hello and welcome to "comunidad del valle," i'm damian trujillo, and today a latin rock legend in our studios joins us on your "comunidad del valle". ♪ >> nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. >> we begin today with a new documentary on the history of the city of san jose. with me here on "comunidad del valle" is the documentary director of the film called "a changing boundaries." my guest here on "comunidad del valle." welcome to the show. >> thank you so much. >> let me first show a quick clip. this is a trailer that you provided for us, then we'll talk on the other side, but here's a clip. >> okay. ♪

>> san jose was originally known as pueblo uno because it did not have a name. >> the population was around 500. >> you look at the map of san jose and it's like a moth-eaten table cloth. it was tragic, because we converted the valley of hearts delight into housing tracks as far as the eye could see. >> they were farmers. >> they were big thinkers and big drinkers. >> we were told that we could only take what we could carry. >> something sparked the p.d. >> next thing you know it spills out into a riot. >> there was controversy in town about that. >> the silent protest is as loud as one could get.

>> he's going to run for the city council, he doesn't even know us, he doesn't even live here. >> we could be a much better place tomorrow than we are today. that's really the story of san jose. >> and that is the television debut of your trailer. >> very exciting. >> fascinating. tell us -- i mean, it's hard to kind of put together a documentary on the history of the city of san jose in a short amount of time that you have. tell us how difficult or maybe easy it was to do that. >> well, i think you know there are no shortage of stories to be told, so the challenge was not in gathering them. we interviewed over 21 different people for the project, and i tried to do -- we tried to do a range of historians, people who could reflect on the history, professors, story tellers of that type, also first person stories, people who shaped the

government, and then regular everyday people like jimmy, who was an internment camp survivor during world war ii, so we tried to have a variety of perspectives. so many stories, and my responsibility as a filmmaker of color is i wanted to make sure all the various diverse ethnic communities had a little piece of the story, and i'm feeling that pressure, you know, a little bit from each community. >> each deserves its own special documentary. >> it does, and i think that's kind of what i want everyone to know. this is just the first feature-length documentary about the history of san jose. it should span ten more. each community could have their own beautiful, layered project. >> every time i speak with sal i learn something new about the city of san jose. same with you, in producing this documentary, did you learn something new about the city you didn't know before? >> i learned so much. my children laugh, we drive around the city now, i'm like, do you know why that's named reed street, oh, virginia,

virginia ridge from the donner party. they laugh because i have all of these facts and information. it's easy to go down the rabbit hole of research because the stories are fascinating and we begin with with the native american tribes. this land existed with those people for hundreds of years before the spanish arrived, so it's a deep, long history, and each aspect is so fascinating to me. we talk about the expedition and who those people were and history san jose is able to provide objects of saddles and, you know, the types of chests people use to bring their stuff over and the spurs they wore, and it's just -- how many layers, from each different part of the story, you know? >> i think we're all caught up nowadays in the fact this is the capital of silicon valley and it's all high-tech and we kind of forget about the valley of hearts delight, the nation that was rich here. >> exactly, and i think as the director, i've made a decision to really, really minimize the silicon valley piece of it. that's what we're known for, you

know, you say san jose, oh, that's where silicon valley is, it's high-tech. yes, it is, but the roots are so deep and really this is a working class community before that. these are people who were farmers, working the soil, you know, this was a community that welcomed various ethnic groups. i think that piece of the story is really fascinating, and doesn't get told enough, and is very easily forgotten in the hype about high-tech, so high-tech is this much of the film and the rest is all the other pieces that helped us build this place. >> should this be shown in the classroom or who do you think the audience should be? >> we definitely hope it will be shown in the classroom, preferably at the high school and college level because some of the themes are pretty sophisticated, you know, there are some intense and dark stories in our history that we cover that are about really turbulent times that cause a lot of social change, as happens all throughout the nation, but definitely happened here in san jose. really good lessons to be learned, but, you know, complex things to be thinking about. you know, we're hoping the film

could have distribution on public television, the film festival circuit, but i'm a community based filmmaker at heart, that's who i am, and the more community based screenings, people thinking about what have we done right, what could we do differently, what are the challenges that faced us 200 years ago that face us today, that's the kind of dialogue i hope comes out of the piece. >> former city council member and supervisor for more than two decades, is she still as nice and gentle, yet feisty as she was 20, 25 years ago? >> she was such a fun interview to do. i've heard about the lioness of the east side. she was lovely and warm. we sat in her backyard and talked before the interview, then came into her home and did the interview. such an inspiration to me as a latina, you know, such a powerful voice. so committed to serving her community, and willing to tell the truth, you know, which as a documentary filmmaker, i loved about her.

her perspective told true. as you can see in the clip, she's sort of like, let me tell you about what we needed on the east side. then she went ahead and did that. i find her to be a special role model. >> the god mother of san jose. information, if you'd like to check it out, new documentary on the history of the city of san jose called "changing boundaries." there is the web address. this is your production company. >> this is my production company. the production company that sponsored the project is create tv san jose, as wellers so i'm an independent filmmaker, hard to do this particular project. >> any final thoughts before i let you go? >> as i said, there are more stories to be told coming out of this film. i hope this is a jumping off point for people to be used in our community and other people to be making more media and telling their stories, because our stories inform the choices that we make today, and i really hope people see the film as a starting point for that conversation. >> i can't wait to see the rest of it. thank you so much and good luck. >> thank you. up next on "comunidad del

valle," latin rock legend. stay with us. unnecessary. pillsbury toaster strudel, the snow day of breakfasts. (humming) oh yeah. (humming) they're magically delicious. ha! very funny, kyle.

one of the legends of latin rock, one of the voices of latin rock. originally with us on "comunidad del valle" is leo rosales. welcome to the show. >> thank you very much. >> now, what was it like at that day and age when you were approached or you approached them and they said, you know what, malo is a latin rock, rock and roll band, we want you to be a part of that? >> well, being of the san francisco community at that time of history, it was a lot of garage bands coming up out of the neighborhoods, and we were starting to get exposed to places like, you know, winter land, the avlon ballroom, the fillmore west, so we were young kids, 14, 15 years old paying $5, $3 to get into the fillmore and being influenced by the different bay area groups that were coming up. then when santana came out, we went and retooled our way of looking at music and we started

playing, trying to copy what we were hearing, so in that process, malo was playing in san francisco and their original name was the malibus, so as time went by and the malibus started to grow into this more powerful band, they changed the name to malo. i used to go to the club where they played, so they used to let me sit in. they liked what i did, so when they got their contract with warner bros., he called me up, would you like to come and audition for the band? i told him i had my own little band going already. he said this band is ready to go. you don't have to do anymore work because this band is ready. i went and rehearsed with them. i was only -- i think i turned 18 years old, and i just had graduated at balboa high school, and there was really nothing to think about because it was such

an awesome opportunity, because there was so much influence in the bay area already of music, so to be caught up into the wave was, indeed, an extraordinary opportunity. >> the voices not changed from 1972 to today. >> he still sounds, you know, like he did when he was a young man. >> well, we have some pictures to show, and you're a marathon runner. >> yes. >> there's a lot of history behind that. we're going to show the pictures and tell us about your interest in running marathons. >> well, i started running seven years ago. i had a bout for a period of time with substance abuse, and when i found recovery, one of the things that we were encouraged to do is to fill our time with positive actions, to have positive outcomes. so i decided to go back to school and i went back to skyline college and became a student there, and i had this desire for running, so i started running there, and the professor told me that i could join his

class, and from there we started the running. and running has become an integral part of my life now. so in seven years, i think i've run probably almost 30 marathons and -- >> boston marathon. >> boston marathon, and that came about by, you know, being around positive people, and i saw other runners had done this, and i asked about it. they said you have to qualify for this race, not just anybody can sign up for it, so i attempted about four years before i was able to make the cutoff, and for my age, which is 60 to 64, the cutoff time was three hour and 55 minutes, so i had to work really hard in order to make that -- >> crazy. >> -- to make that. so i qualified with a time of three hours and 53 minutes, and that's how bernie and i came together to use the boston marathon as a vehicle to bring awareness to autism.

>> that's why the premise of why you're here, bernie rosales, dr. rock, is having his annual voices of latin rock fight against autism, which is happening next week. you're going to be there playing. this is kind of a showcase of the who's who of latin rock in the bay area. >> right. i have the extraordinary privilege of being honored with an award, which totally caught me by surprise, because when i did this, i went in with the principle of doing something without expecting anything in return. >> right. >> so when bernie, you know, presented me with this, i was very honored, because it was totally unexpected. >> you can be there for this great latin rock showcase, voices of latin rock coming to san francisco january 15th right there at bimbo's we'll come back and talk with leo rosales here on "comunidad del valle." stay with us.

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rock legend on "comunidad del valle." and so another passion for you, aside from playing latin rock, is the fight against autism. tell us about that fight and how aggressive you and bernie and everybody else in the latin rock scene are in this effort. >> well, autism as we watch the news and we have family members and we're, you know, about our daily lives we hear about different things and autism being one of the great things that's happening right now, that awareness needs to be made. bernie told me, you know, that maybe we can put together an idea to bring more awareness, and as -- to autism, and i started to work with him, i became -- i started researching myself, finding out what causes autism, what are the demographics of autism, you know, what little bit can i do

in the puzzle to bring awareness and to bring some kind of hope for the future of helping children and helping parents. so when i expressed that to bernie, being that he had a child who has autism, he was very passionate about doing something for it. so i said, you know, i'm running the boston marathon, maybe what we could do is work together and bring awareness to it, you know, we could have shirts made, we could say what it's for. we can, you know, promote it at some of the shows, and we can use that vehicle to raise funds. and so that's what we started doing, and he had very -- he had groups of people that were very generous, different companies and corporations, that donated money and then as we went on facebook and used that as a vehicle, we managed to raise a good amount of money and contributed back completely into the autism foundation to bring more awareness and to help

families with children. >> that is very selfless of you and your amigos there. this event, february 15th, what do you promise the folks who come out? i know sometimes carlos made a surprise appearance. >> you never know who's going to show up. he has a great lineup right now. carl porazzo is leading the house band, which should be an amazing experience right there. i just found out today that john santos and his quintet is playing, so john santos being a music historian and amazing percussionist and all-around musician, he'll be there, so that's an amazing event. then whatever other surprises bernie brings in. and the presentation of the awards, which should be a wonderful experience, and everybody comes out, you know, then you see friends you haven't seen for years, people that you went to school with, people that met you when you were 17, 18 years old playing at the fillmore, you know, part-time that you had a brief contact

with in life. so it's a wonderful place. and it should be a great event. >> i've asked this of richard, your reaction, playing just as strong right now as it was back in 1970. >> yes, it is. i'll tell you why, i have this -- i go to community college and university and share my experience, strength, and hope stories to freshmen, college students, and when i tell them when they play the clip of me singing on rolling on the river, a lot of the kids come up, they want my autograph, want to take a picture with me, because their parents played that music when they were children. so that song is very powerful, and i was sharing with you it's had, like, 1,600,000 hits on youtube. >> it's going to get one more, because we're going to play it at the end of the show here. >> awesome. >> before i let you go, in that clip, wearing a tank top, was that kind of the -- >> you saw what i was wearing,

sweater and big collar. that was just, you know -- >> can't recognize jorge. >> yeah, everybody had long hair, everybody just had the '60s going into the '70s, you know, attire, you know, we look at it now, my kids are going, where did you buy that stuff? really. >> can't buy it anymore. >> no, have to have it made. >> vices of latin rock fight against autism this week, you can find out more about this benefit concert to fight autism. thank you so much. it was a pleasure having you on the show. >> my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> my pleasure. up next on "comunidad del valle," he's going to sing for us, back in 1972. stay with us. you want it... until boom, it's bedtime! your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire. enter the sleep number bed. save $300 on the final close-out of the c3 queen mattress set. he's the softy. his sleep number setting is 35. you're the rock, at 60. and snoring?

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