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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090248/redwood-city-to-vote-on-rent-control-in-november\">Rent control\u003c/a> measures on Tuesday’s ballot were a mixed bag in the Bay Area this election season, according to early returns. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voters in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12105076/as-costs-rise-voters-in-3-bay-area-cities-could-cap-one-of-them-rent\">three Bay Area cities\u003c/a> — San Pablo, Berkeley and Redwood City — were asked to decide on whether to establish new rent caps or build on existing protections for tenants. Early returns on Wednesday showed positive results for Berkeley and San Pablo, while Redwood City’s measure was headed toward defeat. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“People are facing these rents that require two or three jobs to meet,” said Clara Jaeckel, a volunteer with the Redwood City chapter of the regional tenants rights group, Faith in Action. “People are living in overcrowded places or being pushed out of the city to look for places with a lower cost of living, and it really makes for an unstable community.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organizers in the three cities pushed to add these measures to local ballots in response to the rising cost of rent across the Bay Area, which has seen \u003ca href=\"https://www.zillow.com/rental-manager/market-trends/bay-area-ca/\">prices climb\u003c/a> partly due to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12100661/this-sf-renter-is-trying-to-beat-the-ai-fueled-housing-boom-with-an-analog-approach\">region’s AI boom\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260709_RWCRentControl_GC-11_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12090453\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260709_RWCRentControl_GC-11_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260709_RWCRentControl_GC-11_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260709_RWCRentControl_GC-11_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Locale Apartments in Redwood City on July 9, 2026. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, landlord groups argue that rent control \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008424/prop-33-rent-control-is-on-the-ballot-again-election-2024-california\">doesn’t bring down costs\u003c/a> and puts greater pressure on smaller mom-and-pop property owners who are also struggling with their own rising costs for insurance and maintenance. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Redwood City’s Measure E, which voters appear to have rejected with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sanmateo\">56% opposed\u003c/a>, would have capped rent increases by 5% or 60% of the local inflation rate, whichever is less. It would have also allowed landlords to petition for greater increases if their operating expenses grew.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among other provisions, Measure E would have provided renters with a right to return to their apartment or home if a landlord needed to temporarily displace them to make renovations, and it would have provided more options for tenants to advocate for basic repairs, if needed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But critics of the measure warn it could cost the city big to implement the program. A \u003ca href=\"https://caanet.org/u/2026/07/8A_Attachment_C_Supplemental_9212_Report_EPS.pdf\">July report\u003c/a> showed Redwood City would have to pay $11 million annually in tenant legal services and program administration fees. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We’re optimistic that voters in Redwood City have recognized that Measure E is not the solution,” said Joshua Howard, executive vice president of local public affairs for the California Apartment Association, adding that the report showed the proposed regulations would also require the city to hire up to 18 new employees to implement the program “without building one new unit of housing that our community needs.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the East Bay city of San Pablo, voters took the opposite approach and appeared poised Wednesday to approve Measure S, which was leading with more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/bayarea\">59% of voters in favor\u003c/a>. Similar to the protections in Redwood City’s measure, San Pablo’s proposal caps rent increases at 3% or 60% of local inflation rates, whichever is less. It also expands protections to people living in mobile home parks, too.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If landlords need a tenant to move out for certain no-fault evictions, Measure S requires them to pay more in relocation costs, covering four months of market rent — up from two months in the city’s current laws — or up to $12,000, whichever is greater. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also rolls back rent increases to the amount charged a year ago. For tenants living in their homes on July 1, 2025, landlords would have to use those rents as a starting point to calculate increases. Tenants who moved in after that date would use their move-in rent for the calculation. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berkeley’s rent control proposal, Measure X, seeks to improve upon its existing ordinance, which voters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012553/californians-appear-to-reject-many-rent-control-measures\">last amended in 2024\u003c/a>. Earlier this year, the city council unanimously approved the measure to appear on the ballot and \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/09/18/opinion-vote-yes-on-measure-x-for-a-more-efficient-rent-board\">members of the local rent board\u003c/a> argued it could close loopholes in the existing ordinance and make it more efficient. As of Wednesday afternoon, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda\">67% of voters were in favor of it\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260709_RWCRentControl_GC-24_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12090457\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260709_RWCRentControl_GC-24_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260709_RWCRentControl_GC-24_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260709_RWCRentControl_GC-24_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Redwood City Arch sign in Redwood City on July 9, 2026. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to landlords who might bank rent increases for years, only to impose hefty hikes on tenants all at once, Berkeley’s measure sets a 10% cap on rent increases per year. It also allows tenants in buildings with five to 10 units to form a tenant association and requires the landlord to work in good faith with that association.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rev. Sophia DeWitt, chief program officer for the advocacy coalition, East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO), said she campaigned for Measure X partly because wages are largely remaining stagnant, while other costs are rising.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Like with many other costs that people are dealing with, for groceries, for putting gas in their vehicles, for healthcare, the costs of rent are rising in many places,” she said. “One of the things that EBHO does and works on consistently is tenant protections and renter protections to try to make sure that rent increases are moderated and not exorbitant so that people can afford to continue to live in their homes.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the results remain unofficial for most of the races in the Bay Area, and organizers, including Jaeckel in Redwood City, remain hopeful Measure E will ultimately pass. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We gathered more than 7,000 signatures, which I think also says a lot about how much support and how much eagerness there is for a really strong solution to these unaffordable rents in our city,” Jaeckel said. ”There’s a strong desire for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We’re going to duck when we tell you this: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/highway-101\">Highway 101\u003c/a> through San Francisco will be closed again this weekend, for the fourth time in less than two months.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/caltrans\">Caltrans\u003c/a> said this weekend really \u003cem>does\u003c/em> represent the last 101 closure — for this particular repaving project at least.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting the night of Friday, Nov. 6, over a mile of 101 near Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital will be \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2026-10-27-hospital-curve-closure\">fully closed to all southbound traffic\u003c/a>. The highway won’t reopen until early morning on Monday, Nov. 9. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These closures on what’s known as the “Hospital Curve” part of 101 will especially affect people driving from the East Bay or North Bay to the Peninsula and South Bay, and travelers trying to reach San Francisco International Airport by road. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1978\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/FINALSBFAB-4-UCSF-ZUCKERBERG-SF-HOSPITALS-PPT-SB-US-101-102826-ebe7d0a4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108426\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/FINALSBFAB-4-UCSF-ZUCKERBERG-SF-HOSPITALS-PPT-SB-US-101-102826-ebe7d0a4-scaled.jpg 1978w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/FINALSBFAB-4-UCSF-ZUCKERBERG-SF-HOSPITALS-PPT-SB-US-101-102826-ebe7d0a4-160x207.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/FINALSBFAB-4-UCSF-ZUCKERBERG-SF-HOSPITALS-PPT-SB-US-101-102826-ebe7d0a4-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/FINALSBFAB-4-UCSF-ZUCKERBERG-SF-HOSPITALS-PPT-SB-US-101-102826-ebe7d0a4-1582x2048.jpg 1582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A map illustrating where Highway 101 through San Francisco will be closed Nov. 6-9.\u003cbr> (Courtesy of Caltrans)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But they’ll also impact people just wanting to travel through the city on those days.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caltrans’ Bay Area public information officer Lori Shepherd said that drivers should know that these closures have “a major, major impact,” and that any travelers planning to drive in San Francisco during the closure should expect sizable delays getting through the city — not just around 101, but on surrounding streets and detours.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if you \u003cem>really\u003c/em> have to drive through San Francisco this weekend, what should you know about timing, detours and delays? Keep reading for what we know about navigating the upcoming 101 closure without having your weekend completely hijacked by traffic.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(And if you know someone who’s traveling to SFO from San Francisco by road this weekend, send this to them, too.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where and when will southbound 101 through San Francisco be closed?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All southbound lanes on 101 between 17th and Cesar Chavez streets will be closed to traffic.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The closure starts at 11 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6. All southbound lanes will reopen by 6 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 9.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northbound 101 will remain open during the southbound closure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I really need to drive south through San Francisco during the closures. What detour should I take?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While these 101 southbound lanes are closed, Caltrans recommends that \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2026-08-19-us101-nb-bayshore-freeway-hospital-curve-upcoming-full-closures\">motorists use I-280 southbound\u003c/a> instead. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Caltrans, the following on-ramps will be blocked to drivers during the closure:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Fourth Street on-ramp\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Seventh Street on-ramp\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>10th Street on-ramp\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The WB 80-NB 101 Central Freeway Connector\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-projects/d4-san-francisco-freeway-and-road-rehabilitation/d4-sf-101-rehab-hospital-curve/detour-routes\">Caltrans’ list of suggested detours\u003c/a> to get around this weekend’s 101 closures, or watch the agency’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5MLVoHT38\">video\u003c/a> visualizing the detours:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5MLVoHT38\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What other parts of the city could be impacted by the closures?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shepherd said the greatest traffic impacts from these closures could be felt around Cesar Chavez and 17th streets, as well as around Potrero Avenue — and also on entrances to I-280.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caltrans is urging travelers, wherever possible, to take \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/trip-planner\">public\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">transportation\u003c/a> to travel through San Francisco during the highway closure, instead of using the roads.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It “really remains the best option to bypass congestion and work zone delays — because there \u003cem>will\u003c/em> be some major delays getting through the city,” warned Shepherd. Delays from the closures could also have a knock-on effect on other routes through the city.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I feel like there’s been a ton of major road closures in San Francisco recently. What’s going on?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You’re not imagining it. The first northbound closures of this stretch of 101 took place \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2026-08-19-us101-nb-bayshore-freeway-hospital-curve-upcoming-full-closures\">\u003cstrong>Sept. 4-7\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, over the Labor Day holiday weekend, and \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2026-08-19-us101-nb-bayshore-freeway-hospital-curve-upcoming-full-closures\">\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Sept. 18-21\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>. The southbound lanes were then closed \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2026-10-09-hospital-curve-closure\">\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Oct. 16-19\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, and will be again this weekend.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\u003c/strong>(And that’s without even mentioning the work taking place this year on nearby I-80, which was last closed \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2026-10-19-i80-wb-weekend-closure-bayshore\">\u003cstrong>Oct. 23-26\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This weekend’s closure represents the last shutdown for 101 in Caltrans’ ongoing work on what the agency calls “the Fab 4”: 101’s Hospital Curve, I-280, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080206/whats-the-deal-with-i-80-and-sfs-central-freeway-heres-a-brief-history\">Central Freeway\u003c/a> and 19th Avenue. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caltrans’ Shepherd attributed the length of the multiple closures to the sheer scope of the “24-7” repaving work being undertaken on 101 at this time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s a major, massive project, if you can imagine, repaving the freeway,” she said, and Caltrans timed these closures “to do it with the least amount of impact on the public,” Shepherd said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concrete used in this kind of repaving work also needs the kind of dry conditions that fall in San Francisco brings. “There’s a lot of emphasis on getting work done — as much of it completed in the summer during the dry season as much as possible,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s difficult, yes, for the traveling public to have to find ways around,” Shepherd said. “But in the end, it will produce long-term gains, because the road will be safer and smoother to drive [and] less prone to flooding.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>KQED’s\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a> \u003cem>contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We’re going to duck when we tell you this: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/highway-101\">Highway 101\u003c/a> through San Francisco will be closed again this weekend, for the fourth time in less than two months.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/caltrans\">Caltrans\u003c/a> said this weekend really \u003cem>does\u003c/em> represent the last 101 closure — for this particular repaving project at least.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting the night of Friday, Nov. 6, over a mile of 101 near Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital will be \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2026-10-27-hospital-curve-closure\">fully closed to all southbound traffic\u003c/a>. The highway won’t reopen until early morning on Monday, Nov. 9. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These closures on what’s known as the “Hospital Curve” part of 101 will especially affect people driving from the East Bay or North Bay to the Peninsula and South Bay, and travelers trying to reach San Francisco International Airport by road. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1978\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/FINALSBFAB-4-UCSF-ZUCKERBERG-SF-HOSPITALS-PPT-SB-US-101-102826-ebe7d0a4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108426\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/FINALSBFAB-4-UCSF-ZUCKERBERG-SF-HOSPITALS-PPT-SB-US-101-102826-ebe7d0a4-scaled.jpg 1978w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/FINALSBFAB-4-UCSF-ZUCKERBERG-SF-HOSPITALS-PPT-SB-US-101-102826-ebe7d0a4-160x207.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/FINALSBFAB-4-UCSF-ZUCKERBERG-SF-HOSPITALS-PPT-SB-US-101-102826-ebe7d0a4-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/FINALSBFAB-4-UCSF-ZUCKERBERG-SF-HOSPITALS-PPT-SB-US-101-102826-ebe7d0a4-1582x2048.jpg 1582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A map illustrating where Highway 101 through San Francisco will be closed Nov. 6-9.\u003cbr> (Courtesy of Caltrans)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But they’ll also impact people just wanting to travel through the city on those days.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caltrans’ Bay Area public information officer Lori Shepherd said that drivers should know that these closures have “a major, major impact,” and that any travelers planning to drive in San Francisco during the closure should expect sizable delays getting through the city — not just around 101, but on surrounding streets and detours.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if you \u003cem>really\u003c/em> have to drive through San Francisco this weekend, what should you know about timing, detours and delays? Keep reading for what we know about navigating the upcoming 101 closure without having your weekend completely hijacked by traffic.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(And if you know someone who’s traveling to SFO from San Francisco by road this weekend, send this to them, too.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where and when will southbound 101 through San Francisco be closed?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All southbound lanes on 101 between 17th and Cesar Chavez streets will be closed to traffic.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The closure starts at 11 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6. All southbound lanes will reopen by 6 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 9.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northbound 101 will remain open during the southbound closure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I really need to drive south through San Francisco during the closures. What detour should I take?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While these 101 southbound lanes are closed, Caltrans recommends that \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2026-08-19-us101-nb-bayshore-freeway-hospital-curve-upcoming-full-closures\">motorists use I-280 southbound\u003c/a> instead. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Caltrans, the following on-ramps will be blocked to drivers during the closure:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Fourth Street on-ramp\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Seventh Street on-ramp\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>10th Street on-ramp\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The WB 80-NB 101 Central Freeway Connector\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-projects/d4-san-francisco-freeway-and-road-rehabilitation/d4-sf-101-rehab-hospital-curve/detour-routes\">Caltrans’ list of suggested detours\u003c/a> to get around this weekend’s 101 closures, or watch the agency’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5MLVoHT38\">video\u003c/a> visualizing the detours:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Pb5MLVoHT38'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Pb5MLVoHT38'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What other parts of the city could be impacted by the closures?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shepherd said the greatest traffic impacts from these closures could be felt around Cesar Chavez and 17th streets, as well as around Potrero Avenue — and also on entrances to I-280.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caltrans is urging travelers, wherever possible, to take \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/trip-planner\">public\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">transportation\u003c/a> to travel through San Francisco during the highway closure, instead of using the roads.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It “really remains the best option to bypass congestion and work zone delays — because there \u003cem>will\u003c/em> be some major delays getting through the city,” warned Shepherd. Delays from the closures could also have a knock-on effect on other routes through the city.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I feel like there’s been a ton of major road closures in San Francisco recently. What’s going on?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You’re not imagining it. The first northbound closures of this stretch of 101 took place \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2026-08-19-us101-nb-bayshore-freeway-hospital-curve-upcoming-full-closures\">\u003cstrong>Sept. 4-7\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, over the Labor Day holiday weekend, and \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2026-08-19-us101-nb-bayshore-freeway-hospital-curve-upcoming-full-closures\">\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Sept. 18-21\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>. The southbound lanes were then closed \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2026-10-09-hospital-curve-closure\">\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Oct. 16-19\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, and will be again this weekend.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\u003c/strong>(And that’s without even mentioning the work taking place this year on nearby I-80, which was last closed \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2026-10-19-i80-wb-weekend-closure-bayshore\">\u003cstrong>Oct. 23-26\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This weekend’s closure represents the last shutdown for 101 in Caltrans’ ongoing work on what the agency calls “the Fab 4”: 101’s Hospital Curve, I-280, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080206/whats-the-deal-with-i-80-and-sfs-central-freeway-heres-a-brief-history\">Central Freeway\u003c/a> and 19th Avenue. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caltrans’ Shepherd attributed the length of the multiple closures to the sheer scope of the “24-7” repaving work being undertaken on 101 at this time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s a major, massive project, if you can imagine, repaving the freeway,” she said, and Caltrans timed these closures “to do it with the least amount of impact on the public,” Shepherd said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concrete used in this kind of repaving work also needs the kind of dry conditions that fall in San Francisco brings. “There’s a lot of emphasis on getting work done — as much of it completed in the summer during the dry season as much as possible,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s difficult, yes, for the traveling public to have to find ways around,” Shepherd said. “But in the end, it will produce long-term gains, because the road will be safer and smoother to drive [and] less prone to flooding.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>KQED’s\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a> \u003cem>contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003cem>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of all the things that make Randy Hahn stand out in the world of ice hockey announcers, there is one fact of his career that rises above the rest: he’s been calling games for the same team for 35 years, ever since the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose-sharks\">San José Sharks\u003c/a> were first established in 1991. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a lot of fans, Hahn’s been the voice of the Sharks for their entire lives, helping to cultivate and nurture father-son bonds across the Bay Area for three generations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I’ve been watching Randy since I was a kid, with my dad,” said Mark Gavartin, a long-time Sharks fan who now works at Stanford.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Sharks last made the playoffs in 2019, Gavartin had 4-year-old twins of his own and began passing the team allegiance down the family line. Watching the dramatic first-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights on TV, Gavartin relied on Hahn to transport the excitement unfolding in the arena back to him and his family on his living room couch. Years later, just thinking about Hahn calling that Game 7 overtime gave Gavartin goosebumps.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We were so emotional,” he remembered. “With the Sharks and Randy Hahn, it was like we were all together on this. We were like buddies, watching the game together.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108421\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn commentates during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as the Sharks advanced through the playoffs, then to the conference final, Gavartin noticed something strange: his buddy, Randy Hahn, was no longer behind the microphone calling the games. The national network wanted one of their own announcers to make the postseason calls. It was a voice Gavartin didn’t know.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It was not the same as listening to Randy Hahn,” he said. “It’s some other guy who was ‘meh, okay.’ Like, he didn’t go through what we went through.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gavartin wondered what many fans across many teams have wondered over the years: why did his beloved announcer disappear from the airwaves right when the team hit the peak of success? The question is not unique to the NHL. The phenomenon occurs across all sports during the postseason. But to truly understand why national TV networks install their own announcers for the most high-profile games, it is important, first, to understand why that decision leaves so many fans feeling so bereft. The fans of Randy Hahn, and the generations-worth of love and loyalty they hold for him, offer the perfect case study to reveal the answer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘A roller coaster ride wrapped up in a soap opera’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On game days, the ice rink at San José’s SAP Center, aka the Shark Tank, is full of teal-clad fans. After the 2019 playoffs, the Sharks entered a drought and spectatorship dwindled amid the teams’ losses. But since acquiring the teenage phenom Macklin Celebrini in 2024, attendance at home games is again respectable; last year they filled the arena to 93% capacity on average and had 22 sellouts. For the Sharks home game against the Chicago Blackhawks last spring, every fan milling by the hot dog and beer stands, young or old, knew Hahn and had something to say about what made him a living legend.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He’s a Sharks encyclopedia,” said Tristan Nickey, who grew up in San José, but now lives in Idaho where he watches Hahn call the games on ESPN+. “He’s got all these stats that he’s always giving out, and it makes the whole game enjoyable.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For 18-year-old Mia Dimmock, who started watching hockey a few years ago after seeing a clip on TikTok, Hahn explains things in a way that makes the game accessible to newbies. He shares details about players that bring them to life. He’s at every home game and every away game. He’s on the same buses and planes as the team, in the same hotels. He’s at the practice rink, in the weight room. He sees and hears a lot. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108428\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A fan watches the San José Sharks play the Vancouver Canucks on a television in the concourse at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He is that connection to the team that we need,” Dimmock said. “He is the team and the team is him.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hahn calls home games from an open-air broadcast booth inside the arena – a narrow perch at the front of section 215 overlooking the ice. I crammed into a chair behind him and watched over his shoulder as he called the Sharks’ game vs. the Blackhawks, and I noticed what Dimmock noticed: while Hahn is calling the play-by-play, he’s also telling a story. He gives each game a dramatic arc with historic context tucked in. He turns the players into characters who drive the plot. Currently, the leading man is Celebrini, now 20. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Macklin’s not the only child in the family,” Hahn told TV viewers during a lull in play. “His older brother Aiden is a Vancouver Canuck, and his youngest brother RJ, he’s 13 playing up in Vancouver and is starting to challenge some of Macklin’s records that Macklin established there when he was that age. Watch out for RJ Celebrini.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Equally interesting to what Hahn shares is what he doesn’t share. There are certain facts and details he holds back. If Hahn notices a player on the bus with a bag of ice on his ankle or his hand wrapped in a bandage, for example, he won’t say anything during a game.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn and color commentator Drew Remenda meet fans in between periods of the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“There might be somebody on another team who knows that if that player has a sore left knee, ‘I’m gonna go after that knee,’” Hahn told me. “It’s pro sports; it’s cutthroat. People are playing for money.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if a defensive player has a goal scored against him, Hahn won’t say he failed to make the right play because he’s injured, but he will shade his commentary differently; he’ll be less critical. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s our way of putting our arm around him, if you will,” Hahn said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There’s an inherent tension in this. Hahn works for NBC Sports Bay Area, the local TV station, not the Sharks. He’s first and foremost a broadcaster, and he’s supposed to maintain some level of professional distance from his subjects. But that boundary can get murky, especially in light of how much time he spends with the players. Sometimes he catches himself referring to the team as “we,” as in, “we won.” Then he corrects himself: “they won.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technically, he’s not part of the team, but fans absolutely see him that way. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He is the Sharks to me,” said Trevin Cholmondeley, a fan from Napa.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108394\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trevin Cholmondeley (left) grew up watching the Sharks and listening to Randy Hahn call games with his dad, Randy Cholmondeley (right). They attended a home game together at the SAP Center on April 6, 2026. (April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This tension hit a high point last December when the Sharks played the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Sharks season had started off slow with a lot of losses. They were losing the game to Pittsburgh, 5 to 1. Then halfway through the third period, two Penguins were sent to the penalty box and the Sharks seized the moment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hahn is fond of saying that every hockey season is a “roller coaster ride wrapped up in a soap opera,” and through the twists and turns of the third period in Pittsburgh, he seized the energy in the arena and transposed it back to fans watching at home. He built the suspense of each goal the Sharks scored in the next five minutes like a crescendo in a Beethoven symphony. When the Sharks tied the game 5-5, then scored the winning goal in overtime, Hahn rallied the metaphorical trumpet blasts and cymbal crashes to capture the finale on the ice.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“They scooooore!” he roared. “One of the most amazing comebacks in franchise history! Sharks win! I’m beside myself, and there’s tears in my eyes.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was an expert, nuanced performance, on the ice and off. Hahn modulated his cadence and pitch to up the drama of each play, then added a strong dose of vulnerability, all to create what he later called “the theater of the moment.” He shouted in ecstasy to punctuate the win, then swiftly confessed to his TV audience that he was crying.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afterward, Hahn texted a colleague and admitted that he was worried he’d gone too far at that game; perhaps he’d veered beyond his professional broadcasting boundaries and allowed himself to become overly emotional?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108423\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn writes notes during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But after players and coaches made a point of complimenting his calls, he decided ultimately that he’d struck the right balance. Coaches and players have to keep their heads in the game. They can’t lose their cool after every goal. Hahn seemed to surmise that part of his job is to express the emotions that the other men on the team can’t. Hahn does the feeling for them.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“When something like that happens, it’s emotional for all of us because we all have so much invested in the process,” Hahn told the Sharks’ in-house podcaster Brodie Brazil. “To me, it was them saying, ‘you captured the way we felt even though we couldn’t show it.’ A head coach can’t show that; it just wouldn’t look right. But inside, you feel it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the same with the fans. People who have to play it cool in the office, stay calm at home, Hahn does the feeling for them, too. When Hahn teared up watching the Sharks beat the Penguins, so did Tristan Nickey.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I felt what he was feeling,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Hahn got excited, so did Caleb Edwards.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Hearing his motivation and his excitement build just kind of pulsates through you as a fan,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Hahn screamed into his mic, Trevin Cholmondeley screamed back at the TV.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The dude lost his voice halfway through,” he said. “I think he understands the energy that’s in the clubhouse that we, as a fan, don’t get to experience. We can live, sort of, through him.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why do local announcers get sidelined during the playoffs?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sociologists say that sports are like religion. Arenas, like churches. Fans are a kind of congregation worshipping the players and coaches and TV announcers like idols. To Sharks fans, Randy Hahn is an emotional conduit, a medium, channeling the euphoria and grief back and forth between players and fans. So when the playoffs come, and the local TV announcer gets deposed, replaced by a national announcer, it can feel like blasphemy.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It will suck,” said Edwards, echoing a chorus of complaints from fans who wish Hahn could announce those games, should they come to pass.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It is not just a hockey question. There are baseball fans who are always wondering, ‘Why, if my team makes the playoffs, can’t I get my local announcers? Why am I getting the national announcers?’” said Richard Deitsch, a sports journalist who has worked for Sports Illustrated, The Athletic, and now CBC Radio in Canada. “By and large, the answer to these questions is the eternal answer to most questions. And the answer is money.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108418\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn (right) commentates with color commentator Drew Remenda during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Sharks first made the playoffs in 1994, local television announcers called every playoff game, through four rounds. But as national networks like ESPN and Fox got into the business of airing the Stanley Cup finals, and paid high rights fees for the privilege, they wanted exclusivity in return. While NBC Sports Bay Area, Hahn’s employer, aired the regular season games and early rounds of the playoffs, they no longer had the right to air the final series. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When networks negotiated the next contract, they wanted exclusivity of the final two rounds of the playoffs. And when ESPN and TNT signed their latest contract with the NHL – a seven-year deal for $600 million – they won exclusivity of the final three rounds of the playoffs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These final games of the season always attract the biggest audiences. And the more people there are watching, the more national TV networks can charge advertisers to air their commercials. Close to one million fans tune in for the Stanley Cup hockey finals; 20 million for the World Series; 120 million for the Super Bowl.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“These are massive numbers, and that’s very, very rare in society today. It’s a very, very divisive and polarized time,” Deitsch said. “It is very hard to get Americans to agree on anything, but sports is one thing.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans may not agree on who should win, but they agree the game is worth watching. Across racial backgrounds, political affiliations, and religious beliefs, people can sit together in the same arena, or in front of one TV at a bar, and share the experience.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“That’s the power of sports still. And it’s also the reason why it’s such an economic force and a multi-billion dollar business,” said Deitsh, “because the people who are in charge of these leagues and the people who are in charge of the networks that put on these games, they know that it’s one of few, if not the only thing, left where you can get communal experiences of that many people.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because so many different audiences are tuning in, including fans from both teams, the national networks are looking for neutrality and impartiality in their broadcasts. Hahn’s passion for the Sharks, or even simply his affiliation with the team, is seen as a liability, so the networks steer clear.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s a brutal reality for local announcers. To follow a team to the climax of the season, then be forced to turn the mic over to someone else. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s like you go to this great movie, it’s unbelievably dramatic, you’re there, and literally seven minutes before the movie’s over, an usher asks you to leave,” Deitsch said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Sharks last made the playoffs in 2019, Hahn was in the stands at the Shark Tank, watching the game with all the other fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But fans at home wished he was in the broadcast booth, not realizing that what they most loved about Hahn was precisely what disqualified him from calling the finals. They want his partiality. They prefer his bias. And they’re not shy about it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108419\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn (left) commentates with color commentator Drew Remenda during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I tend to actually turn the volume down during the playoffs,” said Trevin Cholmondeley. He wants an announcer who’s been through what he’s been through, all the ups and downs of the soap opera-infused roller coaster. “Every season’s a little microcosm of life, and not having someone like Hahn, or any team’s local announcer, on the big stage just brings the quality down for me.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last winter, after the Sharks’ stunning win over Pittsburgh, Hahn predicted the Sharks would make the playoffs, if not last season, when they just missed qualifying, then this season for sure.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Fans will be tuning in, ready for Randy Hahn to be their prophet, their guide, their buddy, through every twist and turn.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode transcript\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Sounds of ice skating\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> The NHL season officially opened at the end of September and ice hockey fans around the country are hoping \u003cem>their\u003c/em> team will make it to the playoffs next spring. Fans are prone to believing \u003cem>their\u003c/em> players, their coaches, even their announcers are the best. For San Jose Sharks fans, that announcer is Randy Hahn. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>:\u003c/strong>The building’s come alive! Here’s Kane, Knight push, back for Burns, save, rebound!\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Fans still talk about Randy’s calls from the last time the Sharks made it to the playoffs – in 2019. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>:\u003c/strong> He’ll drop it back for Burns. Over to Couture. Scooore! They’ve done it. (Fade under earlier, starting here: They’ve come all the way back with a tie!\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Longtime Sharks fan and Bay Curious listener Mark Gavartin remembers this game really well. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> I listened to it many, many times.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> He says just talking about it now, years later, still gives him goose bumps. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> And then the Sharks won that game on overtime. And it was just like crazy. (laughs)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Mark had four-year old twins at the time. So it was really hard to make it out to any of the games. He couldn’t sit in an arena with thousands of other fans riding the same emotional roller coaster together. Instead, he watched the games on TV and he relied on Randy to transport that excitement to his living room. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> And we were so like emotional with the, you know the Sharks and the, and Randy Hahn. And we just like, you know, like we’re all like together on this. It’s like having buddies watching the game together.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> But then something strange happened. As the Sharks advanced through the playoffs then to the conference final, fans no longer heard Randy Hahn behind the mic. The national network wanted one of \u003cem>their\u003c/em> announcers to call the games instead. A guy that Mark didn’t know.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> It was like not the same listening to Randy Hahn. It was just different. It was like like they didn’t go through what we went through. And now it’s like some other guy is like, eh, you know, like, okay. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> And that made Mark wonder: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> Why doesn’t Randy Hahn call the final rounds of the playoffs? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> And that made us wonder, why do fans care so much that he doesn’t?\u003cbr>\u003cbr>I’m Olivia Allen-Price. This is Bay Curious, the show that answers listener questions about the San Francisco Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We asked KQED’s April Dembosky to introduce us to Randy Hahn and the fans who love him. Then explain why Randy disappears from the airwaves at the most critical moment in the season. Here’s April…\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> There are a lot of things about Randy Hahn that make him stand out in the world of hockey announcers. But there’s one thing in particular. He’s been calling games for the same team for 35 years, ever since San Jose first established its team in 1991. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a lot of fans, Randy’s been the voice of the Sharks for their entire lives. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin:\u003c/strong> He IS the Sharks to me. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Kenneth:\u003c/strong> Just living legend. I’ve been listening to him since I was a kid. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark:\u003c/strong> I’ve been watching since I was a kid with my dad. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin:\u003c/strong> Randy’s a part of my life since I was a baby.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy is so iconic, Pixar filmmakers asked him to do a cameo in the movie Inside Out. Riley’s dad is caught daydreaming about a hockey game when his wife is trying to talk to him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Inside Out\u003c/em>\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>clip: Sound of hockey game announcing. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Sounds of Sharks arena\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Last spring I went to see the Sharks play the Chicago Blackhawks at the SAP center, aka, the Shark tank. And every fan I talked to … \u003cem>knew\u003c/em> Randy and had something to say about why they loved him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Tristan Nickey:\u003c/strong> He’s a Sharks encyclopedia.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Tristan Nickey is from San Jose but lives in Idaho now. He watches all the Sharks games on ESPN plus where he has the choice to select Randy as his announcer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Tristan Nickey:\u003c/strong> He’s got all these stats that he’s always giving out and it makes the whole game enjoyable. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> I feel like he’s a through on through Sharks man.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Eighteen year old Mia Dimmock started watching hockey a few years ago, after she saw a clip on TikTok. She says Randy has a way of explaining things that makes the game accessible to newbies like her.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> He has a way of introducing the fans to the players more and giving them an experience where then we feel more connected to the players as a whole. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy is at every home game and every away game. He’s on the same buses and planes as the team, in the same hotels. He’s at the practice rink, in the weight room. He sees and hears a lot. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> He is the team and the team is him. He is that connection to the team that we need. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>Let’s see if the Sharks can get some mojo going here in the second period. Will Smith with the puck, drops it for Macklin… \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> I got to see Randy in action when he called the game against the Blackhawks. I sat behind him, crammed into his open-air broadcast booth in the arena. It’s at the front of section 215. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I noticed what Mia noticed: while Randy is calling the play by play of the games, he’s also telling a story. He gives each game a dramatic arc. He turns the players into characters who drive the plot. Right now, the leading man is 20-year old phenom Macklin Celebrini. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing:\u003c/strong> Macklin’s not the only child in the family. His older brother Aiden is a Vancouver Canuck and his youngest brother RJ, he’s 13 playing up in northshore winter club up in Vancouver is started to challenge some of Macklin’s records that Macklin established there when he was that age. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> When I talked to Randy outside the Shark tank, he explained that there are also certain details he holds back. The guys often play through injuries, but don’t want their opponents to know.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> There might be somebody on another team who knows that if that player has a sore left knee, I’m gonna go after that knee. It’s pro sports, it’s cutthroat. People are playing for money. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> If Randy notices a player on the bus with a bag of ice on his ankle or his hand wrapped in a bandage, he won’t say anything during a game, but he’ll shade his commentary differently; he’ll be less critical.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> He might have a goal scored against him and be unable to make a defensive play but I know, you know what? That guy’s toughing it out. And \u003cem>the fans don’t know it and he’s not saying anything about it and we aren’t either, but\u003c/em> it’s our way of putting our arm around him, if you will.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> There’s an inherent tension in this. Randy works for NBC Bay Area, the local TV station, not the Sharks. He’s first and foremost a broadcaster and he’s supposed to maintain some level of professional distance. But that boundary can get murky. Especially in light of how much time he spends with the players. Sometimes he catches himself referring to the team as “we,” as in, “we won.” Then he corrects himself: “they won.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Arena sounds\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Technically, he’s not part of the team, but Sharks fans absolutely see him that way.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> Oh my god! That was so cool. 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He says these exclusive contracts exist for all sports.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> It is not just a hockey question. There are baseball fans who are always wondering why, if my team makes the playoffs, can I get my local announcers and why am I getting the national announcers? And by and large, the answer to these questions are the eternal answer to most questions. And the answer is money. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> The final games of the season always attract the biggest audiences. And the more people there are watching, the more networks can charge advertisers to air their commercials. 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And it’s also the reason why it’s such an economic force and a multi-billion dollar business, is because the people who are in charge of these leagues and the people who are in charge of the networks that put on these games, they know that it’s one of few, if not only things left where you can get communal experiences of that many people.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Deitsch says, on a national broadcast, Randy Hahn’s passion for the Sharks could be a liability, so the networks steer clear.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> They want to at least come off as impartial as possible. 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To follow a team to the climax of the season, then be forced to turn the mic over to someone else. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> It’s like you go to this great movie, it’s unbelievably dramatic, you’re there, and literally seven minutes before the movie’s over, an usher asks you to leave. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> Well obviously I don’t like it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy Hahn thinks there should be a middle ground. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> I would prefer to be doing games, and I think fans would love the option of being able to have a choice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> When the Sharks last made the playoffs in 2019, Randy was in the stands at the Shark tank, watching the game with all the other fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But fans at home wished he was in the broadcast booth. They want his partiality. They prefer his bias. And they’re not shy about it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin Cholmondeley:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>\u003c/em>I tend to actually turn the volume down during the playoffs\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Trevin Cholmondeley says he wants an announcer who’s been through what he’s been through, all the ups and downs.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin Cholmondeley:\u003c/strong> Every season’s a little microcosm of life, really, and not having someone like Randy or any team’s local announcer on the big stage. Just brings the quality down for me. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Sports have always been tribal. Super fans often see their team as an extension of their own identity. And because of that, they have higher self-esteem and lower levels of loneliness.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research shows sports provide structure and routine and meaning. They fulfill our need to belong. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even when it comes to commiserating over Randy not calling the playoffs – there’s community in that.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> I was very pleasantly surprised I’m not the only one who’s feeling that way. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> That’s what our question-asker Mark Gavartin took away from all this. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> This is \u003cem>our\u003c/em> team. We live here. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Last winter, Randy Hahn predicted the Sharks would make the playoffs, if not last season, then this season for sure. Mark wants Randy to be his prophet, his guide, his buddy, through it all… \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> And see Randy announce, ‘Hey, the Sharks won the Stanley Cup.’ \u003cem>It hasn’t happened yet, but\u003c/em> wouldn’t that be amazing? Like, to hear his voice saying that? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> But even if the Sharks do win the title, that won’t happen. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> That was KQED health correspondent April Dembosky.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Big thanks to Mark Gavartin for submitting this week’s question, and to the many KQED members whose support make our reporting possible. Are you a KQED member? Become one today at \u003ca href=\"http://donate.kqed.org/podcasts\">donate.kqed.org/podcasts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bay Curious is made in SF at member-supported KQED. Our show is produced by\u003cbr>Katrina Schwarts, Christopher Beale, Anna Casalme, and me, Olivia Allen Price. With extra support from Maha Sanad, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">everyone on Team KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I’m Olivia Allen-Price. Have a wonderful week. And go Sharks!\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003cem>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of all the things that make Randy Hahn stand out in the world of ice hockey announcers, there is one fact of his career that rises above the rest: he’s been calling games for the same team for 35 years, ever since the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose-sharks\">San José Sharks\u003c/a> were first established in 1991. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a lot of fans, Hahn’s been the voice of the Sharks for their entire lives, helping to cultivate and nurture father-son bonds across the Bay Area for three generations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I’ve been watching Randy since I was a kid, with my dad,” said Mark Gavartin, a long-time Sharks fan who now works at Stanford.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Sharks last made the playoffs in 2019, Gavartin had 4-year-old twins of his own and began passing the team allegiance down the family line. Watching the dramatic first-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights on TV, Gavartin relied on Hahn to transport the excitement unfolding in the arena back to him and his family on his living room couch. Years later, just thinking about Hahn calling that Game 7 overtime gave Gavartin goosebumps.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We were so emotional,” he remembered. “With the Sharks and Randy Hahn, it was like we were all together on this. We were like buddies, watching the game together.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108421\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn commentates during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as the Sharks advanced through the playoffs, then to the conference final, Gavartin noticed something strange: his buddy, Randy Hahn, was no longer behind the microphone calling the games. The national network wanted one of their own announcers to make the postseason calls. It was a voice Gavartin didn’t know.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It was not the same as listening to Randy Hahn,” he said. “It’s some other guy who was ‘meh, okay.’ Like, he didn’t go through what we went through.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gavartin wondered what many fans across many teams have wondered over the years: why did his beloved announcer disappear from the airwaves right when the team hit the peak of success? The question is not unique to the NHL. The phenomenon occurs across all sports during the postseason. But to truly understand why national TV networks install their own announcers for the most high-profile games, it is important, first, to understand why that decision leaves so many fans feeling so bereft. The fans of Randy Hahn, and the generations-worth of love and loyalty they hold for him, offer the perfect case study to reveal the answer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘A roller coaster ride wrapped up in a soap opera’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On game days, the ice rink at San José’s SAP Center, aka the Shark Tank, is full of teal-clad fans. After the 2019 playoffs, the Sharks entered a drought and spectatorship dwindled amid the teams’ losses. But since acquiring the teenage phenom Macklin Celebrini in 2024, attendance at home games is again respectable; last year they filled the arena to 93% capacity on average and had 22 sellouts. For the Sharks home game against the Chicago Blackhawks last spring, every fan milling by the hot dog and beer stands, young or old, knew Hahn and had something to say about what made him a living legend.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He’s a Sharks encyclopedia,” said Tristan Nickey, who grew up in San José, but now lives in Idaho where he watches Hahn call the games on ESPN+. “He’s got all these stats that he’s always giving out, and it makes the whole game enjoyable.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For 18-year-old Mia Dimmock, who started watching hockey a few years ago after seeing a clip on TikTok, Hahn explains things in a way that makes the game accessible to newbies. He shares details about players that bring them to life. He’s at every home game and every away game. He’s on the same buses and planes as the team, in the same hotels. He’s at the practice rink, in the weight room. He sees and hears a lot. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108428\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A fan watches the San José Sharks play the Vancouver Canucks on a television in the concourse at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He is that connection to the team that we need,” Dimmock said. “He is the team and the team is him.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hahn calls home games from an open-air broadcast booth inside the arena – a narrow perch at the front of section 215 overlooking the ice. I crammed into a chair behind him and watched over his shoulder as he called the Sharks’ game vs. the Blackhawks, and I noticed what Dimmock noticed: while Hahn is calling the play-by-play, he’s also telling a story. He gives each game a dramatic arc with historic context tucked in. He turns the players into characters who drive the plot. Currently, the leading man is Celebrini, now 20. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Macklin’s not the only child in the family,” Hahn told TV viewers during a lull in play. “His older brother Aiden is a Vancouver Canuck, and his youngest brother RJ, he’s 13 playing up in Vancouver and is starting to challenge some of Macklin’s records that Macklin established there when he was that age. Watch out for RJ Celebrini.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Equally interesting to what Hahn shares is what he doesn’t share. There are certain facts and details he holds back. If Hahn notices a player on the bus with a bag of ice on his ankle or his hand wrapped in a bandage, for example, he won’t say anything during a game.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn and color commentator Drew Remenda meet fans in between periods of the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“There might be somebody on another team who knows that if that player has a sore left knee, ‘I’m gonna go after that knee,’” Hahn told me. “It’s pro sports; it’s cutthroat. People are playing for money.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if a defensive player has a goal scored against him, Hahn won’t say he failed to make the right play because he’s injured, but he will shade his commentary differently; he’ll be less critical. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s our way of putting our arm around him, if you will,” Hahn said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There’s an inherent tension in this. Hahn works for NBC Sports Bay Area, the local TV station, not the Sharks. He’s first and foremost a broadcaster, and he’s supposed to maintain some level of professional distance from his subjects. But that boundary can get murky, especially in light of how much time he spends with the players. Sometimes he catches himself referring to the team as “we,” as in, “we won.” Then he corrects himself: “they won.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technically, he’s not part of the team, but fans absolutely see him that way. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He is the Sharks to me,” said Trevin Cholmondeley, a fan from Napa.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108394\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trevin Cholmondeley (left) grew up watching the Sharks and listening to Randy Hahn call games with his dad, Randy Cholmondeley (right). They attended a home game together at the SAP Center on April 6, 2026. (April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This tension hit a high point last December when the Sharks played the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Sharks season had started off slow with a lot of losses. They were losing the game to Pittsburgh, 5 to 1. Then halfway through the third period, two Penguins were sent to the penalty box and the Sharks seized the moment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hahn is fond of saying that every hockey season is a “roller coaster ride wrapped up in a soap opera,” and through the twists and turns of the third period in Pittsburgh, he seized the energy in the arena and transposed it back to fans watching at home. He built the suspense of each goal the Sharks scored in the next five minutes like a crescendo in a Beethoven symphony. When the Sharks tied the game 5-5, then scored the winning goal in overtime, Hahn rallied the metaphorical trumpet blasts and cymbal crashes to capture the finale on the ice.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“They scooooore!” he roared. “One of the most amazing comebacks in franchise history! Sharks win! I’m beside myself, and there’s tears in my eyes.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was an expert, nuanced performance, on the ice and off. Hahn modulated his cadence and pitch to up the drama of each play, then added a strong dose of vulnerability, all to create what he later called “the theater of the moment.” He shouted in ecstasy to punctuate the win, then swiftly confessed to his TV audience that he was crying.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afterward, Hahn texted a colleague and admitted that he was worried he’d gone too far at that game; perhaps he’d veered beyond his professional broadcasting boundaries and allowed himself to become overly emotional?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108423\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn writes notes during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But after players and coaches made a point of complimenting his calls, he decided ultimately that he’d struck the right balance. Coaches and players have to keep their heads in the game. They can’t lose their cool after every goal. Hahn seemed to surmise that part of his job is to express the emotions that the other men on the team can’t. Hahn does the feeling for them.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“When something like that happens, it’s emotional for all of us because we all have so much invested in the process,” Hahn told the Sharks’ in-house podcaster Brodie Brazil. “To me, it was them saying, ‘you captured the way we felt even though we couldn’t show it.’ A head coach can’t show that; it just wouldn’t look right. But inside, you feel it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the same with the fans. People who have to play it cool in the office, stay calm at home, Hahn does the feeling for them, too. When Hahn teared up watching the Sharks beat the Penguins, so did Tristan Nickey.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I felt what he was feeling,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Hahn got excited, so did Caleb Edwards.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Hearing his motivation and his excitement build just kind of pulsates through you as a fan,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Hahn screamed into his mic, Trevin Cholmondeley screamed back at the TV.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The dude lost his voice halfway through,” he said. “I think he understands the energy that’s in the clubhouse that we, as a fan, don’t get to experience. We can live, sort of, through him.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why do local announcers get sidelined during the playoffs?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sociologists say that sports are like religion. Arenas, like churches. Fans are a kind of congregation worshipping the players and coaches and TV announcers like idols. To Sharks fans, Randy Hahn is an emotional conduit, a medium, channeling the euphoria and grief back and forth between players and fans. So when the playoffs come, and the local TV announcer gets deposed, replaced by a national announcer, it can feel like blasphemy.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It will suck,” said Edwards, echoing a chorus of complaints from fans who wish Hahn could announce those games, should they come to pass.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It is not just a hockey question. There are baseball fans who are always wondering, ‘Why, if my team makes the playoffs, can’t I get my local announcers? Why am I getting the national announcers?’” said Richard Deitsch, a sports journalist who has worked for Sports Illustrated, The Athletic, and now CBC Radio in Canada. “By and large, the answer to these questions is the eternal answer to most questions. And the answer is money.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108418\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn (right) commentates with color commentator Drew Remenda during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Sharks first made the playoffs in 1994, local television announcers called every playoff game, through four rounds. But as national networks like ESPN and Fox got into the business of airing the Stanley Cup finals, and paid high rights fees for the privilege, they wanted exclusivity in return. While NBC Sports Bay Area, Hahn’s employer, aired the regular season games and early rounds of the playoffs, they no longer had the right to air the final series. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When networks negotiated the next contract, they wanted exclusivity of the final two rounds of the playoffs. And when ESPN and TNT signed their latest contract with the NHL – a seven-year deal for $600 million – they won exclusivity of the final three rounds of the playoffs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These final games of the season always attract the biggest audiences. And the more people there are watching, the more national TV networks can charge advertisers to air their commercials. Close to one million fans tune in for the Stanley Cup hockey finals; 20 million for the World Series; 120 million for the Super Bowl.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“These are massive numbers, and that’s very, very rare in society today. It’s a very, very divisive and polarized time,” Deitsch said. “It is very hard to get Americans to agree on anything, but sports is one thing.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans may not agree on who should win, but they agree the game is worth watching. Across racial backgrounds, political affiliations, and religious beliefs, people can sit together in the same arena, or in front of one TV at a bar, and share the experience.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“That’s the power of sports still. And it’s also the reason why it’s such an economic force and a multi-billion dollar business,” said Deitsh, “because the people who are in charge of these leagues and the people who are in charge of the networks that put on these games, they know that it’s one of few, if not the only thing, left where you can get communal experiences of that many people.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because so many different audiences are tuning in, including fans from both teams, the national networks are looking for neutrality and impartiality in their broadcasts. Hahn’s passion for the Sharks, or even simply his affiliation with the team, is seen as a liability, so the networks steer clear.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s a brutal reality for local announcers. To follow a team to the climax of the season, then be forced to turn the mic over to someone else. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s like you go to this great movie, it’s unbelievably dramatic, you’re there, and literally seven minutes before the movie’s over, an usher asks you to leave,” Deitsch said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Sharks last made the playoffs in 2019, Hahn was in the stands at the Shark Tank, watching the game with all the other fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But fans at home wished he was in the broadcast booth, not realizing that what they most loved about Hahn was precisely what disqualified him from calling the finals. They want his partiality. They prefer his bias. And they’re not shy about it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108419\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn (left) commentates with color commentator Drew Remenda during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I tend to actually turn the volume down during the playoffs,” said Trevin Cholmondeley. He wants an announcer who’s been through what he’s been through, all the ups and downs of the soap opera-infused roller coaster. “Every season’s a little microcosm of life, and not having someone like Hahn, or any team’s local announcer, on the big stage just brings the quality down for me.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last winter, after the Sharks’ stunning win over Pittsburgh, Hahn predicted the Sharks would make the playoffs, if not last season, when they just missed qualifying, then this season for sure.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Fans will be tuning in, ready for Randy Hahn to be their prophet, their guide, their buddy, through every twist and turn.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-content post-body\">\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode transcript\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Sounds of ice skating\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> The NHL season officially opened at the end of September and ice hockey fans around the country are hoping \u003cem>their\u003c/em> team will make it to the playoffs next spring. Fans are prone to believing \u003cem>their\u003c/em> players, their coaches, even their announcers are the best. For San Jose Sharks fans, that announcer is Randy Hahn. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>:\u003c/strong>The building’s come alive! Here’s Kane, Knight push, back for Burns, save, rebound!\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Fans still talk about Randy’s calls from the last time the Sharks made it to the playoffs – in 2019. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>:\u003c/strong> He’ll drop it back for Burns. Over to Couture. Scooore! They’ve done it. (Fade under earlier, starting here: They’ve come all the way back with a tie!\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Longtime Sharks fan and Bay Curious listener Mark Gavartin remembers this game really well. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> I listened to it many, many times.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> He says just talking about it now, years later, still gives him goose bumps. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> And then the Sharks won that game on overtime. And it was just like crazy. (laughs)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Mark had four-year old twins at the time. So it was really hard to make it out to any of the games. He couldn’t sit in an arena with thousands of other fans riding the same emotional roller coaster together. Instead, he watched the games on TV and he relied on Randy to transport that excitement to his living room. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> And we were so like emotional with the, you know the Sharks and the, and Randy Hahn. And we just like, you know, like we’re all like together on this. It’s like having buddies watching the game together.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> But then something strange happened. As the Sharks advanced through the playoffs then to the conference final, fans no longer heard Randy Hahn behind the mic. The national network wanted one of \u003cem>their\u003c/em> announcers to call the games instead. A guy that Mark didn’t know.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> It was like not the same listening to Randy Hahn. It was just different. It was like like they didn’t go through what we went through. And now it’s like some other guy is like, eh, you know, like, okay. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> And that made Mark wonder: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> Why doesn’t Randy Hahn call the final rounds of the playoffs? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> And that made us wonder, why do fans care so much that he doesn’t?\u003cbr>\u003cbr>I’m Olivia Allen-Price. This is Bay Curious, the show that answers listener questions about the San Francisco Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We asked KQED’s April Dembosky to introduce us to Randy Hahn and the fans who love him. Then explain why Randy disappears from the airwaves at the most critical moment in the season. Here’s April…\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> There are a lot of things about Randy Hahn that make him stand out in the world of hockey announcers. But there’s one thing in particular. He’s been calling games for the same team for 35 years, ever since San Jose first established its team in 1991. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a lot of fans, Randy’s been the voice of the Sharks for their entire lives. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin:\u003c/strong> He IS the Sharks to me. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Kenneth:\u003c/strong> Just living legend. I’ve been listening to him since I was a kid. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark:\u003c/strong> I’ve been watching since I was a kid with my dad. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin:\u003c/strong> Randy’s a part of my life since I was a baby.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy is so iconic, Pixar filmmakers asked him to do a cameo in the movie Inside Out. Riley’s dad is caught daydreaming about a hockey game when his wife is trying to talk to him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Inside Out\u003c/em>\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>clip: Sound of hockey game announcing. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Sounds of Sharks arena\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Last spring I went to see the Sharks play the Chicago Blackhawks at the SAP center, aka, the Shark tank. And every fan I talked to … \u003cem>knew\u003c/em> Randy and had something to say about why they loved him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Tristan Nickey:\u003c/strong> He’s a Sharks encyclopedia.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Tristan Nickey is from San Jose but lives in Idaho now. He watches all the Sharks games on ESPN plus where he has the choice to select Randy as his announcer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Tristan Nickey:\u003c/strong> He’s got all these stats that he’s always giving out and it makes the whole game enjoyable. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> I feel like he’s a through on through Sharks man.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Eighteen year old Mia Dimmock started watching hockey a few years ago, after she saw a clip on TikTok. She says Randy has a way of explaining things that makes the game accessible to newbies like her.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> He has a way of introducing the fans to the players more and giving them an experience where then we feel more connected to the players as a whole. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy is at every home game and every away game. He’s on the same buses and planes as the team, in the same hotels. He’s at the practice rink, in the weight room. He sees and hears a lot. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> He is the team and the team is him. He is that connection to the team that we need. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>Let’s see if the Sharks can get some mojo going here in the second period. Will Smith with the puck, drops it for Macklin… \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> I got to see Randy in action when he called the game against the Blackhawks. I sat behind him, crammed into his open-air broadcast booth in the arena. It’s at the front of section 215. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I noticed what Mia noticed: while Randy is calling the play by play of the games, he’s also telling a story. He gives each game a dramatic arc. He turns the players into characters who drive the plot. Right now, the leading man is 20-year old phenom Macklin Celebrini. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing:\u003c/strong> Macklin’s not the only child in the family. His older brother Aiden is a Vancouver Canuck and his youngest brother RJ, he’s 13 playing up in northshore winter club up in Vancouver is started to challenge some of Macklin’s records that Macklin established there when he was that age. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> When I talked to Randy outside the Shark tank, he explained that there are also certain details he holds back. The guys often play through injuries, but don’t want their opponents to know.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> There might be somebody on another team who knows that if that player has a sore left knee, I’m gonna go after that knee. It’s pro sports, it’s cutthroat. People are playing for money. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> If Randy notices a player on the bus with a bag of ice on his ankle or his hand wrapped in a bandage, he won’t say anything during a game, but he’ll shade his commentary differently; he’ll be less critical.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> He might have a goal scored against him and be unable to make a defensive play but I know, you know what? That guy’s toughing it out. And \u003cem>the fans don’t know it and he’s not saying anything about it and we aren’t either, but\u003c/em> it’s our way of putting our arm around him, if you will.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> There’s an inherent tension in this. Randy works for NBC Bay Area, the local TV station, not the Sharks. He’s first and foremost a broadcaster and he’s supposed to maintain some level of professional distance. But that boundary can get murky. Especially in light of how much time he spends with the players. Sometimes he catches himself referring to the team as “we,” as in, “we won.” Then he corrects himself: “they won.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Arena sounds\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Technically, he’s not part of the team, but Sharks fans absolutely see him that way.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> Oh my god! That was so cool. Oh my God.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> I caught up with Emma Daniels right after she visited Randy in his broadcast booth and fans line up here in between periods to meet him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> I’m such a big fan of him and he’s been so welcoming toward new fans. Oh my gosh. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> She got to take a picture with him. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> I’m shaking. That was more exciting than the players. I met Randy Hahn!\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> What Emma loves most about Randy is the feeling that he’s on her side. For her, and a bunch of fans, there was one game last season where Randy was \u003cem>so in it.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> There was that game against the Penguins, the clips of him yelling in that game are so amazing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Caleb Edwards:\u003c/strong> With every goal, the energy in his voice built \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin:\u003c/strong> The dude lost his voice halfway through, I don’t think he could believe what he was seeing on the ice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> It was December 2025. The Sharks season had started off slow with a lot of losses. They were losing the game to Pittsburgh, 5 to 1. Then halfway through the third period TWO Penguins were sent to the penalty box. The Sharks seized the moment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to the way Randy builds the tension. It’s like a crescendo in a Beethoven symphony.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing condensed:\u003c/strong> The Sharks with a power play goal, and it’s 5-2. Off the scramble, and it’s 5-3! The Sharks clawing their way back into this game. It’s 5-4! Save, rebound. They score! They score! The Sharks have tied it up! Unbelievable. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> The TV cameras pan the crowd, Penguins fans suddenly looking very tired and very nervous, biting their nails, folding their hands in prayer. The game goes into sudden death overtime. And soon enough Randy is rallying the metaphorical trumpet blasts and cymbal crashes to capture the finale on the ice.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn annoucing:\u003c/strong> They score! One of the most amazing comebacks in franchise history! Sharks win! I’m beside myself and there’s tears in my eyes, my friend. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy is doing something complex here. He’s surveying the feeling in the building and delivering it back to fans watching at home. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He later told the Sharks’ in-house podcaster Brodie Brazil that he’s creating “the theater of the moment.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> If it sounded like I was getting a little more excited with every goal, that was happening organically, yes, but it’s also part of years of doing this job. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy shouts in ecstasy in one moment then confesses to his TV audience that he’s crying.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Brodie Brazil:\u003c/strong> And you said afterwards, ‘I was a little worried, I got very emotional, I don’t know what happened.’ And that got me thinking, why did you get emotional? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> I, I don’t. I still am not sure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy wondered if he’d veered too far beyond his professional boundaries at that game…if he got \u003cem>too\u003c/em> emotional. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But after players and coaches made a point of complimenting his calls, he decided ultimately that he got it right. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> When something like that happens it is it’s emotional for all of us because we all have so much invested in the process and to me it was them saying you captured the way we felt even though we maybe couldn’t show it like a head coach can’t show that, it just wouldn’t look right, right? But inside you feel it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Coaches and players have to keep their heads in the game. They can’t lose their cool after every goal. Randy seems to understand that part of his job is to express the emotions that the other men on the team can’t. Randy does the feeling for them.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> I go into every season with the same expectation, no matter what the roster, the season from start to finish will be a roller coaster ride wrapped up in a soap opera. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> It’s the same with the fans. People who have to play it cool in the office, stay calm at home, Randy does the feeling for them, too. When Randy teared up watching the Sharks beat the Penguins, so did Tristan Nickey.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Tristan Nickey:\u003c/strong> Like I felt it, I was watching the game. And it was absolutely incredible and I felt what he was feeling. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> When Randy got excited, so did Caleb Edwards.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Caleb Edwards:\u003c/strong> Hearing his motivation and his excitement build just kind of pulsates through you as a fan. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> When Randy screamed into his mic, Trevin Cholmondeley screamed back at the TV.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin Cholmondeley:\u003c/strong> I think he understands the energy that’s in the clubhouse that we as fans don’t get to experience and I think we can live sort of through him. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> So you can see why Randy’s fans are so \u003cem>attached\u003c/em> to him. He’s an emotional conduit. An emotional medium. Funneling the euphoria and grief back and forth between players and the fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe now it makes sense why fans get so upset at the prospect of their beloved local announcer getting replaced when the team advances through the playoffs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> We’ve got to take a quick break, but when we come back we’ll find out why that happens. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Sponsor messages\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Okay, so it’s clear that Sharks fans love Randy Hahn. But if the team makes it into the later rounds of the playoffs this season, we won’t be hearing him on air anymore. April Dembosky explains why… \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Sociologists say that sports are like religion. Arenas, like churches. Fans are a kind of congregation worshipping the players and coaches and TV announcers like idols. So when the playoffs come and the TV announcer gets deposed, it can feel like blasphemy.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Caleb Edwards:\u003c/strong> It will suck. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy C:\u003c/strong> That’s what’s a bummer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin Cholmondeley:\u003c/strong> That’s a disappointment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> I wish it was a local announcer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> I think we should petition to get Randy on that board. We need him calling the games.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> So why do local announcers get sidelined right when their team hits the peak of success? Randy Hahn has been around long enough to see how this evolved.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> Way back in the early days of the Sharks, in 1994 when they first made the playoffs, local television was allowed to do every playoff game through four rounds. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> But as national networks like ESPN and Fox got into the business of airing the finals, they didn’t want to share the stage with the local stations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> As network television contracts were negotiated and high rights fees were paid by those networks, they started to claw back and said we want exclusivity of the Stanley Cup finals. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> But it didn’t stop there. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> Then when the next contract rolled around, we want exclusivity of the final two rounds and then eventually the final three rounds, which is where we sit now. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> The NHL signed its latest national TV contract in 2021 – a seven year-deal with ESPN and TNT for $600 million.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Deitsch has been a sports reporter and editor for two decades, at Sports Illustrated, The Athletic, and now CBC radio in Canada. 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And it’s also the reason why it’s such an economic force and a multi-billion dollar business, is because the people who are in charge of these leagues and the people who are in charge of the networks that put on these games, they know that it’s one of few, if not only things left where you can get communal experiences of that many people.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Deitsch says, on a national broadcast, Randy Hahn’s passion for the Sharks could be a liability, so the networks steer clear.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> They want to at least come off as impartial as possible. 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Like, to hear his voice saying that? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> But even if the Sharks do win the title, that won’t happen. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> That was KQED health correspondent April Dembosky.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Big thanks to Mark Gavartin for submitting this week’s question, and to the many KQED members whose support make our reporting possible. Are you a KQED member? Become one today at \u003ca href=\"http://donate.kqed.org/podcasts\">donate.kqed.org/podcasts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bay Curious is made in SF at member-supported KQED. Our show is produced by\u003cbr>Katrina Schwarts, Christopher Beale, Anna Casalme, and me, Olivia Allen Price. 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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107117/california-democrats-flip-multiple-house-seats-adding-to-nationwide-blue-wave\">Democrats swept\u003c/a> in several races across the nation in Tuesday’s midterm election, flipping control of Congress and multiple states, the already blue state of California simply got a few shades darker.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The party is poised to pick up five new House seats redrawn under last year’s mid-decade redistricting measure, Proposition 50, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12106022/california-democrats-rally-to-deliver-on-proposition-50-was-it-really-needed\">designed to favor Democrats\u003c/a>. The Democratic supermajorities in both the state Assembly and Senate are projected to grow as well.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The blue wave that started in California with Prop. 50 is sweeping the nation. Democrats flipped Congress and I’m honored to lead what will be the largest Democratic State Assembly caucus in modern history,” Democratic Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many in the party see Tuesday’s overwhelming wave of Democratic wins as a referendum on Trump administration policies that have cost the state. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-10-BL-KQED-56f2a152.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12106171\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-10-BL-KQED-56f2a152.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-10-BL-KQED-56f2a152-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-10-BL-KQED-56f2a152-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A crowd listens to speakers during a rally with California Democratic Party members, labor leaders, and advocates in San Francisco on Oct. 23, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as the newly elected majority heads to Washington, now could be an opportunity for California Democrats and state officials to refocus on the main issues facing their constituents after playing defense for the past two years. It will also make it easier for the state to work with Washington.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Tuesday night was a Democratic tidal wave across the nation, but California was already at high tide,” said Dan Schnur, professor of political communication at UC Berkeley and the University of Southern California. “When you think about the way our state government interacts with Washington, being Democratic allies in charge of Congress, rather than Republican opponents, is going to make a world of difference.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state has largely served as a progressive bulwark against the Trump administration – California has sued the federal government over 100 times since President Donald Trump took office for the second time, in an effort to protect federal funding for healthcare, environmental programs and food assistance.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>I’m not going to sugarcoat it. These past two years have been tough. Higher prices, more wars, corruption, and lawlessness. But we hung in there, fought back,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107022/xavier-becerra-wins-california-governors-race\">Democratic Gov.-elect Xavier Becerra\u003c/a> said to a room full of supporters on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s likely California will continue to play a key role in pushing back against the Trump administration as the House transitions to Democratic control. Several members of California’s Democratic congressional delegation will take charge over key committees positioned to investigate the president’s administration.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Having allies on Capitol Hill could make it much easier for California to get the kind of hearing that they want when they’re bringing policy concerns to Washington,” Schnur added.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Robert Garcia of Los Angeles will chair the House Committee on Oversight and Government, Rep. Jared Huffman of San Rafael will lead the House Natural Resources Committee, and Rep. Maxine Waters of Los Angeles will head the House Committee on Financial Services. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committees could hold oversight hearings and investigate potential corruption within the executive branch, Trump’s efforts to alter historical landmarks and monuments, and the Trump family’s record cryptocurrency profits since the president returned to office.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We’ve had to really walk and chew gum at the same time,” said Democratic Assemblymember Buffy Wicks of Berkeley. “I think what we will see now is because now Democrats control the House and the Senate in D.C., we have strong, very strong congressional leadership across the country who is going to do the heavy lifting of fighting the Trump administration.\u003cem>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1338\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/GETTYIMAGES-2302983680-KQED-d9b9f419.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108062\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/GETTYIMAGES-2302983680-KQED-d9b9f419.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/GETTYIMAGES-2302983680-KQED-d9b9f419-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/GETTYIMAGES-2302983680-KQED-d9b9f419-1536x1028.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">California Governor Elect Xavier Becerra shakes hands after addressing supporters and the press as results come in on election night at Drake’s: The Barn in Sacramento on November 3, 2026. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wicks says this means she and her colleagues in the state Legislature can refocus on key \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12106883/californians-pass-homeownership-bond-affordable-housing-funding-leads-in-early-returns\">affordability solutions\u003c/a> for California, especially fast-tracking the development of affordable housing — a priority she hopes the state’s incoming governor will share.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Becerra has offered few details in the way of specific policies he’ll pursue, having run a relatively quiet campaign since his triumph in the June primary. The first window into his plans for California will be the release of his January budget proposal.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“There will be some clear messages, and that’s because Xavier Becerra and his team want to come out of their administration in the first 100 days with three or four big ideas, three or four key things that they want to move forward,” said David McCuan, professor of political science at Sonoma State University.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One key priority could be healthcare. Becerra has signaled he wants to protect \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031544/providing-health-care-for-immigrants-is-costing-california-more-than-expected-is-coverage-at-risk\">Medi-Cal coverage for immigrants without legal status\u003c/a>, a policy that Gov. 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The Democratic supermajorities in both the state Assembly and Senate are projected to grow as well.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The blue wave that started in California with Prop. 50 is sweeping the nation. Democrats flipped Congress and I’m honored to lead what will be the largest Democratic State Assembly caucus in modern history,” Democratic Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many in the party see Tuesday’s overwhelming wave of Democratic wins as a referendum on Trump administration policies that have cost the state. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-10-BL-KQED-56f2a152.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12106171\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-10-BL-KQED-56f2a152.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-10-BL-KQED-56f2a152-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-10-BL-KQED-56f2a152-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A crowd listens to speakers during a rally with California Democratic Party members, labor leaders, and advocates in San Francisco on Oct. 23, 2026. 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These past two years have been tough. Higher prices, more wars, corruption, and lawlessness. But we hung in there, fought back,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107022/xavier-becerra-wins-california-governors-race\">Democratic Gov.-elect Xavier Becerra\u003c/a> said to a room full of supporters on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s likely California will continue to play a key role in pushing back against the Trump administration as the House transitions to Democratic control. Several members of California’s Democratic congressional delegation will take charge over key committees positioned to investigate the president’s administration.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Having allies on Capitol Hill could make it much easier for California to get the kind of hearing that they want when they’re bringing policy concerns to Washington,” Schnur added.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. 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(Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The educators union’s slate of endorsed candidates — Virginia Cheung, Ryan Hazelton and Reina Tello — trailed behind the three front-runners, in that order. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim prevailed despite recent discontent from some of his backers after he voted for Superintendent Maria Su’s recommended plan to replace the district’s lottery for elementary school assignments. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parents had overwhelmingly pushed for an enrollment system that would give families more choice to enroll in district-wide schools, but Kim voted with the board majority to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104230/sfusd-moves-closer-to-neighborhood-based-enrollment-in-historic-vote\">pass Su’s alternative proposal\u003c/a> that will place students in a neighborhood school, with the option to apply to a small number of other campuses with special city-wide programs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement on Tuesday night, Kim said he was focused on the “next chapter” for SFUSD, acknowledging the district’s struggles with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12095382/as-sfusd-welcomes-back-students-officials-plan-to-revamp-enrollment-consider-closures\">declining enrollment and limited resources\u003c/a>: “That means making difficult decisions about school consolidation and ensuring our schools are fully enrolled, adequately funded and positioned to thrive,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While about 13,000 votes separated Brown Garibay from Cheung, who sits in fourth place, United Educators of San Francisco president Cassondra Curiel said Wednesday that the union was “still holding out hope for some of our non-billionaire-backed candidates” to earn seats on the board, echoing the union’s campaign messaging against the GrowSF-backed slate.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the current standings hold, the result would deal a blow to the union’s long-standing dominance over the school board’s elections. Since 2016, just two UESF-endorsed candidates have lost their races — one in 2018 and one in 2024. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tung, who sits in second place, told KQED he was “feeling really good” shortly after polls closed Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Throughout this entire journey on the campaign trail, the people I’ve talked to have really appreciated my views, and it’s been really enlightening being able to understand from the community what’s important to them,” he said. “I’m looking forward to hopefully being elected and then also being able to move the district forward in a responsible way.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12036911\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The San Francisco Unified School District Administrative Offices in San Francisco on April 18, 2025. 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