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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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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": "\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\" 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, 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"content": "\u003cp>On a recent Wednesday evening, the sun was setting over the murky waters of Lake Merritt, and geese, ducks and seagulls flocked in abundance. Hundreds of runners assembled: groups of women in trendy work-out sets; parents telling their children to come on; and seasoned athletes in performance gear. After a warm-up and a pep talk, everyone set off to run, walk or trot the 3.4 miles around the jewel of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is Oakland’s newest run club, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/townstrides/?hl=en\">Town Strides\u003c/a>. “For us, the end goal is to get people outside and active,” says Town Strides co-founder Ashley Hughes. “Also, for Black people to feel comfortable being outside, being active, pushing our bodies more and moving.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965443\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965443\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Runners and walkers gather for a group stretch at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Sept. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Town Strides meets weekly, and the community has grown exponentially since Hughes first began inviting her TikTok and Instagram followers on “Hot Bae Walks” around the lake to make new friends. After a few random run-ins with Aziza Yaropa, an avid runner, the two decided to come together, and Town Strides was born in May 2024. The club recently had its biggest run to date on Sept. 7, when a collaboration with \u003ca href=\"https://www.teamfitnesse.com/\">Black-owned Oakland gym Fitnesse\u003c/a> brought out over 300 runners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We thought it would be a fun little thing, but we did not expect a turnout like this,” says Yaropa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965514\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Town Strides founders Aziza Yaropa, center left, and Ashley Hughes, center right, speak with community members at Calabash in Oakland on Sept. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Town Strides promotes health consciousness, but community is at its core. After sweating it out each week, joggers make their way to local restaurants for a “cool down” where everyone can connect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past year, social media took run clubs to the next level. A simple scroll reveals that run clubs are popping up in nearly every city in the U.S. — and that many of their members are white. But where does everyone else fit in? In San Francisco, there are over 10 run clubs in a city that span seven by seven miles. Yet to Yaropa and Hughes, organized efforts to put sneakers to pavement felt lacking in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13932138/esteban-raheem-abdul-raheem-samayoa-pt-2\">Esteban Raheem Abdul Raheem Samoya\u003c/a>, an artist, started running with Town Strides back when its weekly participants numbered at around 40. “I think it’s real special for Oakland,” he says. “When we get together, people don’t always see it as positive, but when you see a group of us running, how much more positive can it get?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965441\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Esteban Samayoa of Oakland poses for a portrait at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Sept. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That positivity has reached people all over the Bay Area, who now come to Lake Merritt each Wednesday for their weekly trek. Coach Ralph Cooke, 56, and Darnell Turner, 60, were already members of the Black Men Run Club when they decided to also join Town Strides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been running for four decades, and a lot of that time, it was like I was the only Black person out there. But I remember the first time I saw Black Men Run, I was like, ‘Oh my God, they’re like a bunch of people who look like me running around the lake,’” Cooke says. “That was important, being part of the community. … I can’t explain it, but it just felt different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965444\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965444\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Ralph Cooke, 56, left, and Darnell Turner, 60, right, pose for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Sept. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lake Merritt has long been where Oaklanders go to connect, celebrate and sweat. The \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/amirazizphotos/status/1361500125281984512\">Black Panthers did training drills\u003c/a> there in the ’60s. Today, its annual Juneteenth celebration is the place to be for Black pride. Town Strides is just the latest addition to that long legacy, and welcomes everyone — whether they were born and raised in the Town or recently arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965439\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ciara James, left, and Brianna Boyd, right, who met at a Town Strides, pose for a photo in Oakland on Sept. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Town Strides is where friendship blossomed for Brianna Boyd, 26, and Ciara James, 24, who recently arrived in Oakland from Texas and Oregon respectively. Finding community in a space centered around fun and fitness helped them adjust to their new city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Seeing like-minded individuals, especially Black people, all in one space and doing something good for the community,” Boyd says, “and flipping the narrative of Oakland. … We do this every week, and there’s no problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965516\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965516\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1635\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-800x511.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-1020x652.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-768x491.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-1536x981.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-2048x1308.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-1920x1227.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Town Strides runners jog around Lake Merritt in Oakland on Sept. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Town Strides meets at 20th and Harrison Street in Oakland for a community run every Wednesday at 6:30. On Sept. 28, they’ll collaborate with the UC Berkeley women’s basketball team for \u003ca href=\"https://calbears.com/news/2024/8/28/womens-basketball-womens-basketball-hosts-fifth-annual-race-for-change.aspx\">Race for Change\u003c/a>, a benefit for Cal Athletics’ Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Justice office.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On a recent Wednesday evening, the sun was setting over the murky waters of Lake Merritt, and geese, ducks and seagulls flocked in abundance. Hundreds of runners assembled: groups of women in trendy work-out sets; parents telling their children to come on; and seasoned athletes in performance gear. After a warm-up and a pep talk, everyone set off to run, walk or trot the 3.4 miles around the jewel of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is Oakland’s newest run club, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/townstrides/?hl=en\">Town Strides\u003c/a>. “For us, the end goal is to get people outside and active,” says Town Strides co-founder Ashley Hughes. “Also, for Black people to feel comfortable being outside, being active, pushing our bodies more and moving.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965443\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965443\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-56-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Runners and walkers gather for a group stretch at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Sept. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Town Strides meets weekly, and the community has grown exponentially since Hughes first began inviting her TikTok and Instagram followers on “Hot Bae Walks” around the lake to make new friends. After a few random run-ins with Aziza Yaropa, an avid runner, the two decided to come together, and Town Strides was born in May 2024. The club recently had its biggest run to date on Sept. 7, when a collaboration with \u003ca href=\"https://www.teamfitnesse.com/\">Black-owned Oakland gym Fitnesse\u003c/a> brought out over 300 runners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We thought it would be a fun little thing, but we did not expect a turnout like this,” says Yaropa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965514\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TownStrides_GC-70_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Town Strides founders Aziza Yaropa, center left, and Ashley Hughes, center right, speak with community members at Calabash in Oakland on Sept. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Town Strides promotes health consciousness, but community is at its core. After sweating it out each week, joggers make their way to local restaurants for a “cool down” where everyone can connect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past year, social media took run clubs to the next level. A simple scroll reveals that run clubs are popping up in nearly every city in the U.S. — and that many of their members are white. But where does everyone else fit in? In San Francisco, there are over 10 run clubs in a city that span seven by seven miles. Yet to Yaropa and Hughes, organized efforts to put sneakers to pavement felt lacking in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13932138/esteban-raheem-abdul-raheem-samayoa-pt-2\">Esteban Raheem Abdul Raheem Samoya\u003c/a>, an artist, started running with Town Strides back when its weekly participants numbered at around 40. “I think it’s real special for Oakland,” he says. “When we get together, people don’t always see it as positive, but when you see a group of us running, how much more positive can it get?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965441\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-52-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Esteban Samayoa of Oakland poses for a portrait at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Sept. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That positivity has reached people all over the Bay Area, who now come to Lake Merritt each Wednesday for their weekly trek. Coach Ralph Cooke, 56, and Darnell Turner, 60, were already members of the Black Men Run Club when they decided to also join Town Strides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been running for four decades, and a lot of that time, it was like I was the only Black person out there. But I remember the first time I saw Black Men Run, I was like, ‘Oh my God, they’re like a bunch of people who look like me running around the lake,’” Cooke says. “That was important, being part of the community. … I can’t explain it, but it just felt different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965444\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965444\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-57-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Ralph Cooke, 56, left, and Darnell Turner, 60, right, pose for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Sept. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lake Merritt has long been where Oaklanders go to connect, celebrate and sweat. The \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/amirazizphotos/status/1361500125281984512\">Black Panthers did training drills\u003c/a> there in the ’60s. Today, its annual Juneteenth celebration is the place to be for Black pride. Town Strides is just the latest addition to that long legacy, and welcomes everyone — whether they were born and raised in the Town or recently arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965439\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240918_TOWNSTRIDES_GC-46-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ciara James, left, and Brianna Boyd, right, who met at a Town Strides, pose for a photo in Oakland on Sept. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Town Strides is where friendship blossomed for Brianna Boyd, 26, and Ciara James, 24, who recently arrived in Oakland from Texas and Oregon respectively. Finding community in a space centered around fun and fitness helped them adjust to their new city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Seeing like-minded individuals, especially Black people, all in one space and doing something good for the community,” Boyd says, “and flipping the narrative of Oakland. … We do this every week, and there’s no problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13965516\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13965516\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1635\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-800x511.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-1020x652.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-768x491.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-1536x981.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-2048x1308.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240922_GreenDayPinole_GC_-43-1920x1227.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Town Strides runners jog around Lake Merritt in Oakland on Sept. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Town Strides meets at 20th and Harrison Street in Oakland for a community run every Wednesday at 6:30. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area is home to decades-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13905230/zeni-ethiopian-restaurant-san-jose\">kitfo houses\u003c/a>, spirited \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960580/jollof-festival-oakland-west-african-food-competition-nigerian-sierra-leone\">jollof rivalries\u003c/a> and innovative \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938506/cafe-colucci-pop-up-oakland-ethiopian-ghanaian-selasie-dotse\">Ghanaian-Ethiopian fine dining mashups\u003c/a>. But it has never had an entire week dedicated to celebrating the African continent’s diverse and varied cuisines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until now, that is. Today, the first ever \u003ca href=\"https://africanrestaurantweek.com/bayarea/\">Bay Area African Restaurant Week\u003c/a> kicks off with a slew of prix-fixe meal deals and pop-up events, mostly spread across the East Bay and San Francisco. Organizers hope the ten-day promotion, which runs from Sept. 12–22, will give a boost to some of the region’s up-and-coming African and Afro-Caribbean food businesses — and that it will be the start of a rich and flavor-packed annual tradition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13960580']\u003c/span>Co-organizer Kemi Tijaniqudus of the Nigerian food truck \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jollofkitchen/\">Jollof Kitchen\u003c/a> says she first started thinking about organizing some kind of African food festival as early as 2015. Her idea, she says, was to bring greater visibility to cuisines from across the continent — “west, east, north, south” — beyond the handful of African dishes, like jollof rice and the \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayexpress.com/the-curious-history-of-the-eritrean-and-ethiopian-veggie-combo-2-1/\">Ethiopian veggie combo\u003c/a>, that have already gained mainstream traction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People know Ethiopian food and West African food, but you hardly hear people talk about Zimbabwe, South Africa or Rwanda,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For several years, though, the everyday demands of operating a food truck business didn’t leave Tijaniqudus with enough bandwidth to put together an event on the scale and scope she was imagining. Then she heard about \u003ca href=\"https://africanrestaurantweek.com/\">African Restaurant Week\u003c/a>, a national organization based in New York that has been hosting weeklong African restaurant promotions in cities across the country \u003ca href=\"https://www.prlog.org/12215599-nyc-celebrates-its-first-ever-african-restaurant-week-2013.html\">since 2013\u003c/a>. Why not pool resources with a group that was already doing the work to highlight African food and culture, and had experience with the logistics of putting a large-scale event like this together? So, Tijaniqudus reached out and initiated a collaboration with African Restaurant Week founder Akin Akinsanya.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resulting Bay Area African Restaurant Week is a cross between a traditional restaurant week promotion and the kind of grand, one-day festival that Tijaniqudus had initially envisioned. As with any other restaurant week, the 25 African restaurants who have currently signed up to participate will offer special discounted meal deals over the course of those ten days. But the event will also be bookended with big, audacious kickoff and closing parties that spotlight food trucks, caterers and other smaller vendors that don’t have a regular brick-and-mortar location. Like other African Restaurant Week events across the country, the Bay Area iteration will also showcase cuisines from across the African diaspora, particularly the Afro-Caribbean islands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954275\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954275\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl.jpg\" alt=\"Beef curry bowl loaded with beans and greens.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Tanzanian beef curry bowl at Oakland’s Swahili Spot, one of the local restaurants participating in African Restaurant Week. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kick-off-bay-area-african-restaurant-week-2024-tickets-1004733172967?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Sept. 13 kickoff event\u003c/a> at Oakland’s Parliament nightclub, for instance, will feature Ghanaian jollof from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jaybabas_kitchen/\">JayBaba’s Kitchen\u003c/a>, Zimbabwean sadza (cornmeal mash) served with sardines or peanut butter chicken from \u003ca href=\"https://nendoro.co/pages/vumba-mts-kitchen-menu?srsltid=AfmBOop-PsKc0ODvL7d101ykUHRrcIKFse4G-vqP8-cLrlylMXmqH2vu\">Vumba Mts Kitchen\u003c/a>, Gambian food from San Jose-based Tutti Fruti Kitchen and Nigerian food from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thegrubrepublic_/?hl=en\">The Grub Republic\u003c/a> — plus music from a lineup of local AfroBeats DJs. \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C_uOK2xM79i/?img_index=1\">Another pop-up\u003c/a>, held on Sept. 14 at Oakland’s Zanzi dance club, will focus on Nigeria’s street food–style grilled meats known as suya.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13960933,arts_13954267']\u003c/span>Meanwhile, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-area-african-restaurant-week-festival-2024-tickets-944469241927?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Sept. 22 close-out event\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fortheculture701/?hl=en\">For the Culture\u003c/a> will be even larger in scale, with restaurants like Swahili Spot (the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954267/tanzanian-restaurant-swahili-spot-west-oakland-curry\">Bay Area’s only Tanzanian restaurant\u003c/a>) and Tijaniqudus’ own \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960580/jollof-festival-oakland-west-african-food-competition-nigerian-sierra-leone\">jollof championship–winning truck\u003c/a>, Jollof Kitchen, joining the festivities, along with a cooking competition for home cooks, a retail marketplace, and an array of cultural performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://africanrestaurantweek.com/bayarea/\">Most of the restaurants participating in the ten-day promotion\u003c/a> will offer a 10% discount to customers who mention African Restaurant Week. That includes high-profile spots like \u003ca href=\"https://azizasf.com/\">Aziza\u003c/a>, the upscale Moroccan restaurant in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood, as well as relative newcomers like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936332/tchaka-haitian-restaurant-oakland\">T’Chaka\u003c/a>, the Haitian standout in Old Oakland. A few, like Oakland’s Trinidadian hot spot, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/cocobreezeco/?hl=en\">Cocobreeze\u003c/a>, will also offer special combo meals and a prix-fixe deal — $65 for a four-course meal for two. And Golden Safari, a popular Nigerian restaurant in Hayward, will give away hand-crafted commemorative Nigerian plateware as a souvenir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936339\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936339\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot.jpg\" alt=\"Fried pork, rice, plantains and pikliz (pickled cabbage and carrots) on a dark blue plate.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot-1536x1056.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot-1920x1320.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Griot, a citrus-marinated fried pork dish, is one of the Haitian specialties served at T’chaka in Old Oakland. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964189\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964189\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo.jpg\" alt=\"Takeout container with curry goat, braised oxtails, plantains, and rice and peas.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1250\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo-1920x1200.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A “Best of Both Worlds” combo plate with oxtails and curry goat — one of Cocobreeze’s African Restaurant Week specials. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Cocobreeze)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In many ways, the very existence of Bay Area African Restaurant Week is a testament to how much more mainstream exposure the cuisines of the African diaspora have achieved over the past several years. An event of this scale would have been almost inconceivable in the Bay Area even a decade ago, when very few of these cuisines had received much local recognition or coverage outside of the immigrant communities themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tijaniqudus says that as much as she has always loved sharing her own Nigerian culture and food, she hopes this restaurant week will help take the Bay Area’s African food scene to the next level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People know jollof, jollof, jollof,” she says. “We want people to taste all of the African foods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Bay Area African Restaurant Week will run from Sept. 12–22. An updated (and growing) list of participating restaurants is available on the \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://africanrestaurantweek.com/bayarea/\">\u003ci>African Restaurant Week website\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resulting Bay Area African Restaurant Week is a cross between a traditional restaurant week promotion and the kind of grand, one-day festival that Tijaniqudus had initially envisioned. As with any other restaurant week, the 25 African restaurants who have currently signed up to participate will offer special discounted meal deals over the course of those ten days. But the event will also be bookended with big, audacious kickoff and closing parties that spotlight food trucks, caterers and other smaller vendors that don’t have a regular brick-and-mortar location. Like other African Restaurant Week events across the country, the Bay Area iteration will also showcase cuisines from across the African diaspora, particularly the Afro-Caribbean islands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954275\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954275\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl.jpg\" alt=\"Beef curry bowl loaded with beans and greens.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Tanzanian beef curry bowl at Oakland’s Swahili Spot, one of the local restaurants participating in African Restaurant Week. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kick-off-bay-area-african-restaurant-week-2024-tickets-1004733172967?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Sept. 13 kickoff event\u003c/a> at Oakland’s Parliament nightclub, for instance, will feature Ghanaian jollof from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jaybabas_kitchen/\">JayBaba’s Kitchen\u003c/a>, Zimbabwean sadza (cornmeal mash) served with sardines or peanut butter chicken from \u003ca href=\"https://nendoro.co/pages/vumba-mts-kitchen-menu?srsltid=AfmBOop-PsKc0ODvL7d101ykUHRrcIKFse4G-vqP8-cLrlylMXmqH2vu\">Vumba Mts Kitchen\u003c/a>, Gambian food from San Jose-based Tutti Fruti Kitchen and Nigerian food from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thegrubrepublic_/?hl=en\">The Grub Republic\u003c/a> — plus music from a lineup of local AfroBeats DJs. \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C_uOK2xM79i/?img_index=1\">Another pop-up\u003c/a>, held on Sept. 14 at Oakland’s Zanzi dance club, will focus on Nigeria’s street food–style grilled meats known as suya.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>Meanwhile, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-area-african-restaurant-week-festival-2024-tickets-944469241927?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Sept. 22 close-out event\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fortheculture701/?hl=en\">For the Culture\u003c/a> will be even larger in scale, with restaurants like Swahili Spot (the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954267/tanzanian-restaurant-swahili-spot-west-oakland-curry\">Bay Area’s only Tanzanian restaurant\u003c/a>) and Tijaniqudus’ own \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960580/jollof-festival-oakland-west-african-food-competition-nigerian-sierra-leone\">jollof championship–winning truck\u003c/a>, Jollof Kitchen, joining the festivities, along with a cooking competition for home cooks, a retail marketplace, and an array of cultural performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://africanrestaurantweek.com/bayarea/\">Most of the restaurants participating in the ten-day promotion\u003c/a> will offer a 10% discount to customers who mention African Restaurant Week. That includes high-profile spots like \u003ca href=\"https://azizasf.com/\">Aziza\u003c/a>, the upscale Moroccan restaurant in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood, as well as relative newcomers like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936332/tchaka-haitian-restaurant-oakland\">T’Chaka\u003c/a>, the Haitian standout in Old Oakland. A few, like Oakland’s Trinidadian hot spot, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/cocobreezeco/?hl=en\">Cocobreeze\u003c/a>, will also offer special combo meals and a prix-fixe deal — $65 for a four-course meal for two. And Golden Safari, a popular Nigerian restaurant in Hayward, will give away hand-crafted commemorative Nigerian plateware as a souvenir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936339\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936339\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot.jpg\" alt=\"Fried pork, rice, plantains and pikliz (pickled cabbage and carrots) on a dark blue plate.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot-1536x1056.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tchaka_griot-1920x1320.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Griot, a citrus-marinated fried pork dish, is one of the Haitian specialties served at T’chaka in Old Oakland. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964189\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964189\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo.jpg\" alt=\"Takeout container with curry goat, braised oxtails, plantains, and rice and peas.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1250\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Oxtails-and-Curry-Goat-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Combo-1920x1200.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A “Best of Both Worlds” combo plate with oxtails and curry goat — one of Cocobreeze’s African Restaurant Week specials. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Cocobreeze)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In many ways, the very existence of Bay Area African Restaurant Week is a testament to how much more mainstream exposure the cuisines of the African diaspora have achieved over the past several years. An event of this scale would have been almost inconceivable in the Bay Area even a decade ago, when very few of these cuisines had received much local recognition or coverage outside of the immigrant communities themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tijaniqudus says that as much as she has always loved sharing her own Nigerian culture and food, she hopes this restaurant week will help take the Bay Area’s African food scene to the next level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People know jollof, jollof, jollof,” she says. “We want people to taste all of the African foods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Bay Area African Restaurant Week will run from Sept. 12–22. An updated (and growing) list of participating restaurants is available on the \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://africanrestaurantweek.com/bayarea/\">\u003ci>African Restaurant Week website\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>. The \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kick-off-bay-area-african-restaurant-week-2024-tickets-1004733172967?aff=oddtdtcreator\">\u003ci>kickoff party\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> will be held on Friday, Sept. 13 from 6–10 p.m. at Parliament (811 Washington St., Oakland). The \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-area-african-restaurant-week-festival-2024-tickets-944469241927?aff=oddtdtcreator\">\u003ci>closing festival\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> at For the Culture (701 Clay St., Oakland) will be held on Sunday, Sept. 22 from noon–7 p.m. Tickets for both events are currently free when reserved in advance; food and beverages will be sold a la carte.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of the KQED series \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/fandomvote\">The Fandom Vote\u003c/a>, exploring the election-year concerns and voting preferences of pop culture fanbases.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday, hours ahead of (G)I-DLE’s show at the Oakland Arena, fans lined up to exchange concert-related trinkets and photocards, take selfies with each other and practice their dance moves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five-member girl group — Soyeon, Miyeon, Minnie, Yuqi and Shuhua — has performed in the Bay Area before, but their 2024 I-DOL World Tour stop in Oakland marked their largest Bay Area concert to date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964020\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1550px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1550\" height=\"2000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964020\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED.jpg 1550w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED-800x1032.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED-1020x1316.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED-160x206.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED-768x991.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED-1190x1536.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1550px) 100vw, 1550px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dabs Estanislao holds up a flag of (G)I-DLE member Miyeon at the Oakland Arena on September 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the most part, K-pop is largely about escapism and creating community, and less about the political concerns of the real world. Still, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jun/24/how-us-k-pop-fans-became-a-political-force-to-be-reckoned-with-blm-donald-trump\">K-pop fans can be famously organized\u003c/a> in election years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We caught up with members of (G)I-DLE’s fandom, known as NEVERLAND, to ask how they got into the K-pop group and how they’re feeling ahead of the election. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964015\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Nina Soto, Yoana Navarrete Santos, Julissa Sosa, Alondra Sosa and Yosselin Sandoval, pose for a photo, wearing blue wigs from the (G)I-DLE music video “Wife” at the Oakland Arena on September 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alondra Sosa of Manteca said she’s been keeping up with politics this election year, and has a pretty good idea of who she wants to vote for — though she didn’t feel comfortable naming a candidate. “I just wish more people would go out and vote,” she said. For the concert, she and her friends all dressed in blue wigs and white T-shirts, just like (G)I-DLE in their popular music video for their song “Wife.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nina Soto, one of Sosa’s friends in a blue wig, said what worried her most this election cycle was how people communicate — or don’t communicate — with one another. “The overall thing that concerns us as a nation at the moment is how we’re going to move forward and actually listen to each other,” she said. “We’re fighting each other, not listening. And I think that’s a big issue: not listening.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1241\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964022\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED-800x496.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED-1020x633.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED-768x477.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED-1536x953.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED-1920x1191.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shane Lim holds up a photo of (G)I-DLE member Soyeon from the music video “Allergy” at the Oakland Arena on September 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shane Lim, a dedicated 19-year-old NEVERLAND from San Lorenzo, said he was curious how the election would turn out. Lim, a fan of (G)I-DLE since 2021, had recreated one of Soyeon’s iconic outfits from (G)I-DLE’s “Allergy” music video for the concert. He said there weren’t any specific issues he was concerned about this election cycle, but he definitely had an idea of who he hoped would pull ahead in the polls. “I hope Kamala wins, in all honesty,” Lim said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1246\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964021\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED-800x498.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED-1020x635.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED-768x478.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED-1536x957.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED-1920x1196.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lindsay Gomez, left, and Katherine Martinez, 16, right, hold up signs for the (G)I-DLE concert at the Oakland Arena on September 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kamala Harris was the candidate of interest for first-time Marin County voter Lindsay Gomez, too. “I just turned 18 this year, so I’m like, kind of excited to vote,” she said. “I need to learn more, but I think I might go towards Kamala. I kind of hope she does win, because [the] first female president… that would be really cool for us.” 16-year-old Katherine Martinez, who joined Gomez for the concert, nodded in agreement. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year will not only be Gomez’s first time voting, it will be her mom’s first time voting, too. As for election-year concerns, Gomez said she found herself thinking about the logistics of being able to vote in California. “I’m just hoping my registration went through,” she said. She and her mom are already making plans for Election Day. “We’re both going [to vote] together I think, and I hope that everything works out.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Evan Villaflor, Martin Villafuerte and Francis Nario wear queen card costumes, after the song Queencard by (G)I-DLE concert, at the Oakland Arena on September 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martin Villafuerte, dressed in a queen of hearts playing card costume in homage to (G)I-DLE’s popular song “Queencard,” drove nearly two hours from Patterson with friends to see the girl group perform. Villafuerte said he was “not super confident” going into the election, “but that’s how it is every election.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964018\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964018\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angel Perez wears a Yuqi graphic tee ahead of the (G)I-DLE concert at the Oakland Arena on September 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angel Perez, a San Jose resident, expressed similar sentiments. Perez, dressed in a custom T-shirt with images of Yuqi, his favorite member (known as a “bias” in K-pop culture) on it, got into K-pop just three months ago when he happened to tap play on a YouTube-generated playlist. His interest in (G)I-DLE has grown over time, but as far as politics goes, “I’m not really following the election like that,” Perez said. He noted he was slightly concerned about the levels of crime happening in his community, but when it comes to voting outcomes, “I just hope for the best,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1266\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964019\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-5-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-5-KQED-800x506.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-5-KQED-1020x646.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-5-KQED-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-5-KQED-768x486.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-5-KQED-1536x972.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-5-KQED-1920x1215.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahal Bilaoen and friends hold up handmade crocheted photo holders with (G)I-DLE’s members at the Oakland Arena on September 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of the KQED series \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/fandomvote\">The Fandom Vote\u003c/a>, exploring the election-year concerns and voting preferences of pop culture fanbases.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday, hours ahead of (G)I-DLE’s show at the Oakland Arena, fans lined up to exchange concert-related trinkets and photocards, take selfies with each other and practice their dance moves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five-member girl group — Soyeon, Miyeon, Minnie, Yuqi and Shuhua — has performed in the Bay Area before, but their 2024 I-DOL World Tour stop in Oakland marked their largest Bay Area concert to date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964020\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1550px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1550\" height=\"2000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964020\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED.jpg 1550w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED-800x1032.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED-1020x1316.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED-160x206.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED-768x991.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-6-KQED-1190x1536.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1550px) 100vw, 1550px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dabs Estanislao holds up a flag of (G)I-DLE member Miyeon at the Oakland Arena on September 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the most part, K-pop is largely about escapism and creating community, and less about the political concerns of the real world. Still, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jun/24/how-us-k-pop-fans-became-a-political-force-to-be-reckoned-with-blm-donald-trump\">K-pop fans can be famously organized\u003c/a> in election years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We caught up with members of (G)I-DLE’s fandom, known as NEVERLAND, to ask how they got into the K-pop group and how they’re feeling ahead of the election. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964015\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Nina Soto, Yoana Navarrete Santos, Julissa Sosa, Alondra Sosa and Yosselin Sandoval, pose for a photo, wearing blue wigs from the (G)I-DLE music video “Wife” at the Oakland Arena on September 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alondra Sosa of Manteca said she’s been keeping up with politics this election year, and has a pretty good idea of who she wants to vote for — though she didn’t feel comfortable naming a candidate. “I just wish more people would go out and vote,” she said. For the concert, she and her friends all dressed in blue wigs and white T-shirts, just like (G)I-DLE in their popular music video for their song “Wife.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nina Soto, one of Sosa’s friends in a blue wig, said what worried her most this election cycle was how people communicate — or don’t communicate — with one another. “The overall thing that concerns us as a nation at the moment is how we’re going to move forward and actually listen to each other,” she said. “We’re fighting each other, not listening. And I think that’s a big issue: not listening.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1241\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964022\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED-800x496.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED-1020x633.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED-768x477.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED-1536x953.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-8-KQED-1920x1191.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shane Lim holds up a photo of (G)I-DLE member Soyeon from the music video “Allergy” at the Oakland Arena on September 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shane Lim, a dedicated 19-year-old NEVERLAND from San Lorenzo, said he was curious how the election would turn out. Lim, a fan of (G)I-DLE since 2021, had recreated one of Soyeon’s iconic outfits from (G)I-DLE’s “Allergy” music video for the concert. He said there weren’t any specific issues he was concerned about this election cycle, but he definitely had an idea of who he hoped would pull ahead in the polls. “I hope Kamala wins, in all honesty,” Lim said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1246\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964021\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED-800x498.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED-1020x635.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED-768x478.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED-1536x957.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-7-KQED-1920x1196.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lindsay Gomez, left, and Katherine Martinez, 16, right, hold up signs for the (G)I-DLE concert at the Oakland Arena on September 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kamala Harris was the candidate of interest for first-time Marin County voter Lindsay Gomez, too. “I just turned 18 this year, so I’m like, kind of excited to vote,” she said. “I need to learn more, but I think I might go towards Kamala. I kind of hope she does win, because [the] first female president… that would be really cool for us.” 16-year-old Katherine Martinez, who joined Gomez for the concert, nodded in agreement. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year will not only be Gomez’s first time voting, it will be her mom’s first time voting, too. As for election-year concerns, Gomez said she found herself thinking about the logistics of being able to vote in California. “I’m just hoping my registration went through,” she said. She and her mom are already making plans for Election Day. “We’re both going [to vote] together I think, and I hope that everything works out.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Evan Villaflor, Martin Villafuerte and Francis Nario wear queen card costumes, after the song Queencard by (G)I-DLE concert, at the Oakland Arena on September 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martin Villafuerte, dressed in a queen of hearts playing card costume in homage to (G)I-DLE’s popular song “Queencard,” drove nearly two hours from Patterson with friends to see the girl group perform. Villafuerte said he was “not super confident” going into the election, “but that’s how it is every election.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964018\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964018\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/20240908_FANDOMVOTEKPOP-4-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angel Perez wears a Yuqi graphic tee ahead of the (G)I-DLE concert at the Oakland Arena on September 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angel Perez, a San Jose resident, expressed similar sentiments. 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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland’s newest restaurant features a rotating lineup of mostly immigrant and refugee chefs of color. It has a cafe program whose mission is to make specialty coffee more fun and accessible to marginalized communities. And it’s one of the only places in the Bay Area where an adventurous eater can snag vegan Nigerian and Palestinian Cuban fusion dishes on the regular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/otk_eats/?hl=en\">Open Test Kitchen\u003c/a>, or OTK, also isn’t exactly a traditional restaurant. Rather, it’s an expansion on the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandbloom.org/\">Oakland Bloom’s\u003c/a> long-standing Open Test Kitchen incubator program, which has trained dozens of immigrant, refugee and working-class chefs of color over the past 10 years. Starting with a relaunch party on Saturday, Sept. 7, at the nonprofit’s 8th Street kitchen space in Oakland, the incubator will enter a new phase — as a full-fledged restaurant staffed by participants in the training program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, 528 8th St. was recently home to \u003ci>another\u003c/i> prominent social justice–oriented restaurant, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/understoryoakland/\">Understory\u003c/a>, a worker-owned spot that operated \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13903133/oakland-bloom-understory-primas-corner-asukar-cuban-palestinian-pop-up\">in partnership with Oakland Bloom’s incubator program\u003c/a> and even won a James Beard Award in 2022 for its \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/article/understory-bay-area-radical-restaurant-17314790.php\">radical, worker-friendly business model\u003c/a>. In May, however, Understory \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/understoryoakland/p/C7VB5Esy4fH/?img_index=1\">announced that it was closing\u003c/a>, and launched a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-understory-workers-in-transition\">fundraiser\u003c/a> to work toward eventually rebuilding the business at a new location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diana Wu, Oakland Bloom’s executive director, says that when the nonprofit opened up the 8th Street kitchen space in 2020, Understory was “our first iteration of really thinking about alternative food business models.” During those first few years, Oakland Bloom’s Open Test Kitchen incubator program and Understory \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13903133/oakland-bloom-understory-primas-corner-asukar-cuban-palestinian-pop-up\">operated in parallel\u003c/a>: Understory’s worker-owners helped train the kitchen incubator’s aspiring chefs, and then those trainees would take turns holding pop-ups at the restaurant, usually on Saturday nights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963734\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963734\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/azucar-fusion.jpg\" alt=\"A tostone slider on a plate.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/azucar-fusion.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/azucar-fusion-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/azucar-fusion-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/azucar-fusion-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/azucar-fusion-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/azucar-fusion-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/azucar-fusion-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asúkar’s Palestian Cuban fusion dishes will be one of the featured cusines. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Oakland Bloom)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wu didn’t elaborate on the reason for Understory’s sudden departure, but said it made sense to her that a collective-owned restaurant with a strong identity would want to move into a space that is “wholly their own.” For Oakland Bloom, however, the transition provided an opportunity to rethink its training program’s relationship to the more public-facing restaurant dining room. What would it look like if the Open Test Kitchen program itself operated the restaurant, not just on Saturdays but throughout the week? “I think that’s what is exciting for me, just seeing how Open Test Kitchen is an umbrella under which different chefs can take off and experiment and really showcase their work,” Wu says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so, after taking the summer off to think it through, Oakland Bloom will relaunch the new restaurant version of Open Test Kitchen this Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13903133,arts_13960933,news_11988111']\u003c/span>Which isn’t to say that OTK will be a direct replacement for Understory. Rather than a single restaurant concept with one unified menu, the Open Test Kitchen restaurant is still more of a cobbled-together patchwork of distinct food businesses — so, depending on what time or which day of the week a customer comes, they may find a completely different cuisine on the menu. Sitalbanat Muktari, one of the Open Test Kitchen chefs, likened it to a smaller-scale version of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13895067/la-cocina-municipal-marketplace-food-hall-opening-tenderloin\">food hall\u003c/a> that San Francisco’s La Cocina kitchen incubator ran in the Tenderloin until last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like a mini public market, but because the place isn’t large enough, you’re not going to find all the chefs there at the same time,” Muktari says. “Hopefully in the future, we can get a bigger space.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the month of September, Muktari’s Northern Nigerian vegan food business, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thathausavegan/\">That Hausa Vegan\u003c/a>, will serve brunch on Sundays and dinner on Thursdays and Fridays, during which time customers will find things like grilled oyster mushroom suya and savory Nigerian hand pies on the menu. Other nights, Palestinian Cuban pop-up \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/palestinian_cuban_fusion/?hl=en\">Asúkar\u003c/a> will serve fusion dishes like \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxjo-eZLQyZ/?hl=en\">kufta tostone sliders\u003c/a>. And the coffee pop-up \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/cafeconcarino_oak/\">Café con Cariño\u003c/a> will operate a daily cafe, collaborating with other Open Test Kitchen chefs to offer multicultural lunch options — \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/primascorner/\">vegan Cuban dishes\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rufiscacao/\">Oaxacan tamales\u003c/a> to start out. Meanwhile, Saturday nights will be reserved for special events and rotating pop-ups featuring some of the incubator’s \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandbloom.org/chef-stories/\">other vendors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963735\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963735\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino.jpg\" alt=\"A coffee shop owner in a face mask poses for a portrait behind the counter.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Café con Cariño’s Claudia Luz Suarez will run a coffee shop in the space in the mornings. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Oakland Bloom)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Saturday’s launch party will spotlight several of those cuisines, with That Hausa Vegan, Asúkar and Café con Cariño providing the food and drink. Even more importantly, though, the Oakland Bloom incubator’s chefs hope to reestablish the restaurant as a real community hub. One of the chefs in the incubator program will perform a ceremonial blessing and limpia on the space. There will also be dancing, a DJ, a poetry reading and a community market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of a sudden, this place that people really love [closed], and it’s like, okay, we’re all going through this transition. There’s also just a lot happening in the world, and our communities are really hurting,” says Café con Cariño co-founder Claudia Luz Suarez, who is also Oakland Bloom’s program director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to create an opening event that was rooted in really coming together and being intentional about what it means to step into a new era,” Suarez says.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C-wB85HyLeq/?img_index=1\">\u003ci>Open Test Kitchen’s launch party\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> will be on Saturday, Sept. 7, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. at 528 8th St. in Oakland. Moving forward, the restaurant will be open for cafe hours Wednesday through Friday 8 a.m.–2 p.m., for dinner Wednesday–Saturday from 5–9 p.m., and Saturday–Sunday for weekend brunch 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Check the \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandbloom/?hl=en\">\u003ci>Oakland Bloom\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> and \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/otk_eats/?hl=en\">\u003ci>Open Test Kitchen\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> social media pages for updates on the restaurant’s weekly schedule.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Sitalbanat Muktari, one of the Open Test Kitchen chefs, likened it to a smaller-scale version of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13895067/la-cocina-municipal-marketplace-food-hall-opening-tenderloin\">food hall\u003c/a> that San Francisco’s La Cocina kitchen incubator ran in the Tenderloin until last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like a mini public market, but because the place isn’t large enough, you’re not going to find all the chefs there at the same time,” Muktari says. “Hopefully in the future, we can get a bigger space.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the month of September, Muktari’s Northern Nigerian vegan food business, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thathausavegan/\">That Hausa Vegan\u003c/a>, will serve brunch on Sundays and dinner on Thursdays and Fridays, during which time customers will find things like grilled oyster mushroom suya and savory Nigerian hand pies on the menu. Other nights, Palestinian Cuban pop-up \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/palestinian_cuban_fusion/?hl=en\">Asúkar\u003c/a> will serve fusion dishes like \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxjo-eZLQyZ/?hl=en\">kufta tostone sliders\u003c/a>. And the coffee pop-up \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/cafeconcarino_oak/\">Café con Cariño\u003c/a> will operate a daily cafe, collaborating with other Open Test Kitchen chefs to offer multicultural lunch options — \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/primascorner/\">vegan Cuban dishes\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rufiscacao/\">Oaxacan tamales\u003c/a> to start out. Meanwhile, Saturday nights will be reserved for special events and rotating pop-ups featuring some of the incubator’s \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandbloom.org/chef-stories/\">other vendors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963735\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963735\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino.jpg\" alt=\"A coffee shop owner in a face mask poses for a portrait behind the counter.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/cafe-con-carino-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Café con Cariño’s Claudia Luz Suarez will run a coffee shop in the space in the mornings. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Oakland Bloom)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Saturday’s launch party will spotlight several of those cuisines, with That Hausa Vegan, Asúkar and Café con Cariño providing the food and drink. Even more importantly, though, the Oakland Bloom incubator’s chefs hope to reestablish the restaurant as a real community hub. One of the chefs in the incubator program will perform a ceremonial blessing and limpia on the space. There will also be dancing, a DJ, a poetry reading and a community market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of a sudden, this place that people really love [closed], and it’s like, okay, we’re all going through this transition. 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Moving forward, the restaurant will be open for cafe hours Wednesday through Friday 8 a.m.–2 p.m., for dinner Wednesday–Saturday from 5–9 p.m., and Saturday–Sunday for weekend brunch 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Check the \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandbloom/?hl=en\">\u003ci>Oakland Bloom\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> and \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/otk_eats/?hl=en\">\u003ci>Open Test Kitchen\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> social media pages for updates on the restaurant’s weekly schedule.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Coach Rae Black has been boxing long enough to recognize the “sweet science” needs to update some of its formulas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For all the big-ticket narratives boxing sells about rags-to-riches success, it has generally been exclusionary towards women athletes of any background or skill level — or really anyone who’s not a straight man. That was a glaring omission for Black.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up in the ’90s, Black heard plenty of discouraging messages about boxing. When they got interested in the sport, their mother told them “women don’t box” and “you’re too pretty to get hit.” Black still got hit, injured and concussed while playing soccer and rugby, and eventually found their way into the ring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they became a coach, Black noticed a pattern. Women would come to the gym, but the culture did not encourage them to stay. So they created a space for women, queer, nonbinary and trans boxers to train: \u003ca href=\"https://www.ftwboxing.com/\">For The Win Boxing\u003c/a> in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to create a space where women could see themselves and thrive,” says Black, who opened the gym in 2023. “There’s a difference between a space that allows women and a space that really supports women, a space that puts women forward and makes sure their female athletes are getting the right kind of attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13962814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13962814\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A boxing coach watches the ring in her gym.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0086-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rae Black has been a boxing coach for 20 years. \u003ccite>(D.A. Mission )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At best, boxing has been slow or reluctant to platform women. At worst, it has a troubling history of looking the other way at \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/35345736/gervonta-davis-arrest-history-line-abuse-hit-run-charges-denials\">domestic violence\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/12810147/the-lessons-boxing-must-learn-about-homophobia-ten-years-after-orlando-cruz-were-no-further\">homophobia and misogyny\u003c/a>, and its recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.thenation.com/article/society/imane-khelif-olympics-paris-boxing-transphobia/\">transphobic panic\u003c/a> at the Olympics and beyond hasn’t helped. These are systemic issues, and For The Win wants to change them from the ground up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By producing quality athletes … my hope is to have that be what sells [women fighters],” says Black, “like Claressa Shields, and Katie Taylor, Chantelle Cameron, Savannah Marshall and quite a few others who don’t use hyper-feminization to get notoriety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In previous decades, promoters only sold women’s fights for novelty, the male gaze or to cash in on a famous father’s name. Women’s boxing has only been in the Olympics since 2012. The first women’s fight to headline “the mecca” of boxing, New York City’s Madison Square Garden, only transpired two years ago, on April 30, 2022, when Katie Taylor fought Amanda Serrano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These strides are encouraging, but they’re long overdue. Now, Black is investing sweat equity into boxing’s future and modeling how people assigned female at birth can be successful in a fighter’s corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13962809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13962809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0260-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxers Pavin Argyle (left) and Jackie Espejo (right) pose with their coach, Rae Black, at For the Win. \u003ccite>(D.A. Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Black’s philosophy is what attracted two dedicated students to eventually form For The Win’s amateur boxing team. Jackie Espejo is a queer Filipina graphic designer who was always curious about boxing. Googling places to try the sport, she saw reviews calling out gyms for misogyny. Eventually, she found Black’s website, and saw that For The Win offers sliding-scale rates for students — another key way Coach Rae is advocating for an equitable environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I manifested Rae,” says Espejo. “The landing page had a video of Rae holding mitts for a woman, and it fit the vibe that I was exactly looking for, so I knew right then and there I had to hit them up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Espejo boxed strictly for a cardio workout with Black for four years until 2023, when she took up sparring and eventually fought in a match. Her amateur record is now 2-1. [aside postid='arts_13962267,arts_13956931']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once I put my mind to boxing and developed a way better discipline for it, I felt more balanced as far as my spiritual health, my mental health and physical health,” Espejo says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For The Win’s other fighter, Pavin Argyle (5-1 amateur record), has always been a multi-sport athlete. After training off of YouTube, and briefly going to a different gym, they found Black. Argyle was encouraged that Black shared a similar sports background, which has given the two a common language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way you have to throw this punch is kind of like throwing sidearm in baseball, or moving your feet this way is like that side step in basketball, so them specifically, I don’t feel like there’s anybody else who can really teach me as effectively as the way they teach me,” Argyle says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13962811\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13962811\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pavin Argyle (right) trains with Coach Rae Black at For the Win in Oakland. \u003ccite>(D.A. Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She proceeds to tell a story about a time she was thrown into the ring with a more experienced male boxer, who stung her with a right-hand punch away from any coach’s watchful eyes. He was apologetic and she was fine, but Argyle knows now, “there’s no reason I should have been in that situation,” she says. “And if I was in that situation, my coach should have been paying attention to me. That’s just something that would never happen here. The level of trust we have with Rae is here because every sparring session, they make sure that everything is laid out on the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Argyle wants to go pro eventually. Espejo doesn’t have that goal in mind at the moment, but both athletes will compete on Aug. 17 on an all women’s boxing card in Salinas, CA. They both fight that day, then Argyle takes a week off before flying to Hawaii for another bout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13962813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13962813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A boxer hits a punching bag. \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0122-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jackie Espejo boxed for fitness for years before she began competing. \u003ccite>(D.A. 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Even though its mere existence notes a certain defiance, the team finds a level of peace in the good they are inviting into their space and combat sports as a whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will be able to discover your own inner strength,” says Espejo. “You might find out you’re a whole different-ass person in the ring than you are outside of the ring.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Argyle was encouraged that Black shared a similar sports background, which has given the two a common language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way you have to throw this punch is kind of like throwing sidearm in baseball, or moving your feet this way is like that side step in basketball, so them specifically, I don’t feel like there’s anybody else who can really teach me as effectively as the way they teach me,” Argyle says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13962811\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13962811\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/F93A0195-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pavin Argyle (right) trains with Coach Rae Black at For the Win in Oakland. \u003ccite>(D.A. Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She proceeds to tell a story about a time she was thrown into the ring with a more experienced male boxer, who stung her with a right-hand punch away from any coach’s watchful eyes. He was apologetic and she was fine, but Argyle knows now, “there’s no reason I should have been in that situation,” she says. “And if I was in that situation, my coach should have been paying attention to me. That’s just something that would never happen here. The level of trust we have with Rae is here because every sparring session, they make sure that everything is laid out on the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Argyle wants to go pro eventually. Espejo doesn’t have that goal in mind at the moment, but both athletes will compete on Aug. 17 on an all women’s boxing card in Salinas, CA. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13962763\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13962763\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian1-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian1-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Viridian, we filled every available inch of our assigned counter space with plates and bowls piled high with food. The Oakland bar is best known for its cocktails. \u003ccite>(Thien Pham)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/the-midnight-diners\">\u003ci>The Midnight Diners\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is a regular collaboration between KQED food editor Luke Tsai and graphic novelist \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thiendog/?hl=en\">\u003ci>Thien Pham\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>. Follow them each week as they explore the hot pot restaurants, taco carts and 24-hour casino buffets that make up the Bay Area’s after-hours dining scene.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The list of Bay Area hotspots that I don’t feel cool enough to frequent is too long to enumerate, but suffice it to say that \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/viridianbar/\">Viridian\u003c/a>, Uptown Oakland’s sleek Asian American cocktail bar, is near the top. With its pulsing electronic music, purple-pink neon glow, abundance of paper lanterns and psychedelic light show projected onto the walls, the vibe at Viridian is somewhere between a moody Wong Kar-wai film set (one of the owners’ \u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2020/2/3/21119819/viridian-uptown-oakland-bar-cocktails-desserts-asian-photos\">stated inspirations\u003c/a>) and a particularly stylish rave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main thing you notice, though, is how impeccably cool and well-dressed everyone is, from the bar staff to the patrons. Viridian draws an ethnically diverse crowd, but the clientele does skew young (20s and 30s), and it especially skews toward the demographic I’ve always referred to as the Cool Asian, in every single strand: good-looking Cool Asians in designer black-framed glasses, in muscle shirts or showing off intricate full sleeve tattoos. Cool Asians wearing trucker hats or vintage Japanese denim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The one thing that made us feel we hadn’t come to the wrong place at 9 o’clock on a Friday night? The fact that the bar also serves some of Oakland’s best late-night food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be fair, Viridian only qualifies as a late-night restaurant if you’re grading on a bit of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13951382/chinese-skewers-are-the-last-bastion-of-late-night-dining-in-the-bay\">Bay Area curve\u003c/a>. The bar is always open late, so you can stay and nibble at your plate of garlic noodles for as long as you like. But the latest the kitchen ever stays open is 10 p.m., and that’s only on weekends. During our recent visit, a server started politely collecting last-call orders at 9:30 sharp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not that it mattered much: We appeared to be the only customers in the entire bustling, fully packed bar who had ordered any food whatsoever. No one else had purchased even a single lonely bowl of tater tots. Meanwhile, in typical fashion, we’d filled every available inch of our assigned counter space with plates and bowls piled high with braised meats and pickled greens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyway, I get it. The vibes at Viridian are great, and the cocktails are spectacular — and I say this as someone who’d never describe themselves as a cocktail person. The signature Tomato Beef, a magically crystal-clear tequila drink that tastes like the purest essence of a ripe summer tomato, might be my favorite cocktail in the Bay Area. For a change of pace, this time I tried the Cafe Sữa Đáddy, a jet-black iced coffee concoction topped with a thick, fluffy cloud of egg foam. It was dangerously sweet and smooth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What we’re here to tell you, though, is that you shouldn’t skip out on the food — that, in fact, Viridian is well worth a dinner or after-dinner-snack visit even if you don’t drink at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13962765\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13962765\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian2.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior facade of Viridian cocktail bar at night, lit up inside in purple neon.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Viridian2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The vibe at Viridian is somewhere between a moody Wong Kar-wai film set and a particularly stylish rave. \u003ccite>(Thien Pham)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is at least the third or fourth permutation that Viridian’s distinctly Asian American food program has gone through. When the bar first opened in early 2020, just a month before the start of the pandemic, it served almost exclusively desserts — elegant pandan custard pies and Thai tea tiramisu. It went through a period when the kitchen mostly served fancy reinterpretations of dim sum, and then various stretches when every intricately plated dish would have looked right at home at any three-star palace of fine dining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current food menu, which launched just a few weeks ago, is probably the simplest, most bar-snacky edition yet, leaning toward homey diasporic Asian flavors in a way we found especially enjoyable. There was piping-hot “mala spice chicken tempura,” which turned out to be spicy chicken nuggets, essentially, served with a carrot-flecked sweet chili dipping sauce — but such a tasty rendition that McDonald’s really should have consulted with \u003ci>them\u003c/i> before launching its own tepid version. There were tater tots served with a sour cream, chili crisp and chive dip. It wasn’t anything fancy, but a must-order for anyone who likes munching on hot, crunchy carbs when they drink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13962340,arts_13961997,arts_13956218']\u003c/span>\u003c/span>Our favorite dish might have been the huge mound of cucumbers that came coated with a thick layer of fiery, extra-crunchy chili crunch — the ideal bar snack. As delicious as it was, the portion was so abundant that we still wound up taking half of it home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the best thing to order if you want a hearty \u003ci>dinner-\u003c/i>dinner, or to just sample a few different things, is the donburi. The rice bowl comes topped with a generous portion of mirin-glazed pork, crushed peanuts, pickled mustard greens topped with pork floss, and fresh cilantro. Taken all together, it was just like eating a deconstructed gua bao (pork belly bun) — pure comfort to my Taiwanese American soul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We must have looked like we were having a good time, because toward the end of the night, one of those Cool Asians (black dress, tattoos) sitting just down the counter from us leaned over to ask what we’d recommend from the food menu. She and her date had already eaten before they came, but they’d noticed how delicious we made everything look when we were eating it. (This is, in the end, our one specialized skill.) So, we talked up the cucumbers, and the donburi, and the chicken, and…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So everything’s good,” she said, laughing. And you could tell she believed us, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.viridianbar.com/\">Viridian\u003c/a> is open Fri.–Sat. 5 p.m.–2 a.m. and Wed., Thu. and Sun. 5 p.m.–midnight at 2216 Broadway in Oakland. The kitchen closes at 9 p.m. except for on Fridays and Saturdays, when it’s open until 10 p.m. \u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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