THERE FOR THE ANNUAL TRADITION,
THAT PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON
NOTABLE CALIFORNIANS.
KATHY: LIGHTS, CAMERAS, AND
PLENTY OF ACTION --
AS THE CALIFORNIA MUSEUM
INDUCTED ITS LATEST CLASS OF
HALL OF FAMERS
>> I'M FEELING GOOD, HONORED BY
THIS.
KATHY: DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG
DREW THE LARGEST CROWD, EVEN
BEFORE THE START OF THE
CEREMONIES.
>> MEET IS GOING TO BE NOT
LIKELY BUT GET A GLIMPSE AND
POSSIBLY AN AUTOGRAPH IS
POSSIBLE. 
KATHY: THESE YOUNG FANS GOT MORE
THAN JUST A SIGNATURE WHILE
WAITING ON THE RED CARPE
>> THEY'RE LIKE THE EXACT SAME
PEOPLE WE ARE, NOT ALIENS, FROM
-- NOT ALIENS.
KATHY: FROM THE ARTS TO SCIENCE,
SOME MIGHT CONSIDER THE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THESE
CALIFORNIANS OUT OF THIS WORLD.
THEY INCLUDE, NOBEL-PRIZE
WINNING CHEMIST MARIO MOLINA
SYMPHONY CONDUCTOR MICHAEL
TILSON THOMAS, NAPA WINEMAKER
WARREN WINIARSKI, FORMER U.C.
DAVIS PROFESSOR AND POET GARY
SNYDER, HEALTHCARE PIONEER SUSAN
DESMOND-HELLMANN, AND FORMER
RAIDERS QUARTERBACK JIM
PLUNKETT.
>> I'VE SHOWED THAT NO MATTER
WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS NO
MATTER WHAT YOUR NATIONALITY IS,
YOU CAN EXCEED AT WHATEVER YOU
SET OUT TO DO.
KATHY: THE HONOREES ARE CHOSEN
BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE FIRST
LADY.
>> THIS IS A WONDERFUL EVENT
WHERE WE RECOGNIZE CREATIVITY
AND TRADITION AND INNOVATION.
KATHY: COMEDIAN LUCILLE BALL AND
NATIVE AMERICAN BASKET WEAVER
MABEL MCKAY RECEIVED POSTUMOUS
HONORS.
>> I'M JUST THRILLED TO BE
CARRYING THE LEGACY FORWARD, AND
BEING A PART OF MAKING PEOPLE
LAUGHT ALL OVER THE WORLD, THE
-- MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
KATHY: THESE MEN AND WOMEN CAME
FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, AND NOW
SHARE A PERMANENT PLACE IN
CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY.
>> FOR ME TO RECEIVE THIS HONOR
I REALLY TRULY NOW AND FOR THE
FIRST TIME TONIGHT-THANKS TO ALL
OF YOU.AS A NATIVE CALIFORNIAN
KATHY: IT'S A UNIQUE MOMENT TO
SEE ALL OF TEHSE INDUCTEES
STANDING TOGETHER IN ONE GROUP.
A SPECIAL EXHIBIT FEATURING THIS
