Bay Area Revelations

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Surfing will make its debut in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, but the sport made its debut in the Bay Area more than 130 years ago in Santa Cruz. The Bay Area is where the invention of the wetsuit began. And, the best surfers come to the Bay Area for the biggest waves. In this installment of our award-winning documentary…

Surfing will make its debut in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, but the sport made its debut in the Bay Area more than 130 years ago in Santa Cruz. In this installment of our award-winning documentary series, we’ll take you to three main areas in the Bay Area that attract people from all over the world.

In this installment of our Emmy-award winning documentary series, Bay Area Revelations, we profile how the people of Asia profoundly shaped the modern Bay Area.

Hakone Gardens in Saratoga is a national treasure. It is one of the oldest Japanese gardens in the nation. Meet the gardener behind Hakone.

This installment of “Bay Area Revelations” examines how Asians and Asian Americans profoundly shaped the modern Bay Area.

The Bay Area is home to some of the best female athletes in the world. They’ve won gold medals, made history and broke world records. In the latest installment of our award-winning documentary series, we take a look at how these female athletes are changing the game and paving the way for others.

Al Alcorn helps Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak get their first business account to start Apple.

From conventional farming to the natural wine movement, there are various ways people can farm while growing grapes in wine country.

In this episode we take a look at the future of space travel and the Bay Area’s critical role in sending man to the moon.

Bonny Doon vineyard founder Randall Grahm discusses the challenges to compete in a growing business where, he says, everyone wants to open a winery.

Napa Valley legend Warren Winiarski discusses what it was like to work under another legend, Robert Mondavi.

Cecilia Chiang was the matriarch of Chinese food in America. She brought a new sophistication to the cuisine, leaving the chop suey and chow mein era food behind. Chiang made her name as the owner and restaurateur of the Mandarin, once located in Ghirardelli Square. NBC Bay Area interviewed Chiang as part of its award-winning documentary series “Bay Area Revelations.”

We asked people to share their story and what happened to them at the exact moment the Loma Prieta earthquake hit on October 17, 1989 at 5:04 p.m..

The Bay Area marks the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17th. If you were in the Bay Area on that day in 1989, you knew where you were and what you were doing at 5:04 p.m. when the 6.9 quake rocked the region. In this installment of our award-winning documentary, we’ll take a look at how…

Santa Cruz’s Bob Pearson has been shaping surfboards for more than 40 years. Surfers call him the “master.” In this video, he gives us a tour of “Pearson Arrow Surf’s” production facility in Santa Cruz and shows us the step-by-step process it takes to make a surfboard.

Drake Stanley moved from Southern California to Half Moon Bay to be closer to some of the best big waves in California. Stanley’s day job to pay the bills is a chef. When he’s not cooking, he’s out at Mavericks on high surf advisory days to help save surfers who wipe out.

View a preview of our next episode in our Bay Area Revelations series, “Riding the Waves.”

Luca Padua first surfed at Mavericks at 13-years-old. Born and raised in Half Moon Bay, Padua watched the waves from a distance. In this clip, Padua shares what he remembers most seeing those giant waves up close for the first time.

“The challenge of the hunt is what attracts you,” Grant Washburn has competed in every Mavericks competition. He’s surfed his home beach, San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, for 30 years. For Washburn, everything revolves around hunting waves because it’s that hard. He says years of training, months of waiting and watching, is worth that one moment.