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"content": "\u003cp>As we all know, the Bay Area is one of those very special little corners of Earth where surreal niches don’t just survive—they often thrive. Just ask the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence\u003c/a>. Or the \u003ca href=\"https://thebolditalic.com/hanging-out-with-sf-s-naked-guys-the-bold-italic-san-francisco-10c2dd8c1f08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naked Guys\u003c/a>. Or even \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Chu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frank Chu\u003c/a>, the 12 Galaxies protest dude. Our inherent love of the unusual is why we have a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folsom_Street_Fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BDSM festival\u003c/a>. And it’s \u003cem>definitely\u003c/em> why we have a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Your_Alley_Fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">second BDSM festival\u003c/a> for people who think the first BDSM festival is too mainstream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In truth though, we could be doing more, because—for reasons I cannot fathom—some of the strangest festivals in Bay Area history are no longer with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without further ado, I present three festivals that we almost certainly should bring back. One of the strangest things about all of them is that they ever fell out of favor here in the first place…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Annual Humming Toadfish Festival, Sausalito\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 780px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13901207\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM.png\" alt=\"Local cartoonist Phil Frank designed this promo poster for Sausalito's Annual Humming Toadfish Festival, in 1988.\" width=\"780\" height=\"972\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM.png 780w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM-160x199.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM-768x957.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local cartoonist Phil Frank (of ‘Farley’ fame) designed this promo poster for Sausalito’s Annual Humming Toadfish Festival, in 1988. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sausalito Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 1981, houseboat residents in Sausalito began hearing a strange hum coming from the water. It came only at night, it prompted residents to check their electrical boxes for faulty wires, and it was compared by one witness to the sound of a distant air raid. “The humming is so strong,” South Dakota’s \u003cem>Argus-Leader\u003c/em> once reported, “it is able to penetrate even the steel-reinforced concrete hulls of some houseboats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speculation was rife about the source of the disturbing audio vibrations. Locals pointed fingers at Russian submarines, CIA surveillance, a secret sewage plant, unknown mechanical devices, and—of course—aliens. For a while, many people’s best guess was that it was just another example of “\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hum\u003c/a>“—a throbbing noise of unknown origin heard in remote locations around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in 1985, after years of disturbances, the then-director of Golden Gate Park’s Steinhart Aquarium, John McCosker, finally figured out the source of the nocturnal humming. It was the plainfish midshipman—a.k.a. porichthys notatus\u003cem>—\u003c/em>a.k.a. the humming toadfish. The noise came specifically from amorous male toadfish trying to attract mates. “It may be the mating call of the toadfish,” an unimpressed Yellow Ferry Harbor resident \u003ca href=\"http://www.sausalitohistoricalsociety.com/2019-columns/2019/3/27/the-humming-toadfish-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told \u003cem>United Press International\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, “but it plays havoc with the sex lives of people living here.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13886018']Regardless, for Sausalito residents who’d spent years puzzling over the mystery, McCosker’s answer came as such a welcome relief that they decided to honor all that aquatic \u003cem>amor\u003c/em> with a festival at the Sausalito Bay Model. Attractions at the preposterous Annual Humming Toadfish festival included: attendees dressed as fish, sea monsters and fauna; a parade of hundreds of kazoo players mimicking the underwater hum; audio recordings of toadfish calls; and a “living, hands-on” display of the animals by McCosker. According to the \u003cem>Petaluma Argus-Courier\u003c/em>, the 1988 edition also included a marching band, Presbyterian church choirs, food stands, and beer from 20 California microbreweries. Plus? Each year a special attendee was crowned King of the Humming Toadfish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sadly, I can find no existing footage of any of this nonsense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Oakland’s Wild Duck Festival, Lake Merritt\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900999\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-800x628.png\" alt=\"Girls dance, while ducks fly overhead at Lake Merritt's Annual Duck Festival, New Year's Day 1923.\" width=\"800\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-800x628.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-1020x801.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-160x126.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-768x603.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-1536x1206.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM.png 1890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An outtake from ‘The Wicker Man.’ Just kidding. It’s a scene from 1923’s Annual Duck Festival, held on New Year’s Day at Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The photo, taken on the shores of Lake Merritt on New Year’s Day 1923, looks positively pagan. A circle of girls, dressed in white tights, bonnets and frilly dresses, dancing while clutching an extra long feather boa. Behind them in the lake and flying over their heads is the reason for their strange dance: scores of ducks. This was the Annual Wild Duck Festival in Oakland and—just look at that photo, man—it was pretty eccentric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13879301']Given under the direction of the Oakland Playground Department, and funded by the Oakland City Council ($460 was provided for it in 1921), the duck festival was first held in 1920. That year also marked the \u003ca href=\"https://localwiki.org/oakland/Lake_Merritt_Wild_Duck_Refuge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50th anniversary\u003c/a> of Lake Merritt’s wild duck refuge—a sanctuary first conceived by Dr. Samuel Merritt. Merritt wanted to protect both the birds and surrounding residents from hunters’ gunfire, as well as from dogs and cats, which were subsequently banned. By 1915, organized feeding of the ducks—with corn, wheat and crumbled loaves of bread—had also begun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1921, an estimated 15,000 people came to greet the wild ducks on New Year’s Day. The following year, the neighborhood celebration was described by newspapers around the country as “A pageant of decorated boats on the lake, and a parade of decorated automobiles on the drives surrounding the bird sanctuary.” As the above photo illustrates, “hundreds of children from the Oakland public schools, all in costume, danced folk and outdoor dances on the lawn bordering the lake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kansas newspaper the \u003cem>Phillipsburg News\u003c/em> even compared the Wild Duck Festival to “what the Tournament of Roses is to Pasadena, or Shrove Tuesday is in New Orleans.” The paper reported that “the entire city took a holiday” to go to the park. There are worse ways to get rid of a New Year’s Day hangover, I guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Banana Slug Festival, Guerneville\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901248\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901248\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-800x1260.png\" alt=\"A banana slug race in action, as seen in the 'Press Democrat' on Oct. 15, 1987.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-800x1260.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-160x252.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-768x1209.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM.png 926w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A banana slug race in action, as seen in the ‘Press Democrat’ on Oct. 15, 1987. \u003ccite>('The Press Democrat')\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This outlandish celebration of Northern California banana slugs was born from the fact that—as one Monte Rio resident told the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> in 1987—”Other small towns had something to celebrate, but nothing will grow under our redwoods … except the banana slug.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cue a festival that became infamous in the late ’80s for combining slug races for kids at one end, and slug tastings for grossed out grown-ups at the other. Inspired by the knowledge that Yurok indigenous people once ate the slimy yellow friends (fried, apparently), competitors in the festival’s cooking competition tried endlessly to make the dead slugs more palatable. Dishes offered up over the years included slug Wellington, slug enchiladas, slug sushi and slug focaccia bread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13892672']In some years, the festival also held a competition to find a “Super Slug”—though all the winning slug had to do was weigh more than of all the other slugs in the category. According to Tacoma, Washington’s \u003cem>News Tribune\u003c/em> newspaper, after the 1990 winner was announced, the slug was “dressed in a velveteen cape, presented on a purple pillow, and carried to theme music from \u003cem>Rocky\u003c/em>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Slugfest became so infamous that, in 1989, the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> printed an extensive report about it. That year, the festival was picketed by protesters who were alarmed at all the slug consumption. The newspaper of record reported:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Bearing placards that read ‘Animals Suffering For Petty Human Amusement,’ the protesters took particular offense at an advertisement in a local weekly newspaper that explained how to prepare a slug for cooking. The instructions included … feeding the slug corn meal for a week to purge it of whatever else it’s been eating and soaking it in vinegar to remove the mucous that coats its body. But what really infuriated the protesters was the assurance that live slugs thrown into boiling water ‘scream a lot less than lobsters.’\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Times\u003c/em> went on:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Some of the protesters abandoned their principles long enough to watch the slug races, which were won by Slimer, who is owned and trained by 12-year-old Nina King. … How, Nina was asked, had she trained Slimer for the big race? ‘I played with him after school a lot,’ she said. ‘And today I just yelled ‘C’mon, C’mon.’\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Times\u003c/em> also acknowledged an unfortunate incident one year when one of the culinary judges was inspired to go rogue. Mid-tasting, he crossed the room, snatched one of the racing slugs off a table and ate it alive. “It’s the only time I ever saw a man turn green,” one witness reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, the Slugfest was anarchy. And while costume competitions for the slugs would probably be significantly more fun than eating them, the Banana Slug Festival is definitely something we should bring back. In 2009, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Banana-Slugs-77517356203/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Banana Slugs Facebook\u003c/a> account wrestled with the same thought, and reached a similar conclusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They eat the banana slugs, and that feels wrong,” the post said. “But at the same time, those slugs are being celebrated in a way, and their lives are contributing happiness to the people around them. What would Kant say?”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As we all know, the Bay Area is one of those very special little corners of Earth where surreal niches don’t just survive—they often thrive. Just ask the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence\u003c/a>. Or the \u003ca href=\"https://thebolditalic.com/hanging-out-with-sf-s-naked-guys-the-bold-italic-san-francisco-10c2dd8c1f08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naked Guys\u003c/a>. Or even \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Chu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frank Chu\u003c/a>, the 12 Galaxies protest dude. Our inherent love of the unusual is why we have a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folsom_Street_Fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BDSM festival\u003c/a>. And it’s \u003cem>definitely\u003c/em> why we have a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Your_Alley_Fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">second BDSM festival\u003c/a> for people who think the first BDSM festival is too mainstream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In truth though, we could be doing more, because—for reasons I cannot fathom—some of the strangest festivals in Bay Area history are no longer with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without further ado, I present three festivals that we almost certainly should bring back. One of the strangest things about all of them is that they ever fell out of favor here in the first place…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Annual Humming Toadfish Festival, Sausalito\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 780px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13901207\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM.png\" alt=\"Local cartoonist Phil Frank designed this promo poster for Sausalito's Annual Humming Toadfish Festival, in 1988.\" width=\"780\" height=\"972\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM.png 780w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM-160x199.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM-768x957.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local cartoonist Phil Frank (of ‘Farley’ fame) designed this promo poster for Sausalito’s Annual Humming Toadfish Festival, in 1988. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sausalito Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 1981, houseboat residents in Sausalito began hearing a strange hum coming from the water. It came only at night, it prompted residents to check their electrical boxes for faulty wires, and it was compared by one witness to the sound of a distant air raid. “The humming is so strong,” South Dakota’s \u003cem>Argus-Leader\u003c/em> once reported, “it is able to penetrate even the steel-reinforced concrete hulls of some houseboats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speculation was rife about the source of the disturbing audio vibrations. Locals pointed fingers at Russian submarines, CIA surveillance, a secret sewage plant, unknown mechanical devices, and—of course—aliens. For a while, many people’s best guess was that it was just another example of “\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hum\u003c/a>“—a throbbing noise of unknown origin heard in remote locations around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in 1985, after years of disturbances, the then-director of Golden Gate Park’s Steinhart Aquarium, John McCosker, finally figured out the source of the nocturnal humming. It was the plainfish midshipman—a.k.a. porichthys notatus\u003cem>—\u003c/em>a.k.a. the humming toadfish. The noise came specifically from amorous male toadfish trying to attract mates. “It may be the mating call of the toadfish,” an unimpressed Yellow Ferry Harbor resident \u003ca href=\"http://www.sausalitohistoricalsociety.com/2019-columns/2019/3/27/the-humming-toadfish-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told \u003cem>United Press International\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, “but it plays havoc with the sex lives of people living here.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Regardless, for Sausalito residents who’d spent years puzzling over the mystery, McCosker’s answer came as such a welcome relief that they decided to honor all that aquatic \u003cem>amor\u003c/em> with a festival at the Sausalito Bay Model. Attractions at the preposterous Annual Humming Toadfish festival included: attendees dressed as fish, sea monsters and fauna; a parade of hundreds of kazoo players mimicking the underwater hum; audio recordings of toadfish calls; and a “living, hands-on” display of the animals by McCosker. According to the \u003cem>Petaluma Argus-Courier\u003c/em>, the 1988 edition also included a marching band, Presbyterian church choirs, food stands, and beer from 20 California microbreweries. Plus? Each year a special attendee was crowned King of the Humming Toadfish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sadly, I can find no existing footage of any of this nonsense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Oakland’s Wild Duck Festival, Lake Merritt\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900999\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-800x628.png\" alt=\"Girls dance, while ducks fly overhead at Lake Merritt's Annual Duck Festival, New Year's Day 1923.\" width=\"800\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-800x628.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-1020x801.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-160x126.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-768x603.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-1536x1206.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM.png 1890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An outtake from ‘The Wicker Man.’ Just kidding. It’s a scene from 1923’s Annual Duck Festival, held on New Year’s Day at Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The photo, taken on the shores of Lake Merritt on New Year’s Day 1923, looks positively pagan. A circle of girls, dressed in white tights, bonnets and frilly dresses, dancing while clutching an extra long feather boa. Behind them in the lake and flying over their heads is the reason for their strange dance: scores of ducks. This was the Annual Wild Duck Festival in Oakland and—just look at that photo, man—it was pretty eccentric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Given under the direction of the Oakland Playground Department, and funded by the Oakland City Council ($460 was provided for it in 1921), the duck festival was first held in 1920. That year also marked the \u003ca href=\"https://localwiki.org/oakland/Lake_Merritt_Wild_Duck_Refuge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50th anniversary\u003c/a> of Lake Merritt’s wild duck refuge—a sanctuary first conceived by Dr. Samuel Merritt. Merritt wanted to protect both the birds and surrounding residents from hunters’ gunfire, as well as from dogs and cats, which were subsequently banned. By 1915, organized feeding of the ducks—with corn, wheat and crumbled loaves of bread—had also begun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1921, an estimated 15,000 people came to greet the wild ducks on New Year’s Day. The following year, the neighborhood celebration was described by newspapers around the country as “A pageant of decorated boats on the lake, and a parade of decorated automobiles on the drives surrounding the bird sanctuary.” As the above photo illustrates, “hundreds of children from the Oakland public schools, all in costume, danced folk and outdoor dances on the lawn bordering the lake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kansas newspaper the \u003cem>Phillipsburg News\u003c/em> even compared the Wild Duck Festival to “what the Tournament of Roses is to Pasadena, or Shrove Tuesday is in New Orleans.” The paper reported that “the entire city took a holiday” to go to the park. There are worse ways to get rid of a New Year’s Day hangover, I guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Banana Slug Festival, Guerneville\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901248\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901248\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-800x1260.png\" alt=\"A banana slug race in action, as seen in the 'Press Democrat' on Oct. 15, 1987.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-800x1260.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-160x252.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-768x1209.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM.png 926w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A banana slug race in action, as seen in the ‘Press Democrat’ on Oct. 15, 1987. \u003ccite>('The Press Democrat')\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This outlandish celebration of Northern California banana slugs was born from the fact that—as one Monte Rio resident told the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> in 1987—”Other small towns had something to celebrate, but nothing will grow under our redwoods … except the banana slug.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cue a festival that became infamous in the late ’80s for combining slug races for kids at one end, and slug tastings for grossed out grown-ups at the other. Inspired by the knowledge that Yurok indigenous people once ate the slimy yellow friends (fried, apparently), competitors in the festival’s cooking competition tried endlessly to make the dead slugs more palatable. Dishes offered up over the years included slug Wellington, slug enchiladas, slug sushi and slug focaccia bread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In some years, the festival also held a competition to find a “Super Slug”—though all the winning slug had to do was weigh more than of all the other slugs in the category. According to Tacoma, Washington’s \u003cem>News Tribune\u003c/em> newspaper, after the 1990 winner was announced, the slug was “dressed in a velveteen cape, presented on a purple pillow, and carried to theme music from \u003cem>Rocky\u003c/em>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Slugfest became so infamous that, in 1989, the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> printed an extensive report about it. That year, the festival was picketed by protesters who were alarmed at all the slug consumption. The newspaper of record reported:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Bearing placards that read ‘Animals Suffering For Petty Human Amusement,’ the protesters took particular offense at an advertisement in a local weekly newspaper that explained how to prepare a slug for cooking. The instructions included … feeding the slug corn meal for a week to purge it of whatever else it’s been eating and soaking it in vinegar to remove the mucous that coats its body. But what really infuriated the protesters was the assurance that live slugs thrown into boiling water ‘scream a lot less than lobsters.’\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Times\u003c/em> went on:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Some of the protesters abandoned their principles long enough to watch the slug races, which were won by Slimer, who is owned and trained by 12-year-old Nina King. … How, Nina was asked, had she trained Slimer for the big race? ‘I played with him after school a lot,’ she said. ‘And today I just yelled ‘C’mon, C’mon.’\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Times\u003c/em> also acknowledged an unfortunate incident one year when one of the culinary judges was inspired to go rogue. Mid-tasting, he crossed the room, snatched one of the racing slugs off a table and ate it alive. “It’s the only time I ever saw a man turn green,” one witness reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, the Slugfest was anarchy. And while costume competitions for the slugs would probably be significantly more fun than eating them, the Banana Slug Festival is definitely something we should bring back. In 2009, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Banana-Slugs-77517356203/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Banana Slugs Facebook\u003c/a> account wrestled with the same thought, and reached a similar conclusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"title": "No Graves, Only Gardens: On Juneteenth in Oakland",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he wide spectrum of experiences that encompass being Black in America were centerstage this past Saturday, and I was there with my camera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The god-like gorgeousness. The impressive use of innovation. The disgust of danger actualizing in the form of death. The different skin tones and distinct accents. The variation of clothing styles, representative of religious affiliations or neighborhood and individual claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I saw so much Black life through my camera during the day, I’m lightweight embarrassed to say that I was oblivious to what I observed until later that night. That’s when a few choice words made it all click.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That evening, the Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland hosted their first Grooves From the Green House event, with performances by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/msjanehandcock/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jane Handcock\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/vadiahub/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vadia\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rexxliferaj/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rexx Life Raj\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/masego/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Masego\u003c/a>. The plant nursery had been converted into an intimate venue where potted pothos plants hung over the heads of 60 to 70 attendees vibing to the music in their seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899119\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Masego plays the saxophone in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Masego plays the saxophone in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For many, the show was the first live performance “since the pandemic ended”—or rather, since Governor Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11868240/newsom-announces-plan-to-open-up-business-as-usual-in-california-by-june-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lifted the requirement\u003c/a> for people to wear masks in public places. It was also just a few days after President Biden signed a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recognized by the government or not, Juneteenth was being celebrated all over: inside of that greenhouse, in cities around the country, and on the eastern side of Lake Merritt—where I had been earlier in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899121\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Zakiya smiles as she adorns a tree with sunflowers and a red, black and green cloth, as a part of a photo booth installation\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakiya smiles as she adorns a tree with sunflowers and a red, black and green cloth, as a part of a photo booth installation. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> got to the lake just before noon, dropping my stuff with some friends at the grassy area across from the Cleveland Cascade staircase. From there I walked south, down Lakeshore Avenue, stopping at the event at Pine Knoll Park on Hanover Avenue, before continuing to the amphitheater on the far southern end of the lake. And then I walked back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did that loop three times, and the whole time I was taking photos and giving hugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I saw a newborn child in the arms of its parent, the hands of young a man holding a blunt and gigging, a woman with fingernail polish on her cuticles that perfectly coordinated with her outfit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tire smoke was being sent from dirt bikes to the clouds, and hands were holding red cups toward the heavens as if trying to cheers with angels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those are just the photo opportunities that I passed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899122\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899122\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a mask hits a wheelie on an ATV near Lake Merritt over the weekend\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person in a mask hits a wheelie on an ATV near Lake Merritt over the weekend. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At one point, inside my head, I played a little game where I tried to see how many seconds I could go without seeing something beautiful. I never made it to double digits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A friend and I tried to estimate how many people were at the lake. We concluded that the official count was somewhere between 5,000 heads and “hella mutha-f…” (reports say 10,000 people were there).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s common to say it was a “sea of folks,” but to me it was more like a pasture full of people who were planted on this planet and all happened to be in one place. It was a Black garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People were getting their sun and water, feet planted in healthy soil and exchanging loving communication. That’s how plants grow, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite the nurturing environment, spots of tension arose as the afternoon went on. A round of firecrackers made the crowd jump at one point. At another location, a little later, a fistfight was filmed. At a third spot, a phone call for someone to “air this shit out” was overheard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I walked back to the car, I heard the gunshots that left \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/One-dead-three-injured-in-shooting-on-Lakeshore-16260117.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a reported\u003c/a> six people injured and one person dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899123\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899123\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Leila Williams, Calvin Williams and their son Malik stop for a photo while standing in front of a sign that reads, "we are each other's medicine."\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leila Williams, Calvin Williams and their son Malik stop for a photo. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span>n hour or so later, I sat in the Blk Girls Green House, waiting for the R&B show to start, scrolling through my phone, reading social media posts and reports from news organizations about what happened by the lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I sent a text asking for updates from a close friend whose cousin was shot, but in stable condition. During a phone call a few minutes prior, when my friend told me the news, I told him to let me know if there was anything I could do—knowing damn well that there was nothing I could do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899118\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899118\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Jane Handcock raises her left arm as she vibes to her music while performing at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane Handcock vibes to her music while performing at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As I wiggled in my greenhouse seat to tuck my phone into my pocket, I grabbed my camera and focused on the first act, Jane Handcock. She performed a couple of songs, moving the crowd with her original songs, plus her track “Baby,” which is a remake of Alicia Keys’ “You Don’t Know My Name” and the Main Ingredient’s “Let Me Prove My Love to You.” Her cold vocals, fly hair and “don’t be shy, we came here to have a good time” attitude laid the foundation for the night of performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I turned back to my phone. No text back yet. Damn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is what I’ve come to understand as the full spectrum of the Black experience in America. I’m used to going from celebrating to mourning, and back again. I know that high-powered love and high-powered weapons are both present in my community, and it’s almost a regular occurrence for life and death to simultaneously occupy the same space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899124\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899124\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A barbecue grill is engulfed in flames near Lake Merritt as people celebrate Juneteenth in Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A barbecue grill is engulfed in flames near Lake Merritt as people celebrate Juneteenth in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">H\u003c/span>ow’d our community grow to be so rife with extreme examples of love and violence? There’s a lot of layers, but the seed was planted by the same heinous American institution that we abolished 150 years ago, and that we just made a holiday about, honoring the delayed message that it had ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To think: that institution left my great-great aunties and great-great uncles to feed on unwanted scraps. Scraps that they then turned into soul food, a cuisine that’s loved and served at celebrations, despite being tied to heart disease, the leading cause of death amongst Black folks. Violence and love, death and life, all in one meal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899125\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899125\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"DJ Mujie on the 1s and 2s\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DJ Mujie on the ones and twos. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At stage right in the greenhouse, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djmujie/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ Mujie\u003c/a> stood behind a laptop and some digital turntables as she spun hits that got people up and dancing. I mingled a bit, cracked some jokes, and checked my phone again—no response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Headliner Masego ended the show by singing, playing the keys, and blowing the saxophone; in addition to exercising his sense of humor. He roasted a member of his crew for wearing a durag, something the guy evidently never does. “A black one at that?” Masego asked. “Because it’s Juneteenth, huh?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13832886']Prior to Masego’s music and comedy, Rexx Life Raj performed songs like “Handheld GPS” and “Tesla in a Pandemic,” and also shared some jokes with folks. An artist who was raised in Berkeley and has performed at huge venues around the world, Raj said that he almost “boo-boo’ed” on himself backstage when he realized how intimate the greenhouse venue was.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But of all of the words spoken that evening, nothing moved me like the lyrics to Vadia’s hymn-like song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKmhEzpzgSs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No Graves\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Death does not become me / it don’t rest easy on me / it was never meant for me / it’s not my destiny / always overcoming / there will be no graves,” she sang as she donned black, brown and gold beaded braids as long as the roots of a South African wild fig tree. “No graves, only gardens,” said Vadia to the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899126\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899126\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Vadia sings in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vadia sings in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he juxtaposition of death and life, or love and violence, isn’t a new concept. But I’d never heard it referred to as graves and gardens. And to imagine a day where there are only gardens—places where people can grow, like plants in a greenhouse—that’s a fascinating idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took my phone out and put those words in a digital note, and then checked my messages again for an update on the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next morning my friend posted in an Instagram story that her cousin survived and was at home. The bullet was still in her body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were given another opportunity for growing in the garden, but it comes with a constant reminder of the grave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.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\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he wide spectrum of experiences that encompass being Black in America were centerstage this past Saturday, and I was there with my camera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The god-like gorgeousness. The impressive use of innovation. The disgust of danger actualizing in the form of death. The different skin tones and distinct accents. The variation of clothing styles, representative of religious affiliations or neighborhood and individual claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I saw so much Black life through my camera during the day, I’m lightweight embarrassed to say that I was oblivious to what I observed until later that night. That’s when a few choice words made it all click.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That evening, the Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland hosted their first Grooves From the Green House event, with performances by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/msjanehandcock/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jane Handcock\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/vadiahub/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vadia\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rexxliferaj/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rexx Life Raj\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/masego/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Masego\u003c/a>. The plant nursery had been converted into an intimate venue where potted pothos plants hung over the heads of 60 to 70 attendees vibing to the music in their seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899119\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Masego plays the saxophone in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Masego plays the saxophone in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For many, the show was the first live performance “since the pandemic ended”—or rather, since Governor Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11868240/newsom-announces-plan-to-open-up-business-as-usual-in-california-by-june-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lifted the requirement\u003c/a> for people to wear masks in public places. It was also just a few days after President Biden signed a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recognized by the government or not, Juneteenth was being celebrated all over: inside of that greenhouse, in cities around the country, and on the eastern side of Lake Merritt—where I had been earlier in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899121\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Zakiya smiles as she adorns a tree with sunflowers and a red, black and green cloth, as a part of a photo booth installation\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakiya smiles as she adorns a tree with sunflowers and a red, black and green cloth, as a part of a photo booth installation. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> got to the lake just before noon, dropping my stuff with some friends at the grassy area across from the Cleveland Cascade staircase. From there I walked south, down Lakeshore Avenue, stopping at the event at Pine Knoll Park on Hanover Avenue, before continuing to the amphitheater on the far southern end of the lake. And then I walked back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did that loop three times, and the whole time I was taking photos and giving hugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I saw a newborn child in the arms of its parent, the hands of young a man holding a blunt and gigging, a woman with fingernail polish on her cuticles that perfectly coordinated with her outfit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tire smoke was being sent from dirt bikes to the clouds, and hands were holding red cups toward the heavens as if trying to cheers with angels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those are just the photo opportunities that I passed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899122\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899122\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a mask hits a wheelie on an ATV near Lake Merritt over the weekend\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person in a mask hits a wheelie on an ATV near Lake Merritt over the weekend. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At one point, inside my head, I played a little game where I tried to see how many seconds I could go without seeing something beautiful. I never made it to double digits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A friend and I tried to estimate how many people were at the lake. We concluded that the official count was somewhere between 5,000 heads and “hella mutha-f…” (reports say 10,000 people were there).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s common to say it was a “sea of folks,” but to me it was more like a pasture full of people who were planted on this planet and all happened to be in one place. It was a Black garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People were getting their sun and water, feet planted in healthy soil and exchanging loving communication. That’s how plants grow, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite the nurturing environment, spots of tension arose as the afternoon went on. A round of firecrackers made the crowd jump at one point. At another location, a little later, a fistfight was filmed. At a third spot, a phone call for someone to “air this shit out” was overheard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I walked back to the car, I heard the gunshots that left \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/One-dead-three-injured-in-shooting-on-Lakeshore-16260117.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a reported\u003c/a> six people injured and one person dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899123\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899123\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Leila Williams, Calvin Williams and their son Malik stop for a photo while standing in front of a sign that reads, "we are each other's medicine."\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leila Williams, Calvin Williams and their son Malik stop for a photo. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span>n hour or so later, I sat in the Blk Girls Green House, waiting for the R&B show to start, scrolling through my phone, reading social media posts and reports from news organizations about what happened by the lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I sent a text asking for updates from a close friend whose cousin was shot, but in stable condition. During a phone call a few minutes prior, when my friend told me the news, I told him to let me know if there was anything I could do—knowing damn well that there was nothing I could do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899118\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899118\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Jane Handcock raises her left arm as she vibes to her music while performing at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane Handcock vibes to her music while performing at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As I wiggled in my greenhouse seat to tuck my phone into my pocket, I grabbed my camera and focused on the first act, Jane Handcock. She performed a couple of songs, moving the crowd with her original songs, plus her track “Baby,” which is a remake of Alicia Keys’ “You Don’t Know My Name” and the Main Ingredient’s “Let Me Prove My Love to You.” Her cold vocals, fly hair and “don’t be shy, we came here to have a good time” attitude laid the foundation for the night of performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I turned back to my phone. No text back yet. Damn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is what I’ve come to understand as the full spectrum of the Black experience in America. I’m used to going from celebrating to mourning, and back again. 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Councilmember Nikki Fortunato-Bas, who introduced the resolution with colleague Lynette Gibson-McElhaney, called it an opportunity to preserve Oakland’s cultural heritage, and noted her experience mediating tense public benefits negotiations for the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re moving forward is the very beginning of a process,” said Fortunato-Bas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BAMBD spokesperson Eric Arnold and several local activists and arts figures including Carroll Fife of Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment and Leah King of Youth Speaks commented in favor of the project. 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Councilmember Nikki Fortunato-Bas, who introduced the resolution with colleague Lynette Gibson-McElhaney, called it an opportunity to preserve Oakland’s cultural heritage, and noted her experience mediating tense public benefits negotiations for the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re moving forward is the very beginning of a process,” said Fortunato-Bas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BAMBD spokesperson Eric Arnold and several local activists and arts figures including Carroll Fife of Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment and Leah King of Youth Speaks commented in favor of the project. They said it would redress the injustices of urban renewal, mentioning BART construction destroying West Oakland’s black nightlife corridor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This would be a giant step, to paraphrase John Coltrane, in implementing the cultural equity called for in the cultural plan,” Arnold said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where public land cannot be used for housing, it’s important to use it for cultural preservation,” Fife said. “Preserve the property for the public good.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13869361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13869361\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-800x450.gif\" alt=\"The Fire Alarm Building at 1310 Oak Street is currently used by city employees.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-800x450.gif 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-160x90.gif 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-768x432.gif 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-1020x574.gif 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-1200x675.gif 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-1920x1080.gif 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fire Alarm Building at 1310 Oak Street is currently used by city employees.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The property consists of approximately one acre in the shadow of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse and the Oakland Public Library Main Branch, with the single-story, 4,500 square foot Fire Alarm Building surrounded by trees, parking and, lately, tents. 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The land around the Fire Alarm Building should remain open space, he said, and be better incorporated into the greenbelt surrounding Lake Merritt. “18 years we’ve been looking out for this property,” Klein said. “Here we are again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Vann of CALM also argued Tuesday that councilmembers are violating California’s Surplus Land Act, which requires government agencies to prioritize affordable housing when leasing or selling public land, and urged them not to \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2015/07/06/breaking-news-oakland-city-attorney-said-luxury-tower-deal-is-illegal\">repeat\u003c/a> the mistake. 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"content": "\u003cp>In 2015, when an estimated one million Golden State Warriors fans overtook the area south of Lake Merritt to celebrate Oakland’s newly-crowned basketball champions, many of them passed by the tall, concrete exterior walls of the Oakland Museum of California without even noticing the cultural institution within. [aside postID=arts_13854867,arts_13844595,arts_13827876]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For museum director Lori Fogarty, it was a revelation: The parade revealed to her the art, history and science museum’s need to physically reflect its community engagement mission by opening up its brutalist concrete edifice—especially on the corner facing 12th Street and Lake Merritt. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now \u003ca href=\"https://museumca.org/\">Oakland Museum of California\u003c/a> (OMCA) is preparing to do just that, dramatically renovating its 7.7 acre grounds with a mind to accessibility as well as overhauling landscaping and outdoor sculptures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea, Fogarty said during a recent tour, is to make the structure porous enough that pedestrians approaching Lake Merritt from Laney College or Chinatown intuitively navigate through the museum’s terraced gardens, and to connect with the long-awaited redevelopment of the adjacent Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center and its 1,500-seat Calvin Simmons Theater. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13865198\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA-From-12th-Street-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Currently Oakland Museum of California has little visibility from 12th Street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13865198\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA-From-12th-Street-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA-From-12th-Street-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA-From-12th-Street-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA-From-12th-Street-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA-From-12th-Street-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA-From-12th-Street.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Currently Oakland Museum of California has little visibility from 12th Street. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s about opening up the museum to the surrounding community,” Fogarty said of the project expected to reach completion by next fall. “We want this to be considered a public park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The museum’s central courtyard is currently arrayed with planters, sculptures and multilevel walkways. “But a lot of people don’t know the gardens are here,” Fogarty said. The plan includes three, 20 foot wide openings in what are now featureless walls on the northeast corner facing the lake, and an outdoor stage for programming such as the Friday Nights series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new, wheelchair-accessible ramp will similarly lead from 10th Street to the museum cafe through what’s currently a windowless slab of concrete. (Right now the cafe attracts few besides OMCA staff, county workers, and jurors and lawyers from the neighboring courthouse.) Cafe and gardens access will not require a museum ticket, and Fogarty hopes to expand their hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13865200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street-800x463.jpg\" alt=\"A new, wheelchair-accessible ramp will lead from 10th Street to the museum cafe through what is now a windowless slab of concrete.\" width=\"800\" height=\"463\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13865200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street-800x463.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street-160x93.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street-768x444.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street-1020x590.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street-1200x694.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new, wheelchair-accessible ramp will lead from 10th Street to the museum cafe through what is now a windowless slab of concrete. \u003ccite>(Courtesy OMCA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The renovation, led by Hood Design Studio and Mark Cavagnero Associates, is projected to cost $18-$20 million and is scheduled to finish by fall 2020; construction is not expected to disrupt gallery access. OMCA has raised most of the money, Fogarty said, as part of an ongoing $85 million capital campaign aimed largely at boosting the museum’s resources for acquisitions and programming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OMCA opened in 1969 as a free “museum for the people” with multiple entrances. Fogarty said early designs by architect Kevin Roche included 12th St. openings. Mentioning demonstrations at the courthouse at the time, particularly rallies supporting embattled Black Panther leader Huey Newton, she speculated that the corner was ultimately enclosed due to “security concerns.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City of Oakland, which owns the museum property, is supporting the project through new markets tax credits. Earlier this year Oakland City Council approved $20 million in tax credits to be divided between the museum and Orton Development’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861121/kaiser-auditorium-redevelopment-proceeds-with-permanent-affordability-for-arts-groups\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaiser Convention Center renovation\u003c/a>, although Fogarty said she does now know the exact amount OMCA will receive. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13865202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night-800x439.jpg\" alt=\"Rendering shows an outdoor stage for programming such as OMCA's Friday Nights series.\" width=\"800\" height=\"439\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13865202\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night-800x439.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night-160x88.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night-768x422.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night-1020x560.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night-1200x659.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rendering shows an outdoor stage for programming such as OMCA’s Friday Nights series. \u003ccite>(Courtesy OMCA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The details bring into focus a new look for the south end of Lake Merritt, where the Kaiser Convention Center is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861121/kaiser-auditorium-redevelopment-proceeds-with-permanent-affordability-for-arts-groups\">slated to reopen as mostly office space\u003c/a> by fall 2020. Fogarty said the driveway between the museum and the landmark Kaiser building, which Orton plans to rechristen the “Oakland Civic,” will be closed to vehicles; Hood Design is the landscaping contractor on both projects. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The museum renovation also involves rotating its outdoor sculptures. Nine of 23 sculptures will be sold, placed in storage or returned to lenders, and six new pieces will be installed. Among the objects slated for removal is one of three pieces by Berkeley sculptor Stephen De Staebler as well as large-scale sculptures by artists including Fletcher Benton and Michael Bigger. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Incoming works, meanwhile, include abstract ceramicist Peter Voulkos’ 1969 cast bronze sculpture \u003cem>Mr. Ishi\u003c/em> as well as works by Betty Gold, John Mason and Jun Kaneko. Bruce Beasley’s \u003cem>Foray III\u003c/em> will be swapped for \u003cem>Pillars of Cypress\u003c/em>. Other notable objects exhibited outdoors are Tony Labat’s painted steel \u003cem>Big Peace IV\u003c/em> and Viola Frey’s glazed ceramic figure \u003cem>American Nude Series (Woman with Elbow on Raised Knee)\u003c/em>. According to Fogarty, the outdoor collection will also be augmented by interpretative plaques. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13865203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan-800x450.jpg\" alt='Oakland Museum of California opened in 1969 as a free \"museum for the people.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13865203\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Museum of California opened in 1969 as a free “museum for the people.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy OMCA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The landscaping plan from Hood Design involves theming each outdoor terrace around one of five California ecoregions emphasizing native flora. (The mature oak, redwood and olive trees will remain.) “We’re a museum of California art, history and natural sciences and these are not native plants,” Fogarty said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fogarty went on to say that for decades until the museum cut operational ties to the City of Oakland in 2010, the landscaping was managed by the public works department. “So right now we have a kind of low-maintenance homogeneity,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hood Design, in a presentation, has described visitors moving from the study of art and cultural and natural history in OMCA’s galleries to contemplating nature itself outdoors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Museum of California reopened its galleries in 2010 after a $58 million renovation that was also led by Mark Cavagnero Associates. The project expanded OMCA’s exhibition and programming spaces and transformed the museum’s skylit canopy entrance from Oak Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect a corrected list provided by the Oakland Museum of California of sculptures to be removed.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The museum’s central courtyard is currently arrayed with planters, sculptures and multilevel walkways. “But a lot of people don’t know the gardens are here,” Fogarty said. The plan includes three, 20 foot wide openings in what are now featureless walls on the northeast corner facing the lake, and an outdoor stage for programming such as the Friday Nights series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new, wheelchair-accessible ramp will similarly lead from 10th Street to the museum cafe through what’s currently a windowless slab of concrete. (Right now the cafe attracts few besides OMCA staff, county workers, and jurors and lawyers from the neighboring courthouse.) Cafe and gardens access will not require a museum ticket, and Fogarty hopes to expand their hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13865200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street-800x463.jpg\" alt=\"A new, wheelchair-accessible ramp will lead from 10th Street to the museum cafe through what is now a windowless slab of concrete.\" width=\"800\" height=\"463\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13865200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street-800x463.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street-160x93.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street-768x444.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street-1020x590.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street-1200x694.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_10th-Street.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new, wheelchair-accessible ramp will lead from 10th Street to the museum cafe through what is now a windowless slab of concrete. \u003ccite>(Courtesy OMCA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The renovation, led by Hood Design Studio and Mark Cavagnero Associates, is projected to cost $18-$20 million and is scheduled to finish by fall 2020; construction is not expected to disrupt gallery access. OMCA has raised most of the money, Fogarty said, as part of an ongoing $85 million capital campaign aimed largely at boosting the museum’s resources for acquisitions and programming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OMCA opened in 1969 as a free “museum for the people” with multiple entrances. Fogarty said early designs by architect Kevin Roche included 12th St. openings. Mentioning demonstrations at the courthouse at the time, particularly rallies supporting embattled Black Panther leader Huey Newton, she speculated that the corner was ultimately enclosed due to “security concerns.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City of Oakland, which owns the museum property, is supporting the project through new markets tax credits. Earlier this year Oakland City Council approved $20 million in tax credits to be divided between the museum and Orton Development’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861121/kaiser-auditorium-redevelopment-proceeds-with-permanent-affordability-for-arts-groups\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaiser Convention Center renovation\u003c/a>, although Fogarty said she does now know the exact amount OMCA will receive. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13865202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night-800x439.jpg\" alt=\"Rendering shows an outdoor stage for programming such as OMCA's Friday Nights series.\" width=\"800\" height=\"439\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13865202\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night-800x439.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night-160x88.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night-768x422.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night-1020x560.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night-1200x659.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/OMCA_Stage-Night.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rendering shows an outdoor stage for programming such as OMCA’s Friday Nights series. \u003ccite>(Courtesy OMCA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The details bring into focus a new look for the south end of Lake Merritt, where the Kaiser Convention Center is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861121/kaiser-auditorium-redevelopment-proceeds-with-permanent-affordability-for-arts-groups\">slated to reopen as mostly office space\u003c/a> by fall 2020. Fogarty said the driveway between the museum and the landmark Kaiser building, which Orton plans to rechristen the “Oakland Civic,” will be closed to vehicles; Hood Design is the landscaping contractor on both projects. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The museum renovation also involves rotating its outdoor sculptures. Nine of 23 sculptures will be sold, placed in storage or returned to lenders, and six new pieces will be installed. Among the objects slated for removal is one of three pieces by Berkeley sculptor Stephen De Staebler as well as large-scale sculptures by artists including Fletcher Benton and Michael Bigger. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Incoming works, meanwhile, include abstract ceramicist Peter Voulkos’ 1969 cast bronze sculpture \u003cem>Mr. Ishi\u003c/em> as well as works by Betty Gold, John Mason and Jun Kaneko. Bruce Beasley’s \u003cem>Foray III\u003c/em> will be swapped for \u003cem>Pillars of Cypress\u003c/em>. Other notable objects exhibited outdoors are Tony Labat’s painted steel \u003cem>Big Peace IV\u003c/em> and Viola Frey’s glazed ceramic figure \u003cem>American Nude Series (Woman with Elbow on Raised Knee)\u003c/em>. According to Fogarty, the outdoor collection will also be augmented by interpretative plaques. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13865203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan-800x450.jpg\" alt='Oakland Museum of California opened in 1969 as a free \"museum for the people.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13865203\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Site-Plan.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Museum of California opened in 1969 as a free “museum for the people.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy OMCA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The landscaping plan from Hood Design involves theming each outdoor terrace around one of five California ecoregions emphasizing native flora. (The mature oak, redwood and olive trees will remain.) “We’re a museum of California art, history and natural sciences and these are not native plants,” Fogarty said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fogarty went on to say that for decades until the museum cut operational ties to the City of Oakland in 2010, the landscaping was managed by the public works department. “So right now we have a kind of low-maintenance homogeneity,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hood Design, in a presentation, has described visitors moving from the study of art and cultural and natural history in OMCA’s galleries to contemplating nature itself outdoors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Museum of California reopened its galleries in 2010 after a $58 million renovation that was also led by Mark Cavagnero Associates. The project expanded OMCA’s exhibition and programming spaces and transformed the museum’s skylit canopy entrance from Oak Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect a corrected list provided by the Oakland Museum of California of sculptures to be removed.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Green said Villanueva told them the art and furniture temporarily staged in the hallway posed a life-safety risk, giving him “probable cause” to enter the building without their permission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green and another artist involved in the show, Daria Lourd, debated Villanueva and another official until he decided to call his supervisor. “I asked for documents, and they said they didn’t need any,” Lourd said, adding that the landlord hadn’t notified the tenants of the pending inspection. “They said we were actually on some kind of list.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13839872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13839872\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace2-2-800x833.jpg\" alt=\"Part of the exhibition 'Are You Comfortable?,' staged at the Lake Merritt bandstand after a fire inspection at Trash Palace in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace2-2-800x833.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace2-2-160x167.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace2-2-768x800.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace2-2-1020x1062.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace2-2-1153x1200.jpg 1153w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace2-2-1180x1229.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace2-2-960x1000.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace2-2-240x250.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace2-2-375x390.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace2-2-520x541.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace2-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace2-2.jpg 1844w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A banner by Aida Lizalde at the exhibition ‘Are You Comfortable?,’ staged at the Lake Merritt bandstand after a fire inspection at Trash Palace in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two more officials soon arrived, as well as the space’s leaseholder, Anthony Walter, who consented to the inspection. “They came in and took pictures of everything and threatened to red-tag the place,” said Green, calling their tone accusatory. “They even stopped to take pictures of a pair of boots that had ‘all cops are bullies’ written on them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villanueva, who didn’t respond to an interview request, left the tenants with a two-page report, reviewed by KQED, listing “deficiencies” related to fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide detectors, exposed electrical fixtures, and “housekeeping,” as well as orders to change the building’s “use or occupancy,” writing that it’s “not permitted for assembly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Billed \u003cem>Are You Comfortable?\u003c/em>, the art show Green had been setting up before the inspection originally featured 16 artists “exploring queer sanctuary,” according to its flyer. The visit by Villanueva, and a fear of officials or police returning during the event, inspired the organizers to relocate the show, and they spread word of a “renegade location” to be announced the next afternoon. On Saturday at 5pm, they shared a map with a line leading from Grand Avenue to the Lake Merritt bandstand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I spent four months working on a floor plan for that show,” Green said. “So I figured we should just do it outside in public at the lake—go out, take up space, and not be silenced.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13839871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13839871\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Part of the exhibition 'Are You Comfortable?,' staged at the Lake Merritt bandstand after a fire inspection at Trash Palace in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An installation by Zelda Hazel at the exhibition ‘Are You Comfortable?,’ staged at the Lake Merritt bandstand after a fire inspection at Trash Palace in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At about the time police officers were shining flashlights into Trash Palace that Saturday night, looking for the exhibition, more than 50 people milled around the bandstand at the lake. With the help of a generator, music echoed and projections spilled across an improvised screen. An artist named Neut cooked on a camping stove, while another created a playpen in an effort to encourage childhood regression. “We didn’t cancel or retreat to some tiny space,” Green said. “It sent a message.” They placed a banner on the staircase, reading “ARE YOU COMFORTABLE?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guerrilla Davis hung photos he’d taken of Adonis Emory posing with materials inside the construction site for Brooklyn Basin—a sprawling development surrounding and, some say, jeopardizing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13838421/with-luxury-development-on-all-sides-oakland-artists-buy-the-right-to-stay-put\">historic artist enclaves at 5th Avenue Point\u003c/a>. An accompanying text, taped to the bandstand pillars, criticized city government, particularly tourism bureau Visit Oakland, for accelerating gentrification: “How are we supposed to thrive when our work and/or live spaces are threatened and pulled out from under us?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lourd, a DJ and producer, has helped organize workshops and other events at Trash Palace for more than a year. “It was a very queer and trans-centric space—most of the shows were based on giving space to marginalized artists,” she said. But disagreements over the future of the space, which was mostly known by word of mouth, prompted many studio tenants to move out before the inspection, she said. “It shows spaces like this are changing—if not because of code enforcement, then because of people with more money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13839874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13839874\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace4-2-800x527.jpg\" alt=\"Part of the exhibition 'Are You Comfortable?,' staged at the Lake Merritt bandstand after a fire inspection at Trash Palace in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace4-2-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace4-2-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace4-2-768x506.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace4-2-1020x672.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace4-2-1200x790.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace4-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace4-2-1180x777.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace4-2-960x632.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace4-2-240x158.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace4-2-375x247.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace4-2-520x342.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guerrilla Davis photographs at the exhibition ‘Are You Comfortable?,’ staged at the Lake Merritt bandstand after a fire inspection at Trash Palace in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to city records, a zoning complaint from Dec. 2016 regarding unpermitted residential use was marked “no violation found,” and in July 2017 officials sent a nuisance notice to the owner, Hi-Suk Dong, regarding “unpermitted special events.” (Dong, who also co-owns downtown eatery Mua, did not respond to interview requests.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walter, a photographer who signed a new lease days before the inspection, said that the attention from officials is motivating him to legitimize the space as a commercial studio complex with a gallery and a new name. He’s in touch with Safer DIY Spaces, an advocacy group formed in the wake of the Ghost Ship fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still want it to be queer and trans-oriented,” Walter said. “The vision is really just for it not to fall to developers.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I spent four months working on a floor plan for that show,” Green said. “So I figured we should just do it outside in public at the lake—go out, take up space, and not be silenced.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13839871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13839871\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Part of the exhibition 'Are You Comfortable?,' staged at the Lake Merritt bandstand after a fire inspection at Trash Palace in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/TrashPalace1-2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An installation by Zelda Hazel at the exhibition ‘Are You Comfortable?,’ staged at the Lake Merritt bandstand after a fire inspection at Trash Palace in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At about the time police officers were shining flashlights into Trash Palace that Saturday night, looking for the exhibition, more than 50 people milled around the bandstand at the lake. With the help of a generator, music echoed and projections spilled across an improvised screen. An artist named Neut cooked on a camping stove, while another created a playpen in an effort to encourage childhood regression. “We didn’t cancel or retreat to some tiny space,” Green said. “It sent a message.” They placed a banner on the staircase, reading “ARE YOU COMFORTABLE?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guerrilla Davis hung photos he’d taken of Adonis Emory posing with materials inside the construction site for Brooklyn Basin—a sprawling development surrounding and, some say, jeopardizing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13838421/with-luxury-development-on-all-sides-oakland-artists-buy-the-right-to-stay-put\">historic artist enclaves at 5th Avenue Point\u003c/a>. An accompanying text, taped to the bandstand pillars, criticized city government, particularly tourism bureau Visit Oakland, for accelerating gentrification: “How are we supposed to thrive when our work and/or live spaces are threatened and pulled out from under us?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lourd, a DJ and producer, has helped organize workshops and other events at Trash Palace for more than a year. “It was a very queer and trans-centric space—most of the shows were based on giving space to marginalized artists,” she said. 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"content": "\u003cp>“There’s someone fishing in Lake Merritt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I broke my stride and pumped the brakes on the baby stroller I was pushing. There’s someone fishing in Lake Merritt — I said it aloud, but the only person within earshot was my daughter, and she’s only a year old, so she didn’t understand. Someone. Is fishing. In Lake Merritt. I didn’t understand it either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I momentarily postponed the conclusion of my clockwise lap, just long enough to take a photo of the sherbet-colored fall evening sky, the ideal backdrop for the image of someone not just fishing in Lake Merritt, but standing in it too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What was he doing? Fly-fishing? \u003cem>Does he know that’s Lake Merritt\u003c/em>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The questions cascaded as I continued to the car. More than anything, I wondered: What was he going to catch?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments later, I posted the photo and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/OGpenn/status/922636615305986048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posed the question\u003c/a> to the social media world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/OGpenn/status/922636615305986048\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Answers ranged from “Cassette single of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqQwzgixHAM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MC Hammer’s ‘Addams Groove’\u003c/a>” to “A Sharkeisha.” A couple people suggested he might be attempting to reel in a Ford Bike, as a handful of the bicycles were \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BE_DIZZLE/status/922502743817719808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thrown into the water\u003c/a> earlier that same day. Another guy added a photo of himself and a friend cruising the lake on an inflatable couch, suggesting that the fisherman might be hoping to catch a sofa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the midst of the jokes, some serious replies emerged. The actual medical terminology for diseases related to consuming contaminated water was added to the discussion: \u003cem>Shigellosis Giardia Amoebiasis\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was sent a link to info about lakeside sightings of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/oakland/comments/2e28y1/bioluminescence_in_lake_merritt/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bioluminescent organisms\u003c/a>, and another about the rare \u003ca href=\"https://baynature.org/biodiversity/enigmatica/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transorchestia Enigmatica\u003c/a>, a small beach hopper that hasn’t been spotted anywhere in the world outside of Lake Merritt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13812863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 760px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13812863\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/seahares.lakemerritt.jpg\" alt=\"A sea hare in Lake Merritt.\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/seahares.lakemerritt.jpg 760w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/seahares.lakemerritt-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/seahares.lakemerritt-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/seahares.lakemerritt-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/seahares.lakemerritt-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sea hare in Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(via Jef Poskanzer / Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I was even sent a photo of a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jef_poskanzer/status/922657889679917056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sea Hare\u003c/a>. And when I saw it, I almost lost my lunch. Evidently, the obscure looking thingamabob \u003cem>isn’t\u003c/em> an alien species sent to attack us — the large member of the sea slug family can often be found in the lake’s water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other fish can be found there too: stripers, bat rays and gobies frequent the Lake Merritt’s southern channel. The channel has recently undergone construction and experienced improvements of the waterway, thanks to funding from Oakland’s Measure DD. Aside from the controlled tidal gates, there’s a direct connection to the San Francisco Bay, making Lake Merritt technically a tidal lagoon instead of a lake. And because of the enhancement efforts, it’s open to a lot more life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13812861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13812861\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-800x419.jpg\" alt=\"An inflatable couch in Lake Merritt. \" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-800x419.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-160x84.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-768x402.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-1020x534.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-1180x618.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-960x502.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-240x126.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-375x196.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-520x272.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An inflatable couch in Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(via Philip Banks / Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jude Cormier, who often fishes at the lake, told me, “I’d been waiting my whole lifetime to throw my line out there.” The 43 year-old Oakland native acknowledged the history of the lake’s rancidness, saying the lake had never been this clean in his life. “Now that they’ve cleaned up the ecological structure of the lake, they’ve got all kinds of fish running through there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Robinson, Executive Director of the Lake Merritt Institute, agreed that the lake is cleaner that it’s ever been. He added that the new channel structures have allowed more creatures to come through: “We even had a sighting of a harbor seal recently.” But he subsequently noted that the lake also receives water through over 60 unfiltered urban storm drains, which can pose health threats. Plus, he said the fish swimming in from the bay have another issue: “You have to deal with mercury, which can appear in the larger fish that people tend to eat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So fishing in Lake Merritt isn’t too different than fishing off the coast of Alameda, off the Berkeley pier, or at Point Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s hard to accept. Maybe it’s the fact that years ago, the lake was dredged because of fecal matter buildup. Or, maybe it’s the fact that \u003ca href=\"https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNA2YIAVoAAFzFL.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">there was a car in the lake\u003c/a> just yesterday!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13812860\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 725px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13812860\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Car.Lake_.Merritt.jpg\" alt=\"A car in Lake Merritt.\" width=\"725\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Car.Lake_.Merritt.jpg 725w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Car.Lake_.Merritt-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Car.Lake_.Merritt-240x191.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Car.Lake_.Merritt-375x299.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Car.Lake_.Merritt-520x415.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A car in Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lake Merritt is beautiful. It’s a great place to hang out with friends. I take pride in the fact that it was the first wildlife refuge established in the nation. I even applaud the fact there are more and more thriving organisms due to healthier waterways. And if you can land the big catch, more power to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if I’m jogging the lake, and I see you holding a fishing pole and inviting me to your fish fry, I’m still going to run right by.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.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>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland. Find him on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Answers ranged from “Cassette single of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqQwzgixHAM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MC Hammer’s ‘Addams Groove’\u003c/a>” to “A Sharkeisha.” A couple people suggested he might be attempting to reel in a Ford Bike, as a handful of the bicycles were \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BE_DIZZLE/status/922502743817719808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thrown into the water\u003c/a> earlier that same day. Another guy added a photo of himself and a friend cruising the lake on an inflatable couch, suggesting that the fisherman might be hoping to catch a sofa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the midst of the jokes, some serious replies emerged. The actual medical terminology for diseases related to consuming contaminated water was added to the discussion: \u003cem>Shigellosis Giardia Amoebiasis\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was sent a link to info about lakeside sightings of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/oakland/comments/2e28y1/bioluminescence_in_lake_merritt/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bioluminescent organisms\u003c/a>, and another about the rare \u003ca href=\"https://baynature.org/biodiversity/enigmatica/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transorchestia Enigmatica\u003c/a>, a small beach hopper that hasn’t been spotted anywhere in the world outside of Lake Merritt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13812863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 760px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13812863\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/seahares.lakemerritt.jpg\" alt=\"A sea hare in Lake Merritt.\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/seahares.lakemerritt.jpg 760w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/seahares.lakemerritt-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/seahares.lakemerritt-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/seahares.lakemerritt-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/seahares.lakemerritt-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sea hare in Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(via Jef Poskanzer / Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I was even sent a photo of a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jef_poskanzer/status/922657889679917056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sea Hare\u003c/a>. And when I saw it, I almost lost my lunch. Evidently, the obscure looking thingamabob \u003cem>isn’t\u003c/em> an alien species sent to attack us — the large member of the sea slug family can often be found in the lake’s water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other fish can be found there too: stripers, bat rays and gobies frequent the Lake Merritt’s southern channel. The channel has recently undergone construction and experienced improvements of the waterway, thanks to funding from Oakland’s Measure DD. Aside from the controlled tidal gates, there’s a direct connection to the San Francisco Bay, making Lake Merritt technically a tidal lagoon instead of a lake. And because of the enhancement efforts, it’s open to a lot more life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13812861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13812861\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-800x419.jpg\" alt=\"An inflatable couch in Lake Merritt. \" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-800x419.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-160x84.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-768x402.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-1020x534.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-1180x618.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-960x502.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-240x126.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-375x196.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt-520x272.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Couch.LakeMerritt.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An inflatable couch in Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(via Philip Banks / Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jude Cormier, who often fishes at the lake, told me, “I’d been waiting my whole lifetime to throw my line out there.” The 43 year-old Oakland native acknowledged the history of the lake’s rancidness, saying the lake had never been this clean in his life. “Now that they’ve cleaned up the ecological structure of the lake, they’ve got all kinds of fish running through there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Robinson, Executive Director of the Lake Merritt Institute, agreed that the lake is cleaner that it’s ever been. He added that the new channel structures have allowed more creatures to come through: “We even had a sighting of a harbor seal recently.” But he subsequently noted that the lake also receives water through over 60 unfiltered urban storm drains, which can pose health threats. Plus, he said the fish swimming in from the bay have another issue: “You have to deal with mercury, which can appear in the larger fish that people tend to eat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So fishing in Lake Merritt isn’t too different than fishing off the coast of Alameda, off the Berkeley pier, or at Point Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s hard to accept. Maybe it’s the fact that years ago, the lake was dredged because of fecal matter buildup. Or, maybe it’s the fact that \u003ca href=\"https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNA2YIAVoAAFzFL.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">there was a car in the lake\u003c/a> just yesterday!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13812860\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 725px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13812860\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Car.Lake_.Merritt.jpg\" alt=\"A car in Lake Merritt.\" width=\"725\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Car.Lake_.Merritt.jpg 725w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Car.Lake_.Merritt-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Car.Lake_.Merritt-240x191.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Car.Lake_.Merritt-375x299.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/Car.Lake_.Merritt-520x415.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A car in Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(via Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lake Merritt is beautiful. It’s a great place to hang out with friends. I take pride in the fact that it was the first wildlife refuge established in the nation. I even applaud the fact there are more and more thriving organisms due to healthier waterways. And if you can land the big catch, more power to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if I’m jogging the lake, and I see you holding a fishing pole and inviting me to your fish fry, I’m still going to run right by.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.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>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland. Find him on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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