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This episode features History Mysteries at Snapdragon Stadium explained; a walk through the Ramona Grasslands County Preserve; a quiz “About San Diego” and much more!
5 NEW EPISODES NOW ALL AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON THE PBS APP:
Episode 96: History Mysteries at Snapdragon Stadium explained; a walk through the Ramona Grasslands County Preserve; a quiz “About San Diego” and much more!
Episode 95: We remember Old Town’s Favorite Horse; hear the history of Escondido’s Jesmond Dene neighborhood; explore an abandoned mine in Julian and see what a San Diego “snow day” looks like as photographed by viewers.
Episode 94: We see how a tiny desert community, once the playground of the rich and famous, is now creating new history. We remember our city’s Cadillac Ambassador of the 1950s and the very unusual car he drove. We go climbing into a local landmark that very few people ever see from the inside. Plus a quiz “About San Diego”, things sent in by viewers, and much more!
Episode 93: We come aboard the Maritime Museum's iconic Star Of India, as she goes to sea! We head to the Imperial Valley’s Yuha Desert and the airport at Ramona to check out a couple of lesser-known but entirely wonderful museums. Plus things sent in by viewers, a quiz About San Diego, and more!
Episode 92: We meet a "Rosie the Riveter" who was part of the female workforce building airplanes in San Diego during World War II; learn about some local efforts to build an automobile that flew; see the story of San Diego State's little-known Freedom Tree, and much more!
KEN KRAMER’S ABOUT SAN DIEGO is a collection of stories about the history and the people of the area we call home. Ranging over all of San Diego County, the stories often deal with little known things about our past, and how they relate to places we see every day. Almost every thing, and every place in San Diego has some kind of story behind it. KEN KRAMER’S ABOUT SAN DIEGO tells those stories in a fun and informal way. It’s a show about us!
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