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"content": "\u003cp>In the United States, many Mexican food enthusiasts don’t consider flour tortillas to be as “authentic” as corn tortillas, \u003ca href=\"https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2018/04/19/in-defense-of-flour-tortillas-an-origin-story-with-gustavo-arellano\">arguing that they’re not a real part of the cuisine\u003c/a>. And it’s true that the mass-produced flour tortillas you find in a Crunchwrap Supreme or packaged at the grocery store tend to compromise everything in favor of shelf stability. They have the same texture and flavor profile as a sheet of paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the state of Sonora, in northern Mexico, flour tortillas are a centuries-long tradition. These handmade tortillas are both chewy and delicate, and they take on the subtle flavor of the fat used to make them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Diana Miranda Benitez moved from Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, to San Jose, she grew frustrated with the poor imitations sold at the local markets. “I couldn’t find a quality flour tortilla in the U.S.,” she says, “and I always had this idea of starting a tortilleria.” At the time, Benitez worked at a Jack in the Box while doing housekeeping gigs on the side. She learned how to make tortillas from her sister-in-law, who also introduced her to a man in the mechanical tortilla press industry. After some hesitation, she purchased an industrial-grade tortilla press from Sonora and started her business — \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mirandas_tortillas_/\">Miranda’s Tortillas\u003c/a> — in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, Benitez and her team produce roughly 200 eight-inch tortillas per hour in assembly-line fashion. Benitez dances along to the rhythm of the machine, quickly swapping each newly flattened tortilla with a pre-portioned ball of dough. The raw tortilla is transferred to a hot comal and cooked on both sides until it’s covered in brown spots. Once it puffs up, it’s placed on a wire rack to cool. Miranda’s sells tortillas by the dozen, producing a minimum of 35 packs a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13961225\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13961225\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Flour-Tortillas.jpg\" alt=\"A stack of flour tortillas, blistered in spots.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Flour-Tortillas.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Flour-Tortillas-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Flour-Tortillas-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Flour-Tortillas-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Flour-Tortillas-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Flour-Tortillas-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Flour-Tortillas-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stack of Miranda’s fresh flour tortillas, which are chewy and delicate, with a rich flavor from the addition of butter and shortening. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Every week, new customers find Benitez through Instagram and word of mouth. Her reputation? That she makes the best flour tortillas in the San Jose area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benitez is proud of her tortillas’ texture and their ability to maintain their quality over time. “Flour tortillas don’t get hard, and when you warm them up, it’s as if they’re freshly cooked,” she says. The tortillas are rich from the inclusion of both vegetable shortening and butter. They’re also pliable, so you can use them to make a burrito with a double scoop of rice and beans without worrying about tearing. To truly savor the tortillas’ flavor, gently reheat one on a comal — or in a nonstick pan — and enjoy it with some melted butter and a pinch of salt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13960139,arts_13958466,arts_13958172']\u003c/span>\u003c/span>For now, Benitez only sells the one size and style of flour tortilla. But she also provides a direct link to the flavors of Sonora in other ways. She sells ingredients imported from the region like machaca, a dehydrated shredded meat popular in the region. And she keeps a stock of what is considered to be the mother of all chiles — \u003ca href=\"https://www.bonappetit.com/story/what-are-chiltepin-chiles\">chiltepín\u003c/a>. The chiles are worth picking up because they’re rare in California, and they’re great for making a salsa to pair with those flour tortillas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Mexican food lovers accustomed to only eating corn tortillas, these homemade flour tortillas offer an entirely different taste experience: They’re larger and chewier, and have an extra richness thanks to the addition of fat. In many ways, flour tortillas in the Bay Area are now following a similar path that corn tortillas did during their renaissance, in the 2010s, when the improving quality of the masa available here made the way for tortillas that taste closer to the ones you find in Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13961226\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13961226\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press.jpg\" alt=\"Flattened tortilla dough on an industrial tortilla press.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diana Miranda Benitez and her team can make about 200 tortillas in an hour, assembly line–style. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the same way, the Bay Area’s emerging \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/flour-tortillas-bay-area-xulo-semilla-mamacuca-17001425.php\">artisanal flour tortilla\u003c/a> scene is also driven by experimentation and the desire to recreate a taste of home. \u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2020/12/16/22177318/xulo-flour-tortillas-berkeley-pop-up-michael-de-la-torre\">Xulo\u003c/a> — a Berkeley-born pop-up whose flour tortillas are now sold at mainstream grocery stores like Berkeley Bowl— offers tortillas made with traditional manteca (pork fat), but also versions that swap it out for olive oil, duck fat and grass-fed butter. At East Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/tacos-mama-cuca-oakland-19379525.php\">Tacos Mama Cuca\u003c/a>, the flour tortillas the chef uses to make her Sonoran-style tacos are a tether to her home and family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Miranda’s Tortillas appears to be the first business to bring these high-quality Sonoran flour tortillas to San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Benitez’s customers are Sonoran immigrants who couldn’t find the tortillas they were used to back home. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>For now, Benitez only sells the one size and style of flour tortilla. But she also provides a direct link to the flavors of Sonora in other ways. She sells ingredients imported from the region like machaca, a dehydrated shredded meat popular in the region. And she keeps a stock of what is considered to be the mother of all chiles — \u003ca href=\"https://www.bonappetit.com/story/what-are-chiltepin-chiles\">chiltepín\u003c/a>. The chiles are worth picking up because they’re rare in California, and they’re great for making a salsa to pair with those flour tortillas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Mexican food lovers accustomed to only eating corn tortillas, these homemade flour tortillas offer an entirely different taste experience: They’re larger and chewier, and have an extra richness thanks to the addition of fat. In many ways, flour tortillas in the Bay Area are now following a similar path that corn tortillas did during their renaissance, in the 2010s, when the improving quality of the masa available here made the way for tortillas that taste closer to the ones you find in Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13961226\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13961226\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press.jpg\" alt=\"Flattened tortilla dough on an industrial tortilla press.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Tortilla-Press-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diana Miranda Benitez and her team can make about 200 tortillas in an hour, assembly line–style. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the same way, the Bay Area’s emerging \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/flour-tortillas-bay-area-xulo-semilla-mamacuca-17001425.php\">artisanal flour tortilla\u003c/a> scene is also driven by experimentation and the desire to recreate a taste of home. \u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2020/12/16/22177318/xulo-flour-tortillas-berkeley-pop-up-michael-de-la-torre\">Xulo\u003c/a> — a Berkeley-born pop-up whose flour tortillas are now sold at mainstream grocery stores like Berkeley Bowl— offers tortillas made with traditional manteca (pork fat), but also versions that swap it out for olive oil, duck fat and grass-fed butter. At East Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/tacos-mama-cuca-oakland-19379525.php\">Tacos Mama Cuca\u003c/a>, the flour tortillas the chef uses to make her Sonoran-style tacos are a tether to her home and family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Miranda’s Tortillas appears to be the first business to bring these high-quality Sonoran flour tortillas to San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Benitez’s customers are Sonoran immigrants who couldn’t find the tortillas they were used to back home. But the buzz around Miranda’s isn’t limited to people looking for a taste of nostalgia. “A lot of people who buy my tortillas are from Sonora,” says Benitez, “but I also get customers who are from other parts of Mexico and even other countries.” Local taquerias have also started buying her tortillas to use in their burritos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, Benitez hopes to put a flour tortilla on everyone’s table. “I’m working on getting a trailer,” Benitez says. “In the future, I’d like for my tortillas to be sold in grocery stores.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Miranda’s Tortillas is open Tuesday–Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Text 408-690-6565 or send a message on \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mirandas_tortillas_/\">\u003ci>Instagram\u003c/i>\u003c/a> t\u003ci>o place an order (and for the exact pickup location in San Jose)\u003c/i>\u003ci>. Tortillas are $8 per dozen.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960436\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13960436\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEET-GELATO-1.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration: A gray-haired man proudly holds up two boba drinks while two customers scarf down a bowl of tiramisu.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEET-GELATO-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEET-GELATO-1-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEET-GELATO-1-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEET-GELATO-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEET-GELATO-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEET-GELATO-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose’s Sweet Gelato Tea Lounge one of the Bay Area’s priciest — and most unique — boba shops. The owner, Tony, runs the place by sheer force of his personality.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/the-midnight-diners\">\u003ci>The Midnight Diners\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is a regular collaboration between KQED food editor Luke Tsai and graphic novelist \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thiendog/?hl=en\">\u003ci>Thien Pham\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>. Follow them each week as they explore the hot pot restaurants, taco carts and 24-hour casino buffets that make up the Bay Area’s after-hours dining scene.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before my first visit to San Jose’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sweetgelatotealounge/\">Sweet Gelato Tea Lounge\u003c/a>, I had never gone out for boba past 11 o’clock — never even knew that was an option, really, when even boba shops in Taipei mostly call it a night by 8 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when I walked into this little storefront in the Vietnam Town shopping complex on a recent Friday night, I had to take a minute to let it all soak in. The vibey lights bathing the shop in a dim neon purple. The groups of Asian Zoomers and younger Millennials lounging in leather booths. The pastel-hued digital menu board with its vaguely (and not-so-vaguely) inappropriate drink names: the Pop Her Cherry, the PMS (Please Make Sweet), the Don’t Be a Hater and, unbelievably, the Lil Pee Pee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shop is open until 2 a.m. every night, and yes, I do believe that was a red Porsche parked right out front.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When all was said and done, we’d paid $50 (!) for a dessert and two drinks, including one called the “Boba Virgin.” Was it worth it? Your mileage may vary, but at the end of a very, very long night, we couldn’t stop laughing at the ballsiness of the place, and how we’d just taken part in a truly only-in-San-Jose experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, few people embody the Vietnam Town mall’s boot-strappy, go-big-or-go-home ethic better than Sweet Gelato’s owner, who introduces himself as Tony. A trim, energetic older Vietnamese man with salt-and-pepper hair, Tony runs the shop by sheer force of his personality. As soon as we walk in, he pulls us over, gesturing toward the menu, and says, “Forget about this. It doesn’t matter. If you don’t like your drink, you don’t pay. Simple as that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Never mind that we’re already willing customers standing in line to order drinks. Tony holds up his phone to show us an article listing Sweet Gelato Tea Lounge as one of the top boba shops in San Jose. He pulls up the shop’s Yelp page. “Look at how many reviews,” he says. (There are \u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose\">more than 2,000\u003c/a>, for what it’s worth.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960437\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13960437\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEEY-GELATO-2.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration: The brightly lit exterior of a boba shop called Sweet Gelato.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEEY-GELATO-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEEY-GELATO-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEEY-GELATO-2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEEY-GELATO-2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEEY-GELATO-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/SWEEY-GELATO-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shop is open until 2 a.m. every night. \u003ccite>(Thien Pham)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What Tony likes to do, it seems, is to play boba sommelier, insisting that we not waste our time perusing the menu and instead just let him pick out something we’ll like based on our preferences. Do we like smoothies? Milk teas? Something fruity? How do we feel about strawberries? What about dragon fruit?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For someone like me, who’s prone to analyzing a menu for upwards of 10 minutes to engineer the ideal order, giving up control in this way feels more than a little bit stressful. But Tony seems so fired up about the dragon fruit that I warm up to the idea. And that’s how I wind up ordering the Boba Virgin, a vaguely tropical concoction of dragon fruit, pomegranate, basil seeds and both popping boba and the regular tapioca-based variety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony decides to narrate my first sip. “Look at his face,” he says with palpable excitement. “Look at his face!” The drink is a bit sweet for my taste and doesn’t have any \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957666/best-boba-shops-bay-area-berkeley-cupertino-sf\">discernible tea flavor\u003c/a>, but I feel too bad about letting Tony down to do anything but nod enthusiastically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We also order a durian smoothie with boba, which costs $18 all by itself, and I’ve never seen anyone make a smoothie with as much vigor as Tony, putting his whole back and shoulders into it as he stirs with a spatula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13959808,arts_13958466,arts_13957666']\u003c/span>\u003c/span>My biggest piece of advice? Don’t come to Sweet Gelato unprepared, or you’ll be steamrolled by the force of Tony’s charisma and salesmanship. This man could sell me any car in the used car lot. If he sold vacation packages, I’d wind up letting him send me anywhere in the world, via a mode of transportation of his own choosing. We asked one tentative question about the shop’s gelato and other dessert offerings, and before we knew what was happening, he’d taken out two spoons, offered us a taste of tiramisu, and closed the sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Were the drinks amazing enough to merit the highest prices I’ve ever encountered in a boba shop? I suppose that’s in the eye of the beholder. The durian smoothie was delicious, rich and super-buttery, and loaded with the fruit’s characteristically bold, pungent flavor. Like Tony promised, it was made with 100% \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13925835/durian-bay-area-love-letter-singaporean-culture\">real durian\u003c/a>, and it showed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Really, though, I think the reason the shop has garnered such a cult following (and \u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/sweet-gelato-tea-lounge-san-jose\">near-perfect Yelp rating\u003c/a>) has more to do with the shop’s odd quirks and Tony’s unique style of hospitality. A piece of paper taped to the display case previews not new drinks but simply new drink \u003ci>names \u003c/i>that he’s planning to release in the future. (A sample: LIFE (Living It Fiercely Everyday)”) And, in its own way, the entire process of ordering a drink and watching Tony make it (and then watching him watch you drink it!) is a kind of show in and of itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I haven’t encountered anything else like it in 30-plus years of boba drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sweetgelatotealounge/\">\u003ci>Sweet Gelato Tea Lounge\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is open 5 p.m.–2 a.m. daily at 972 Green St. Unit 7084 in San Jose. \u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/hellahungry\">¡Hella Hungry!\u003c/a> is a series of interviews with Bay Area foodmakers exploring the region’s culinary innovations through the mouth of a first-generation local.\u003c/i>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Almaden Avenue is a long stretch of pavement that runs through a scrappy, historic neighborhood on the southern edge of San Jose’s downtown. It’s the kind of barrio you can visit at any hour to find some of the Bay Area’s most homey tacos while vatos circle the block on bicycles and inside minivans. It’s also where you’ll find\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rosarios_tacos/?hl=en\"> Rosario’s Tacos\u003c/a>, a no-frills taqueria that started inside a garage before moving to its current brick-and-mortar location in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gregarious owner, Joe, is an embodiment of San Jose’s low-riding Chicano spirit — a proud father with a full-bellied laugh and cynical sense of humor who refuses to give up on his community. The restaurant is named after his late mother, Rosario, whose recipes Joe has adapted to create the restaurant’s beloved quesabirria — a red-drenched behemoth of a taco, dripping with consomme, birria, cheese and (if desired) plump, succulent shrimp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosario’s generous portion sizes and undiluted hometown pride are what attract one of Shark City’s biggest foodies:\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/chrisillmatic/?hl=en\"> Chris Villa\u003c/a>. As the face of\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sanjosefoos/?hl=en\"> San Jose Foos\u003c/a> — the 408’s most culturally influential social media empire, with over 226,000 followers on Instagram — Villa has been going to Rosario’s for years and chose it as our rendezvous point on a sunny South Bay afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958803\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958803\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a table of tacos and flyers for a music festival\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose Foos is helping to coordinate the city’s first-ever Latin house music festival at Discovery Meadow Park on June 15. \u003ccite>(@alexknowbody)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though not food-specific, the page — which Villa co-facilitates with \u003ca href=\"https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/san-jose-foos-become-a-much-needed-voice-for-san-jose-culture/\">San Jose Foos founder, Jorge Anthony Gomez\u003c/a> — uplifts a variety of San Jose-owned businesses like Rosario’s. Their popular, insider-y memes and videos highlight small, family-run, genuinely under-appreciated and off-the-radar locales that otherwise go unnoticed by the Bay Area mainstream. Villa has been involved with the account for four years and recently left his job at Apple to pursue his creativity full-time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their biggest effort to continue building the city’s cultural profile, San Jose Foos are launching a new music festival: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C7AhHO0Pucw/?hl=en\">Taraka\u003c/a>. Headlined by\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/gordoszn/?hl=en\"> Nicaraguan super producer and DJ, Gordo\u003c/a>, and featuring a cast of eleven Latin American house music DJs, the festival will be the only one of its kind in the region (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13865311/how-sonido-clash-music-fest-became-a-hub-for-forward-thinking-latinx-sounds\">Sonido Clash, the alternative Latinx music festival\u003c/a> that was once held in San Jose, has been discontinued since the pandemic).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After ordering close to 20 tacos — which we divvied up, each taking home leftovers — Villa and I ate ourselves into a peaceful state of higher consciousness while chatting about Silicon Valley’s joys, complexities and upcoming food and music takeover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ci>********\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958806\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"birria tacos on a grill at a taqueria\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The quesabirria tacos are a main attraction at Rosario’s. \u003ccite>(@alexknowbody)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Chazaro: You chose this spot as our meeting point. What does Rosario’s Tacos mean to you? [mariachi music blares in the background]\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Chris Villa: \u003c/b>I’ve known about this spot for the longest. It’s a San Jose staple. It’s one of those spots that everyone in San Jose goes to. I’ve built a rapport with Joe [the owner] because of what he does and what he has contributed to the community. He has a presence here. And the food is delicious. This isn’t a gentrified spot, but you’ll still see every culture here. A group of Indian foodies recently made a video. That’s really cool to see. And Joe doesn’t want to go anywhere. He wants to stay right here in San Jose. That gives people a sense of pride. You can’t hate on that, you know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>I feel that. Have you eaten the Godzilla Taco here? The menu says it’s a 14-inch quesabirria taco. It crossed my mind.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, I have. I can’t finish it [laughs].\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958804\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958804\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a kitchen cook prepares meat for birria tacos\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-4-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-4-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-4-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosario’s Tacos uses family recipes from the owner’s late mother, Rosario, to make some of the best quesabirria in San Jose. \u003ccite>(@alexknowbody)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>There are a lot of solid taquerias in this area. I remember eating around here when I was a teenager, and a group of gang members got out of their car and approached the people I was with because of some of the colors they were wearing. But the tacos were so damn good that I kept coming back. Did you grow up in this part of the city?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13958336,arts_13958466,arts_13920483']\u003c/span>I grew up on the south side of San Jose. We used to stay away from this area growing up because of what it is, you know [laughs]. Where I lived was like the opposite gang, but I wasn’t affiliated or anything like that. Before all the Instagram stuff, I’ve always been cool with everyone. Just going out and saying what’s up to all the homies. That’s just the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>How did you start working with San Jose Foos, and what’s your involvement?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I partnered with my homie, Anthony [Gomez]. He’s the one who started it; I’m considered the face of it, and I’m in some of the videos. I also help with scheduling, shooting, editing and stuff like that as much as needed. I started a few years ago right after COVID [emerged] in 2020. After all that was going on, that’s when I jumped on board, and I was like, hey, you know, it’s a lot of fighting hate with hate. We wanted to make it a love thing. Support our community. Support local businesses however we can. We were at maybe 10,000 followers at the time, and it still made a difference. And from then it blew up from just telling people to check out this spot, go look at this artist, sharing San Jose staples that you got to know. It became more about that. Local history, culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958805\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958805\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a mural that reads "Rosario's Tacos San Jose" inside a taqueria\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural inside the taqueria reflects the owner’s hometown Chicano pride. \u003ccite>(@alexknowbody)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Is that cultural representation something you think San Jose was lacking at the time — or is maybe still lacking?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was missing for the longest. San Jose hasn’t always been shown the same love as San Francisco and Oakland. We wanted to pivot and put San Jose on the map in different ways. That was the goal. We want to make people laugh, too [laughs]. This is my favorite horchata in San Jose, by the way [sips horchata].\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>You’re helping launch a new festival in San Jose. That’s a big deal. How’s that going?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s huge. The first of its kind here in San Jose. They’re going to start building the stage. We’ve always wanted to do something big, festival wise. We’ve been mapping things out. Gordo is a dope artist. I’ve always been a fan of his, so when I heard we’re bringing him out I was like yo, that’s crazy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958808\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958808\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-26-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a journalist eating a taco\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-26-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-26-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-26-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-26-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-26-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-26-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-26-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-26-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED food journalist Alan Chazaro listens in as Chris Villa talks about San Jose’s cultural riches. \u003ccite>(@alexknowbody)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What’s your role in the festival?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m helping facilitate, mainly with the vendors. Making sure everyone’s good. I’ve been running around, wearing a few hats. It’ll all be at Discovery Meadows [the park outside the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose]. We have a friend who organizes events, and they’re really good at putting things together and getting the permits and things like that, so they took care of all that. We’ve done events before, but not this size. It’s gonna be good. It’s a large event being held in San Jose at a venue that not many people know about. The last big event that happened there was with Logic. He held a free event there. Hella random.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Who’s going to be there?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Live DJs will be going on from 2 to 9 on one stage. Gordo, Lee Foss, Malóne, Maneki. Nico Crespo from San Jose. He’s actually my best friend’s cousin and he’s been doing it big in the house and techno scene. It’s 11 Latin American house music DJs in total.\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/brownnproudla/?hl=en\"> Brown N Proud\u003c/a> LA is doing an SJ collab. He’s a clothing guy; [the clothing brand] Foos Gone Wild has partnered up with him before. But it’s mostly San Jose people:\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/shrimpn_aint_eazy/?hl=en\"> Shrimpin Ain’t Eazy\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/popupsj/?hl=en\">Pop Up SJ\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mrshrimpsj/\">Mr. Shrimp\u003c/a>. Food trucks, thrifters, clothing brands. Our own stuff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958809\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-37-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"three people sit in front of a taqueria during lunch\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-37-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-37-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-37-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-37-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-37-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-37-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-37-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-37-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Vilal (left), Alan Chazaro (center) and Rosario’s Tacos owner, Joe (right), discuss San Jose’s artistic community. \u003ccite>(@alexknowbody)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What’s your philosophy on what San Jose could be doing better moving forward?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest thing I see in San Jose is people fighting against each other, making everything a competition. [San Jose Foos] never saw it that way. We want to partner up with whoever wants to make a difference, big or small. Artists, photographers, any of that. One of the organizations we help out is\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/adopt_my_block/?hl=en\"> Adopt My Block\u003c/a>. They’re about adopting dogs, sheltering dogs. We reached out to them. It’s run by\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13839650/on-3rtys-veteran-san-jose-battle-rapper-dirtbag-dan-reveals-his-introspective-side\"> Dirtbag Dan\u003c/a>, one of [San Jose’s] old school battle rappers. We want to show that love to our city.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Taraka with Gordo’ will take place at Discovery Meadow Park (180 Woz Way, San Jose) on Sat., June 15 from 2 to 9 p.m. Tickets available \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taraka-san-jose-w-gordo-more-tba-tickets-891379388747?aff=aff0bandsintown&comeFrom=2500&artist_event_id=1031776474&bit_userid=%24%7Buser_id%7D&appId=onaqfvagbja_jro\">here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/hellahungry\">¡Hella Hungry!\u003c/a> is a series of interviews with Bay Area foodmakers exploring the region’s culinary innovations through the mouth of a first-generation local.\u003c/i>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Almaden Avenue is a long stretch of pavement that runs through a scrappy, historic neighborhood on the southern edge of San Jose’s downtown. It’s the kind of barrio you can visit at any hour to find some of the Bay Area’s most homey tacos while vatos circle the block on bicycles and inside minivans. It’s also where you’ll find\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rosarios_tacos/?hl=en\"> Rosario’s Tacos\u003c/a>, a no-frills taqueria that started inside a garage before moving to its current brick-and-mortar location in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gregarious owner, Joe, is an embodiment of San Jose’s low-riding Chicano spirit — a proud father with a full-bellied laugh and cynical sense of humor who refuses to give up on his community. The restaurant is named after his late mother, Rosario, whose recipes Joe has adapted to create the restaurant’s beloved quesabirria — a red-drenched behemoth of a taco, dripping with consomme, birria, cheese and (if desired) plump, succulent shrimp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosario’s generous portion sizes and undiluted hometown pride are what attract one of Shark City’s biggest foodies:\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/chrisillmatic/?hl=en\"> Chris Villa\u003c/a>. As the face of\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sanjosefoos/?hl=en\"> San Jose Foos\u003c/a> — the 408’s most culturally influential social media empire, with over 226,000 followers on Instagram — Villa has been going to Rosario’s for years and chose it as our rendezvous point on a sunny South Bay afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958803\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958803\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a table of tacos and flyers for a music festival\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-35-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose Foos is helping to coordinate the city’s first-ever Latin house music festival at Discovery Meadow Park on June 15. \u003ccite>(@alexknowbody)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though not food-specific, the page — which Villa co-facilitates with \u003ca href=\"https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/san-jose-foos-become-a-much-needed-voice-for-san-jose-culture/\">San Jose Foos founder, Jorge Anthony Gomez\u003c/a> — uplifts a variety of San Jose-owned businesses like Rosario’s. Their popular, insider-y memes and videos highlight small, family-run, genuinely under-appreciated and off-the-radar locales that otherwise go unnoticed by the Bay Area mainstream. Villa has been involved with the account for four years and recently left his job at Apple to pursue his creativity full-time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Headlined by\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/gordoszn/?hl=en\"> Nicaraguan super producer and DJ, Gordo\u003c/a>, and featuring a cast of eleven Latin American house music DJs, the festival will be the only one of its kind in the region (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13865311/how-sonido-clash-music-fest-became-a-hub-for-forward-thinking-latinx-sounds\">Sonido Clash, the alternative Latinx music festival\u003c/a> that was once held in San Jose, has been discontinued since the pandemic).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After ordering close to 20 tacos — which we divvied up, each taking home leftovers — Villa and I ate ourselves into a peaceful state of higher consciousness while chatting about Silicon Valley’s joys, complexities and upcoming food and music takeover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ci>********\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958806\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"birria tacos on a grill at a taqueria\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-14-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The quesabirria tacos are a main attraction at Rosario’s. \u003ccite>(@alexknowbody)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Chazaro: You chose this spot as our meeting point. What does Rosario’s Tacos mean to you? [mariachi music blares in the background]\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Chris Villa: \u003c/b>I’ve known about this spot for the longest. It’s a San Jose staple. It’s one of those spots that everyone in San Jose goes to. I’ve built a rapport with Joe [the owner] because of what he does and what he has contributed to the community. He has a presence here. And the food is delicious. This isn’t a gentrified spot, but you’ll still see every culture here. A group of Indian foodies recently made a video. That’s really cool to see. And Joe doesn’t want to go anywhere. He wants to stay right here in San Jose. That gives people a sense of pride. You can’t hate on that, you know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>I feel that. Have you eaten the Godzilla Taco here? The menu says it’s a 14-inch quesabirria taco. It crossed my mind.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, I have. 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I remember eating around here when I was a teenager, and a group of gang members got out of their car and approached the people I was with because of some of the colors they were wearing. But the tacos were so damn good that I kept coming back. Did you grow up in this part of the city?\u003c/b>\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>I grew up on the south side of San Jose. We used to stay away from this area growing up because of what it is, you know [laughs]. Where I lived was like the opposite gang, but I wasn’t affiliated or anything like that. Before all the Instagram stuff, I’ve always been cool with everyone. Just going out and saying what’s up to all the homies. That’s just the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>How did you start working with San Jose Foos, and what’s your involvement?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I partnered with my homie, Anthony [Gomez]. He’s the one who started it; I’m considered the face of it, and I’m in some of the videos. I also help with scheduling, shooting, editing and stuff like that as much as needed. I started a few years ago right after COVID [emerged] in 2020. After all that was going on, that’s when I jumped on board, and I was like, hey, you know, it’s a lot of fighting hate with hate. We wanted to make it a love thing. Support our community. Support local businesses however we can. We were at maybe 10,000 followers at the time, and it still made a difference. And from then it blew up from just telling people to check out this spot, go look at this artist, sharing San Jose staples that you got to know. It became more about that. Local history, culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958805\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958805\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a mural that reads "Rosario's Tacos San Jose" inside a taqueria\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/TacoTalkWAlanChris-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural inside the taqueria reflects the owner’s hometown Chicano pride. \u003ccite>(@alexknowbody)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Is that cultural representation something you think San Jose was lacking at the time — or is maybe still lacking?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was missing for the longest. 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Making sure everyone’s good. I’ve been running around, wearing a few hats. It’ll all be at Discovery Meadows [the park outside the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose]. We have a friend who organizes events, and they’re really good at putting things together and getting the permits and things like that, so they took care of all that. We’ve done events before, but not this size. It’s gonna be good. It’s a large event being held in San Jose at a venue that not many people know about. The last big event that happened there was with Logic. He held a free event there. Hella random.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Who’s going to be there?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Live DJs will be going on from 2 to 9 on one stage. Gordo, Lee Foss, Malóne, Maneki. Nico Crespo from San Jose. He’s actually my best friend’s cousin and he’s been doing it big in the house and techno scene. It’s 11 Latin American house music DJs in total.\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/brownnproudla/?hl=en\"> Brown N Proud\u003c/a> LA is doing an SJ collab. He’s a clothing guy; [the clothing brand] Foos Gone Wild has partnered up with him before. But it’s mostly San Jose people:\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/shrimpn_aint_eazy/?hl=en\"> Shrimpin Ain’t Eazy\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/popupsj/?hl=en\">Pop Up SJ\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mrshrimpsj/\">Mr. Shrimp\u003c/a>. Food trucks, thrifters, clothing brands. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958470\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958470\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration: Two men devour tacos and burritos while pouring hot sauce from squeeze bottles directly into their mouths.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose’s La Victoria Taqueria (aka La Vic’s), is famous for its orange sauce — and for feeding hungry college students until 3 a.m. \u003ccite>(Thien Pham)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/the-midnight-diners\">\u003ci>The Midnight Diners\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is a regular collaboration between KQED food editor Luke Tsai and graphic novelist \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thiendog/?hl=en\">\u003ci>Thien Pham\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>. Follow them each week as they explore the hot pot restaurants, taco carts and 24-hour casino buffets that make up the Bay Area’s after-hours dining scene.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve never stumbled into \u003ca href=\"https://www.lavicsj.com/\">La Victoria Taqueria\u003c/a> at 2 o’clock in the morning, bleary-eyed and half-starving midway through a six-hour cram session during finals week at San Jose State. Never crushed a plate of carne asada fries, half-drunk, after a night of dancing at Agenda or SJ Live back in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So my devotion to La Vic’s legendary orange sauce — the creamy, chile-flecked condiment that spawned a hundred imitators — is merely practical rather than religious. I just think it’s one of the most delicious hot sauces in the Bay Area. Almost certainly the most delicious you can get your hands on at 3 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And after our recent late-night visit, I think I understand the hype.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Open since 1998, the original San Carlos Street location of La Vic’s sits kitty-corner to SJSU’s main campus, inside a cheery, slightly ramshackle old house — like a cartoon Victorian where a child detective goes mystery hunting. The family-owned taqueria offers a very standard college town burrito shop menu: enormously overstuffed tacos and burritos, quesadillas and loaded nachos and fries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only difference is that everywhere you look, there’s orange sauce. Twelve-ounce squeeze bottles on every table, and lined up in the fridge case behind the counter. Multiple orange sauce posters on the walls. College kids — so many college kids, in gym shorts or decked out for a night at the club — ordering extra tubs of orange sauce to go with their takeout burritos. Even the cup for our agua fresca was decorated with a picture of a bottle of orange sauce. (“Orange you glad you tried,” reads the tagline.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958473\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958473\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration: Exterior of La Victoria Taqueria, in an old Victorian house, lit up at night.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original La Vic’s is located in downtown San Jose, right across the street from San Jose State University. \u003ccite>(Thien Pham)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Look, if we’re being strictly honest, there are plenty of taquerias in San Jose — and all around the Bay — where you can get a tastier, more well-constructed burrito than the ones La Vic’s is rolling out these days. You can find more flavorful carnitas and juicier, less gristly carne asada. There are other restaurants that do a better job of piling meat and cheese on top of French fries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But man does that orange sauce paper over a thousand sins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like any well-guarded family recipe, the actual contents of the sauce are shrouded in secrecy and wild speculation. In \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/07/san-jose-orange-sauce-taco-burrito-la-victoria-recipe/\">public interviews\u003c/a>, La Vic’s owners have only revealed a handful of obvious ingredients: garlic, onions, tomatoes, dried red chiles. Meanwhile, orange-sauce conspiracy theorists have long debated the source of the sauce’s telltale creaminess, which has been rumored to come from crushed-up crackers, mayonnaise and even leftover chorizo grease (!). The restaurant, for its part, stresses that the sauce has always been \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/La-Victoria-orange-sauce-is-secret-17081821.php\">100% vegan\u003c/a>. (I, and most \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/SalsaSnobs/comments/191wyaw/update_la_victorias_orange_sauce_aka_san_jose/\">copycat recipes\u003c/a>, suspect the creaminess just comes from emulsified vegetable oil.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13958041,arts_13955884,arts_13954983']\u003c/span>\u003c/span>Whatever the secret, La Vic’s orange sauce is delicious. It has a bright, garlicky heat that immediately perks up the palate and a tanginess that keeps it from being overly heavy, making it a natural foil to salty grilled meats. And we loved how the sauce’s slightly dense, creamy texture allows it to cling to surfaces instead of making the food soggy like your typical watery salsa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We also figured out how, if you order smartly, you can put together a legitimately solid meal at La Vic’s, even apart from squirting orange sauce onto every bite. First pro tip: It’s the super tacos, not the burritos, that are the star of the menu, especially if you order them with lengua, which is the tastiest and most tender of the meat options. The super tacos feature thick, double-stacked tortillas that the taqueros will crisp up on request, and they’re loaded with guacamole and sour cream, which provide a refreshing tang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Second tip: Don’t sleep on the zippy and criminally underrated green sauce, which some La Vic’s loyalists like even better than the orange sauce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Third: It’s true that the carne asada fries, which come loaded with steak, nacho cheese, sour cream and guac, are the ideal drunk food. But the fries here aren’t especially crispy, and it’s only a matter of minutes before the whole thing turns into a soggy mess. Consider instead the nachos. They have a much more resilient crunch and are, in my view, the perfect vessel for orange sauce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless you count my own cooking, that is. Like so many other La Vic’s initiates, I dropped $8 on a bottle of the sauce to bring home — to test if it does, in fact, taste amazing on everything, like so many of the glowing reviews I’d read. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been putting it on scrambled eggs and homemade carnitas, stirring it into bowls of rice and beans. And it really is true: I haven’t been disappointed yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lavicsj.com/\">\u003ci>La Victoria Taqueria\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> has six Bay Area locations, mostly in San Jose. The original location at 140 E. San Carlos St. is open from 7 a.m.–3 a.m. daily.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only difference is that everywhere you look, there’s orange sauce. Twelve-ounce squeeze bottles on every table, and lined up in the fridge case behind the counter. Multiple orange sauce posters on the walls. College kids — so many college kids, in gym shorts or decked out for a night at the club — ordering extra tubs of orange sauce to go with their takeout burritos. Even the cup for our agua fresca was decorated with a picture of a bottle of orange sauce. (“Orange you glad you tried,” reads the tagline.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958473\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958473\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration: Exterior of La Victoria Taqueria, in an old Victorian house, lit up at night.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Lavics2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original La Vic’s is located in downtown San Jose, right across the street from San Jose State University. \u003ccite>(Thien Pham)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Look, if we’re being strictly honest, there are plenty of taquerias in San Jose — and all around the Bay — where you can get a tastier, more well-constructed burrito than the ones La Vic’s is rolling out these days. You can find more flavorful carnitas and juicier, less gristly carne asada. There are other restaurants that do a better job of piling meat and cheese on top of French fries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But man does that orange sauce paper over a thousand sins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like any well-guarded family recipe, the actual contents of the sauce are shrouded in secrecy and wild speculation. In \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/07/san-jose-orange-sauce-taco-burrito-la-victoria-recipe/\">public interviews\u003c/a>, La Vic’s owners have only revealed a handful of obvious ingredients: garlic, onions, tomatoes, dried red chiles. Meanwhile, orange-sauce conspiracy theorists have long debated the source of the sauce’s telltale creaminess, which has been rumored to come from crushed-up crackers, mayonnaise and even leftover chorizo grease (!). The restaurant, for its part, stresses that the sauce has always been \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/La-Victoria-orange-sauce-is-secret-17081821.php\">100% vegan\u003c/a>. (I, and most \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/SalsaSnobs/comments/191wyaw/update_la_victorias_orange_sauce_aka_san_jose/\">copycat recipes\u003c/a>, suspect the creaminess just comes from emulsified vegetable oil.)\u003c/p>\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>Whatever the secret, La Vic’s orange sauce is delicious. It has a bright, garlicky heat that immediately perks up the palate and a tanginess that keeps it from being overly heavy, making it a natural foil to salty grilled meats. And we loved how the sauce’s slightly dense, creamy texture allows it to cling to surfaces instead of making the food soggy like your typical watery salsa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We also figured out how, if you order smartly, you can put together a legitimately solid meal at La Vic’s, even apart from squirting orange sauce onto every bite. First pro tip: It’s the super tacos, not the burritos, that are the star of the menu, especially if you order them with lengua, which is the tastiest and most tender of the meat options. The super tacos feature thick, double-stacked tortillas that the taqueros will crisp up on request, and they’re loaded with guacamole and sour cream, which provide a refreshing tang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Second tip: Don’t sleep on the zippy and criminally underrated green sauce, which some La Vic’s loyalists like even better than the orange sauce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Third: It’s true that the carne asada fries, which come loaded with steak, nacho cheese, sour cream and guac, are the ideal drunk food. But the fries here aren’t especially crispy, and it’s only a matter of minutes before the whole thing turns into a soggy mess. Consider instead the nachos. They have a much more resilient crunch and are, in my view, the perfect vessel for orange sauce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless you count my own cooking, that is. Like so many other La Vic’s initiates, I dropped $8 on a bottle of the sauce to bring home — to test if it does, in fact, taste amazing on everything, like so many of the glowing reviews I’d read. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been putting it on scrambled eggs and homemade carnitas, stirring it into bowls of rice and beans. And it really is true: I haven’t been disappointed yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lavicsj.com/\">\u003ci>La Victoria Taqueria\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> has six Bay Area locations, mostly in San Jose. The original location at 140 E. San Carlos St. is open from 7 a.m.–3 a.m. daily.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland, San Francisco and Vallejo might get all the glory when it comes to producing the Bay Area’s brightest hip-hop talent, but don’t sleep on San José. Not only is it the hometown of the late \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13907735/remembering-traxamillion-whose-beats-defined-the-bay-area-sound\">hyphy architect Traxamillion\u003c/a> — who produced all-time 2000s classics like Keak Da Sneak’s “Super Hyphy” and The Jacka’s “Glamorous Lifestyle” — but it’s also where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13939767/peanut-butter-wolf-san-jose-hip-hop-1980s-1990s\">DJ and producer Peanut Butter Wolf\u003c/a> started Stones Throw Records, the iconic independent label that put out classic material by Madlib, MF Doom and J Dilla during that same decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though San José is the Bay’s most populous city, today it’s often overlooked when it comes to culture — more known for its tech workers in Tesla Cybertrucks than its music scene. But it doesn’t take much digging to see that there’s a groundswell of local artists working hard to put the 408 back on the map, and take their music beyond the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their home base? \u003ca href=\"https://thecoterieden.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwr7ayBhAPEiwA6EIGxNSvr7d6O2ylnXK4DCPlGvZlHPFCsD2nQclmHc5j3ls2ijcGDyQu3hoCZVoQAvD_BwE\">The Coterie Den\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an artist-run, D.I.Y. creative space in a basement below a Japantown nail shop. Follow its winding staircase, and inside you’ll find a recording studio; a video, photo and podcast set; and a community event space decorated with murals and canvases by local artists. The Coterie Den is usually bustling with creatives in action, and regularly hosts fashion markets, open mics and gallery shows that are open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-eight-year-old rapper and event producer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ljames408/\">LJame$\u003c/a>, aka Lucas Milan, founded the Coterie Den in late 2021 with two business partners. At the time, he felt discouraged by San José’s lack of venues and resources for up-and-coming artists, especially in hip-hop. He came close to burnout and thought about quitting music altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956255\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956255\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LJame$, aka Lucas Milan, at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That changed when he and his business partners found the former grocery storage space that would become the Coterie Den. They rolled up their sleeves and put up drywall, soundproofed the studio and hired artists to repaint its salmon-colored walls with graffiti lettering and murals. Pouring his energy into the project reignited LJame$’ passion for creating, and the chance to lift up others became his motivation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Artists can come, put that work in, get their practice in, [get] those reps — right? Like you go to the gym to shoot a shot,” says LJame$, who’s now the Coterie Den’s sole owner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He runs the studio while also working a tech job by day, and pretty much doesn’t sleep. But he says it’s worth it. He has a team of 10 hungry creatives working alongside him — some of whom are as young as 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958339\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engineer Isandro Biaco at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In-house engineer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/isandro.flp/\">Isandro\u003c/a> — who gets constant props from everyone who stops by during our interview — taught himself to mix and master music, and saved up money from construction work for his own studio equipment. Becoming the Coterie Den’s full-time engineer has opened up new opportunities: In 2022, his own single “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/doblhgONeJU?si=gQcyHUZt-Ze7x6U2\">Heart2Heart\u003c/a>” took off on TikTok, and it was his Coterie Den comrades who instructed him on how to parlay the attention into his budding solo music career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t know what to do with all this hype,” he says. “I didn’t know that you had to be consistent and drop songs and keep feeding the people to grow a fan base. … With the Den, and having the resources here, and having all these dope-ass creative people excited to show me, ‘Yo, this is how you do it,’ we’re able to make it happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spending an afternoon with the Coterie Den crew, it’s easy to appreciate their collaborative, sibling-like energy. “I tangibly see sometimes how I’ve grown through journal entries. We journal a lot,” reflects LJame$. “I see some of the notes from earlier meetings to now. Like, ‘Man, we want to start an open mic’ to now [having] launched a successful open mic in here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958341\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Event coordinator Ruby Rodriguez at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A hip-hop incubator\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When I visit the Coterie Den during their open mic season finale in late April, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/saysumentertainment/\">Say Sum Entertainment\u003c/a> — a young, multicultural music collective co-hosting the event — is setting up a merch table as aspiring rappers and singers file in. Tonight, the artists will be scored on song structure, beat selection and stage presence by a judges’ panel consisting of LJame$, Isandro and Say Sum founder \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/415johnjohn/\">John John\u003c/a>. The open mic winner will get free studio time at the Coterie Den and a booking at Sam Sum’s next showcase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Coterie Den’s open mics are where Say Sum Entertainment began to take off, and the collective now has a network of over 100 artists all around the Bay Area who support one another. “Something that we want to keep growing is the community, to keep letting people know that the Bay Area is not all about competition, especially when it comes to music,” says John John.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to give the Coterie Den their flowers, because they helped me grow a lot as an artist — and even as a human being,” says rapper, content creator and Sam Sum Entertainment member \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/3ddev/\">3DDev\u003c/a>. He remembers a turning point in his music career, when he got constructive criticism at a Coterie Den open mic: “You feel like you’re on \u003cem>American Idol\u003c/em>. The next day I went to the studio and made sure I took the time to polish my skills.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artists sign in to participate in the open mic at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s certainly nerve-wracking to get live feedback in front of your peers, and there’s a nervous, excited energy in the room as showtime approaches. I chat with rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/401ksey/\">401k$ey\u003c/a>, who with a sheepish grin says it’s his second time ever getting up on stage. LJame$ starts calling artists up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A rapper with twin braids and a curly mustache named \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/estevanamoroso/\">Mr. Amoroso\u003c/a> kicks the night off with a sermon about chasing paper that gets everyone nodding in agreement. A singer named \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/chloe12354/\">Chlo\u003c/a> breaks into Tinashe-esque choreography while delivering a diss track to “bitches who try to read a book by its cover.” And \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/westsidemoe_/\">Westside Moe\u003c/a> charms the room with romantic verses that take everyone back to the Ja Rule and Ashanti era of hip-hop love songs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956261\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956261\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chlo performs at the open mic night at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The judges heap generous praise but also don’t pull back on critiques. A common refrain is that people need to lower their backing vocals and let the audience hear them. When some of the shyer artists forget to introduce themselves or let on that they’re nervous, the judges emphasize confidence and personal branding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When 401k$sey goes on, the sheepish demeanor falls away and he’s shoulder-shimmying across the stage while hyping the crowd with a call-and-response hook about rolling up to the club. Everyone loses it when he suddenly switches to rapping full force in Tagalog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pare!” Isandro exclaims in Tagalog from the judges’ table. “Yeah, bruh, for the second performance, I’m blown away. It looks like you been doing this shit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the night, Mr. Amoroso takes the crown, and everyone ends the night with smiles, hugs and fuel for their next moves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958343\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958343\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: John John, LJame$ and Isandro. LJame$ reviews the performance of a contestant at the open mic night at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A melting pot in Japantown\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Coterie Den is one of the newer businesses in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13904788/san-jose-japantown-changes-minato-gombei-shuei-do-santo-market\">Japantown\u003c/a>, home to some eateries and shops that have been around since the 1940s and ’50s. As San José’s Japanese American population ages or moves away to suburbs, the neighborhood is becoming more multicultural — something reflected in its artistic expression. [aside postid='arts_13904788']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LJame$, who is Chicano, has been organizing car shows and artist markets with his team in Japantown, and he says it took a while for some of the old-school neighborhood merchants to embrace the Coterie Den crew. He has a supporter in fellow business owner My Nguyen, who co-founded nearby streetwear boutique \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/headliners/?hl=en\">Headliners\u003c/a> in 2011. With the addition of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/coldwater.sj/\">Coldwater\u003c/a>, known for its \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/madebyrila/\">airbrushed sportswear\u003c/a> and in-house streetwear brand \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/juboclothing/\">Jubo\u003c/a>, there’s now a critical mass of establishments rooted in hip-hop culture in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being a young, Brown gentleman in here — and Japantown [has] a board and they have a whole business association and a very tight-knit community,” LJame$ says. “My stuck up for me a lot. I appreciate him for doing that and opening up doors for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958345\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958345\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">401k$ey performs at the open mic night at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The crowd at Coterie Den — Chicano, Filipino, Vietnamese, Black, white — reflects that sense of solidarity. “I want to showcase that to the world because coexisting, being in places where we can all absorb the culture and learn and listen and talk to one another — that’s special,” LJame$ says. “And the world needs more of that. Not just only in the creative scene, but everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like San José itself is a culture, but everybody kind of has their own culture,” says the Coterie Den’s event coordinator, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ruuubess/\">Ruby Rodriguez\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The audience watches performances during the open mic night at the Coterie Den in San Jose on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She has a major hand in the Coterie Den’s gatherings, including an even bigger open mic at last weekend’s Culture Night Market at Discovery Meadows. On May 26, the Coterie Den is hosting a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C7O98w8RUYI/?img_index=1\">Japantown vintage and thrift market\u003c/a>; on June 2, they’re sponsoring a \u003ca href=\"https://thecoterieden.com/packages/ols/categories/sunday-funday-tickets\">Sunday Funday\u003c/a> networking event and day party at nightclub Fuze SJ; and on June 3, the Coterie Den will open its doors for more networking and live performances at \u003ca href=\"https://thecoterieden.com/packages/ols/categories/innovative-meet-up-tickets\">Innovative Meetup\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Coterie Den team is passionate about their neighborhood. But their vision doesn’t stop there. They want to take their music beyond San José, and even beyond the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to have one of these in LA. I want to have one in New York. I want to take this exact culture that we’re building, and just transcend the region,” LJame$ says. “I think we have something special to show of course for our city, of course for the Bay area. … And I feel like it needs to be spread across the nation.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Oakland, San Francisco and Vallejo might get all the glory when it comes to producing the Bay Area’s brightest hip-hop talent, but don’t sleep on San José. Not only is it the hometown of the late \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13907735/remembering-traxamillion-whose-beats-defined-the-bay-area-sound\">hyphy architect Traxamillion\u003c/a> — who produced all-time 2000s classics like Keak Da Sneak’s “Super Hyphy” and The Jacka’s “Glamorous Lifestyle” — but it’s also where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13939767/peanut-butter-wolf-san-jose-hip-hop-1980s-1990s\">DJ and producer Peanut Butter Wolf\u003c/a> started Stones Throw Records, the iconic independent label that put out classic material by Madlib, MF Doom and J Dilla during that same decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though San José is the Bay’s most populous city, today it’s often overlooked when it comes to culture — more known for its tech workers in Tesla Cybertrucks than its music scene. But it doesn’t take much digging to see that there’s a groundswell of local artists working hard to put the 408 back on the map, and take their music beyond the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their home base? \u003ca href=\"https://thecoterieden.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwr7ayBhAPEiwA6EIGxNSvr7d6O2ylnXK4DCPlGvZlHPFCsD2nQclmHc5j3ls2ijcGDyQu3hoCZVoQAvD_BwE\">The Coterie Den\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an artist-run, D.I.Y. creative space in a basement below a Japantown nail shop. Follow its winding staircase, and inside you’ll find a recording studio; a video, photo and podcast set; and a community event space decorated with murals and canvases by local artists. The Coterie Den is usually bustling with creatives in action, and regularly hosts fashion markets, open mics and gallery shows that are open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-eight-year-old rapper and event producer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ljames408/\">LJame$\u003c/a>, aka Lucas Milan, founded the Coterie Den in late 2021 with two business partners. At the time, he felt discouraged by San José’s lack of venues and resources for up-and-coming artists, especially in hip-hop. He came close to burnout and thought about quitting music altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956255\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956255\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-03-KQED-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LJame$, aka Lucas Milan, at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That changed when he and his business partners found the former grocery storage space that would become the Coterie Den. They rolled up their sleeves and put up drywall, soundproofed the studio and hired artists to repaint its salmon-colored walls with graffiti lettering and murals. Pouring his energy into the project reignited LJame$’ passion for creating, and the chance to lift up others became his motivation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Artists can come, put that work in, get their practice in, [get] those reps — right? Like you go to the gym to shoot a shot,” says LJame$, who’s now the Coterie Den’s sole owner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He runs the studio while also working a tech job by day, and pretty much doesn’t sleep. But he says it’s worth it. He has a team of 10 hungry creatives working alongside him — some of whom are as young as 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958339\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-04_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engineer Isandro Biaco at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In-house engineer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/isandro.flp/\">Isandro\u003c/a> — who gets constant props from everyone who stops by during our interview — taught himself to mix and master music, and saved up money from construction work for his own studio equipment. Becoming the Coterie Den’s full-time engineer has opened up new opportunities: In 2022, his own single “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/doblhgONeJU?si=gQcyHUZt-Ze7x6U2\">Heart2Heart\u003c/a>” took off on TikTok, and it was his Coterie Den comrades who instructed him on how to parlay the attention into his budding solo music career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t know what to do with all this hype,” he says. “I didn’t know that you had to be consistent and drop songs and keep feeding the people to grow a fan base. … With the Den, and having the resources here, and having all these dope-ass creative people excited to show me, ‘Yo, this is how you do it,’ we’re able to make it happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spending an afternoon with the Coterie Den crew, it’s easy to appreciate their collaborative, sibling-like energy. “I tangibly see sometimes how I’ve grown through journal entries. We journal a lot,” reflects LJame$. “I see some of the notes from earlier meetings to now. Like, ‘Man, we want to start an open mic’ to now [having] launched a successful open mic in here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958341\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-06_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Event coordinator Ruby Rodriguez at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A hip-hop incubator\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When I visit the Coterie Den during their open mic season finale in late April, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/saysumentertainment/\">Say Sum Entertainment\u003c/a> — a young, multicultural music collective co-hosting the event — is setting up a merch table as aspiring rappers and singers file in. Tonight, the artists will be scored on song structure, beat selection and stage presence by a judges’ panel consisting of LJame$, Isandro and Say Sum founder \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/415johnjohn/\">John John\u003c/a>. The open mic winner will get free studio time at the Coterie Den and a booking at Sam Sum’s next showcase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Coterie Den’s open mics are where Say Sum Entertainment began to take off, and the collective now has a network of over 100 artists all around the Bay Area who support one another. “Something that we want to keep growing is the community, to keep letting people know that the Bay Area is not all about competition, especially when it comes to music,” says John John.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to give the Coterie Den their flowers, because they helped me grow a lot as an artist — and even as a human being,” says rapper, content creator and Sam Sum Entertainment member \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/3ddev/\">3DDev\u003c/a>. He remembers a turning point in his music career, when he got constructive criticism at a Coterie Den open mic: “You feel like you’re on \u003cem>American Idol\u003c/em>. The next day I went to the studio and made sure I took the time to polish my skills.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-02_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artists sign in to participate in the open mic at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s certainly nerve-wracking to get live feedback in front of your peers, and there’s a nervous, excited energy in the room as showtime approaches. I chat with rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/401ksey/\">401k$ey\u003c/a>, who with a sheepish grin says it’s his second time ever getting up on stage. LJame$ starts calling artists up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A rapper with twin braids and a curly mustache named \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/estevanamoroso/\">Mr. Amoroso\u003c/a> kicks the night off with a sermon about chasing paper that gets everyone nodding in agreement. A singer named \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/chloe12354/\">Chlo\u003c/a> breaks into Tinashe-esque choreography while delivering a diss track to “bitches who try to read a book by its cover.” And \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/westsidemoe_/\">Westside Moe\u003c/a> charms the room with romantic verses that take everyone back to the Ja Rule and Ashanti era of hip-hop love songs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956261\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956261\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-15-KQED-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chlo performs at the open mic night at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The judges heap generous praise but also don’t pull back on critiques. A common refrain is that people need to lower their backing vocals and let the audience hear them. When some of the shyer artists forget to introduce themselves or let on that they’re nervous, the judges emphasize confidence and personal branding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When 401k$sey goes on, the sheepish demeanor falls away and he’s shoulder-shimmying across the stage while hyping the crowd with a call-and-response hook about rolling up to the club. Everyone loses it when he suddenly switches to rapping full force in Tagalog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pare!” Isandro exclaims in Tagalog from the judges’ table. “Yeah, bruh, for the second performance, I’m blown away. It looks like you been doing this shit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the night, Mr. Amoroso takes the crown, and everyone ends the night with smiles, hugs and fuel for their next moves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958343\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958343\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-14_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: John John, LJame$ and Isandro. LJame$ reviews the performance of a contestant at the open mic night at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A melting pot in Japantown\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Coterie Den is one of the newer businesses in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13904788/san-jose-japantown-changes-minato-gombei-shuei-do-santo-market\">Japantown\u003c/a>, home to some eateries and shops that have been around since the 1940s and ’50s. As San José’s Japanese American population ages or moves away to suburbs, the neighborhood is becoming more multicultural — something reflected in its artistic expression. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LJame$, who is Chicano, has been organizing car shows and artist markets with his team in Japantown, and he says it took a while for some of the old-school neighborhood merchants to embrace the Coterie Den crew. He has a supporter in fellow business owner My Nguyen, who co-founded nearby streetwear boutique \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/headliners/?hl=en\">Headliners\u003c/a> in 2011. With the addition of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/coldwater.sj/\">Coldwater\u003c/a>, known for its \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/madebyrila/\">airbrushed sportswear\u003c/a> and in-house streetwear brand \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/juboclothing/\">Jubo\u003c/a>, there’s now a critical mass of establishments rooted in hip-hop culture in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being a young, Brown gentleman in here — and Japantown [has] a board and they have a whole business association and a very tight-knit community,” LJame$ says. “My stuck up for me a lot. I appreciate him for doing that and opening up doors for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958345\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958345\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-42_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">401k$ey performs at the open mic night at the Coterie Den in San José on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The crowd at Coterie Den — Chicano, Filipino, Vietnamese, Black, white — reflects that sense of solidarity. “I want to showcase that to the world because coexisting, being in places where we can all absorb the culture and learn and listen and talk to one another — that’s special,” LJame$ says. “And the world needs more of that. Not just only in the creative scene, but everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like San José itself is a culture, but everybody kind of has their own culture,” says the Coterie Den’s event coordinator, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ruuubess/\">Ruby Rodriguez\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240419-COTERIE-DEN-MD-11-KQED-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The audience watches performances during the open mic night at the Coterie Den in San Jose on April 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She has a major hand in the Coterie Den’s gatherings, including an even bigger open mic at last weekend’s Culture Night Market at Discovery Meadows. On May 26, the Coterie Den is hosting a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C7O98w8RUYI/?img_index=1\">Japantown vintage and thrift market\u003c/a>; on June 2, they’re sponsoring a \u003ca href=\"https://thecoterieden.com/packages/ols/categories/sunday-funday-tickets\">Sunday Funday\u003c/a> networking event and day party at nightclub Fuze SJ; and on June 3, the Coterie Den will open its doors for more networking and live performances at \u003ca href=\"https://thecoterieden.com/packages/ols/categories/innovative-meet-up-tickets\">Innovative Meetup\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Coterie Den team is passionate about their neighborhood. But their vision doesn’t stop there. They want to take their music beyond San José, and even beyond the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On a hot summer day, the sound of a paleta cart’s bells usually signals the arrival of bright red paletas de fresa, ice cream sandwiches and gumball-eyed Spider-Man popsicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the ice pops inside \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/paletaplaneta/\">Paleta Planeta’s\u003c/a> galaxy-wrapped cart in San Jose are different. While the cart does sell some traditional Mexican fruit paletas, it also offers an ever-rotating selection of hybrid flavors like taro Oreo and avocado chocolate. Other flavors aren’t particularly Mexican, or what you’d think to put in a popsicle, at all — pumpkin pie, for instance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The experimental approach has earned Paleta Planeta a cult following across the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our paletas have traditional Mexican roots,” co-founder Mauricio Salazar says. “But we blend them with flavors from other cultures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mauricio and his brother Luis Salazar started selling paletas from their parents’ garage in October 2021. They wanted to start their own business due to the uncertainty of the pandemic’s layoffs, and their cousins — third-generation paleteros in Texas — offered to teach them the basics. Now, the Salazars manufacture and sell their ice pops from a kitchen in the back of Zuñigas Restaurant in San Jose. While recipe development is a joint effort, Luis is the one who makes the paletas. Mauricio primarily handles events and social media. And Gabriel, their younger brother, helps with bookkeeping and invoicing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We grew up playing competitive soccer,” Mauricio says. “We understand the importance of having a team.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958233\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958233\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right.jpg\" alt=\"Two men in rubber gloves hold up popsicles.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brothers Mauricio (left) and Luis Salazar started their paleta business in 2021. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a team of two, Mauricio and Luis are able to produce and package a few hundred paletas per day with the use of a flash freezer. They fill metal paleta molds with fresh fruit purées and dunk them into a water-glycol bath, which freezes a batch within minutes. This is faster than waiting for paletas to solidify in a traditional freezer, and more importantly, it produces paletas that are light and airy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brothers take their craft seriously and have even traveled to the \u003ca href=\"https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/reposteros-espa%C3%B1oles-mexicanos-innovan-ser-223100688.html\">international paleta convention\u003c/a> in Mexico City to learn the flavors and techniques being used by new-wave paleteros. Indeed, what sets Planeta Paletas apart is the brothers’ creativity and dedication to offering unique flavor combinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958230\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958230\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake.jpg\" alt=\"Three colorful Mexican popsicles on top of a tray of ice.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trio of colorful paletas. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes I go to the bar for inspiration,” says Luis. “If flavors work in a drink, they work in a paleta.” (A mojito inspired him to pair mint with fruit flavors like strawberry, pineapple and mango.) Mauricio keeps an eye out for potential ideas by keeping track of what fruits are in season and perusing boba shop menus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">\u003cb>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13958114,arts_13953266,arts_13957666']\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b>\u003c/span>Their flavor combinations aren’t thoughtless mishmashes of trendy ingredients. The matcha horchata, for example, pairs a drink popular in Japan with one popular in Mexico highlighting the subtle nuttiness of each. It’s herbal, sweet, and, for anyone that’s a fan of both drinks, provides simultaneous flashes of the sophistication of sitting down for a cup of hot tea and the cooling-off effect of a refreshing agua fresca.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Salazar brothers use mostly seasonal fruits for two reasons: Because they’re more flavorful, they require less additional sugar, and they present the opportunity to experiment with ingredients the Salazars wouldn’t typically consider. Luis is especially proud of a creation he made by pairing mamey sapote, a Mexican fruit that has notes of pumpkin and apricot, with mango, which brightens the earthiness of the sapote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958237\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958237\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler.jpg\" alt=\"Ube brownie, mango maracuya lechera, mazapán paletas in a cooler.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planeta Paleta is known for its creative, non-traditional flavors, and its use of seasonal ingredients. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>My favorite is Planeta’s take on an orange cream pop. The paleta’s shattering exterior is made with mango and passionfruit which maintains the original creation’s tropical flavor while introducing a musky complexity. The interior swaps cream for lechera (i.e., Latin American condensed milk), which is sweeter and denser, balancing out the acidity of the fruits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Paleta Planeta flavors are fun reinventions of Mexican classics. Candies like gansito and mazapan are suspended in ice to create a refreshing version of the treats. Abuelita brand Mexican hot chocolate is typically reserved for winter nights, but in ice pop form, you can bring it along for a beach day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958238\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958238\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart.jpg\" alt='A purple, galaxy-themed paleta cart with the name of the business, \"Paleta Planeta,\" in a space-age font. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We grew up playing competitive soccer,” Mauricio says. “We understand the importance of having a team.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958233\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958233\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right.jpg\" alt=\"Two men in rubber gloves hold up popsicles.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brothers Mauricio (left) and Luis Salazar started their paleta business in 2021. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a team of two, Mauricio and Luis are able to produce and package a few hundred paletas per day with the use of a flash freezer. They fill metal paleta molds with fresh fruit purées and dunk them into a water-glycol bath, which freezes a batch within minutes. This is faster than waiting for paletas to solidify in a traditional freezer, and more importantly, it produces paletas that are light and airy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brothers take their craft seriously and have even traveled to the \u003ca href=\"https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/reposteros-espa%C3%B1oles-mexicanos-innovan-ser-223100688.html\">international paleta convention\u003c/a> in Mexico City to learn the flavors and techniques being used by new-wave paleteros. Indeed, what sets Planeta Paletas apart is the brothers’ creativity and dedication to offering unique flavor combinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958230\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958230\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake.jpg\" alt=\"Three colorful Mexican popsicles on top of a tray of ice.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trio of colorful paletas. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes I go to the bar for inspiration,” says Luis. “If flavors work in a drink, they work in a paleta.” (A mojito inspired him to pair mint with fruit flavors like strawberry, pineapple and mango.) Mauricio keeps an eye out for potential ideas by keeping track of what fruits are in season and perusing boba shop menus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">\u003cb>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b>\u003c/span>Their flavor combinations aren’t thoughtless mishmashes of trendy ingredients. The matcha horchata, for example, pairs a drink popular in Japan with one popular in Mexico highlighting the subtle nuttiness of each. It’s herbal, sweet, and, for anyone that’s a fan of both drinks, provides simultaneous flashes of the sophistication of sitting down for a cup of hot tea and the cooling-off effect of a refreshing agua fresca.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Salazar brothers use mostly seasonal fruits for two reasons: Because they’re more flavorful, they require less additional sugar, and they present the opportunity to experiment with ingredients the Salazars wouldn’t typically consider. Luis is especially proud of a creation he made by pairing mamey sapote, a Mexican fruit that has notes of pumpkin and apricot, with mango, which brightens the earthiness of the sapote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958237\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958237\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler.jpg\" alt=\"Ube brownie, mango maracuya lechera, mazapán paletas in a cooler.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planeta Paleta is known for its creative, non-traditional flavors, and its use of seasonal ingredients. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>My favorite is Planeta’s take on an orange cream pop. The paleta’s shattering exterior is made with mango and passionfruit which maintains the original creation’s tropical flavor while introducing a musky complexity. The interior swaps cream for lechera (i.e., Latin American condensed milk), which is sweeter and denser, balancing out the acidity of the fruits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Paleta Planeta flavors are fun reinventions of Mexican classics. Candies like gansito and mazapan are suspended in ice to create a refreshing version of the treats. Abuelita brand Mexican hot chocolate is typically reserved for winter nights, but in ice pop form, you can bring it along for a beach day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958238\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958238\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart.jpg\" alt='A purple, galaxy-themed paleta cart with the name of the business, \"Paleta Planeta,\" in a space-age font. ' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cart makes frequent appearances at a variety of South Bay events. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After years of hard work, the brothers are ready to take their business to the next step: a brick-and-mortar location in downtown San Jose, in the former 4th Street Pizza building across from City Hall. New additions include a system that will allow customers to customize their paletas with a variety of toppings. The Salazars expect to open their doors by July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re born and raised in Eastside San Jose,” Mauricio says, “so we’re excited to be a part of the city’s new wave of flourishing businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.paletaplaneta.com/\">\u003ci>Paleta Planeta\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is currently located inside of Zuñiga’s Restaurant at 1783 Alum Rock Ave. Unit 20 in San Jose. When it opens, the new brick-and-mortar shop will be located at 150 E. Santa Clara St. For weekly hours and events, check their \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/paletaplaneta/\">\u003ci>Instagram account.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In what might be the most heartbreaking, multi-league exodus in modern sports history, the Bay Area — and in particular, Oakland — has recently suffered more than its fair share of hometown woes. Between \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39908731/oakland-sacramento-meetings-moves-john-fisher\">the bumbling soullessness of Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher\u003c/a>, the departure of the Raiders and the not-so-distant transplanting of the Golden State Warriors in recent seasons, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955419/oakland-as-athletics-booker-ruiz-wristbandgate\">fanbases have experienced no shortage of rage and disappointment\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s response? To gather an eclectic and boisterous assemblage of fans and community members, and organize with a grassroots ferocity rarely seen in the sports world. The past few months have seen the Bay creating new teams — separate from the level of the Giants, 49ers, Warriors and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957833/golden-state-valkyries-chase-center-wnba-block-party-kehlani-e-40-p-lo\">the newly minted Valkyries\u003c/a> — garnering independent support and marching downfield with an unwavering appreciation for the underdog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The upshot is that, this summer, there are more ways than ever to enjoy an affordable sports outing with your family — and, in doing so, proving that Bay Area sports fans are resilient and loyal. Here’s a brief rundown on how to support the Bay’s most exciting teams (without putting any money in Fisher’s feeble hands).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956942\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956942\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a baseball player shows off his Oakland Ballers jersey at a local tryout\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-768x550.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-2048x1466.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-1920x1375.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Ballers recently held a tryout for local players to showcase their skills at Laney College. \u003ccite>(Oakland Ballers)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oakland.ballers/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Ballers\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In search of a locally rooted organization committed to preserving Oakland’s storied baseball identity? Look no further than\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968536/new-oakland-ballers-baseball-team-aims-to-keep-the-sport-in-the-city\"> the B’s — short for Ballers\u003c/a> — whose \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938668/meet-the-designer-for-the-bs-oaklands-new-homegrown-baseball-team\">snazzy, historically-forward logo\u003c/a> and uniforms harken back to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/OaklandBallers/status/1781387456836981054\">the city’s prolific baseball legacy among shipyard workers and Black unions\u003c/a>. The brand new team will play at Raimondi Park in West Oakland and compete in the Pioneer League — an independent collection of minor league franchises with no Major League Baseball affiliations. Though their season doesn’t start until late May, the organization has already hit a home run by signing \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kelsie_whitmore/?hl=en\">the league’s first-ever female pitcher, Kelsie Whitmore\u003c/a>. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://uspst.clappit.com/tickets-oakland-ballers/showProductList.html\">Tickets here\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956939\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956939\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a group of women soccer players celebrate after a goal is scored\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay FC players celebrate after a goal. The NWSL is considered among the best leagues in the world. \u003ccite>(Bay FC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wearebayfc/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Bay FC\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We’re witnessing the largest surge for women’s sports in history — and we can be proud that the Bay Area is at its forefront. In addition to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963547/wnba-team-in-the-bay-a-slam-dunk-for-bay-area-basketball\">the WNBA’s announcement of a Golden State expansion franchise\u003c/a> in 2025, the region scored extra points by introducing their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980330/a-new-pro-womens-soccer-team-kicks-off-in-the-bay\">newest women’s soccer team\u003c/a>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wearebayfc/?hl=en\">Bay FC\u003c/a>, who made a splash by signing six-time African Women’s Footballer of the Year, Asisat Oshoala. Their \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39585552/nwsl-new-nike-kits-laying-foundation-commercial-growth\">Nike-designed kits and Old English crest\u003c/a> have elicited much excitement, and the schedule promises a variety of celebratory nights, including Pride and Latino Heritage. The team’s inaugural season is already underway as the newest members of the National Women’s Soccer League, which \u003cem>The Guardia\u003c/em>n recently dubbed “\u003ca href=\"https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/may/01/nwsl-commissioner-interview-us-soccer-expansion-value\">the world’s most innovative league\u003c/a>.” With home games costing as low as $13 at San Jose’s PayPal Park (a fun venue with the world’s largest outdoor bar), there’s no excuse for missing out on any summer kicks. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/schedule/\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a gray and blue baseball uniform that reads 'Stockton' is in the middle of throwing the ball from somewhere in the infield\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stockton Ports shortstop Franklin Barreto throws to first base during the game between the Stockton Ports and the Bakersfield Blaze at Sam Lynn in Bakersfield, CA. \u003ccite>( David Dennis/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stocktonports/\">\u003cb>Stockton Ports\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not for meant for the casual bandwagoner, this sports excursion will require a day trip to Stockton. But, as the A’s official single-A affiliate, who have shown nothing but support to fans amid MLB’s failure to keep the green-and-gold in town, our neighboring franchise deserves some love. For years, the Ports have been overlooked as an out-of-market afterthought: Why watch minor leaguers when you have major leaguers nearby? Well, that reality has shifted: Why continue supporting a vapid owner when you have a friendly alternative nearby? Earlier this season, when Oakland sports fans held their own Fan Fest,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952437/oakland-as-fans-fest-jack-london-square-2024\"> the Ports became official sponsors\u003c/a> and provided donations to help make it happen. If that’s not the definition of being 10 toes down, I’m not sure what is. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.milb.com/stockton/schedule/2024-04\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957863\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700.jpg\" alt=\"two soccer players sign a colorful flag for fans in the stands after winning a nighttime game\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neveal Hackshaw and Johnny Rodriguez of the Oakland Roots sign a flag for fans after the U.S. Open Cup third round game between the Oakland Roots and El Farolito on April 16, 2024 at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California. \u003ccite>(Doug Zimmerman/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandroots/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Roots\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the most socially conscious squad in all of professional U.S. sports, the Roots have \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Are-the-Oakland-Roots-the-most-civic-minded-team-15661728.php\">put the community first since their 2018 formation in the Town\u003c/a>. Whether it’s collaborating with local artists and small businesses or cultivating a development team known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/project51o/\">Project 510\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961286/oakland-roots-pro-soccer-team-raises-nearly-2-million-in-first-4-days-of-crowdfunding\">crowdfunded club\u003c/a> (which includes Jason Kidd, Marshawn Lynch, G Eazy and Billie Joe Armstrong as well as everyday Bay Area sports fans as part-owners) have been all in on hometown pride. You’re just as likely to see one of your favorite rappers performing at halftime, or casually attending a game on AAPI Heritage or Town Biz Night. Meanwhile CSU East Bay’s Pioneer Stadium is gorgeous, providing sweeping views of the Bay Area as an extra benefit to whatever’s going on between the sidelines. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://seatgeek.com/oakland-roots-sc-tickets\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956937\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956937\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a woman soccer player jogs during warm ups before a game\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Soul have been heralded for their play on the field, and their style off the field. \u003ccite>(Oakland Soul SC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandsoulsc/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Soul\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not to be outdone, the Soul are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915080/oakland-roots-soccer-club-to-start-new-amateur-womens-team\">the amateur women’s branch of the Roots\u003c/a> — with a growing buzz and fanbase of their own. Their funky, retro-inspired uniforms are worth snagging from Oaklandish. Currently, the team plays in the United Soccer League Network, with home games hosted at Merritt College, and will play one double header with the Roots at CSUEB. Unlike Bay FC, the Soul play in the USL W, a second-division women’s league one tier beneath the NWSL — in other words, the two leading women’s soccer teams of the region aren’t directly in competition with one another, so you can guiltlessly cheer on both at once. In 2025, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/oakland-coliseum-roots-soul-soccer-teams-2025-officials-approve-deal/\">the Soul (along with the Roots) will be housed at the Oakland Coliseum\u003c/a>. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://seatgeek.com/oakland-soul-sc-tickets\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957864\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957864\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Messi of Argentina holds a giant trophy while smiling surrounded by his team after winning the Copa America Brazil 2021.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lionel Messi of Argentina smiles with the trophy as he celebrates with teammates after winning the final of Copa America Brazil 2021 between Brazil and Argentina at Maracana Stadium on July 10, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. \u003ccite>(Buda Mendes/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/copaamerica/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Copa América\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This isn’t a \u003cem>team\u003c/em>, per se — it’s a global phenomenon. Every four years, the biggest soccer tournament in the Western Hemisphere takes place in rotating host nations throughout the Americas. This year, the United States has been selected as the home of the famed cup — and Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara has been deemed a national site for two games. With teams playing in cities across the country, Bay Area fans will be gifted with rare appearances from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela for the oldest soccer tournament in the world (yes, older than the World Cup itself). \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://copaamerica.com/entradas/\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956934\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956934\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"an ultimate frisbee player runs for a score with frisbee in hand\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Spiders are an ultimate frisbee team that play at Fremont High School in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Julien Dagan @juliendaganphoto)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bayareafalcons/?hl=en&img_index=1\">\u003cb>Bay Area Falcons\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> and \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandspiders/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Spiders\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If the venerable spring-and-summer sports of baseball and soccer aren’t your jam, or you’re looking for a new spin on sunny weather outings, check out the Falcons (women’s and non-binary) and Spiders (men’s) professional ultimate frisbee teams. Both squads compete at East Oakland’s Fremont High School for home games. The Spiders — two-time national champs, currently led by rookie frisbeer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghz9Qey4Of8\">Raekwon Adkins\u003c/a> — have also graciously provided \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5mcdH-PWoa/?hl=en\">an ultimate frisbee explainer video\u003c/a> for the uninitiated. Admittedly, I’ve never attended a pro frisbee game, but with my favorite summertime team — formerly known as the Oakland Athletics — about to vacate the area, I’ll certainly be looking elsewhere to provide my loyal fandom. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.falconsultimate.com/tickets\">Tickets here\u003c/a> (Falcons) and\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandspiders.com/collections/tickets_memberships\"> here\u003c/a> (Spiders).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In what might be the most heartbreaking, multi-league exodus in modern sports history, the Bay Area — and in particular, Oakland — has recently suffered more than its fair share of hometown woes. Between \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39908731/oakland-sacramento-meetings-moves-john-fisher\">the bumbling soullessness of Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher\u003c/a>, the departure of the Raiders and the not-so-distant transplanting of the Golden State Warriors in recent seasons, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955419/oakland-as-athletics-booker-ruiz-wristbandgate\">fanbases have experienced no shortage of rage and disappointment\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s response? To gather an eclectic and boisterous assemblage of fans and community members, and organize with a grassroots ferocity rarely seen in the sports world. The past few months have seen the Bay creating new teams — separate from the level of the Giants, 49ers, Warriors and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957833/golden-state-valkyries-chase-center-wnba-block-party-kehlani-e-40-p-lo\">the newly minted Valkyries\u003c/a> — garnering independent support and marching downfield with an unwavering appreciation for the underdog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The upshot is that, this summer, there are more ways than ever to enjoy an affordable sports outing with your family — and, in doing so, proving that Bay Area sports fans are resilient and loyal. Here’s a brief rundown on how to support the Bay’s most exciting teams (without putting any money in Fisher’s feeble hands).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956942\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956942\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a baseball player shows off his Oakland Ballers jersey at a local tryout\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-768x550.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-2048x1466.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Ballers1-1920x1375.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Ballers recently held a tryout for local players to showcase their skills at Laney College. \u003ccite>(Oakland Ballers)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oakland.ballers/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Ballers\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In search of a locally rooted organization committed to preserving Oakland’s storied baseball identity? Look no further than\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968536/new-oakland-ballers-baseball-team-aims-to-keep-the-sport-in-the-city\"> the B’s — short for Ballers\u003c/a> — whose \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938668/meet-the-designer-for-the-bs-oaklands-new-homegrown-baseball-team\">snazzy, historically-forward logo\u003c/a> and uniforms harken back to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/OaklandBallers/status/1781387456836981054\">the city’s prolific baseball legacy among shipyard workers and Black unions\u003c/a>. The brand new team will play at Raimondi Park in West Oakland and compete in the Pioneer League — an independent collection of minor league franchises with no Major League Baseball affiliations. Though their season doesn’t start until late May, the organization has already hit a home run by signing \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kelsie_whitmore/?hl=en\">the league’s first-ever female pitcher, Kelsie Whitmore\u003c/a>. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://uspst.clappit.com/tickets-oakland-ballers/showProductList.html\">Tickets here\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956939\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956939\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a group of women soccer players celebrate after a goal is scored\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JT401019-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay FC players celebrate after a goal. The NWSL is considered among the best leagues in the world. \u003ccite>(Bay FC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wearebayfc/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Bay FC\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We’re witnessing the largest surge for women’s sports in history — and we can be proud that the Bay Area is at its forefront. In addition to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963547/wnba-team-in-the-bay-a-slam-dunk-for-bay-area-basketball\">the WNBA’s announcement of a Golden State expansion franchise\u003c/a> in 2025, the region scored extra points by introducing their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980330/a-new-pro-womens-soccer-team-kicks-off-in-the-bay\">newest women’s soccer team\u003c/a>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wearebayfc/?hl=en\">Bay FC\u003c/a>, who made a splash by signing six-time African Women’s Footballer of the Year, Asisat Oshoala. Their \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39585552/nwsl-new-nike-kits-laying-foundation-commercial-growth\">Nike-designed kits and Old English crest\u003c/a> have elicited much excitement, and the schedule promises a variety of celebratory nights, including Pride and Latino Heritage. The team’s inaugural season is already underway as the newest members of the National Women’s Soccer League, which \u003cem>The Guardia\u003c/em>n recently dubbed “\u003ca href=\"https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/may/01/nwsl-commissioner-interview-us-soccer-expansion-value\">the world’s most innovative league\u003c/a>.” With home games costing as low as $13 at San Jose’s PayPal Park (a fun venue with the world’s largest outdoor bar), there’s no excuse for missing out on any summer kicks. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/schedule/\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a gray and blue baseball uniform that reads 'Stockton' is in the middle of throwing the ball from somewhere in the infield\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-579843848-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stockton Ports shortstop Franklin Barreto throws to first base during the game between the Stockton Ports and the Bakersfield Blaze at Sam Lynn in Bakersfield, CA. \u003ccite>( David Dennis/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stocktonports/\">\u003cb>Stockton Ports\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not for meant for the casual bandwagoner, this sports excursion will require a day trip to Stockton. But, as the A’s official single-A affiliate, who have shown nothing but support to fans amid MLB’s failure to keep the green-and-gold in town, our neighboring franchise deserves some love. For years, the Ports have been overlooked as an out-of-market afterthought: Why watch minor leaguers when you have major leaguers nearby? Well, that reality has shifted: Why continue supporting a vapid owner when you have a friendly alternative nearby? Earlier this season, when Oakland sports fans held their own Fan Fest,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952437/oakland-as-fans-fest-jack-london-square-2024\"> the Ports became official sponsors\u003c/a> and provided donations to help make it happen. If that’s not the definition of being 10 toes down, I’m not sure what is. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.milb.com/stockton/schedule/2024-04\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957863\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700.jpg\" alt=\"two soccer players sign a colorful flag for fans in the stands after winning a nighttime game\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-2148930700-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neveal Hackshaw and Johnny Rodriguez of the Oakland Roots sign a flag for fans after the U.S. Open Cup third round game between the Oakland Roots and El Farolito on April 16, 2024 at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California. \u003ccite>(Doug Zimmerman/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandroots/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Roots\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the most socially conscious squad in all of professional U.S. sports, the Roots have \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Are-the-Oakland-Roots-the-most-civic-minded-team-15661728.php\">put the community first since their 2018 formation in the Town\u003c/a>. Whether it’s collaborating with local artists and small businesses or cultivating a development team known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/project51o/\">Project 510\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961286/oakland-roots-pro-soccer-team-raises-nearly-2-million-in-first-4-days-of-crowdfunding\">crowdfunded club\u003c/a> (which includes Jason Kidd, Marshawn Lynch, G Eazy and Billie Joe Armstrong as well as everyday Bay Area sports fans as part-owners) have been all in on hometown pride. You’re just as likely to see one of your favorite rappers performing at halftime, or casually attending a game on AAPI Heritage or Town Biz Night. Meanwhile CSU East Bay’s Pioneer Stadium is gorgeous, providing sweeping views of the Bay Area as an extra benefit to whatever’s going on between the sidelines. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://seatgeek.com/oakland-roots-sc-tickets\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956937\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956937\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a woman soccer player jogs during warm ups before a game\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/cedwx-26693-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Soul have been heralded for their play on the field, and their style off the field. \u003ccite>(Oakland Soul SC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandsoulsc/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Soul\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not to be outdone, the Soul are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915080/oakland-roots-soccer-club-to-start-new-amateur-womens-team\">the amateur women’s branch of the Roots\u003c/a> — with a growing buzz and fanbase of their own. Their funky, retro-inspired uniforms are worth snagging from Oaklandish. Currently, the team plays in the United Soccer League Network, with home games hosted at Merritt College, and will play one double header with the Roots at CSUEB. Unlike Bay FC, the Soul play in the USL W, a second-division women’s league one tier beneath the NWSL — in other words, the two leading women’s soccer teams of the region aren’t directly in competition with one another, so you can guiltlessly cheer on both at once. In 2025, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/oakland-coliseum-roots-soul-soccer-teams-2025-officials-approve-deal/\">the Soul (along with the Roots) will be housed at the Oakland Coliseum\u003c/a>. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://seatgeek.com/oakland-soul-sc-tickets\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957864\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957864\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Messi of Argentina holds a giant trophy while smiling surrounded by his team after winning the Copa America Brazil 2021.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1328080443-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lionel Messi of Argentina smiles with the trophy as he celebrates with teammates after winning the final of Copa America Brazil 2021 between Brazil and Argentina at Maracana Stadium on July 10, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. \u003ccite>(Buda Mendes/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/copaamerica/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Copa América\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This isn’t a \u003cem>team\u003c/em>, per se — it’s a global phenomenon. Every four years, the biggest soccer tournament in the Western Hemisphere takes place in rotating host nations throughout the Americas. This year, the United States has been selected as the home of the famed cup — and Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara has been deemed a national site for two games. With teams playing in cities across the country, Bay Area fans will be gifted with rare appearances from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela for the oldest soccer tournament in the world (yes, older than the World Cup itself). \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://copaamerica.com/entradas/\">Tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956934\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956934\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--scaled.jpg\" alt=\"an ultimate frisbee player runs for a score with frisbee in hand\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/2023.06.10-22-LindsayBaloun-OaklandSpiders-_MG_00043--1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Spiders are an ultimate frisbee team that play at Fremont High School in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Julien Dagan @juliendaganphoto)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bayareafalcons/?hl=en&img_index=1\">\u003cb>Bay Area Falcons\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb> and \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandspiders/?hl=en\">\u003cb>Oakland Spiders\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If the venerable spring-and-summer sports of baseball and soccer aren’t your jam, or you’re looking for a new spin on sunny weather outings, check out the Falcons (women’s and non-binary) and Spiders (men’s) professional ultimate frisbee teams. Both squads compete at East Oakland’s Fremont High School for home games. The Spiders — two-time national champs, currently led by rookie frisbeer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghz9Qey4Of8\">Raekwon Adkins\u003c/a> — have also graciously provided \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5mcdH-PWoa/?hl=en\">an ultimate frisbee explainer video\u003c/a> for the uninitiated. Admittedly, I’ve never attended a pro frisbee game, but with my favorite summertime team — formerly known as the Oakland Athletics — about to vacate the area, I’ll certainly be looking elsewhere to provide my loyal fandom. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.falconsultimate.com/tickets\">Tickets here\u003c/a> (Falcons) and\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandspiders.com/collections/tickets_memberships\"> here\u003c/a> (Spiders).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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It’s very creative, and our culture has blossomed and grown in a way where people are collaborative and respectful of each other’s lanes. We survive in one of the toughest cities to make a living, and we hustle for each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 6th Annual San Jose Day will include live music, food vendors, Aztec and folklórico dancers, educational awareness groups, gallery artists and more. Among them, Cardamon is especially proud of the \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleydownsyndromenetwork.wildapricot.org/\">Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network\u003c/a>, which is hosting a Japanese Taiko performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m excited about that; I’ve never seen a festival host a special needs group of youth doing a performance,” says Cardamon. “And everyone’s getting paid. That’s special to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954723\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954723\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize.jpg\" alt=\"a musical performer is on stage in front of a large audience in San Jose\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Jose performer captivates the crowd during San Jose Day in 2023. \u003ccite>(Alex Knowbody)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cardamon is a San Jose ride-or-die advocate. Having experienced housing insecurity during the 2008 recession in the city as a youth, she’s intimately familiar with the region’s struggles and the often inaccessible pathways for artists to thrive. That’s especially true in Silicon Valley, where tech innovation frequently eclipses the work of art innovators — both economically and culturally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Cardamon herself, the event has roamed around San Jose’s diverse communities. It’s been held in the Gordon Biersch lot in downtown San Jose as well as the famed Mexican Heritage Plaza on Alum Rock Avenue. On April 6, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/empire7studios/?hl=en\">Empire Seven Studios\u003c/a> in Japantown — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952476/san-jose-japantown-photo-night-cukui\">which has a bubbling creative scene\u003c/a> — hosts this year’s edition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having brought in more than 7,500 attendees last year, Cardamon feels a surging momentum in her city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9cSIPpBz9Q\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The energy was vividly euphoric and positive, so much love,” says Cardamon of last year’s festivities. “It was a pivotal moment for our event to know, and people were like ‘Oh shit, we’ve never heard of it before.’ We had over 98 artists involved. That made me realize I could do this. I want to give more of myself to this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cardamon is in the process of finalizing her 501(c)(3) status as a nonprofit, and has also developed an arts and culture board to review applications for participating artists, vendors and community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though not quite yet at the level of recognition as 415 Day or 510 Day, San Jose Day — in the hub of the Bay Area’s most populous county — is bound to keep growing. And as it does, Cardamon will be at the center, waving her San Jose flag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseday.org/sjd2024\">San Jose Day\u003c/a> takes place on Saturday, April 6, from noon–6 p.m., at 525 N. 7th St., San Jose. Entry is free. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseday.org/sjd2024\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Haley Cardamon interviewed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13950855/underground-rap-playa-sht-political-joints-equipto-has-bars\">rapper and activist Equipto\u003c/a> in 2016, she was inspired by how hard he repped his hometown of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cardamon — at the time a community college student running a local arts publication, \u003ca href=\"https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/80940-bay-area-creatives-klub-magazine\">\u003ci>B.A.C.K Magazine\u003c/i>\u003c/a> — learned from the Filipino lyricist about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13895377/rightnowish-baghead-cerealforthekids\">415 Day\u003c/a>, a celebratory gathering for San Franciscans to uplift one another. The event officially debuted that same year at Dolores Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As someone born and raised in San Jose’s East Side and downtown neighborhoods, Cardamon realized the hometown she loved didn’t have any equivalent. “Girl, you could do it,” Cardamon recalls Equipto telling her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s how San Jose Day, formerly known as 408 Day, was born, with its first iteration held downtown in 2017. It gained traction and continued annually until 2020, when the event was shut down by the pandemic. It made its return in 2023.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/j793qAWhjqA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/j793qAWhjqA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the event is back and bigger than ever. Feeling reinvigorated, Cardamon believes San Jose is primed for a cultural renaissance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ll be honest, I don’t have a big interest in going to San Francisco and Oakland,” Cardamon says. “San Jose has so much going on. It’s very creative, and our culture has blossomed and grown in a way where people are collaborative and respectful of each other’s lanes. We survive in one of the toughest cities to make a living, and we hustle for each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 6th Annual San Jose Day will include live music, food vendors, Aztec and folklórico dancers, educational awareness groups, gallery artists and more. Among them, Cardamon is especially proud of the \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleydownsyndromenetwork.wildapricot.org/\">Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network\u003c/a>, which is hosting a Japanese Taiko performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m excited about that; I’ve never seen a festival host a special needs group of youth doing a performance,” says Cardamon. “And everyone’s getting paid. That’s special to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954723\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954723\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize.jpg\" alt=\"a musical performer is on stage in front of a large audience in San Jose\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/SJD2023_FullSet-340_websize-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Jose performer captivates the crowd during San Jose Day in 2023. \u003ccite>(Alex Knowbody)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cardamon is a San Jose ride-or-die advocate. Having experienced housing insecurity during the 2008 recession in the city as a youth, she’s intimately familiar with the region’s struggles and the often inaccessible pathways for artists to thrive. That’s especially true in Silicon Valley, where tech innovation frequently eclipses the work of art innovators — both economically and culturally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Cardamon herself, the event has roamed around San Jose’s diverse communities. It’s been held in the Gordon Biersch lot in downtown San Jose as well as the famed Mexican Heritage Plaza on Alum Rock Avenue. On April 6, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/empire7studios/?hl=en\">Empire Seven Studios\u003c/a> in Japantown — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952476/san-jose-japantown-photo-night-cukui\">which has a bubbling creative scene\u003c/a> — hosts this year’s edition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having brought in more than 7,500 attendees last year, Cardamon feels a surging momentum in her city.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/X9cSIPpBz9Q'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/X9cSIPpBz9Q'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The energy was vividly euphoric and positive, so much love,” says Cardamon of last year’s festivities. “It was a pivotal moment for our event to know, and people were like ‘Oh shit, we’ve never heard of it before.’ We had over 98 artists involved. That made me realize I could do this. I want to give more of myself to this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cardamon is in the process of finalizing her 501(c)(3) status as a nonprofit, and has also developed an arts and culture board to review applications for participating artists, vendors and community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though not quite yet at the level of recognition as 415 Day or 510 Day, San Jose Day — in the hub of the Bay Area’s most populous county — is bound to keep growing. And as it does, Cardamon will be at the center, waving her San Jose flag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseday.org/sjd2024\">San Jose Day\u003c/a> takes place on Saturday, April 6, from noon–6 p.m., at 525 N. 7th St., San Jose. Entry is free. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseday.org/sjd2024\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"headTitle": "This Viet-Cajun Spot in San Jose Serves the Freshest Crawfish Boils Until 4 a.m. | KQED",
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954986\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954986\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7.jpg\" alt=\"Two men in glasses devouring their food ravenously. There's a big bowl of shrimp and crawfish in front of them.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">By the end of our meal at Cajun Bistro 7, we’d left a pile of shrimp and crawfish carcasses in our wake. The Viet-Cajun spot in San Jose is open until 4 a.m. daily. \u003ccite>(Thien Pham)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/the-midnight-diners\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Midnight Diners\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a regular collaboration between KQED food editor Luke Tsai and artist Thien Pham. Follow them each week as they explore the hot pot restaurants, taco carts and 24-hour casino buffets that make up the Bay Area’s after-hours dining scene.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first thing you notice upon walking into San Jose’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/cajunbistro/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cajun Bistro 7\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is how barebones the setup is. Layers of disposable plastic tablecloth are stacked on every table, and there’s little decor to speak of beyond a potted bamboo plant and a few kitschy floral dinner plates mounted on the wall. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s a vibe I like to call “Asian Mom’s Basement,” and it happens to be the setting where I feel most comfortable — where a group of friends might spend several hours with a deck of cards and a spread of snacks, just shooting the shit. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In my experience, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://eastbayexpress.com/in-praise-of-late-night-ramen-2-1/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">restaurants that look like this\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> always serve amazing food, and Cajun Bistro 7 proved to be no exception. We trekked to this relatively low-profile strip mall shop because we heard it serves some of the best Viet-Cajun seafood boils in San Jose until 4 a.m. (!!!) every night. But if anything, that \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">undersells \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">just how good the restaurant is. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At a little past 10 o’clock on a Friday night, the place was packed with Vietnamese American twentysomethings, and every table had ordered one of the big seafood boil combinations — three or four pounds of crawfish, clams, mussels and head-on shrimp served in a plastic bag full of bright red sauce. It’s the kind of restaurant where plastic gloves are provided (and highly recommended), and you still wind up with a huge pile of dirty napkins at the end of your meal.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954990\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954990\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7-2.jpg\" alt=\"The exterior of the Cajun Bistro 7 at night, when the restaurant is lit up as though glowing from within.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7-2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7-2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Cajun-bistro-7-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don’t be deceived by the restaurant’s understated appearance. \u003ccite>(Thien Pham)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I will be honest: I’ve never been to Louisiana, and I’ve spent the bulk of my adult life telling people that I think crawfish are “OK” but, truthfully, a bit overrated. I realize now that I must have been eating a whole lot of frozen crawfish. The specimens at Cajun Bistro knocked my socks off — plump and meaty with firm, sweet flesh that was tastier than any lobster.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The other seafood was also excellent, especially the gigantic shrimp, whose heads we ripped off with our hands, sucking on the sweet, briny juices inside. What sets this seafood boil apart, too, is the sauce. We opted for the “Sweet California,” which the owner recommended. At first, I worried it would be too sweet and too far removed from the traditional Cajun style. But if anything, it grew on me with every bite — super-garlicky and buttery with slight sweetness balanced by a tingle of heat, and a creaminess that I found irresistible. The evidence? The pile of shrimp and crawfish carcasses we left in our wake.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This wasn’t just the best seafood boil I’ve had in San Jose. It might be the best one in the whole Bay Area.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13954597,arts_13954112,arts_13951914']\u003c/span>As if that that weren’t enough, Cajun Bistro also serves a full traditional Vietnamese menu, including one of the tastiest bowls of home-style bun rieu — the crab-infused tomato broth noodle soup — I’ve had in the Bay: a balanced, deeply flavorful broth, impeccably fresh herbs and a jolt of funky nuoc mam (fermented shrimp paste) to make you feel alive.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Right now is a good time to visit Cajun Bistro 7, as we’re nearing the peak of the Louisiana crawfish season (though the restaurant offers crawfish year-round, sourcing the little crustaceans from the Sacramento Delta during the fall and winter months). Maybe the most unbelievable thing about the restaurant, apart from the delicious food and friendly service, is — again — the fact that it’s open until 4 a.m. every single night. That decision, we were told, was born out of sheer practicality rather than some grand plan to dominate the South Bay’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954112/orale-taco-truck-san-jose-late-night-pancakes-midnight-diners\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">after-midnight food scene\u003c/span>\u003c/a>.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Their live crawfish shipment comes in at 5 a.m. every morning, so they have to stay up that late anyway.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though I must admit: The idea of eating a full-on seafood boil at 4 o’clock in the morning sounds like sheer lunacy, even to me. But if you’ve achieved that particular side quest, I’d love to meet you at Cajun Bistro someday for a pre-dawn meal. If only just to shake your hand.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/cajunbistro/\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cajun Bistro 7\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is open from 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. daily at 3005 Silver Creek Rd. Ste. 116 in San Jose. \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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