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Local Focus
Local Focus is a series of short videos which profiles an event, person or organization in the Media Center's service area. This series is distributed on our website and on the Media Center TV channels. Have an idea for an episode of Local Focus? Is there some event or organization you would like covered? Or is there something you'd like to cover yourself? Please let us know. We'll help you produce the video or will produce it ourselves.
Did you know that Palo Alto has it's own Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra? These volunteer musicians rehearse at the Cubberley Center weekly, and perform 7 concerts a year at the Cubberley Theater and other venues in and around Palo Alto. Check them out at http://PAPhil.org.
The prospect of a traffic redesign of California Avenue has stirred up controversy. Where do you stand on this issue?
5 Bay Area choirs pooled their resources to commission a new piece of choral music, with text and music by local artists. Find out how new art music is created, and listen to the finished work.
Mayor Sid Espinosa takes us on a tour of the Mitchell Park Library construction site, and then visits the new Downtown Library.
A look at the City of Palo Alto's new library, which opened July 16th.
One of our Zoom-in crews went to the Sunnyvale Farmers Market and gathered some man-on-the-street interviews, asking One Simple Question.
The Bair Island Acquatic Center in Redwood City has grown to 500 members, who enjoy the local bay environs while engaged in the sport of rowing. BIAC has storage facilites for watercraft, and workout areas to work on proper rowing technique. http://gobair.org.
The Jeweltones are 10 women who bring a smile to local seniors by bringing back hit songs from the 40's, 50's and 60's. In costume, no less!
Sculptor Patrick Dougherty recently completed a giant sculpture of sticks on Palo Alto Art Center property on Newell Road. It's on display for the entire year.
The SF Giants won it all this year! The World Series trophy is on a tour of the United States, and it stopped off at Lytton Plaza in Palo Alto. Click here and join the celebration!
Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday has evolved into a national day of service. This video show how local citizens keep community service a part of their lives.
The Light the Night Walk is a night-time event to raise funds for Leukemia and Lymphoma research. www.lightthenight.org.
The 15th annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch features 8,000 Glass Pumpkins created by local glass artisans.
William "Uncle Bill" Tronvig recalls what the SF Bay Area was like when he arrived in the 1950's. Emphasis is on the SF Peninsula area and the many changes that have occured.
We visit Palo Alto Animal Services and the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA to find out about animal adoptions in the Bay Area.
Greg Brown has been painting his whimsical murals in Downtown Palo Alto for over 30 years. The murals have become an integral part of Palo Alto's landscape. Greg came to the MC studio to tell us how these murals came to be and how they are still alive today.
The Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo revamped its bobcat exhibit, opening on June 19. See how the Google Serve volunteers' efforts led to the opening of the new Bobcat Ridge exhibit, for their bobcatsk, Tule and Rufus.
How much do you know about that behemoth landmark just off Highway 101 at Moffett Field? It's in danger of demolition. Learn about its history.
A Moving piece about a volunteer at Peninsula School in Menlo Park who leads a K/1 class in creating a totem pole to celebrate Earth Day.
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