2018-2019
Born and raised on the San Francisco peninsula, Mendelson served in the U.S. Air Force and worked as a vegetable grower before getting a job at a San Francisco TV station in 1961. His job: produce public service announcements. But he quit two years later because he had an idea to make a made-for-TV documentary … Read more
From This is True for 29 December 2019
Peddle developed the chip that started a revolution.
From This is True for 22 December 2019
He lamented, “On my gravestone it will say ‘The composer of Popcorn’.”
From This is True for 15 December 2019
“By choosing to do action adventure, I was in an elite, very talented and very different group of women writers.”
From This is True for 8 December 2019
Hillary was the first Black woman to reach the North, then the South, Poles.
From This is True for 1 December 2019
Misaka was the first non-white player in the National Basketball Association.
From This is True for 24 November 2019
Paull created the look and feel of dystopian Los Angeles for ‘Blade Runner’.
From This is True for 17 November 2019
Norris was the original “Marlboro Man”.
From This is True for 10 November 2019
“Money doesn’t make you happy, it just allows you to suffer in comfort.”
From This is True for 3 November 2019
When a newspaper needed artwork — say, from a newsworthy criminal trial where cameras were not allowed — Downs created the visuals.
From This is True for 27 October 2019