i'm damian trujillo, ande." today the juana briones exhibit, plus carnaval on your "comunidad del valle." male announcer: nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. damian: dr. matias bruzoni is an integral part of the new packard children's hospitt the good doctor joins us now here on "comunidad del valle" to share the great news with us on our show. welcome to this show. matias bruzoni: thank you so much. damian: we have some beautiful video of the new hospital. tell us--here are the images here. tell us about the new hospital, what makes it new, and what different things are you doing in there now? matias: yes, so we're all very excited about the opening of the new hospital as the project's been going on for about ten years now. so, it was a big day for us earlier this year. and we're all very proud, of course, and it's been a huge change. stanford children's health is the biggest healthcare system in the bay area who cares about--i mean,

which cares about pregnant moms and sick children. so, we do cover about 60 locations in the bay area, so we really need this type of infrastructure to care for these patients. we have a very high complexity, our case mix index is very high, meaning that out of all the patients we care, most of them end up in the intensive care unit and have very complex operations, whether it's transplantation, oncology, complex pediatric surgery, heart surgery is, you know, also, as you can imagine, quite complex procedure. so, we're all very excited because we do have room to do it. we do have the technology. and not only that, it's a very patient care centered model, you know? damian: that leads to my next question. how good of a job do the designers do, the architects in making it feel like it's not a hospital, like these children are at home maybe?

matias: i think they did an amazing job. you know, the aesthetics of it, the amount of art you have inside the hospital, the amount of open areas outside of the hospital, playgrounds, cafeteria, open tables, and it's just--it's a different feel. when you're inside the hospital, you really don't feel you're inside of a hospital. and in fact, it's been open for a few months now, and i've had lots of feedback from families of patients, even patients themselves who feel quite comfortable in there. and of course, you know, we're all--we all know they're very sick, but still, you know, we try to do our best, try to make them feel at home. damian: you were on our show on our telemundo side of "comunidad del valle," and i expressed to you back then that i don't like going to your hospital because you don't like to see children in the situation that they're in at your hospital. you put--i put my children's faces on the faces of the children there. so, it's difficult for me to do a report at your hospital. talk about yourself because, i mean,

you're a doctor, you've seen it all. but how hard is it to remove yourself from the fact that these are-- matias: yeah, well, i completely agree with you. i have children myself, and there's always a time where you're going to be caring for a child who looks like your child, has the same height, same voice, they cry the same, so it always comes out as a, you know, difficult experience. unfortunately, you sort of get used to it and--but you get used to it in a way where you think about helping children. and that's our real vocation. and having an environment like this, where you feel like you're not in a place where there are sick people, you feel that you're in a place where everybody makes you feel comfortable, there's a lot of light, a lot of pictures, a lot of art, a lot of playgrounds, it really makes a big difference when you go to work to a place that's nice. not only nice, but it has the technology to be able to help

you with it. so, i understand that it's hard to take care of children, but at the end of the day, it's so rewarding and gratifying to see these kids do better and bring joy to their parents. i feel it's a real honor, a real privilege to be there. damian: it's good that you are there. back to the aesthetics of the hospital, what did it take to get there? i mean, it took years of planning and the conceptualization and whatnot. matias: ten years of planning, a lot of money, a lot of fundraising, a lot of support from, you know, the hospital and the foundations. and for example, our latest development were the new operating rooms that are opening up in july, and six more operating rooms are being added to our infrastructure for a total of 13, which is the biggest operating room that we will have in the north--northern part of california. so, all those things really let you take care of patients the way you want it. damian: and it's an elite facility, right? i mean, there's oakland children's and then you

guys here at stanford. matias: yeah, yeah. so, we have--we have a unique facility there. for example, these operating rooms combine imaging technology like mri scan or ct scan or x-rays of all sorts, and we combine imaging while g patients are not required to come two or three times to the hospital and get different anesthetics. everything happens the same day. so, less amount of exposure to anesthesia, faster procedures, everything towards better patient care. damian: all right. well, it's the new hospital, packard children's hospital at stanford. there is a website for more information. any final thoughts, doctor, before we let you go? matias: no, thanks for having me. and like i said, we're all very proud of it, and we really can do what we love doing every day, from complex pediatrics surgery, to oncology, to transplantation, to heart surgery. and i feel very fortunate to be here. damian: great, thank you for what you do. matias: thank you very much.

damian: and up next here on "comunidad del valle," pg&e, stay with us.

so what has pg&e been doing to help prevent some of these fires? mayra tostado is here, the spokesperson for pg&e. welcome to the show, mayra. mayra tostado: thank you for having me. damian: you were as bothered by the images as everybody was when you saw the fires. tell us what pg&e has done to help prevent these types of fires in the future. mayra: well, what happened in the north bay was very tragic. our hearts go out to families who lost their homes or lost loved ones. this year, ahead of wildfire season, we had launched the community wildfire safety program, and this will allow us to better prepare for wildfires this season.ornis experiencing the new normal extreme heat, and bark beetle infestation. so, for us, it's very important to prepare so that we can not only protect our communities, but also our infrastructure. damian: all right, and you've shared some video with us here, allowed us into some of your centers and facilities to kind

of see the operation and how things are being worked there. i would imagine that it's a constant monitoring of weather conditions, of the stability of infrastructure, and whatnot. mayra: that's right. just this month in may, we launched our wildfire operations center. this is based in san francisco at our headquarters. so, we have experts there that are monitoring the weather. we also have weather stations that are out in the field attached to poles in areas that are high fire threat. we did receive a high fire threat map from the cpuc, so what the weather stations do is they gather information on humidity, wind speed, and temperatures. that information is sent back to the wildfire safety operations center, where we can determine what steps we need to take to reduce the risk of wildfire. damian: you can't--you can't prevent what mother nature is about to do. mother nature has a mind of its own and will go wherever it wants to go. but the least you can do i guess is mitigate it, study it, and see what kind of steps you can do to work when

mother nature may be in simplifying the process and maybe decreasing the amount of damage that might be caused. mayra: exactly, so that's why we have the weather stations. another big part of this community wildfire safety program is having our own firefighters. this is the first time that pg&e is doing it. it's already been done in southern california for a couple years, but they'll help us. they're already in places where we expect extreme heat and possibly a wildfire. so, when that does happen, we want to be able to get to that risk right away so that we can decrease the risk of having something significant happen that can affect our communities and our infrastructure. damian: how much of that is lessons learned from what happened? mayra: we've learned a lot from what happened in e we ow that this is the new normal. climate change is something that's affecting not just our service area, but the entire state. so, that's why we want to take these proactive steps to ensure that we can better protect our communities. damian: so, while you have a team maybe at pg&e that's studying what happened in the past, and this happened here and this happened here, you have another team probably that's predicting,

"okay, now we need to make sure we get ahead of it so that we don't see this again." mayra: that's right. that's why we're using the cpuc high fire threat map that was provided to us this year. were also working with local fire departments, with elected officials to ensure that we can communicate. another big and new, important part of this program is the public safety power shutoff. this will only happen in extreme cases, but if there's an area that is determined to be of extreme wildfire risk, what we will do is we will shut off the power in that community. before we do that, we will proactively communicate with everyone involved. for example, what happened in the north bay, we saw very high winds. so, if there is a situation that we deem to be extremely risky, we will do this proactive power shutoff so that we can better protect our communities and reduce that risk of wildfire. damian: how big of the moving forward process is openness and transparency, you sitting here answering some of these questions that might not be easy to answer? mayra: right, our focus right now is communicating

transparently with our communities, especially with our customers. we have been focusing on recovering and rebuilding, helping our customers move on from this tragic experience. so, for us, it's very important, and we do ask our customers if they have questions about the program, they can visit our website, that's pge.com, or give us a call at 1-800-743-5000. damian: all right, do want to give you the final word. the information again is on your screen. this is pg&e helping to prevent wild land fires in the future. any final thoughts, mayra? mayra: again, we want to thank our customers for always being there for us, accepting our programs. and again, we're committed to enhancing the safety of our communities, and that's why we've launched this program. damian: all right, thank you, thank you for coming. mayra: thank you, damian. damian: all right. and up next here on "comunidad del valle," we're going to lighten it up a little bit, talk about carnaval. stay with us.

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welcome to the show, pepe. pepe rodriquez: welcome. thank you for having us. damian: you do have some great images from the past, i think it's last year actually. well, talk about this is one grand party through the streets of san francisco. pepe: well, this one is going to be the biggest one, the 40th anniversary. so, this will be fabulous, i mean-- damian: that's been going on all weekend, and so your festivities are-- pepe: all the parties. yesthat today, we will have thatat least 80 comparsas. damian: wow. pepe: and we will have about a little over 50 food and exhibitor vendors. damian: what are we celebrating when we celebrate carnaval? what is the premise of it? pepe: the whole caribbean, okay? and of course, it's brazil like in rio. but here in san francisco, the way we do it is we have all of the caribe, all of the latino cultures, you know, from mexico all the way up to colombia, to trinidad, to you know, just all that great stuff.

and that's--and we welcome anyone of color to come. i mean, anyone of course, and we don't just limit it just to brazil. it's all of us together. damian: you know, and we had guests talking about the international arts festival going on also in the city, but what--i'll ask you as well, what does it say about this region of san francisco that you can have festivities like this where you're celebrating caribe and celebrating, you know, the different corners of the world if you will? pepe: well, it's rich, okay? d it's a time and a place thats we can introduce ourself and let the world see who we are, and that we do exist here with our culture, our colors, you know? our food, i mean, just everything. damian: and it's memorial day weekend. so what--does the planning for the next one--you're saying this year's is the biggest one. let's talk about next year, you're planning that probably on tomorrow, the day after? pepe: two weeks after, we start right over again. there's so many moving pieces. you know, we expect over 400,000 to 450,000 people

between both days. so, there's so many moving pieces, which is fabulous. we have so many great volunteers, and we're able to work and teach our children and, you know, our students besides also they work year-round. there's just so many that goes on up to the day of carnaval. damian: talk about that, talk about the student aspect and expand on the teaching. pepe: sure. well, it's--we've got people from the high schools, some of the local programs that, like, talk who are in special programs. and they're able to give us hours, volunteer hours. and they would get credit in their classrooms such as even state and city college in san francisco. and from social media, to making phone calls, to writing, whatever is necessary. damian: so, what are they getting? i'm assuming that they're getting more than just those hours that they need, but they're getting something-- pepe: well, of course. i mean, the experience for one thing. and to be--they know that it exists, but to actually see it in front of their eyes happening,

to see it come together is what's so fascinating besides the credit that they get at school and everything else. damian: so, if you can't make it to rio, this is the second best thing, or this is better than rio? pepe: you know what? i'm going to say it's better because we're all there. there's no limitations. so, we all count, we're all beautiful. and well, what else can we say? damian: right. pepe: and it's in san francisco, the mission district. but we all come from, the heart is still there, so it's just fabulous. damian: is it--finally, i would imagine it takes collaboration with the city leaders and whatnot to be able to put something as big as this together. pepe: oh yes, yeah. a lot of political issues, but they work out. damian: there always is. pepe: absolutely. but that's part of the training and the learning process that's necessary, and it's fabulous. damian: well, get on out there. it's happening right now this weekend in san francisco, it's carnaval, the annual tradition. log on there for more information. any final thoughts, pepe, before we let you go? pepe: it's the 40th anniversary. please continue to join us as we did yesterday and today as well. let's just have some fun. damian: that's it. pepe: celebrate life, que viva el carnaval.

damian: all right, thank you so much. all right, appreciate you. and up next here on "comunidad del valle," the juana briones exhibit. stay with us.

or will go on here in display in los altos. with me on "comunidad del valle" are the co-curators of this special project, halimah van tuyl and dr. perlita dichochea here on our show. welcome to the show. perlita dichochea: thank you for having us. damian: for those of us who may not know, tell us about--tell us who juana briones is. we do have some nice images that you all sent in, but tell us about juana briones. perlita: well, she was a really incredible woman from the 1800s. and for her time, she was able to do so many different things through struggle. so, we want to capture all of that. first of all, she was a business woman, and she started with a small dairy and vegetable operation in what is now the presidio of san francisco. and at that time, it was called yerba buena. and then her operation grew, and she demonstrated a great deal of

foresight in her business, and that grew into hollow and-- and ranching, and then she purchased a large plot of land in the los altos area, over 4,000 acres. in addition to that, she was a curandera, a healer, natural healer using medicinal herbs and what she learned from her family and also the local indigenous community. and a midwife, she sowed. damian: did she--is there anything she didn't do? it seems like she did everything. perlita: well, surely everyone at that time had to do a lot of things, but i mean, she succeeded in business in many of these areas, and she was known as a leader in terms of being a humanitarian, being very hospitable. and so, being open to the different people from all over the world that she was in touch with because of the port there in san francisco. what else can we add?

halimah van tuyl: well, just what's amazing is that here's this woman with so many contemporary, you know, themes, entrepreneurship, you know, midwifery, and yet so many people don't know her. she's in the california state history book, she's had exhibits done widely in many places, but we hope to get her story out through the high school partnership with the participants in the summer workshops so that people will start to know her and talk about her at the kitchen table. damian: and so, you're getting students involved and through the summer, you're having some workshops for this. perlita: that's right, we have a two-week workshop, it's free. it's from july 9 to july 20, monday through friday, it's going to be about six hours of work with these students. and what's great about it is certainly they're going to be learning about juana briones and, you know, all the documentation about her life, everything that's written about her. they're going to get a good--a feel for that time period as well. but they're also going to be working on creative projects

that will be featured in the exhibit that opens october 18. so, that's something that's very new and exciting for los altos history museum that we're not creating this exhibit and saying, "here it is. come and check it out, you're going to love it." we're actually getting a lot of input from the community as well as actual creative pieces that are going to be made by the students, inspired by them. and we want to see what they make of some of the themes that we're going to be covering in the workshop, and highlight that in our exhibit. damian: so, a trailblazer would be a word i guess to describe her. halimah: yes, trailblazer, yes. and these students, they're inspiring us. i'd like to read just two little application answers, why students want to participate in this workshop. and one says, "i love uncovering hidden controversies and mysteries in history. i also love the fact that this workshop is highlighting the experience of a woman of minority background, which is not something i ever learned about in middle school

or elementary school." this is an 11th grade boy who's applying. this--another one comes and is a girl who says, "i want to be part of this workshop because i think juana briones deserves more recognition, and i truly believe i will do a great job portraying briones's importance through art and inspire people to know her story." damian: smart beyond their years, these applicants. halimah: we have been totally inspired by these students, and we think they're going to be kind of that sauce that's going to, you know, spread this word about this woman that really is a trailblazer to our whole region, from san francisco, to monterey, to santa cruz, to san jose. perlita: and we should say more directly she's afro-mestiza, mulatta was the language used at the time. but of course, in this area at that time, she was in a social status of gente de razón, a person, people of reason in contrast to the indigenous,

who were considered people without reason. so, we are going to capture those complexities that aren't so pretty. we have to, it's our obligation. that's part of our history too. and also, in terms of, you know, this history that is silenced and this story that has been silenced, we have to work very hard to keep it alive. and in talking about silences, she's--there's documentation about how many years she struggled with an abusive husband and what suffering she went through. and even through that suffering or perhaps because of that suffering, she overcame it and was able to separate from him informally, it was not a formal separation through the church, but she separated from him physically and went on and had this, you know, really incredible life where she helped a lot of people. so, we want to capture those kinds of silences,

talk about these issues today, domestic violence today. that's going to be one of the topics in the workshop with our students. it's going to be one of the themes that we also present in the exhibit. damian: do we know if she used her own roots as an asset in her work, or just she just used it as a hinderance? halimah: she used her own what? damian: her roots, her background. do we know that--you know, because it would be easy, especially back then, to be hindered by something like that, to have your roots be what they were. but some people use that as an asset sometimes. perlita: well, i mean, i think we do know that in the spanish and mexican eras, you know, really gender was kind of one of the obstacles she was dealing with, right? and trying to acquire the title to the land that they were on there in the presidio. but you know, so you know, i think that's an interesting question. i think more as an asset, definitely more as an asset. you know, she grew up in what is currently santa cruz,

which, you know, and she was interacting with a lot of different people since she was a child. so, you know, and i think that that, instead of closing herself off or not liking these people or not wanting to deal with that people or--there's evidence that she interacted with people of all walks of life. halimah: yes. professor al camarillo, who led the exhibit 2014 about juana up in san francisco, says that, you know, truly she was amazing in that here is this woman, now a mother on her own with her children, who's negotiating interactions in business with american sea captains, american lawyers, vallejo, the commandant vallejo. so, here's a woman who is just moving through status, race, language. perlita: yeah, and i think with her culture as the foundation, you know, both as catholic, we know that her faith was very important to her,

and just her hospitality too, so. damian: all right. well, that information, it's happening in los altos history museum. there is the web address for more information. again, the exhibit begins in october with a symposium in the following march. but log on, you'll get a lot of information there from the los altos history museum. thank you so much for sharing that with us. halimah: thank you. damian: thank you very much. and now, here's what's happening in your comunidad on que pasa. ♪ damian: and our saludos to those celebrating a special day, felicidades. ♪

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