people knew of their work around the country, but most of their work was in the pasadena area, specifically in pasadena itself. we are heading into a neighborhood called park place when it was first developed in the 1880's. it is what we now call arroyo terrace, the name of the street. the idea behind the architecture was to make these connections the between the landscape and the houses. to kind of extend the design ideas behind the houses to the landscape. this is something that was not true of all craftsman architecture, but it was important for greene and greene. henry greene had an interest in landscape architecture, and would do things like, there is one house where he designed and orange orchard in someone's backyard. that was a time when there really were orange groves in pasadena. it is something that would have been familiar from the landscape. to bring that to a domestic setting i think is intriguing. here you can see what the more typical houses were like around 1910. interesting neoclassical architecture that is more formal, with a very different feel. connectionocal compared t

most of their work was really in the pasadena area and specifically in pasadena itself. >> we're headingnto a neighborhood called park place when it was first developed in the 1880's and what we now call royal terrance. the whole kind of idea behind the crestman architecture was to make these connections between the landscape and the houses and to kind of extend the design ideas behind the houses out into the landscape. and this was something that wasn't true of all craftsman ack check chure. -- craftsman landscape architecture and would do things like there's one house here in pasadena where he designed kind of a whole orange orchard in someone's backyard. that kind of awareness of, you know, back during the time where there were still orange groves here in pasadena. it would have been familiar. and brings that into a domestic setsing is i think is kind of intriguing. >> you can see what the more typical houses were like around 1910. there was kind of an interest in neo classical architecture which was formal and a different feel to it. much less kind of local nnection compared to the c

people knew their work around the country but most of the work was really in the pasadena area, specificallyasadena itself. into aheading neighborhood called park place. it was first developed in the 1880's. it is now called royal terrace. behind thedea architecture was making connections between the landscape and the houses. ideas outthe design into the landscape. this was not true of all cressman architecture but was important for green and green. they had a real interest in landscape architecture. they would do things like, there is one house herein pasadena -- here in pasadena where he designed an entire orange orchard in someone's backyard. back then there was a time when there still were orange groves in pasadena. it is something that would have been familiar from the landscape. for a domestic setting, i think that is intriguing. here you can see with the more typical houses were like around 1910. there was an interest in neoclassical architecture which really has a much more formal and very different feel from it, much less local connection compared to the craftsman architecture in pa

so far the closest they are coming to the bay area is pasadena down in southern california. >> all right. let's talk about what's going on a little bit farther north up in mendocino county, a frost advisory at 10:00 for temperatures in the low- to mid-30s. hopefully pets are in and you protected the plants. winds are quiet but they are going to start to pick up around 7:00. look where we get at noon. we're gusting 25 to 35 miles an hour. there's going to be a definite change when you step outside for the lunch hour. also when you're driving this evening across our east-west bridges, look at these gusts. 27 to nearly 40 miles per hour. that's the rush of cooler, dryer air that will bring us a cool night tonight in our valleys. it will still be breezy up in our hills. as we head towards noon tomorrow, the winds will pick up once again but not fog to be quite as fast as today. if you have stuff outside, you might want to bring it in or tie it down especially for today. alexis. >> all right, mike. we're looking at a pretty quiet start to the commute. checking out south bay 280 and 17, very f

we begin our feature on pasadena and surrounding area with the huntington library. >> today we are at the huntington library. this is originally a ranch. and henry huntington discovered that, like the beautiful scenery the mountains to the north, mild climate. he bought a property here and began to improve it. that was in the early 20th century. henry huntington was a remarkable man. a great land developer, people to -- he built railway and a tramway. it was about more than that he did both. he would buy property in an outlying area. he would develop it and run the railway cars to get people there. and we'd always been interested in book collecting. but he bought in somewhat conventional ways. he bought sets of great authors then began to get going around 1911 with book collecting. he began to buy whole libraries. and he just begin to acquire in an astonishing way, building libraries in the same way that he built a city. this is the purpose built library that was constructed in 1919. which is the same year that the document which officially established the huntington as a public colle

after that, booktv visits pasadena, california, to explore the area's literary sites and talk to local authors. now here's author and journalist shomari wills. [inaudible conversations] >> hey, everybody. welcome to greenlight. we're really excited

. >> coming to pasadena, not the bay area as far as we know. >>> groundwork to get american astronauts back on the moon is now under way at nasa ames in mountain view. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> this live tv prod cast from july 20th, 1969, an unforgettable event for baby boom generation, now engineers and scientists at nasa ames were working on a new era of milestones. see that satellite called cube sat, it's set to go into space next year. it will study radiation on humans using yeast. okay. astronauts developed heart disease and vision problems from radiation exposure. >> the longest a human has been in what we call deep space is the apolo astronauts that went under two weeks to this environment and they were affected. >> heat shield development also continues so a spacecraft can withstand extreme temperatures returning to earth or landing on other planets. the goal is to get astronauts back on the moon in a decade and eventually mars. >> i definitely feel like i just got smarter listening to that story. >> who knew yeast would be involved. i don't know

after that, booktv visits pasadena, california, to explore the area's literary sites and talk to local authors. now here's author and journalist shomari wills. [inaudible conversations] >> hey, everybody. welcome to greenlight. we're really excited to host tonight's event presenting the book "black fortunes: the story of the first six african-americans who survived slavery and became millionaires." he will be talking with samuel friedman, so you're in for a really great night. before i turn things over to them, if you coulding silence or turn off your cell phones, that would be great. we have books for sale at the register. and shomari will be signing over hereafter ward. and we also have -- here afterward. and we also have fliers for upcoming events. sam friedman is an award-winning author, columnist and professor. he's a professor at columbia, and he used to write for "the new york times." he's the author of eight acclaimed books, and he's currently at work on his ninth which will be about hubert humphrey, civil rights and the 1948 democratic convention. and he'll be speaking with ou

it is over in the playhouse district in the pasadena playhouse, held in various venues in that area. ofs is a two day celebration culture, mostly literary culture area. south los angeles everything from children's books to sci-fi, poetry slams, a panel on publishing, children's book performances, all kinds of things. it is a lot of fun. every year is different. this year we are going to have a great lineup. it is a two day celebration of the book. >> what is the goal? >> the mission is under the ages bringer, a of light nonprofit focused on the arts. they sponsored are other famous parade. it is really too boost the community literacy here. there is a big focus in lit fest in getting teenagers from local schools to take part in reading. boost literacy, get people to read and write >> that is all for my question. do you have any avenues of thought you want to explore? reasons i did this book, hometown pasadena, really the core reason -- my husband and i hear 27 years ago with a child on the way, with some trepidation in my part. had thep in l.a., notion pasadena was stuffy and boring,

researchers say the alert came from pasadena and that it only took four seconds to reach phones in oakland. now, if you were in the area you probably did get an alert. it was a 60-block radius which included a lot of downtown oakland, uptown and the edge of lake merit. so they think so far that was successful. >> that's great. we've got more rain, your favori favorite. you want sunshine. >> i loved it like a month ago. >> it was really good. but now we've got a big surplus across all of the bay area. we could use some drying out. and we are eventually going to get some sunshine in here. let's take you to that microclimate forecast right now. and i want to draw your attention out here to the pacific. you can see this spinning happening, this counterclockwise spin. that's the center of the next storm system that will be moving in. out ahead of that we are finding some instability right now in storm ranger and mobile doppler radar. we've had one lightning strike over the past half hour just to the north of the bay area. but we are looking at some heavier rainfall developing offshore moving to the north and the east. could

went and whoyou you were a part of the cause that was where the majority of blacks in pasadena live, in the northwest area. the celebration means respect, leadership, direction, celebration, and bringing people together of all cultures, diverse backgrounds and nationalities to ensure that one, it is recognized -- all of the work that has been done and all of the development that has aen done, we have played significant part in that development. and then making sure that everyone understands that and once to come to pasadena to be a part of the great wealth and resources that are within the city. our cities towards staff recently traveled to pasadena, california to learn about its rich history. learn more about has it been a and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you're watching american history tv, all we can come weekend, on c-span3. this year marks the 240th anniversary of early naval war history stephen decatur's birth. his military career including the recapture of the uss philadelphia and the capture macedonia and explore his legacy for the 21st century navy. the white house historica