Ken Kramer's About San Diego
Episode 87 - Amazing Front Yard Creations
Season 2022 Episode 3 | 25m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Ken Kramer returns in this Emmy-winning show with some truly amazing front yards and more!
This Emmy-winning episode showcases some truly amazing things created by local residents in front yards from Valencia Park to Point Loma. We join a herd of San Diego goats as they graze on an urban hillside; discover how one backcountry place got such a very unusual name; discover a hidden bit of concrete history in Balboa Park, and much more!
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Ken Kramer's About San Diego is a local public television program presented by KPBS
Ken Kramer's About San Diego
Episode 87 - Amazing Front Yard Creations
Season 2022 Episode 3 | 25m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
This Emmy-winning episode showcases some truly amazing things created by local residents in front yards from Valencia Park to Point Loma. We join a herd of San Diego goats as they graze on an urban hillside; discover how one backcountry place got such a very unusual name; discover a hidden bit of concrete history in Balboa Park, and much more!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipKen Kramer: Have you ever seen this seashell front yard on Rosecrans?
Frank Mendez created a Point Loma landmark that has lasted the decades, but can you imagine how he did it?
We'll tell you the story.
And you talk about front yards in Valencia Park?
Wow.
Brunel Hopkins: Uh-oh, it's a whole city down there.
Ken: A city in miniature on Bonita Drive, and no kidding when I tell you its builder, Brunel Hopkins, has thought of everything.
Brunel: You got Fannie Hopkins Soul Food.
You got Sally and Bob's Grill and Go.
Ken: And guess who's coming for dinner and staying for breakfast and lunch?
More and more in San Diego urban canyons and hillsides you're seeing herds of goats, and you know what's amazing?
Freeway traffic, city noise doesn't disturb their dining.
Johnny Gonzalez: They just become very, very accustomed to the comings and goings of the day.
Ken: Plus, hidden history down this trail, a very clever construction project a century ago.
Wait, 1970s what's this landing at Lindbergh Field?
And more stories too, all of them true about San Diego.
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Ken: Hi, everybody, and welcome to the show.
It's another front porch edition this time, and I will say put on
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