know that Silicon Valley could have been born in Boston instead? It was one man’s deadly disease that turned the tide of history.
The motion picture was invented here. Many of the greatest movies were produced, directed and filmed in the Bay Area. Award-winning producers and directors, including Philip Kaufman, Chris Columbus and Blye Faust tell us why the Bay Area is such an attraction for filmmakers. Some of the biggest movie stars call the Bay Area home. Actresses Connie Nielsen and Margaret Cho tell us what makes the Bay Area a star on the silver screen. Plus, stories from Pixar producer Lindsey Collins, the woman who produced "Finding Dory." It's a behind-the-scenes look at filmmaking in the Bay Area.
In this episode, we profile how the people of Asia profoundly shaped the modern Bay Area.
Meeting the people and featuring the institutions in the San Francisco Bay Area that helped put U.S. astronauts on the moon in 1969 and are continuing to explore Mars and the universe beyond.
A look back at the 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area on October 17, 1989, featuring survivors, first responders, heroes and eyewitnesses to the disaster.
"Female Sports Icons" profiles elite women athletes from the Bay Area like Kristi Yamaguchi, Kerri Walsh Jennings, Brandi Chastain, Natalie Coughlin and Amy Chow who have become champions at the Olympics or in the World Cup.
The story of surfing in Northern California from Santa Cruz's "surf city" scene to the monster Mavericks waves at Half Moon Bay to San Francisco's wild Ocean Beach.