{"id":474700,"date":"2026-09-24T23:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T23:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/474700\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T23:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T23:50:11","slug":"historic-places-lunch-learn-women-who-built-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/474700\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Places Lunch & Learn: Women Who Built San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

\""Historic<\/p>\n

Elsa Sevilla<\/p>\n

“Historic Places” Lunch and Learn: Women Who Built San Diego<\/p>\n

Wednesday, December 16, 2026 from 11:30 AM to 2 PM<\/p>\n

KPBS Conrad Prebys Media Complex at Copley Center\n <\/p>\n

General Admission: $45 \u2014 Lunch and the program\n <\/p>\n

VIP: $60 \u2014 Lunch, preferred seating, a signed copy of “Camera Ready” and a special bookmark. VIP table for eight: $440 \u2014 VIP seating, a signed “Camera Ready” book and special bookmark for each guest. Save $40 compared with eight individual VIP tickets.<\/p>\n

Who were the women who built San Diego, and why don\u2019t we hear more about them?<\/p>\n

Join Elsa Sevilla<\/a>, an Emmy-nominated and award-winning journalist, filmmaker, and creator and host of “Historic Places with Elsa Sevilla,”<\/a> at KPBS<\/a> on Wednesday, December 16. Elsa has dreamed of bringing this Lunch & Learn series to life for three years. Its first event begins at KPBS, where she produces the series.<\/p>\n

Watch a selection from “Women Who Built San Diego,” featuring Juana Machado, Vicenta Carrillo, Margaret Robinson and Belle Benchley, four women whose contributions helped shape our city. Hear stories behind the production and join the conversation. In 18 years, “Historic Places” has produced more than 80 documentaries and aired them up to\u00a02,000 times.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, December 16, 2026 | 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
KPBS Community Engagement Center, Conrad Prebys Media Complex at Copley Center, San Diego State University<\/p>\n

Tickets go on sale October 7:<\/p>\n

General Admission: $45 \u2014 Lunch and the programVIP: $60 \u2014 Lunch, preferred seating, a signed copy of Camera Ready and a special bookmarkVIP table for eight: $440 \u2014 VIP seating, a signed Camera Ready book and special bookmark for each guest. Save $40 compared with eight individual VIP tickets.<\/p>\n

Seating and tables are limited. To reserve a table or ask about sponsoring this event to support “Historic Places,” contact Elsa at elsa@sevillaproductions.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The new episode, \u201cWomen Who Built San Diego\u201d Premieres Monday Oct. 12 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV \/ Stream with KPBS+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elsa Sevilla “Historic Places” Lunch and Learn: Women Who Built San Diego Wednesday, December 16, 2026 from 11:30…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-474700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}