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Of the two decades they’ve spent together, nearly half of that time has been been in an open relationship—and while Julia is certain it’s over, she senses her ex thinks living in close quarters might bring them closer romantically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Complicating things further is the fact that Julia’s been dealing with some COVID-19-like symptoms for weeks, so she’s been self-quarantining on the couch. “Since I’ve been sick it’s almost like living with a roommate, and trying to be respectful and grateful, so there’s that aspect of it,” she says. “We’re also still family even though we’re separating, and we still care for each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there’s this other matter: For the last year and some change, Julia has also been involved in a relationship with her boyfriend. She and her ex typically have a don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy with regard to the other people they’re dating—and since she’s spending her days in the common area, keeping in touch with her boo has been tough. She’s used to seeing him two or three nights a week, but to avoid tensions at home, they’ve only talked on the phone and watched movies while chatting on Zoom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of these circumstances, it makes [the living arrangement] more flammable,” she says. “It will bring bad blood and I’m not trying to do that right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13877557\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13877557\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/couple-eating-breakfast-on-the-bed-3575143-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/couple-eating-breakfast-on-the-bed-3575143-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/couple-eating-breakfast-on-the-bed-3575143-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/couple-eating-breakfast-on-the-bed-3575143-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/couple-eating-breakfast-on-the-bed-3575143-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/couple-eating-breakfast-on-the-bed-3575143-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cohabitation is going better than expected amid shelter-in-place for some couples who didn’t previously live together. \u003ccite>(Lamngakan Eka)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>When U-Hauling Goes Right\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A stereotype—inside joke, really—among queer women is that we’re apt to U-Haul, meaning get serious and move in together right away, likely with some horoscope sharing and emotional processing in the mix. 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After exchanging numbers, they began to steal away together for beers after work, hoping the rest of the staff wouldn’t notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The store] is like high school, gossip travels,” she says. “And much like high school, I’ve opted out of socializing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When shelter-in-place orders hit, Katie and her boyfriend became some of the front-line workers putting supplies on grocery store shelves. And even with the store practicing some crowd control measures, she says it’s still too packed for customers and workers to follow the six-foot distance rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She worries that her employer is leaving workers like her vulnerable and exposed to infection—which is why she decided that breaking shelter-in-place rules to visit her boyfriend’s place isn’t really putting either of them at much greater risk than they’re undertaking already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re all there touching the same stuff,” she says. “We’re all basically in one gigantic living room.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>FaceTime Dates with Strangers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Daniel, a single Oakland guy in his 30s, says dating apps have been bustling since shelter in place. Not knowing when they’ll meet in person isn’t stopping people from seeking connection on Zoom and FaceTime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve had maybe about four FaceTime dates and three of them have been whatever,” he says as he preps for a dinner date with a new lady. “The one I’m having right now I’d convert into a real thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel and his new crush decided to cook the same meal together at their separate places—a veggie dish with lentils and turmeric—and virtually break bread through their screens. He’s coming up with other creative ideas for how to interact, like doing yoga together on Zoom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel says sexting has never been his preference, and that maybe if coronavirus testing becomes widely available, he’ll meet his girl in person. 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The two of them had been dating for six months when Bay Area residents were ordered to retreat into their homes, so the couple made the decision for Lydia to stay with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s propelled me into a different world and fast-tracked our relationship,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quickly, she found herself transitioning from the role of house guest to step-mom, helping with chores and also caring for Diego’s elementary school-aged daughter while he works from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m taking care of a whole human who needs help all the time, needs you to cook, needs you to help her get in the shower,” she says, adding that there have been some tough household conversations about cleanliness and boundaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of that, other family members who live in the house haven’t been exactly warm to Lydia. Nonetheless, Lydia says that with everyone stuck at home, they’ve been forced to make peace and accept one another’s presence. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In a clinical sense, the coronavirus causes respiratory illness, but it has also complicated matters of the heart—as if they weren’t complicated enough already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the shelter-in-place ordinance, some of us are feeling woefully alone, and some of us have found creative ways to stay connected to distant lovers. And still others have suddenly found ourselves in high-stakes cohabitation situations that put relationships to the test: How much of one another can we \u003cem>really\u003c/em> handle?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wearing my most expensive pair of (inside) shoes and sipping a cosmopolitan (OK, green tea), I channeled my inner Carrie Bradshaw and asked my Twitter following, \u003ci>How’s your love life going during the pandemic?\u003c/i> DMs led to phone interviews, which led to tales that were titillating, heartrending and sometimes simply adorable. Here’s how we’re weathering love in the time of coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Note:\u003c/strong> Some names and details have been changed to protect respondents’ privacy.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13877555\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13877555\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/two-people-holding-hands-1101732-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/two-people-holding-hands-1101732-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/two-people-holding-hands-1101732-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/two-people-holding-hands-1101732-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/two-people-holding-hands-1101732-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/two-people-holding-hands-1101732.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shelter-in-place orders aren’t stopping some couples from seeing each other. \u003ccite>(Albert Rafael)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>An Open Marriage on the Outs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Julia, an Oakland resident in her 40s, began the process of separating from her husband last fall, though they still haven’t established separate living arrangements. Of the two decades they’ve spent together, nearly half of that time has been been in an open relationship—and while Julia is certain it’s over, she senses her ex thinks living in close quarters might bring them closer romantically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Complicating things further is the fact that Julia’s been dealing with some COVID-19-like symptoms for weeks, so she’s been self-quarantining on the couch. “Since I’ve been sick it’s almost like living with a roommate, and trying to be respectful and grateful, so there’s that aspect of it,” she says. “We’re also still family even though we’re separating, and we still care for each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there’s this other matter: For the last year and some change, Julia has also been involved in a relationship with her boyfriend. She and her ex typically have a don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy with regard to the other people they’re dating—and since she’s spending her days in the common area, keeping in touch with her boo has been tough. She’s used to seeing him two or three nights a week, but to avoid tensions at home, they’ve only talked on the phone and watched movies while chatting on Zoom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of these circumstances, it makes [the living arrangement] more flammable,” she says. “It will bring bad blood and I’m not trying to do that right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13877557\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13877557\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/couple-eating-breakfast-on-the-bed-3575143-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/couple-eating-breakfast-on-the-bed-3575143-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/couple-eating-breakfast-on-the-bed-3575143-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/couple-eating-breakfast-on-the-bed-3575143-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/couple-eating-breakfast-on-the-bed-3575143-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/couple-eating-breakfast-on-the-bed-3575143-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cohabitation is going better than expected amid shelter-in-place for some couples who didn’t previously live together. \u003ccite>(Lamngakan Eka)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>When U-Hauling Goes Right\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A stereotype—inside joke, really—among queer women is that we’re apt to U-Haul, meaning get serious and move in together right away, likely with some horoscope sharing and emotional processing in the mix. Betsy swears that she and her new girlfriend didn’t do this on purpose—it just made the most sense for sheltering in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the orders came down, “We were like, ‘Oh shit, let’s prepare,’” she says, adding that the couple, dating since early February, was already spending a lot of time at her place anyway. “We started going to the grocery store.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Betsy, an Oakland marketing professional and artist in her 20s, says it’s been going wonderfully. She and her girlfriend cook their meals together and share chores, and there’s been plenty of time for deep conversations that wouldn’t normally come up this soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What are the wildest things you’ve ever done and when did that part of your life end? What are your past traumas? We’ve had all those kinds of conversations,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she’s talking to me on the phone outside her house—I kid you not—she gets a flower delivery from her girlfriend, who is a few feet away indoors. Naturally, Betsy is smitten. This feels like a love that’s going to last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is making us realize we could totally cohabitate in the future, it’s not a question at this point,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Grocery Workers in a Secret Romance\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Katie, a grocery store employee in her 30s, was single until she hit it off with a slightly younger coworker a few months ago. After exchanging numbers, they began to steal away together for beers after work, hoping the rest of the staff wouldn’t notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The store] is like high school, gossip travels,” she says. “And much like high school, I’ve opted out of socializing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When shelter-in-place orders hit, Katie and her boyfriend became some of the front-line workers putting supplies on grocery store shelves. And even with the store practicing some crowd control measures, she says it’s still too packed for customers and workers to follow the six-foot distance rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She worries that her employer is leaving workers like her vulnerable and exposed to infection—which is why she decided that breaking shelter-in-place rules to visit her boyfriend’s place isn’t really putting either of them at much greater risk than they’re undertaking already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re all there touching the same stuff,” she says. “We’re all basically in one gigantic living room.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>FaceTime Dates with Strangers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Daniel, a single Oakland guy in his 30s, says dating apps have been bustling since shelter in place. Not knowing when they’ll meet in person isn’t stopping people from seeking connection on Zoom and FaceTime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve had maybe about four FaceTime dates and three of them have been whatever,” he says as he preps for a dinner date with a new lady. “The one I’m having right now I’d convert into a real thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel and his new crush decided to cook the same meal together at their separate places—a veggie dish with lentils and turmeric—and virtually break bread through their screens. He’s coming up with other creative ideas for how to interact, like doing yoga together on Zoom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel says sexting has never been his preference, and that maybe if coronavirus testing becomes widely available, he’ll meet his girl in person. Of course, with the country’s medical system on overload, that may be wishful thinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13877556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13877556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/greyscale-photo-of-man-using-laptop-computer-1181388-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/greyscale-photo-of-man-using-laptop-computer-1181388-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/greyscale-photo-of-man-using-laptop-computer-1181388-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/greyscale-photo-of-man-using-laptop-computer-1181388-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/greyscale-photo-of-man-using-laptop-computer-1181388-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/greyscale-photo-of-man-using-laptop-computer-1181388.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New crushes, established couples and friends with benefits alike are turning to Zoom and FaceTime to maintain their connections. \u003ccite>(Christina Morillo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>New Etiquette for Friends with Benefits\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Susan, a freelancer in her 20s in New York, has a friend with benefits she sees a few times a month. Their relationship isn’t built on occasionally sending each other “U up?” texts—this guy is her actual friend. They’ve been checking in on each other and sending supportive messages as they shelter in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With both of them practicing social distancing, she wonders whether meeting up is safe enough to be worth the risk. “What’s the standard etiquette for a situation neither of us has come across before?” she wonders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the two of them may refrain from seeing each other in person, she’s actually optimistic and excited about the prospect of some virtual sexy fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s absolutely upsides to it,” she says. “I think a lot of people are into, even in the same room, mutual masturbation—that sort of thing. It’s a fetish for a lot of people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New Love with an Age Gap\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Things got serious quickly during shelter in place between Lydia, a Hayward educator in her 20s, and her boyfriend, Diego, who is more than two decades older. The two of them had been dating for six months when Bay Area residents were ordered to retreat into their homes, so the couple made the decision for Lydia to stay with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s propelled me into a different world and fast-tracked our relationship,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quickly, she found herself transitioning from the role of house guest to step-mom, helping with chores and also caring for Diego’s elementary school-aged daughter while he works from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m taking care of a whole human who needs help all the time, needs you to cook, needs you to help her get in the shower,” she says, adding that there have been some tough household conversations about cleanliness and boundaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of that, other family members who live in the house haven’t been exactly warm to Lydia. Nonetheless, Lydia says that with everyone stuck at home, they’ve been forced to make peace and accept one another’s presence. Even if they’re not the best of friends, they still have family breakfast every morning.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated April 23, 4:15 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fourteen months after a costly lawsuit prompted most of its editorial staff to be laid off, and 20 months after its publisher temporarily resigned amid racism and sexism accusations, the \u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">East Bay Express \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">has changed hands—just as a pandemic-related ad revenue crisis threatens already embattled alt-weeklies nationwide. The award-winning paper’s new owner is optimistic. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland alternative weekly newspaper founded in 1978 and known for accountability reporting and culture coverage sold to Weeklys, a 17-title regional media group that includes \u003cem>The North Bay Bohemian\u003c/em>, \u003cem>The Pacific Sun\u003c/em>, Santa Cruz’s \u003cem>Good Times\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Metro Silicon Valley\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Pulcrano, \u003cem>Metro Silicon Valley\u003c/em> founder and Weeklys chief executive, confirmed the transaction in an interview with KQED, declining to share the sale price. “If you look at our map of properties it’s natural,” he said. “Now the North Bay and the South Bay group are connected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, the media landscape includes the \u003cem>East Bay Times\u003c/em>, part of the Bay Area News Group owned by Alden Global Capital, which has drawn sharp criticism for cuts to the paper (\u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/feeding-on-local-newspapers/Content?oid=14130474\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">not least\u003c/a> from the \u003cem>Express\u003c/em>). The online news site Berkeleyside, meanwhile, is in the process of \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.com/oakland/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">launching\u003c/a> an as-yet-unnamed Oakland web publication with $1.56 million from the Google News Initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to how the \u003cem>East Bay Express\u003c/em> might fit into the East Bay’s media landscape, Pulcrano sought to highlight the paper as an independent alternative. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So you’ve got hedge-fund journalism and corporate journalism,” he said. “We’re independent, funded by the community and its businesses,” without “big money pulling the purse strings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(“Corporate” is a “gross mischaracterization of Berkeleyside and its revenues,” Frances Dinkelspiel, editor and co-founder of Berkeleyside, said in a statement. Readers and local advertisers fund 95 percent of the business, Dinkelspiel said, adding Google has no role in Berkeleyside’s editorial operations.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in page count and staff, the \u003cem>Express\u003c/em> is a shadow of its former self, with controversy still fresh in the minds of many East Bay community members. It’s not easy to find a distribution box in downtown Oakland, let alone one carrying the latest issue. Pulcrano said he anticipates content-sharing between Weeklys titles, but shared few details about staff additions. The \u003cem>Express\u003c/em> currently relies on freelancers for content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pulcrano called the East Bay “talent rich,” saying he’s already heard from former contributors about rejoining the paper, but is deferring hiring decisions while the economy sputters. “It’s difficult to give firm numbers because we’re operating in the middle of a crisis,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Express \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">laid off most of its editorial staff last year after losing a lawsuit to a former sales and marketing director, Terry Furry, who alleged he was illegally denied overtime. An appellate court awarded Furry $750,000. Robert Gammon, the longtime editor in chief, shortly thereafter left the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Express\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to work as communications director for California State Sen. Nancy Skinner.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The layoffs came less than a year after a controversy that still clings to the paper. In 2018, Stephen Buel, the outgoing editor and publisher who owned the paper with his wife, Judith Gallman, unilaterally retracted web posts he described as “racist against white people,” in a meeting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/east-bay-express-controversy.php\">staffers present said\u003c/a>. He also used a racial slur in the meeting, prompting some writers to quit in protest. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Full disclosure: I worked as an \u003cem>Express\u003c/em> editor, columnist and freelance contributor at different times between 2012-2018. I stepped down as columnist in 2018 during the controversy.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buel, who declined an interview request, issued an \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2018/07/13/an-apology-and-a-pledge\">apology\u003c/a> at the time, but accusations of sexism, including non-consensually kissing a former coworker in 2009, soon followed. Buel resigned temporarily; he \u003ca href=\"https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/east-bay-express-buel-return.php\">returned\u003c/a> as publisher, and then editor, out of what he called business necessity. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buel will continue as contractor and interim editor during the transition. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oakland \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">and \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alameda \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">magazines, which Buel runs with Gallman, were not a part of the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Express \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">sale to Weeklys. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Express \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">associate editor Azucena Rasilla, who resigned after Buel retracted her stories and now works as a freelance journalist, considers the paper’s reputation damaged beyond repair. Buel remaining on as editor, even temporarily, is a poor start to mending community ties, she said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Some people might have forgotten what transpired, but faithful readers haven’t,” Rasilla said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked about restoring goodwill, Pulcrano said in a statement that he intends to build a fresh editorial organization at the \u003cem>Express\u003c/em>. “I know that [Buel] is looking forward to other challenges, so I believe his current role will be a temporary one,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sale negotiations started two months ago, before the spread of the novel coronavirus hobbled the already-beleaguered alternative press on the West Coast. The \u003cem>Portland Mercury\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Stranger\u003c/em> in Seattle this month \u003ca href=\"https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/03/13/43143769/the-stranger-temporarily-lays-off-18-employees\">furloughed staff\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/03/14/portland-mercury-halts-print-editions-amid-coronavirus-shutdowns/\">suspended printing\u003c/a> as advertising revenue from the largely dormant nightlife and restaurant industries dropped by as much as 90 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ad sales slowdown gave Pulcrano pause. “But we’re seeing strong support from the community, and records in online activity because we’re doing some important reporting,” he said, mentioning \u003cem>Metro Silicon Valley\u003c/em>’s coverage of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseinside.com/2020/03/23/santa-clara-county-has-tested-just-647-patients-for-covid-19/\">coronavirus testing\u003c/a> in Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pulcrano’s titles also include community broadsheets such as \u003cem>Gilroy Dispatch\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Morgan Hill Times\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Hollister Free Lance\u003c/em>, wine and cannabis publications and several visitors guides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pulcrano also published the Oakland alt-weekly \u003cem>Urbanview\u003c/em> until shortly after the national chain New Times Media bought the \u003cem>Express\u003c/em> in 2001. (Buel and other local investors acquired the \u003cem>Express\u003c/em> in 2007, touching off several more ownership changes in the following years.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“New Times basically shoved us out of the market, so after they sold to locals and the locals decided to sell, it created this opportunity,” he said. “I enjoyed running the weekly in Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pulcrano argued that free weekly papers, despite the demise of nationally-recognized titles such as \u003cem>The Village Voice\u003c/em> and \u003cem>San Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c/em>, have fared better than dailies in recent years. “But coronavirus clearly threw us a new curve, it was completely unexpected,” he said. “It’s hitting the events, dining and arts communities that were a core of the alternative market.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are obviously extraordinary times for independent publishers,” Buel said in a press release announcing the acquisition on Monday. “That \u003cem>Metro\u003c/em> remains enthusiastic about our industry even amidst the unprecedented chaos of this moment in time shows the depth of Dan’s commitment to local businesses and independent journalism. The \u003cem>Express\u003c/em> could not be in better hands.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A website for the regional newspaper group is under construction at \u003ca href=\"https://weeklys.wpengine.com/\">Weeklys.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated to further clarify the context of Dan Pulcrano’s remarks about the East Bay media landscape.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated April 23, 4:15 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fourteen months after a costly lawsuit prompted most of its editorial staff to be laid off, and 20 months after its publisher temporarily resigned amid racism and sexism accusations, the \u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">East Bay Express \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">has changed hands—just as a pandemic-related ad revenue crisis threatens already embattled alt-weeklies nationwide. The award-winning paper’s new owner is optimistic. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland alternative weekly newspaper founded in 1978 and known for accountability reporting and culture coverage sold to Weeklys, a 17-title regional media group that includes \u003cem>The North Bay Bohemian\u003c/em>, \u003cem>The Pacific Sun\u003c/em>, Santa Cruz’s \u003cem>Good Times\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Metro Silicon Valley\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Pulcrano, \u003cem>Metro Silicon Valley\u003c/em> founder and Weeklys chief executive, confirmed the transaction in an interview with KQED, declining to share the sale price. “If you look at our map of properties it’s natural,” he said. “Now the North Bay and the South Bay group are connected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, the media landscape includes the \u003cem>East Bay Times\u003c/em>, part of the Bay Area News Group owned by Alden Global Capital, which has drawn sharp criticism for cuts to the paper (\u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/feeding-on-local-newspapers/Content?oid=14130474\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">not least\u003c/a> from the \u003cem>Express\u003c/em>). The online news site Berkeleyside, meanwhile, is in the process of \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.com/oakland/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">launching\u003c/a> an as-yet-unnamed Oakland web publication with $1.56 million from the Google News Initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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It’s not easy to find a distribution box in downtown Oakland, let alone one carrying the latest issue. Pulcrano said he anticipates content-sharing between Weeklys titles, but shared few details about staff additions. The \u003cem>Express\u003c/em> currently relies on freelancers for content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pulcrano called the East Bay “talent rich,” saying he’s already heard from former contributors about rejoining the paper, but is deferring hiring decisions while the economy sputters. “It’s difficult to give firm numbers because we’re operating in the middle of a crisis,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Express \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">laid off most of its editorial staff last year after losing a lawsuit to a former sales and marketing director, Terry Furry, who alleged he was illegally denied overtime. An appellate court awarded Furry $750,000. Robert Gammon, the longtime editor in chief, shortly thereafter left the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Express\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to work as communications director for California State Sen. Nancy Skinner.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The layoffs came less than a year after a controversy that still clings to the paper. In 2018, Stephen Buel, the outgoing editor and publisher who owned the paper with his wife, Judith Gallman, unilaterally retracted web posts he described as “racist against white people,” in a meeting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/east-bay-express-controversy.php\">staffers present said\u003c/a>. He also used a racial slur in the meeting, prompting some writers to quit in protest. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Full disclosure: I worked as an \u003cem>Express\u003c/em> editor, columnist and freelance contributor at different times between 2012-2018. I stepped down as columnist in 2018 during the controversy.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buel, who declined an interview request, issued an \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2018/07/13/an-apology-and-a-pledge\">apology\u003c/a> at the time, but accusations of sexism, including non-consensually kissing a former coworker in 2009, soon followed. Buel resigned temporarily; he \u003ca href=\"https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/east-bay-express-buel-return.php\">returned\u003c/a> as publisher, and then editor, out of what he called business necessity. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buel will continue as contractor and interim editor during the transition. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oakland \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">and \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alameda \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">magazines, which Buel runs with Gallman, were not a part of the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Express \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">sale to Weeklys. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Express \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">associate editor Azucena Rasilla, who resigned after Buel retracted her stories and now works as a freelance journalist, considers the paper’s reputation damaged beyond repair. Buel remaining on as editor, even temporarily, is a poor start to mending community ties, she said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Some people might have forgotten what transpired, but faithful readers haven’t,” Rasilla said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked about restoring goodwill, Pulcrano said in a statement that he intends to build a fresh editorial organization at the \u003cem>Express\u003c/em>. “I know that [Buel] is looking forward to other challenges, so I believe his current role will be a temporary one,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sale negotiations started two months ago, before the spread of the novel coronavirus hobbled the already-beleaguered alternative press on the West Coast. The \u003cem>Portland Mercury\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Stranger\u003c/em> in Seattle this month \u003ca href=\"https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/03/13/43143769/the-stranger-temporarily-lays-off-18-employees\">furloughed staff\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/03/14/portland-mercury-halts-print-editions-amid-coronavirus-shutdowns/\">suspended printing\u003c/a> as advertising revenue from the largely dormant nightlife and restaurant industries dropped by as much as 90 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ad sales slowdown gave Pulcrano pause. “But we’re seeing strong support from the community, and records in online activity because we’re doing some important reporting,” he said, mentioning \u003cem>Metro Silicon Valley\u003c/em>’s coverage of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseinside.com/2020/03/23/santa-clara-county-has-tested-just-647-patients-for-covid-19/\">coronavirus testing\u003c/a> in Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pulcrano’s titles also include community broadsheets such as \u003cem>Gilroy Dispatch\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Morgan Hill Times\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Hollister Free Lance\u003c/em>, wine and cannabis publications and several visitors guides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pulcrano also published the Oakland alt-weekly \u003cem>Urbanview\u003c/em> until shortly after the national chain New Times Media bought the \u003cem>Express\u003c/em> in 2001. (Buel and other local investors acquired the \u003cem>Express\u003c/em> in 2007, touching off several more ownership changes in the following years.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“New Times basically shoved us out of the market, so after they sold to locals and the locals decided to sell, it created this opportunity,” he said. “I enjoyed running the weekly in Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pulcrano argued that free weekly papers, despite the demise of nationally-recognized titles such as \u003cem>The Village Voice\u003c/em> and \u003cem>San Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c/em>, have fared better than dailies in recent years. “But coronavirus clearly threw us a new curve, it was completely unexpected,” he said. “It’s hitting the events, dining and arts communities that were a core of the alternative market.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are obviously extraordinary times for independent publishers,” Buel said in a press release announcing the acquisition on Monday. “That \u003cem>Metro\u003c/em> remains enthusiastic about our industry even amidst the unprecedented chaos of this moment in time shows the depth of Dan’s commitment to local businesses and independent journalism. 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"content": "\u003cp>Retail, restaurant, hospitality and arts workers—and all kinds of professionals whose livelihoods are tied to in-person meetings—are currently suffering from coronavirus-related job cuts. The U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index estimates that \u003ca href=\"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/37-million-jobs-could-be-lost-in-the-coronavirus-crisis-and-these-workers-will-be-the-hardest-hit-chart-shows-2020-03-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">37 million jobs\u003c/a> are vulnerable to layoffs due to social distancing measures to slow the spread of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many white collar workers continue to labor from home, one group facing particularly acute challenges are sex workers, whose work is often illegal, in legal gray areas or not covered by unemployment laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are sex workers of all income levels and identities, but many come from marginalized communities and have trouble accessing other forms of employment, says Maxine Holloway, co-founder of the advocacy organization \u003ca href=\"https://bayareaworkerssupport.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay Area Workers Support\u003c/a> (BAWS). “There’s a large amount of our community that are people of color, that are trans women, that are disabled folks—folks that are not always able to access employment often turn to sex work to be able to survive and make ends meet,” Holloway explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A collective of sex workers, BAWS lobbies for the decriminalization of sex work and shares peer-to-peer resources. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, they re-launched a \u003ca href=\"https://bayareaworkerssupport.org/grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">microgrant\u003c/a> program that gives out payments of $50–$200 to sex workers in need. They also issued a \u003ca href=\"https://bayareaworkerssupport.org/covid19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">guide\u003c/a> for those coping with a loss of income during the COVID-19 outbreak, complete with health tips and strategies for remote work during social distancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar efforts are taking place across the country: the \u003ca href=\"https://swopusa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sex Worker Outreach Project\u003c/a>, a national advocacy group, is organizing mutual aid fundraisers for sex workers in places like \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/swopla/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/SWOPATX-COVID19RELIEF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/z6w8v5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York\u003c/a>, and sex workers in \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/jm8kk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Las Vegas\u003c/a> have been fundraising via crowdfunding platforms such as GoFundMe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We definitely do not have enough to keep up with demand of grant requests,” says Holloway, adding that the microgrant program relies on donations. “We’re definitely going to need an influx of financial support from our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13877406\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13877406\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/DSC4030-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Sex Workers and their allies at an International Sex Workers Day demonstration in downtown Oakland in 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/DSC4030-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/DSC4030-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/DSC4030-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/DSC4030-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/DSC4030.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sex Workers and their allies at an International Sex Workers Day demonstration in downtown Oakland in 2018. \u003ccite>(light thief/Bay Area Workers Support)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Without access to worker benefits, sex workers are often uninsured or underinsured, Holloway says, and may turn to clinics such as San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://stjamesinfirmary.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. James Infirmary\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berkeley Free Clinic\u003c/a>. But clinics serving vulnerable populations are already strapped for resources, and the Berkeley Free Clinic actually closed its doors until April 2 to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. (Meanwhile, Berkeley Free Clinic has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/covid19-protection-for-berkeley039s-unhoused-people?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GoFundMe\u003c/a> campaign to raise money for its volunteers to set up hand-washing stations at homeless encampments and supply additional tents to allow unsheltered people to self-isolate.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Challenges of Taking Business Online\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Taking their work online through photos, videos, phone sex and videoconferencing is one way sex workers have been protecting themselves during the pandemic. But changing how one does business is not as easy as starting an account on a website like OnlyFans, a subscription-based site that functions like a not-safe-for-work Twitter feed where users pay for additional X-rated content. [aside postid='arts_13827641']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arabelle Raphael, an artist and sex worker with multiple streams of income that include virtual and in-person work, published a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ArabelleRaphael/status/1238549343717617664?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tutorial\u003c/a> on her Twitter feed with tips for sex workers building an OnlyFans brand. She says that there are barriers to entry: much like Instagram influencers, sex workers with existing online followings have an easier time monetizing their accounts than those starting from scratch. Plus, posting explicit photos and videos of oneself online has privacy consequences that people who aren’t out as sex workers to friends and family may not be willing to take. And furthermore, online work may not be an option for those who are in child custody battles, or who don’t have consistent home internet access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hard thing is people who haven’t had an online presence aren’t gonna make money right away, it’s a lot of work,” Raphael says. “It took me years to build something where it’s like, someone can live off of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13827660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13827660\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-800x519.jpg\" alt=\"Raphael at home.\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-800x519.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-768x498.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-1020x661.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-1180x765.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-960x622.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-240x156.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-375x243.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-520x337.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arabelle Raphael at home. \u003ccite>(Graham Holoch / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vanessa Carlisle, a writer, educator and sex worker advocate in Los Angeles, says she’s been seeing individuals and organizations step up mutual aid efforts. Her group, Hookers Army Los Angeles, typically teaches self-defense classes and has been moving meetings online to facilitate resource-sharing. Carlisle herself has been offering free workshops for self-soothing somatic techniques for anxiety relief on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/vanessacarlisle/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram Live\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some sex workers are offering classes to help people get their NiteFlirt set up,” she says, referring to a popular phone sex website. “There’s people offering to help others set up their websites; there’s people helping each other set up for making content from home. I see a lot of skill share and mutual aid, and I’m seeing in my community a lot more texting and calling and reaching out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mobilizing for Solidarity and Advocacy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sex workers have built networks for supporting one another, and can mobilize quickly, because the last few years have volatile for the industry, says Reiko Rasch, an artist and sex worker advocate in the Bay Area. The federal SESTA/FOSTA law of 2018 shut down many of the websites where sex workers vetted clients and found dates without exposing themselves to the dangers of outdoor work. And because of California’s Dynamex lawsuit (and resulting new labor law, AB 5), many of the state’s strip clubs changed dancers’ status from independent contractors to employees, which resulted in pay cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet AB 5 has an upside, which is that dancers are now eligible for unemployment benefits. Rasch says that on social media and in group texts, dancers have been helping each other navigate the bureaucracy. She says it’s part of a mutual aid effort that began weeks before the shelter-in-place ordinance. “I noticed the dancers, the sex workers themselves, took the first and strongest initiatives in responding to this,” says Rasch. “Back when this was still just in the news and [seemed like] this scary media thing, the sex workers started upping their risk management practices like taking more showers in the locker room, bringing Lysol wipes to work, attaching hand sanitizer to their money pails and sanitizing the stage more regularly.” [aside postID='arts_13876535,arts_13876314,arts_13876849' label='Read more']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sex workers’ support networks have also been crucial spaces to feel seen and heard during this stressful time, and to encourage each other to practice self-care. “We’ve been organizing online support like Zooms, having a brunch were people can share in more of an environment of—not so much organizing what are we gonna do politically—but the mutual aid of, ‘How are people doing. Are you safe? Are you taken care of?’ And offering friend-to-friend kind of stuff,” says Chatz, the lead singer of Oakland rock band \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13867290/oakland-band-copyslut-advocates-for-sex-workers-through-rock-n-roll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copyslut\u003c/a> and a sex worker advocate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The people interviewed for this story agree that it’s important for allies to step up for sex workers in their communities right now, and that includes clients. The BAWS guide encourages fans of sex workers to pre-book sessions, donate to them directly or simply just check in with them, as the isolating experience of self-quarantining combined with financial stress can be daunting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Holloway says that—much like how the pandemic is causing many Americans to reevaluate the state of the country’s healthcare system—it’s an opportunity to think longterm about how the decriminalization of sex work could grant sex workers access to social safety nets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I encourage people to think about this once the crisis has passed, that these issues of criminalization of people and the stigmatization of people have really intense effects on people’s health, safety and livelihood,” Holloway says. “Join us in fighting for sex worker justice that will help sex workers stay safer and healthier in the next wave of what is to come.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Retail, restaurant, hospitality and arts workers—and all kinds of professionals whose livelihoods are tied to in-person meetings—are currently suffering from coronavirus-related job cuts. The U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index estimates that \u003ca href=\"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/37-million-jobs-could-be-lost-in-the-coronavirus-crisis-and-these-workers-will-be-the-hardest-hit-chart-shows-2020-03-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">37 million jobs\u003c/a> are vulnerable to layoffs due to social distancing measures to slow the spread of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many white collar workers continue to labor from home, one group facing particularly acute challenges are sex workers, whose work is often illegal, in legal gray areas or not covered by unemployment laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are sex workers of all income levels and identities, but many come from marginalized communities and have trouble accessing other forms of employment, says Maxine Holloway, co-founder of the advocacy organization \u003ca href=\"https://bayareaworkerssupport.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay Area Workers Support\u003c/a> (BAWS). “There’s a large amount of our community that are people of color, that are trans women, that are disabled folks—folks that are not always able to access employment often turn to sex work to be able to survive and make ends meet,” Holloway explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A collective of sex workers, BAWS lobbies for the decriminalization of sex work and shares peer-to-peer resources. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, they re-launched a \u003ca href=\"https://bayareaworkerssupport.org/grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">microgrant\u003c/a> program that gives out payments of $50–$200 to sex workers in need. They also issued a \u003ca href=\"https://bayareaworkerssupport.org/covid19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">guide\u003c/a> for those coping with a loss of income during the COVID-19 outbreak, complete with health tips and strategies for remote work during social distancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar efforts are taking place across the country: the \u003ca href=\"https://swopusa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sex Worker Outreach Project\u003c/a>, a national advocacy group, is organizing mutual aid fundraisers for sex workers in places like \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/swopla/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/SWOPATX-COVID19RELIEF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/z6w8v5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York\u003c/a>, and sex workers in \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/jm8kk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Las Vegas\u003c/a> have been fundraising via crowdfunding platforms such as GoFundMe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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And furthermore, online work may not be an option for those who are in child custody battles, or who don’t have consistent home internet access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hard thing is people who haven’t had an online presence aren’t gonna make money right away, it’s a lot of work,” Raphael says. “It took me years to build something where it’s like, someone can live off of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13827660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13827660\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-800x519.jpg\" alt=\"Raphael at home.\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-800x519.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-768x498.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-1020x661.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-1180x765.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-960x622.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-240x156.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-375x243.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200-520x337.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/KQED_Arabelle_Raphael_7_1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arabelle Raphael at home. \u003ccite>(Graham Holoch / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vanessa Carlisle, a writer, educator and sex worker advocate in Los Angeles, says she’s been seeing individuals and organizations step up mutual aid efforts. Her group, Hookers Army Los Angeles, typically teaches self-defense classes and has been moving meetings online to facilitate resource-sharing. Carlisle herself has been offering free workshops for self-soothing somatic techniques for anxiety relief on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/vanessacarlisle/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram Live\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some sex workers are offering classes to help people get their NiteFlirt set up,” she says, referring to a popular phone sex website. “There’s people offering to help others set up their websites; there’s people helping each other set up for making content from home. I see a lot of skill share and mutual aid, and I’m seeing in my community a lot more texting and calling and reaching out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mobilizing for Solidarity and Advocacy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sex workers have built networks for supporting one another, and can mobilize quickly, because the last few years have volatile for the industry, says Reiko Rasch, an artist and sex worker advocate in the Bay Area. The federal SESTA/FOSTA law of 2018 shut down many of the websites where sex workers vetted clients and found dates without exposing themselves to the dangers of outdoor work. And because of California’s Dynamex lawsuit (and resulting new labor law, AB 5), many of the state’s strip clubs changed dancers’ status from independent contractors to employees, which resulted in pay cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet AB 5 has an upside, which is that dancers are now eligible for unemployment benefits. Rasch says that on social media and in group texts, dancers have been helping each other navigate the bureaucracy. She says it’s part of a mutual aid effort that began weeks before the shelter-in-place ordinance. “I noticed the dancers, the sex workers themselves, took the first and strongest initiatives in responding to this,” says Rasch. “Back when this was still just in the news and [seemed like] this scary media thing, the sex workers started upping their risk management practices like taking more showers in the locker room, bringing Lysol wipes to work, attaching hand sanitizer to their money pails and sanitizing the stage more regularly.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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He was an openly gay writer who wrote about homophobia, love and AIDS.[aside label=\"More Coverage\" tag=\"coronavirus\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like to work with people who are a lot more talented and smarter than me, who make fewer mistakes than I do, and who can call me out when I do something lazy,” he told LA Stage Times in 2013. “A lot of people stop learning in life, and that’s their tragedy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McNally’s “Lips Together, Teeth Apart,” about two married couples who spend a weekend on Fire Island, was a landmark play about AIDS. His play “The Ritz” became one of the first plays with unapologetic gay characters to reach a mainstream audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McNally also explored gay themes in the book for the musical “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” for which he won his first Tony Award. His play “Love! Valour! 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Hamilton, president of New York University, told the crowd that day that McNally put a “unique stamp on American drama by probing the urgent need for connection that resonates at the core of human experience.”[aside postid='science_1957877']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of his Broadway musical adaptations include “The Full Monty,” adapted from the British film and scored by David Yazbek; “Catch Me if You Can,” based on the Steven Spielberg film, and scored by composer Marc Shaiman and lyricist Scott Wittman; and “Ragtime,” the musical based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow, which won four Tony Awards. In 2017, his musical reworking of the film “Anastasia” landed on Broadway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His 2014 Broadway play “Mothers and Sons” — revisiting McNally’s 1990 TV movie “Andre’s Mother,” which won him an Emmy Award — explores the relationship between a mother and her dead son’s former gay partner. His “It’s Only a Play” was a valentine to theater-making. His “The Visit” was a meditation on revenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McNally was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, and grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, listening to radio broadcasts of “The Green Hornet” and the Metropolitan Opera. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1960 with a degree in English.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McNally was at the Actors Studio when he was hired by novelist John Steinbeck to be a tutor and guardian to his sons. One of McNally’s earliest theater attempts was writing the book for a musical adaptation of Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” which was called “Here’s Where I Belong” and lasted only a single performance on Broadway in 1968.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McNally’s first Broadway play “And Things That Go Bump in the Night” didn’t fare much better in 1965. His absurdist, symbolic melodrama about good and evil confounded critics. Newsday called it “ugly, perverted, tasteless.” It closed in less than three weeks. 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Now the San Francisco Arts Alliance survey shows how the sudden shutdown jeopardizes thousands of jobs in the cultural sector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an unprecedented situation,” Deborah Cullinan, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts chief executive and co-chair of the SF Arts Alliance, an informal group of local arts leaders, said in an interview. “It requires us to really reconsider what we do and how we do it and who we do it for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"More Coverage\" tag=\"coronavirus\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey particularly impressed on Cullinan the art world’s reliance on independent contractors, and their unique vulnerability at a time of cutbacks. “We’re not alone in depending on contractors,” she said. “This is an opportunity for us to work across sectors with small businesses and other enterprises and push policy that benefits contractors at large.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We haven’t seen the worst,” Cullinan added. “All we can do is come out of this with new ideas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco COVID-19 Arts Impact Survey results, which reflect large institutions and shoestring operations alike, as of Friday, Mar. 20 show anticipated losses of $47.8 million in earned income and $25.5 million in contributed income if the crisis proceeds until mid-September. Already, the survey respondents reported losses totaling tens of millions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More difficult than regaining visitors when the shelter orders lift will be recovering fundraising momentum. Individual and institutional donors tend to prioritize food, housing and other safety net services over arts and culture nonprofits, and arts fundraisers worry the declining stock market and likely economic recession will diminish the endowments of private foundations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13877357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-10.49.09-AM.png\" alt=\"The San Francisco Arts Alliance surveyed arts organizations about the novel coronavirus' impact on revenue.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1081\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13877357\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-10.49.09-AM.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-10.49.09-AM-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-10.49.09-AM-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-10.49.09-AM-768x432.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-24-at-10.49.09-AM-1020x574.png 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Arts Alliance surveyed arts organizations about the novel coronavirus’ impact on revenue. \u003ccite>(San Francisco Arts Alliance)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The immediate effects on arts workers have been unevenly distributed. Some major institutions, such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, are currently paying regular wages to employees working remotely as well as most frontline staff, such as ticket takers, who cannot report to work. Yet even the San Francisco Symphony reported that it is considering hiring freezes and layoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contractors, though, such as audio-visual technicians and other event workers, have been the first to miss expected paychecks. The survey results show the 145 organizations employ 4,129 of these gig workers, twice the number of full-time staff, and because they lack benefits such as paid sick leave and healthcare, they’re especially threatened by the sudden loss of income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gabriel Nunez de Arco, 26, is a lighting designer and sound engineer who made some $2,000 a month working gigs at small theaters such as Joe Goode Annex and Counterpulse. Now his projected income is zero. He can pay his rent in April. After that, he’ll sell music gear. Otherwise he’s relying on community \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13876893/emergency-funds-for-freelancers-creatives-losing-income-during-coronavirus\">mutual aid\u003c/a> efforts: “Passing around the same $20,” as he put it. [aside postid='science_1957877']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De Arco was disappointed that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13877253/sf-pledges-2-5-million-to-new-arts-relief-program\">Arts Relief Program\u003c/a> announced by San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Monday didn’t appear to benefit freelance arts workers such as himself, and feels neglected by the organizations that once offered steady if low-paid gigs. “When shit hits the fan we’re disposable,” he said. “It’s very much parallel with all other kinds of gig workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10897951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10897951\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/Davies-Full-Ext-Night-800x511.jpg\" alt=\"Davies Symphony Hall\" width=\"800\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/Davies-Full-Ext-Night-800x511.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/Davies-Full-Ext-Night-400x255.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/Davies-Full-Ext-Night-1180x753.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/Davies-Full-Ext-Night-960x613.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/08/Davies-Full-Ext-Night.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Symphony is considering hiring freezes and layoffs. 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"content": "\u003cp>Musician and composer\u003ca href=\"http://www.danielberkman.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Daniel Berkman\u003c/a> was on his way home to San Francisco after visiting his parents near Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago, when he decided to check in with a collaborator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and Katerina Wong, the co-artistic director of contemporary dance company \u003ca href=\"https://rawdance.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RAWdance\u003c/a>, had been working together on \u003ca href=\"https://rawdance.org/events/tripletake/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a major project\u003c/a> for months. It was about to have its world premiere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I called her and said, 'Hey, I'm really excited to get back to work on this.' And she said, 'Well, actually, it's not happening. Due to COVID-19, we were forced to cancel the show,' \" Berkman told KQED via video chat earlier this week. \"That was when it kind of hit me that this is actually affecting me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was heartbreaking,\" said Wong of the phone conversation she had that day with Berkman. \"He was supportive. He completely understood how difficult the decision must have been.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More cancellations followed. Within a few days, Berkman's schedule had completely emptied out. \"All of my income has halted,\" he said. \"There's no more income from my jobs anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's long been tough for artists like Berkman to make a living in California. The ever-escalating cost of living, coupled with the challenges of doing business as an independent worker under the restrictions created by the new AB 5 employment law, are making it tougher than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sometimes I feel like one of the last-standing full-time musicians in San Francisco,\" Berkman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkman is a multi-instrumentalist who plays keyboards, synthesizers, piano, acoustic and electric guitars, viola de gamba, cello and percussion. He's also a pioneer of music making in virtual reality environments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his favorite instrument is the kora, a West African stringed instrument that looks and sounds like a cross between a lute and a harp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11807579\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11807579\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Musician Daniel Berkman sheltering in place with some of his instruments in his San Francisco apartment.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Musician Daniel Berkman sheltering in place with some of his instruments in his San Francisco apartment. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Berkman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I just love how one instrument can produce so much sound and still have such a serene and healing quality,\" said Berkman, who's been playing the kora for 25 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 49-year-old musician lives a hand-to-mouth existence accompanying rehearsals for Bay Area dance companies like \u003ca href=\"https://odc.dance/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ODC\u003c/a> and giving kora lessons to a couple of private students. He also picks up scattered paychecks from live gigs, composing and teaching electronic music workshops at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SFJAZZ\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he’s been able to continue doing what he does in one of the most expensive cities in the world because he keeps a very low overhead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This little room barely fits all of my instruments,\" Berkman said of his small, rent-controlled studio in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood. \"But it's been good to me for 20 years.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that COVID-19 has swept away all of his work, Berkman is wondering how he’s going to make his rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, he tried to reach his landlady to discuss the matter. He couldn’t get through. \"But I left a message anyway, basically telling her, what if the situation is such that I may have to miss a month?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time of publication, Berkman had not yet heard back. Last week, San Francisco Mayor London Breed issued a moratorium on evictions of tenants who cannot pay rent due to the current public health crisis. Gov. Gavin Newsom followed up this week with an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11807102/newsom-authorizes-california-cities-to-stop-evictions-tenant-advocates-say-more-is-needed\">executive order\u003c/a> asking cities and counties statewide to place a similar freeze on evictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkman said he also called his health insurance provider to ask if they’d be willing to cut him some slack. He shared a recording of his conversation with Kaiser Permanente with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Currently, at the moment, there is not anything going on as far as deferments or forgiveness for the premiums,” the customer service agent on the call told Berkman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11807582\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11807582\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42190_Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-13.03.21-qut-800x718.jpg\" alt=\"A post from Daniel Berkman's Facebook page\" width=\"800\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42190_Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-13.03.21-qut-800x718.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42190_Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-13.03.21-qut-160x144.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42190_Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-13.03.21-qut-1020x915.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42190_Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-13.03.21-qut.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A post from Daniel Berkman's Facebook page \u003ccite>(Facebook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkman said he has around $800 in his bank account and no savings. He has no safety net.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's what's so scary,\" he said. \"I don't have a backup plan.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first time, Berkman, who said he doesn’t like to feel like he’s in anyone’s debt, is having to get comfortable with asking for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It seems like everybody's helping one another,\" he said. \"Why can't I just accept a little bit of help?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he's applied to a couple of small artists relief funds. He is waiting to hear back about whether his applications have been successful, but he's not feeling optimistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"\u003ca href=\"https://artistrelieftree.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artist Relief Tree\u003c/a> can safely say that the first 700 people will receive funding. I am 2,140 out 3,545. The second [fund] is administered by a producer friend of mine, and he says they’re doing what they can, but to try \u003ca href=\"https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/NzY4NjU=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Safety Net Fund\u003c/a>,\" Berkman wrote in a follow-up email. \"I started filing for unemployment yesterday.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The musician said he is grateful to the few friends who have recently bought his \u003ca href=\"https://danielberkman.bandcamp.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complete discography online via Bandcamp\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Musician and composer\u003ca href=\"http://www.danielberkman.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Daniel Berkman\u003c/a> was on his way home to San Francisco after visiting his parents near Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago, when he decided to check in with a collaborator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and Katerina Wong, the co-artistic director of contemporary dance company \u003ca href=\"https://rawdance.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RAWdance\u003c/a>, had been working together on \u003ca href=\"https://rawdance.org/events/tripletake/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a major project\u003c/a> for months. It was about to have its world premiere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I called her and said, 'Hey, I'm really excited to get back to work on this.' And she said, 'Well, actually, it's not happening. Due to COVID-19, we were forced to cancel the show,' \" Berkman told KQED via video chat earlier this week. \"That was when it kind of hit me that this is actually affecting me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was heartbreaking,\" said Wong of the phone conversation she had that day with Berkman. \"He was supportive. He completely understood how difficult the decision must have been.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More cancellations followed. Within a few days, Berkman's schedule had completely emptied out. \"All of my income has halted,\" he said. \"There's no more income from my jobs anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's long been tough for artists like Berkman to make a living in California. The ever-escalating cost of living, coupled with the challenges of doing business as an independent worker under the restrictions created by the new AB 5 employment law, are making it tougher than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sometimes I feel like one of the last-standing full-time musicians in San Francisco,\" Berkman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkman is a multi-instrumentalist who plays keyboards, synthesizers, piano, acoustic and electric guitars, viola de gamba, cello and percussion. He's also a pioneer of music making in virtual reality environments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his favorite instrument is the kora, a West African stringed instrument that looks and sounds like a cross between a lute and a harp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11807579\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11807579\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Musician Daniel Berkman sheltering in place with some of his instruments in his San Francisco apartment.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42188_daniel-berkman-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Musician Daniel Berkman sheltering in place with some of his instruments in his San Francisco apartment. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Berkman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I just love how one instrument can produce so much sound and still have such a serene and healing quality,\" said Berkman, who's been playing the kora for 25 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 49-year-old musician lives a hand-to-mouth existence accompanying rehearsals for Bay Area dance companies like \u003ca href=\"https://odc.dance/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ODC\u003c/a> and giving kora lessons to a couple of private students. He also picks up scattered paychecks from live gigs, composing and teaching electronic music workshops at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SFJAZZ\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he’s been able to continue doing what he does in one of the most expensive cities in the world because he keeps a very low overhead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This little room barely fits all of my instruments,\" Berkman said of his small, rent-controlled studio in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood. \"But it's been good to me for 20 years.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that COVID-19 has swept away all of his work, Berkman is wondering how he’s going to make his rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, he tried to reach his landlady to discuss the matter. He couldn’t get through. \"But I left a message anyway, basically telling her, what if the situation is such that I may have to miss a month?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time of publication, Berkman had not yet heard back. Last week, San Francisco Mayor London Breed issued a moratorium on evictions of tenants who cannot pay rent due to the current public health crisis. Gov. Gavin Newsom followed up this week with an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11807102/newsom-authorizes-california-cities-to-stop-evictions-tenant-advocates-say-more-is-needed\">executive order\u003c/a> asking cities and counties statewide to place a similar freeze on evictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkman said he also called his health insurance provider to ask if they’d be willing to cut him some slack. He shared a recording of his conversation with Kaiser Permanente with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Currently, at the moment, there is not anything going on as far as deferments or forgiveness for the premiums,” the customer service agent on the call told Berkman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11807582\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11807582\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42190_Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-13.03.21-qut-800x718.jpg\" alt=\"A post from Daniel Berkman's Facebook page\" width=\"800\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42190_Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-13.03.21-qut-800x718.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42190_Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-13.03.21-qut-160x144.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42190_Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-13.03.21-qut-1020x915.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42190_Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-13.03.21-qut.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A post from Daniel Berkman's Facebook page \u003ccite>(Facebook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkman said he has around $800 in his bank account and no savings. He has no safety net.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's what's so scary,\" he said. \"I don't have a backup plan.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first time, Berkman, who said he doesn’t like to feel like he’s in anyone’s debt, is having to get comfortable with asking for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It seems like everybody's helping one another,\" he said. \"Why can't I just accept a little bit of help?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he's applied to a couple of small artists relief funds. He is waiting to hear back about whether his applications have been successful, but he's not feeling optimistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"\u003ca href=\"https://artistrelieftree.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artist Relief Tree\u003c/a> can safely say that the first 700 people will receive funding. I am 2,140 out 3,545. The second [fund] is administered by a producer friend of mine, and he says they’re doing what they can, but to try \u003ca href=\"https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/NzY4NjU=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Safety Net Fund\u003c/a>,\" Berkman wrote in a follow-up email. \"I started filing for unemployment yesterday.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The musician said he is grateful to the few friends who have recently bought his \u003ca href=\"https://danielberkman.bandcamp.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complete discography online via Bandcamp\u003c/a>. (The digital music service \u003ca href=\"https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced\u003c/a> it would waive its revenue share on all sales on Friday, March 20, as part of \"rallying the Bandcamp community to put much needed money directly into artists’ pockets.\") One friend even gifted Berkman $50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That generosity just reminds me that we really are in this together,\" Berkman said. \"Despite the bleakness of it all, I feel like there's hope.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though he has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/danielberkman/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media presence\u003c/a>, a \u003ca href=\"http://www.danielberkman.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://danielberkman.bandcamp.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sells his records online\u003c/a>, Berkman has always focused more on live music making. But he said if there’s one thing the current public health crisis has shown him, it’s the importance of taking more of his business into the digital realm — into areas like online promotion, virtual lessons and livestreaming gigs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkman said he plans to spend the next few weeks of downtime ramping up his online efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This COVID-19 is a wake-up call,\" he said. \"The bottom line is, I need to change how I work as a musician.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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