This program tells the story of a hustler and self-promoter, a man who had never designed or overseen the building of a suspension bridge. Joseph Strauss spent thirteen years wrangling with politicians, arguing over designs and fighting lawsuits from opponents before he was able to break ground. By completion, Strauss, his designers and his construction crews had built what has since been called one of the "Seven Wonders of the Modern World."

The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at St...

Now known internationally as the world's first "gay hometown," San Francisco's Castro District was a...

This short film reveals the inspiration, motivation and political challenges at San Francisco City H...

In a universe where cool kids are nerds, the orchestra is world class and being Asian American is th...

Thousands of participants in a San Francisco-based alternate reality game end up getting more than t...

In 1915-16, San Diego's Balboa Park was the scene of an exposition to mark completion of the Panama ...

Legendary underground cartoonist Spain Rodriguez and his friends -- cartoonists Robert Crumb and Jay...

Completely topless. Completely uninhibited. The craze that began in San Francisco is now exploding a...

On April 18th, 1906, San Francisco witnessed its most devastating natural disaster – an earthquake t...

The Bridge is a controversial documentary that shows people jumping to their death from the Golden G...

On August 8, 1988, the world’s first and largest Satanic rally took place. Ripped from a video featu...

In this special edition of Globe Trekker Chinatown, Lavinia Tan, Justine Shapiro and Megan McCormick...

On June 13, 1978, the punk bands the Cramps and the Mutants played a free show for psychiatric patie...
This pseudo-newsreel uses special effects to illustrate the fire caused by the San Francisco earthqu...

Henry Rollins narrates Lilly Scourtis Ayers' no-holds-barred profile of volatile Bay Area punk legen...

This documentary on the "youth movement" of the late 1960s focuses on the hippie pot smoking/free lo...

Porn stars Sharon Mitchell and Tigr navigate the ups and downs of being in love while working in the...

Following the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local ...

This Traveltalk series short celebrates San Francisco, past and present.

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Franci...