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To see an airship over the Bay Area in 1896 wasn’t just unusual, it was entirely unheard of — and yet, suddenly, hundreds of witnesses began reporting just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13917340']Making these sightings all the more perplexing was the fact that they only happened at night, and the aircraft in question reportedly had wings, making it unlike any airship that existed at the time. Multiple passengers on an Oakland streetcar one November night described the craft hovering over Fruitvale as “resembling a huge bird in its outlines … which seemed to rise and fall in its course.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That night, the streetcar’s conductor said the ship had one powerful headlight and several smaller lights on board. This was a welcome elaboration, as many witnesses around the Bay had reported seeing only bright lights in the sky. The day after the sighting on the streetcar, \u003cem>The San Francisco Call and Post\u003c/em> reported that:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>[The airship] was high in the heavens and appeared to be of huge size. When first seen, it seemed to be floating over San Leandro. It moved rapidly, going at least twenty miles an hour. It shot across the skies in the northwest, then turned quickly and disappeared in the direction of Hayward.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The newspaper was particularly invested in the story, since its very own advertising manager, Samuel Foltz, had seen the craft from his Parnassus Heights home in San Francisco. He wasn’t the only one. Colonel W. H. Menton of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company saw the airship from the Supreme Court building at Larkin and McAllister. “The light was far brighter than any of the electric lights I saw just below, in and about the park,” he also told \u003cem>The Call\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another witness cited in the newspaper that day was Mayor Adolph Sutro, who had several employees who’d seen the craft days before newspapers had even begun reporting the sightings. “I certainly think that some shrewd inventor has solved the problem of aerial navigation,” Sutro said, “and that we will hear all about it within a short time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13919589']Here, then, is where the mystery deepens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No such inventor ever came forward. And no winged airship was ever patented and produced. In fact, the first gas-powered Zeppelin didn’t fly until July 1900, and its maiden voyage was in Germany. Airships weren’t even used by the US Army until 1908. 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Scott, appeared in ‘The San Francisco Call’ in Nov. 1896, during the peak of the UFO sightings. \u003ccite>(The San Francisco Call and Post/ Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the time, newspapers swirled with conjecture about whether or not a patent attorney named George Collins knew who the inventor of the mysterious craft was. Collins publicly spoke of being visited by a man who was seeking a patent for a new airship that he claimed had been spotted over Sacramento. Collins told the man he could not provide a patent without first seeing a model of the aircraft. 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The craft seen in Marshfield, Wisconsin was described as “cone-shaped with glaring headlights,” moving up to 70 mph — very similar to what had been seen in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many newspapers of the era described credible sightings, alongside hoax attempts. Fake photos of a flying airship — made using images of a painted canvas on wires — were reported in Rogers Park, Illinois. Groups of men in Omaha, Nebraska and Burlington, Iowa confessed to sending up huge balloons to confuse people actively looking for the airship. And on April 2, 1897, the K\u003cem>ansas City Journal, \u003c/em>mindful that what it was describing may have been an April Fool’s prank, nevertheless reported a:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Flying machine in view for more than an hour … [Witnesses] assert that the floating power seemed to be in a mammoth bag, supposedly filled with gas. To this were attached four light wings of triangular form, two on either side and from the great bag was suspended a cage or car. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Here, then, is where the mystery deepens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No such inventor ever came forward. And no winged airship was ever patented and produced. In fact, the first gas-powered Zeppelin didn’t fly until July 1900, and its maiden voyage was in Germany. Airships weren’t even used by the US Army until 1908. So what were so many people seeing in the skies around the Bay in 1896?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957579\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1598px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957579\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-09-at-2.01.52-PM.png\" alt=\"A Victorian illustration of a man gazing up at dark skies, astonished to see a clipper ship there.\" width=\"1598\" height=\"1246\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-09-at-2.01.52-PM.png 1598w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-09-at-2.01.52-PM-800x624.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-09-at-2.01.52-PM-1020x795.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-09-at-2.01.52-PM-160x125.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-09-at-2.01.52-PM-768x599.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-09-at-2.01.52-PM-1536x1198.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1598px) 100vw, 1598px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This cartoon, referencing renowned ship builder and inventor Irving M. Scott, appeared in ‘The San Francisco Call’ in Nov. 1896, during the peak of the UFO sightings. \u003ccite>(The San Francisco Call and Post/ Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the time, newspapers swirled with conjecture about whether or not a patent attorney named George Collins knew who the inventor of the mysterious craft was. Collins publicly spoke of being visited by a man who was seeking a patent for a new airship that he claimed had been spotted over Sacramento. Collins told the man he could not provide a patent without first seeing a model of the aircraft. With that, Collins told reporters, the client was gone, never to be seen again. “I know nothing about the airship,” the attorney said. “I do not know what it is made of, what power propels it, nor where its inventor now is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frustrated by Collins’ lack of information, rumors began swirling around San Francisco that the mysterious inventor was a 34-year-old dentist named E. H. Benjamin. Dr. Benjamin had patented a variety of dental equipment through Collins and also acted as his dentist. But when a \u003cem>Call\u003c/em> reporter tracked him down, the dentist simply said: “I only wish I was the inventor. But I am inclined to think I would be afraid to go up in it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>By the end of 1896, Bay Area airship sightings had stopped altogether. The confounding thing is, they quickly started up in other parts of the country — first Nebraska in Feb. 1897, followed by Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. The craft seen in Marshfield, Wisconsin was described as “cone-shaped with glaring headlights,” moving up to 70 mph — very similar to what had been seen in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many newspapers of the era described credible sightings, alongside hoax attempts. Fake photos of a flying airship — made using images of a painted canvas on wires — were reported in Rogers Park, Illinois. Groups of men in Omaha, Nebraska and Burlington, Iowa confessed to sending up huge balloons to confuse people actively looking for the airship. And on April 2, 1897, the K\u003cem>ansas City Journal, \u003c/em>mindful that what it was describing may have been an April Fool’s prank, nevertheless reported a:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Flying machine in view for more than an hour … [Witnesses] assert that the floating power seemed to be in a mammoth bag, supposedly filled with gas. To this were attached four light wings of triangular form, two on either side and from the great bag was suspended a cage or car. This car was canoe-shaped and appeared to be from twenty-five to thirty feet long. A few declared that the ship had red lights hung over the edges of the car.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one was quite sure what to believe, as is evidenced by the following words gingerly printed in Pennsylvania newspaper \u003cem>The York Dispatch\u003c/em> in May 1897:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Recently, the newspapers of the whole country have been exploiting stories of airships seen hovering over various towns and country places in districts very far apart. The testimony seems unimpeachable, especially in the face of so many witnesses, but certain details are always lacking to complete the evidence.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Give me a choice between Michelin-starred fine dining and a big, immigrant-cooked church potluck, and I’ll choose the potluck nine times out of ten. That’s probably why I love the \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandgreekfestival.com/\">Oakland Greek Festival\u003c/a>, the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension’s flagship event: It’s essentially the biggest, liveliest church potluck you can imagine — an expression of the Bay Area’s multigenerational Greek community that’s infused with so much joy and down-to-earth hospitality. Not to mention the irresistible aroma of skewered meats and roast lamb you can smell from several blocks away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland cathedral will host this year’s three-day lamb-stravaganza on May 17–19, but the festival’s history goes back more than 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frosene Phillips, a spokesperson for the Oakland Greek Festival, remembers attending as a dancer when the event first started in the early ’70s. Back then, Phillips recalls, the festival was held at the old Oakland Civic Auditorium, near Lake Merritt. When the event debuted the first week of May in 1972, they called it the “Greek Week” — seven full days of music, folk dancing, food and wine, all in celebration of the church’s 50th anniversary in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957639\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957639\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/27-2023-OaklandGreekFestival-.jpg\" alt=\"Lamb skewers on the grill.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/27-2023-OaklandGreekFestival-.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/27-2023-OaklandGreekFestival--800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/27-2023-OaklandGreekFestival--1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/27-2023-OaklandGreekFestival--160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/27-2023-OaklandGreekFestival--768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/27-2023-OaklandGreekFestival--1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lamb skewers ready to come off the grill. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Oakland Greek Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eventually, the festival moved to the Cathedral of the Ascension’s own church grounds in the Oakland hills, where the event carried on year after year. They’ve only skipped it three times: once when the auditorium was under renovation, and then of course the first two years of the COVID shutdown, when all big public gatherings went on pause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the first Greek food and culture festivals of its kind in the U.S., it became a model — the “mothership,” as Phillips puts it — for other similar church-affiliated Greek “bazaars” that sprung up around the Bay Area and beyond. As Phillips recalls, “Even Greek parishes from the East Coast would send people out to see what was going on in Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For parishioners here in the East Bay, it was a whole lot of work and preparation, starting months in advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957632\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957632\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of elderly women in aprons preparing trays of Greek moussaka.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1328\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16-800x553.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16-768x531.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16-1536x1062.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church volunteers prepare trays of moussaka for an early 1980s edition of the festival. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Oakland Greek Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I call it Greek hospitality on a grand scale,” Phillips says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, as the proverbial baton has been passed from one generation to the next, Phillips says the biggest challenge is just finding enough volunteers from the parish to put together such a massive, well-attended event, especially from a food standpoint. Still, even after all these years, the vast majority of the food sold at the festival is prepared by church volunteers — only a handful of items have been outsourced, Phillips says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, the signature item was roast lamb — a whole lamb grilled on a spit for each day of the festival. Visitors would buy a ticket as soon as they arrived, and when the lamb had finished cooking, they’d line up to receive a plate piled high with meat, rice, vegetables and all the fixins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957635\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1710px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957635\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling young boy holds a pair of metal tongs as he tends to lamb kebabs cooking on the grill.\" width=\"1710\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-scaled.jpg 1710w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-800x1198.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-1020x1527.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-768x1150.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-1026x1536.jpg 1026w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-1368x2048.jpg 1368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1710px) 100vw, 1710px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Each year’s festival is a team effort, with church parishioners of all ages pitching in. \u003ccite>(Stavro Media, courtesy of Oakland Greek Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13915306,arts_13955522']\u003c/span>\u003c/span>The whole lamb has been put on hold since the pandemic, but the festival still offers a multitude of grilled meat options: gyros, skewered kebabs and the sausages known as loukaniko. And of course there will still be juicy, thinly sliced leg of lamb, served as an open-face sandwich with au jus drizzled on top. Separate booths will sell grilled lamb chops and lamb shanks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In total, the food options are almost too many to enumerate. The squares of flaming cheese known as saganaki. The hearty, lasagna-like pastitsio. The many different types of phyllo-based pastries, including bougatsa, a flaky, custard-filled sweet pastry that will be offered for the first time this year. In fact, there will be a whole room dedicated to desserts, including loukoumades, the honey-drenched doughnut holes that draw the longest line at every Greek food event I’ve ever attended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957637\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957637\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911.jpg\" alt=\"Two cooks shout out in excitement and trepidation as a grill topped with squares of cheese bursts into flame. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The flaming cheese known as saganaki is always a spectacle, in addition to being a treat to eat. \u003ccite>(Stavro Media, courtesy of Oakland Greek Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957638\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957638\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of freshly fried doughnut holes.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fresh batch of loukoumades. \u003ccite>(Stavro Media, courtesy of Oakland Greek Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Plenty of non-Greek, non-Orthodox folks attend the festival solely on the basis of how great the food is, but that certainly isn’t the only reason to attend. There’s also live music, folk dancing and other cultural performances to keep the good vibes flowing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’ve never visited the Cathedral of the Ascension, up in the hills? On a clear day, you’ll enjoy one of the most exquisite views of the San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandgreekfestival.com/\">\u003ci>Oakland Greek Festival\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> will take place on Friday, (4–10 p.m.), Saturday (11 a.m.–10 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m.–9 p.m.), May 17–19, at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Ascension in Oakland (4700 Lincoln Ave.). \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandgreekfestival.com/?pgid=jx02htlz-809dd8e6-82d4-405a-8d12-5a5365dffdc6\">\u003ci>Tickets are $5\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> (with discounts for multiple-day passes, and children under 12 are free). 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For parishioners here in the East Bay, it was a whole lot of work and preparation, starting months in advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957632\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957632\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of elderly women in aprons preparing trays of Greek moussaka.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1328\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16-800x553.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16-768x531.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/1981-Pics-p16-1536x1062.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church volunteers prepare trays of moussaka for an early 1980s edition of the festival. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Oakland Greek Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I call it Greek hospitality on a grand scale,” Phillips says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, as the proverbial baton has been passed from one generation to the next, Phillips says the biggest challenge is just finding enough volunteers from the parish to put together such a massive, well-attended event, especially from a food standpoint. Still, even after all these years, the vast majority of the food sold at the festival is prepared by church volunteers — only a handful of items have been outsourced, Phillips says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, the signature item was roast lamb — a whole lamb grilled on a spit for each day of the festival. Visitors would buy a ticket as soon as they arrived, and when the lamb had finished cooking, they’d line up to receive a plate piled high with meat, rice, vegetables and all the fixins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957635\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1710px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957635\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling young boy holds a pair of metal tongs as he tends to lamb kebabs cooking on the grill.\" width=\"1710\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-scaled.jpg 1710w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-800x1198.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-1020x1527.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-768x1150.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-1026x1536.jpg 1026w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-06193-1368x2048.jpg 1368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1710px) 100vw, 1710px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Each year’s festival is a team effort, with church parishioners of all ages pitching in. \u003ccite>(Stavro Media, courtesy of Oakland Greek Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>The whole lamb has been put on hold since the pandemic, but the festival still offers a multitude of grilled meat options: gyros, skewered kebabs and the sausages known as loukaniko. And of course there will still be juicy, thinly sliced leg of lamb, served as an open-face sandwich with au jus drizzled on top. Separate booths will sell grilled lamb chops and lamb shanks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In total, the food options are almost too many to enumerate. The squares of flaming cheese known as saganaki. The hearty, lasagna-like pastitsio. The many different types of phyllo-based pastries, including bougatsa, a flaky, custard-filled sweet pastry that will be offered for the first time this year. In fact, there will be a whole room dedicated to desserts, including loukoumades, the honey-drenched doughnut holes that draw the longest line at every Greek food event I’ve ever attended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957637\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957637\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911.jpg\" alt=\"Two cooks shout out in excitement and trepidation as a grill topped with squares of cheese bursts into flame. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/oaklandgreekfestival2019_stavromedia_-05911-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The flaming cheese known as saganaki is always a spectacle, in addition to being a treat to eat. \u003ccite>(Stavro Media, courtesy of Oakland Greek Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957638\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957638\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of freshly fried doughnut holes.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GreekFestival2022-StavroMedia-193-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fresh batch of loukoumades. \u003ccite>(Stavro Media, courtesy of Oakland Greek Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Plenty of non-Greek, non-Orthodox folks attend the festival solely on the basis of how great the food is, but that certainly isn’t the only reason to attend. There’s also live music, folk dancing and other cultural performances to keep the good vibes flowing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’ve never visited the Cathedral of the Ascension, up in the hills? On a clear day, you’ll enjoy one of the most exquisite views of the San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandgreekfestival.com/\">\u003ci>Oakland Greek Festival\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> will take place on Friday, (4–10 p.m.), Saturday (11 a.m.–10 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m.–9 p.m.), May 17–19, at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Ascension in Oakland (4700 Lincoln Ave.). \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandgreekfestival.com/?pgid=jx02htlz-809dd8e6-82d4-405a-8d12-5a5365dffdc6\">\u003ci>Tickets are $5\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> (with discounts for multiple-day passes, and children under 12 are free). There are several options for \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandgreekfestival.com/about-3\">\u003ci>free and paid parking\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> within walking distance of the cathedral.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Even when venues close and galleries shutter, the idea that led to the creation of the space can remain; sometimes that idea can grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is true for Oakland-based painter \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rachelwolfepack/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel Wolfe-Goldsmith,\u003c/a> whose event space, studio and gallery\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wolfepack_studios/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Wolfe Pack Studios\u003c/a> is set to host its final exhibition May 9 through May 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957251\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1226px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.40.07%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"Woman wearing clothes covered in different colors of paint standing in front of a studio-gallery space.\" width=\"1226\" height=\"1570\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957251\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.40.07 AM.png 1226w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.40.07 AM-800x1024.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.40.07 AM-1020x1306.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.40.07 AM-160x205.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.40.07 AM-768x983.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.40.07 AM-1199x1536.png 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1226px) 100vw, 1226px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Wolfe-Goldsmith in front of Wolfe Pack Studios in downtown Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Unfinished Business\u003c/em>, a solo show of Wolfe-Goldsmith’s latest work, is a series of sandy golden-brown painted canvases, each based on a photograph of Wolfe-Goldsmith’s recent lived experiences. Those include a scene of West Oakland’s Wood Street, an image from a trip Wolfe-Goldsmith took to Morocco last year, and a silhouette of Wolfe-Goldsmith in a harness while rock climbing, made to look as if she’s flying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The artwork flows beyond the borders of the canvases, with lines and shapes enveloping the entire gallery as one big continuous piece. Within that, there’s a metaphor: when the canvases come down, blank spaces will remain where the images once hung.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m working on a story based on myself,” says Wolfe-Goldsmith of the exhibition, while sitting on a couch in her studio-gallery. She adds that the driving notion behind her latest work is “death and transition — whether that be in a spiritual form or in a real world of things changing, dying and moving into a new form.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The title \u003cem>Unfinished Business\u003c/em> was inspired by a 2018 fire at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13864120/m0xy-warehouse-artists-in-oakland-plot-recovery-from-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M0xy Warehouse\u003c/a> in Oakland, in which Wolfe-Goldsmith lost all of her paintings. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s since gained recognition for her large-scale murals that span multiple stories on the exteriors of huge buildings. Her work can be seen all around downtown Oakland, as well on walls in Sacramento, Detroit and Washington D.C. “I was mostly a canvas painter at that time,” Wolfe-Goldsmith reflects about the 2018 fire. “I lost everything, and that was kind of the time where I transitioned toward mural paintings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957252\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1096px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.34.56%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"Woman with her back to the camera holds a canvas painting.\" width=\"1096\" height=\"1654\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957252\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.34.56 AM.png 1096w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.34.56 AM-800x1207.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.34.56 AM-1020x1539.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.34.56 AM-160x241.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.34.56 AM-768x1159.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.34.56 AM-1018x1536.png 1018w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Wolfe-Goldsmith mounts her exhibition ‘Unfinished Business’ at Wolfe Pack Studios. \u003ccite>(Deej Letemps)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to making murals, she’s been holding events at her Wolfe Pack Studios. Since \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13927149/welcome-to-wolfe-pack-studios-a-new-creative-clubhouse-in-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opening in October of 2022\u003c/a>, Wolfe Pack has regularly hosted comedy showcases with \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kinglangbang/?hl=en\">Langstyn Avery\u003c/a>, as well as events like Writer’s Block, a gathering for wordsmiths led by Deej Letemps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But her fondest memory? “The feeling of standing in an idea,” Wolfe-Goldsmith says, without hesitation. Looking around her space, she adds, “It’s not just thinking about it or praying for it, it’s coming in everyday and doing a little bit, and doing a little bit more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing in your own idea is one thing, but seeing its impact on others takes it to the next level. “This wouldn’t be possible without everyone else,” says Wolfe-Goldsmith. “Standing in an idea, and watching other people be a part of it… Seeing that infectious creative energy take with other people — it’s really dope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957250\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1232px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.35.28%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"Woman with blue hat on paints a brown and gold image on a canvas.\" width=\"1232\" height=\"1644\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957250\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.35.28 AM.png 1232w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.35.28 AM-800x1068.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.35.28 AM-1020x1361.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.35.28 AM-160x214.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.35.28 AM-768x1025.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-8.35.28 AM-1151x1536.png 1151w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Wolfe-Goldsmith putting the final touches on her exhibition ‘Unfinished Business.’ \u003ccite>(Deej Letemps)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There’s good news for anyone who’s benefited from that infectious energy: the idea isn’t ending, it’s growing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without yet going into details on what’s next for Wolfe Pack Studios, Wolfe-Goldsmith says the closure isn’t altogether bad. 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Since \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13927149/welcome-to-wolfe-pack-studios-a-new-creative-clubhouse-in-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opening in October of 2022\u003c/a>, Wolfe Pack has regularly hosted comedy showcases with \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kinglangbang/?hl=en\">Langstyn Avery\u003c/a>, as well as events like Writer’s Block, a gathering for wordsmiths led by Deej Letemps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But her fondest memory? “The feeling of standing in an idea,” Wolfe-Goldsmith says, without hesitation. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003ci>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden State Warriors had a rough 2023-2024 campaign, but at least the music was slappin’.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During timeouts, breaks between quarters and sometimes even when the ball was in play, the Chase Center’s speakers would vibrate with the sounds of legendary Bay Area hip-hop artists. The person often on the turntables making it happen: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djdsharp/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJ D Sharp\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13956841\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Man with headphones on looks into the camera with an upbeat expression. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DJ D Sharp on the ones and twos at Chase Center. \u003ccite>(Squint)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He’s been the Warriors in-house DJ for a decade, providing the soundtrack for Steph, Klay, Draymond and company during their legendary run of four NBA championships. DJ D Sharp, clearly an essential part of the team, even has four NBA championship rings of his own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of the arena, DJ D Sharp is a radio show host for 106.1 KMEL and producer for Bay Area hip-hop artists. Over the past year, he’s produced projects for North Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stspittin/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ST Spittin\u003c/a>, the East Bay collective \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/macarthurmaze/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MacArthur Maze\u003c/a> and a soon-to-be released project with East Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/firstnameian/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ian Kelly\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raised in East Oakland himself, DJ D Sharp has been a producer and DJ since his teens. Given all his accomplishments, from working with the likes of Lauryn Hill and Kelly Rowland to making an appearance at the 2024 NBA All-Star Game, DJ D Sharp has a lot to be proud of. This week, we talk about providing a soundtrack for the Warriors’ dynasty while building a lasting legacy for his family and community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC7887334509\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[Music playing]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw, Host:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> What’s up Rightnowish listeners, it’s your guy, Pendarvis Harshaw. Tapping in with my Warriors fans out there. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Sigh]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> What a season, talk about some highs and some lows, maybe the end of a dynasty. Who knows? Look, I’m not trying to wallow in the sad news– cause there’s always next year, right? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At least there’s one thing we know for sure: in 2025 the NBA-All Stars game is coming to the Bay, so you know it’s gonna be lit with events in the Town and in Frisco and one person who is sure to be in the mix: DJ D Sharp.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He’s the Warriors in-house DJ, which means during a game, when there’s a break in the action or even sometimes while the ball is in play, you can hear him on the 1s and 2s. 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I was collecting records and like, the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yo! MTV Rap\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> era, like, it was just like, I loved it and I couldn’t, you know, step away from the TV. I was always tuned in, dialed in. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What was the first piece of equipment you had?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The first piece of equipment I had was my mom’s turn table. It was some off-brand name. I was on that thing learning. And then I was like, oh, I need a mixer and then I got a mixer from the homie down the street.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But my pops is uh, he’s a musician and he played the keyboards and he had bands and all that kind of stuff. 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So we collab and we always look out for each other.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, yeah, Lauryn Hill was craz and it was a dope run, and I learned a lot from her. We all did.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And I became a tour deejay all the way up until 2010, so you talking ten years.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We toured heavy with will.i.am. And I saw will.i.am at a Warriors game. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music playing]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And he was like, “You the Warriors Dj?” He was like “Oh okay, that’s whats up,” you know what I mean. 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He was the first deejay for the Warriors and I argue that he might have been the first deejay in the NBA. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He taught me a lot. He was a peer but he was also a mentor and I met him at a Blackalicious show. He he approached me and he said, “Bro, like your scratching, bro, it’s so crazy. Like, I DJ for the Warriors and you know, we’d love to have you come and just do a 2 x 4 set with me.” I was like ‘Yeah it’s all good,’ we exchanged numbers.” We killed it. We had a good time. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And then he was like, “Let’s do it again.”\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And then he would do it with other deejays as well in the community. But then, he got busy, like, he was a part of the whole Serato situation. For those who don’t know, Serrato was the software used by DJs, just like, the number one software. But like, if you look back at the promo, bro is on the promo with like Z trip, DJ Jazzy Jeff, like Qbert, like with all the these heavy hitter deejays. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He got busy. So he couldn’t do a lot of games. So he would, like, send out these emails to a bunch of DJs and, and, you know, for some reason, it felt like I was always the one who answered the emails.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is when the Warriors sucked too, right. This is like pre, “we believe.” And then when “we believe” came like I was still filling in for him. But he did like all that playoff run and all that kind of stuff. And then up until 2012, he… man, yeah, he passed away, man, and then the Warriors offered me the gig.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the Dynasty and Steph, Klay and Dre like in the early days like what does it mean to be a part of the entertainment of a team that’s not performing too well?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That was what it was all about. It was about the entertainment, right? because the team wasn’t good. So if you, if you, remember we had Thunder.\u003c/span>\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music playing, crowd cheering]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thunder was the mascot for the Warriors. Thunder was the highlight, you know, dunking and doing his thing and going all around the arena ya know what I mean? Thunder was the man.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shout out Brett Yamaguchi, who was the head of all the entertainment. He made it where the entertainment was top notch. Like the t-shirt toss and like, the Warriors dance team and like all of that stuff, like, you know those timeouts, those breaks, those contests, like, all of that stuff was more exciting than the game itself \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[laughs]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> You get what I’m saying?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Warriors chant]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I do remember the arena always being filled. Like, people will always show up for the warriors, like, regardless of the losing seasons and all of that kinda stuff. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m rolling. I’m sorry. Yeah. You’re like “it was always packed,” like, yeah, because people got free tickets from the library, from Lucky’s, Round Table. But yeah, those were good times. You know, there was no winning in sight. I couldn’t foresee a Steph, Klay, Dray, like, dynasty like we have now.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">No one could bro. And that’s the, that’s the magic and the beauty of it all, right?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah. Do you have a certain song that you go to for a certain situation? like say, I don’t know, it’s 24 seconds left on the clock and the Warriors got the ball, they down, you know, a point and you want the crowd to get amped during that half, during that timeout right before the ball comes into play. Do you have a song that will play for folks?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The only song that really that I go like, is a go to song when it’s cracking and is going stupid in there,I did like a house remix for the E-40 remix. So I do that a lot because it’s a lot of energy. “Everybody say Warriors, Warriors” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music playing]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I play that in moments like that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You deejay for the Warriors during this, like historical run, right, for this past decade. And when they play these clips as these players Steph, Klay, Dre go into the Hall of Fame, they’ll have those songs in the background as the clips play. Like, does that ever like, occur to you that you’re kind of laying the soundtrack for history?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yeah, I think about it, you know ? Because it’s like, you know, I mean, I’ve had Steph, I’ve had Coach Kerr, I’ve had Loon, even GP too like, like I’ve had these brothers come up to me telling me, I make an impact. So it’s dope to hear that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With that said, you’re a valued member of the team. You’ve got championship rings, multiple.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: yeah, \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">No. It’s crazy. There’s one for each member of my family. Me, my wife and my two sons. We got four.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For you personally this year,while, the team has had its ups and downs, and a lot of down, you personally have had some some pretty big highlights, All Sar, All Star 2024?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, I was tapped to go and do All Star 2024. I did the celebrity game and that was fun. You know, that experience is amazing and is coming to the Bay area.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You think that this means a lot to the entire Bay area, I’m assuming?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oh for sure, for sure, man.I think the Bay is getting a bad rap right now from the homelessness to everything that’s going on with the crime and bippin’ and all that kind of stuff.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But when you talk to people and you talk to family in other cities and other locations, like, this is going on across the country, across the world, like bippin’ is happening, like it’s worse in Atlanta as far as I know. But it don’t get amplified like it does here in the Bay for some reason.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oakland gets a bad rap, especially like, we been lost all of our teams. It’s like they trying to like, cleanse us of Oakland. It’s like, what are we doing? Like, no, Oakland is beautiful and it needs to be put on a pedestal.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music playing]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s heartbreaking to see. But at the same time, I think Oakland gonna eventually end up being on top like we always are.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah, as you talk about it, it’s kind of wild to me that you see it on both sides like the professional, the sports team, you were there for the Warriors move away from the town and through the music. The music is always an underdog to the bigger cities. And so playing that role, you’re carrying a lot of weight there!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Again, I see us, like, rising from the ashes like we here, Like, this is what we do. So, yeah, we’ll be aight.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music playing]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So beyond basketball, you’re also part owner of the Oakland Roots soccer team. Like, how did how did that come to be?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That sound crazy, don’t it, right? Shout out my sister, she hit me up. She was like, you know, “There’s rare opportunity to be a part of this, the growth of what’s going on with the Oakland Roots, Oakland Soul.” And she sent me the information and it was kind of like, a no brainer. And it’s going back to like, my kids, like, I’m looking at that. Like, I’m trying to set up something for them.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And on top of that, you look at Oakland Soul and you look at Oakland Roots, right. They are here. They are Oakland. You get what I’m saying? And I don’t, I don’t never see them, you know, packing up and going out. I only see them growing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">My sons are humongous soccer fans, so they know all the players. They know everything about it. So, it was just a wonderful opportunity that I had to kind of just, I had to do it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So you, where you are in your career again, both in the the DJ realm, the production realm, you also have these two little ones that you mentioned before, your children, and also your wife, I’m like, your family, what does it mean to them to see you in the position that you’re in?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I tell you this about my boys, man, and one of the things I love the most, because they love music and they love basketball. I’m able to provide them resources that I didn’t have coming up, which is a blessing. I mean, these boys are playing AAU basketball, you know, karate, soccer league, they doing all the sports. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">They have a story within themselves, like, they were able to be in a parade twice. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music playing]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>DJ D Sharp:\u003c/strong> So my whole family, we had our own car in a parade, and they waving to people and doing all this stuff, so it’s like, especially my 11 year old, to see his confidence. And, you know, I love it. Like, he’s a confident kid. He’s like, real headstrong. He knows what he wants and he he goes for it. That’s all I can ask, man.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sounds like you’re passing on more than a championship ring.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s the whole thing about fatherhood, you just want, you want to give them what you didn’t have, but you also want to teach them things, valuable lessons you’ve learned and pass them on, so yeah.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congrats to that!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw, host: \u003c/b>One more time for DJ D Sharp. Thank you for your time, your story and your work!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the info on his latest music projects can be found on his Instagram at DJD Sharp, all one word. Or check out his music on any streaming platform, under DJ D Sharp.\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This episode was hosted by me, Pendarvis Harshaw. Marisol Medina-Cadena produced this episode. Chris Egusa and Chris Hambrick both held it down for edits. We call that the Chris cross connection. Christopher Beale engineered this joint. The music you heard was courtesy of D Sharp. The Rightnowish team is also supported by Jen Chien, Ugur Dursun, Holly Kernan, Cesar Saldaña, and Katie Sprenger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you like what you hear and have the means to do so, we ask that you consider supporting dope local programming like this show. Visit KQED dot org slash donate. We appreciate ya.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rightnowish is a KQED production. Until next time, peace\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp, guest:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Thunder was the mascot for the Warriors. You probably know this story, Pen, the story about how they went to China and he never came back. Like, he got married and settled and had a family over there.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I did not hear this story at all.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I don’t know if it was PR or it was a fan. It’s crazy, look it up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pen Harshaw, host\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">: We did look it up. And buried on the Warriors official Youtube page, we found this: a 10 year old video explaining why the Dubs’ beloved mascot Thunder is no longer with the team.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Clip from “Thunder: Found in China”:\u003c/b> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I came to China with the Warriors for the NBA China Games in 2008, and I started dancing with Chinese fans like I had never danced before. I also met the love of my life here in China and never looked back and I’m not coming back.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Life, love, dunking and dancing, China has it all for me. At first there were struggles fitting in, but I found an inner peace. And I want you to know. While I miss you dearly, Warriors fans, you taught me what it was to be thunder. But now my home is China. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003ci>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden State Warriors had a rough 2023-2024 campaign, but at least the music was slappin’.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During timeouts, breaks between quarters and sometimes even when the ball was in play, the Chase Center’s speakers would vibrate with the sounds of legendary Bay Area hip-hop artists. The person often on the turntables making it happen: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djdsharp/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJ D Sharp\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13956841\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Man with headphones on looks into the camera with an upbeat expression. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/DJDSharp-by-Squint-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DJ D Sharp on the ones and twos at Chase Center. \u003ccite>(Squint)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He’s been the Warriors in-house DJ for a decade, providing the soundtrack for Steph, Klay, Draymond and company during their legendary run of four NBA championships. DJ D Sharp, clearly an essential part of the team, even has four NBA championship rings of his own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of the arena, DJ D Sharp is a radio show host for 106.1 KMEL and producer for Bay Area hip-hop artists. Over the past year, he’s produced projects for North Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stspittin/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ST Spittin\u003c/a>, the East Bay collective \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/macarthurmaze/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MacArthur Maze\u003c/a> and a soon-to-be released project with East Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/firstnameian/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ian Kelly\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raised in East Oakland himself, DJ D Sharp has been a producer and DJ since his teens. Given all his accomplishments, from working with the likes of Lauryn Hill and Kelly Rowland to making an appearance at the 2024 NBA All-Star Game, DJ D Sharp has a lot to be proud of. This week, we talk about providing a soundtrack for the Warriors’ dynasty while building a lasting legacy for his family and community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC7887334509\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-content post-body\">\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[Music playing]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw, Host:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> What’s up Rightnowish listeners, it’s your guy, Pendarvis Harshaw. Tapping in with my Warriors fans out there. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Sigh]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> What a season, talk about some highs and some lows, maybe the end of a dynasty. Who knows? Look, I’m not trying to wallow in the sad news– cause there’s always next year, right? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At least there’s one thing we know for sure: in 2025 the NBA-All Stars game is coming to the Bay, so you know it’s gonna be lit with events in the Town and in Frisco and one person who is sure to be in the mix: DJ D Sharp.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He’s the Warriors in-house DJ, which means during a game, when there’s a break in the action or even sometimes while the ball is in play, you can hear him on the 1s and 2s. And every once in a while you can even look up and see him stunting on the jumbotron. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On top of being the Warriors DJ, he’s a hip-hop producer. Recently he’s done projects with North Oakland’s ST Spittin and the group, MacArthur Maze. He’s been producing for just about as long as he’s been a DJ– dating back to his teens. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a guy who was raised in East Oakland, DJ D Sharp says it’s been a dream being a part of the Warriors franchise.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp, guest:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I don’t take none of it for granted. Like, it’s an amazing experience to deejay in front of 20,000 people every night and to get the love from the people too. It’s just amazing, bro. Like, I’m blessed. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So for this episode, we chop it up about his journey to the Warriors, providing the soundtrack for a basketball dynasty and what legacy he’s building for the Town and his family, coming up after this. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bringing you into the discussion today, excited to talk to you because you are at the helm of something very important: you provide the soundtrack to one of my favorite sports teams. And you’ve produced some really tight projects over the last couple of years out of, out of the East Bay. Let’s start at the start. What came first: deejaying or producing?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deejaying most definitely came first. I was collecting records and like, the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yo! MTV Rap\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> era, like, it was just like, I loved it and I couldn’t, you know, step away from the TV. I was always tuned in, dialed in. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What was the first piece of equipment you had?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The first piece of equipment I had was my mom’s turn table. It was some off-brand name. I was on that thing learning. And then I was like, oh, I need a mixer and then I got a mixer from the homie down the street.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But my pops is uh, he’s a musician and he played the keyboards and he had bands and all that kind of stuff. So he’d buy the latest drum machine, and then I’d just be playing on it, and then next thing you know, he’d forget about it and he giving it to me.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music playing]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I caught on a real fast to the point where I think that’s why people started giving me equipment, giving me records and giving me stuff because they were seeing it. They was like, yo, he got it. Like, take this and go play. Go, go, go, go, experiment with this and then come back to me. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What age are we talking about here?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 12. 13. 14.\u003c/span>\u003cb> I \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">had homies in Richmond, who I would go spend a weekend, every other weekend with them. My boy Aaron ,we were the same age, so we would we would hang out and his brothers was deejays. So I go to they house and just get equipment. Like, I come home with records.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a community effort.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a community effort for sure.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So a lot of these factors pouring into you, a lot of Bay area energy. You said either in the town or in Richmond. You did mention that \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yo! MTV Raps\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> having that influence on you as well.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yeah. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I’m wondering like, does this whole trope about, you know, all Bay area music all sounds the same and how like there’s an east coast sound and a west coast sound, did that ever play a part in you developing your style?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When people heard me out deejaying and it’d be like the first question they asked me all the time was, was I from the east coast, “because you don’t you don’t deejay like these other cats. Like you, where are you from?” I’m like ‘I’m from East Oakland.’ Like, you know what I’m saying? They’d be like, “What?” I’d be like, ‘Yeah.’\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You know, being from the Town, you know, it’s all about the knock. It’s all about the slump. It’s all about, you know,415’s. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music playing]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So I came from that but also came from the choppin’ samples and that side of hip hop is the drum breaks and stuff like that. So like I’m taking the drum breaking and adding 808 to it, you get what I’m saying, like, you know,Too $hort, like, “In The Trunk” Like you listen to “In The Trunk” that’s what that is. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can hear it in my sound in a production, like, for me, I grew up loving Gang Starr as much as I love Ant Banks and Spice 1. I love Too $hort just as much as I loved Big Daddy Kane.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was just immersed in hip hop.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those early days of getting into the game and you start working with some, some pretty heavyweight names in the industry.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For a time period, you were tour deejay for Lauryn Hill?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes! ‘Cause Kev Choice had tapped me to be the tour DJ for Lauryn because she tapped him to be the music director. Me and Kev go way back to Brookfield Elementary. You know, anytime he thinks of a DJ, anytime I think of, some, a multi instrumentalist, I think, of Kev. So we collab and we always look out for each other.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, yeah, Lauryn Hill was craz and it was a dope run, and I learned a lot from her. We all did.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And I became a tour deejay all the way up until 2010, so you talking ten years.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We toured heavy with will.i.am. And I saw will.i.am at a Warriors game. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music playing]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And he was like, “You the Warriors Dj?” He was like “Oh okay, that’s whats up,” you know what I mean. So it all be a full circle moment.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Clip of promotional video] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“One more time, give it up for DJ D Sharp, come on!”\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> [basketball arena crowd cheers] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You’ve mentioned The Warriors, you’ve been there over a dozen years now. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bring me back to the start. How do you land that gig?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">God bless the dead DJ Solomon. He was the first deejay for the Warriors and I argue that he might have been the first deejay in the NBA. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He taught me a lot. He was a peer but he was also a mentor and I met him at a Blackalicious show. He he approached me and he said, “Bro, like your scratching, bro, it’s so crazy. Like, I DJ for the Warriors and you know, we’d love to have you come and just do a 2 x 4 set with me.” I was like ‘Yeah it’s all good,’ we exchanged numbers.” We killed it. We had a good time. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And then he was like, “Let’s do it again.”\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And then he would do it with other deejays as well in the community. But then, he got busy, like, he was a part of the whole Serato situation. For those who don’t know, Serrato was the software used by DJs, just like, the number one software. But like, if you look back at the promo, bro is on the promo with like Z trip, DJ Jazzy Jeff, like Qbert, like with all the these heavy hitter deejays. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He got busy. So he couldn’t do a lot of games. So he would, like, send out these emails to a bunch of DJs and, and, you know, for some reason, it felt like I was always the one who answered the emails.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is when the Warriors sucked too, right. This is like pre, “we believe.” And then when “we believe” came like I was still filling in for him. But he did like all that playoff run and all that kind of stuff. And then up until 2012, he… man, yeah, he passed away, man, and then the Warriors offered me the gig.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the Dynasty and Steph, Klay and Dre like in the early days like what does it mean to be a part of the entertainment of a team that’s not performing too well?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That was what it was all about. It was about the entertainment, right? because the team wasn’t good. So if you, if you, remember we had Thunder.\u003c/span>\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music playing, crowd cheering]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thunder was the mascot for the Warriors. Thunder was the highlight, you know, dunking and doing his thing and going all around the arena ya know what I mean? Thunder was the man.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shout out Brett Yamaguchi, who was the head of all the entertainment. He made it where the entertainment was top notch. Like the t-shirt toss and like, the Warriors dance team and like all of that stuff, like, you know those timeouts, those breaks, those contests, like, all of that stuff was more exciting than the game itself \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[laughs]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> You get what I’m saying?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Warriors chant]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I do remember the arena always being filled. Like, people will always show up for the warriors, like, regardless of the losing seasons and all of that kinda stuff. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m rolling. I’m sorry. Yeah. You’re like “it was always packed,” like, yeah, because people got free tickets from the library, from Lucky’s, Round Table. But yeah, those were good times. You know, there was no winning in sight. I couldn’t foresee a Steph, Klay, Dray, like, dynasty like we have now.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">No one could bro. And that’s the, that’s the magic and the beauty of it all, right?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah. Do you have a certain song that you go to for a certain situation? like say, I don’t know, it’s 24 seconds left on the clock and the Warriors got the ball, they down, you know, a point and you want the crowd to get amped during that half, during that timeout right before the ball comes into play. Do you have a song that will play for folks?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The only song that really that I go like, is a go to song when it’s cracking and is going stupid in there,I did like a house remix for the E-40 remix. So I do that a lot because it’s a lot of energy. “Everybody say Warriors, Warriors” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music playing]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I play that in moments like that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You deejay for the Warriors during this, like historical run, right, for this past decade. And when they play these clips as these players Steph, Klay, Dre go into the Hall of Fame, they’ll have those songs in the background as the clips play. Like, does that ever like, occur to you that you’re kind of laying the soundtrack for history?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yeah, I think about it, you know ? Because it’s like, you know, I mean, I’ve had Steph, I’ve had Coach Kerr, I’ve had Loon, even GP too like, like I’ve had these brothers come up to me telling me, I make an impact. So it’s dope to hear that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With that said, you’re a valued member of the team. You’ve got championship rings, multiple.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: yeah, \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">No. It’s crazy. There’s one for each member of my family. Me, my wife and my two sons. We got four.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For you personally this year,while, the team has had its ups and downs, and a lot of down, you personally have had some some pretty big highlights, All Sar, All Star 2024?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, I was tapped to go and do All Star 2024. I did the celebrity game and that was fun. You know, that experience is amazing and is coming to the Bay area.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You think that this means a lot to the entire Bay area, I’m assuming?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oh for sure, for sure, man.I think the Bay is getting a bad rap right now from the homelessness to everything that’s going on with the crime and bippin’ and all that kind of stuff.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But when you talk to people and you talk to family in other cities and other locations, like, this is going on across the country, across the world, like bippin’ is happening, like it’s worse in Atlanta as far as I know. But it don’t get amplified like it does here in the Bay for some reason.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oakland gets a bad rap, especially like, we been lost all of our teams. It’s like they trying to like, cleanse us of Oakland. It’s like, what are we doing? Like, no, Oakland is beautiful and it needs to be put on a pedestal.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music playing]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s heartbreaking to see. But at the same time, I think Oakland gonna eventually end up being on top like we always are.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah, as you talk about it, it’s kind of wild to me that you see it on both sides like the professional, the sports team, you were there for the Warriors move away from the town and through the music. 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That’s all I can ask, man.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sounds like you’re passing on more than a championship ring.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s the whole thing about fatherhood, you just want, you want to give them what you didn’t have, but you also want to teach them things, valuable lessons you’ve learned and pass them on, so yeah.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congrats to that!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw, host: \u003c/b>One more time for DJ D Sharp. Thank you for your time, your story and your work!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the info on his latest music projects can be found on his Instagram at DJD Sharp, all one word. 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You probably know this story, Pen, the story about how they went to China and he never came back. Like, he got married and settled and had a family over there.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I did not hear this story at all.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>DJ D Sharp: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I don’t know if it was PR or it was a fan. It’s crazy, look it up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pen Harshaw, host\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">: We did look it up. 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"content": "\u003cp>On \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@katieiswinnen?lang=en\">TikTok, Katie Winnen\u003c/a>’s 275,000-plus followers look to her for budget-friendly tips on how to accessorize a first-date outfit or find jeans for different plus-size body types.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fittingly, her name lends itself to a positive affirmation that is her social handle (\u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@katieiswinnen?lang=en\">@katieiswinnen\u003c/a>). Originally from the Peninsula, the Oakland-based influencer describes her out-loud style as grandma glam — think chunky sweaters, bold graphic tees and maximalist accessories interspersed with timeless basics. With her big smile and pink hair, she exudes a genuine confidence, and rejects toxic notions from her upbringing in the 1990s and 2000s, when thinness was considered the “ultimate accessory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1067px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957005\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754.jpg 1067w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bold graphic tees and accessories are a staple of Katie Winnen’s style. \u003ccite>(DA Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Winnen, personal style reinforces a sense of self. “[Fashion] feels like such a fun way to explore how I show up in the world, and how we can express who we are to other people,” she tells KQED. “Whether we want to communicate things like our creativity or profession, there are so many things you can showcase through your style and what you wear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101891829/evette-dionne-takes-on-fatphobia-in-weightless\">body positivity and body neutrality\u003c/a> movements have made strides in recent years, size-inclusive fashion still has a long way to go when it comes to availability, fit and style. Winnen says a lot of advice for plus-size women is outdated, focusing on hiding body parts rather than highlighting personality. That’s why, beyond the basic tips like seasonal guides or finding the right concert look, Winnen sees an overall need for a supportive environment for plus-sized people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Self-confidence first, clothes second\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Winnen started her fashion journey by looking inward — and not just into her closet. Her career rise has mirrored her quest to wholeheartedly accept herself. It all stems from a mental reframe Winnen puts this way: “Maybe my body isn’t the problem. Maybe people who have a problem with my body are a problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1067px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957003\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725.jpg\" alt=\"A stylist with pink hair lifts up a lime green top from her clothing rack.\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725.jpg 1067w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Winnen says there’s a need for more plus-size fashion content. \u003ccite>(DA Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Prior to becoming a full-time TikTok creator in 2023, Winnen had been contributing to the platform for three years with some momentum. Her 30-day outfit challenge racked up 1.4 million views on one video alone, and accelerated everything. When she lost her day job upon moving to the East Bay, she made a gamble to turn plus-size content into her career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never had any intention to be an influencer. … I don’t like to be the center of attention,” says Winnen, laughing. “Having a lot of focus on me has always felt a little like — I’ve had to adjust to that. It was never something that I sought out, so when it started to happen, I was definitely surprised that people were connecting with me specifically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She wasn’t surprised, however, that they related to her message of self-acceptance and -expression. Plus-sized women are an underserved group. And though they make up \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/style/plus-size-fashion-brands-trends-body-positivity/index.html\">nearly 70% of U.S. women\u003c/a>, most mainstream brands fail to cater to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winnen loves the creativity and joy in fashion, and for that reason she works to make fashion accessible to an audience dealing with \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/12/prejudices-fatphobia-society-size-bodies\">fatphobic social stigma\u003c/a>. “Even if I get to the best place possible [with my body image], I’m still going to exist in a fatphobic society that’s going to make living in a larger body really hard,” says Winnen. “Understanding that was a reality helped me get further in having a positive relationship with myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957004\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957004\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Winnen decided to become a full-time content creator and stylist in 2023. \u003ccite>(DA Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In her videos, she spotlights small businesses that serve the plus-sized community, plays with fun concepts like astrology-based fashion and connects with clients one-on-one as a personal stylist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her savvy comes from experience in different levels of the fashion industry: She worked retail, got merchandising and design degrees from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and San Francisco State University, and worked for a plus-size ecommerce company before it folded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think people are just born with the ability to be stylish,” says Winnen. “It might come easier to some people, but I think for the most part, it’s just something you put time and energy into.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Breaking through size stigmas\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On social media, Winnen has found a positive feedback loop of encouragement and knowledge sharing. She credits other creators in the plus-sized community for breaking down concepts such as fat liberation and fat bias in straightforward ways. Local collective \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fat_brunch/\">Fat Brunch\u003c/a> and creator \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fiercefatfemme/?hl=en\">Fierce Fat Femme\u003c/a> come to mind when Winnen shouts out fellow Bay Area creators that take up space proudly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1067px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957007\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771.jpg 1067w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Winnen says she’s found a supportive community of plus-size creators online. \u003ccite>(DA Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She learned from other creators how to defend oneself from fatphobic comments (especially as a non-confrontational person). In turn, she’s offered resources on navigating dismissive or callous medical visits, to which she got an overwhelming response of people realizing they are not alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winnen’s work has national and even global reach. A sizable portion of her audience is in Texas. When she worked remotely for a company based in Armenia, she was shocked to find out a colleague in Yerevan was already a fan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot the industry has to shift and change,” says Winnen. “I feel hopeful we can get there, but in the meantime it’s really challenging.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winnen acknowledges that plus-size fashion intersects with evolving conversations around mental health, disability and accessibility. “I think in general, when we talk about inclusivity, size is usually left out,” says Winnen. “I think being fatphobic is very accepted still in a majority of places, even in progressive, inclusive places like the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her videos are her way of working towards a more accepting world. And when it comes to fashion, she reminds us that a little compliment goes a long way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you see a plus-sized person in a great outfit, just know that they had to work so hard to make that happen,” she says. “I’m always blown away by the creativity and ability that these other creators have to make things work when you’re not given very much in the first place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Katie Winnen is on \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@katieiswinnen?lang=en\">TikTok\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/katieiswinnen/\">Instagram.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@katieiswinnen?lang=en\">TikTok, Katie Winnen\u003c/a>’s 275,000-plus followers look to her for budget-friendly tips on how to accessorize a first-date outfit or find jeans for different plus-size body types.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fittingly, her name lends itself to a positive affirmation that is her social handle (\u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@katieiswinnen?lang=en\">@katieiswinnen\u003c/a>). Originally from the Peninsula, the Oakland-based influencer describes her out-loud style as grandma glam — think chunky sweaters, bold graphic tees and maximalist accessories interspersed with timeless basics. With her big smile and pink hair, she exudes a genuine confidence, and rejects toxic notions from her upbringing in the 1990s and 2000s, when thinness was considered the “ultimate accessory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1067px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957005\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754.jpg 1067w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2754-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bold graphic tees and accessories are a staple of Katie Winnen’s style. \u003ccite>(DA Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Winnen, personal style reinforces a sense of self. “[Fashion] feels like such a fun way to explore how I show up in the world, and how we can express who we are to other people,” she tells KQED. “Whether we want to communicate things like our creativity or profession, there are so many things you can showcase through your style and what you wear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101891829/evette-dionne-takes-on-fatphobia-in-weightless\">body positivity and body neutrality\u003c/a> movements have made strides in recent years, size-inclusive fashion still has a long way to go when it comes to availability, fit and style. Winnen says a lot of advice for plus-size women is outdated, focusing on hiding body parts rather than highlighting personality. That’s why, beyond the basic tips like seasonal guides or finding the right concert look, Winnen sees an overall need for a supportive environment for plus-sized people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Self-confidence first, clothes second\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Winnen started her fashion journey by looking inward — and not just into her closet. Her career rise has mirrored her quest to wholeheartedly accept herself. It all stems from a mental reframe Winnen puts this way: “Maybe my body isn’t the problem. Maybe people who have a problem with my body are a problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1067px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957003\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725.jpg\" alt=\"A stylist with pink hair lifts up a lime green top from her clothing rack.\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725.jpg 1067w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2725-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Winnen says there’s a need for more plus-size fashion content. \u003ccite>(DA Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Prior to becoming a full-time TikTok creator in 2023, Winnen had been contributing to the platform for three years with some momentum. Her 30-day outfit challenge racked up 1.4 million views on one video alone, and accelerated everything. When she lost her day job upon moving to the East Bay, she made a gamble to turn plus-size content into her career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never had any intention to be an influencer. … I don’t like to be the center of attention,” says Winnen, laughing. “Having a lot of focus on me has always felt a little like — I’ve had to adjust to that. It was never something that I sought out, so when it started to happen, I was definitely surprised that people were connecting with me specifically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She wasn’t surprised, however, that they related to her message of self-acceptance and -expression. Plus-sized women are an underserved group. And though they make up \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/style/plus-size-fashion-brands-trends-body-positivity/index.html\">nearly 70% of U.S. women\u003c/a>, most mainstream brands fail to cater to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winnen loves the creativity and joy in fashion, and for that reason she works to make fashion accessible to an audience dealing with \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/12/prejudices-fatphobia-society-size-bodies\">fatphobic social stigma\u003c/a>. “Even if I get to the best place possible [with my body image], I’m still going to exist in a fatphobic society that’s going to make living in a larger body really hard,” says Winnen. “Understanding that was a reality helped me get further in having a positive relationship with myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957004\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957004\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2742-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Winnen decided to become a full-time content creator and stylist in 2023. \u003ccite>(DA Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In her videos, she spotlights small businesses that serve the plus-sized community, plays with fun concepts like astrology-based fashion and connects with clients one-on-one as a personal stylist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her savvy comes from experience in different levels of the fashion industry: She worked retail, got merchandising and design degrees from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and San Francisco State University, and worked for a plus-size ecommerce company before it folded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think people are just born with the ability to be stylish,” says Winnen. “It might come easier to some people, but I think for the most part, it’s just something you put time and energy into.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Breaking through size stigmas\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On social media, Winnen has found a positive feedback loop of encouragement and knowledge sharing. She credits other creators in the plus-sized community for breaking down concepts such as fat liberation and fat bias in straightforward ways. Local collective \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fat_brunch/\">Fat Brunch\u003c/a> and creator \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fiercefatfemme/?hl=en\">Fierce Fat Femme\u003c/a> come to mind when Winnen shouts out fellow Bay Area creators that take up space proudly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1067px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957007\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1067\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771.jpg 1067w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/F93A2771-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Winnen says she’s found a supportive community of plus-size creators online. \u003ccite>(DA Mission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She learned from other creators how to defend oneself from fatphobic comments (especially as a non-confrontational person). In turn, she’s offered resources on navigating dismissive or callous medical visits, to which she got an overwhelming response of people realizing they are not alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winnen’s work has national and even global reach. A sizable portion of her audience is in Texas. When she worked remotely for a company based in Armenia, she was shocked to find out a colleague in Yerevan was already a fan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot the industry has to shift and change,” says Winnen. “I feel hopeful we can get there, but in the meantime it’s really challenging.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winnen acknowledges that plus-size fashion intersects with evolving conversations around mental health, disability and accessibility. “I think in general, when we talk about inclusivity, size is usually left out,” says Winnen. “I think being fatphobic is very accepted still in a majority of places, even in progressive, inclusive places like the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her videos are her way of working towards a more accepting world. And when it comes to fashion, she reminds us that a little compliment goes a long way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you see a plus-sized person in a great outfit, just know that they had to work so hard to make that happen,” she says. “I’m always blown away by the creativity and ability that these other creators have to make things work when you’re not given very much in the first place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When Oakland chef Anthony Salguero first connected with Karla Tatiana Vasquez through social media, he knew he had found a kindred spirit. Salguero owns Popoca, a restaurant in Old Oakland that serves what he calls “progressive” Salvadoran food. And Vasquez is the Los Angeles-based author of \u003ca href=\"https://salvisoul.com/cookbook\">\u003ci>The SalviSoul Cookbook\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, the first Salvadoran cookbook published by a major U.S. imprint (Ten Speed Press).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two Salvadoran Americans, both 36, say they are on a mission to spotlight their cuisine in a way that celebrates and honors the experiences of El Salvador’s diaspora in the U.S. And, for at least one night, they’ll join forces: On May 6, Vasquez will visit Popoca for a book signing and conversation with another Salvadoran standout, the poet and memoirist \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101890526/at-age-9-poet-javier-zamora-migrated-from-el-salvador-alone-in-solito-he-tells-that-story\">Javier Zamora\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Salguero is known for using his fine-dining background to reimagine Salvadoran cuisine, Vasquez wrote her book for home cooks who want to make comfort food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is cooking that your mom would make for you,” she says. “It’s soul food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea for \u003ci>SalviSoul\u003c/i> came about when Vasquez was a newlywed in 2015. She turned to her grandmother for recipes — and also anecdotes from life in El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got to hear stories of her not just as a grandmother, which is how I know her, but the stories of her as a woman who wanted to fall in love, a woman who wanted to go to school,” Vasquez says. “The food (I ate) growing up nourished my physical form. But, the stories nourished the parts of my soul that I really longed to understand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956881\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956881\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001.jpg\" alt=\"A hand picks up a pupusa off a black skillet. On the table, there's a bowl of cheese and loroco — the fillings for the pupusas.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2283\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-800x913.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-1020x1164.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-160x183.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-768x877.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-1346x1536.jpg 1346w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-1794x2048.jpg 1794w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-1920x2192.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cookbook includes a recipe for pupusas de queso con loroco. \u003ccite>(The SalviSoul Cookbook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The book features stories and recipes from 33 Salvadoran women living in the diaspora. Those recipes include curtido (the classic pickled salad), tamales and pupusas, as well as ambitious entrees like grilled rabbit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vasquez also weaves in her own experience being born in El Salvador and raised in Los Angeles after her family fled during the country’s civil war in the 1980s. Taken all together, the cookbook reflects her efforts to connect with Salvadoran culture and heal from being separated from her homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have a choice to be the person you want to be in the kitchen. You can touch home with the food that you eat,” Vasquez says. “A lot of the impetus of this project comes from a very vulnerable place, of fear, of anxiety, of wanting to really challenge the assumption that assimilating is the only way to survive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The book’s release, on April 30, comes after years of rejections. Repeatedly, Vasquez was told there wouldn’t be a large enough audience for a Salvadoran cookbook. Some members of the publishing industry would ask how Salvadoran food even differs from Mexican food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America, so I understand that it’s kind of a blind spot for people,” Vasquez says. “I felt like, hey, there’s got to be room in this conversation to let in other narratives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954977\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954977\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A spread of Salvadoran dishes at an elegant restaurant.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A spread of elegant small plates at Salguero’s Old Oakland restaurant, Popoca. \u003ccite>(Marissa Leshnov for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Salvadorans often feel like an overlooked minority within a minority because of their smaller numbers, says Karina Alma, assistant professor and co-director of the Central American Studies Working Group at UCLA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13954899,arts_13928571,arts_13899237']\u003c/span>“What makes this cookbook so special is that it includes narratives of women,” Alma says. “This is a type of memory, cultural memory, that would be passed down from an auntie, a grandmother, a mother, to the younger generation. … It’s really important to document our populations so that we’re not silenced in history so we’re not a forgotten people or a disappeared people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In reality, Salvadorans are the third largest population group of Latinos behind Mexicans and Puerto Ricans, according to the Pew Research Center. The U.S. was home to an estimated 2.5 million Salvadorans in 2021 with the largest concentration, roughly a third, in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, Vasquez stuck with her goal of publishing with a major U.S. publisher, slowly building up the SalviSoul concept via freelance articles and on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956883\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1706px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956883\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of a chef in overalls and a yellow beanie.\" width=\"1706\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-scaled.jpg 1706w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-1020x1531.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-1920x2881.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1706px) 100vw, 1706px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Salguero opened Popoca last summer after running the business as pop-up for several years. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Anthony Salguero)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Salguero, who was raised in the Bay Area, has had similar experiences. Sometimes people come to Popoca and ask for chips and salsa, which are not on the menu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I grew up around hella Mexicans, and everybody thought I was Mexican, too,” says Salguero, whose father is from El Salvador and mother is from Puerto Rico. “I love Mexican food, I’m not hating on it… But, I want people to know that [Salvadoran food] is different, and there’s a lot to learn and a lot of depth to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salguero began cooking professionally as a teenager and then honed his skills at fine-dining restaurants for over a decade before dedicating himself to Salvadoran food. He didn’t feel fully immersed in the culture until he visited El Salvador as an adult and learned the local cooking techniques. The name of his restaurant, Popoca, means “smoke” in Nawat, an indigenous language spoken in El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes people are like, ‘Oh, like, I want to get pizza, or ‘I want to get a burger,’ or ‘I want Mexican food,’” Salguero says. “I want to hear people say, ‘Oh, I want to go grab Salvadoran food.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also wants people in the Bay Area to know that there’s a lot more to Salvadoran food than pupusas: “I grew up on pupusas, so I love them. But then there’s these other foods that people don’t really know about and they’re not as popular, but they’re so good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Salguero, Vasquez wants to use her book and her platform to demonstrate the expansive diversity of Salvadoran food. “One of the things that I’ve always loved is, for instance, how many edible flowers there are in the cuisine — they’re so important,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her favorite recipes in the book include rellenos de güisquiles (deep-fried chayotes stuffed with cheese), tortitas de camaron (patties made from corn masa and shrimp) and the SalviSour, a cocktail made with mango syrup and a Salvadoran spirit called Tic Tàck. She also includes a recipe for gallo en chicha, rooster cooked in a fermented pineapple juice — which happens to be one of Salguero’s favorite dishes on Popoca’s menu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956882\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956882\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001.jpg\" alt=\"A stewed chicken served on a green platter surrounded by bowls of white rice.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-800x913.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-1020x1164.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-160x183.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-768x876.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-1346x1536.jpg 1346w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-1795x2048.jpg 1795w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-1920x2191.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both Vasquez and Salguero make versions of a stewed chicken dish called gallo en chicha. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Oakland chef Anthony Salguero first connected with Karla Tatiana Vasquez through social media, he knew he had found a kindred spirit. Salguero owns Popoca, a restaurant in Old Oakland that serves what he calls “progressive” Salvadoran food. And Vasquez is the Los Angeles-based author of \u003ca href=\"https://salvisoul.com/cookbook\">\u003ci>The SalviSoul Cookbook\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, the first Salvadoran cookbook published by a major U.S. imprint (Ten Speed Press).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two Salvadoran Americans, both 36, say they are on a mission to spotlight their cuisine in a way that celebrates and honors the experiences of El Salvador’s diaspora in the U.S. And, for at least one night, they’ll join forces: On May 6, Vasquez will visit Popoca for a book signing and conversation with another Salvadoran standout, the poet and memoirist \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101890526/at-age-9-poet-javier-zamora-migrated-from-el-salvador-alone-in-solito-he-tells-that-story\">Javier Zamora\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Salguero is known for using his fine-dining background to reimagine Salvadoran cuisine, Vasquez wrote her book for home cooks who want to make comfort food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is cooking that your mom would make for you,” she says. “It’s soul food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea for \u003ci>SalviSoul\u003c/i> came about when Vasquez was a newlywed in 2015. She turned to her grandmother for recipes — and also anecdotes from life in El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got to hear stories of her not just as a grandmother, which is how I know her, but the stories of her as a woman who wanted to fall in love, a woman who wanted to go to school,” Vasquez says. “The food (I ate) growing up nourished my physical form. But, the stories nourished the parts of my soul that I really longed to understand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956881\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956881\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001.jpg\" alt=\"A hand picks up a pupusa off a black skillet. On the table, there's a bowl of cheese and loroco — the fillings for the pupusas.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2283\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-800x913.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-1020x1164.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-160x183.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-768x877.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-1346x1536.jpg 1346w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-1794x2048.jpg 1794w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Pupusas-de-Queso-con-Loroco_Page_1_Image_0001-1920x2192.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cookbook includes a recipe for pupusas de queso con loroco. \u003ccite>(The SalviSoul Cookbook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The book features stories and recipes from 33 Salvadoran women living in the diaspora. Those recipes include curtido (the classic pickled salad), tamales and pupusas, as well as ambitious entrees like grilled rabbit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vasquez also weaves in her own experience being born in El Salvador and raised in Los Angeles after her family fled during the country’s civil war in the 1980s. Taken all together, the cookbook reflects her efforts to connect with Salvadoran culture and heal from being separated from her homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have a choice to be the person you want to be in the kitchen. You can touch home with the food that you eat,” Vasquez says. “A lot of the impetus of this project comes from a very vulnerable place, of fear, of anxiety, of wanting to really challenge the assumption that assimilating is the only way to survive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The book’s release, on April 30, comes after years of rejections. Repeatedly, Vasquez was told there wouldn’t be a large enough audience for a Salvadoran cookbook. Some members of the publishing industry would ask how Salvadoran food even differs from Mexican food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America, so I understand that it’s kind of a blind spot for people,” Vasquez says. “I felt like, hey, there’s got to be room in this conversation to let in other narratives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954977\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954977\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A spread of Salvadoran dishes at an elegant restaurant.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240322_KQED_Hella_Hungry_Popoca_ML_0113_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A spread of elegant small plates at Salguero’s Old Oakland restaurant, Popoca. \u003ccite>(Marissa Leshnov for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Salvadorans often feel like an overlooked minority within a minority because of their smaller numbers, says Karina Alma, assistant professor and co-director of the Central American Studies Working Group at UCLA.\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>“What makes this cookbook so special is that it includes narratives of women,” Alma says. “This is a type of memory, cultural memory, that would be passed down from an auntie, a grandmother, a mother, to the younger generation. … It’s really important to document our populations so that we’re not silenced in history so we’re not a forgotten people or a disappeared people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In reality, Salvadorans are the third largest population group of Latinos behind Mexicans and Puerto Ricans, according to the Pew Research Center. The U.S. was home to an estimated 2.5 million Salvadorans in 2021 with the largest concentration, roughly a third, in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, Vasquez stuck with her goal of publishing with a major U.S. publisher, slowly building up the SalviSoul concept via freelance articles and on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956883\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1706px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956883\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of a chef in overalls and a yellow beanie.\" width=\"1706\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-scaled.jpg 1706w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-1020x1531.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/anthony-salguero-1920x2881.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1706px) 100vw, 1706px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Salguero opened Popoca last summer after running the business as pop-up for several years. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Anthony Salguero)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Salguero, who was raised in the Bay Area, has had similar experiences. Sometimes people come to Popoca and ask for chips and salsa, which are not on the menu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I grew up around hella Mexicans, and everybody thought I was Mexican, too,” says Salguero, whose father is from El Salvador and mother is from Puerto Rico. “I love Mexican food, I’m not hating on it… But, I want people to know that [Salvadoran food] is different, and there’s a lot to learn and a lot of depth to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salguero began cooking professionally as a teenager and then honed his skills at fine-dining restaurants for over a decade before dedicating himself to Salvadoran food. He didn’t feel fully immersed in the culture until he visited El Salvador as an adult and learned the local cooking techniques. The name of his restaurant, Popoca, means “smoke” in Nawat, an indigenous language spoken in El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes people are like, ‘Oh, like, I want to get pizza, or ‘I want to get a burger,’ or ‘I want Mexican food,’” Salguero says. “I want to hear people say, ‘Oh, I want to go grab Salvadoran food.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also wants people in the Bay Area to know that there’s a lot more to Salvadoran food than pupusas: “I grew up on pupusas, so I love them. But then there’s these other foods that people don’t really know about and they’re not as popular, but they’re so good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Salguero, Vasquez wants to use her book and her platform to demonstrate the expansive diversity of Salvadoran food. “One of the things that I’ve always loved is, for instance, how many edible flowers there are in the cuisine — they’re so important,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her favorite recipes in the book include rellenos de güisquiles (deep-fried chayotes stuffed with cheese), tortitas de camaron (patties made from corn masa and shrimp) and the SalviSour, a cocktail made with mango syrup and a Salvadoran spirit called Tic Tàck. She also includes a recipe for gallo en chicha, rooster cooked in a fermented pineapple juice — which happens to be one of Salguero’s favorite dishes on Popoca’s menu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956882\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956882\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001.jpg\" alt=\"A stewed chicken served on a green platter surrounded by bowls of white rice.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-800x913.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-1020x1164.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-160x183.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-768x876.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-1346x1536.jpg 1346w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-1795x2048.jpg 1795w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Gallo-En-Chicha_Page_1_Image_0001-1920x2191.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both Vasquez and Salguero make versions of a stewed chicken dish called gallo en chicha. 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And yet, four years after the summer of 2020’s nationwide protests and calls for accountability, the issue of officers using excessive force persists at an alarming rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to data collected by the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://mappingpoliceviolence.us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mapping Police Violence\u003c/a>, 2023 brought the highest in the past decade, and 2024 is on a similar pace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13956735 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_4593-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Woman with video camera sits in the middle of a room surrounded by four other women, all laughing and smiling. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_4593-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_4593-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_4593-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_4593-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_4593-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_4593.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filmmaker Débora Souza Silva, shown sitting on the ground with her camera, documents a discussion among mothers who’ve lost children to police brutality. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Débora Souza Silva)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Area-based journalist and filmmaker \u003ca href=\"https://www.debsilva.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Débora Souza Silva\u003c/a> sees this as a call to action. She’s urging others to refocus their collective attention on police brutality by listening to the stories of the survivors and readdressing the issue’s root causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Souza Silva’s documentary film, \u003cem>For Our Children\u003c/em>, gives audiences an intimate look at the lives of those who’ve experienced police brutality, and the toll it takes on their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For Our Children\u003c/em> was acquired by \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2024/film/news/for-our-children-netflix-1235983377/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Array Releasing\u003c/a> and will begin streaming on Netflix on May 10. On Wednesday, May 1, Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://73279.formovietickets.com:2235/T.ASP?WCI=BT&RtsPurchaseId=81e2aba6-529e-415d-ab9a-0ec7dd6d588b&Page=PickTickets&SHOWID=61653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grand Lake Theatre\u003c/a> will host a premiere and Q&A session with Souza Silva and select people featured in the movie, including Rev. Wanda Johnson, mother of the late \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oscar-grant-10-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oscar Grant.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Grant was killed at the Fruitvale BART station by former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in 2009, Rev. Johnson and family founded the \u003ca href=\"https://oscargrantfoundation.org/wandaspeaks/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oscar Grant Foundation\u003c/a>, and began working with mothers around the nation whose children were killed by police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 90-minute film opens with Rev. 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Hallelujah.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13956770 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_3383-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Woman with video camera kneels down to document three individuals standing in front of a mural.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_3383-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_3383-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_3383-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_3383.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filmmaker Débora Souza Silva films as the family of Oscar Grant stands in front of a mural created in his honor at Fruitvale BART Station in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Débora Souza Silva )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Exemplifying that fight in \u003cem>For Our Children\u003c/em> is the story of Angela Williams, from Troy, Ala., the mother of a teenager named Ulysses. In the aftermath of her son surviving a beating by local police that left his face disfigured, Williams says that though Ulysses is fortunate to be alive, he “was emotionally killed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Williams contacts Rev. Johnson, the two work with a team of lawyers and community members to understand what really led to the altercation between officers and Ulysses, and how to attain justice for the young man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Souza Silva is tenacious about the systemic forces that encourage police violence; she also knows the way toward real change is by being there after the headlines are gone and the TV cameras have moved on to the next story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The film is a study in sustained and compassionate listening,” Souza Silva says in a statement about the film. “Rather than reduce these women to a one-dimensional portrait of grief, we have immersed ourselves into the mothers’ homes and communities, attempting to create an intimate, nuanced and honest portrait of their lives, their struggles and their resiliency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If something is going to change when it comes to police brutality in America, it’s going to take the masses hearing from those closest to the issue. And who knows this story more intimately than those who’ve been directly impacted?\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘For Our Children’ screens at the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the filmmakers and Rev. Wanda Johnson, on Wednesday, May 1 at 7:15 p.m. \u003ca href=\"https://73279.formovietickets.com:2235/T.ASP?WCI=BT&RtsPurchaseId=81e2aba6-529e-415d-ab9a-0ec7dd6d588b&Page=PickTickets&SHOWID=61653\">Details here\u003c/a>. The film will be available for streaming on Netflix starting May 10.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Grant was killed at the Fruitvale BART station by former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in 2009, Rev. Johnson and family founded the \u003ca href=\"https://oscargrantfoundation.org/wandaspeaks/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oscar Grant Foundation\u003c/a>, and began working with mothers around the nation whose children were killed by police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 90-minute film opens with Rev. Johnson hosting an event during which mothers of those killed by police eat, pray, and grieve together, while taking time to intentionally say the names of their loved ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rev. Johnson points out the relatives of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/shootings-police-us-news-st-louis-michael-brown-9aa32033692547699a3b61da8fd1fc62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Brown\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/eric-garner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Garner\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/sandra-bland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandra Bland\u003c/a>. Some women dress in their Sunday’s best, while others wear shirts with airbrushed faces on them. Rev. Johnson steps to the center of the room and declares that despite mourning and dealing with grief, “You’ve got to make your child’s name known… fight for your child. Hallelujah.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13956770 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_3383-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Woman with video camera kneels down to document three individuals standing in front of a mural.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_3383-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_3383-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_3383-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_3383.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filmmaker Débora Souza Silva films as the family of Oscar Grant stands in front of a mural created in his honor at Fruitvale BART Station in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Débora Souza Silva )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Exemplifying that fight in \u003cem>For Our Children\u003c/em> is the story of Angela Williams, from Troy, Ala., the mother of a teenager named Ulysses. In the aftermath of her son surviving a beating by local police that left his face disfigured, Williams says that though Ulysses is fortunate to be alive, he “was emotionally killed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Williams contacts Rev. Johnson, the two work with a team of lawyers and community members to understand what really led to the altercation between officers and Ulysses, and how to attain justice for the young man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Souza Silva is tenacious about the systemic forces that encourage police violence; she also knows the way toward real change is by being there after the headlines are gone and the TV cameras have moved on to the next story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The film is a study in sustained and compassionate listening,” Souza Silva says in a statement about the film. “Rather than reduce these women to a one-dimensional portrait of grief, we have immersed ourselves into the mothers’ homes and communities, attempting to create an intimate, nuanced and honest portrait of their lives, their struggles and their resiliency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If something is going to change when it comes to police brutality in America, it’s going to take the masses hearing from those closest to the issue. And who knows this story more intimately than those who’ve been directly impacted?\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘For Our Children’ screens at the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the filmmakers and Rev. Wanda Johnson, on Wednesday, May 1 at 7:15 p.m. \u003ca href=\"https://73279.formovietickets.com:2235/T.ASP?WCI=BT&RtsPurchaseId=81e2aba6-529e-415d-ab9a-0ec7dd6d588b&Page=PickTickets&SHOWID=61653\">Details here\u003c/a>. The film will be available for streaming on Netflix starting May 10.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When photographers come together to show their work, the stories flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s sure to be the case at the Oakland Photo Workshop on Friday, May 3, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/camerasandcoffeeclub/\">the Oakland Street Photography Collective \u003c/a>and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/eastbayphotocollective/\">East Bay Photo Collective\u003c/a> host “NOTICE.” The event will feature work from top-tier Bay Area street photographers from the Oakland Street Photography Collective, and is curated by pablo circa and Demondre Ward (who are also members of the Oakland Street Photography Collective).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to celebrating the visual art mounted on the walls of the community gallery space in Oakland’s Chinatown, the event will see the group releasing a new zine and partying to the sounds of a DJ set from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ovrkast/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OVRKAST\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A social media post describing the show explains, “Through the lens of talented photographers, ‘NOTICE’ prompts us to reconsider our perspectives and appreciate the intricate details that often elude our attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13956624 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EB-34-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a bucket hat and dress shirt hold up a printed photo of themselves. \" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EB-34-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EB-34-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EB-34-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EB-34-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EB-34-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EB-34-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EB-34-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An attendee at an East Bay Photo Collective event called “Swaptastic,” holds up a printed portrait of themselves. \u003ccite>(Malcolm Wallace)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On display that evening will be the artwork of photographers\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rough_thesis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pablocirca/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pablo circa\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ruffdraft/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brandon Ruffin\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ariel_mason_/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ariel Mason\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bradleyfowl/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bradley Fowl\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/elbooi/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elvin Catley\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tareweezy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tare Sang\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rudimarr/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rudi Tcruz\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dre.wick/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demondre Ward \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/00hsh00t/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristian Salum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rough_thesis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Najee Tobin\u003c/span>\u003c/a>, whose art will also be showing, is part of the East Bay Photo Collective’s gallery team. A Vallejo-raised artist who focuses on portrait photography with elements of fine art, Tobin says the group’s work is an important part of the landscape for local photographers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13956623 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EBCO-FEB-141-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The five members of the East Bay Photo Collective pose for a photograph. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EBCO-FEB-141-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EBCO-FEB-141-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EBCO-FEB-141-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EBCO-FEB-141-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EBCO-FEB-141-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EBCO-FEB-141-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/EBCO-FEB-141-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The East Bay Photo Collective (left to right: Jenny Sampson, Anita Gay, Najee Tobin, Jyoti Liggin, and Vince Donavan ). \u003ccite>(Malcolm Wallace)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s an easygoing, supportive space where you’re allowed to experiment,” Tobin says of the collective, pointing out the frequent barriers to entry — financial or otherwise — when it comes to doing photography in academia or the world of fine art. ” They just want to see the work, that’s what’s important to me.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay Photo Collective hosts workshops on specific photography topics throughout the year. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We all know \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Rent_is_2_Damn_High\">the rent is too damn high\u003c/a>, but let’s talk about the electricity bill for a minute. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, the California Public Utilities Commission approved a rate increase for PG&E customers of approximately 12.8%, or what \u003ca style=\"color: #41a62a\" href=\"https://www.pge.com/en/regulation/general-rate-case.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> PG&E\u003c/a> said should be about an increase of $32.50 for an average bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many, this news didn’t hit home until it was reflected in their monthly bill this year. And then questions popped up. Namely, what can be done to lower the cost of electricity?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13956427\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_7215-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Students sit in a classroom, taking notes as Nia Jones speaks about climate change and clean energy. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_7215-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_7215-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_7215-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_7215-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_7215-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_7215-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_7215-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nia Jones speaks to a classroom of students about climate change and clean energy. \u003ccite>(M. 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She’s got two immediate goals: to inform people about what’s happening to their energy bill, and to show them how it connects to the bigger picture. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past few months, Jones has hosted discussions on the topic at public libraries around Oakland; \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">on Tuesday, May 7, she’ll be at \u003ca href=\"https://linktr.ee/kinfolx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kinfolx Cafe\u003c/a> discussing all things electricity.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In line with the cafe’s ongoing series of teach-in sessions, where local practitioners share insight on their area of expertise, Jones will discuss lowering electricity costs, the future of electric cars, and ways to use solar power to not only generate energy, but revenue as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13956428\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Nia Jones speaking to a room full of attendees at the annual Megawatt conference.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nia Jones speaks to attendees of the annual Megawatt conference. \u003ccite>(Njeri Bennet)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jones\u003c/span> has a master’s degree in \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">energy and resources\u003c/span> from UC Berkeley, and she’s spoken at the United Nations Climate Change Conferences in Egypt and Dubai. But right now she’s focusing her work on the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland has so much potential, in my opinion, to be a leader, and be a real clean community, a sustainable community,” Jones says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an example, she mentions the \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.actransit.org/zeb#:~:text=AC%20Transit%20is%20moving%20from,will%20be%20zero%20emission%20buses.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AC Transit bus system\u003c/a>, where one out of every 10 buses is a clean energy vehicle. (By 2040, the agency aims to operate a 100% clean energy fleet.) Expanding from there, she says the state has shown the ability to take innovative approaches to energy usage, from its prevalence of electric vehicles to the mass installation of rooftop solar panels. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while she’s focused locally, Jones knows it’s imperative to broaden the conversation to the national level by looking at how the federal government is supporting energy innovation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is legislation and money for us to take advantage of,” Jones tells me during a recent phone call. “And when I say ‘\u003cem>us\u003c/em>,’ I mean Black and Brown communities that are historically disadvantaged when it comes to energy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones adds that her aim is to discuss the concept of “energy justice.” To guide people through the topic, she uses acronyms, like “A.R.C.” Jones tells me that the \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A stands for affordable energy, and the R for reliable energy, and the C for clean energy.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through her unique methodology, Jones is looking to demystify what’s going on with energy. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In line with the cafe’s ongoing series of teach-in sessions, where local practitioners share insight on their area of expertise, Jones will discuss lowering electricity costs, the future of electric cars, and ways to use solar power to not only generate energy, but revenue as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13956428\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Nia Jones speaking to a room full of attendees at the annual Megawatt conference.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/IMG_0902-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nia Jones speaks to attendees of the annual Megawatt conference. \u003ccite>(Njeri Bennet)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jones\u003c/span> has a master’s degree in \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">energy and resources\u003c/span> from UC Berkeley, and she’s spoken at the United Nations Climate Change Conferences in Egypt and Dubai. But right now she’s focusing her work on the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland has so much potential, in my opinion, to be a leader, and be a real clean community, a sustainable community,” Jones says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an example, she mentions the \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.actransit.org/zeb#:~:text=AC%20Transit%20is%20moving%20from,will%20be%20zero%20emission%20buses.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AC Transit bus system\u003c/a>, where one out of every 10 buses is a clean energy vehicle. (By 2040, the agency aims to operate a 100% clean energy fleet.) Expanding from there, she says the state has shown the ability to take innovative approaches to energy usage, from its prevalence of electric vehicles to the mass installation of rooftop solar panels. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while she’s focused locally, Jones knows it’s imperative to broaden the conversation to the national level by looking at how the federal government is supporting energy innovation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is legislation and money for us to take advantage of,” Jones tells me during a recent phone call. “And when I say ‘\u003cem>us\u003c/em>,’ I mean Black and Brown communities that are historically disadvantaged when it comes to energy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones adds that her aim is to discuss the concept of “energy justice.” To guide people through the topic, she uses acronyms, like “A.R.C.” Jones tells me that the \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A stands for affordable energy, and the R for reliable energy, and the C for clean energy.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through her unique methodology, Jones is looking to demystify what’s going on with energy. At the same time, she plans on giving gift cards to folks who attend. They’ll not only walk away with a new perspective on how energy works, but also some financial assistance to go toward keeping the lights on.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Nia Jones speaks on clean energy and lowering your electricity bill on Tuesday, May 7, at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kinfolxoak/\">Kinfolx Cafe\u003c/a> in Oakland. The event starts at 6:30pm and is free to all.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Editor’s note:\u003c/strong> This story is part of KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/youthtakeover\">Youth Takeover\u003c/a>. Throughout the week of April 22-26, we’re publishing content by high school students from all over the Bay Area.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ever since I was five years old, one of my favorite traditions has been going to the Grand Lake Farmers Market with my dad every Saturday morning. \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Nadege.headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The market has been open since 1998 near the shore of Lake Merritt in Oakland, and it’s the perfect place to find almost anything you can think of — organic produce, fresh flowers and hot meals cooked to order while you wait. When I came with my dad, we’d order fresh gaufres from the Belgian waffle vendor, then browse the ripe nectarines and strawberries that were in season. Sometimes, we’d get rotisserie chicken and potatoes for lunch from one of the food trucks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I even tried dim sum for the first time. One Saturday we noticed a stand called \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/trugourmet\">Tru Gourmet\u003c/a> that sold all kinds of steamed dumplings and buns. We ordered dumplings and crispy chicken wings, which turned out to be our favorite. Then we found somewhere near the booth to eat it all standing up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was about 10 years ago. As it turns out, Tru Gourmet is still around, setting up its stand at the Grand Lake Farmers Market — and \u003ca href=\"http://trugourmet.com/locations/\">two other farmers markets around the Bay Area\u003c/a> — every week. When I visited their tent on a recent Saturday, the line was so long that it almost crossed in front of the vendor next door. Inside, the cooks were busy heating the dumplings in bamboo steamers. Everything smelled so good, it was hard to choose. When I finally bit into a savory scallion pancake and delighted in the softness of a juicy pork bun, I urged my dad to order seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956337\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956337\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop.jpg\" alt='A display showing different kinds of dim sum available, all arranged in bamboo steamers. A sign on the table reads, \"Cash Only.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-1536x1056.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A display of the different kinds of dim sum available at Tru Gourmet’s Grand Lake Farmers Market stand on a recent Saturday. \u003ccite>(Nadege Mulamba)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What I realize now is that it isn’t very typical for dim sum to be sold at a farmers market — in fact, Tru Gourmet seems to be the only business doing it regularly here in the Bay Area. It made me curious: What made these chefs decide to set up their business outdoors instead of selling their dumplings inside a more traditional dim sum restaurant? And why doesn’t it seem like very many others are doing it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I had the opportunity to interview the owner, Olivia Liu, who shared her story of how the business started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>KQED: When did you start this business? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Liu\u003c/b>: Tru Gourmet started with my mom, Cathy Tsui, back in August 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Wow, almost sixteen years! Why did you want to create dim sum at the farmers market? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mother and I had a weekly tradition of dining on dim sum and visiting our local farmers markets, which gave us the idea to combine those two and start a family business. Dim sum translates into “touch of the heart.” Our goal is to touch your heart with handcrafted dim sum made from our hearts. [At Tru Gourmet,] you will find traditional dumplings one might see at popular dim sum houses and modern-day creations that aim to expand one’s view of dim sum, like black truffle shrimp dumplings or spiny lobster dumplings. We also have vegan dumplings such as our kale dumpling and bok choy dumpling, and seasonal [specials] like our asparagus dumpling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are proud to source most of our produce from the farmers markets we attend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Did you know of any other businesses that were selling dim sum at farmers markets at that time?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2008, we could have been the only ones. We have never seen [any other] dim sum at any farmers market, but it is common in food festivals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956335\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956335\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo.jpg\" alt=\"A young woman in a white chef's jacket serves dim sum to a guest at a fancy gala.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-1536x1056.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">True Gourmet’s Olivia Liu serves dim sum at an event at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito. \u003ccite>(Andria Lo, courtesy of Headlands Center for the Arts)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>About 10 years ago, my dad and I actually had chicken wings at your Grand Lake market stand. They were so good, and I was sad that you only seemed to sell them once every two months. Do you guys still sell those?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5-9z0xrCd0/\">spicy crispy chicken wings\u003c/a> are definitely popular, and we also make spicy crispy \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5a6fWNr0cl/\">salmon\u003c/a>. We rotate our special every week, which is why it’s only served once in a while. My mother made these wings for me as a child, and they were my absolute favorite! I knew we had to put them on the menu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Are there any challenges with making dim sum work at the farmers market? Do you have to change certain recipes to make it work?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We had never worked at a farmers market before, so we learned how to adapt and improve along the way. In our 15 years of business, we have learned ways to operate more efficiently and effectively, especially in setting up our booth.\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have a commissary kitchen we work out of to prepare all of the dim sum. The dumplings are wrapped in the kitchen, and we steam everything fresh at the farmers markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What is your favorite memory from running this business? Was there a specific customer that stood out to you? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s building relationships with my customers. So many regulars come every week and make my dim sum part of their weekly ritual. There have also been many regulars who moved away but make it a priority to stop by whenever they are visiting. Countless mothers ate my dim sum while pregnant, and I saw these babies grow up. Whenever a child wants my food for their birthday party, or if I cater a bar or bat mitzvah, quinceañera, holiday party or wedding, it feels so special to be included in their special day. Any time a first-time customer comes back after they try the dim sum to tell me how much they enjoyed it, it is one of my favorite things. The food industry is a labor of love, and it is incredibly gratifying to receive excellent feedback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One rainy winter day when I first joined the Grand Lake Farmers Market, one of my regular customers, Jefferson, brought me a cup of tea because he saw me shivering in the cold. It was a small gesture, but it meant so much to me, and I still remember it over 10 years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956336\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956336\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes.jpg\" alt=\"A stack of scallion pancakes on a white plate.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2379\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-800x991.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-1020x1264.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-160x198.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-768x952.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-1240x1536.jpg 1240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-1653x2048.jpg 1653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stack of crispy, savory scallion pancakes. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Olivia Liu)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>That’s really sweet!\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, and during the wildfires, a customer named Linda gave me and my mother masks because she was concerned since we work outdoors. Knowing I am more than just a food vendor to these customers warms my heart. Being a part of this amazing community is such a special thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[People from] all walks of life enjoy my dim sum, from babies to their grandparents, people who have never had it or those with food sensitivities. We have vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, seafood and meat options. There is something for everyone. Everyone loves dim sum!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What’s your favorite item on your menu? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A VIP client of mine hired me to cater her mother’s birthday dinner. She had requested that I make something with black truffles. That is when the black truffle shrimp dumpling was born. It is my personal favorite dumpling and has also become a favorite for many regulars. It’s special how we add black truffle to the shrimp filling, and we also add black truffle to the top of the dumpling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the traditional shrimp dumpling might be [better] for you if you are a purist. Some would say the shrimp dumpling is how to tell if a dim sum house is good or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956334\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle.jpg\" alt=\"Two varieties of dim sum on a paper plate. One of them is topped with black truffle shavings.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tru Gourmet’s more modern, creative dim sum items include a shrimp dumpling that incorporates black truffles. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Olivia Liu)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What’s the best thing about selling at the farmers market? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love working at the farmers market! It’s such a wonderful community. Most of my customers are regulars who come every week, rain or shine. I appreciate their support. Even during the beginning of COVID, regulars came every week. It was because of them that I was able to stay in business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have been in business for 15 years and hope for another 15 years to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://trugourmet.com/\">\u003ci>Tru Gourmet Dim Sum\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is open at the Grand Lake Farmers Market (746 Grand Ave., Oakland) on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. \u003c/i>\u003ci>You can also find them at the Marin Farmers Market (3501 Civic Center Dr., San Rafael) on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and at the California Avenue Farmers Market (400 California Ave., Palo Alto) on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nNadege Mulamba is a senior at Oakland Technical High School enjoys listening to music, writing and baking in her free time. She is passionate about screenwriting and wants to major in film.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Editor’s note:\u003c/strong> This story is part of KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/youthtakeover\">Youth Takeover\u003c/a>. Throughout the week of April 22-26, we’re publishing content by high school students from all over the Bay Area.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ever since I was five years old, one of my favorite traditions has been going to the Grand Lake Farmers Market with my dad every Saturday morning. \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Nadege.headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The market has been open since 1998 near the shore of Lake Merritt in Oakland, and it’s the perfect place to find almost anything you can think of — organic produce, fresh flowers and hot meals cooked to order while you wait. When I came with my dad, we’d order fresh gaufres from the Belgian waffle vendor, then browse the ripe nectarines and strawberries that were in season. Sometimes, we’d get rotisserie chicken and potatoes for lunch from one of the food trucks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I even tried dim sum for the first time. One Saturday we noticed a stand called \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/trugourmet\">Tru Gourmet\u003c/a> that sold all kinds of steamed dumplings and buns. We ordered dumplings and crispy chicken wings, which turned out to be our favorite. Then we found somewhere near the booth to eat it all standing up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was about 10 years ago. As it turns out, Tru Gourmet is still around, setting up its stand at the Grand Lake Farmers Market — and \u003ca href=\"http://trugourmet.com/locations/\">two other farmers markets around the Bay Area\u003c/a> — every week. When I visited their tent on a recent Saturday, the line was so long that it almost crossed in front of the vendor next door. Inside, the cooks were busy heating the dumplings in bamboo steamers. Everything smelled so good, it was hard to choose. When I finally bit into a savory scallion pancake and delighted in the softness of a juicy pork bun, I urged my dad to order seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956337\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956337\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop.jpg\" alt='A display showing different kinds of dim sum available, all arranged in bamboo steamers. A sign on the table reads, \"Cash Only.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-1536x1056.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A display of the different kinds of dim sum available at Tru Gourmet’s Grand Lake Farmers Market stand on a recent Saturday. \u003ccite>(Nadege Mulamba)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What I realize now is that it isn’t very typical for dim sum to be sold at a farmers market — in fact, Tru Gourmet seems to be the only business doing it regularly here in the Bay Area. It made me curious: What made these chefs decide to set up their business outdoors instead of selling their dumplings inside a more traditional dim sum restaurant? And why doesn’t it seem like very many others are doing it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I had the opportunity to interview the owner, Olivia Liu, who shared her story of how the business started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>KQED: When did you start this business? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Liu\u003c/b>: Tru Gourmet started with my mom, Cathy Tsui, back in August 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Wow, almost sixteen years! Why did you want to create dim sum at the farmers market? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mother and I had a weekly tradition of dining on dim sum and visiting our local farmers markets, which gave us the idea to combine those two and start a family business. Dim sum translates into “touch of the heart.” Our goal is to touch your heart with handcrafted dim sum made from our hearts. [At Tru Gourmet,] you will find traditional dumplings one might see at popular dim sum houses and modern-day creations that aim to expand one’s view of dim sum, like black truffle shrimp dumplings or spiny lobster dumplings. We also have vegan dumplings such as our kale dumpling and bok choy dumpling, and seasonal [specials] like our asparagus dumpling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are proud to source most of our produce from the farmers markets we attend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Did you know of any other businesses that were selling dim sum at farmers markets at that time?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2008, we could have been the only ones. We have never seen [any other] dim sum at any farmers market, but it is common in food festivals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956335\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956335\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo.jpg\" alt=\"A young woman in a white chef's jacket serves dim sum to a guest at a fancy gala.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-1536x1056.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">True Gourmet’s Olivia Liu serves dim sum at an event at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito. \u003ccite>(Andria Lo, courtesy of Headlands Center for the Arts)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>About 10 years ago, my dad and I actually had chicken wings at your Grand Lake market stand. They were so good, and I was sad that you only seemed to sell them once every two months. Do you guys still sell those?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5-9z0xrCd0/\">spicy crispy chicken wings\u003c/a> are definitely popular, and we also make spicy crispy \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5a6fWNr0cl/\">salmon\u003c/a>. We rotate our special every week, which is why it’s only served once in a while. My mother made these wings for me as a child, and they were my absolute favorite! I knew we had to put them on the menu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Are there any challenges with making dim sum work at the farmers market? Do you have to change certain recipes to make it work?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We had never worked at a farmers market before, so we learned how to adapt and improve along the way. In our 15 years of business, we have learned ways to operate more efficiently and effectively, especially in setting up our booth.\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have a commissary kitchen we work out of to prepare all of the dim sum. The dumplings are wrapped in the kitchen, and we steam everything fresh at the farmers markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What is your favorite memory from running this business? Was there a specific customer that stood out to you? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s building relationships with my customers. So many regulars come every week and make my dim sum part of their weekly ritual. There have also been many regulars who moved away but make it a priority to stop by whenever they are visiting. Countless mothers ate my dim sum while pregnant, and I saw these babies grow up. Whenever a child wants my food for their birthday party, or if I cater a bar or bat mitzvah, quinceañera, holiday party or wedding, it feels so special to be included in their special day. Any time a first-time customer comes back after they try the dim sum to tell me how much they enjoyed it, it is one of my favorite things. The food industry is a labor of love, and it is incredibly gratifying to receive excellent feedback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One rainy winter day when I first joined the Grand Lake Farmers Market, one of my regular customers, Jefferson, brought me a cup of tea because he saw me shivering in the cold. It was a small gesture, but it meant so much to me, and I still remember it over 10 years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956336\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956336\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes.jpg\" alt=\"A stack of scallion pancakes on a white plate.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2379\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-800x991.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-1020x1264.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-160x198.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-768x952.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-1240x1536.jpg 1240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-1653x2048.jpg 1653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stack of crispy, savory scallion pancakes. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Olivia Liu)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>That’s really sweet!\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, and during the wildfires, a customer named Linda gave me and my mother masks because she was concerned since we work outdoors. Knowing I am more than just a food vendor to these customers warms my heart. Being a part of this amazing community is such a special thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[People from] all walks of life enjoy my dim sum, from babies to their grandparents, people who have never had it or those with food sensitivities. We have vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, seafood and meat options. There is something for everyone. Everyone loves dim sum!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What’s your favorite item on your menu? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A VIP client of mine hired me to cater her mother’s birthday dinner. She had requested that I make something with black truffles. That is when the black truffle shrimp dumpling was born. It is my personal favorite dumpling and has also become a favorite for many regulars. It’s special how we add black truffle to the shrimp filling, and we also add black truffle to the top of the dumpling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the traditional shrimp dumpling might be [better] for you if you are a purist. Some would say the shrimp dumpling is how to tell if a dim sum house is good or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956334\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle.jpg\" alt=\"Two varieties of dim sum on a paper plate. 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