Bay Area Backroads | KRON4 https://www.kron4.com The Bay Area's Local News Station Thu, 30 May 2024 23:28:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://www.kron4.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/06/cropped-KRON4-Favicon-512x512.png?w=32 Bay Area Backroads | KRON4 https://www.kron4.com 32 32 Exploring Niles: A journey through its rich history and Hollywood ties https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area-backroads/exploring-niles-a-journey-through-its-rich-history-and-hollywood-ties/ Thu, 30 May 2024 23:28:03 +0000 https://www.kron4.com/?p=1804103 (KRON) -- Niles is a small Fremont neighborhood with a big history -- a neighborhood that Charlie Chaplin helped put on the map before Hollywood was Hollywood. It's also where one of the most famous figure skaters in the country grew up.

On this week's "Bay Area Backroads," we travel to Niles and tour the hometown of Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi.

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