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On Tuesday, the nonprofit announced they’d secured a lease with renewal options of up to 12 years from Lakeside Investment Company, which purchased the Redstone Building, formerly known as the San Francisco Labor Temple, in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After years of uncertainty and precarity, The Lab is doubling down, literally — expanding its footprint by about 70%, from around 3,700 square feet to nearly 6,400 square feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking on this additional space, which includes the full extent of the 1914 building’s original ballroom, complete with ornate molding and a three-story-high ceiling, helped bring the lease negotiation to a close, says Andrew Smith, The Lab’s newly appointed executive director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"White man with glasses in layered shirt and jacket sits behind desk with rows of chairs set up in large room\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937813\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Smith, The Lab’s executive director, in the nonprofit’s existing space. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It turned out to be a pretty substantial negotiating point with the landlords,” he says. The new lease raises The Lab’s rent from under $1 a square foot to $1.92 a square foot over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a dream of The Lab for the last decade to officially take over this square footage,” Smith says. “They were willing to cut us a deal on rent — it’s obviously still a very expensive increase for us, but a lot cheaper than it could have been.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A new chapter\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Founded in 1984 as a site for interdisciplinary artistic production, The Lab moved into the Redstone Building in 1995. Its reputation for genre-defying and sometimes challenging (yet exciting) programming persists. Upcoming events include \u003ca href=\"https://www.thelab.org/projects/2023/11/9/mills-after-mills-three-days-of-crazy-love\">Mills After Mills\u003c/a>, a three-day festival featuring composers associated with the college’s now-defunct music department. On Nov. 17, the space will play host to a far quieter gathering: \u003ca href=\"https://www.thelab.org/projects/2023/11/17/about-ed-by-robert-glck-a-celebration\">a book release\u003c/a> from Small Press Traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking on the added square footage and rent expenses represents a new chapter for the organization, which was in a very different financial state just a decade ago. (In 2014, The Lab owed $150,000 in back rent and taxes.) But over the past nine years, under the leadership of Smith’s predecessor, Dena Beard, The Lab became solvent without losing its punk ethos, launching a generous commissioning program that provides artists with $25,000–$100,000 and 10 weeks of time and space with “the option to revise every aspect of The Lab’s operations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937820\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Plastered and cracking ornate molding as it meets the ceiling\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937820\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the crown molding running along the ceiling in the Labor Temple’s ballroom. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With the new space comes opportunities for larger-capacity shows and more ticket sales, but the existence of the lease itself may also open doors to additional funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I started at The Lab at the beginning of July,” Smith says, “I started reaching out to a number of past funders, and the question I received was ‘What’s up with the lease?’ Board members had the same question.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With full use of the combined spaces, Smith envisions returning to the Labor Temple’s original floor plan, reserving what was once the assembly hall for smaller gatherings and exhibitions, and using the ballroom as The Lab’s performance and event space. Smith wants to return the ballroom to its original (humble) splendor — once two layers of drop ceilings, defunct HVAC systems and flooring tiles are removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Linoleum floored and drop ceiling open space with semi-dismantled cubicles and a ladder in center\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937816\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Labor Temple’s ballroom, now leased by The Lab, was an office and storage room for decades. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937815\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Dark space with padded tubing and tops of windows visible\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937815\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view between the two drop ceilings in the ballroom. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Looking at the remnants of dingy cubicles, it’s hard to imagine the ballroom as it once was: filled, for example, with partygoers for the 1917 Union Printers’ Mutual Aid Society ball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the San Francisco Labor Temple opened in 1915, it was home to union offices, medical services and entertainment spaces, and hosted about 30 meetings each week for various organizations. It was a key site during several important moments in Bay Area labor history, including the San Francisco general strike of 1934. Murals organized in 1997 by the \u003ca href=\"https://clarionalleymuralproject.org/off-site-projects/labor-temple-project/\">Clarion Alley Mural Project\u003c/a> adorn the building’s main entrance and lobby, commemorating its years of union activity. The \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanninggis.org/docs/landmarks_and_districts/LM238.pdf\">building was landmarked\u003c/a> for its association with historic events in 2003.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Smith, the ballroom hasn’t been used for its original purpose since 1968, when the Labor Temple Hall Association, facing foreclosure, sold the building, eventually transforming it from a union hall into something more like a community center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937821\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Block of text explaining history of building use and mural subject matter outlined by fresh white paint\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937821\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As crews upgrade office spaces and paint walls, they have left the murals lining the entrance and lobby of the Redstone Building intact. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Mural of theater workers and performers lining a short staircase\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937822\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Noble’s mural outside the former Theatre Rhinoceros. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Current and future tenants\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“There’s been a continuity of it being a hub for social and economic justice organizing continuing even after the San Francisco Labor Council,” points out Karl Kramer, whose\u003ca href=\"https://www.livingwage-sf.org/\"> San Francisco Living Wage Coalition\u003c/a> occupies an office on the third floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kramer is also a member of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.asej.net/\">Alliance for Social and Economic Justice\u003c/a>, which is \u003ca href=\"https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-to-save-the-redstone-labor-temple-as-a-community-center-peticion-para-salvar-el-templo-laboral-de-redstone-como-centro-comunitario\">actively trying to preserve the former Theatre Rhinoceros\u003c/a> on the building’s first floor. “Our hope is to have event space in the building for our member organizations to have cultural performances of music and poetry,” he says, “but also to have it accessible to other community organizations, to help new emerging organizations get started.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There used to be three theaters in the building, Kramer notes, but two have been stripped bare during ongoing renovations, and now only the Theatre Rhinoceros space remains. Currently, it sits dark, stage lights in a pile, construction materials and paint buckets lining its entrance hallway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937817\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Spotlight on stage and red theater seats in otherwise dark room, construction materials scattered around\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937817\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The former home of Theatre Rhinoceros, America’s longest-running queer theater. The theater moved out of the Redstone Building in 2009. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kramer says they haven’t been able to get an answer from the landlords about their plans for the theater, pointing out that if they intend to convert the building over to tech offices, retaining the theater as a community-focused event space could be a selling point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Particularly among a younger generation of people who are in startups, they’re more finely tuned to authenticity,” Kramer says. “They don’t want to be in a building that was cleared of organizations serving low income and immigrant workers. They would want to see themselves as being a part of strengthening the community, not displacing its members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amidst disruptive building upgrades and unresponsive landlords, news of The Lab’s lease is heartening. “It’s a very good sign,” Kramer says. ”And we are just asking for the same thing that The Lab was able to accomplish.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lab can now begin to look forward from the vantage point of firm footing. “So many things have been on hold and now I can really charge forward on this stuff,” Smith says. “It’s such a relief.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For the first time in decades, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thelab.org/\">The Lab\u003c/a>, San Francisco’s 39-year-old experimental arts space, will have more than a year-long lease. On Tuesday, the nonprofit announced they’d secured a lease with renewal options of up to 12 years from Lakeside Investment Company, which purchased the Redstone Building, formerly known as the San Francisco Labor Temple, in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After years of uncertainty and precarity, The Lab is doubling down, literally — expanding its footprint by about 70%, from around 3,700 square feet to nearly 6,400 square feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking on this additional space, which includes the full extent of the 1914 building’s original ballroom, complete with ornate molding and a three-story-high ceiling, helped bring the lease negotiation to a close, says Andrew Smith, The Lab’s newly appointed executive director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"White man with glasses in layered shirt and jacket sits behind desk with rows of chairs set up in large room\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937813\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-25-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Smith, The Lab’s executive director, in the nonprofit’s existing space. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It turned out to be a pretty substantial negotiating point with the landlords,” he says. The new lease raises The Lab’s rent from under $1 a square foot to $1.92 a square foot over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a dream of The Lab for the last decade to officially take over this square footage,” Smith says. “They were willing to cut us a deal on rent — it’s obviously still a very expensive increase for us, but a lot cheaper than it could have been.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A new chapter\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Founded in 1984 as a site for interdisciplinary artistic production, The Lab moved into the Redstone Building in 1995. Its reputation for genre-defying and sometimes challenging (yet exciting) programming persists. Upcoming events include \u003ca href=\"https://www.thelab.org/projects/2023/11/9/mills-after-mills-three-days-of-crazy-love\">Mills After Mills\u003c/a>, a three-day festival featuring composers associated with the college’s now-defunct music department. On Nov. 17, the space will play host to a far quieter gathering: \u003ca href=\"https://www.thelab.org/projects/2023/11/17/about-ed-by-robert-glck-a-celebration\">a book release\u003c/a> from Small Press Traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking on the added square footage and rent expenses represents a new chapter for the organization, which was in a very different financial state just a decade ago. (In 2014, The Lab owed $150,000 in back rent and taxes.) But over the past nine years, under the leadership of Smith’s predecessor, Dena Beard, The Lab became solvent without losing its punk ethos, launching a generous commissioning program that provides artists with $25,000–$100,000 and 10 weeks of time and space with “the option to revise every aspect of The Lab’s operations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937820\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Plastered and cracking ornate molding as it meets the ceiling\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937820\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-13-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the crown molding running along the ceiling in the Labor Temple’s ballroom. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With the new space comes opportunities for larger-capacity shows and more ticket sales, but the existence of the lease itself may also open doors to additional funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I started at The Lab at the beginning of July,” Smith says, “I started reaching out to a number of past funders, and the question I received was ‘What’s up with the lease?’ Board members had the same question.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With full use of the combined spaces, Smith envisions returning to the Labor Temple’s original floor plan, reserving what was once the assembly hall for smaller gatherings and exhibitions, and using the ballroom as The Lab’s performance and event space. Smith wants to return the ballroom to its original (humble) splendor — once two layers of drop ceilings, defunct HVAC systems and flooring tiles are removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Linoleum floored and drop ceiling open space with semi-dismantled cubicles and a ladder in center\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937816\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-16-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Labor Temple’s ballroom, now leased by The Lab, was an office and storage room for decades. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937815\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Dark space with padded tubing and tops of windows visible\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937815\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-05-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view between the two drop ceilings in the ballroom. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Looking at the remnants of dingy cubicles, it’s hard to imagine the ballroom as it once was: filled, for example, with partygoers for the 1917 Union Printers’ Mutual Aid Society ball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the San Francisco Labor Temple opened in 1915, it was home to union offices, medical services and entertainment spaces, and hosted about 30 meetings each week for various organizations. It was a key site during several important moments in Bay Area labor history, including the San Francisco general strike of 1934. Murals organized in 1997 by the \u003ca href=\"https://clarionalleymuralproject.org/off-site-projects/labor-temple-project/\">Clarion Alley Mural Project\u003c/a> adorn the building’s main entrance and lobby, commemorating its years of union activity. The \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanninggis.org/docs/landmarks_and_districts/LM238.pdf\">building was landmarked\u003c/a> for its association with historic events in 2003.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Smith, the ballroom hasn’t been used for its original purpose since 1968, when the Labor Temple Hall Association, facing foreclosure, sold the building, eventually transforming it from a union hall into something more like a community center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937821\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Block of text explaining history of building use and mural subject matter outlined by fresh white paint\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937821\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-30-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As crews upgrade office spaces and paint walls, they have left the murals lining the entrance and lobby of the Redstone Building intact. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Mural of theater workers and performers lining a short staircase\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937822\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-34-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Noble’s mural outside the former Theatre Rhinoceros. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Current and future tenants\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“There’s been a continuity of it being a hub for social and economic justice organizing continuing even after the San Francisco Labor Council,” points out Karl Kramer, whose\u003ca href=\"https://www.livingwage-sf.org/\"> San Francisco Living Wage Coalition\u003c/a> occupies an office on the third floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kramer is also a member of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.asej.net/\">Alliance for Social and Economic Justice\u003c/a>, which is \u003ca href=\"https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-to-save-the-redstone-labor-temple-as-a-community-center-peticion-para-salvar-el-templo-laboral-de-redstone-como-centro-comunitario\">actively trying to preserve the former Theatre Rhinoceros\u003c/a> on the building’s first floor. “Our hope is to have event space in the building for our member organizations to have cultural performances of music and poetry,” he says, “but also to have it accessible to other community organizations, to help new emerging organizations get started.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There used to be three theaters in the building, Kramer notes, but two have been stripped bare during ongoing renovations, and now only the Theatre Rhinoceros space remains. Currently, it sits dark, stage lights in a pile, construction materials and paint buckets lining its entrance hallway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937817\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Spotlight on stage and red theater seats in otherwise dark room, construction materials scattered around\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937817\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231108-TheLab-33-BL_2000-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The former home of Theatre Rhinoceros, America’s longest-running queer theater. The theater moved out of the Redstone Building in 2009. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kramer says they haven’t been able to get an answer from the landlords about their plans for the theater, pointing out that if they intend to convert the building over to tech offices, retaining the theater as a community-focused event space could be a selling point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Particularly among a younger generation of people who are in startups, they’re more finely tuned to authenticity,” Kramer says. “They don’t want to be in a building that was cleared of organizations serving low income and immigrant workers. They would want to see themselves as being a part of strengthening the community, not displacing its members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amidst disruptive building upgrades and unresponsive landlords, news of The Lab’s lease is heartening. “It’s a very good sign,” Kramer says. ”And we are just asking for the same thing that The Lab was able to accomplish.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Friendsgiving is Thanksgiving’s chicer, less problematic cousin that guarantees you’ll only see people you actually want to see and eat food you actually want to eat. It’s a chill picnic at Lake Merritt with plenty of knit layers, a full sit-down at your apartment or a cramped cocktail party with half your guests sitting on your bed — it’s adaptable to whatever you’ve got going on. No formal invite needed: an “I’d love to have you over for a lil’ Friendsgiving on X date” text will make anyone feel loved and frankly elated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are six guideposts to throwing a lovely, vibey Friendsgiving anywhere, be it a dank college dorm room or an overgrown backyard.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>1. A turkeyless Friendsgiving is more than fine.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A roast duck from Yung Kee in Oakland Chinatown bought a day in advance makes a beautiful substitute — it’s more unctuous than turkey, it’s basically no work on your part and it reheats spectacularly in an oven or microwave. Bonus points if you serve it with the head and beak still on because that’s very cool of you. Any celebratory protein works here, though: a poke bowl station with spicy tuna from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tokyofishmarket/?hl=en\">Tokyo Fish Market\u003c/a>, a wokful of eggplant adobo with tofu, a platter of nachos with carnitas you bought that morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937703\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person serves themselves duck at a picnic table set with a table cloth and a meal.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roast duck from your favorite Chinatown barbecue shop makes for an excellent turkey alternative. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>2. Don’t overthink the guest list. \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You’re delightful, and your friends are delightful. Don’t stress about who has what in common with who. They’re adults, and they’ll figure it out. Also, there’s no such thing as too small. If you roll with four people and one of them is your cat, do your thing!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>3. Punch bowls are very glam.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some gin, seltzer, ice and honey in that cute bowl you thrifted and never use is easy and communal. You can dress it up with some sliced citrus or punchy herbs, but no absolute need. Some heated apple cider from the store — or \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rainbow_orchards_ca/?hl=en\">Rainbow Orchards\u003c/a>’ farmers market stand — with additional warming spices from your pantry is also perfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937709\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful outdoor table setting with a black-and-white checkered tablecloth, candles and fresh flowers — plus a fruit galette and big platter of salad.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dinner table prepared by Olivia Cruz Mayeda for a Friendsgiving dinner she is hosting at Lake Temescal in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>4. A lil’ ambience goes a very long way. \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even that half-burned candle in your bathroom and a handful of pretty plant stems from a walk around your neighborhood will make any table setting feel vibier. Lay some sprigs on the table for added organic dimension. If you have the budget, you can pick up some hand-dipped, flower-pressed (and not-already-in-your-bathroom) beeswax candles from Oakland artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/seraphimfairy/\">Seraphina Perkins\u003c/a> or a gorgeous paper lantern from \u003ca href=\"http://www.murasaki-oakland.com/Products/Lamps/lighting.html\">Murasaki\u003c/a> in Oakland. And a tablecloth — a vintage one from Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"https://lacismuseum.org/\">Lacis Museum\u003c/a> or even just a bed sheet — will do some heavy lifting with minimal effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937704\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person serves themselves brownish orange-colored ice cream at a picnic table set with a tablecloth and a meal.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sweet ending for a Friendsgiving feast: homemade Thai tea ice cream. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>5. Make the dessert you feel excited about.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13937055,arts_13923127']\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b>I’m swinging for homemade Thai tea ice cream this year, which is pretty rad and does adhere to the fall color theme. There won’t be any fussy uncles badgering you for not making a pumpkin pie, so dream big, and dream outside the Western canon: conchas from Casa Latina in Berkeley, knafeh from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reemscalifornia/?hl=en\">Reem’s\u003c/a>, a tub of ube-macapuno ice cream from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mitchellsicecreamsanfran/?hl=en\">Mitchell’s\u003c/a>. Something classic from the grocery store is fine too, but at the very least grab a small carton of heavy cream while you’re there. All you need is a whisk and a bowl to zhuzh up your Costco apple pie with ample dollops of hand-whipped cream. Enlisting the arm strength of your friends will make everyone feel helpful and involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>6. Finally, delegate — and let your friends lean into their strengths.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You know which of your friends you can count on to bring a gorgeous little roast veggie dish and which ones are too busy to call you back, much less bring the salad. Some people only have the capacity to bring themselves, and that’s cool too — we need someone to wash the dishes in our dishwasher-less kitchen anyway. Assigning aux to a friend is a nice way of saying, “I trust you with my life and the life of this party.” If you’re lucky, that will mean someone who’s made a playlist before the party even starts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937698\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937698\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A dog pops up from beneath a picnic table laid with a tablecloth.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A very happy Friendsgiving for Romeo the dog. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Friendsgiving is Thanksgiving’s chicer, less problematic cousin that guarantees you’ll only see people you actually want to see and eat food you actually want to eat. It’s a chill picnic at Lake Merritt with plenty of knit layers, a full sit-down at your apartment or a cramped cocktail party with half your guests sitting on your bed — it’s adaptable to whatever you’ve got going on. No formal invite needed: an “I’d love to have you over for a lil’ Friendsgiving on X date” text will make anyone feel loved and frankly elated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are six guideposts to throwing a lovely, vibey Friendsgiving anywhere, be it a dank college dorm room or an overgrown backyard.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>1. A turkeyless Friendsgiving is more than fine.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A roast duck from Yung Kee in Oakland Chinatown bought a day in advance makes a beautiful substitute — it’s more unctuous than turkey, it’s basically no work on your part and it reheats spectacularly in an oven or microwave. Bonus points if you serve it with the head and beak still on because that’s very cool of you. Any celebratory protein works here, though: a poke bowl station with spicy tuna from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tokyofishmarket/?hl=en\">Tokyo Fish Market\u003c/a>, a wokful of eggplant adobo with tofu, a platter of nachos with carnitas you bought that morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937703\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person serves themselves duck at a picnic table set with a table cloth and a meal.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roast duck from your favorite Chinatown barbecue shop makes for an excellent turkey alternative. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>2. Don’t overthink the guest list. \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You’re delightful, and your friends are delightful. Don’t stress about who has what in common with who. They’re adults, and they’ll figure it out. Also, there’s no such thing as too small. If you roll with four people and one of them is your cat, do your thing!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>3. Punch bowls are very glam.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some gin, seltzer, ice and honey in that cute bowl you thrifted and never use is easy and communal. You can dress it up with some sliced citrus or punchy herbs, but no absolute need. Some heated apple cider from the store — or \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rainbow_orchards_ca/?hl=en\">Rainbow Orchards\u003c/a>’ farmers market stand — with additional warming spices from your pantry is also perfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937709\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful outdoor table setting with a black-and-white checkered tablecloth, candles and fresh flowers — plus a fruit galette and big platter of salad.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dinner table prepared by Olivia Cruz Mayeda for a Friendsgiving dinner she is hosting at Lake Temescal in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>4. A lil’ ambience goes a very long way. \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even that half-burned candle in your bathroom and a handful of pretty plant stems from a walk around your neighborhood will make any table setting feel vibier. Lay some sprigs on the table for added organic dimension. If you have the budget, you can pick up some hand-dipped, flower-pressed (and not-already-in-your-bathroom) beeswax candles from Oakland artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/seraphimfairy/\">Seraphina Perkins\u003c/a> or a gorgeous paper lantern from \u003ca href=\"http://www.murasaki-oakland.com/Products/Lamps/lighting.html\">Murasaki\u003c/a> in Oakland. 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"content": "\u003cp>The City of Oakland has officially honored \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/tupac-shakur\">Tupac Shakur\u003c/a>, one of the most paramount figures in hip-hop history, with his own street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a star-studded ceremony on Friday, Nov. 3, “Tupac Shakur Way” was unveiled near Lake Merritt along a portion of MacArthur Boulevard, where the superstar lived in the early 1990s, in front of enthusiastic family members, former collaborators and fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attendees of the event included Bay Area icons like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/e-40\">E-40\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/mc-hammer\">MC Hammer\u003c/a>, Spice 1, Money B, Richie Rich, B-Legit, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/davey-d\">Davey D\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/sway-calloway\">Sway Calloway\u003c/a>. Shakur’s siblings Mopreme and Sekyiwa, his earliest manager Atron Gregory, and various community representatives were also present, including members of the Black Panther Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937626\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sekyiwa Shakur, joined by Ray Luv, E-40, Money B, MC Hammer, Sway Calloway, Fred Hampton Jr. and others, speaks onstage during a ceremony honoring her brother Tupac Shakur in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As Shakur’s music played from large speakers to a head-nodding audience, numerous icons who knew him closely spoke about his influence and time in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Money B, who recorded and performed alongside Shakur in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/digital-underground\">Digital Underground\u003c/a>, said that Shakur’s apartment on MacArthur was “the first set of keys Tupac ever had to anything. Him and Big D created most of the music for \u003cem>2Pacalypse Now\u003c/em> right there. It was like a [music] factory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calloway, host of Sway’s Universe, told the crowd that “Tupac confirmed to me what my role would be in the culture. We started spreading what we do in the Bay Area to the rest of the world. He stood ten toes down for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13922616']Some spoke of Shakur’s fun-loving nature. E-40 recalled the origin of one of his many nicknames when Shakur “told me he was Makaveli. And I’m like, ‘Well, I’m Fonzarelli.” Richie Rich said that when Shakur called the house, his mom mistakenly thought his name was “tube socks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a recurring theme was Shakur’s importance not only to Oakland but to hip-hop culture at large. Oakland councilmember \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/2023/press-release-the-renaming-of-tupac-shakur-way\">Carroll Fife\u003c/a> said, “This is to preserve what Tupac was trying to tell us. Pouring into solutions. What he stood for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937618\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-03-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-03-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-03-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-03-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-03-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-03-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-03-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left) Sekyiwa Shakur, Mopreme Shakur and Mutulu Shakur, members of Tupac Shakur’s family, attend a street renaming ceremony for ‘Tupac Shakur Way’ in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The street naming was largely spearheaded by Shakur’s sister Sekyiwa, councilmember Fife, hip-hop historian \u003ca href=\"https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/nyer-of-the-week/2023/08/05/new-yorker-of-the-week--leroy-mccarthy--hip-hop-historian\">Leroy McCarthy\u003c/a> and one of Shakur’s closest friends, rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/therealrayluv/\">Ray Luv\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are streets in this country named after slave owners. Those aren’t people you should be naming streets after,” said Ray Luv, a member of \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop/timeline#tupac-moves-to-santa-rosa-attends-the-poetry-circle-and-forms-strictly-dope\">Shakur’s early group Strictly Dope\u003c/a>, in a phone interview before the event. “With this street naming, I just wanted to make sure my friend is represented properly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13927810']Friday’s renaming follows a succession of beloved hip-hop legends being honored in recent years — from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936776/e-40-gets-the-key-to-the-city-of-vallejo-and-a-street-named-in-his-honor\">E-40 in Vallejo\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13922616/too-short-way-street-sign-unveiled-oakland\">Too $hort in East Oakland\u003c/a> to the Notorious B.I.G in Brooklyn and the Wu-Tang Clan in Staten Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his 25 years, Shakur lived in numerous cities, including New York City (where he was born), Baltimore, Marin City, Santa Rosa, Richmond and Los Angeles. But it’s in Oakland where, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPASfhfK8jM\">a candid interview\u003c/a>, the rapper said he learned “game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw [the game] living in Oakland, I saw it thriving in Oakland,” Shakur said. “That was in no other city I lived in. So I give all my love to Oakland. If I’ma claim somewhere, I’ma claim Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937620\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937620\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-14-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-14-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-14-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-14-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-14-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-14-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-14-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MC Hammer speaks during a street renaming ceremony for Tupac Shakur Way in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Oakland’s Influence on Tupac\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to Ray Luv, Oakland had a huge influence on Shakur’s artistic development and political mindset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The birth of hip-hop [for us] was based right here in Oakland, around Digital Underground,” he said. “Oakland was the perfect place. It was culturally diverse, but also musically rich. Trying to find a sound and build a brand, it was the best place we could’ve hoped to launch from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even as teenagers living together in the North Bay, the two would often record at a studio on 45th Street in North Oakland, and spend nights with Ray Luv’s uncle, who lived on 66th Avenue in East Oakland. Soon after, Shakur would move into his own apartment on MacArthur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937617\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-02-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-02-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-02-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-02-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-02-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-02-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-02-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ray Luv (center left) and Money B sit on stage near a sign unveiling for ‘Tupac Shakur Way’ in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By that time, the city was an established hub for artistry and activism. Within Oakland rap circles, Ray Luv credits Too $hort, Richie Rich, MC Hammer, Shock G, Money B, Chopmaster J and DJ Fuze as those who identified potential in Strictly Dope, and provided the group with encouragement and support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13927349']Oakland is also where Shakur’s sister Sekyiwa would eventually donate her time and resources to Roses in Concrete, a school named after a Tupac poem. And it’s in Oakland where the lasting influence of the Black Panther Party — of which Shakur’s mother, Afeni, was a member — permeated the community and infused Shakur’s spirit and lyrics. (Fred Hampton Jr., son of assassinated Black Panther deputy chairman Fred Hampton, attended Friday’s ceremony.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shakur often sprinkled local references throughout his songs and videos, including “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13927810/brendas-got-a-baby-tupac-shakur-ethel-love\">Brenda’s Got a Baby\u003c/a>,” which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13927810/brendas-got-a-baby-tupac-shakur-ethel-love\">filmed in a downtown Oakland alley\u003c/a>. In the 1993 film \u003cem>Poetic Justice\u003c/em>, costarring Janet Jackson, Shakur plays a disillusioned postal worker who aspires to become a musician. In the semi-autobiographical narrative, he ditches a rote life elsewhere in order to pursue his creative dreams in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937619\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937619\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-11-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-11-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-11-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-11-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-11-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-11-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-11-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">E-40 speaks during a street renaming ceremony for Tupac Shakur Way in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Evolution of Tupac’s Legacy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the past year, Shakur’s legacy has been repeatedly revisited. The Emmy-nominated Hulu series \u003cem>Dear Mama\u003c/em> chronicled Shakur’s relationship with his mother, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/23762/you-cant-kill-the-revolution-davey-d-on-tupacs-mother-afeni-shakur\">Afeni Shakur\u003c/a>, and multiple events commemorating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, including \u003ca href=\"https://thegrio.com/2023/09/15/rep-kamlager-dove-celebrates-50-years-of-hip-hop-on-anniversary-of-tupac-shakurs-death/\">congressional recognition\u003c/a>, have elevated Shakur’s importance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_11696060']This year’s most seismic development, however, is the Sep. 29 arrest of Duane Keith Davis, the lead suspect accused in Shakur’s 1996 murder. On Nov. 2, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/02/us/tupac-murder-suspect-duane-davis-court-appearance/index.html\">Davis pleaded not guilty in a Las Vegas courtroom\u003c/a>, and at the time of this writing, the outcome is yet to be determined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooting is one of modern music’s biggest unsolved cases, further adding to the complexity of Shakur’s life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tupac’s mother and family definitely want justice on his behalf. I want justice on his behalf,” Ray Luv said. “I hope they get the culprits and give us the story.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937624\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-25-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-25-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-25-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-25-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-25-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-25-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-TupakShakurWay-25-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fatima Adcock poses for a selfie in front of the ‘Tupac Shakur Way’ in Oakland, Calif., after an unveiling ceremony on Nov. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As was evident at Friday’s ceremony, despite his gangster image and oft-misinterpreted “T.H.U.G L.I.F.E” adage, Shakur regularly spoke about brotherly love, unity and peace — something for which Ray Luv and others hope he is equally remembered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want [Tupac Shakur Way] to be a safe space for women, children, human beings. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The City of Oakland has officially honored \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/tupac-shakur\">Tupac Shakur\u003c/a>, one of the most paramount figures in hip-hop history, with his own street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a star-studded ceremony on Friday, Nov. 3, “Tupac Shakur Way” was unveiled near Lake Merritt along a portion of MacArthur Boulevard, where the superstar lived in the early 1990s, in front of enthusiastic family members, former collaborators and fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attendees of the event included Bay Area icons like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/e-40\">E-40\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/mc-hammer\">MC Hammer\u003c/a>, Spice 1, Money B, Richie Rich, B-Legit, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/davey-d\">Davey D\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/sway-calloway\">Sway Calloway\u003c/a>. Shakur’s siblings Mopreme and Sekyiwa, his earliest manager Atron Gregory, and various community representatives were also present, including members of the Black Panther Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937626\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231103-Tupac.Shakur.Way-Group-21-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sekyiwa Shakur, joined by Ray Luv, E-40, Money B, MC Hammer, Sway Calloway, Fred Hampton Jr. and others, speaks onstage during a ceremony honoring her brother Tupac Shakur in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As Shakur’s music played from large speakers to a head-nodding audience, numerous icons who knew him closely spoke about his influence and time in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Money B, who recorded and performed alongside Shakur in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/digital-underground\">Digital Underground\u003c/a>, said that Shakur’s apartment on MacArthur was “the first set of keys Tupac ever had to anything. Him and Big D created most of the music for \u003cem>2Pacalypse Now\u003c/em> right there. It was like a [music] factory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Halloween is here and it is increasingly demanding clever, referential costumes — which can be anxiety-inducing if you take the holiday too seriously (like me). This is especially the case if you are an enormous procrastinator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED staffers rounded up some Northern California costume ideas that you can pull together in an afternoon before you head out tonight — whether for a block party or to follow your kids doing the rounds trick-or-treating.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>In the news\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Santa Cruz sea otter stealing surfboards\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the ultimate California story: a five-year-old sea otter demonstrated “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955604/this-otter-is-hassling-santa-cruz-surfers-and-stealing-their-boards\">unusual behavior\u003c/a>” in Steamer Lane by confronting kayakers and surfers and cajoling them off their boards. 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The most eye-catching is the show’s opening look: neon blue pants with a long orange coat. Or really anything with fur lining and flared pants (remember, it’s the early 2000s). You should also pretend to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wijVzNz3IS8&pp=ygUMcmF2ZW4gdmlzaW9u\">get a vision once in a while.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpH_PIqT-q8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Grimes Poznikov\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local deep cuts can also make for excellent costumes. Grimes Poznikov was known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Grimes-Poznikov-the-Automatic-Human-Jukebox-13304291.php\">Automatic Human Jukebox of San Francisco\u003c/a> in the 70s and 80s, playing tunes for residents in a makeshift “jukebox” made from a refrigerator box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what Poznikov’s box looked like in the day:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/02Nhm3t2G5w?feature=shared&t=55\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Karl the Fog\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A classic — you can go as the anthropomorphized fog that hangs over San Francisco and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/karlthefog?lang=en\">has its own social media presence\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>“All my homies throw down for Palestine,” said Palestinian-Lebanese American singer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/camelliaboutrosmusic/\">Camellia Boutros\u003c/a> on stage at Oakland’s Continental Club on Oct. 29. “Everyone in this audience here today, even if we don’t know each other, we’re all friends and family because we’re all here sharing space, sharing joy and love and grief and anger and in solidarity with Palestine. And it’s so meaningful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Boutros and her band launched into an up-tempo, psych-rock version of the Palestinian folk song “Wein a Ramallah,” which the musician described as an international symbol of resistance, the multicultural audience of nearly 500 20- and 30-somethings clapped along and danced. Yet there were also tears and heartbroken embraces at the For Palestine fundraiser, which collected $13,000 for the charity \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcrf.net/\">Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund\u003c/a>, co-organizer Janan Barance told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13937170']For the past three weeks, thousands of Bay Area residents have taken to the streets to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza, which have \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-10-29-2023-de1a7d660ba2f6d80b3d7aeaae5bb0f3\">killed over 8,000 Palestinians\u003c/a> — many of them women and children. While supporters of Israel maintain it has a right to defend itself after an attack by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 that killed 1,400 Israeli civilians, with 200 more taken hostage, a U.N. expert and other observers say Israel’s response amounts to a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/10/un-expert-warns-new-instance-mass-ethnic-cleansing-palestinians-calls\">mass ethnic cleansing\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As global calls for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid to Gaza continue to mount, Sunday’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy8vG7MrTjV/\">For Palestine fundraiser\u003c/a> was Bay Area artists’ largest show in recent weeks of solidarity with Palestinians, who human rights groups like Amnesty International say have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-system-of-apartheid/\">living under apartheid conditions\u003c/a> for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The For Palestine fundraiser followed a long tradition in Bay Area activism of cross-cultural solidarity against colonialism. In the decades since the Black Panthers, Third World Liberation Front and other social movements of the 1960s, local artists like filmmaker Boots Riley, muralist Refa One and rapper Equipto have echoed that message. Following in their footsteps on stage at the Continental Club Sunday, a younger generation of performers connected the struggles of Palestinians, the original Ohlone inhabitants of the Bay Area and Black Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is occupied land,” said Palestinian American poet \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/yaffasutopia/\">Mx. Yaffa\u003c/a>, an organizer at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.themasgd.org/\">Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity\u003c/a>. “This has been Palestine for over 400 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937232\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25.jpg\" alt=\"Two Palestinian drag performers wearing feminine clothing and makeup speak on stage.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mama Ganuush (left) and Mx. Yaffa speak at For Palestine, a fundraiser in support of Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund, at the Continental Club on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The state that is capitalizing on the killing and imprisonment of Black people is capitalizing and benefiting on the killing of the Palestinian people as well,” said Oakland experimental musician \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/a_r_o_m_a_/\">Aroma\u003c/a>, who organized the For Palestine fundraiser with Barance and fellow musician \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/astu.music/\">Astu\u003c/a>. “The apathy towards their death and their pain and their outcries, the gaslighting that they experience … I feel like I resonate with that as a Black person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the screen behind performers, photos flashed of Bay Area protesters holding signs of Mexican, Ukrainian and Jewish solidarity with Palestinians. Barance, who is Palestinian American, said she’s never seen so much multicultural support for Palestinian rights until this month. “We always say people are liberal until it comes to Palestine,” she said of people’s reluctance to comment on the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937234\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937234\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Aroma, Janan Barance and Astu, the organizers of the For Palestine event, pose for a portrait at the Continental Club on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Indeed, mainstream American media has long described Israel’s blockade of Gaza and occupation of the West Bank as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/israel-palestine-war-biden-zelenskiy\">conflict\u003c/a> with two equal sides. Human rights groups, meanwhile, have warned that Israel’s systemic displacement, segregation and restriction of voting rights of Palestinians amounts to apartheid. Human Rights Watch has called Gaza “\u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/14/gaza-israels-open-air-prison-15\">Israel’s open-air prison\u003c/a>” due to poor living conditions and heavy travel restrictions, and since Oct. 7, Israel has \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/egypt-says-israeli-obstacles-impeding-aid-delivery-gaza-2023-10-28/\">blocked aid\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/11/gaza-faces-humanitarian-catastrophe-as-sole-power-plant-runs-out-of-fuel\">cut off electricity\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/egypt-says-israeli-obstacles-impeding-aid-delivery-gaza-2023-10-28/\">internet access\u003c/a> in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Oct. 20, when President Biden called for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/20/politics/us-israel-ukraine-aid-package/index.html\">$14.3 billion in aid to Israel\u003c/a>, many Americans have spoken out against U.S. support for the Israeli military. (Cumulatively, Israel has received \u003ca href=\"https://sgp.fas.org/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf\">more U.S. assistance than any other country since World War II\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more people know, the less uncomfortable they feel about talking about it, knowing that it’s not about a political issue, but about our human rights,” Barance said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937225\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937225\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in the audience closes her eyes while listening to a concert.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katina Castillo listens to Astu perform at the For Palestine fundraiser on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Castillo said the event helped her process her emotions. ‘It’s been very difficult for me to find the space and the time to do the release that I really need to do,’ Castillo said. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At Continental Club, Palestinian American drag performer Mama Ganuush shared appalling details from their family history, detailing how Israeli settlers murdered their father’s siblings in the 1940s. “The Minister of Defense of Israel called Palestinians ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israel-defense-minister-human-animals-gaza-palestine_n_6524220ae4b09f4b8d412e0a\">human animals\u003c/a>’ two weeks ago,” said Mama Ganuush, imploring the audience to call their representatives and advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza. “This is what the Nazis called Jewish folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grief was heavy in the air at times throughout the event, but there was also hope and solidarity in the room. “The posts are great, calling Congress is great, but we have to go \u003cem>here\u003c/em>,” Astu said on stage during her performance, gesturing to her heart. “Most of us come from genocide, and we just have been brainwashed to forget.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To bring the energy up, poet \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/atayqueen/\">Sarah O’Neal\u003c/a> led the audience in a chant she learned in 2014 after protesting Mike Brown’s killing in Ferguson, Missouri: “We must love each other and protect each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains. I believe that we will win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the evening came to a close, headliner \u003ca href=\"https://empire.ffm.to/peacewithoutfreedom\">Sammy Shiblaq\u003c/a>, a Palestinian American rapper signed to EMPIRE, ended the night with a message of unity. “It’s about \u003cem>all\u003c/em> of us,” he said. “We can’t just focus on one group of Palestinians. It’s the Muslim, the Christian, the Jewish Palestinians that no one talks about. … We love the Jewish people \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">— we don’t like what’s going on. We don’t like that Zionism has taken over the name of the Jewish people.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937259\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Azadeh Amani attaches a handwritten note to a table the event organizers set up for guest to “release grief” and “share hopes.” Amani heard about the event through friends and knew she needed to attend. “I came because the Palestinian struggle has always been near to my heart,” Amani said. “To just bring my body here and say that this injustice is not invisible. It doesn’t happen silently. We don’t turn away.” \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated to include a quote from Sammy Shiblaq. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>For the past three weeks, thousands of Bay Area residents have taken to the streets to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza, which have \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-10-29-2023-de1a7d660ba2f6d80b3d7aeaae5bb0f3\">killed over 8,000 Palestinians\u003c/a> — many of them women and children. While supporters of Israel maintain it has a right to defend itself after an attack by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 that killed 1,400 Israeli civilians, with 200 more taken hostage, a U.N. expert and other observers say Israel’s response amounts to a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/10/un-expert-warns-new-instance-mass-ethnic-cleansing-palestinians-calls\">mass ethnic cleansing\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As global calls for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid to Gaza continue to mount, Sunday’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy8vG7MrTjV/\">For Palestine fundraiser\u003c/a> was Bay Area artists’ largest show in recent weeks of solidarity with Palestinians, who human rights groups like Amnesty International say have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-system-of-apartheid/\">living under apartheid conditions\u003c/a> for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The For Palestine fundraiser followed a long tradition in Bay Area activism of cross-cultural solidarity against colonialism. In the decades since the Black Panthers, Third World Liberation Front and other social movements of the 1960s, local artists like filmmaker Boots Riley, muralist Refa One and rapper Equipto have echoed that message. Following in their footsteps on stage at the Continental Club Sunday, a younger generation of performers connected the struggles of Palestinians, the original Ohlone inhabitants of the Bay Area and Black Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is occupied land,” said Palestinian American poet \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/yaffasutopia/\">Mx. Yaffa\u003c/a>, an organizer at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.themasgd.org/\">Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity\u003c/a>. “This has been Palestine for over 400 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937232\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25.jpg\" alt=\"Two Palestinian drag performers wearing feminine clothing and makeup speak on stage.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mama Ganuush (left) and Mx. Yaffa speak at For Palestine, a fundraiser in support of Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund, at the Continental Club on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The state that is capitalizing on the killing and imprisonment of Black people is capitalizing and benefiting on the killing of the Palestinian people as well,” said Oakland experimental musician \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/a_r_o_m_a_/\">Aroma\u003c/a>, who organized the For Palestine fundraiser with Barance and fellow musician \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/astu.music/\">Astu\u003c/a>. “The apathy towards their death and their pain and their outcries, the gaslighting that they experience … I feel like I resonate with that as a Black person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the screen behind performers, photos flashed of Bay Area protesters holding signs of Mexican, Ukrainian and Jewish solidarity with Palestinians. Barance, who is Palestinian American, said she’s never seen so much multicultural support for Palestinian rights until this month. “We always say people are liberal until it comes to Palestine,” she said of people’s reluctance to comment on the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937234\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937234\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-40-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Aroma, Janan Barance and Astu, the organizers of the For Palestine event, pose for a portrait at the Continental Club on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Indeed, mainstream American media has long described Israel’s blockade of Gaza and occupation of the West Bank as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/israel-palestine-war-biden-zelenskiy\">conflict\u003c/a> with two equal sides. Human rights groups, meanwhile, have warned that Israel’s systemic displacement, segregation and restriction of voting rights of Palestinians amounts to apartheid. Human Rights Watch has called Gaza “\u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/14/gaza-israels-open-air-prison-15\">Israel’s open-air prison\u003c/a>” due to poor living conditions and heavy travel restrictions, and since Oct. 7, Israel has \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/egypt-says-israeli-obstacles-impeding-aid-delivery-gaza-2023-10-28/\">blocked aid\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/11/gaza-faces-humanitarian-catastrophe-as-sole-power-plant-runs-out-of-fuel\">cut off electricity\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/egypt-says-israeli-obstacles-impeding-aid-delivery-gaza-2023-10-28/\">internet access\u003c/a> in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Oct. 20, when President Biden called for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/20/politics/us-israel-ukraine-aid-package/index.html\">$14.3 billion in aid to Israel\u003c/a>, many Americans have spoken out against U.S. support for the Israeli military. (Cumulatively, Israel has received \u003ca href=\"https://sgp.fas.org/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf\">more U.S. assistance than any other country since World War II\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more people know, the less uncomfortable they feel about talking about it, knowing that it’s not about a political issue, but about our human rights,” Barance said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937225\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937225\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in the audience closes her eyes while listening to a concert.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-16-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katina Castillo listens to Astu perform at the For Palestine fundraiser on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Castillo said the event helped her process her emotions. ‘It’s been very difficult for me to find the space and the time to do the release that I really need to do,’ Castillo said. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At Continental Club, Palestinian American drag performer Mama Ganuush shared appalling details from their family history, detailing how Israeli settlers murdered their father’s siblings in the 1940s. “The Minister of Defense of Israel called Palestinians ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israel-defense-minister-human-animals-gaza-palestine_n_6524220ae4b09f4b8d412e0a\">human animals\u003c/a>’ two weeks ago,” said Mama Ganuush, imploring the audience to call their representatives and advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza. “This is what the Nazis called Jewish folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grief was heavy in the air at times throughout the event, but there was also hope and solidarity in the room. “The posts are great, calling Congress is great, but we have to go \u003cem>here\u003c/em>,” Astu said on stage during her performance, gesturing to her heart. “Most of us come from genocide, and we just have been brainwashed to forget.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To bring the energy up, poet \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/atayqueen/\">Sarah O’Neal\u003c/a> led the audience in a chant she learned in 2014 after protesting Mike Brown’s killing in Ferguson, Missouri: “We must love each other and protect each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains. I believe that we will win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the evening came to a close, headliner \u003ca href=\"https://empire.ffm.to/peacewithoutfreedom\">Sammy Shiblaq\u003c/a>, a Palestinian American rapper signed to EMPIRE, ended the night with a message of unity. “It’s about \u003cem>all\u003c/em> of us,” he said. “We can’t just focus on one group of Palestinians. It’s the Muslim, the Christian, the Jewish Palestinians that no one talks about. … We love the Jewish people \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">— we don’t like what’s going on. We don’t like that Zionism has taken over the name of the Jewish people.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937259\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231029_ForPalestineBenefit_EG-42-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Azadeh Amani attaches a handwritten note to a table the event organizers set up for guest to “release grief” and “share hopes.” Amani heard about the event through friends and knew she needed to attend. “I came because the Palestinian struggle has always been near to my heart,” Amani said. “To just bring my body here and say that this injustice is not invisible. It doesn’t happen silently. We don’t turn away.” \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"title": "The Art of Protest in San Francisco: 5 Messages From the Gaza Rally",
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"content": "\u003cp>Thousands of Bay Area residents marched through San Francisco on Saturday, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and an end to U.S. aid to the Israeli military. Over the last three weeks, Israel’s attacks have killed over \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-presses-ground-campaign-against-hamas-second-stage-gaza-war-2023-10-28/\">8,000 people in Gaza\u003c/a>, according to health officials, in\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> response to the Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas militants that killed at least 1,400 people, with 200 more taken hostage\u003c/span>. Israel’s actions were \u003ca href=\"https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/10/un-expert-warns-new-instance-mass-ethnic-cleansing-palestinians-calls\">described as “mass ethnic cleansing”\u003c/a> by a UN human rights expert earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most recent protests in the Bay Area have focused on an internet blackout in Gaza on Oct. 28 and America’s financial backing of Israel. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1206301577/biden-ukraine-israel-congress-funding-request#:~:text=Israel%3A%20%2414.3%20billion,military%20financing%20and%20embassy%20support.\">President Biden’s $14.3 billion promise\u003c/a> to Israel following Hamas attacks this month stirred backlash from advocates for people living in Gaza as Israel \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-airstrikes-region-e41b5b12e8cdf9db62395314d9a782b6\">moves closer to an all-out invasion\u003c/a>.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Favianna Rodriguez, Bay Area artist and President of the Center for Cultural Power\"]‘Effective protest art is art that names your values and expresses how you feel. And there are many ways that people can express outrage.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At demonstrations throughout the Bay Area, there have been DIY posters, spontaneous spray paint and artists passing out silkscreen prints expressing rage, grief and calls for a cease-fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturday’s “Stop the Genocide in Gaza” rally at the Embarcadero was no exception, organized by 15 organizations, including the Palestinian Youth Movement, the Arab Resource Center and the Jewish Voice for Peace. Under clear skies and temperate weather, organizers spoke to a dense crowd of 15,000 demonstrators, according to Wassim Hage, media coordinator for the Arab Resource Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important to emphasize that this escalation in Gaza did not happen in a vacuum,” Hage said. “We know that the violence and all of the killing that we see in Palestine is as a result of 75 years of settler colonial violence, 75 years of apartheid and 16 years of siege on Gaza.” [aside postid='arts_13937219']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demonstrators held hundreds of posters, flags and banners. The immense crowd then marched onto Market Street and later flooded a quarter-mile stretch of San Francisco’s Central Freeway, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/demonstrators-block-highway-101-san-francisco/3355147/\">blocking traffic for about 90 minutes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area artist and President of the Center for Cultural Power Favianna Rodriguez said that during any political action, it’s important to look at the posters and art of those protesting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think effective protest art is art that names your values and expresses how you feel,” Rodriguez said. “And there are many ways that people can express outrage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937174\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13937174\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stands with a sign saying: '‘Stop the Genocide in a Gaza’\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrea Pereira, 39, holds a sign at the ‘Stop the Genocide in Gaza’ rally on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Embarcadero in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Olivia Cruz Mayeda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>‘Gaza goes dark, we are still watching’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Andrea Pereira, 39, held a homemade cardboard sign decorated with motifs from the Palestinian scarf known as the keffiyeh with the words, “Gaza Goes Dark, We Are Still Watching.” Pereira said she made the sign after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-22\">blackout of communication\u003c/a> in Gaza. Israel has \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-4\">targeted and destroyed\u003c/a> the main telecommunication lines in Gaza, according to the United Nations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really upsetting yesterday when they cut off all communication,” Pereira said. “We’ve all been able to see what’s happening there on social media, and now we can’t, but we’re still holding people accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937175\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13937175\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand holding a sign that says 'ceasefire.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rawan Zakout, 28, and Francisco Serna, 29, pose with their silkscreen print sign at the ‘Stop the Genocide in Gaza’ rally on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Embarcadero. \u003ccite>(Olivia Cruz Mayeda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Hand-printed silkscreen: ‘Making by hand and sharing is like a prayer’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While some opted for to-the-point signage, like one protester who carried a white poster board with the words “Shame On You Biden” written plainly in black marker, others like Rawan Zakout and Francisco Serna held elaborate silkscreen prints produced on the spot by San Francisco artist David Solnit. Zakout was wiping her fingertips of loose ink as she marched down Market Street with thousands of other demonstrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have family in Gaza, and even if we didn’t, we would be out here because this is not humane,” Zakout said. “A lot of our tax dollars go to it, so I feel like this is a good way for me to show what side I’m on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solnit says he printed 150 of the posters with the help of his family amidst a chanting crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Making by hand and sharing is like a prayer,” he said. “And people can see it was made by our hands, not a machine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937176\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13937176\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holds a watermelon-shaped cookie.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marlee Belmonte, 35, passes out watermelon-shaped cookies at the ‘Stop the Genocide in Gaza’ rally at the Embarcadero in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 28. \u003ccite>(Olivia Cruz Mayeda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Watermelon-shaped cookies\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>One protestor’s art form abandoned pen and paper altogether and instead drew on her culinary prowess as a chef. Marlee Belmonte passed out cookies shaped like slices of watermelon, a symbol of Palestinian resistance with \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/6326312/watermelon-palestinian-symbol-solidarity/\">origins\u003c/a> in 1967 when Israel seized Gaza and the West Bank and annexed East Jerusalem. After the Israeli government criminalized the Palestinian flag, the watermelon — with its familiar red, white and green composition — took on a new meaning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Art as a form of social justice and protest is extremely important because it’s a different way to literally — in this case — digest the fact that we need to put our whole bodies into protesting,” Belmonte said. “We need to give people a bite of sweetness while we’re in this moment, even though it is incredibly painful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937204\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-4.jpeg\" alt=\"An orange painted sign features the motif Handela, which is an image of a boy with his back turned. Bombs fly next to the character. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-4.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-4-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-4-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-4-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-4-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-4-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A protest sign with the motif Handela at the ‘Stop the Genocide in Gaza’ rally at the Embarcadero in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 28. \u003ccite>(Oliva Cruz Mayeda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Handala: A motif of resistance\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Another motif of Palestinian resistance known as Handala was painted on a demonstrator’s post board. The character, created in 1969 by political cartoonist Naji al-Ali, has come to serve as a representation of identity and defiance. The character is 10 years old and barefoot with his back turned and hands clasped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I presented him to the poor and named him Handala as a symbol of bitterness,” wrote al-Ali, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/29/police-reinvestigate-1987-london-of-palestinian-cartoonist-naji-salim-hussain-al-ali-\">killed in London in 1987\u003c/a>. “At first, he was a Palestinian child, but his consciousness developed to have a national and then a global and human horizon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937172\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13937172\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A person stands holding a sign with a SF building in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soha Leach, 42, poses in front of a marching crowd at the ‘Stop the Genocide in Gaza’ rally at the Embarcadero in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 28. \u003ccite>(Olivia Cruz Mayeda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Art to express deep care\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For Soha Leach, art is a way of expressing deep care during a time of injustice. Leach found an open-source illustration online of what she understood to be a Palestinian child backdropped by Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem with doves flying over their head and brought it to the protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have family in Gaza I haven’t heard from,” she said. “And I’m devastated at the entire atrocity, but I’ve been thinking of the children who are born into captivity and destroyed before they even get an opportunity to learn or to love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Thousands of Bay Area residents marched through San Francisco on Saturday, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and an end to U.S. aid to the Israeli military. Over the last three weeks, Israel’s attacks have killed over \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-presses-ground-campaign-against-hamas-second-stage-gaza-war-2023-10-28/\">8,000 people in Gaza\u003c/a>, according to health officials, in\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> response to the Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas militants that killed at least 1,400 people, with 200 more taken hostage\u003c/span>. Israel’s actions were \u003ca href=\"https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/10/un-expert-warns-new-instance-mass-ethnic-cleansing-palestinians-calls\">described as “mass ethnic cleansing”\u003c/a> by a UN human rights expert earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most recent protests in the Bay Area have focused on an internet blackout in Gaza on Oct. 28 and America’s financial backing of Israel. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1206301577/biden-ukraine-israel-congress-funding-request#:~:text=Israel%3A%20%2414.3%20billion,military%20financing%20and%20embassy%20support.\">President Biden’s $14.3 billion promise\u003c/a> to Israel following Hamas attacks this month stirred backlash from advocates for people living in Gaza as Israel \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-airstrikes-region-e41b5b12e8cdf9db62395314d9a782b6\">moves closer to an all-out invasion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demonstrators held hundreds of posters, flags and banners. The immense crowd then marched onto Market Street and later flooded a quarter-mile stretch of San Francisco’s Central Freeway, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/demonstrators-block-highway-101-san-francisco/3355147/\">blocking traffic for about 90 minutes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area artist and President of the Center for Cultural Power Favianna Rodriguez said that during any political action, it’s important to look at the posters and art of those protesting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think effective protest art is art that names your values and expresses how you feel,” Rodriguez said. “And there are many ways that people can express outrage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937174\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13937174\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stands with a sign saying: '‘Stop the Genocide in a Gaza’\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrea Pereira, 39, holds a sign at the ‘Stop the Genocide in Gaza’ rally on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Embarcadero in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Olivia Cruz Mayeda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>‘Gaza goes dark, we are still watching’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Andrea Pereira, 39, held a homemade cardboard sign decorated with motifs from the Palestinian scarf known as the keffiyeh with the words, “Gaza Goes Dark, We Are Still Watching.” Pereira said she made the sign after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-22\">blackout of communication\u003c/a> in Gaza. Israel has \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-4\">targeted and destroyed\u003c/a> the main telecommunication lines in Gaza, according to the United Nations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really upsetting yesterday when they cut off all communication,” Pereira said. “We’ve all been able to see what’s happening there on social media, and now we can’t, but we’re still holding people accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937175\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13937175\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand holding a sign that says 'ceasefire.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rawan Zakout, 28, and Francisco Serna, 29, pose with their silkscreen print sign at the ‘Stop the Genocide in Gaza’ rally on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Embarcadero. \u003ccite>(Olivia Cruz Mayeda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Hand-printed silkscreen: ‘Making by hand and sharing is like a prayer’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While some opted for to-the-point signage, like one protester who carried a white poster board with the words “Shame On You Biden” written plainly in black marker, others like Rawan Zakout and Francisco Serna held elaborate silkscreen prints produced on the spot by San Francisco artist David Solnit. Zakout was wiping her fingertips of loose ink as she marched down Market Street with thousands of other demonstrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have family in Gaza, and even if we didn’t, we would be out here because this is not humane,” Zakout said. “A lot of our tax dollars go to it, so I feel like this is a good way for me to show what side I’m on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solnit says he printed 150 of the posters with the help of his family amidst a chanting crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Making by hand and sharing is like a prayer,” he said. “And people can see it was made by our hands, not a machine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937176\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13937176\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holds a watermelon-shaped cookie.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marlee Belmonte, 35, passes out watermelon-shaped cookies at the ‘Stop the Genocide in Gaza’ rally at the Embarcadero in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 28. \u003ccite>(Olivia Cruz Mayeda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Watermelon-shaped cookies\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>One protestor’s art form abandoned pen and paper altogether and instead drew on her culinary prowess as a chef. Marlee Belmonte passed out cookies shaped like slices of watermelon, a symbol of Palestinian resistance with \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/6326312/watermelon-palestinian-symbol-solidarity/\">origins\u003c/a> in 1967 when Israel seized Gaza and the West Bank and annexed East Jerusalem. After the Israeli government criminalized the Palestinian flag, the watermelon — with its familiar red, white and green composition — took on a new meaning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Art as a form of social justice and protest is extremely important because it’s a different way to literally — in this case — digest the fact that we need to put our whole bodies into protesting,” Belmonte said. “We need to give people a bite of sweetness while we’re in this moment, even though it is incredibly painful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937204\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-4.jpeg\" alt=\"An orange painted sign features the motif Handela, which is an image of a boy with his back turned. 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Asked to confirm police response to what was listed as Perry’s home address, LAPD Officer Drake Madison told AP that officers had gone to that block “for a death investigation of a male in his 50s.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry’s 10 seasons on \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em> made him one of Hollywood’s most recognizable actors, starring opposite Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer as a friend group in New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Chandler, he played the quick-witted, insecure and neurotic roommate of LeBlanc’s Joey and a close friend of Schwimmer’s Ross. During the show’s hijinks, he could be counted on to chime in with a line like, “Could this BE any more awkward?” or another well-timed quip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the series’ end, Chandler is married to Cox’s Monica and they have a family, reflecting the journey of the core cast from single New Yorkers trying to figure their lives out to several of them married and starting families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series was one of television’s biggest hits and has taken on a new life — and found surprising popularity with younger fans — in recent years on streaming services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937163\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1476px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937163\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-51535873.jpg\" alt=\"A blonde white woman in a black gown clutches an award. 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All are smiling.\" width=\"1476\" height=\"1002\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-51535873.jpg 1476w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-51535873-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-51535873-1020x692.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-51535873-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-51535873-768x521.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1476px) 100vw, 1476px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perry with his ‘Friends’ costars: Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer at the 26th People’s Choice Awards. \u003ccite>(LUCY NICHOLSON/ AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Friends\u003c/em> ran from 1994 until 2004, winning one best comedy series Emmy Award in 2002. The cast notably banded together for later seasons to obtain a salary of $1 million per episode for each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unknown at the time was the struggle Perry had with addiction and an intense desire to please audiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003cem>Friends\u003c/em> was huge. I couldn’t jeopardize that. I loved my co-actors. I loved the scripts. I loved everything about the show but I was struggling with my addictions which only added to my sense of shame,” he wrote in his memoir, \u003cem>Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing\u003c/em>. “I had a secret and no one could know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt like I was gonna die if the live audience didn’t laugh, and that’s not healthy for sure. But I could sometimes say a line and the audience wouldn’t laugh and I would sweat and sometimes go into convulsions,” Perry wrote. “If I didn’t get the laugh I was supposed to get I would freak out. I felt that every single night. This pressure left me in a bad place. I also knew of the six people making that show, only one of them was sick.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recalled in his memoir that Aniston confronted him about being inebriated while filming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know you’re drinking,” he remembered her telling him once. “We can smell it,” she said, in what Perry called a “kind of weird but loving way, and the plural ‘we’ hit me like a sledgehammer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13897888/friends-the-reunion-provides-plenty-of-laughs-actively-avoids-the-tough-stuff\"> HBO Max reunion special in 2021\u003c/a> was hosted by James Corden and fed into huge interest in seeing the cast together again, although the program consisted of the actors discussing the show and was not a continuation of their characters’ storylines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry received one Emmy nomination for his \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em> role and two more for appearances as an associate White House counsel on \u003cem>The West Wing.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13897888']Perry also had several notable film roles, starring opposite Salma Hayek in the rom-com \u003cem>Fools Rush In\u003c/em> and Bruce Willis in the the crime comedy\u003cem> The Whole Nine Yards\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He worked consistently after \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em>, though never in a role that brought him as much attention or acclaim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, he played Oscar for a CBS reboot of \u003cem>The Odd Couple\u003c/em> that aired for two seasons. He told AP that playing Oscar Madison, the character originally made famous in the 1960s series by Walter Matthau, was a “dream role.” He also said he was surprised how much he enjoyed being filmed again in front of a live audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t realize I missed it really until it actually happened, til we actually shot the pilot and there was a studio audience there and I realized, ‘Wow, I really like this. This is nice,’” he said. “You kind of ham up for the people in the audience. My performance never got better than when there was an audience there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry was born Aug. 19, 1969, in Williamstown, Massachusetts.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936996\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/DavidH-1-NicoleLoeb2_COVER.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man smiling in formal headshot in white shirt and gray suit, no tie, round glasses\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/DavidH-1-NicoleLoeb2_COVER.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/DavidH-1-NicoleLoeb2_COVER-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/DavidH-1-NicoleLoeb2_COVER-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/DavidH-1-NicoleLoeb2_COVER-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/DavidH-1-NicoleLoeb2_COVER-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/DavidH-1-NicoleLoeb2_COVER-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/DavidH-1-NicoleLoeb2_COVER-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David C. Howse, the president-elect of California College of the Arts, will step into the role in December. \u003ccite>(Nicole Loeb)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>David C. Howse has been selected as the next president of California College of the Arts. Howse comes to CCA from Boston’s Emerson College, where he currently serves as the vice president of Emerson’s Office of the Arts and the executive director of ArtsEmerson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The search for CCA’s 10th president began nine months ago, when Stephen Beale \u003ca href=\"https://www.cca.edu/newsroom/cca-president-stephen-beal-retirement/\">announced his retirement\u003c/a> after 15 years in the role and 26 years at the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howse, who will begin in December, joins a school in flux. Construction continues on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cca.edu/campus-expansion/\">78,650-square-foot expansion\u003c/a> of CCA’s San Francisco campus, with aims to be finished in time for the fall 2024 semester. The school closed its historic and beloved Oakland campus in May, but still owns the property, where development — and an accompanying sale — have \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/oakland-campus-housing-development-17883490.php\">stalled due to city delays\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936999\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/CCA-Aerial_Courtesy-Studio-Gang-and-Kilograph_2000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1126\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/CCA-Aerial_Courtesy-Studio-Gang-and-Kilograph_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/CCA-Aerial_Courtesy-Studio-Gang-and-Kilograph_2000-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/CCA-Aerial_Courtesy-Studio-Gang-and-Kilograph_2000-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/CCA-Aerial_Courtesy-Studio-Gang-and-Kilograph_2000-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/CCA-Aerial_Courtesy-Studio-Gang-and-Kilograph_2000-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/CCA-Aerial_Courtesy-Studio-Gang-and-Kilograph_2000-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/CCA-Aerial_Courtesy-Studio-Gang-and-Kilograph_2000-1920x1081.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of an aerial view of CCA’s expanded San Francisco campus, due to open in fall 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Studio Gang and Kilograph)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In March, citing a nearly 20% drop in enrollment from pre-pandemic numbers, CCA announced layoffs to reduce expenses. Ultimately, 10 staff members were laid off, the school says, around a 4% reduction in personnel. Earlier this year, the school also announced a “pause” for its 21-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13925875/cca-pauses-curatorial-practice-program-after-21-years\">curatorial practice program\u003c/a>, which will graduate its last class (for the foreseeable future) in 2024.[aside postID='arts_13925875']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More broadly, the local arts ecosystem has shifted significantly in the past three years. Following the San Francisco Art Institute’s closure in 2022, and Mills College’s acquisition by Northeastern University, there are far fewer art programs for students to attend and fewer teaching opportunities for the artists who make up adjunct and full-time faculty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today’s announcement emphasizes Howse’s track record in fundraising: leading Emerson’s Office of the Arts’ fundraising efforts, he secured over $40 million for existing and new programs. Prior to his work at Emerson, Howse served as the executive director of Boston Children’s Chorus, where he “spearheaded a financial turnaround.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howse also has a personal background in the arts, graduating from Bradley University with a bachelor’s in music, and from the New England Conservatory of Music with a master of music in vocal performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Becoming the president of CCA is an incredible opportunity, because it brings together my interests in and professional dedication to the arts with my passion for teaching, innovating, and engaging the community,” Howse said in today’s announcement. “It will be an honor to support and engage with faculty, staff, and students who are creating incredible and important work that not only impacts San Francisco, but the world.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ose Kilgore didn’t know Kelsey Fourdyce in life, but she talks about her all the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was amazing,” she says after leading a tour group around the Financial District, North Beach and Chinatown in San Francisco, sitting on the steps of a church that’s built from the rubble of the 1906 quake. “She spoke three languages, she had a master’s from [Switzerland].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kilgore knows this because, before incorporating Kelsey’s story into her ghost tour for \u003ca href=\"https://thehauntghosttours.com/tours/san-francisco/?gclid=CjwKCAjw-eKpBhAbEiwAqFL0ms-Vo0ut7LRO6UCGK6ZqAhx_tonq9w36-Q23tbb6GeZ0zpfbHFKHoxoC89AQAvD_BwE\">The Haunt\u003c/a>, she went down a “deep-dive, rabbit-hole” researching Fourdyce’s life, not her death. In 2015, Fourdyce’s body was found in the Great Star Theater in Chinatown, an event splashed across headlines in the Bay Area. The story comes up during Kilgore’s four-minute segment on the Great Star, said to house numerous hauntings (none of them seem to be Fourdyce, though).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kilgore felt that if she was going to recount Fourdyce’s death to tourists and local paranormal enthusiasts, she should learn a little more about who she was beyond the grisly details that remain online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought it was a responsibility [for] me to know about this woman if I’m going to be talking about her all the time,” Kilgore says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936966\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A ghost tour guide wearing a microphone holds up an iPad in front of a guest.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rose Kilgore, tour guide for The Haunt, checks guest in for a ghost tour in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kilgore’s sensitive approach is indicative of how ghost tours — once silly, campy affairs with jump scares — are changing in San Francisco as culture evolves. Ghost tours tell stories about real people who met gruesome ends, and can drift into true crime. And as true crime comes under increasing criticism for turning the worst moments of peoples’ lives into entertainment, ghost tour guides have begun putting more care into how they treat their subject matter. Instead of sensationalizing murders, many are adding historical context and using the paranormal to explore San Francisco’s fascinating, turbulent past. [aside label='More Ghost Stories' postid='news_11930135,arts_13904118,news_11963206']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime ghost tour guide Christian Cagigal has seen the industry evolve firsthand. He began working for the city’s first ghost tour, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfghosthunt.com/\">San Francisco Ghost Hunt\u003c/a>, in 1998, and took over the business from its original owner in 2016. He’s watched ghost tours grow from a small niche into a pillar of the tourism economy in San Francisco and many major U.S. cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Cagigal started, ghost tours rose from a mid-’90s fascination with the strange and unexplainable. “There was kind of, like, \u003cem>Unsolved Mysteries\u003c/em>, that led to \u003cem>X-Files\u003c/em>, that led to [a] pop culture [where] it didn’t matter if you were a believer in ghosts or vampires or monsters or whatnot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back then, Cagigal’s audiences were largely made up of women. But lately, America has found itself in another spooky moment — \u003cem>Stranger Things\u003c/em>, true crime podcasts, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190390376/ufo-hearing-non-human-biologics-uaps\">congressional hearings on aliens\u003c/a> — and ghost tours now attract far more diverse groups than in years past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now it’s across the board,” he says. “It’s the girlfriend buying the ticket for the boyfriend cause he’s really into it. It’s the little boy in the family who dragged the whole family of six cause he really wanted to go on this. So I feel like it’s spread across genders. It’s spreading across whether you believe in ghosts or not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936167\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person holds to long metal rods while surrounded by a group of people in an outdoor urban setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tour guide Rose Kilgore (left) shows Colin Rodrigues how to use dowsing rods to attempt communication with spirits during The Haunt ghost tour on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hat broadening of ghost-tour audiences is also shifting the way the guides deal with decades-old stories in 2023. Historically, horror has leaned heavily on tropes, some of which we now recognize as harmful: the house built on a cursed Native American burial ground, the haunted asylum. Along with a new softening of the more problematic aspects of true crime, tour guides find themselves doing what they can to counteract stereotypes while still providing thrills and chills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Kilgore, historical context does the trick. Her tour starts in the Financial District, right under the Transamerica Pyramid. On a warm, recent Saturday night, as she takes her group from North Beach to Chinatown, she takes a few minutes to explain racist city policies carried out against \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11891987/chinese-immigrants-were-forced-out-of-eureka-in-1885-heres-how-locals-are-making-that-history-known\">Chinese immigrants in the 1800s\u003c/a>. And as we pause again, she makes sure to demarcate the area’s rough-and-tumble early years from its vibrant present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tend to talk more about the sinister side of the neighborhood’s history,” Kilgore adds, “and we want to tell you it does not represent the neighborhood to this day, a place we absolutely recommend you stick around for. So after this tour, check it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936170\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people across the street from a brightly lit building in an outdoor urban setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The The Haunt ghost tour stops in front of the Great Star Theater in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kilgore is a second-generation ghost hunter who started out investigating Civil War battlefields with her father. Her tours tend to focus on turn-of-the-century life in San Francisco, rather than convincing guests there are specters around every corner or playing up grisly details for gasps. “[There’s some] people who just wanna glamorize it…like really exaggerate it, in a way,” she says of some ghost-hunting enterprises. “And a lot of these things [that are supposedly hauntings] are just scientific phenomena.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cagigal, too, tries not to let himself get too wrapped up in the pursuit of a good ghost story if there just isn’t one there. This helps keep his tour grounded in history, and keeps him open to interrogating his own work. “History is a living entity,” he says. “I have a number of biographies that I’m telling, and there was a certain way we would tell them 25 years ago, and now we know better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He encounters this the most when it comes to his 15-minute opener on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11793099/the-secret-history-of-mary-ellen-pleasant\">Mary Ellen Pleasant\u003c/a>, an abolitionist and businesswoman of early San Francisco who is said to haunt the site of her former mansion. “I’m a non-Black male telling a story of a maligned Black woman,” he says. “In 2016, as I was telling the story every single night, I was still telling the old version of the story, the old script I had in my head, because it was just the easiest to do. But as I would hear my own words, I’d be going, ‘Hmm, let me rethink that one for a bit.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936166\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936166\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people close their eyes in the center of a group of people across the street from a brightly lit building in an outdoor urban setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-01-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Levi Peterson (center) and Pamela Price participate in a cleansing ritual as part of The Haunt ghost tour on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hauntedhaight.com/\">Haunted Haight Pub Crawl\u003c/a> incorporates ghost-hunting elements — participants are issued electromagnetic frequency readers, devices said to sense spirits — owner and tour guide Tommy Netzband primarily sees ghost stories as a conduit for a city’s history. “History and ghosts, they go hand in hand,” he says while he waits for tonight’s tour group of eight, backlit by the garishly-decorated smoke shop behind him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His aim with all his tours isn’t to put on a dazzling performance — though he does, to a lot of laughs and wisecracks from the audience. He makes side-eyed observations about psychics (“They never have a last name, do they?”), gives out raffle prizes and attempts to summon lost souls through his friend’s invention called a miracle box (the strange, hushed noises that come out of it are actually eerie). But his goal is mostly to help guests feel more connected to the city by telling the stories of people he can prove lived — and died — here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s important that history be the focal point of whether a ghost is real or not. I love all this equipment, but history is history. You know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936169\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person holds a device in their hands and looks intently towards a building in an outdoor urban setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-04-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pamela Price uses an EMF meter to test for ghostly activity during The Haunt ghost tour in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ut that history sometimes straddles the line between flashlight-under-the-chin campfire tale and gratuitous gore. Halfway through the tour, he proffers a trigger warning before telling the story of two women brutally attacked and killed on Waller Street in the late ‘60s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ethics of recounting such horrific details is something Netzband mulled over before including this story on his tour. “I grappled with, ‘Did I wanna include this?’” he says. “I told their story because I really believe that you’re not truly dead until you’re forgotten. So I don’t want [that to happen to] these women, who suffered from the hands of these killers. Some didn’t even get justice. … I really grappled with it, but I’m happy I did, because I think I’m letting these women’s story be told.”[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a common refrain among true crime fans — that telling victims’ stories may bring about justice. But some critics take issue with podcasts and Netflix specials profiting from the worst moments of a person’s life, no matter how long ago they lived. While ghost tours are, at heart, built on such a thing, this crop of guides is updating the local folklore canon with a newfound studiousness and sensitivity — an approach that, considering our history of being socially ahead of the curve, feels very San Franciscan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, you become very empathic in this line of work,” says Netzband. “Hopefully I’ll change peoples’ perceptions on ghosts. That is my goal.”\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://thehauntghosttours.com/\">The Haunt\u003c/a> offers ghost tours daily. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfghosthunt.com/\">San Francisco Ghost Hunt\u003c/a>‘s tours take place Tuesdays-Sundays, with a special VIP magic experience happening Oct. 28-31. \u003ca href=\"https://www.hauntedhaight.com/san-francisco-ghost-tours\">The Haunted Haight Pub Crawl\u003c/a> takes place Oct. 27-31, with new tours coming soon.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">R\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ose Kilgore didn’t know Kelsey Fourdyce in life, but she talks about her all the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was amazing,” she says after leading a tour group around the Financial District, North Beach and Chinatown in San Francisco, sitting on the steps of a church that’s built from the rubble of the 1906 quake. “She spoke three languages, she had a master’s from [Switzerland].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kilgore knows this because, before incorporating Kelsey’s story into her ghost tour for \u003ca href=\"https://thehauntghosttours.com/tours/san-francisco/?gclid=CjwKCAjw-eKpBhAbEiwAqFL0ms-Vo0ut7LRO6UCGK6ZqAhx_tonq9w36-Q23tbb6GeZ0zpfbHFKHoxoC89AQAvD_BwE\">The Haunt\u003c/a>, she went down a “deep-dive, rabbit-hole” researching Fourdyce’s life, not her death. In 2015, Fourdyce’s body was found in the Great Star Theater in Chinatown, an event splashed across headlines in the Bay Area. The story comes up during Kilgore’s four-minute segment on the Great Star, said to house numerous hauntings (none of them seem to be Fourdyce, though).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kilgore felt that if she was going to recount Fourdyce’s death to tourists and local paranormal enthusiasts, she should learn a little more about who she was beyond the grisly details that remain online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought it was a responsibility [for] me to know about this woman if I’m going to be talking about her all the time,” Kilgore says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936966\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A ghost tour guide wearing a microphone holds up an iPad in front of a guest.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/The-Haunt-ghost-tour-Estefany-Gonzalez-001-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rose Kilgore, tour guide for The Haunt, checks guest in for a ghost tour in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kilgore’s sensitive approach is indicative of how ghost tours — once silly, campy affairs with jump scares — are changing in San Francisco as culture evolves. Ghost tours tell stories about real people who met gruesome ends, and can drift into true crime. And as true crime comes under increasing criticism for turning the worst moments of peoples’ lives into entertainment, ghost tour guides have begun putting more care into how they treat their subject matter. Instead of sensationalizing murders, many are adding historical context and using the paranormal to explore San Francisco’s fascinating, turbulent past. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime ghost tour guide Christian Cagigal has seen the industry evolve firsthand. He began working for the city’s first ghost tour, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfghosthunt.com/\">San Francisco Ghost Hunt\u003c/a>, in 1998, and took over the business from its original owner in 2016. He’s watched ghost tours grow from a small niche into a pillar of the tourism economy in San Francisco and many major U.S. cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Cagigal started, ghost tours rose from a mid-’90s fascination with the strange and unexplainable. “There was kind of, like, \u003cem>Unsolved Mysteries\u003c/em>, that led to \u003cem>X-Files\u003c/em>, that led to [a] pop culture [where] it didn’t matter if you were a believer in ghosts or vampires or monsters or whatnot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back then, Cagigal’s audiences were largely made up of women. But lately, America has found itself in another spooky moment — \u003cem>Stranger Things\u003c/em>, true crime podcasts, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190390376/ufo-hearing-non-human-biologics-uaps\">congressional hearings on aliens\u003c/a> — and ghost tours now attract far more diverse groups than in years past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now it’s across the board,” he says. “It’s the girlfriend buying the ticket for the boyfriend cause he’s really into it. It’s the little boy in the family who dragged the whole family of six cause he really wanted to go on this. So I feel like it’s spread across genders. It’s spreading across whether you believe in ghosts or not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936167\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person holds to long metal rods while surrounded by a group of people in an outdoor urban setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tour guide Rose Kilgore (left) shows Colin Rodrigues how to use dowsing rods to attempt communication with spirits during The Haunt ghost tour on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">T\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>hat broadening of ghost-tour audiences is also shifting the way the guides deal with decades-old stories in 2023. Historically, horror has leaned heavily on tropes, some of which we now recognize as harmful: the house built on a cursed Native American burial ground, the haunted asylum. Along with a new softening of the more problematic aspects of true crime, tour guides find themselves doing what they can to counteract stereotypes while still providing thrills and chills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Kilgore, historical context does the trick. Her tour starts in the Financial District, right under the Transamerica Pyramid. On a warm, recent Saturday night, as she takes her group from North Beach to Chinatown, she takes a few minutes to explain racist city policies carried out against \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11891987/chinese-immigrants-were-forced-out-of-eureka-in-1885-heres-how-locals-are-making-that-history-known\">Chinese immigrants in the 1800s\u003c/a>. And as we pause again, she makes sure to demarcate the area’s rough-and-tumble early years from its vibrant present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tend to talk more about the sinister side of the neighborhood’s history,” Kilgore adds, “and we want to tell you it does not represent the neighborhood to this day, a place we absolutely recommend you stick around for. So after this tour, check it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936170\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people across the street from a brightly lit building in an outdoor urban setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/231007-GHOST-TOUR-EG-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The The Haunt ghost tour stops in front of the Great Star Theater in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kilgore is a second-generation ghost hunter who started out investigating Civil War battlefields with her father. Her tours tend to focus on turn-of-the-century life in San Francisco, rather than convincing guests there are specters around every corner or playing up grisly details for gasps. “[There’s some] people who just wanna glamorize it…like really exaggerate it, in a way,” she says of some ghost-hunting enterprises. “And a lot of these things [that are supposedly hauntings] are just scientific phenomena.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cagigal, too, tries not to let himself get too wrapped up in the pursuit of a good ghost story if there just isn’t one there. This helps keep his tour grounded in history, and keeps him open to interrogating his own work. “History is a living entity,” he says. “I have a number of biographies that I’m telling, and there was a certain way we would tell them 25 years ago, and now we know better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He encounters this the most when it comes to his 15-minute opener on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11793099/the-secret-history-of-mary-ellen-pleasant\">Mary Ellen Pleasant\u003c/a>, an abolitionist and businesswoman of early San Francisco who is said to haunt the site of her former mansion. “I’m a non-Black male telling a story of a maligned Black woman,” he says. “In 2016, as I was telling the story every single night, I was still telling the old version of the story, the old script I had in my head, because it was just the easiest to do. 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"content": "\u003cp>On the campaign trail and news reports, Chesa Boudin has long been open about his family history — growing up with parents who were incarcerated for decades, and how the experience inspired him to become a public defender and eventually run for San Francisco district attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of us know the story of Boudin’s meteoric star rise. In 2019, at a moment when progressive-minded candidates were running for district attorney’s offices across the country, he won election. He ran on a platform focused on criminal justice reforms with the goal of reducing mass incarceration. Then, just a few days after being sworn into office, he faced a million-dollar recall effort, which ultimately succeeded. Boudin only served for two years.[aside postid='news_11913102']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We definitely made some mistakes and I learned an awful lot during my time in office,” Boudin told KQED. “There are no two things we could have done differently that would have prevented what happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This political moment is revisited in the new documentary \u003cem>Beyond Bars: It’s a Movement, Not a Moment\u003c/em>, which premieres Wednesday, Oct. 25 at the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library. Directed by Robert Greenwald, the film puts in parallel Boudin’s political and personal life, featuring on-the-record interviews with his parents and adoptive parents for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936939\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration.png 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-768x432.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-1536x864.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-2048x1152.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-1920x1080.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chesa Boudin is seen at his inauguration in 2020 in a still from the new documentary ‘Beyond Bars.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the filmmaker)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This film is really about the history of racism and mass incarceration in this country. And it’s that same history that led in a circuitous way to my parents’ incarceration — to my own experience with jails and prisons since before I can remember,” Boudin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boudin talked more about the film with KQED’s Brian Watt. Their conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: Did the idea for this documentary come from you? Or did someone approach you?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chesa Boudin:\u003c/strong> The director of the film reached out to me through my team when I was still serving as San Francisco’s district attorney, and they proposed the documentary. We had a number of similar documentary film crews reach out and ask to work with us, to essentially be embedded in the office and ultimately embedded in my family in many ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You have been open throughout your public life about your family history. When you were a toddler, your parents were arrested and went on to spend decades in prison. In this documentary, we hear from them, as well as your adoptive parents. What was going through your mind as you heard them share their story?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was in the room for some of the interviews that made their way into this film. Watching my parents talk about raising me from the distance that incarceration created. Watching them talk about the transition into a new family after I was adopted. Watching them talk about their regret and remorse for the harm they caused not only to me, but also to the families that lost loved ones in ways that are totally irreparable, was a really emotional experience for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936940\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1554px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit.png\" alt=\"a polaroid of a small kid with two parents in prison uniforms labeled 'Chesa visits mommy and daddy in jail'\" width=\"1554\" height=\"1112\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936940\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit.png 1554w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit-800x572.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit-1020x730.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit-160x114.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit-768x550.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit-1536x1099.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1554px) 100vw, 1554px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photograph of young Chesa Boudin visiting his parents in prison. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the filmmakers)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Was there an emotional place – maybe one you had resisted going for a lot of your life – that you had to go that you weren’t expecting as you sat down to discuss your own personal part of this for the documentary?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The documentary was filmed and recorded over the course of multiple years, so we did a whole series of different interviews. Some of them were profoundly emotional for me, particularly as I lost my mother to a seven-year battle with cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the filming of this documentary, she died — on May 1, just almost exactly a month before my recall from office. The director of the film and his team were doing interviews with her almost right up until the week of her death. Seeing her decline, and getting to watch and listen to the interview she did as part of this project, and then see them integrated into the final film, has been a really intensely emotional experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>As you are dealing with the recall effort, in the documentary, we see difficult circumstances in your family: the loss of your mother to cancer and the release of your father from prison in New York after decades inside. What was going through your mind?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What happened with the recall was profoundly dishonest and unfair. It was unfair to me, but more importantly, was unfair to the voters and the people of San Francisco who elected me and who did not get to choose the person who replaced me. And to have all that happen while my mother was dying, while I was trying to welcome my father home and help him with the intensely challenging transition after 40 years of incarceration — while I was learning to be a father for a newborn son — couldn’t have been more difficult. Yet I am always reminded of how lucky I am in so many ways, and of the fact that when life throws obstacles in our path, it’s in those moments that we learn what we’re capable of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936942\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936942\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin.png 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-768x432.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-1536x864.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-2048x1152.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-1920x1080.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Boudin is seen in a still from ‘Beyond Bars.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the filmmaker)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>As much as the documentary is your story, it’s also a love letter to your mom in a way. What would she make of this next phase of your life beyond the district attorney’s office?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='news_11951826']My mom was always and would always be unwavering in her support, in her love and in her pride and in what I chose to do with my life, with my family. I know most of all she’d be absolutely thrilled to be a grandmother. It was one of the most important things to her in her final months. My mom, after she came home from prison, after her 22 years of incarceration, after she earned a Ph.D. from Columbia, she founded the Center for Justice at Columbia University School of Social Work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so in many ways, my work and this next chapter of my professional life is a parallel to what my mother did with the last 15 or so years of her life. And I know that we would find ways to collaborate professionally. And in fact, I’m continuing to work with people at the center at Columbia University that she founded and co-directed for so many years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Beyond Bars: It’s a Movement, Not a Moment’ premieres Wednesday, Oct. 25 at a sold-out screening at the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library. The film will also screen in Los Angeles in December. 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Directed by Robert Greenwald, the film puts in parallel Boudin’s political and personal life, featuring on-the-record interviews with his parents and adoptive parents for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936939\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration.png 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-768x432.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-1536x864.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-2048x1152.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_Chesa_Inauguration-1920x1080.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chesa Boudin is seen at his inauguration in 2020 in a still from the new documentary ‘Beyond Bars.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the filmmaker)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This film is really about the history of racism and mass incarceration in this country. And it’s that same history that led in a circuitous way to my parents’ incarceration — to my own experience with jails and prisons since before I can remember,” Boudin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boudin talked more about the film with KQED’s Brian Watt. Their conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: Did the idea for this documentary come from you? Or did someone approach you?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chesa Boudin:\u003c/strong> The director of the film reached out to me through my team when I was still serving as San Francisco’s district attorney, and they proposed the documentary. We had a number of similar documentary film crews reach out and ask to work with us, to essentially be embedded in the office and ultimately embedded in my family in many ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You have been open throughout your public life about your family history. When you were a toddler, your parents were arrested and went on to spend decades in prison. In this documentary, we hear from them, as well as your adoptive parents. What was going through your mind as you heard them share their story?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was in the room for some of the interviews that made their way into this film. Watching my parents talk about raising me from the distance that incarceration created. Watching them talk about the transition into a new family after I was adopted. Watching them talk about their regret and remorse for the harm they caused not only to me, but also to the families that lost loved ones in ways that are totally irreparable, was a really emotional experience for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936940\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1554px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit.png\" alt=\"a polaroid of a small kid with two parents in prison uniforms labeled 'Chesa visits mommy and daddy in jail'\" width=\"1554\" height=\"1112\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936940\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit.png 1554w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit-800x572.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit-1020x730.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit-160x114.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit-768x550.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_JailVisit-1536x1099.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1554px) 100vw, 1554px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photograph of young Chesa Boudin visiting his parents in prison. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the filmmakers)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Was there an emotional place – maybe one you had resisted going for a lot of your life – that you had to go that you weren’t expecting as you sat down to discuss your own personal part of this for the documentary?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The documentary was filmed and recorded over the course of multiple years, so we did a whole series of different interviews. Some of them were profoundly emotional for me, particularly as I lost my mother to a seven-year battle with cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the filming of this documentary, she died — on May 1, just almost exactly a month before my recall from office. The director of the film and his team were doing interviews with her almost right up until the week of her death. Seeing her decline, and getting to watch and listen to the interview she did as part of this project, and then see them integrated into the final film, has been a really intensely emotional experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>As you are dealing with the recall effort, in the documentary, we see difficult circumstances in your family: the loss of your mother to cancer and the release of your father from prison in New York after decades inside. What was going through your mind?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What happened with the recall was profoundly dishonest and unfair. It was unfair to me, but more importantly, was unfair to the voters and the people of San Francisco who elected me and who did not get to choose the person who replaced me. And to have all that happen while my mother was dying, while I was trying to welcome my father home and help him with the intensely challenging transition after 40 years of incarceration — while I was learning to be a father for a newborn son — couldn’t have been more difficult. Yet I am always reminded of how lucky I am in so many ways, and of the fact that when life throws obstacles in our path, it’s in those moments that we learn what we’re capable of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936942\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936942\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin.png 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-768x432.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-1536x864.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-2048x1152.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/BB_KathyBoudin-1920x1080.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Boudin is seen in a still from ‘Beyond Bars.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the filmmaker)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>As much as the documentary is your story, it’s also a love letter to your mom in a way. What would she make of this next phase of your life beyond the district attorney’s office?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On Saturday, Vallejo Mayor Robert McConnell handed the key to the city to one of its biggest musical icons: E-40.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t even know anywhere else. I only knew 4 blocks. I was just a ghetto child. I never thought I’d be selling tapes out of the trunk of the car over at M&M liquor to having my \u003cem>own\u003c/em> liquor,” said Earl Stevens, aka E-40, at the ceremony on a stretch of Magazine Street that now bears the honorary street sign E-40 Way. It marks the neighborhood where he was raised and began his chart-topping career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936795\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13936795 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Earl “E-40” Stevens greets community members after the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo, Calif.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens greets community members after the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You can see the type of talent this city has produced over many many decades,” said Mayor McConnell, addressing the crowd of hundreds that gathered for the ceremony. “Continuously when you move throughout the Bay Area and when you live in other cities, you meet people who say ‘I grew up and I lived in Vallejo,’ and they’re very proud of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So we want to acknowledge his success, and more importantly, we want to acknowledge his contributions to the city,” added McConnell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936788\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13936788 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Vallejo High School cheerleaders perform at Earl “E-40” Stevens’ honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo, Calif.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vallejo High School cheerleaders perform at Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens’ honorary ceremony, with E-40 (right) sitting beside Vallejo Mayor Robert McConnell on stage. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland-born hip-hop and hyphy artist Mistah F.A.B., master of ceremonies at the event, said E-40 was somebody he grew up idolizing as an artist and as a person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today is about being here for somebody that has opened up doors, somebody that has pioneered and championed what it is like to be not only an artist, but to be an entrepreneur, to be a father, to be a friend, to be a family member, to be a great business man,” said Mistah F.A.B., who is also a community organizer, entrepreneur and activist. “I think that you guys are just as proud as we are and we’re happy. … This is a beautiful moment, man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936789\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13936789 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Earl “E-40” Stevens’s family members sit in the audience during the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo, Calif.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens’s family members sit in the audience during the honorary ceremony. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>E-40 is a name practically synonymous with \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">Bay Area hip-hop\u003c/a>, and he’s enjoyed impressive career longevity rarely seen in rap. He got his start in the late ’80s as a member of The Click, a group that also featured his sister Suga-T, brother D-Shot and cousin B-Legit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with peers like Too Short, E-40 set the standard for independent music distribution by selling tapes “out the trunk.” His label Sick Wid It Records later signed a distribution deal with Jive, and The Click’s second album, 1995’s \u003cem>Game Related\u003c/em>, peaked at No. 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936794\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13936794 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Earl “E-40” Stevens unveils the sign of the renamed Magazine St, aka E-40 Way, during the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo, Calif.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens unveils the sign of the renamed Magazine St, aka E-40 Way, during the honorary ceremony. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a good opportunity for the kids that are coming up here, to build something positive for the children coming up in Vallejo,” said Vallejo resident Rosalyn Robinson. “I think it’s a monumental event, giving Vallejo that credit that’s well needed. E-40 has been in the game for four decades, and this celebration is way past.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=arts_13935408 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/HKGT-part-2-web-image-1020x574.png']In 1993, E-40 launched his solo career with the album \u003cem>Federal\u003c/em> and continued collaborating with members of The Click on hits like 1995’s “Sprinkle Me” featuring Suga-T as his national profile grew. He’s credited with inventing and popularizing many Bay Area slang terms — such as “broccoli” for cannabis, “fasheezy” and “flamboastin’.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>E-40’s hit-making streak continued with the 2006 smash “Tell Me When To Go,” which came to define hyphy — the local, hard-partying rap subculture — for the rest of the country. His 2014 song “Choices” became a Golden State Warriors anthem that amped up the team during its championship games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936792\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13936792 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Earl “E-40” Stevens’s son, Earl Stevens Jr. talks about his father’s legacy during the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo, Calif.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens’s son, Earl Stevens Jr. talks about his father’s legacy during the honorary ceremony. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dennis Lastra, who grew up next-door to Stevens in his grandmother’s house, said despite all the success and the accomplishments, E-40 was always humble and always made sure to visit them whenever he was in Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just so proud of him, man. Because like, just from day one, I seen her struggle as a single mother, and she raised her kids,” said Lastra of Earl Stevens’ mother, who raised him and his siblings as a single parent. “\u003cb>\u003c/b>I give all props to that man. … You feel that gratitude that he has. It’s just humbling to hear that from someone that has achieved so much. … And the hard way, it wasn’t the easy way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936791\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13936791 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"E-40 Way seen on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo, Calif.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">E-40 Way in Vallejo. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In recent years, E-40 collaborated with younger Bay Area artists like P-Lo and national rap stars, including Snoop Dogg, T.I. and Ice Cube. While continuing to make music, he’s shifted his energy toward his philanthropy and liquor and food businesses. He has a forthcoming cookbook with Snoop Dogg, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/untitled-snoop-cookbook-2\">Goon With the Spoon\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, out Nov. 14 via Chronicle Books.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936790\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13936790 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-33-MV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Earl “E-40” Stevens speaks during the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo, Calif.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-33-MV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-33-MV-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-33-MV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-33-MV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-33-MV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-33-MV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-33-MV-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens speaks during the honorary ceremony. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“E-40 is a trailblazer and he’s opened up many doors for young people to walk through,” said Rosalyn Robinson. “He’s very humble, always been humble. He’s always been loyal. And I think it’s important for the kids to see, and it’s important for events like this to keep happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Attila Pelit contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On Saturday, Vallejo Mayor Robert McConnell handed the key to the city to one of its biggest musical icons: E-40.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t even know anywhere else. I only knew 4 blocks. I was just a ghetto child. I never thought I’d be selling tapes out of the trunk of the car over at M&M liquor to having my \u003cem>own\u003c/em> liquor,” said Earl Stevens, aka E-40, at the ceremony on a stretch of Magazine Street that now bears the honorary street sign E-40 Way. It marks the neighborhood where he was raised and began his chart-topping career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936795\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13936795 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Earl “E-40” Stevens greets community members after the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo, Calif.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-74-MV-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens greets community members after the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You can see the type of talent this city has produced over many many decades,” said Mayor McConnell, addressing the crowd of hundreds that gathered for the ceremony. “Continuously when you move throughout the Bay Area and when you live in other cities, you meet people who say ‘I grew up and I lived in Vallejo,’ and they’re very proud of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So we want to acknowledge his success, and more importantly, we want to acknowledge his contributions to the city,” added McConnell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936788\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13936788 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Vallejo High School cheerleaders perform at Earl “E-40” Stevens’ honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo, Calif.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-8-MV-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vallejo High School cheerleaders perform at Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens’ honorary ceremony, with E-40 (right) sitting beside Vallejo Mayor Robert McConnell on stage. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland-born hip-hop and hyphy artist Mistah F.A.B., master of ceremonies at the event, said E-40 was somebody he grew up idolizing as an artist and as a person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today is about being here for somebody that has opened up doors, somebody that has pioneered and championed what it is like to be not only an artist, but to be an entrepreneur, to be a father, to be a friend, to be a family member, to be a great business man,” said Mistah F.A.B., who is also a community organizer, entrepreneur and activist. “I think that you guys are just as proud as we are and we’re happy. … This is a beautiful moment, man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936789\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13936789 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Earl “E-40” Stevens’s family members sit in the audience during the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo, Calif.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-25-MV-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens’s family members sit in the audience during the honorary ceremony. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>E-40 is a name practically synonymous with \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">Bay Area hip-hop\u003c/a>, and he’s enjoyed impressive career longevity rarely seen in rap. He got his start in the late ’80s as a member of The Click, a group that also featured his sister Suga-T, brother D-Shot and cousin B-Legit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with peers like Too Short, E-40 set the standard for independent music distribution by selling tapes “out the trunk.” His label Sick Wid It Records later signed a distribution deal with Jive, and The Click’s second album, 1995’s \u003cem>Game Related\u003c/em>, peaked at No. 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936794\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13936794 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Earl “E-40” Stevens unveils the sign of the renamed Magazine St, aka E-40 Way, during the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo, Calif.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-70-MV-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens unveils the sign of the renamed Magazine St, aka E-40 Way, during the honorary ceremony. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a good opportunity for the kids that are coming up here, to build something positive for the children coming up in Vallejo,” said Vallejo resident Rosalyn Robinson. “I think it’s a monumental event, giving Vallejo that credit that’s well needed. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In 1993, E-40 launched his solo career with the album \u003cem>Federal\u003c/em> and continued collaborating with members of The Click on hits like 1995’s “Sprinkle Me” featuring Suga-T as his national profile grew. He’s credited with inventing and popularizing many Bay Area slang terms — such as “broccoli” for cannabis, “fasheezy” and “flamboastin’.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>E-40’s hit-making streak continued with the 2006 smash “Tell Me When To Go,” which came to define hyphy — the local, hard-partying rap subculture — for the rest of the country. His 2014 song “Choices” became a Golden State Warriors anthem that amped up the team during its championship games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936792\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13936792 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Earl “E-40” Stevens’s son, Earl Stevens Jr. talks about his father’s legacy during the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo, Calif.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-53-MV-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl ‘E-40’ Stevens’s son, Earl Stevens Jr. talks about his father’s legacy during the honorary ceremony. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dennis Lastra, who grew up next-door to Stevens in his grandmother’s house, said despite all the success and the accomplishments, E-40 was always humble and always made sure to visit them whenever he was in Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just so proud of him, man. Because like, just from day one, I seen her struggle as a single mother, and she raised her kids,” said Lastra of Earl Stevens’ mother, who raised him and his siblings as a single parent. “\u003cb>\u003c/b>I give all props to that man. … You feel that gratitude that he has. It’s just humbling to hear that from someone that has achieved so much. … And the hard way, it wasn’t the easy way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936791\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13936791 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"E-40 Way seen on Oct. 21, 2023 in Vallejo, Calif.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/E-40-34-MV-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">E-40 Way in Vallejo. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In recent years, E-40 collaborated with younger Bay Area artists like P-Lo and national rap stars, including Snoop Dogg, T.I. and Ice Cube. While continuing to make music, he’s shifted his energy toward his philanthropy and liquor and food businesses. 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