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(That lesson was easily transferrable to life, as many lessons in baseball are.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13970602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1020px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13970602\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/GettyImages-2149604838-1020x698-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/GettyImages-2149604838-1020x698-1.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/GettyImages-2149604838-1020x698-1-800x547.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/GettyImages-2149604838-1020x698-1-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/GettyImages-2149604838-1020x698-1-768x526.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Oakland Athletics’ Rickey Henderson before their MLB game against the St. Louis Cardinals at the Coliseum in Oakland on April 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rickey’s death is an exclamation point on what’s been a heartbreaking couple of years for longtime A’s fans. After seasons of selling fans false notions of being rooted in Oakland, in September of last year the team played its final game in the Town. As the A’s leave for Las Vegas, stopping first for a few seasons in Sacramento, fans are still mourning the death of a dynasty; one that brought four championships to Oakland during 57 seasons of calling the East Bay home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, when I talked to Bryan Johansen, co-founder of the clothing brand-turn-community service organization \u003ca href=\"https://lastdivebar.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Last Dive Bar\u003c/a> (which is also supporting the memorial event), he was driving around dropping off small capsules of coliseum dirt to people looking to hold on to a piece of the deceased franchise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really like the ashes of fandom,” Johansen says of the infield dirt. Acquired from former A’s head groundskeeper Clay Wood, The Last Dive Bar bottles and sells it. Johansen says they then donate all proceeds to \u003ca href=\"https://www.loyaltomysoil.org/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYrgMaeeDdzgdIrc8pNurLj9hXywvsaq2ZZdCI_f7FQiVAa9l2q6ulpCco_aem_AWS9ZvW5M9hQNgJDxZXi3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loyal To My Soil\u003c/a>, an organization that runs local baseball clinics and programs for young people, founded by former Oakland A’s pitcher (and childhood teammate of mine) Tyson Ross.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spirit of baseball will remain in Oakland, even if the A’s don’t. And despite the disdain fans have for the team’s owner, the love of the legends remains. Notable players like Miguel Tejada, Dennis Eckersley, Dave Henderson and Rollie Fingers will forever be etched in the hearts of baseball fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But arguably, none more than Rickey Henderson. 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As vape pen smoke wafted through the air, so did the horn-and-drum sound of \u003cstrong>a Banda group\u003c/strong>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandAthletics/comments/1fqpsft/the_banda_group_at_the_last_oakland_tailgate/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button\">playing for tailgaters\u003c/a> over in the packed parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was the last A’s game at the Oakland Coliseum, the \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/emmaruthless/status/1662139124927856641\">greatest ballpark in America\u003c/a>. As a longtime fan, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/gmeline/status/1389078738009157632\">I’ve made a habit of tallying songs played at A’s games\u003c/a>, and at the more grimy game the night before, I’d heard all the Coliseum classics: \u003cstrong>Eric B. and Rakim’s “Don’t Sweat the Technique,” Dr. Dre and Tupac’s “California Love,” Mac Dre’s “Thizzelle Dance.”\u003c/strong> (In a cheeky acknowledgment of a soon-to-be-empty stadium, they’d also played \u003cstrong>The Specials’ “Ghost Town.”\u003c/strong>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This game was historic, and thus attended by more casual fans, which meant we got \u003cstrong>John Fogerty’s overplayed “Centerfield”\u003c/strong> before Rickey Henderson and Dave Stewart threw out the first pitch. Redemption came quickly, though, as none other than beloved Bay Area hurler \u003cstrong>Barry Zito sang the national anthem\u003c/strong> while a loud military jet flyover added ambiance. Zito’s best performance is still \u003ca href=\"https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1383994-world-series-2012-how-barry-zito-has-transformed-from-goat-to-cult-hero\">Game 1 of the 2012 World Series\u003c/a>, but this wasn’t bad either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965645\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965645\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krazy George leads a chant with his drum at the A’s final game at the Oakland Coliseum, Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After \u003cstrong>MØ’s “Final Song”\u003c/strong> set an appropriate tone, the game’s soundtrack steered into the familiar: \u003cstrong>Souls of Mischief’s “93 ‘Til Infinity,” P-Lo’s “Put Me On Somethin’,” and ATM and IMD’s “Bernie Lean,”\u003c/strong> the inexplicable only-in-the-Bay Coliseum hit that encourages fans to dance like the dead main character from the 1989 cult movie \u003cem>Weekend at Bernie’s\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a jumbotron interview with an old-timer named Pete — an A’s fan since 1968 — the PA played the \u003cstrong>Grateful Dead’s “Touch of Grey.”\u003c/strong> In the second inning, for an on-screen tribute to the many behind-the-scenes stadium workers, we got \u003cstrong>Bill Withers’ “Lovely Day,”\u003c/strong> right at the same time a guy walked past us hoisting a sign that read “\u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandAthletics/comments/1fqcgg9/hell_of_a_funeral_today_heres_some_highlights/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button\">JOHN FISHER HAS SEX WITH COUCHES TOO\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s see, what else? The \u003cstrong>Incredible Bongo Band’s breakbeat classic “Apache”\u003c/strong> was in the mix. Accompanying a 2024 season highlights reel was \u003cstrong>Trace Adkins’ “Swing”\u003c/strong>; another montage that started with the Coliseum’s 2019 light malfunction had \u003cstrong>The Doors’ “Light My Fire.”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965646\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stacy Samuels, “the Banjo Guy,” plays for fans at the A’s final game at the Oakland Coliseum, Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a reggae song, JJ Bleday’s walk-up music of \u003cstrong>Stick Figure’s “World on Fire (feat. Slightly Stoopid)”\u003c/strong> stuck out among so many rap and metal choices, but it must’ve worked, since he hit the first RBI of the game. Shortly afterward, the PA was playing \u003cstrong>Tony Toni Toné’s “Let’s Get Down”\u003c/strong> when Stacy Samuels, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kqednews/reel/C3Olt-HpH4D/\">the Banjo Man himself\u003c/a>, walked right by us, finger-picking his strings to DJ Quik’s verse and creating the day’s weirdest mashup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the PA played \u003cstrong>Wham’s “Careless Whisper,”\u003c/strong> the screens showed a woman holding \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandAthletics/comments/1fq62eq/picture_speaks_for_itself/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button\">a sign\u003c/a> that read “Today, there IS crying in baseball”; simultaneously, a man walked past our section air-saxophoning the song’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFB4Iw7BHoU\">famous sax riff\u003c/a>. The A’s then put up a \u003cem>third\u003c/em> run, and what else is there to play during a rally but \u003cstrong>Rossini’s \u003cem>William Tell Overture\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>, a.k.a. the \u003cem>Lone Ranger\u003c/em> theme song?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have to say: it is a minor disgrace that fans loudly sang “must be the monnnaaayyyy!” from \u003cstrong>Nelly’s “Ride Wit Me”\u003c/strong> each time Shea Langeliers came to bat, while nobody — and I mean \u003cem>nobody\u003c/em> — sang the “yay arrrreeeeaaaaaaa!” hook from \u003cstrong>E-40’s “Yay Area.”\u003c/strong> All was forgotten when \u003cstrong>Barry Zito’s “Ballpark Kids”\u003c/strong> played over a fan montage, mostly because I asked myself: Do I need to check out Barry Zito’s solo stuff? (Some of his songs on YouTube have only 150 views; \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/kHtp0it8zQE?si=OYgSFys4qHGI_kG4\">decide for yourself\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965647\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1852px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965647\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1852\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049.jpg 1852w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049-800x864.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049-1020x1102.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049-160x173.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049-768x829.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049-1422x1536.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1852px) 100vw, 1852px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans crowd the Oakland Coliseum for the A’s final game at the stadium on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just as I started wondering why I hadn’t cried yet, after the traditional \u003ca href=\"https://baseballhall.org/discover/short-stops/oakland-athletics-mascot-race\">race of the big heads\u003c/a> took place to \u003cstrong>Metallica’s “One,”\u003c/strong> in-stadium announcer Kara Tsuboi \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEGejAiH1As\">got on the mic\u003c/a>. I didn’t recognize the song that played before it, but her emotional farewell speech capping 16 years with the Oakland A’s was the most touching moment of the game: “Tomorrow, it doesn’t just go away, all this love that’s here!” WHO IS CUTTING ONIONS?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hold your \u003ca href=\"https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2012/the-story-behind-that-viral-nickelback-review-in-the-boise-weekly/\">jokes\u003c/a> when Mason Miller walks out to \u003cstrong>Nickelback’s “Burn It to the Ground,”\u003c/strong> because the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/lastoaklandasgame\">dude shut it down\u003c/a>. And while I’d worried about the lack of certain Oakland anthems at the game, like J. Nash’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAkgmXWEjig\">Cupcakin\u003c/a>’” or Tower of Power’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS4CRaCP0uw\">Oakland Stroke\u003c/a>,” I couldn’t have chosen a better hyperlocal soundtrack for the bottom of the 8th than \u003cstrong>Vell’s “Oakland.”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_12006567']By now, you already know that the A’s won, 3-2, and naturally, that meant \u003cstrong>Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration.”\u003c/strong> It also meant A’s manager Mark Kotsay started a chant of “Let’s Go Oakland” — which began to morph into a giant collective chant of “Fuck John Fisher,” until the PA squelched it. Cue \u003cstrong>yet another play of “Celebration.”\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Drown those pesky fans out!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As fans \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandAthletics/comments/1fqb8mn/a_little_souvenir/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button\">scooped up field dirt\u003c/a> and stole seats, at last \u003cstrong>Tower of Power\u003c/strong> made an appearance over the PA with \u003cstrong>“So Very Hard to Go.”\u003c/strong> We headed toward the gates to the \u003cstrong>Luniz’ “I Got 5 On It” remix\u003c/strong>, as people all around us rapped along to Richie Rich’s timeless verse: \u003cem>Oakland, Smokin’\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965648\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The BART bridge after the A’s final game at the Oakland Coliseum, Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Out on the BART bridge, walking back toward the train, the shroom guys played \u003cstrong>Mac Dre’s “Feelin’ Myself.”\u003c/strong> The tequila guys played \u003cstrong>Los Rakas’ “Soy Raka.”\u003c/strong> The saxophone player did \u003cstrong>Bobby Caldwell’s “What You Won’t Do For Love,”\u003c/strong> and the laundry-hamper drummer, my favorite busker over 20 years of going to A’s games, played \u003cstrong>Santana’s “Black Magic Woman.”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We listened to \u003cstrong>Joe Henderson\u003c/strong> all the way home, reminiscing about the day, so full, vibrant, lively and fun. I can’t count how many empty A’s games I’ve been to in the past 5–10 years, and it’s felt like living alone in the forgotten family home that once held so much joy and laughter. For one last day, though, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006567/photos-fans-flood-coliseum-to-bid-emotional-farewell-at-as-last-game-in-oakland\">all the kids and grandkids and neighbors and siblings and babies came back home\u003c/a> for a family reunion, and the house was filled with music and love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2c5GNB9CAekqxjhmRJf6Nh?si=HvWYaK2WSX2GwWWvJeKzhQ\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965649\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965649\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0033.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0033-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0033-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0033-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0033-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0033-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0033-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Coliseum, where songs from Too Short, Tower of Power and Mac Dre reliably played over the loudspeakers, pictured during the team’s final game at the stadium on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It started, as ever, on the BART bridge, walking past the bootleg T-shirts and the card-table vendors repeating “shrooms, edibles, pre-rolls” while listening to \u003cstrong>Roddy Ricch’s “High Fashion”\u003c/strong> on tinny Bluetooth speakers. As vape pen smoke wafted through the air, so did the horn-and-drum sound of \u003cstrong>a Banda group\u003c/strong>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandAthletics/comments/1fqpsft/the_banda_group_at_the_last_oakland_tailgate/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button\">playing for tailgaters\u003c/a> over in the packed parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was the last A’s game at the Oakland Coliseum, the \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/emmaruthless/status/1662139124927856641\">greatest ballpark in America\u003c/a>. As a longtime fan, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/gmeline/status/1389078738009157632\">I’ve made a habit of tallying songs played at A’s games\u003c/a>, and at the more grimy game the night before, I’d heard all the Coliseum classics: \u003cstrong>Eric B. and Rakim’s “Don’t Sweat the Technique,” Dr. Dre and Tupac’s “California Love,” Mac Dre’s “Thizzelle Dance.”\u003c/strong> (In a cheeky acknowledgment of a soon-to-be-empty stadium, they’d also played \u003cstrong>The Specials’ “Ghost Town.”\u003c/strong>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This game was historic, and thus attended by more casual fans, which meant we got \u003cstrong>John Fogerty’s overplayed “Centerfield”\u003c/strong> before Rickey Henderson and Dave Stewart threw out the first pitch. Redemption came quickly, though, as none other than beloved Bay Area hurler \u003cstrong>Barry Zito sang the national anthem\u003c/strong> while a loud military jet flyover added ambiance. Zito’s best performance is still \u003ca href=\"https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1383994-world-series-2012-how-barry-zito-has-transformed-from-goat-to-cult-hero\">Game 1 of the 2012 World Series\u003c/a>, but this wasn’t bad either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965645\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965645\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0019-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krazy George leads a chant with his drum at the A’s final game at the Oakland Coliseum, Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After \u003cstrong>MØ’s “Final Song”\u003c/strong> set an appropriate tone, the game’s soundtrack steered into the familiar: \u003cstrong>Souls of Mischief’s “93 ‘Til Infinity,” P-Lo’s “Put Me On Somethin’,” and ATM and IMD’s “Bernie Lean,”\u003c/strong> the inexplicable only-in-the-Bay Coliseum hit that encourages fans to dance like the dead main character from the 1989 cult movie \u003cem>Weekend at Bernie’s\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a jumbotron interview with an old-timer named Pete — an A’s fan since 1968 — the PA played the \u003cstrong>Grateful Dead’s “Touch of Grey.”\u003c/strong> In the second inning, for an on-screen tribute to the many behind-the-scenes stadium workers, we got \u003cstrong>Bill Withers’ “Lovely Day,”\u003c/strong> right at the same time a guy walked past us hoisting a sign that read “\u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandAthletics/comments/1fqcgg9/hell_of_a_funeral_today_heres_some_highlights/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button\">JOHN FISHER HAS SEX WITH COUCHES TOO\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s see, what else? The \u003cstrong>Incredible Bongo Band’s breakbeat classic “Apache”\u003c/strong> was in the mix. Accompanying a 2024 season highlights reel was \u003cstrong>Trace Adkins’ “Swing”\u003c/strong>; another montage that started with the Coliseum’s 2019 light malfunction had \u003cstrong>The Doors’ “Light My Fire.”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965646\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0024-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stacy Samuels, “the Banjo Guy,” plays for fans at the A’s final game at the Oakland Coliseum, Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a reggae song, JJ Bleday’s walk-up music of \u003cstrong>Stick Figure’s “World on Fire (feat. Slightly Stoopid)”\u003c/strong> stuck out among so many rap and metal choices, but it must’ve worked, since he hit the first RBI of the game. Shortly afterward, the PA was playing \u003cstrong>Tony Toni Toné’s “Let’s Get Down”\u003c/strong> when Stacy Samuels, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kqednews/reel/C3Olt-HpH4D/\">the Banjo Man himself\u003c/a>, walked right by us, finger-picking his strings to DJ Quik’s verse and creating the day’s weirdest mashup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the PA played \u003cstrong>Wham’s “Careless Whisper,”\u003c/strong> the screens showed a woman holding \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandAthletics/comments/1fq62eq/picture_speaks_for_itself/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button\">a sign\u003c/a> that read “Today, there IS crying in baseball”; simultaneously, a man walked past our section air-saxophoning the song’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFB4Iw7BHoU\">famous sax riff\u003c/a>. The A’s then put up a \u003cem>third\u003c/em> run, and what else is there to play during a rally but \u003cstrong>Rossini’s \u003cem>William Tell Overture\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>, a.k.a. the \u003cem>Lone Ranger\u003c/em> theme song?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have to say: it is a minor disgrace that fans loudly sang “must be the monnnaaayyyy!” from \u003cstrong>Nelly’s “Ride Wit Me”\u003c/strong> each time Shea Langeliers came to bat, while nobody — and I mean \u003cem>nobody\u003c/em> — sang the “yay arrrreeeeaaaaaaa!” hook from \u003cstrong>E-40’s “Yay Area.”\u003c/strong> All was forgotten when \u003cstrong>Barry Zito’s “Ballpark Kids”\u003c/strong> played over a fan montage, mostly because I asked myself: Do I need to check out Barry Zito’s solo stuff? (Some of his songs on YouTube have only 150 views; \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/kHtp0it8zQE?si=OYgSFys4qHGI_kG4\">decide for yourself\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965647\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1852px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965647\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1852\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049.jpg 1852w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049-800x864.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049-1020x1102.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049-160x173.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049-768x829.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0049-1422x1536.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1852px) 100vw, 1852px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans crowd the Oakland Coliseum for the A’s final game at the stadium on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just as I started wondering why I hadn’t cried yet, after the traditional \u003ca href=\"https://baseballhall.org/discover/short-stops/oakland-athletics-mascot-race\">race of the big heads\u003c/a> took place to \u003cstrong>Metallica’s “One,”\u003c/strong> in-stadium announcer Kara Tsuboi \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEGejAiH1As\">got on the mic\u003c/a>. I didn’t recognize the song that played before it, but her emotional farewell speech capping 16 years with the Oakland A’s was the most touching moment of the game: “Tomorrow, it doesn’t just go away, all this love that’s here!” WHO IS CUTTING ONIONS?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hold your \u003ca href=\"https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2012/the-story-behind-that-viral-nickelback-review-in-the-boise-weekly/\">jokes\u003c/a> when Mason Miller walks out to \u003cstrong>Nickelback’s “Burn It to the Ground,”\u003c/strong> because the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/lastoaklandasgame\">dude shut it down\u003c/a>. And while I’d worried about the lack of certain Oakland anthems at the game, like J. Nash’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAkgmXWEjig\">Cupcakin\u003c/a>’” or Tower of Power’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS4CRaCP0uw\">Oakland Stroke\u003c/a>,” I couldn’t have chosen a better hyperlocal soundtrack for the bottom of the 8th than \u003cstrong>Vell’s “Oakland.”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>By now, you already know that the A’s won, 3-2, and naturally, that meant \u003cstrong>Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration.”\u003c/strong> It also meant A’s manager Mark Kotsay started a chant of “Let’s Go Oakland” — which began to morph into a giant collective chant of “Fuck John Fisher,” until the PA squelched it. Cue \u003cstrong>yet another play of “Celebration.”\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Drown those pesky fans out!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As fans \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandAthletics/comments/1fqb8mn/a_little_souvenir/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button\">scooped up field dirt\u003c/a> and stole seats, at last \u003cstrong>Tower of Power\u003c/strong> made an appearance over the PA with \u003cstrong>“So Very Hard to Go.”\u003c/strong> We headed toward the gates to the \u003cstrong>Luniz’ “I Got 5 On It” remix\u003c/strong>, as people all around us rapped along to Richie Rich’s timeless verse: \u003cem>Oakland, Smokin’\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965648\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/IMG_0054-1-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The BART bridge after the A’s final game at the Oakland Coliseum, Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Out on the BART bridge, walking back toward the train, the shroom guys played \u003cstrong>Mac Dre’s “Feelin’ Myself.”\u003c/strong> The tequila guys played \u003cstrong>Los Rakas’ “Soy Raka.”\u003c/strong> The saxophone player did \u003cstrong>Bobby Caldwell’s “What You Won’t Do For Love,”\u003c/strong> and the laundry-hamper drummer, my favorite busker over 20 years of going to A’s games, played \u003cstrong>Santana’s “Black Magic Woman.”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We listened to \u003cstrong>Joe Henderson\u003c/strong> all the way home, reminiscing about the day, so full, vibrant, lively and fun. I can’t count how many empty A’s games I’ve been to in the past 5–10 years, and it’s felt like living alone in the forgotten family home that once held so much joy and laughter. For one last day, though, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006567/photos-fans-flood-coliseum-to-bid-emotional-farewell-at-as-last-game-in-oakland\">all the kids and grandkids and neighbors and siblings and babies came back home\u003c/a> for a family reunion, and the house was filled with music and love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965408\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965408\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland will never be the same without the Golden State Warriors, the Oakland Raiders — and now, the Oakland Athletics. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not until you’ve lived through the trenches of fandom that it hits you: Local sports teams are like extended family. And when you’ve lost one of your childhood homes, there’s nothing but grief left in its place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loss of the Oakland Athletics at the Coliseum is the saddest collective mourning I’ve ever known. The hole that it leaves is enormous. Both my wife and I grew up attending the outdated, mostly dilapidated stadium. Over the past two years, we’ve started to bring our toddler along, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, and before the madness of the Thursday’s final game, the three of us went to a typical home game together to say goodbye. A sense of abandonment permeated the Coliseum, in stark contrast to the vibrancy of A’s games in decades past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walking across the BART bridge, through the gated entrances and around the barren gray concourse, we documented the stadium’s vacant ghostliness following the team’s announcement to leave Oakland after 57 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965412\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965412\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getting to the Coliseum has always been easy. Due to its unbeatable proximity to Bay Area Rapid Transit and Highway 880, it has long stood as the most easily reachable sports venue in all of California. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965411\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965411\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since 1972, countless Oakland sports fans have crossed the BART bridge to attend games, while bootleggers and buskers have endearingly converted it into a site of pre- and post-game action. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965409\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965409\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Coliseum isn’t the most beautiful sports venue out there, but it’s definitely the realest. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965407\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965407\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The neglect and abandonment of the Coliseum by the team’s ownership is pure Shakesperean tragedy. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965406\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965406\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walking into Oakland’s baseball sanctuary for a final time. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965405\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965405\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/038464A3-BDB4-4B41-AD8D-4D3A39A67ED4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/038464A3-BDB4-4B41-AD8D-4D3A39A67ED4-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/038464A3-BDB4-4B41-AD8D-4D3A39A67ED4-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/038464A3-BDB4-4B41-AD8D-4D3A39A67ED4-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/038464A3-BDB4-4B41-AD8D-4D3A39A67ED4-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/038464A3-BDB4-4B41-AD8D-4D3A39A67ED4-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/038464A3-BDB4-4B41-AD8D-4D3A39A67ED4-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/038464A3-BDB4-4B41-AD8D-4D3A39A67ED4-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/038464A3-BDB4-4B41-AD8D-4D3A39A67ED4-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Coliseum has always been imperfect, but its unfinished edges have appealed to fans for decades, and highlight Oakland’s unadorned authenticity. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965403\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965403\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2907E449-4CAD-4C8E-97B2-99F0BC93A2A1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2907E449-4CAD-4C8E-97B2-99F0BC93A2A1-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2907E449-4CAD-4C8E-97B2-99F0BC93A2A1-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2907E449-4CAD-4C8E-97B2-99F0BC93A2A1-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2907E449-4CAD-4C8E-97B2-99F0BC93A2A1-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2907E449-4CAD-4C8E-97B2-99F0BC93A2A1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2907E449-4CAD-4C8E-97B2-99F0BC93A2A1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2907E449-4CAD-4C8E-97B2-99F0BC93A2A1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2907E449-4CAD-4C8E-97B2-99F0BC93A2A1-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Discarded peanut shells littering a row of empty seats. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965402\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965402\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The beloved bleachers and the controversial Mount Davis and luxury suites above. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965401\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965401\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/8B27A946-EA98-4D90-BBCD-EAB6C52D0CF8-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/8B27A946-EA98-4D90-BBCD-EAB6C52D0CF8-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/8B27A946-EA98-4D90-BBCD-EAB6C52D0CF8-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/8B27A946-EA98-4D90-BBCD-EAB6C52D0CF8-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/8B27A946-EA98-4D90-BBCD-EAB6C52D0CF8-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/8B27A946-EA98-4D90-BBCD-EAB6C52D0CF8-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/8B27A946-EA98-4D90-BBCD-EAB6C52D0CF8-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/8B27A946-EA98-4D90-BBCD-EAB6C52D0CF8-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/8B27A946-EA98-4D90-BBCD-EAB6C52D0CF8-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A graffitied message of gratitude in the second deck of the right-field seats, thanking the city of Oakland for 57 years of baseball memories. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965408\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965408\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/AB5BA9D1-3CA8-48CE-B94C-2D7133AD6717-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland will never be the same without the Golden State Warriors, the Oakland Raiders — and now, the Oakland Athletics. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not until you’ve lived through the trenches of fandom that it hits you: Local sports teams are like extended family. And when you’ve lost one of your childhood homes, there’s nothing but grief left in its place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loss of the Oakland Athletics at the Coliseum is the saddest collective mourning I’ve ever known. The hole that it leaves is enormous. Both my wife and I grew up attending the outdated, mostly dilapidated stadium. Over the past two years, we’ve started to bring our toddler along, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, and before the madness of the Thursday’s final game, the three of us went to a typical home game together to say goodbye. A sense of abandonment permeated the Coliseum, in stark contrast to the vibrancy of A’s games in decades past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walking across the BART bridge, through the gated entrances and around the barren gray concourse, we documented the stadium’s vacant ghostliness following the team’s announcement to leave Oakland after 57 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965412\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965412\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/25167C29-298F-4564-92B8-A95544C2464F-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getting to the Coliseum has always been easy. Due to its unbeatable proximity to Bay Area Rapid Transit and Highway 880, it has long stood as the most easily reachable sports venue in all of California. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965411\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965411\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/527E5EEE-CF60-40E4-8A37-4BDB906BA408-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since 1972, countless Oakland sports fans have crossed the BART bridge to attend games, while bootleggers and buskers have endearingly converted it into a site of pre- and post-game action. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965409\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965409\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/B258D21E-33AA-494F-A530-A615893A248D-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Coliseum isn’t the most beautiful sports venue out there, but it’s definitely the realest. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965407\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965407\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/A498CF1B-C322-46F1-B438-82B883EA2D4C-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The neglect and abandonment of the Coliseum by the team’s ownership is pure Shakesperean tragedy. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965406\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965406\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/880995A7-76FF-4AF0-90E2-4F424C97717C-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walking into Oakland’s baseball sanctuary for a final time. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965405\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965405\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/038464A3-BDB4-4B41-AD8D-4D3A39A67ED4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Coliseum has always been imperfect, but its unfinished edges have appealed to fans for decades, and highlight Oakland’s unadorned authenticity. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965403\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965403\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2907E449-4CAD-4C8E-97B2-99F0BC93A2A1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2907E449-4CAD-4C8E-97B2-99F0BC93A2A1-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2907E449-4CAD-4C8E-97B2-99F0BC93A2A1-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2907E449-4CAD-4C8E-97B2-99F0BC93A2A1-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, 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src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/61A84BE2-1BEB-45C1-8F02-0088B2CA7A8E-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The beloved bleachers and the controversial Mount Davis and luxury suites above. \u003ccite>(Briana Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965401\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965401\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/8B27A946-EA98-4D90-BBCD-EAB6C52D0CF8-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/8B27A946-EA98-4D90-BBCD-EAB6C52D0CF8-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/8B27A946-EA98-4D90-BBCD-EAB6C52D0CF8-800x1200.jpg 800w, 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"content": "\u003cp>In what might be the most heartbreaking, multi-league exodus in modern sports history, the Bay Area — and in particular, Oakland — has recently suffered more than its fair share of hometown woes. Between \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39908731/oakland-sacramento-meetings-moves-john-fisher\">the bumbling soullessness of Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher\u003c/a>, the departure of the Raiders and the not-so-distant transplanting of the Golden State Warriors in recent seasons, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955419/oakland-as-athletics-booker-ruiz-wristbandgate\">fanbases have experienced no shortage of rage and disappointment\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s response? To gather an eclectic and boisterous assemblage of fans and community members, and organize with a grassroots ferocity rarely seen in the sports world. The past few months have seen the Bay creating new teams — separate from the level of the Giants, 49ers, Warriors and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957833/golden-state-valkyries-chase-center-wnba-block-party-kehlani-e-40-p-lo\">the newly minted Valkyries\u003c/a> — garnering independent support and marching downfield with an unwavering appreciation for the underdog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The upshot is that, this summer, there are more ways than ever to enjoy an affordable sports outing with your family — and, in doing so, proving that Bay Area sports fans are resilient and loyal. Here’s a brief rundown on how to support the Bay’s most exciting teams (without putting any money in Fisher’s feeble hands).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956942\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956942\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a baseball player shows off his Oakland Ballers jersey at a local tryout\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-768x550.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-2048x1466.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-1920x1375.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Ballers recently held a tryout for local players to showcase their skills at Laney College. \u003ccite>(Oakland Ballers)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oakland.ballers/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Ballers\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In search of a locally rooted organization committed to preserving Oakland’s storied baseball identity? Look no further than\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968536/new-oakland-ballers-baseball-team-aims-to-keep-the-sport-in-the-city\"> the B’s — short for Ballers\u003c/a> — whose \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938668/meet-the-designer-for-the-bs-oaklands-new-homegrown-baseball-team\">snazzy, historically-forward logo\u003c/a> and uniforms harken back to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/OaklandBallers/status/1781387456836981054\">the city’s prolific baseball legacy among shipyard workers and Black unions\u003c/a>. The brand new team will play at Raimondi Park in West Oakland and compete in the Pioneer League — an independent collection of minor league franchises with no Major League Baseball affiliations. Though their season doesn’t start until late May, the organization has already hit a home run by signing \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kelsie_whitmore/?hl=en\">the league’s first-ever female pitcher, Kelsie Whitmore\u003c/a>. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://uspst.clappit.com/tickets-oakland-ballers/showProductList.html\">Tickets here\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956939\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956939\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a group of women soccer players celebrate after a goal is scored\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay FC players celebrate after a goal. The NWSL is considered among the best leagues in the world. \u003ccite>(Bay FC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wearebayfc/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Bay FC\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We’re witnessing the largest surge for women’s sports in history — and we can be proud that the Bay Area is at its forefront. In addition to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963547/wnba-team-in-the-bay-a-slam-dunk-for-bay-area-basketball\">the WNBA’s announcement of a Golden State expansion franchise\u003c/a> in 2025, the region scored extra points by introducing their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980330/a-new-pro-womens-soccer-team-kicks-off-in-the-bay\">newest women’s soccer team\u003c/a>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wearebayfc/?hl=en\">Bay FC\u003c/a>, who made a splash by signing six-time African Women’s Footballer of the Year, Asisat Oshoala. Their \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39585552/nwsl-new-nike-kits-laying-foundation-commercial-growth\">Nike-designed kits and Old English crest\u003c/a> have elicited much excitement, and the schedule promises a variety of celebratory nights, including Pride and Latino Heritage. The team’s inaugural season is already underway as the newest members of the National Women’s Soccer League, which \u003cem>The Guardia\u003c/em>n recently dubbed “\u003ca href=\"https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/may/01/nwsl-commissioner-interview-us-soccer-expansion-value\">the world’s most innovative league\u003c/a>.” With home games costing as low as $13 at San Jose’s PayPal Park (a fun venue with the world’s largest outdoor bar), there’s no excuse for missing out on any summer kicks. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/schedule/\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a gray and blue baseball uniform that reads 'Stockton' is in the middle of throwing the ball from somewhere in the infield\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stockton Ports shortstop Franklin Barreto throws to first base during the game between the Stockton Ports and the Bakersfield Blaze at Sam Lynn in Bakersfield, CA. \u003ccite>( David Dennis/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stocktonports/\">\u003cb>Stockton Ports\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not for meant for the casual bandwagoner, this sports excursion will require a day trip to Stockton. But, as the A’s official single-A affiliate, who have shown nothing but support to fans amid MLB’s failure to keep the green-and-gold in town, our neighboring franchise deserves some love. For years, the Ports have been overlooked as an out-of-market afterthought: Why watch minor leaguers when you have major leaguers nearby? Well, that reality has shifted: Why continue supporting a vapid owner when you have a friendly alternative nearby? Earlier this season, when Oakland sports fans held their own Fan Fest,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952437/oakland-as-fans-fest-jack-london-square-2024\"> the Ports became official sponsors\u003c/a> and provided donations to help make it happen. If that’s not the definition of being 10 toes down, I’m not sure what is. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.milb.com/stockton/schedule/2024-04\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957863\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700.jpg\" alt=\"two soccer players sign a colorful flag for fans in the stands after winning a nighttime game\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neveal Hackshaw and Johnny Rodriguez of the Oakland Roots sign a flag for fans after the U.S. Open Cup third round game between the Oakland Roots and El Farolito on April 16, 2024 at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California. \u003ccite>(Doug Zimmerman/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandroots/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Roots\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the most socially conscious squad in all of professional U.S. sports, the Roots have \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Are-the-Oakland-Roots-the-most-civic-minded-team-15661728.php\">put the community first since their 2018 formation in the Town\u003c/a>. Whether it’s collaborating with local artists and small businesses or cultivating a development team known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/project51o/\">Project 510\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961286/oakland-roots-pro-soccer-team-raises-nearly-2-million-in-first-4-days-of-crowdfunding\">crowdfunded club\u003c/a> (which includes Jason Kidd, Marshawn Lynch, G Eazy and Billie Joe Armstrong as well as everyday Bay Area sports fans as part-owners) have been all in on hometown pride. You’re just as likely to see one of your favorite rappers performing at halftime, or casually attending a game on AAPI Heritage or Town Biz Night. Meanwhile CSU East Bay’s Pioneer Stadium is gorgeous, providing sweeping views of the Bay Area as an extra benefit to whatever’s going on between the sidelines. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://seatgeek.com/oakland-roots-sc-tickets\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956937\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956937\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a woman soccer player jogs during warm ups before a game\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Soul have been heralded for their play on the field, and their style off the field. \u003ccite>(Oakland Soul SC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandsoulsc/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Soul\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not to be outdone, the Soul are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915080/oakland-roots-soccer-club-to-start-new-amateur-womens-team\">the amateur women’s branch of the Roots\u003c/a> — with a growing buzz and fanbase of their own. Their funky, retro-inspired uniforms are worth snagging from Oaklandish. Currently, the team plays in the United Soccer League Network, with home games hosted at Merritt College, and will play one double header with the Roots at CSUEB. Unlike Bay FC, the Soul play in the USL W, a second-division women’s league one tier beneath the NWSL — in other words, the two leading women’s soccer teams of the region aren’t directly in competition with one another, so you can guiltlessly cheer on both at once. In 2025, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/oakland-coliseum-roots-soul-soccer-teams-2025-officials-approve-deal/\">the Soul (along with the Roots) will be housed at the Oakland Coliseum\u003c/a>. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://seatgeek.com/oakland-soul-sc-tickets\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957864\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957864\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Messi of Argentina holds a giant trophy while smiling surrounded by his team after winning the Copa America Brazil 2021.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lionel Messi of Argentina smiles with the trophy as he celebrates with teammates after winning the final of Copa America Brazil 2021 between Brazil and Argentina at Maracana Stadium on July 10, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. \u003ccite>(Buda Mendes/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/copaamerica/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Copa América\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This isn’t a \u003cem>team\u003c/em>, per se — it’s a global phenomenon. Every four years, the biggest soccer tournament in the Western Hemisphere takes place in rotating host nations throughout the Americas. This year, the United States has been selected as the home of the famed cup — and Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara has been deemed a national site for two games. With teams playing in cities across the country, Bay Area fans will be gifted with rare appearances from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela for the oldest soccer tournament in the world (yes, older than the World Cup itself). \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://copaamerica.com/entradas/\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956934\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956934\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"an ultimate frisbee player runs for a score with frisbee in hand\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Spiders are an ultimate frisbee team that play at Fremont High School in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Julien Dagan @juliendaganphoto)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bayareafalcons/?hl=en&img_index=1\">\u003cb>Bay Area Falcons\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> and \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandspiders/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Spiders\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If the venerable spring-and-summer sports of baseball and soccer aren’t your jam, or you’re looking for a new spin on sunny weather outings, check out the Falcons (women’s and non-binary) and Spiders (men’s) professional ultimate frisbee teams. Both squads compete at East Oakland’s Fremont High School for home games. The Spiders — two-time national champs, currently led by rookie frisbeer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghz9Qey4Of8\">Raekwon Adkins\u003c/a> — have also graciously provided \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5mcdH-PWoa/?hl=en\">an ultimate frisbee explainer video\u003c/a> for the uninitiated. Admittedly, I’ve never attended a pro frisbee game, but with my favorite summertime team — formerly known as the Oakland Athletics — about to vacate the area, I’ll certainly be looking elsewhere to provide my loyal fandom. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.falconsultimate.com/tickets\">Tickets here\u003c/a> (Falcons) and\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandspiders.com/collections/tickets_memberships\"> here\u003c/a> (Spiders).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In what might be the most heartbreaking, multi-league exodus in modern sports history, the Bay Area — and in particular, Oakland — has recently suffered more than its fair share of hometown woes. Between \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39908731/oakland-sacramento-meetings-moves-john-fisher\">the bumbling soullessness of Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher\u003c/a>, the departure of the Raiders and the not-so-distant transplanting of the Golden State Warriors in recent seasons, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955419/oakland-as-athletics-booker-ruiz-wristbandgate\">fanbases have experienced no shortage of rage and disappointment\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s response? To gather an eclectic and boisterous assemblage of fans and community members, and organize with a grassroots ferocity rarely seen in the sports world. The past few months have seen the Bay creating new teams — separate from the level of the Giants, 49ers, Warriors and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957833/golden-state-valkyries-chase-center-wnba-block-party-kehlani-e-40-p-lo\">the newly minted Valkyries\u003c/a> — garnering independent support and marching downfield with an unwavering appreciation for the underdog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The upshot is that, this summer, there are more ways than ever to enjoy an affordable sports outing with your family — and, in doing so, proving that Bay Area sports fans are resilient and loyal. Here’s a brief rundown on how to support the Bay’s most exciting teams (without putting any money in Fisher’s feeble hands).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956942\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956942\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a baseball player shows off his Oakland Ballers jersey at a local tryout\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-768x550.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-2048x1466.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-1920x1375.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Ballers recently held a tryout for local players to showcase their skills at Laney College. \u003ccite>(Oakland Ballers)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oakland.ballers/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Ballers\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In search of a locally rooted organization committed to preserving Oakland’s storied baseball identity? Look no further than\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968536/new-oakland-ballers-baseball-team-aims-to-keep-the-sport-in-the-city\"> the B’s — short for Ballers\u003c/a> — whose \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938668/meet-the-designer-for-the-bs-oaklands-new-homegrown-baseball-team\">snazzy, historically-forward logo\u003c/a> and uniforms harken back to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/OaklandBallers/status/1781387456836981054\">the city’s prolific baseball legacy among shipyard workers and Black unions\u003c/a>. The brand new team will play at Raimondi Park in West Oakland and compete in the Pioneer League — an independent collection of minor league franchises with no Major League Baseball affiliations. Though their season doesn’t start until late May, the organization has already hit a home run by signing \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kelsie_whitmore/?hl=en\">the league’s first-ever female pitcher, Kelsie Whitmore\u003c/a>. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://uspst.clappit.com/tickets-oakland-ballers/showProductList.html\">Tickets here\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956939\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956939\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a group of women soccer players celebrate after a goal is scored\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay FC players celebrate after a goal. The NWSL is considered among the best leagues in the world. \u003ccite>(Bay FC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wearebayfc/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Bay FC\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We’re witnessing the largest surge for women’s sports in history — and we can be proud that the Bay Area is at its forefront. In addition to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963547/wnba-team-in-the-bay-a-slam-dunk-for-bay-area-basketball\">the WNBA’s announcement of a Golden State expansion franchise\u003c/a> in 2025, the region scored extra points by introducing their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980330/a-new-pro-womens-soccer-team-kicks-off-in-the-bay\">newest women’s soccer team\u003c/a>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wearebayfc/?hl=en\">Bay FC\u003c/a>, who made a splash by signing six-time African Women’s Footballer of the Year, Asisat Oshoala. Their \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39585552/nwsl-new-nike-kits-laying-foundation-commercial-growth\">Nike-designed kits and Old English crest\u003c/a> have elicited much excitement, and the schedule promises a variety of celebratory nights, including Pride and Latino Heritage. The team’s inaugural season is already underway as the newest members of the National Women’s Soccer League, which \u003cem>The Guardia\u003c/em>n recently dubbed “\u003ca href=\"https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/may/01/nwsl-commissioner-interview-us-soccer-expansion-value\">the world’s most innovative league\u003c/a>.” With home games costing as low as $13 at San Jose’s PayPal Park (a fun venue with the world’s largest outdoor bar), there’s no excuse for missing out on any summer kicks. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/schedule/\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a gray and blue baseball uniform that reads 'Stockton' is in the middle of throwing the ball from somewhere in the infield\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stockton Ports shortstop Franklin Barreto throws to first base during the game between the Stockton Ports and the Bakersfield Blaze at Sam Lynn in Bakersfield, CA. \u003ccite>( David Dennis/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stocktonports/\">\u003cb>Stockton Ports\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not for meant for the casual bandwagoner, this sports excursion will require a day trip to Stockton. But, as the A’s official single-A affiliate, who have shown nothing but support to fans amid MLB’s failure to keep the green-and-gold in town, our neighboring franchise deserves some love. For years, the Ports have been overlooked as an out-of-market afterthought: Why watch minor leaguers when you have major leaguers nearby? Well, that reality has shifted: Why continue supporting a vapid owner when you have a friendly alternative nearby? Earlier this season, when Oakland sports fans held their own Fan Fest,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952437/oakland-as-fans-fest-jack-london-square-2024\"> the Ports became official sponsors\u003c/a> and provided donations to help make it happen. If that’s not the definition of being 10 toes down, I’m not sure what is. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.milb.com/stockton/schedule/2024-04\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957863\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700.jpg\" alt=\"two soccer players sign a colorful flag for fans in the stands after winning a nighttime game\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neveal Hackshaw and Johnny Rodriguez of the Oakland Roots sign a flag for fans after the U.S. Open Cup third round game between the Oakland Roots and El Farolito on April 16, 2024 at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California. \u003ccite>(Doug Zimmerman/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandroots/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Roots\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the most socially conscious squad in all of professional U.S. sports, the Roots have \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Are-the-Oakland-Roots-the-most-civic-minded-team-15661728.php\">put the community first since their 2018 formation in the Town\u003c/a>. Whether it’s collaborating with local artists and small businesses or cultivating a development team known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/project51o/\">Project 510\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961286/oakland-roots-pro-soccer-team-raises-nearly-2-million-in-first-4-days-of-crowdfunding\">crowdfunded club\u003c/a> (which includes Jason Kidd, Marshawn Lynch, G Eazy and Billie Joe Armstrong as well as everyday Bay Area sports fans as part-owners) have been all in on hometown pride. You’re just as likely to see one of your favorite rappers performing at halftime, or casually attending a game on AAPI Heritage or Town Biz Night. Meanwhile CSU East Bay’s Pioneer Stadium is gorgeous, providing sweeping views of the Bay Area as an extra benefit to whatever’s going on between the sidelines. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://seatgeek.com/oakland-roots-sc-tickets\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956937\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956937\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a woman soccer player jogs during warm ups before a game\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Soul have been heralded for their play on the field, and their style off the field. \u003ccite>(Oakland Soul SC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandsoulsc/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Soul\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not to be outdone, the Soul are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915080/oakland-roots-soccer-club-to-start-new-amateur-womens-team\">the amateur women’s branch of the Roots\u003c/a> — with a growing buzz and fanbase of their own. Their funky, retro-inspired uniforms are worth snagging from Oaklandish. Currently, the team plays in the United Soccer League Network, with home games hosted at Merritt College, and will play one double header with the Roots at CSUEB. Unlike Bay FC, the Soul play in the USL W, a second-division women’s league one tier beneath the NWSL — in other words, the two leading women’s soccer teams of the region aren’t directly in competition with one another, so you can guiltlessly cheer on both at once. In 2025, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/oakland-coliseum-roots-soul-soccer-teams-2025-officials-approve-deal/\">the Soul (along with the Roots) will be housed at the Oakland Coliseum\u003c/a>. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://seatgeek.com/oakland-soul-sc-tickets\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957864\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957864\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Messi of Argentina holds a giant trophy while smiling surrounded by his team after winning the Copa America Brazil 2021.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lionel Messi of Argentina smiles with the trophy as he celebrates with teammates after winning the final of Copa America Brazil 2021 between Brazil and Argentina at Maracana Stadium on July 10, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. \u003ccite>(Buda Mendes/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/copaamerica/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Copa América\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This isn’t a \u003cem>team\u003c/em>, per se — it’s a global phenomenon. Every four years, the biggest soccer tournament in the Western Hemisphere takes place in rotating host nations throughout the Americas. This year, the United States has been selected as the home of the famed cup — and Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara has been deemed a national site for two games. With teams playing in cities across the country, Bay Area fans will be gifted with rare appearances from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela for the oldest soccer tournament in the world (yes, older than the World Cup itself). \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://copaamerica.com/entradas/\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956934\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956934\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"an ultimate frisbee player runs for a score with frisbee in hand\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Spiders are an ultimate frisbee team that play at Fremont High School in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Julien Dagan @juliendaganphoto)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bayareafalcons/?hl=en&img_index=1\">\u003cb>Bay Area Falcons\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> and \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandspiders/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Spiders\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If the venerable spring-and-summer sports of baseball and soccer aren’t your jam, or you’re looking for a new spin on sunny weather outings, check out the Falcons (women’s and non-binary) and Spiders (men’s) professional ultimate frisbee teams. Both squads compete at East Oakland’s Fremont High School for home games. The Spiders — two-time national champs, currently led by rookie frisbeer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghz9Qey4Of8\">Raekwon Adkins\u003c/a> — have also graciously provided \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5mcdH-PWoa/?hl=en\">an ultimate frisbee explainer video\u003c/a> for the uninitiated. Admittedly, I’ve never attended a pro frisbee game, but with my favorite summertime team — formerly known as the Oakland Athletics — about to vacate the area, I’ll certainly be looking elsewhere to provide my loyal fandom. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.falconsultimate.com/tickets\">Tickets here\u003c/a> (Falcons) and\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandspiders.com/collections/tickets_memberships\"> here\u003c/a> (Spiders).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13955414\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Booker.Ruiz_.MAIN_.jpg\" alt=\"Two baseball players slap hands in a dugout with orange Gatorade jugs in the background.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13955414\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Booker.Ruiz_.MAIN_.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Booker.Ruiz_.MAIN_-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Booker.Ruiz_.MAIN_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Booker.Ruiz_.MAIN_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Booker.Ruiz_.MAIN_-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Esteury Ruiz of the Oakland Athletics (at right) greets Brent Rooker in the dugout before a game against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on May 22, 2023. \u003ccite>(Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ask any lifelong Oakland A’s fan about the dubious things we’ve seen in recent years, and you’ll get a novella’s worth of some of the worst atrocities seen in modern sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was the whole marsupial fiasco — when \u003ca href=\"https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10072517-possum-living-in-as-stadium-prevents-visiting-announcers-from-using-broadcast-booth\">possums overtook portions of the Coliseum\u003c/a> and, according to Bleacher Report, prevented visiting team’s announcers from using the broadcast booth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s the time \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/21/top-oakland-coliseum-fails-light-outage-just-the-latest-as-stadium-delay/\">the lights went out at the Coliseum during a game on Teacher’s Appreciation Night\u003c/a> — in which the start time was delayed and most teachers, ironically, didn’t get to watch the game. (I was a teacher at the time; we all left before the first inning because we had young people to teach early the next morning).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11981232']And let’s not forget the time that ESPN reported how the New York Yankees were “\u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/15647563/new-york-yankees-dugout-victimized-plumbing-issues-oakland-coliseum\">victimized by plumbing issues\u003c/a>” at the Coliseum, in which human feces, overflow and a mop were involved in the guest dugout. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’d be forgiven to wonder: How could it possibly get worse for the Las Vegas-distracted team that is now looking into \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/as-to-meet-with-sacramento-city-officials-about-temporary-home-before-planned-las-vegas-move-per-report/\">a temporary Sacramento relocation\u003c/a>? (\u003cstrong>Update\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5WCz4XrW0I/?hl=en\">It’s official — they’re leaving Oakland after the 2024 season\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How about demoting two of the team’s statistically best performers for — wait for it — allegedly wearing fan-made gear? Yes, I’m talking about — wait for it again — \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/mlb-news-oakland-s-wristbandgate-conspiracy-more-theory-1886247\">#WristbandGate\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13952437']Esteury Ruiz — who as of this writing wields the team’s highest batting average, and led the A’s in stolen bases last year — was sent down to the Minor Leagues this week. And Brent Rooker — who, admittedly, has struggled to start of his 2024 campaign — has been benched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Ruiz’s case, the move seems especially confounding, since he’s a fan favorite and one of the franchise’s sole luminaries. But \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LastDiveBar\">The Last Dive Bar\u003c/a> — a fan-owned online merch shop that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952437/oakland-as-fans-fest-jack-london-square-2024\">involved in organizing this year’s Oakland Fan Appreciation Day\u003c/a> in Jack London Square — thinks they know why both players were penalized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a recent Tweet, The Last Dive Bar posted a photo of the players wearing their store’s popular wristbands, which are notoriously associated with a sweeping effort to convince current owner John Fisher to sell the team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LastDiveBar/status/1774917579842486699\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re not the only players to wear the wristbands and get let go — or demoted — by the team, either. Somewhat facetiously, The Last Dive Bar also posted photos of other former Athletics wearing the yellow wristband with the caption reading “Pache gone! Ruiz sent down! Rooker benched! Kap gone!… The truth is out there!!!!”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you think this sounds like a conspiracy theory (which \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=a%27s%20conspiracy%20theory&src=typed_query\">many fans and baseball writers nationwide are suggesting\u003c/a>), then I will kindly remind you that nothing in the warped upside-down netherworld of the John Fisher-owned Oakland Athletics makes sense, \u003cem>ever\u003c/em> (see: no lights in the stadium, territorial possums, human feces).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re asking me — and I’ve seen everything imaginable at the Coliseum, including sexual acts and violent encounters — I think it’s a little more than a tongue-in-cheek theory. Simply put, there’s a reason why it’s believable: A’s management have neglected their duties for far too long and their egos are more fragile and untenable than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13921216']As a former season ticketholder who until recently attended A’s games religiously, I simply want the basic respect any loyal fan deserves. And yes, I want the basic condiments — I’m talking about having simple access to ketchup and barbecue sauce — inside my favorite team’s stadium. And I know I’m not alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What the Oakland A’s have become under the soulless oversight of Fisher is hard to describe, unless you’ve sat in those rickety bleacher seats or in that mountainous concrete upper deck. But at this point, if you hear a wild-sounding conspiracy theory from A’s fans who’ve endured so much, at this point there’s probably a reason to believe them.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>A sports coup d’état is unfolding in the Bay Area right now, and the Oakland Coliseum’s drum-beating, flag-waving diehards are leading the charge. Once again, A’s fans are rewriting their own history after spearheading the “Summer of Sell” and organizing the largest-ever MLB boycott — all in response to the team’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11947286/devastated-oakland-as-fans-react-to-teams-vegas-move\">planned relocation to Las Vegas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their momentous energy will be on full display at \u003ca href=\"https://bloc15.com/\">Bloc15\u003c/a> in Jack London Square for this year’s guerilla-organized Fans Fest, an all-day event meant to honor Bay Area sports fans that will be unlike anything any other fanbase has ever felt compelled to independently assemble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13952440\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 384px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13952440\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_2138.jpg\" alt='a black t-shirt that reads \"Fans Fest\" in white lettering' width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_2138.jpg 384w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_2138-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans Fest 2024 will take place in Oakland’s Jack London Square, and is 100% organized and funded by fans and local sponsorships. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Last Dive Bar)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At Fans Fest, there will be Porta Potties labeled “the Johns,” with pictures of Oakland A’s owner John Fisher attached to them. Cult-favorite hot dog vendor, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13921216/hal-the-hot-dog-guy-oakland-coliseum-tribute-retiring\">Hal the Hot Dog Guy\u003c/a>, will be dressed as a rally possum while handing out Opening Day boycott stickers. Former A’s icons Coco Crisp and Ben Grieve will sign autographs. Custom-designed, one-off \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/33.customs/?hl=en\">bobbleheads made by Robb Roberts, an A’s superfan\u003c/a>, will be made available in a silent auction. Oakland baseball legends and youth teams will be on site, gassing up the city’s multi-generational love of America’s favorite pastime. And it’ll be free to attend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Captained by four lifelong A’s fans — Jorge Leon and Todd Saran of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.oakland68s.org/\">Oakland 68s\u003c/a> (a nonprofit group of A’s fans that donates resources to Oakland-based charities), as well as Bryan Johansen and Paul Bailey of \u003ca href=\"https://lastdivebar.com/\">Last Dive Bar\u003c/a> (a local apparel brand that used to collaborate with the A’s on popular fan designs) — this community-geared festival isn’t \u003cem>just\u003c/em> about celebrating Oakland A’s fans and their history. It’s about highlighting small business owners, creating positive memories for families and celebrating the remaining East Bay sports fandoms, despite the somber reality of major teams jettisoning Oakland in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone is hurt by the actions of the A’s towards the community and fans, and it’s sad. Everyone is affected by it, and we wish it wasn’t the case,” Johansen says. “But this event isn’t about bashing the A’s; it’s about coming together and celebrating the fans and sports teams still here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having raised well over $15,000 for the event (a “conservative” estimate, according to the organizers), as well as garnering support and sponsorships from the region’s various teams — including the A’s minor-league affiliate Stockton Ports, the Oakland Roots, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938668/meet-the-designer-for-the-bs-oaklands-new-homegrown-baseball-team\">Oakland Ballers\u003c/a> and the Marshawn Lynch co-owned Bay Area Panthers — the DIY Fans Fest has reached an epic, unprecedented scale that once again proves how committed Oakland’s sports fans are in the face of erasure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13952442\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 645px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13952442\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_5723.jpg\" alt=\"a woman and man plan a sports event inside a large building\" width=\"645\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_5723.jpg 645w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_5723-160x207.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A member of the Oakland 68s meets with a Bloc15 employee to discuss the indoor logistics of Fans Fest 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Last Dive Bar )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amid the never-ending vortex of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11947286/devastated-oakland-as-fans-react-to-teams-vegas-move\">the Oakland Athletics’ relocation attempt \u003c/a>(which now appears to be stalled, with the team perhaps \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/news/athletics-potential-extension-of-lease-at-oakland-coliseum\">extending their lease at the Coliseum\u003c/a>), the community has decided to put the ball back into their own hands. And rightfully so, as John Fisher — \u003ca href=\"https://deadspin.com/oakland-athletics-las-vegas-mlb-john-fisher-california-1851085486\">the A’s notoriously frugal owner\u003c/a> — only continues to sabotage the baseball dreams of Oaklanders with a lack of commitment and vision to the team’s loyal supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s time to forget about all that, if just for an afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food, desserts and beverages will be available from Smoking J’s Barbecue, La Hacienda Real, De La Cruz Creamery, La Santa Torta, Tacos El Ultimo Baile, Forge Pizza, Drake’s [editorial update: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LastDiveBar/status/1760704608362713273\">Drake’s has since retracted their sponsorship\u003c/a>, and in their place, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LastDiveBar/status/1760851737316151684\">Berkeley’s Fieldwork Brewing has offered to join a day ahead of the event\u003c/a>], 21st Amendment, Oakland Beer Works and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event will effectively replace the traditional “A’s Fanfest,” which the A’s hosted prior to each season until 2020, when, as the event description on the Oakland tourism bureau’s official website puts it, \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/event/fans-fest-2024/32083/#:~:text=The%20Oakland%20A's%20used%20to,the%20fans%20by%20the%20fans.\">“they seemingly turned their back on the fanbase.”\u003c/a> Since then, the Oakland 68s have held a version of Fans Fest beginning in 2021. But never to this degree, nor with this much attention — and tension — surrounding the formerly beloved \u003ci>Moneyball\u003c/i> underdogs. Long gone are the days of embracing the inspirational “Rooted in Oakland” and “Green Collar Baseball” slogans of yesteryear — old tag lines that have since been stained with skepticism and distrust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, while fans have been left to fend for themselves against the wolves of capitalism — with \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/news/owners-approve-a-s-relocation-to-las-vegas#:~:text=ARLINGTON%20%E2%80%93%20Major%20League%20Baseball's%20owners,they%20concluded%20this%20week's%20meetings.\">the MLB’s other team owners seeming to act as co-conspirators to help bring the A’s to a supposedly more lucrative market in Nevada\u003c/a> — these homegrown bleacher-sitting loyalists aren’t afraid to throw a few curveballs of their own. Though they’ve maintained a good sense of humor about it all (see: John Fisher Porta Potties and an adult man dressed as a possum), they’re also coming from a place of unwavering commitment and life-hardened passion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13952482\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13952482\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_4254-scaled-crop.jpg\" alt=\"a group of men stand on a street corner in Oakland in preparation of a sports event\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_4254-scaled-crop.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_4254-scaled-crop-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_4254-scaled-crop-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_4254-scaled-crop-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_4254-scaled-crop-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_4254-scaled-crop-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A member of the Oakland 68s meets with security in preparation for Fans Fest 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Last Dive Bar)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I played baseball since I was four, up until college. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A sports coup d’état is unfolding in the Bay Area right now, and the Oakland Coliseum’s drum-beating, flag-waving diehards are leading the charge. Once again, A’s fans are rewriting their own history after spearheading the “Summer of Sell” and organizing the largest-ever MLB boycott — all in response to the team’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11947286/devastated-oakland-as-fans-react-to-teams-vegas-move\">planned relocation to Las Vegas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their momentous energy will be on full display at \u003ca href=\"https://bloc15.com/\">Bloc15\u003c/a> in Jack London Square for this year’s guerilla-organized Fans Fest, an all-day event meant to honor Bay Area sports fans that will be unlike anything any other fanbase has ever felt compelled to independently assemble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13952440\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 384px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13952440\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_2138.jpg\" alt='a black t-shirt that reads \"Fans Fest\" in white lettering' width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_2138.jpg 384w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/img_2138-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans Fest 2024 will take place in Oakland’s Jack London Square, and is 100% organized and funded by fans and local sponsorships. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Last Dive Bar)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At Fans Fest, there will be Porta Potties labeled “the Johns,” with pictures of Oakland A’s owner John Fisher attached to them. Cult-favorite hot dog vendor, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13921216/hal-the-hot-dog-guy-oakland-coliseum-tribute-retiring\">Hal the Hot Dog Guy\u003c/a>, will be dressed as a rally possum while handing out Opening Day boycott stickers. Former A’s icons Coco Crisp and Ben Grieve will sign autographs. Custom-designed, one-off \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/33.customs/?hl=en\">bobbleheads made by Robb Roberts, an A’s superfan\u003c/a>, will be made available in a silent auction. Oakland baseball legends and youth teams will be on site, gassing up the city’s multi-generational love of America’s favorite pastime. And it’ll be free to attend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Captained by four lifelong A’s fans — Jorge Leon and Todd Saran of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.oakland68s.org/\">Oakland 68s\u003c/a> (a nonprofit group of A’s fans that donates resources to Oakland-based charities), as well as Bryan Johansen and Paul Bailey of \u003ca href=\"https://lastdivebar.com/\">Last Dive Bar\u003c/a> (a local apparel brand that used to collaborate with the A’s on popular fan designs) — this community-geared festival isn’t \u003cem>just\u003c/em> about celebrating Oakland A’s fans and their history. It’s about highlighting small business owners, creating positive memories for families and celebrating the remaining East Bay sports fandoms, despite the somber reality of major teams jettisoning Oakland in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone is hurt by the actions of the A’s towards the community and fans, and it’s sad. Everyone is affected by it, and we wish it wasn’t the case,” Johansen says. “But this event isn’t about bashing the A’s; it’s about coming together and celebrating the fans and sports teams still here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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And rightfully so, as John Fisher — \u003ca href=\"https://deadspin.com/oakland-athletics-las-vegas-mlb-john-fisher-california-1851085486\">the A’s notoriously frugal owner\u003c/a> — only continues to sabotage the baseball dreams of Oaklanders with a lack of commitment and vision to the team’s loyal supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s time to forget about all that, if just for an afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food, desserts and beverages will be available from Smoking J’s Barbecue, La Hacienda Real, De La Cruz Creamery, La Santa Torta, Tacos El Ultimo Baile, Forge Pizza, Drake’s [editorial update: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LastDiveBar/status/1760704608362713273\">Drake’s has since retracted their sponsorship\u003c/a>, and in their place, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LastDiveBar/status/1760851737316151684\">Berkeley’s Fieldwork Brewing has offered to join a day ahead of the event\u003c/a>], 21st Amendment, Oakland Beer Works and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event will effectively replace the traditional “A’s Fanfest,” which the A’s hosted prior to each season until 2020, when, as the event description on the Oakland tourism bureau’s official website puts it, \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/event/fans-fest-2024/32083/#:~:text=The%20Oakland%20A's%20used%20to,the%20fans%20by%20the%20fans.\">“they seemingly turned their back on the fanbase.”\u003c/a> Since then, the Oakland 68s have held a version of Fans Fest beginning in 2021. But never to this degree, nor with this much attention — and tension — surrounding the formerly beloved \u003ci>Moneyball\u003c/i> underdogs. Long gone are the days of embracing the inspirational “Rooted in Oakland” and “Green Collar Baseball” slogans of yesteryear — old tag lines that have since been stained with skepticism and distrust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, while fans have been left to fend for themselves against the wolves of capitalism — with \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/news/owners-approve-a-s-relocation-to-las-vegas#:~:text=ARLINGTON%20%E2%80%93%20Major%20League%20Baseball's%20owners,they%20concluded%20this%20week's%20meetings.\">the MLB’s other team owners seeming to act as co-conspirators to help bring the A’s to a supposedly more lucrative market in Nevada\u003c/a> — these homegrown bleacher-sitting loyalists aren’t afraid to throw a few curveballs of their own. 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"content": "\u003cp>Welcome to our list of Bay Area arts and culture trends in 2023. Notably, it was a year that few are describing as “the worst year ever,” as many year-end listmakers were understandably wont to do for a while. We also suppose this list could have included things like AI, driverless cars, robot deliveries and the metaverse. It was just Tom Waits’ birthday; \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/195963-we-are-buried-beneath-the-weight-of-information-which-is\">let’s let him weigh in\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s to you all, individually and collectively, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8AMZmWqgRM\">love and happiness\u003c/a> in 2024. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A blonde woman with a microphone is on stage performing.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1815\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937426\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-800x567.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-1020x723.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-768x544.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-1536x1089.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-2048x1452.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-1920x1361.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taylor Swift performs onstage during The Eras Tour at Levi’s Stadium on July 28, 2023 in Santa Clara. \u003ccite>(Jeff Kravitz/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Return of the Monoculture\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Twelve years after Touré’s defining treatise “\u003ca href=\"https://www.salon.com/2011/09/29/how_niches_killed_culture/\">Why I Miss the Monoculture\u003c/a>,” the monoculture is back, for better or for worse. Taylor Swift alone absolutely dominated the \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-top-album-sales-chart-1235464968/\">recording\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.normantranscript.com/community/taylor-swift-is-spotify-s-most-streamed-artist-of-2023-ending-bad-bunnys-3-year/article_daecf7f8-8fa4-11ee-8337-5f9be5f11a35.html\">streaming\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-eras-tour-top-grossing-global-tour/\">touring\u003c/a> industry, while captivating the \u003ca href=\"https://ew.com/movies/taylor-swift-eras-tour-concert-film-tops-box-office-breaks-global-record/\">box office\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937413/uc-berkeleys-taylor-swift-business-class-set-for-2024\">UC system\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/6342806/person-of-the-year-2023-taylor-swift/\">\u003cem>TIME\u003c/em> magazine\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931892/dear-city-leaders-stop-with-the-taylor-swift-pandering-already\">our nation’s elected officials\u003c/a> — and Beyoncé was \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2023/music/news/beyonce-record-most-grammy-wins-all-time-1235513412/\">not far behind\u003c/a>. \u003cem>Barbie\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Oppenheimer\u003c/em> took the nation’s multiplexes \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2023/film/box-office/summer-box-office-hits-4-billion-barbie-oppenheimer-1235712314/\">by storm\u003c/a>, and superhero franchises like \u003cem>Guardians of the Galaxy\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Spider-Man\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Ant-Man\u003c/em> filled out the \u003ca href=\"https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2023/\">Top 10 box office list\u003c/a>. In other words, if you needed common ground to talk about with coworkers, you had plenty to pick from this year.\u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13894605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/vangogh-5690_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13894605\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/vangogh-5690_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/vangogh-5690_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/vangogh-5690_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/vangogh-5690_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/vangogh-5690_1200-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immersive van Gogh at SVN West, San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Cheshire Isaacs)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The End of Immersive ‘Art Experiences’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Let me tell you one thing I didn’t miss this year: being immersed in a so-called art experience. 2022 was full of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13894558/immersive-van-gogh-review-san-francisco\">Immersive van Gogh\u003c/a> spawn (a frankly offensive Frida Kahlo, a fine-by-comparison \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13909273/review-imagine-picasso-immersive-san-francisco\">Picasso thing\u003c/a> at the Armory). Those events, in turn, were the immaterial outcome of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13804930/no-filter-necessary-in-sfs-instagram-ready-color-factory\">Color Factory\u003c/a>, the Museum of Ice Cream and (my personal least favorite) the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861247/the-90s-experience-instagram\">90’s Experience\u003c/a>. Strangely, we’ve now come full circle: the immersive photo-op has phase-shifted back into physical artwork and taken up residence at our largest museum, courtesy of SFMOMA’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13935810/yayoi-kusama-sfmoma-infinite-love-review\">Yayoi Kusama exhibition\u003c/a>, which literally costs $10 a minute. If museums learned one thing from all the immersive offshoots over the years, it’s that people will pay top dollar for a limited amount of time in an audio-visual experience utterly stripped of context.\u003cem>—Sarah Hotchkiss\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939100\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 848px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1456657401.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"566\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939100\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1456657401.jpg 848w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1456657401-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1456657401-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1456657401-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If San Francisco’s new marketing campaign slogan sounds familiar, well… (seen here: a sign in Las Vegas.) \u003ccite>(Darren Asay/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco Spending Millions Trying to Rebrand Itself\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Imagine you live elsewhere, and your understanding of San Francisco is essentially Fox News footage of people pillaging Walgreens. But wait! You encounter a bus ad: “\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/us/san-francisco-ad-campaign.html\">It All Starts Here\u003c/a>.” Are you overcome with desire to travel to SF? How about “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RkuigBlSLg\">Always San Francisco\u003c/a>,” does that do anything for you? This is, as far as I can tell, the scenario on which city leaders and a handful of tech billionaires wagered a combined $10 million in 2023, attempting to reverse reputational damage caused by a dearth of affordable housing, an absurd cost of living and a devastating fentanyl crisis \u003cem>with marketing\u003c/em>. Does this feel a little like the captain of the Titanic launching a social media rebrand mid-collision? Sure! Do nuanced discussions of public health, inequality and long-term investments in the arts make for snappy copy in politicians’ campaign materials? Not really! But hey, maybe we just haven’t come up with the right slogan yet. In the meantime, we have this new “\u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/04/san-francisco-anthem-premiere-johns-grill/\">San Francisco theme song\u003c/a>,” about which I will say: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931922/tony-bennett-san-francisco-remembrance\">We miss you, Tony Bennett\u003c/a>.\u003cem>—Emma Silvers\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13925324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop.jpg\" alt=\"A hand reaches to pick up an icy pink beverage. There's also a iced chocolate drink and a plate of corn roti on the table.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13925324\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dek Doi Cafe’s Thai-style “pink milk” and street food style sweet roti.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Bay Area’s (Mom-and-Pop) Restaurant Scene Isn’t Dead Yet\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>These days, keeping a restaurant afloat in the Bay Area seems like an impossible task — an unwinnable battle against \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/oakland-restaurants-crime-closure-18373900.php\">thieves\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz2mhcvLNwW/\">vandals\u003c/a> and an overall “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/cafe-international-lower-haight-18339072.php\">sea of lawlessness\u003c/a>.” Or so goes the prevailing narrative, anyway. A few Oakland restaurateurs even declared a (\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2023/09/27/strike-oakland-business-closure-protest/\">largely overblown, hour-long\u003c/a>) “strike” in protest. And it’s true that crime (and, nearly as bad, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13933006/hina-yakitori-closing-grilled-chicken-omakase-san-francisco\">the \u003cem>perception\u003c/em> of crime\u003c/a>) is a real concern. This isn’t an economy that leaves much margin for error, and the sheer economics of the Bay have snuffed out a lot of \u003ca href=\"https://www.bonappetit.com/story/sf-bay-area-dining-problem-opinion\">innovation at the highest end\u003c/a>. Still, anyone lamenting the death of Bay Area food hasn’t been eating out at the same places we have — not when 2023 has gifted us with S-tier \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936332/tchaka-haitian-restaurant-oakland\">Haitian comfort food\u003c/a>, idiosyncratic little Thai cafes serving dessert rotis and “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13925310/dek-doi-cafe-pink-milk-thai-bl-oakland\">gay pink milk\u003c/a>,” and joyously off-kilter \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/egglicious-india-san-jose-18193681.php\">Indian egg restaurants\u003c/a>. Now as always, when it comes to niche, street-level mom-and-pops, the Bay remains undefeated.\u003cem>—Luke Tsai\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939096\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939096\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans of the Oakland A’s gather during a reverse boycott at the Oakland Coliseum to protest the ownership of the baseball team on June 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The A’s Resent You\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Well, the A’s \u003cem>owners\u003c/em> do, at least. That much was confirmed in 2023, during which, instead of my usual seven or eight games at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/gmeline/status/1179463946631184384\">the greatest ballpark in America\u003c/a>, I could only bring myself to go to one. Finally, after years of neglect, the A’s owner — I’d say his name, but it’d have to be accompanied by the foulest string of obscenities imaginable — acquired approval from Major League Baseball to move the whole sad, desiccated team southward to sad, desiccated Las Vegas. Sure, there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968536/new-oakland-ballers-baseball-team-aims-to-keep-the-sport-in-the-city\">another baseball team coming to town\u003c/a>. But 2023 was the year of the “SELL” T-shirt, and the broken hearts of longtime fans.\u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A person stands holding a sign with a building in the background.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937172\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soha Leach, 42, poses in front of a marching crowd at the ‘Stop the Genocide in Gaza’ rally at the Embarcadero in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 28. \u003ccite>(Olivia Cruz Mayeda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A Pro-Palestinian Uprising Larger Than Ever\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This year saw the largest, most cohesive wave of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937170/the-art-of-protest-in-san-francisco-5-messages-from-the-gaza-rally\">pro-Palestinian protests\u003c/a> ever. In the Bay Area, Richmond became the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/richmond-city-council-passes-resolution-showing-solidarity-with-gaza/\">first American city\u003c/a> to pass a ceasefire resolution, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968400/oakland-city-council-set-to-vote-on-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">followed by Oakland\u003c/a>. Bay Area artists, in particular, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938450/400-bay-area-artists-palestine-bds-pacbi-letter\">rallied in protest\u003c/a> of Israel’s most recent siege of Gaza, which has so far killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-passes-15000-palestinian-official-says?nid=322376&topic=Israel-Palestine%2520war&fid=491046\">more than 15,000\u003c/a> Palestinians. Artists \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937219/bay-area-artists-palestinian-childrens-relief-fund-continental-club\">raised upwards of $13,000\u003c/a> for Palestinian children at a November fundraiser in Oakland, matched in the restaurant scene with support for and by Palestinian \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/israel-hamas-war-giving-back-to-gaza-fundraiser-san-jose-business-el-halal-amigos/13968097/\">businesses and eateries\u003c/a> here in the Bay Area. Even local surfers got involved, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937866/local-surfers-screening-gaza-surf-club\">screening\u003c/a> the documentary \u003cem>Gaza Surf Club\u003c/em> to call upon their community to advocate for a ceasefire. With their dollars, poetry, policy, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938619/porch-party-oakland-pop-up-art-activism-community\">food\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938450/400-bay-area-artists-palestine-bds-pacbi-letter\">organized boycotts\u003c/a>, Bay Area folks are showing up for Palestinians now more than ever.\u003cem>—Olivia Mayeda\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13848951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bandcamp.Sign_.jpg\" alt=\"Signage at Bandcamp's new Oakland offices goes up on Jan. 17, 2019.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"751\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13848951\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bandcamp.Sign_.jpg 1100w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bandcamp.Sign_-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bandcamp.Sign_-800x546.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bandcamp.Sign_-768x524.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bandcamp.Sign_-1020x696.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signage at Bandcamp’s Oakland offices goes up on Jan. 17, 2019. The downtown Oakland performance space and record showroom closed in 2023 shortly after Bandcamp’s sale to Songtradr. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Music Industry Making it Harder to Be an Artist — and Fan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2023, we convinced ourselves that paying Ticketmaster hundreds of dollars in fees would be a fair exchange for experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934154/beyonce-review-levis-stadium-2023-renaissance-world-tour\">Beyoncé tour\u003c/a>. But throughout the year, the ubiquitous ticketing company drove up prices for large and small concerts alike with those exorbitant add-on fees, all while its parent company, Live Nation, pocketed record profits. Meanwhile, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13935406/fillmore-live-nation-on-road-again-touring-artists\">independent touring musicians\u003c/a> continued to lose money amidst post-pandemic gas prices and inflation. Songtradr bought Bandcamp and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936509/idiotic-and-cruel-musicians-slam-layoffs-at-bandcamp\">laid off staff\u003c/a> including the entire union bargaining committee, prompting a labor complaint, and Spotify announced that it will stop paying royalties on songs with under 1,000 streams. The music industry is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101893314/how-musicians-are-navigating-streaming-algorithms-ai-and-automation\">increasingly stacked against up-and-coming musicians\u003c/a>, which is why it’s all the more important to be intentional about supporting our local artists.\u003cem>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Rubber gloved hand sprinkles chopped cilantro onto an oversized pupusa topped the meat.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938220\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Irma Morales sprinkles cilantro on a Birria Pupusa Pizza in the kitchen at Pupuseria Las Cabańas in Hayward, Calif. on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Watch Me Eat This Pupusa The Size of Your Head and sMasH tHaT LiKe bUtToN!!\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Anyone chronically on TikTok and Instagram has probably already noticed this year’s biggest food trend: the proliferation of local, raucous, personality-driven food influencers. From the humorous caricatures of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thesnacksensei/?hl=en\">The Snack Sensei\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bayareafoodz/\">BayAreaFoodz\u003c/a> to the health-focused feed of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13915889/berkeley-vegan-food-festival-bizerkeley-vegan\">Bizerkeley Vegan\u003c/a> and lavish outings of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/allie.eats/?hl=en\">Allie Eats\u003c/a> (nearly half a million followers combined between the four accounts), there’s more bombastic food-related content than ever from the Bay Area. Viral videos of an oversized pupusa or a pan dulce big enough to use as a literal pillow has fueled a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936325/social-media-biggest-pupusas-burritos-instagram-tiktok-latinextravagant-bay-area\">new wave of extravagant restaurateurs\u003c/a> catering to the frenzy by super-sizing, quadruple-dipping and gold-flaking everything under the sun — often collabing with foodie accounts to build hype. And all of our internet-marinated brains seem to be eating it up.\u003cem>—Alan Chazaro\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13931700\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1630px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM.png\" alt='A blue sky background with a large Barbie logo in the center and a United airplane. Text around it reads: \"This Barbie is a dream. Now flying.\"' width=\"1630\" height=\"1196\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13931700\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM.png 1630w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM-800x587.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM-1020x748.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM-160x117.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM-768x564.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM-1536x1127.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1630px) 100vw, 1630px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Barbie isn’t a Barbie. Now, knock it off, United. \u003ccite>(Instagram/ @united)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Barbie Burnout\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At first it was like, yay, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13933011/its-billiongirlsummer-taylor-beyonce-and-barbie-made-for-one-epic-trifecta\">girly pop culture moment\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931981/greta-gerwig-box-office-record-female-directors\">female director from Sacramento making hella bank\u003c/a>, but then it was like, why is every commercial this very specific shade of pink and why are all the makeup stores pink, and the clothing stores, and the shoe stores, and why is that Burger King burger pink, and why is my Google search pink, and is it okay that everyone’s making \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931677/barbenheimer-barbie-oppenheimer-box-office-greta-gerwig-christopher-nolan\">memes that combine Barbie and the actual atomic bomb\u003c/a>, and what the hell is an Ice Spice Munchkin, and isn’t it a bit weird that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931533/taylor-swift-irs-fbi-woke-gen-z-how-do-you-do-fellow-kidshttps://www.kqed.org/arts/13931533/taylor-swift-irs-fbi-woke-gen-z-how-do-you-do-fellow-kids\">the TSA used Barbie in a knives warning\u003c/a>, and isn’t the end of the movie where Barbie goes to the gynecologist actually lazy and reductive, and wouldn’t it have been better if she was in the Mattel CEO chair instead because women aren’t allowed that very often, and actually, just forget it, because even though \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931753/allan-doll-michael-cera-greta-gerwig-barbie-movie-review\">Allan is the literal greatest\u003c/a>, I want nothing to do with any of this now.\u003cem>—Rae Alexandra\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 928px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-08-at-1.43.29-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"928\" height=\"274\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939095\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-08-at-1.43.29-AM.png 928w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-08-at-1.43.29-AM-800x236.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-08-at-1.43.29-AM-160x47.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-08-at-1.43.29-AM-768x227.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thanks, Elon. \u003ccite>(X)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Billionaires Ruining the Internet’s Usefulness\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While TikTok continues to drive culture and dominate discourse among young people, adults like Elon Musk (“adults,” ha) couldn’t figure out what to do with their social media platforms if it walked up and hit them with a Cybertruck. Meta did what it always does and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931259/threads-meta-thanks-i-hate-it\">copied an existing platform\u003c/a> with Threads. BlueSky didn’t fully catch on, Mastodon is a distant memory, and BeReal kinda withered and died. And, in the midst of it all, Google Search became \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/16yxzg0/google_is_no_longer_a_search_engine/\">more useless than ever\u003c/a>, prompting users seeking information to be fed pages of ads, or worse, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jakezward/status/1728032639402037610\">AI-generated garbage\u003c/a>. (This is where I repeat my catchphrase: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=subscribe%20to%20a%20newspaper%20from%3Agmeline&src=typed_query&f=top\">subscribe to a newspaper\u003c/a>.)\u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13923614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/GettyImages-1455560954-scaled-e1673477731985.jpg\" alt=\"A stack of books featuring Prince Harry's face in close up, sit in a neat pile.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13923614\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’ is offered for sale at a Barnes & Noble store on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Scott Olson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A Flood of Celebrity Memoirs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The secret to publishing a NYT-bestselling blockbuster this year seemed to lie in aristocracy. Celebrity memoirs have never gone out of style, but the monumental success of Prince Harry’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13923613/dish-from-prince-harry-one-of-their-own-could-fuel-royal-change\">\u003cem>Spare\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and pop music royalty Britney Spears’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936729/britney-spears-book-autobiography-the-woman-in-me-gallery-books\">\u003cem>The Woman in Me\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which sold over 1.6 million and 1.1 million copies in the U.S. alone in their first weeks, shifted the spotlight back on the genre in 2023. For those of us seeking even more juicy, reflective stories from our aspirational tax bracket, memoirs from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937730/barbra-streisands-memoir-review-my-name-is-barbra\">Barbra Streisand\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936614/dolly-parton-book-review-behind-the-seams-my-life-in-rhinestones\">Dolly Parton\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13930083/elliot-page-shares-struggles-and-former-selves-in-engaging-new-memoir\">Elliot Page\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/26/1151356491/pamela-anderson-book-memoir\">Pamela Anderson\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/10/17/1206140650/jada-pinkett-will-smith-tupac-worthy\">Jada Pinkett Smith\u003c/a> did not disappoint. Pro tip: These memoirs make great stocking stuffers for the pop culture fanatics in your life.\u003cem>—Ugur Dursun\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 848px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1042695968.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"566\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939097\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1042695968.jpg 848w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1042695968-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1042695968-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1042695968-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pants! \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Great Pants Awakening\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>I went to high school in the late aughts, when we all traded low-rise flares for skinny jeans, so I’ve been studying the latest Great Pants Awakening like an anthropologist, gathering data on BART and TikTok, and surveying friends and family members of all ages. Some millennials dared to break up with our beloved tapered legs and waist-cinching highrise trousers, while others clung on to their favorite cuts for dear life. Meanwhile, new pants styles challenged all generations to reconsider their notions of beauty, gender and even propriety. Unisex cargo pants paired with a baggy hoodie to hide the body; thong-revealing ultra-low-rise with nipple-baring mesh on top. It’s all fair game, and both looks can be seen on the same person in a given week. 2023 was all about poly-pantism: the way of the future.\u003cem>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939094\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1852px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1852\" height=\"1384\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939094\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin.jpg 1852w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin-768x574.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin-1536x1148.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1852px) 100vw, 1852px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Albany Twin theater pictured on June 16, 2023, the day after its final movie screening. The theater had served Albany’s moviegoing public for 88 years. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Too Many Movie Theaters Biting the Dust\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Despite some hopeful reopenings such as San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13924146/4-star-theater-talk-movies-richmond-history-woody-labounty\">4-Star Theater\u003c/a>, the Bay Area’s movie theaters continue to roll credits and close down for good. The Albany Twin, the Century Theater in San Francisco’s Westfield Mall, the CGV (formerly the AMC) on Van Ness, the Rohnert Park Reading cinema and others all shuttered. “But we can watch movies at home now,” you might say! Joke’s on you, bub: fees for streaming subscriptions \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/streaming-service-price-increase-1235784311/\">got significantly more expensive\u003c/a>. After three years of other \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13892596/historic-west-portal-theater-closes-permanently-due-to-pandemic\">tough-to-swallow theater closures\u003c/a>, and tumult for fans of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917362/castro-theatre-seating-renovation-town-hall\">movies at the Castro\u003c/a>, we’re happy for even the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/s-f-real-estate-office-movie-theater-18431003.php\">smallest bit of good news\u003c/a> for local theaters.\u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/LaurenDamato.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939098\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/LaurenDamato.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/LaurenDamato-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/LaurenDamato-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The studio of San Francisco sign painter and pinstriper Lauren D’Amato at Headlands Center for the Arts, Oct. 22, 2023. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Lots of Love for Sign Painting (and Signs in General) \u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With a healthy local sign painting scene, it’s no surprise we saw a lot of this work in gallery spaces this year — and a greater appreciation for the artistry of signs, period. Lauren D’Amato’s \u003ca href=\"https://houseofseiko.info/complete_machine\">solo at House of Seiko\u003c/a> borrowed from real-life Bayview signs, and she later received the Headlands’ Tournesol Award for an emerging Bay Area painter. The \u003ca href=\"https://web-production-7d4c4.up.railway.app/pieces/pieces/pieces/shows/2/\">inaugural show at Berkeley’s 127010\u003c/a>, curated by Oliver Hawk Holden, focused on artists merging commercial craft and fine art (a gold leaf and enamel piece by sign painter Michelle “Meng” Nguyen was a standout). And Pacific Saw Works, a new artist-run space in Oakland, christened their walls with a show of sign painters called, simply, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificsawworks.com/exhibitions\">\u003ci>Signs\u003c/i>\u003c/a>. I also need to mention the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/tenderloin-neon-sign-district-wins-approval/article_cf388ae8-3939-11ed-94c7-3376ecdea09c.html\">legislation\u003c/a> that passed late last year to make it easier to repair old neon signs (which often include painted elements) and install new ones in the Tenderloin. This year, we saw \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz7G72syuX0/?img_index=1\">the electric results\u003c/a>.\u003cem>—Sarah Hotchkiss\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938611\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1017px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-88696481-1020x847-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1017\" height=\"652\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938611\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-88696481-1020x847-1.jpg 1017w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-88696481-1020x847-1-800x513.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-88696481-1020x847-1-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-88696481-1020x847-1-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Jackson about to win 12 Grammys for ‘Thriller’ at the 1984 awards. At his side is his date Brooke Shields. At the time, says Mary J. Blige in a new documentary, Jackson was considered ‘super-duper-duper sexy.’ \u003ccite>(Ron Galella/ Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>TV Going Peak ’80s and ’90s\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>My childhood was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97337/the-other-f-word-how-homophobic-language-has-ruined-80s-teen-movies\">the 1980s\u003c/a>, my teen years coincided with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13915084/chloe-sherman-renegade-san-francisco-1990s-schlomer-haus\">the ’90s\u003c/a>, and goddamnit, the streaming platforms \u003cem>really\u003c/em> played into my rapidly aging hands this year. In 2023, I finally got to rewatch \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936463/moonlighting-hulu-cybill-shepherd-bruce-willis-1980s-comedy\">\u003cem>Moonlighting\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (the endearingly preposterous detective show that launched Bruce Willis’ career) and unabashedly immerse myself in \u003cem>L.A. Law\u003c/em> at an age where I could actually understand it. But nowhere has ’80s and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/14084/90s-nostalgia-a-look-at-how-our-lives-do-and-dont-matter\">’90s nostalgia\u003c/a> shown up harder than in celebrity documentaries. Watching retrospectives about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938155\">\u003cem>Thriller\u003c/em>-era Michael Jackson\u003c/a>, Michael J. Fox, Wham!, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13924520/pamela-anderson-captivatingly-tells-her-own-story-in-new-netflix-documentary\">Pamela Anderson\u003c/a>, Anna Nicole Smith, the Gladiators, Robbie Williams, David Beckham and, yes, even Apple TV+’s far too rose-tinted profile of \u003cem>The Super Models\u003c/em> was like seeing my first 20 years of life flash before my eyes. My middle-aged ass is clearly being pandered to — and I absolutely love it.\u003cem>—Rae Alexandra\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Welcome to our list of Bay Area arts and culture trends in 2023. Notably, it was a year that few are describing as “the worst year ever,” as many year-end listmakers were understandably wont to do for a while. We also suppose this list could have included things like AI, driverless cars, robot deliveries and the metaverse. It was just Tom Waits’ birthday; \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/195963-we-are-buried-beneath-the-weight-of-information-which-is\">let’s let him weigh in\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s to you all, individually and collectively, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8AMZmWqgRM\">love and happiness\u003c/a> in 2024. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A blonde woman with a microphone is on stage performing.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1815\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937426\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-800x567.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-1020x723.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-768x544.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-1536x1089.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-2048x1452.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-1579018397-1920x1361.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taylor Swift performs onstage during The Eras Tour at Levi’s Stadium on July 28, 2023 in Santa Clara. \u003ccite>(Jeff Kravitz/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Return of the Monoculture\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Twelve years after Touré’s defining treatise “\u003ca href=\"https://www.salon.com/2011/09/29/how_niches_killed_culture/\">Why I Miss the Monoculture\u003c/a>,” the monoculture is back, for better or for worse. Taylor Swift alone absolutely dominated the \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-top-album-sales-chart-1235464968/\">recording\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.normantranscript.com/community/taylor-swift-is-spotify-s-most-streamed-artist-of-2023-ending-bad-bunnys-3-year/article_daecf7f8-8fa4-11ee-8337-5f9be5f11a35.html\">streaming\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-eras-tour-top-grossing-global-tour/\">touring\u003c/a> industry, while captivating the \u003ca href=\"https://ew.com/movies/taylor-swift-eras-tour-concert-film-tops-box-office-breaks-global-record/\">box office\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937413/uc-berkeleys-taylor-swift-business-class-set-for-2024\">UC system\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/6342806/person-of-the-year-2023-taylor-swift/\">\u003cem>TIME\u003c/em> magazine\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931892/dear-city-leaders-stop-with-the-taylor-swift-pandering-already\">our nation’s elected officials\u003c/a> — and Beyoncé was \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2023/music/news/beyonce-record-most-grammy-wins-all-time-1235513412/\">not far behind\u003c/a>. \u003cem>Barbie\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Oppenheimer\u003c/em> took the nation’s multiplexes \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2023/film/box-office/summer-box-office-hits-4-billion-barbie-oppenheimer-1235712314/\">by storm\u003c/a>, and superhero franchises like \u003cem>Guardians of the Galaxy\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Spider-Man\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Ant-Man\u003c/em> filled out the \u003ca href=\"https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2023/\">Top 10 box office list\u003c/a>. In other words, if you needed common ground to talk about with coworkers, you had plenty to pick from this year.\u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13894605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/vangogh-5690_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13894605\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/vangogh-5690_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/vangogh-5690_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/vangogh-5690_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/vangogh-5690_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/vangogh-5690_1200-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immersive van Gogh at SVN West, San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Cheshire Isaacs)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The End of Immersive ‘Art Experiences’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Let me tell you one thing I didn’t miss this year: being immersed in a so-called art experience. 2022 was full of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13894558/immersive-van-gogh-review-san-francisco\">Immersive van Gogh\u003c/a> spawn (a frankly offensive Frida Kahlo, a fine-by-comparison \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13909273/review-imagine-picasso-immersive-san-francisco\">Picasso thing\u003c/a> at the Armory). Those events, in turn, were the immaterial outcome of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13804930/no-filter-necessary-in-sfs-instagram-ready-color-factory\">Color Factory\u003c/a>, the Museum of Ice Cream and (my personal least favorite) the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861247/the-90s-experience-instagram\">90’s Experience\u003c/a>. Strangely, we’ve now come full circle: the immersive photo-op has phase-shifted back into physical artwork and taken up residence at our largest museum, courtesy of SFMOMA’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13935810/yayoi-kusama-sfmoma-infinite-love-review\">Yayoi Kusama exhibition\u003c/a>, which literally costs $10 a minute. If museums learned one thing from all the immersive offshoots over the years, it’s that people will pay top dollar for a limited amount of time in an audio-visual experience utterly stripped of context.\u003cem>—Sarah Hotchkiss\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939100\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 848px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1456657401.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"566\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939100\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1456657401.jpg 848w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1456657401-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1456657401-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1456657401-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If San Francisco’s new marketing campaign slogan sounds familiar, well… (seen here: a sign in Las Vegas.) \u003ccite>(Darren Asay/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco Spending Millions Trying to Rebrand Itself\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Imagine you live elsewhere, and your understanding of San Francisco is essentially Fox News footage of people pillaging Walgreens. But wait! You encounter a bus ad: “\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/us/san-francisco-ad-campaign.html\">It All Starts Here\u003c/a>.” Are you overcome with desire to travel to SF? How about “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RkuigBlSLg\">Always San Francisco\u003c/a>,” does that do anything for you? This is, as far as I can tell, the scenario on which city leaders and a handful of tech billionaires wagered a combined $10 million in 2023, attempting to reverse reputational damage caused by a dearth of affordable housing, an absurd cost of living and a devastating fentanyl crisis \u003cem>with marketing\u003c/em>. Does this feel a little like the captain of the Titanic launching a social media rebrand mid-collision? Sure! Do nuanced discussions of public health, inequality and long-term investments in the arts make for snappy copy in politicians’ campaign materials? Not really! But hey, maybe we just haven’t come up with the right slogan yet. In the meantime, we have this new “\u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/04/san-francisco-anthem-premiere-johns-grill/\">San Francisco theme song\u003c/a>,” about which I will say: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931922/tony-bennett-san-francisco-remembrance\">We miss you, Tony Bennett\u003c/a>.\u003cem>—Emma Silvers\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13925324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop.jpg\" alt=\"A hand reaches to pick up an icy pink beverage. There's also a iced chocolate drink and a plate of corn roti on the table.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13925324\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/Natera_DekDoiCafe_feature-crop-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dek Doi Cafe’s Thai-style “pink milk” and street food style sweet roti.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Bay Area’s (Mom-and-Pop) Restaurant Scene Isn’t Dead Yet\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>These days, keeping a restaurant afloat in the Bay Area seems like an impossible task — an unwinnable battle against \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/oakland-restaurants-crime-closure-18373900.php\">thieves\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz2mhcvLNwW/\">vandals\u003c/a> and an overall “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/cafe-international-lower-haight-18339072.php\">sea of lawlessness\u003c/a>.” Or so goes the prevailing narrative, anyway. A few Oakland restaurateurs even declared a (\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2023/09/27/strike-oakland-business-closure-protest/\">largely overblown, hour-long\u003c/a>) “strike” in protest. And it’s true that crime (and, nearly as bad, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13933006/hina-yakitori-closing-grilled-chicken-omakase-san-francisco\">the \u003cem>perception\u003c/em> of crime\u003c/a>) is a real concern. This isn’t an economy that leaves much margin for error, and the sheer economics of the Bay have snuffed out a lot of \u003ca href=\"https://www.bonappetit.com/story/sf-bay-area-dining-problem-opinion\">innovation at the highest end\u003c/a>. Still, anyone lamenting the death of Bay Area food hasn’t been eating out at the same places we have — not when 2023 has gifted us with S-tier \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936332/tchaka-haitian-restaurant-oakland\">Haitian comfort food\u003c/a>, idiosyncratic little Thai cafes serving dessert rotis and “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13925310/dek-doi-cafe-pink-milk-thai-bl-oakland\">gay pink milk\u003c/a>,” and joyously off-kilter \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/egglicious-india-san-jose-18193681.php\">Indian egg restaurants\u003c/a>. Now as always, when it comes to niche, street-level mom-and-pops, the Bay remains undefeated.\u003cem>—Luke Tsai\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939096\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939096\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-04-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans of the Oakland A’s gather during a reverse boycott at the Oakland Coliseum to protest the ownership of the baseball team on June 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The A’s Resent You\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Well, the A’s \u003cem>owners\u003c/em> do, at least. That much was confirmed in 2023, during which, instead of my usual seven or eight games at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/gmeline/status/1179463946631184384\">the greatest ballpark in America\u003c/a>, I could only bring myself to go to one. Finally, after years of neglect, the A’s owner — I’d say his name, but it’d have to be accompanied by the foulest string of obscenities imaginable — acquired approval from Major League Baseball to move the whole sad, desiccated team southward to sad, desiccated Las Vegas. Sure, there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968536/new-oakland-ballers-baseball-team-aims-to-keep-the-sport-in-the-city\">another baseball team coming to town\u003c/a>. But 2023 was the year of the “SELL” T-shirt, and the broken hearts of longtime fans.\u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A person stands holding a sign with a building in the background.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937172\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Image-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soha Leach, 42, poses in front of a marching crowd at the ‘Stop the Genocide in Gaza’ rally at the Embarcadero in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 28. \u003ccite>(Olivia Cruz Mayeda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A Pro-Palestinian Uprising Larger Than Ever\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This year saw the largest, most cohesive wave of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937170/the-art-of-protest-in-san-francisco-5-messages-from-the-gaza-rally\">pro-Palestinian protests\u003c/a> ever. In the Bay Area, Richmond became the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/richmond-city-council-passes-resolution-showing-solidarity-with-gaza/\">first American city\u003c/a> to pass a ceasefire resolution, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968400/oakland-city-council-set-to-vote-on-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">followed by Oakland\u003c/a>. Bay Area artists, in particular, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938450/400-bay-area-artists-palestine-bds-pacbi-letter\">rallied in protest\u003c/a> of Israel’s most recent siege of Gaza, which has so far killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-passes-15000-palestinian-official-says?nid=322376&topic=Israel-Palestine%2520war&fid=491046\">more than 15,000\u003c/a> Palestinians. Artists \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937219/bay-area-artists-palestinian-childrens-relief-fund-continental-club\">raised upwards of $13,000\u003c/a> for Palestinian children at a November fundraiser in Oakland, matched in the restaurant scene with support for and by Palestinian \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/israel-hamas-war-giving-back-to-gaza-fundraiser-san-jose-business-el-halal-amigos/13968097/\">businesses and eateries\u003c/a> here in the Bay Area. Even local surfers got involved, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937866/local-surfers-screening-gaza-surf-club\">screening\u003c/a> the documentary \u003cem>Gaza Surf Club\u003c/em> to call upon their community to advocate for a ceasefire. With their dollars, poetry, policy, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938619/porch-party-oakland-pop-up-art-activism-community\">food\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938450/400-bay-area-artists-palestine-bds-pacbi-letter\">organized boycotts\u003c/a>, Bay Area folks are showing up for Palestinians now more than ever.\u003cem>—Olivia Mayeda\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13848951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bandcamp.Sign_.jpg\" alt=\"Signage at Bandcamp's new Oakland offices goes up on Jan. 17, 2019.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"751\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13848951\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bandcamp.Sign_.jpg 1100w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bandcamp.Sign_-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bandcamp.Sign_-800x546.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bandcamp.Sign_-768x524.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Bandcamp.Sign_-1020x696.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signage at Bandcamp’s Oakland offices goes up on Jan. 17, 2019. The downtown Oakland performance space and record showroom closed in 2023 shortly after Bandcamp’s sale to Songtradr. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Music Industry Making it Harder to Be an Artist — and Fan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2023, we convinced ourselves that paying Ticketmaster hundreds of dollars in fees would be a fair exchange for experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934154/beyonce-review-levis-stadium-2023-renaissance-world-tour\">Beyoncé tour\u003c/a>. But throughout the year, the ubiquitous ticketing company drove up prices for large and small concerts alike with those exorbitant add-on fees, all while its parent company, Live Nation, pocketed record profits. Meanwhile, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13935406/fillmore-live-nation-on-road-again-touring-artists\">independent touring musicians\u003c/a> continued to lose money amidst post-pandemic gas prices and inflation. Songtradr bought Bandcamp and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936509/idiotic-and-cruel-musicians-slam-layoffs-at-bandcamp\">laid off staff\u003c/a> including the entire union bargaining committee, prompting a labor complaint, and Spotify announced that it will stop paying royalties on songs with under 1,000 streams. The music industry is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101893314/how-musicians-are-navigating-streaming-algorithms-ai-and-automation\">increasingly stacked against up-and-coming musicians\u003c/a>, which is why it’s all the more important to be intentional about supporting our local artists.\u003cem>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Rubber gloved hand sprinkles chopped cilantro onto an oversized pupusa topped the meat.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938220\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20230927-Biggest-Pupusa-020-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Irma Morales sprinkles cilantro on a Birria Pupusa Pizza in the kitchen at Pupuseria Las Cabańas in Hayward, Calif. on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Watch Me Eat This Pupusa The Size of Your Head and sMasH tHaT LiKe bUtToN!!\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Anyone chronically on TikTok and Instagram has probably already noticed this year’s biggest food trend: the proliferation of local, raucous, personality-driven food influencers. From the humorous caricatures of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thesnacksensei/?hl=en\">The Snack Sensei\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bayareafoodz/\">BayAreaFoodz\u003c/a> to the health-focused feed of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13915889/berkeley-vegan-food-festival-bizerkeley-vegan\">Bizerkeley Vegan\u003c/a> and lavish outings of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/allie.eats/?hl=en\">Allie Eats\u003c/a> (nearly half a million followers combined between the four accounts), there’s more bombastic food-related content than ever from the Bay Area. Viral videos of an oversized pupusa or a pan dulce big enough to use as a literal pillow has fueled a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936325/social-media-biggest-pupusas-burritos-instagram-tiktok-latinextravagant-bay-area\">new wave of extravagant restaurateurs\u003c/a> catering to the frenzy by super-sizing, quadruple-dipping and gold-flaking everything under the sun — often collabing with foodie accounts to build hype. And all of our internet-marinated brains seem to be eating it up.\u003cem>—Alan Chazaro\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13931700\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1630px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM.png\" alt='A blue sky background with a large Barbie logo in the center and a United airplane. Text around it reads: \"This Barbie is a dream. Now flying.\"' width=\"1630\" height=\"1196\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13931700\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM.png 1630w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM-800x587.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM-1020x748.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM-160x117.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM-768x564.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-17-at-8.54.28-AM-1536x1127.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1630px) 100vw, 1630px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Barbie isn’t a Barbie. Now, knock it off, United. \u003ccite>(Instagram/ @united)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Barbie Burnout\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At first it was like, yay, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13933011/its-billiongirlsummer-taylor-beyonce-and-barbie-made-for-one-epic-trifecta\">girly pop culture moment\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931981/greta-gerwig-box-office-record-female-directors\">female director from Sacramento making hella bank\u003c/a>, but then it was like, why is every commercial this very specific shade of pink and why are all the makeup stores pink, and the clothing stores, and the shoe stores, and why is that Burger King burger pink, and why is my Google search pink, and is it okay that everyone’s making \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931677/barbenheimer-barbie-oppenheimer-box-office-greta-gerwig-christopher-nolan\">memes that combine Barbie and the actual atomic bomb\u003c/a>, and what the hell is an Ice Spice Munchkin, and isn’t it a bit weird that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931533/taylor-swift-irs-fbi-woke-gen-z-how-do-you-do-fellow-kidshttps://www.kqed.org/arts/13931533/taylor-swift-irs-fbi-woke-gen-z-how-do-you-do-fellow-kids\">the TSA used Barbie in a knives warning\u003c/a>, and isn’t the end of the movie where Barbie goes to the gynecologist actually lazy and reductive, and wouldn’t it have been better if she was in the Mattel CEO chair instead because women aren’t allowed that very often, and actually, just forget it, because even though \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931753/allan-doll-michael-cera-greta-gerwig-barbie-movie-review\">Allan is the literal greatest\u003c/a>, I want nothing to do with any of this now.\u003cem>—Rae Alexandra\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 928px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-08-at-1.43.29-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"928\" height=\"274\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939095\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-08-at-1.43.29-AM.png 928w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-08-at-1.43.29-AM-800x236.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-08-at-1.43.29-AM-160x47.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-08-at-1.43.29-AM-768x227.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thanks, Elon. \u003ccite>(X)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Billionaires Ruining the Internet’s Usefulness\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While TikTok continues to drive culture and dominate discourse among young people, adults like Elon Musk (“adults,” ha) couldn’t figure out what to do with their social media platforms if it walked up and hit them with a Cybertruck. Meta did what it always does and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931259/threads-meta-thanks-i-hate-it\">copied an existing platform\u003c/a> with Threads. BlueSky didn’t fully catch on, Mastodon is a distant memory, and BeReal kinda withered and died. And, in the midst of it all, Google Search became \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/16yxzg0/google_is_no_longer_a_search_engine/\">more useless than ever\u003c/a>, prompting users seeking information to be fed pages of ads, or worse, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jakezward/status/1728032639402037610\">AI-generated garbage\u003c/a>. (This is where I repeat my catchphrase: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=subscribe%20to%20a%20newspaper%20from%3Agmeline&src=typed_query&f=top\">subscribe to a newspaper\u003c/a>.)\u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13923614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/GettyImages-1455560954-scaled-e1673477731985.jpg\" alt=\"A stack of books featuring Prince Harry's face in close up, sit in a neat pile.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13923614\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’ is offered for sale at a Barnes & Noble store on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Scott Olson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A Flood of Celebrity Memoirs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The secret to publishing a NYT-bestselling blockbuster this year seemed to lie in aristocracy. Celebrity memoirs have never gone out of style, but the monumental success of Prince Harry’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13923613/dish-from-prince-harry-one-of-their-own-could-fuel-royal-change\">\u003cem>Spare\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and pop music royalty Britney Spears’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936729/britney-spears-book-autobiography-the-woman-in-me-gallery-books\">\u003cem>The Woman in Me\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which sold over 1.6 million and 1.1 million copies in the U.S. alone in their first weeks, shifted the spotlight back on the genre in 2023. For those of us seeking even more juicy, reflective stories from our aspirational tax bracket, memoirs from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937730/barbra-streisands-memoir-review-my-name-is-barbra\">Barbra Streisand\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936614/dolly-parton-book-review-behind-the-seams-my-life-in-rhinestones\">Dolly Parton\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13930083/elliot-page-shares-struggles-and-former-selves-in-engaging-new-memoir\">Elliot Page\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/01/26/1151356491/pamela-anderson-book-memoir\">Pamela Anderson\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/10/17/1206140650/jada-pinkett-will-smith-tupac-worthy\">Jada Pinkett Smith\u003c/a> did not disappoint. Pro tip: These memoirs make great stocking stuffers for the pop culture fanatics in your life.\u003cem>—Ugur Dursun\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 848px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1042695968.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"566\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939097\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1042695968.jpg 848w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1042695968-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1042695968-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GettyImages-1042695968-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pants! \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Great Pants Awakening\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>I went to high school in the late aughts, when we all traded low-rise flares for skinny jeans, so I’ve been studying the latest Great Pants Awakening like an anthropologist, gathering data on BART and TikTok, and surveying friends and family members of all ages. Some millennials dared to break up with our beloved tapered legs and waist-cinching highrise trousers, while others clung on to their favorite cuts for dear life. Meanwhile, new pants styles challenged all generations to reconsider their notions of beauty, gender and even propriety. Unisex cargo pants paired with a baggy hoodie to hide the body; thong-revealing ultra-low-rise with nipple-baring mesh on top. It’s all fair game, and both looks can be seen on the same person in a given week. 2023 was all about poly-pantism: the way of the future.\u003cem>—Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939094\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1852px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1852\" height=\"1384\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939094\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin.jpg 1852w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin-768x574.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/AlbanyTwin-1536x1148.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1852px) 100vw, 1852px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Albany Twin theater pictured on June 16, 2023, the day after its final movie screening. The theater had served Albany’s moviegoing public for 88 years. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Too Many Movie Theaters Biting the Dust\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Despite some hopeful reopenings such as San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13924146/4-star-theater-talk-movies-richmond-history-woody-labounty\">4-Star Theater\u003c/a>, the Bay Area’s movie theaters continue to roll credits and close down for good. The Albany Twin, the Century Theater in San Francisco’s Westfield Mall, the CGV (formerly the AMC) on Van Ness, the Rohnert Park Reading cinema and others all shuttered. “But we can watch movies at home now,” you might say! Joke’s on you, bub: fees for streaming subscriptions \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/streaming-service-price-increase-1235784311/\">got significantly more expensive\u003c/a>. After three years of other \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13892596/historic-west-portal-theater-closes-permanently-due-to-pandemic\">tough-to-swallow theater closures\u003c/a>, and tumult for fans of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13917362/castro-theatre-seating-renovation-town-hall\">movies at the Castro\u003c/a>, we’re happy for even the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/s-f-real-estate-office-movie-theater-18431003.php\">smallest bit of good news\u003c/a> for local theaters.\u003cem>—Gabe Meline\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/LaurenDamato.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939098\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/LaurenDamato.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/LaurenDamato-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/LaurenDamato-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The studio of San Francisco sign painter and pinstriper Lauren D’Amato at Headlands Center for the Arts, Oct. 22, 2023. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Lots of Love for Sign Painting (and Signs in General) \u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With a healthy local sign painting scene, it’s no surprise we saw a lot of this work in gallery spaces this year — and a greater appreciation for the artistry of signs, period. Lauren D’Amato’s \u003ca href=\"https://houseofseiko.info/complete_machine\">solo at House of Seiko\u003c/a> borrowed from real-life Bayview signs, and she later received the Headlands’ Tournesol Award for an emerging Bay Area painter. The \u003ca href=\"https://web-production-7d4c4.up.railway.app/pieces/pieces/pieces/shows/2/\">inaugural show at Berkeley’s 127010\u003c/a>, curated by Oliver Hawk Holden, focused on artists merging commercial craft and fine art (a gold leaf and enamel piece by sign painter Michelle “Meng” Nguyen was a standout). And Pacific Saw Works, a new artist-run space in Oakland, christened their walls with a show of sign painters called, simply, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificsawworks.com/exhibitions\">\u003ci>Signs\u003c/i>\u003c/a>. I also need to mention the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/tenderloin-neon-sign-district-wins-approval/article_cf388ae8-3939-11ed-94c7-3376ecdea09c.html\">legislation\u003c/a> that passed late last year to make it easier to repair old neon signs (which often include painted elements) and install new ones in the Tenderloin. This year, we saw \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz7G72syuX0/?img_index=1\">the electric results\u003c/a>.\u003cem>—Sarah Hotchkiss\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938611\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1017px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-88696481-1020x847-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1017\" height=\"652\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938611\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-88696481-1020x847-1.jpg 1017w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-88696481-1020x847-1-800x513.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-88696481-1020x847-1-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/GettyImages-88696481-1020x847-1-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Jackson about to win 12 Grammys for ‘Thriller’ at the 1984 awards. At his side is his date Brooke Shields. At the time, says Mary J. Blige in a new documentary, Jackson was considered ‘super-duper-duper sexy.’ \u003ccite>(Ron Galella/ Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>TV Going Peak ’80s and ’90s\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>My childhood was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/97337/the-other-f-word-how-homophobic-language-has-ruined-80s-teen-movies\">the 1980s\u003c/a>, my teen years coincided with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13915084/chloe-sherman-renegade-san-francisco-1990s-schlomer-haus\">the ’90s\u003c/a>, and goddamnit, the streaming platforms \u003cem>really\u003c/em> played into my rapidly aging hands this year. In 2023, I finally got to rewatch \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936463/moonlighting-hulu-cybill-shepherd-bruce-willis-1980s-comedy\">\u003cem>Moonlighting\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (the endearingly preposterous detective show that launched Bruce Willis’ career) and unabashedly immerse myself in \u003cem>L.A. Law\u003c/em> at an age where I could actually understand it. But nowhere has ’80s and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/14084/90s-nostalgia-a-look-at-how-our-lives-do-and-dont-matter\">’90s nostalgia\u003c/a> shown up harder than in celebrity documentaries. Watching retrospectives about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938155\">\u003cem>Thriller\u003c/em>-era Michael Jackson\u003c/a>, Michael J. Fox, Wham!, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13924520/pamela-anderson-captivatingly-tells-her-own-story-in-new-netflix-documentary\">Pamela Anderson\u003c/a>, Anna Nicole Smith, the Gladiators, Robbie Williams, David Beckham and, yes, even Apple TV+’s far too rose-tinted profile of \u003cem>The Super Models\u003c/em> was like seeing my first 20 years of life flash before my eyes. My middle-aged ass is clearly being pandered to — and I absolutely love it.\u003cem>—Rae Alexandra\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In 2006, Too $hort imparted a timeless lesson on his song “Baller”: “You gotta keep tryin’, just don’t give up… How you gon’ ball if you got no hustle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the tortured Oakland Athletics all but departed to Las Vegas, a group of Oaklanders — led by longtime friends and baseball fans Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel — are doing just that. They’re dusting off, stepping back to the plate and exercising their ballerhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new minor league baseball team, the Oakland B’s (short for Ballers), were publicly introduced on Nov. 28 at Laney College. Local figures — including Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, Mistah F.A.B. and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13914585/hal-the-hot-dog-guy-oakland-coliseum-hella-hungry\">Hal the Hot Dog Guy\u003c/a> — were in attendance to show support.[aside postid='news_11968536']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team will participate in the 84-year-old Pioneer Baseball League, an independent minor league system with 12 franchises scattered throughout the Mountain Time Zone. Oakland will become the league’s first coastal expansion, with \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2023/11/28/new-baseball-team-oakland-ballers-pioneer-league/\">the team making a multi-million dollar swing to play at Laney’s baseball field next season.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To some critics, simply choosing the next letter in the alphabet may seem like a lackadaisical effort to cover up an A’s-shaped hole left in Oakland. But those familiar with minor league baseball will know that it’s in line with the inventive — if not satirical — nature of lower-league teams, which are traditionally far less concerned with the status quo (ever heard of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.milb.com/montgomery\">Montgomery Biscuits\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.milb.com/rocket-city\">Rocket City Trash Pandas\u003c/a>?).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the B’s are no joke — and neither is their branding. The team’s logo was designed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dustinocanalin/?hl=en\">Dustin O. Canalin\u003c/a>, who led Nike’s development team for “The Town” jerseys worn in the Golden State Warriors’ final seasons in Oakland. He also designed \u003ca href=\"https://alwaystrophyhunting.com/blogs/lookbooks/stephen-curry-2974-counting-hat\">the hat Steph Curry \u003c/a>wore after breaking the NBA’s three-point point record in 2021, and illustrated \u003ca href=\"https://www.dustinocanalin.com/blogbydoc/tag/Draymond+Green\">Draymond Green’s T-shirt \u003c/a>for the Warriors championship parade in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13938725\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"a designer's mood board for the Oakland Ballers, a new minor league baseball team inspired by local iconography\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dustin O. Canalin’s mood board for the Oakland Ballers includes sports history, local figures and aesthetic inspiration for old English fonts. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Dustin O. Canalin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Canalin’s no rookie when it comes to baseball. He grew up near the Oakland Coliseum, playing shortstop on his high school team, where he befriended eventual MLB stars Dontrelle Willis and Jimmy Rollins. It’s also the sport that inspired his career as \u003ca href=\"https://alwaystrophyhunting.com/\">a current streetwear designer\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ballers’ creative director spoke with KQED Arts about his inspiration for the team’s aesthetic, Oakland’s storied past and the East Bay’s abundance of hustling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Chazaro: Did you listen to Too $hort’s song “Baller” when you were brainstorming ideas for this logo? What does being a baller mean to you?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dustin O. Canalin\u003c/strong>: Being a “baller” has a lot of connotations and symbolism … and it really fit with Oakland as a culture and community, and what I grew up on. I scoured for songs, words and meanings of baller and player. So Too $hort definitely came up. There’s always a connection between sports and music in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The B’s is very similar to the A’s. How intentional was that? Is it meant as a diss?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main idea was the B’s from the start. Any slights to the A’s kind of developed while digging more deeply into the creative side of it all. Something we didn’t want to do was a bootleg version of the A’s. In the Bay, there’s a lot of hometown pride where designers will make their own versions of something. We are building off heritage, identity … remembering the past and making sure we’re respectful. But we’re also making something new. From a design process, we started with a blank piece of paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938780\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/BsHat_BYDOC.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13938780\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/BsHat_BYDOC-800x453.jpg\" alt=\"a green baseball cap with an emblazoned B in old English lettering\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/BsHat_BYDOC-800x453.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/BsHat_BYDOC-1020x577.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/BsHat_BYDOC-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/BsHat_BYDOC-768x434.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/BsHat_BYDOC-1536x869.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/BsHat_BYDOC-1920x1086.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/BsHat_BYDOC.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ballers will be known as the B’s, and hope to debut at Laney College Baseball Field in 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Dustin O. Canalin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>How would you describe the voice and tone of the final product?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We thought about the culture of Oakland, the fans, the feeling and impact we wanted to have, and then we boiled it down to what we ended up building around: a real cultural confidence. When you look at people who come from the Bay — whether it’s $hort, the Raiders, Bruce Lee, Damian Lillard, Mistah F.A.B. — they all have a certain DNA built into their personality. It’s a type of person with confidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>When it comes to Oakland baseball, most fans will immediately think of the A’s. Did the forgotten legacies of other teams — like the Oakland Oaks, Larks and Commuters — come into play?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wanted to understand the lifespan of sports in Oakland. I looked at everyone — the Oaks, Invaders, Warriors, when the A’s arrived, why the Oaks left. What I realized is that besides the Raiders, Invaders and Oaks, all those other teams were inherited by Oakland. They weren’t created here. The A’s and Warriors came from Kansas City and Philadelphia. They already had those names. So as far as this century goes, the Ballers and Roots are the only teams that have built their own identity on what Oakland is today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>One of your original logo ideas included a power fist clenching a baseball, which reminded me of Black Panther Party imagery. What other ideas did you sift through? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first we looked at a diamond, the idea of a jewel, and we wanted to create an idea around stadiums as this diamond or medallion for a community. But it was too abstract. We also wanted to build off Oakland’s legacy [with] the Black Panthers. I’ve always thought their identity represented so much, and the language that was used throughout that generation has always been really powerful to me. But it’s not exactly what a sports team would need.[aside postid='arts_13921216']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I worked on the Town uniform [for the Warriors], I kept seeing images from my memories and research of Old English fonts — from the \u003cem>Oakland Tribune\u003c/em> to the older teams like the Larks, even the bootleg T-shirts on East 14th. It’s iconic. That’s the direction that hit home for us. Having the home plate built into the letter was strategic. Oakland is home; this team is home. That shape was a touch to give this its own personality. We also didn’t want it to be overly obvious and overpowering. It’s subtle. Like they say, “It’s in you, not on you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What challenges did you face in creating a new logo for Oakland?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First and foremost, I knew the team wanted to represent something good for the community, especially with the A’s transitioning out. So I wanted to make sure the team’s identity didn’t overpower that goodness. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the B’s are no joke — and neither is their branding. The team’s logo was designed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dustinocanalin/?hl=en\">Dustin O. Canalin\u003c/a>, who led Nike’s development team for “The Town” jerseys worn in the Golden State Warriors’ final seasons in Oakland. He also designed \u003ca href=\"https://alwaystrophyhunting.com/blogs/lookbooks/stephen-curry-2974-counting-hat\">the hat Steph Curry \u003c/a>wore after breaking the NBA’s three-point point record in 2021, and illustrated \u003ca href=\"https://www.dustinocanalin.com/blogbydoc/tag/Draymond+Green\">Draymond Green’s T-shirt \u003c/a>for the Warriors championship parade in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13938725\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"a designer's mood board for the Oakland Ballers, a new minor league baseball team inspired by local iconography\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Ballers_IG_moodboard_slides_0004-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dustin O. Canalin’s mood board for the Oakland Ballers includes sports history, local figures and aesthetic inspiration for old English fonts. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Dustin O. Canalin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Canalin’s no rookie when it comes to baseball. He grew up near the Oakland Coliseum, playing shortstop on his high school team, where he befriended eventual MLB stars Dontrelle Willis and Jimmy Rollins. It’s also the sport that inspired his career as \u003ca href=\"https://alwaystrophyhunting.com/\">a current streetwear designer\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ballers’ creative director spoke with KQED Arts about his inspiration for the team’s aesthetic, Oakland’s storied past and the East Bay’s abundance of hustling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Chazaro: Did you listen to Too $hort’s song “Baller” when you were brainstorming ideas for this logo? What does being a baller mean to you?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dustin O. Canalin\u003c/strong>: Being a “baller” has a lot of connotations and symbolism … and it really fit with Oakland as a culture and community, and what I grew up on. I scoured for songs, words and meanings of baller and player. So Too $hort definitely came up. There’s always a connection between sports and music in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The B’s is very similar to the A’s. How intentional was that? Is it meant as a diss?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main idea was the B’s from the start. Any slights to the A’s kind of developed while digging more deeply into the creative side of it all. Something we didn’t want to do was a bootleg version of the A’s. In the Bay, there’s a lot of hometown pride where designers will make their own versions of something. We are building off heritage, identity … remembering the past and making sure we’re respectful. But we’re also making something new. 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What I realized is that besides the Raiders, Invaders and Oaks, all those other teams were inherited by Oakland. They weren’t created here. The A’s and Warriors came from Kansas City and Philadelphia. They already had those names. So as far as this century goes, the Ballers and Roots are the only teams that have built their own identity on what Oakland is today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>One of your original logo ideas included a power fist clenching a baseball, which reminded me of Black Panther Party imagery. What other ideas did you sift through? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first we looked at a diamond, the idea of a jewel, and we wanted to create an idea around stadiums as this diamond or medallion for a community. But it was too abstract. We also wanted to build off Oakland’s legacy [with] the Black Panthers. I’ve always thought their identity represented so much, and the language that was used throughout that generation has always been really powerful to me. 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