tonight, on kqed newsroom we will take you on a retrospective journey of the past five decades of bringing you the news on television. coming to you from kqed headquarters in san francisco, this friday june 16th, 2023. hello, and welcome to kqed newsroom. tonight and next friday we will share with you the final two

newscasts of kqed newsroom. for 55 years, kqed has cover the bay area's defining moments. we have hosted in-depth discussions with newsmakers including elected officials and politicians, artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs. our journalists have delivered important news from our times here in the bay area, across california and from the nation's capital but our television audiences changing and kqed has made the difficult decision to end this program. we are, however, going out with úa bang. starting with tonight's show and concluding with next friday night's finale, we are going on a retrospective journey of our television coverage from the 1960s to the present. tonight we will cover the first three decades of the show's history -- the 60s, 70s, and 80s. let's start with a newscast from our very first season of the show in 1968. this episode was born from a newspaper strike at the san

frncisco chronicle. the reporters could not share their news in print so they took to the tvs green right here at kqed with a show they named newspaper of the air. the show featured local journalists reporting stories that would normally have appeared in the san francisco chronicle. >> good evening, i am mille lacs and this is kqed newspaper of the year, a unique experiment in television's presentation and analysis. this is the 15th day of the san francisco newspaper strike. tonight and every night while the strike glass, kqed will present this newspaper of the year. how long can the strike last? >> it can last a long time. they're in negotiations in los angeles and although there is no direct connection between those two strikes, the fact is that i think the los angeles situation will have to be disposed of in some way before the hearst paper here, which is now tied to the chronicle, will

be willing to deal with the question here unless an enormous amount of both pressure from the community, the public, advertisers and all the rest is brought to bear, and perhaps as a result of the pressure, both the unions, the employer and the publishers will have to sit down and try to deal in a substantive way for the future of this problem which is a legitimate problem. >> miscount pointed an accusing finger at mr. johnson and told her american men were rebelling because they face been killed in the vietnam war. today, eartha kitt flew back to hollywood and told a crowded press conference that she had spoken for millions of americans across the country. she faced a battery of microphones and answer the barrage of questions. >> the show also provided almost a literal translation of

columns you would find in the daily newspapers. >> you can reach down and and if you are very fortunate, you get a hold of that clambered up we come, triumphant. >> our two best treat buys are bananas and pineapple coming in from hawaii. >> onto the entertainment guide, there will be a hockey game, seals versus new york at the oakland coliseum on saturday. >> piece rumors have been going back and forth so long and so rampantly that i call this on to go for the seesaw with lyndon johnson and howard going up and down. >> after more than seven weeks, the strike ended. the show was rechristened as newsroom and it continued to provide daily news and in-depth analysis for nearly a decade. >> good evening and welcome once again to newsroom. the chinese ping-pong players have arrived in san francisco. we will have a report or not. we will be discussing yesterday's primaries and we are going to carry live and in

fall tonight, the speech by president nixon dealing with the war in vietnam. >> in many instances, the news of the past often mirrors the same issues of today. >> the experience has been primarily with heroin and not with lsd, and that hostility to lsd in the has been pretty consistent and pretty thorough all the way along. you could not give lsd away in any black in the country and that has been consistently true. it is interesting now that we have tom and joe both saying that now, heroin has become a problem for everybody because white people are now taking her one. black people have been dying of heroine overdoses for years and nobody cared but no white people are dying, maybe something will be done about it. >> outside of manhattan, new york, the most densely populated 20 square blocks in the whole nation is san

francisco chinatown. in 1965, congress passed a law which ended a period of restrictive national immigration policies that had begun with the chinese exclusion act of 1882. during each of the years, 1966, 1967 in 1968 between 20 503,000 newly arriving immigrants came to san francisco from china and british colony hong kong and the sudden surge cut everyone unprepared. >> the 1960s was a decade of social change and transformation. there were so many movements that carried on from the 60s into the 1970s, such as the black panther party, anti- vietnam war protests, the women's movement on the farm workers movement. in the 1970s, kqed's daily news coverage continued with reports on the major events of the times , including the patty hearst kidnapping, the mass suicides of the peoples temple, and the high profile murders at san francisco city hall.

>> it has been 49 days since patricia hearst was kidnapped at gunpoint. despite an intensive and cautious investigation, the fbi and other police agencies say they still have no knowledge about where she is being held, and there has been no authenticated private communication between the hearst family and the symbionese liberation army. nonetheless, a wide variety of persons interested in the case from law enforcement personnel to people who claim they have some first-hand knowledge of sla elements, appeared to reach a consensus on some aspects of the case. newsroom has learned the identities of some persons alleged to be important to the sla, and some of the story tinioramonzatoe cinng us ga we should caution you that no one we know of admits to seeing patricia hearst or her abductor since the kidnapping.

>> the bodies of some 409 men, women and children, mostly shot to death, some poison, have been found together at the guyana jungle camp of the people's temple. among those, the reverend jim jones, his wife and at least one of their children. jones had been shot in the head and was one of the few to die from a bullet one. all the dead were believed to be americans, many of them from the bay area. most had reportedly stood in line to take doses of cyanide laced kool-aid from a large tub. the death apparently occurred about one hour or more after saturday's ambush which left bay area congressman leo ryan and four others dead. here in san francisco, the mood at the people's temple has been one of apprehension and waiting. temple members are waiting inside and a large prescript outside. phil bronstein has been there for the last two days and now

has this report for us. >> reporter: for the last two days, the people's temple in san francisco has been like the patty hearst story, a media event. the crush of reporters, international, national and local has been met with virtual silence from the some 25 temple members left the temple headquarters here. they are guarding the gates a few at a time, and the reporters, and cameramen have jumped at every movement, even photographing each other reading the paper. two network camera crews, nbc and cbs had hired private guards to protect them and some of those reporters had known the nbc men killed in guiana. >> a little more than a week later, tragedy struck the bay area again. ked expanded its same-day coverage to one hour. the first official word came from board of supervisor president dianne feinstein, now the city's acting mayor. >> is president of the board of supervisors, it is my duty to make this announcement. both mayor moscone he and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed.

the suspect is supervisor dan white. >> shock, fear, dismay, disbelief all jumbled together. this is how one city supervisor described the mood of the city. within minutes, hundreds of people had gathered at city hall. dozens of reporters were pressing for details. mille lacs, the mayor's secretary of press, supplied the facts. >> dan white, former supervisor, came in to see the mayor. he was admitted into see him in the mayor's office. the two of them were in there alone, in the back room. we heard shots. supervisor white -- we were unaware that the shots were coming from the back room, and we were unaware that they were shots at the time. supervisor white walked out the

back door. i am informed some people have seen him. we went into the mayor, and the mayor was dead. >> just down the hall, the discovery of another body had been made, that of supervisor úharvey milk. milk, too, have been struck down by three bullets as he sat in the office formerly occupied by ex-supervisor dan white. the mayor had never seemed happier. those were the words of assemblyman willie brown, one of mayor george moscone's closest friends and political allies. for many, the reality of what had happened did not sink in until they saw the body of mayor must county and supervisor milk been taken from san francisco city hall by the corner office. >> the assassinations of mayor

moscone and the first openly supervisor, harvey milk, rattled the community. with reaganomics defining president ronald reagan's economic policy in the fall of the berlin wall in germany marking the end of the decade, big fashion describe the attire of yuppies and punks. here in the bay area, the technology revolution was just beginning with eátrade in 1982 in palo alto, and apple computer releasing their very first personal computer, the macintosh, in 1984. in politics, a young woman named nancy pelosi was first elected to the u.s. house of representatives. bay area sports teams won big in the 1980s, with the san francisco 49ers winning three super bowl championships on the oakland athletics winning one world series. but perhaps the two stories that had the biggest impact on the bay area where the a.i.d.s. epidemic that started in 1981, and the loma prieta earthquake of 1989. in 1981, the mysterious,

contagious, deadly disease began spreading throughout the community and by the end of the decade, more than 100,000 people had contracted acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or a.i.d.s., with another 100,000 people dying. >> it started officially in 1981. the federal centers for disease control reported a scattering of mysterious cases of pneumonia and a comma. >> i did not know anything about kaposi's sarcoma. i started in the hospital in 1981 and there was a patient before any patients had come out so we were really in the dark, and here we were, a medical establishment, medically trained people being confroned with a group of people with the disease that we did not understand and the lifestyle we did not understand that was really quite different from many of our own.

>> within eight months of the first reports, 251 americans were known to be sick. maggie nine had already died. then in december 1982, a san francisco infant who had had a blood transfusion contracted a.i.d.s it was now clear that a.i.d.s. could be a infectious disease and that no one was safe. >> is the crisis escalated, the demand for treatment and medical care reached a divisive turn. the kqed public affairs team and journalist randy schultz investigated the controversy. >> reporter: san francisco, october 6, demonstration to demand more money for the war on a.i.d.s. erupt in violence. this is a battle for the moral high ground in an epidemic

marked from the outset by hostility, fear and allegations of immoral behavior on all sides. >> this is genocide. it affects our lives every day and you cannot choose to ignore it. it is not going away. we will not let you ignored. >> a.i.d.s. is 99% avoidable. is it fair for me to engage in intravenous drug use or unsafe practices and get infected with the disease and then as expect somebody else to assume the responsibility for my care?

>> as the rhetoric of the ed's militants seems hysterical at times, it is in keeping with the history of a.i.d.s. fear has been the subtext of this epidemic. >> toward the end of the 1980s, san francisco was struck with a devastating earthquake. on october 17, 1989, the loma prieta earthquake claimed 63 lives and destroyed neighborhoods on highways. kqed news provided insight into the catastrophe. >> the scenes that flashed before us this week, real life and on tv, shocked and confused us. now, we need to unscramble some of the chaos and figure out where we go from here. how do we rebuild? can we afford it? tonight in a special hour-long report broadcast live from her studios, kqed looks toward the future. >> that evening. i am spencer michaels. >> i am ginger casey. for the next hour we will be talking about the earthquake of october 14th and the 40 seconds

that changed life in the bay area. but, instead of looking back at what happened, we will be looking ahead at what is going to happen now that the worst appears to be over. >> computing commuting from the east bay to san francisco is never been easy for the people who have to do it every day. without the nimitz freeway, how would they come? what happens to the traffic the bay bridge can no longer carry? some can take b.a.r.t., but what about the overflow? or ferry boats the answer? some politicians are suggesting a steep tax on gasoline to pay for repairs. how will the golden gate bridge stand up to the congestion when the normal commute resumes and cars from the east bay detour from marin county and with all those problems, what will happen to the thousands of bay area businesses that depend on the bridges on the freeways for people and supplies. >> attention, this is the san francisco police department. there will be a meeting for all residents and homeowners with the city building engineers. at the end of that meeting, you

will be allowed to return. >> euchre are not in the affected area. you can go to your homes. >> what happens now to the thousands of people who are forced out of their homes without their belongings when part of the marina district went up in flames or down in rubble? will they have to cope with bureaucratic answers to personal problems? as the initial shock wears off and the aftershocks subside, all of us will have to confront the realization that things are not going to be the same, not for a long time. now, we have to figure out what to do. >> in keeping with kqed's mission is a public radio station serving the bay area community, the following month the entire kqed and production teams partnered with concert promoter bill graham to produce the earthquake relief benefit, television fundraising marathon with proceeds going to those in need.

>> good afternoon. we're about to begin an exciting 12 hour earthquake relief concert here on kqed. >> from venues in oakland, san francisco and watsonville, the concert included performances by santana, crosby stills and nash, neil young and bonnie wright. the all volunteer effort raised $1 million for earthquake relief.

>> we wish to thank you and all of the audiences here in oakland . great day and watsonville. all the artists and especially the extraordinary cooperation we got from tony and all of the people at kqed who made this telephone possible. thank you for your support. >> in the 55 years that kqed has delivered news to television sets around the bay area, not only did we bring you breaking news coverage and in- depth discussions about major issues affecting us all, we also brought you interviews with notable elected officials, politicians and other public figures. those included on this list are many historic first members who led the charge for change. >> the former mayor dianne feinstein one time, in some meeting, said [indiscernible]

so i say diane [indiscernible] i can stirred up. >> i hope even if a police officer sees someone who is breaking the law, they pull the car over, roll the window down and say hey, you just broke the law and after while message through education will get there. >> i was caught in this dilemma. you can't just do nothing at that point. there is so much ambivalence. >> if we call the men heroes who were used by the pentagon to try to exterminate an entire people -- what business have way to try to exterminate an entire people? my father fought against a group in the second world war who were trying to exterminate the people. i think we should not repudiate everything our fathers fought against in the second world war, repudiate everything our democratic ideals are founded on making these men into heroes. they are not men we should be proud of.

>> you bring a problem in one of your radio announcers puts a microphone in front of one of your political leaders like we have right here and you say governor, what is your answer to this? housing, air pollution, poverty, jobs, then i have to give an answer. >> san francisco has been a source of more ideas, more leadership, more new approaches, more new solutions to problems than i think, any city in the country. >> it is not prepare yourself for leadership so much, is try to understand what is going on in our country and bring people together, young people [indiscernible] >> you endure those kinds of losses or that kind of trauma. it does shaky. and certainly, the trauma of jonestown made me somewhat fearless. because once you have looked

down the eye, you're not afraid. ú>> i think women make every day of the week of the year and sometimes other people are just a little slow to recognize that. >> in order to openly prevent others from having rights and liberties that are guaranteed then by the constitution, i think that is a contradiction in terms. if you're going to allow somebody to be free, to advocate genocide, if you're going to allow somebody to be free to organize genocide, to organize murder and racism, then that does not make any sense at all. i think it's very clear. >> it is important -- it is not important. it is imperative that students, teachers and children work toward overcoming that old approach to teaching. not only in the textbooks themselves, but in the methods of teaching.

>> kqed has always strive to give its audience trustworthy, fact-based news coverage and through the years, our coverage included reputable and diverse jurnalist and many groundbreaking reporters and úa victor wong, and of course, belva davis. >> evening. i am no wax. >> joe romero, one of two men arrested after a police shootout in concorde yesterday morning has been officially booked on the suspicion of murdering marv's foster. >> my only interest in this is releasing patricia hearst, he said, but because of these other matters i'm going to deny it. the grounds of buckley's decision surprise the defense counsel since they had just

discussed all of this in private in chambers. >> we have been trying to talk with acting mayor feinstein this evening. we have now established contact with her. can you hear me now? >> just a year ago, corrections officials were predicting they would never tear san quentin down but now, they have changed their tune. they want to replace this old, unwieldy prison with something new, but do not yet have the money. today, even after mass suicide reports, it was much the same as the temple. more waiting, and a lot of hecklers reflecting a neighborhood hostility toward the temple we found was pretty widespread. that hostility was there despite the fact that most temple members left, like the neighbors are black and working class. >> the building is almost empty nw. police are guarding the supervisors' offices in the office here for harvey milk was murdered this morning is now been sealed off. in about five years, a new museum of modern art will rise on this site, now a parking lot.

talk with people during the campaign, a lot of trump supporters who say well, you know, he is just saying those things, especially around muslims and building a wall, he doesn't mean not. but, they wanted somebody who would upset the apple cart. when i started learning that most plastics are not getting recycled i started looking into why not. what does it take to recycle somethig? trumps declaration this week that he would leave the nation in suspense over whether he would accept the election's results, what impact is that having on the campaign trail for both trump and clinton? for the past three years i've been honored to share this newscast with these notable journalists who have brought you important stories, broken down the facts you need to know and shared the news that is had the most profound impact. next week an hour final episode, we will continue our journey of the remarkable journalism and impact of kqed in his room with a look of the stories from the 1990s, 2000 than today. if you would like to contact us, you can email us at kqed.org

or find kqed newsroom online or on twitter and you can reach me on linkedin. as always, thank you for joining us. come on back next week right here on kqed channel 9 at 7:00 p.m. for the final episode of kqed newsroom. we will see you then. have a great weekend.

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