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(Third in series of stories supplementing the upcoming public television documentary) Water and the Wilderness: Two Engineers who shaped San Francisco In the 1830’s, before the discovery of gold in the Sierras, San Francisco was little more than a vast sand dune sparsely populated, with less than 800 traders, explorers and...
(Second in Series of stories supplementing the upcoming public television documentary) All That Glitter’s Ain’t Gold – Sometimes It’s Something Far More Valuable The Gold Rush of 1849 created a need in San Francisco more valuable than the nuggets being extracted from the Sierras. In less than one year the population...
(First in Series of stories supplementing the upcoming public television documentary) Every drop of water we use in the San Francisco Bay Area, to shower, bathe, or quench our thirst, travels to our faucets through one of the most amazing systems of engineering known to man. Have you ever wondered...
Following on the success of their "People's Palace" SF City Hall documentary, Jim Yager Media has started production on a new PBS documentary film. This current project is the story of San Francisco’s fabled water supply, the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park. Producer/Director Jim Yager describes the film...
JYM is developing a new series of short bios, and we shot our pilot piece yesterday at Ocean Beach with artist Andres Amador. He's an earthscape artist who uses beaches all over the world as his canvas, creating beautiful artworks in the sand. He draws crowds of admirers as he...
Our beautiful new JYM website is live and ready for prime time! My good friends at True West Media have really outdone themselves in creating a site that reflects both the spirit and energy of our work as well as the very special clients and people we're "Telling Stories" about....