Ken Kramer's About San Diego
Our City's First Canine Ambassador Preview
Preview: Season 2025 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Our city’s Canine Ambassador and everybody’s downtown friend in the late 1880s, and more!
Our city’s Canine Ambassador and everybody’s downtown friend in the late 1880s has his photo all around The Gaslamp. How getting here in the 1920s by car over the Torrey Pines Grade was a real challenge. You’ll see why. We pay tribute to the mostly forgotten Pacific Islander who first imagined San Diego’s downtown; hear about the "Floral Face Off” election that changed a symbol of our city, & 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
Our City's First Canine Ambassador Preview
Preview: Season 2025 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Our city’s Canine Ambassador and everybody’s downtown friend in the late 1880s has his photo all around The Gaslamp. How getting here in the 1920s by car over the Torrey Pines Grade was a real challenge. You’ll see why. We pay tribute to the mostly forgotten Pacific Islander who first imagined San Diego’s downtown; hear about the "Floral Face Off” election that changed a symbol of our city, & more
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(upbeat music) - [Narrator] On a new episode of Ken Kramer's "About San Diego," he was a beloved celebrity, a big star in San Diego.
How a dog named Bum captured everyone's heart.
Plus, the first attempt to build Downtown San Diego failed.
- He wasn't too happy about the situation, especially when the area got the nicknamed Davis's Folly.
- [Narrator] We go inside the Gas Lamp Museum to reveal the fascinating story.
Ken Kramer's "About San Diego."
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Ken Kramer's About San Diego is a local public television program presented by KPBS