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What makes Ashland so attractive as a movie-making location? “The number one thing I always say makes Ashland special is that you can point your camera anywhere and get a great shot,” said Gary Kout, an Ashland-based film & video producer and co-founder of Film Southern Oregon. “The town, the surroundings, the whole area is just so beautiful and photogenic.” Kout also praised the regional acting community, anchored by OSF and other regional and local theatre groups that provide on-camera talent for local productions. “No other place this size and in the middle of nowhere can provid...

When you look out over the San Francisco Bay it looks blue and beautiful. However, if you follow the waterway all the way up to Discovery Bay in the summer, you’ll see huge toxic algae blooms that are choking it and turning it green. NBC Bay Area’s Vianey Arana interviews senior scientist Jon Rosenfield from the San Franciso Baykeepers about... California Oct 17, 2020 The Bay Area marks the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17th. If you were in the Bay Area on that day in 1989, you knew where you were and what you were doing at 5:04 p.m. when the 6...

“We deeply respect their [Friendship House] process, which is very collective in nature, based on longstanding indigenous ways,” Taylor says. “We’ll give them the resources and then get out of the way.” Five years from now, the Village will have brought disparate organizations from across the region under one roof. In doing so, it aims to be the crown jewel of San Francisco’s newly formed American Indian Cultural District, which launched in March, just as Mayor London Breed ordered a shutdown in the face of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Sharaya Souza, the executive d...

retired, is a great person to hand off these awards to our two very accomplished honorees. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> senator, would you like to say a few words? >> my son said i wasn't allowed to speak. so the program must go on. >> i have the honor of welcoming our new director of public health in san francisco. [applause] as of the last 20 minutes, this is all past tense, barbara garcia has been the deputy director of health for the city and county of san francisco since 1999. while in this position, she has implemented innovative programs, including a medically superv...

the long-standing ideal that anyone, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or creed can achieve the american dream. hispanic heritage month and tonight's event reminds us all of the strength of our hispanic communities and faith in that very american ideal. sincerely and best wishes, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house. thank you. [applause] >> we're now moving on to the next category. thank you again, nicole, for being here and for that wonderful letter from our speaker. our next category is a category of media. we have two very accomplished honorees tonight and we have great prese...