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KCET Presents a Special Live Night of Programming Exploring Southern California's Dynamic Past and Present on June 10

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Debut of 'Things That Aren't Here Anymore 3' to Feature Interviews with Notable SoCal Residents Such as Rodney Bingenheimer and Cherie Currie of the Runaways

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Los Angeles - May 28, 2010 - Welcome aboard the KCET time machine as the station presents Things That Aren't Here Anymore 3 on Thursday, June 10 (8:00 - 9:00 p.m.), a special that celebrates the most memorable, but now vanished, Southern California and Los Angeles landmarks of the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Award-winning Los Angeles journalist Patt Morrison narrates the program. Revisit the nightclubs, restaurants, stores, family attractions and hangouts that created fond memories for a generation of people growing up and living in Southern California.

Highlights include:

Music venues like The Starwood, Rodney's English Disco and Pandora's Box, the last billed as the first "teen club" on the Sunset Strip, which helped give legendary groups like The Beach Boys their start;

* Great Los Angeles restaurants, from Tail 'O The Pup, the landmark hot dog stand shaped like an enormous hot dog to Chasen's, the elegant restaurant of choice for Hollywood's elite; * Family attractions, such as Orange County's Japanese Village and Deer Park, drive-in movie theaters and C.C. Brown's, the famous ice cream parlor on Hollywood Boulevard that according to some invented the ice cream sundae; and * Great Southern California hang-outs, from Tower Records on the Sunset Strip to the Sherman Oaks Galleria, which helped create 80's Valley Girl culture.

Stories and memories of these gone-but-not forgotten locales come to life through the people who experienced these memorable places firsthand, including KROQ radio personality Rodney Bingenheimer, Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti, Cherie Currieof the Runaways, music historian Harvey Kubernik, writer Earl Ofari Hutchinson and Ed Pearl, the owner of the Ash Grove. Immediately following, KCET airs Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina (9:00 - 10:30 p.m.), a remarkable glimpse of The Magic Isle. While exploring historical, social and environmental changes, this documentary captures the mystical splendors, natural beauty and romance of Santa Catalina Island.

Beginning with the acquisition of the Santa Catalina Island Company in 1919 led by William Wrigley Jr., the film documents the island's architectural achievements. A favorite destination of Big Band Era stars, Marilyn Monroe and former President Ronald Reagan, Catalina Island remains both an ecological paradise and modern day state-of-the-art playground. This program also features interviews with Jean-Michel Cousteau, heirs of the Wrigley family and residents and visitors.

For complete schedule information, additional content and links to additional special music programming, visit www.kcet.org.

About KCET
On-air, online and in the community, KCET plays a vital role in the
cultural and educational enrichment of Southern and Central California.
More than four million viewers watch KCET in the average month. KCET is
the most-watched PBS station in Southern California and the second
most-watched public television station in the nation. KCET has the
largest geographic reach of any PBS station in California. In addition
to its far-reaching broadcast signal, KCET is carried on satellite
systems and on nearly 150 cable systems in 11 counties. Viewers from
San Luis Obispo to San Diego, from Palm Springs to the Pacific Coast
can enjoy the station's high-quality programs. National PBS series produced from the station's Hollywood studios include four-time NAACP Award winner Tavis Smiley and the Peabody Award-winning series A Place Of Our Own and Los Niños En Su Casa. The educational animated series Sid The Science Kid is co-produced for PBS by KCET and The Jim Henson Company. KCET also produces the Emmy® Award-winning SoCal Connected, a hard-hitting prime-time weekly television news program that examines the issues and people of Southern California.

Throughout its more than 40-year history, KCET has won hundreds
of major awards for its local and regional news and public affairs
programming, its national drama and documentary productions, its
quality educational family and children's programs, its outreach and
community services and its Web site, kcet.org. KCET is a donor-supported community institution. More than
half of the funds raised to support KCET's operating budget come from
individual support. For additional information about KCET productions,
Web-exclusive content, programming schedules and community events,
please visit kcet.org.

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