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KCET: Historic Filipinotown

January 16, 2024
Label on CUSDH archive collection box stating "Filipino Americans/Florante Peter Ibanez Collection"

Source: KCET’s “Lost LA” (YouTube)

In this episode, host Nathan Masters explores the yo-yo’s surprising origin story, tours L.A.’s Historic Filipinotown neighborhood (a.k.a. “HiFi”) in a Jeepney and tastes classic Filipino street food.

CSUDH’s Gerth Archives and Special Collections, which houses Filipino American collections, appears in the first segment of the episode (watch from 1:26-7:00).