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joe: hello, i'm joe rosato jr., and thanks for joining me for this edition of "fog city stories." well, the bay area has a very special musical legacy and at times it's gotten a little funky. let's meet up with a san francisco family carrying that musical torch. joe: there's a sound in san francisco's bayview district, a musical sound, maybe best described as the sound of a living room. this particular living room in a bayview apartment building is home base for the curtis family, a.k.a. the sea notes. nola curtis: we took all of the furniture out. instruments only. joe: it turned out the instruments gave it more life than most living rooms. kiki curtis: we barely used it before because we used to have to clear everything out to practice. so it's better this way. joe: at the helm of this homegrown family band, parents, maestro and nola curtis, and their five kids, zahara, nile, isis, kiki, phoenix. maestro: music is not something we do. music is who we are as the curtis family. and this is what we always try to transmit to everyone. joe: the curtis family is transmitting on a diff
joe: hello, i'm joe rosato jr., and thanks for joining me for this edition of "fog city stories." well, the bay area has a very special musical legacy and at times it's gotten a little funky. let's meet up with a san francisco family carrying that musical torch. joe: there's a sound in san francisco's bayview district, a musical sound, maybe best described as the sound of a living room. this particular living room in a bayview apartment building is home base for the curtis family,...
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here's nbc's joe rosato jr. >> reporter: it's the saddest of sites for dungeness crab lovers. first week of april and crab pots already getting hauled in to fisherman's wharf. >> it's a bummer that these guys are stacking out and have to finish for the year. >> reporter: last week, the state announced an early closure to the dungenness crab season. because of the presence of whales! it makes it more difficult on the men and women. >> it was only a few year ago, you could set your calendar by the november 15th crab season opener. but following a lawsuit by an environmental group, aimed at protecting whales. the state has delayed the start of the season the last several years. ask routinely closes it well before its normal june 1st end. >> because we haven't started on time in so many years. we've kind of become this new normal, where we're now getting valentine's day crab and st. patrick's day crab. >> in a profession that relies on the winds of mother nature. the reduced seasons have made fishing even more turbulent. >> we can no longer look at a date on a calendar and go, tha
here's nbc's joe rosato jr. >> reporter: it's the saddest of sites for dungeness crab lovers. first week of april and crab pots already getting hauled in to fisherman's wharf. >> it's a bummer that these guys are stacking out and have to finish for the year. >> reporter: last week, the state announced an early closure to the dungenness crab season. because of the presence of whales! it makes it more difficult on the men and women. >> it was only a few year ago, you could...
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nbc bay area joe rosato jr. shows us the hotel's long history. >> reporter: on any corner of san francisco's tenderloin, you're likely to find the telltale signs of desperation and hopelessness, but on the corner of mason and eddie streets is a building long known for offering hope. today mayor london breed cut the ribbon signaling the completed renovations of the ambassador and ritz hotels, two sro buildings housing more than 220 low income residents. >> for the lives of the people that this will impact. >> reporter: it's the latest chapter in the long legacy of the ambassador which first became a residential hotel in 1917, but it was in the 1970s the building flung open its doors the widest, as thousands of gay men from across the country made their way to san francisco. >> so a former kindergarten teacher named hank wilson decided he was going to make a place for them to go. >> reporter: wilson took over the lease of the ambassador and turned it into a haven for those wayward travelers. >> if you found your w
nbc bay area joe rosato jr. shows us the hotel's long history. >> reporter: on any corner of san francisco's tenderloin, you're likely to find the telltale signs of desperation and hopelessness, but on the corner of mason and eddie streets is a building long known for offering hope. today mayor london breed cut the ribbon signaling the completed renovations of the ambassador and ritz hotels, two sro buildings housing more than 220 low income residents. >> for the lives of the people...
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nbc's joe rosato jr. shows us how a woman in santa cruz county is doing her part to get us out of a jam. reporter the santa cruz county town of watsonville may not be known as a gourmet ghetto, but in the kitchen of a closed up restaurant, tabitha stroup is all about creative cooking. today we are making a pear butter with nutmeg, ginger. for stroup, a former gourmet restaurant chef, every ingredient on her cutting board is sacred. i feel like i get closer to the product, like i can feel it. i can understand it. these are blueberries from a small farmer that has two acres in corralitos. after decades working as a chef and caterer, she's now chasing a different understanding of just what is beautiful food. the berries and fruits and vegetables that i receive are what america deems not good enough. in her business, she calls terroir in a jar. stroup is making perfect jams and preserves out of what some would call imperfect ingredients. we have such an idealistic view about food, and we demand perfection. wh
nbc's joe rosato jr. shows us how a woman in santa cruz county is doing her part to get us out of a jam. reporter the santa cruz county town of watsonville may not be known as a gourmet ghetto, but in the kitchen of a closed up restaurant, tabitha stroup is all about creative cooking. today we are making a pear butter with nutmeg, ginger. for stroup, a former gourmet restaurant chef, every ingredient on her cutting board is sacred. i feel like i get closer to the product, like i can feel it. i...
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joe: hello, i'm joe rosato jr., and thanks for joining me for this edition of "fog city stories."
joe: hello, i'm joe rosato jr., and thanks for joining me for this edition of "fog city stories."