Kobe
California Love
LAist Studios
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Walter dives deep on what Kobe meant to him in his life and how the icon’s death spurred a collective mourning throughout the city.
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| 0:00.0 | Support for LAST comes from Pasadena Playhouse presenting Eureka Day. |
| 0:04.6 | Jonathan Spector's Razor Sharp 2025 Tony Award winning satire. |
| 0:09.1 | Eureka Day is on stage at Pasadena Playhouse beginning September 10th. |
| 0:13.2 | Tickets are on sale now at Pasadena Playhouse.org. |
| 0:17.1 | Live stream, supported by South Coast Repertory, presenting million-dollar quartet. |
| 0:21.7 | Step back to 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins |
| 0:26.8 | made music history with one of the greatest rock and roll jam sessions. |
| 0:30.3 | In this musical with over 20 hits, September 13th through October 19th, tickets at SCR.org. |
| 0:38.7 | And the other forward for the final time, number 24 on the floor, 6'6. |
| 0:45.1 | 6.5-time world champion Kobe Bryant. |
| 0:59.5 | There's 40 million people in Southern California that remember how Kobe made him feel. |
| 1:03.6 | Kobe made people feel as confident as he was. |
| 1:06.3 | He made people feel like, don't worry, I got this. |
| 1:08.2 | We're going to be okay. |
| 1:12.3 | Because I remember it was a Sunday morning and looking into the sky and going like, |
| 1:16.5 | this is very unusual fog. |
| 1:19.9 | It was devastating. |
| 1:21.2 | And I felt the vibe even when I came back, |
| 1:23.3 | how the whole city got really, |
| 1:26.1 | like they missed member of a family. I don't know, like they missed a member of a family. |
| 1:29.2 | I don't know, like, I was just, I was paralyzed for a good six hours after I couldn't move. |
| 1:35.5 | I couldn't respond to anything. It's late at night, and there's a cop standing in my room. |
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