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On July 11, 2008, Pasadena's IndyMac Bank was placed in receivership of the FDIC, during a period also accompanied by high unemployment and housing foreclosures in the region.
"Departures," KCET's innovative web series on the cultural, social, political, and artistic profiles of Los Angeles' diverse fabric of neighborhoods, launched online in September 2006.
"A Place Of Our Own," the award-winning series directed toward educating childcare providers, and its Spanish language version, "Los Niños en Su Casa," first aired in September 2005.
Antonio Villaraigosa, the first L.A. mayor of Latino descent in 133 years, was elected to office on May 17, 2005.
The Walt Disney Concert Hall, Downtown L.A.'s $274 million Frank Gehry-designed iconic concert venue opened on October 24, 2003.
In March 2002, the award-winning news magazine show, "California Connected," produced by KCET in conjunction with three other public TV stations in the state, first aired.
The Academy Awards returned Hollywood Boulevard at the newly-opened Kodak Theatre on March 24, 2002, spurring the area's long-awaited renaissance.
On January 23, 2002, the KCET-produced PBS series "American Family" premiered, the first prime time dramatic television series to feature an all-Latino cast.
In February of 2001, "PBS Hollywood Presents," a successful series of feature-length dramatic movies produced by KCET for the network, first aired.
On June 24, 2000, the long-awaited Metro Red Line subway was finally completed, bridging the longtime divide between the San Fernando Valley and the Los Angeles basin.
Flashback to 1972 and have a glass of wine with the hosts of Citywatchers.
KCET celebrates its 50th anniversary with a television special, an interactive digital site, events, promotions, and story-gathering.