Alan Toth is a filmmaker and video production professional. He is educated in multimedia production, and fine art. He worked for many years in cable television and publishing. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in South Africa from 2010 – 2012. His Peace Corps service inspired him to pursue a career directing documentary feature films. He directed and produced the feature documentary Posh Corps in 2013.
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"content": "\u003cp>Think back to September 1972.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Godfather\" was the top movie in theaters. Gilbert O'Sullivan's \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/D_P-v1BVQn8\" target=\"_blank\">\"Alone Again (Naturally)\"\u003c/a> topped the charts. M*A*S*H kicked off its 11-year run on TV. And President Richard Nixon, just months after five people were arrested for breaking into Democratic campaign offices in Washington, D.C.'s Watergate office complex, sought re-election against Sen. George McGovern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on Sept. 11, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Area Rapid Transit\u003c/a> system opened for business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now fast-forward more than 43 years, and many of those original BART cars are still in use. Many of them have logged over 1 million miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it simply, BART's rolling stock is old. Hella old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the American Public Transportation Association, BART is home to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars\" target=\"_blank\">oldest big-city commuter rail fleet in the nation\u003c/a>. The typical useful life span of these cars is about 25 years. The average age of BART’s fleet (as of 2010, when the study was done) is 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1066px\">\u003cimg class=\"\" src=\"http://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/images/basic_page/AVG_Fleet_Age3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1066\" height=\"644\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A comparison of different fleet ages. (Courtesy bart.gov)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The system introduced some new cars in 1988 and 1994, but the majority of BART cars still in use today have been in operation since service opened in 1972. According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars/why-new-cars\" target=\"_blank\">BART's website\u003c/a>, 439 of its 669 train cars have been in use since service began. A large rehabilitation project in the late '90s extended the life of these cars, but ongoing repairs and maintenance are required to keep BART running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These repairs and regular servicing are done at four train yards around the Bay Area. The busiest is the Richmond maintenance yard, just north of Richmond station. Trains from the Richmond fleet arrive in the yard, where they are cleaned and prepared for service -- which often includes refurbishing old parts and repairing antiquated systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Reinig is a transportation foreworker at the Richmond yard, where he is responsible for assembling BART trains for service every morning. He is often forced to send out shorter trains than scheduled because he doesn’t have enough working cars available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10844782\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10844782\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/reinig-1440x810.png\" alt=\"Eric Reinig works in the traffic control tower at BART's Richmond Maintenance Yard. 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(Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Right now I have 20 cars that are sidetracked that are waiting to be repaired,” Reinig said. “Sometimes a patron will be standing on a platform and instead of a six-car train coming in that they normally board, it’s only five cars. It’s downsized due to the fact that we don’t have a train to put in that spot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As cars get older they break down more frequently, and must spend more time out of service undergoing repairs. This, in turn, decreases the number of cars available, which increases the congestion on in-service cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shop, or the maintenance facility, is the part of the yard where BART cars are serviced. A corps of BART technicians perform regular preventive maintenance and repairs. If a BART car is scheduled for maintenance, technicians will inspect it for wear or damage. Any component that seems likely to cause a problem will be fixed before it fails. If a car has been sent to the shop for a specific repair, a technician will be assigned to diagnose the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On one October night, Charles Chew was working in the Richmond maintenance Facility as a transit vehicle electronics technician. He was assigned to work on the malfunctioning HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system) on car 1728. Even on hot summer days, the HVAC was blowing heat into the car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10844783\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10844783\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/chew-1440x810.png\" alt=\"BART mechanic, Charles Chew, inspects a malfunctioning HVAC system on a BART car. 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Though the part was small, replacing it was a complex job requiring four to six hours to complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These cars are so old, it’s based on technology that was cutting-edge 20 years ago, but has kind of been phased out everywhere else,” Chew said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Imagine a computer produced in 1972,” said David Hardt, the assistant chief mechanical officer at BART. “No one is supporting that old equipment any longer, but those same microprocessors are what we have controlling our logic systems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For reference, \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/e4VRgY3tkh0\" target=\"_blank\">Atari released its seminal arcade game Pong\u003c/a> just two months after BART service opened -- that's the kind of technological antique Hardt and Chew are dealing with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hardt oversees the maintenance of the BART fleet, and he says that one of the most challenging aspects of his job is finding the antiquated parts for the fleet — many of which are no longer manufactured. When these old parts are no longer available from suppliers, Hardt often looks to \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebay.com\" target=\"_blank\">eBay\u003c/a>. But most of the time BART technicians are forced to buy newer parts and adapt them to be compatible with the old systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10844785\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10844785\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/ext-800x450.png\" alt=\"Cars sit outside BART's Richmond maintenance yard awaiting repair. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Think back to September 1972.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Godfather\" was the top movie in theaters. Gilbert O'Sullivan's \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/D_P-v1BVQn8\" target=\"_blank\">\"Alone Again (Naturally)\"\u003c/a> topped the charts. M*A*S*H kicked off its 11-year run on TV. And President Richard Nixon, just months after five people were arrested for breaking into Democratic campaign offices in Washington, D.C.'s Watergate office complex, sought re-election against Sen. George McGovern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on Sept. 11, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Area Rapid Transit\u003c/a> system opened for business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now fast-forward more than 43 years, and many of those original BART cars are still in use. Many of them have logged over 1 million miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it simply, BART's rolling stock is old. Hella old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the American Public Transportation Association, BART is home to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars\" target=\"_blank\">oldest big-city commuter rail fleet in the nation\u003c/a>. The typical useful life span of these cars is about 25 years. The average age of BART’s fleet (as of 2010, when the study was done) is 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1066px\">\u003cimg class=\"\" src=\"http://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/images/basic_page/AVG_Fleet_Age3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1066\" height=\"644\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A comparison of different fleet ages. (Courtesy bart.gov)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The system introduced some new cars in 1988 and 1994, but the majority of BART cars still in use today have been in operation since service opened in 1972. According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars/why-new-cars\" target=\"_blank\">BART's website\u003c/a>, 439 of its 669 train cars have been in use since service began. A large rehabilitation project in the late '90s extended the life of these cars, but ongoing repairs and maintenance are required to keep BART running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These repairs and regular servicing are done at four train yards around the Bay Area. The busiest is the Richmond maintenance yard, just north of Richmond station. Trains from the Richmond fleet arrive in the yard, where they are cleaned and prepared for service -- which often includes refurbishing old parts and repairing antiquated systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Reinig is a transportation foreworker at the Richmond yard, where he is responsible for assembling BART trains for service every morning. He is often forced to send out shorter trains than scheduled because he doesn’t have enough working cars available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10844782\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10844782\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/reinig-1440x810.png\" alt=\"Eric Reinig works in the traffic control tower at BART's Richmond Maintenance Yard. (Alan Toth/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/reinig-1440x810.png 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/reinig-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/reinig-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/reinig-768x432.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/reinig-1920x1080.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/reinig-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/reinig-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Reinig works in the traffic control tower at BART's Richmond Maintenance Yard. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Right now I have 20 cars that are sidetracked that are waiting to be repaired,” Reinig said. “Sometimes a patron will be standing on a platform and instead of a six-car train coming in that they normally board, it’s only five cars. It’s downsized due to the fact that we don’t have a train to put in that spot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As cars get older they break down more frequently, and must spend more time out of service undergoing repairs. This, in turn, decreases the number of cars available, which increases the congestion on in-service cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shop, or the maintenance facility, is the part of the yard where BART cars are serviced. A corps of BART technicians perform regular preventive maintenance and repairs. If a BART car is scheduled for maintenance, technicians will inspect it for wear or damage. Any component that seems likely to cause a problem will be fixed before it fails. If a car has been sent to the shop for a specific repair, a technician will be assigned to diagnose the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On one October night, Charles Chew was working in the Richmond maintenance Facility as a transit vehicle electronics technician. He was assigned to work on the malfunctioning HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system) on car 1728. Even on hot summer days, the HVAC was blowing heat into the car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10844783\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10844783\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/chew-1440x810.png\" alt=\"BART mechanic, Charles Chew, inspects a malfunctioning HVAC system on a BART car. (Alan Toth/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/chew-1440x810.png 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/chew-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/chew-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/chew-768x432.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/chew-1920x1080.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/chew-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/chew-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BART mechanic Charles Chew inspects a malfunctioning HVAC system on a BART car. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chew found that a component in the HVAC logic, the computer running the heating and air conditioning, was behaving erratically. To fix the problem, an electrical switch needed to be replaced. Though the part was small, replacing it was a complex job requiring four to six hours to complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These cars are so old, it’s based on technology that was cutting-edge 20 years ago, but has kind of been phased out everywhere else,” Chew said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Imagine a computer produced in 1972,” said David Hardt, the assistant chief mechanical officer at BART. “No one is supporting that old equipment any longer, but those same microprocessors are what we have controlling our logic systems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For reference, \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/e4VRgY3tkh0\" target=\"_blank\">Atari released its seminal arcade game Pong\u003c/a> just two months after BART service opened -- that's the kind of technological antique Hardt and Chew are dealing with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hardt oversees the maintenance of the BART fleet, and he says that one of the most challenging aspects of his job is finding the antiquated parts for the fleet — many of which are no longer manufactured. When these old parts are no longer available from suppliers, Hardt often looks to \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebay.com\" target=\"_blank\">eBay\u003c/a>. But most of the time BART technicians are forced to buy newer parts and adapt them to be compatible with the old systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10844785\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10844785\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/ext-800x450.png\" alt=\"Cars sit outside BART's Richmond maintenance yard awaiting repair. (Alan Toth/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/ext-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/ext-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/ext-768x432.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/ext-1440x810.png 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/ext-1920x1080.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/ext-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/ext-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars sit outside BART's Richmond maintenance yard awaiting repair. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Change is on the way. BART and Montreal-based manufacturer Bombardier are producing a \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars\" target=\"_blank\">new generation of cars\u003c/a>, with the first \"pilot\" models expected later this year. After an initial testing phase, full-scale production is expected in 2017, with more than 1,000 new cars being phased into the existing BART fleet over a 10-year period. (775 of those new cars have been confirmed, while funding for an additional 200 has not yet been secured.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the old BART cars cannot simply be retired. Once the line extensions to Warm Springs and Livermore are completed, the system will require a bigger fleet, so the old cars will continue to be used for the foreseeable future, creating a new challenge for BART technicians. Once the new cars enter service, technicians will need to know how to work with both the old and the new systems. 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"content": "\u003cp>In 2015, more than 2 million cargo containers moved through the Port of Oakland. After those containers are offloaded from cargo ships, they are stacked onto large decks until they can be loaded onto trucks, trains or ships and shipped out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those decks are essentially massive piers, built over water on thousands of vertical concrete supports called piles. These piles — approximately 28,000 of them — are the critical unseen system that supports all cargo activities at the port.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This critical pile system is managed and maintained by a small team of four divers, who spend most of their time inspecting and repairing them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10826326\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10826326\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-1440x808.jpg\" alt=\"An example of the pile construction used at the Port of Oakland, on a decommissioned pier. (Alan Toth/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-1440x808.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-400x224.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-800x449.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-768x431.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-1180x662.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-960x539.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An example of the pile construction used at the Port of Oakland, on a decommissioned pier. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most of the piles at the Port of Oakland are made of concrete with steel rebar cores. The piles stretch 60 feet from the terminal deck down into the water, but their actual length is much longer, as they are embedded deep into the mud at the bottom of the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We spend a lot of time playing in the mud,” said Kevin Nekimken, one of the divers at the Port of Oakland. “We see a lot of damage down in the mud line.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One gray morning in December, as Nekimken prepared to dive into the water and perform a pile inspection, he discovered evidence of the damage caused by saltwater on his dive suit. The communications line that connects the suit to the boat had been infiltrated by water and corroded the electrical leads. Nekimken quickly cut out the rotted bit of the wire and reattached the communications line to his dive helmet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10826324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10826324 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Diver Kevin Nekimken puts on his helmet before a recent dive at the Port of Oakland. (Alan Toth/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diver Kevin Nekimken puts on his helmet before a recent dive at the Port of Oakland. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nekimken then put on a thick neoprene dry suit before attaching his dive helmet. Commercial divers like Nekimken do not wear the iconic compressed air tanks like recreational scuba divers. Instead, they use bulky dive helmets that encompass the whole head. These dive helmets receive surface-supplied oxygen from an air compressor on a boat. This allows divers an unlimited supply of air. Nekimken said that it’s not uncommon for divers at the Port of Oakland to be underwater for as long as six hours without surfacing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After putting on the dive helmet and attaching the compressed air hoses and communications cables, he jumped into the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Nekimken sank into the bay and made his way to the back of the boat, his colleague, Sean Wheeles, was watching his back. Wheeles is also a diver for the port, but that day he was operating a robotic underwater vehicle called a VideoRay. The VideoRay is equipped with lights, a camera and sonar capability. Wheeles controlled the submersible from a laptop on the surface. He was able to provide a bit of extra light for Nekimken and monitor his progress from the boat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few minutes later, Nekimken resurfaced at the back of the boat. Dive supervisor Donald Ockrassa unceremoniously dropped an important tool into the water for Nekimken, a power washer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10826328\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10826328\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Kekimken uses a pressure washer to clean off a cement pile on a recent dive. (Alan Toth/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kekimken uses a pressure washer to clean off a cement pile on a recent dive. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nekimken submerged and made his way to a nearby pile. Near the surface, the pile had a light coat of green algae. The power washer made quick work of the algae, but as Nekimken moved deeper into the water, the growth on the pile was more significant. Closer to the mud line at the base of the pile, Nekimken found thick clusters of barnacles and mussels. As he sprayed the thick growth near the bottom, the water clouded darkly around him, and he lost visibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the pile was cleaned of growth, Nekimken was able to inspect the surface of the pile for fractures. The concrete piles can be easily fractured during an earthquake. These small fractures are not an immediate concern, as the rebar inside the pile will still hold it together. The danger lies in the slow process of saltwater seeping through cracks and reaching the steel rebar inside. The saltwater slowly corrodes the steel, which over time begins to swell, further cracking and weakening the strength of the pile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If divers discover a pile with hairline fractures, they can easily seal them on the spot. If they find a pile with significant damage, they will return later, surround the pile with scaffolding, and pour fresh concrete around the damaged pile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10826329\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10826329\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-1440x942.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of cement piles support a deck at the Port of Oakland. (Alan Toth/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-1440x942.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-400x262.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-800x523.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-768x503.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-1180x772.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-960x628.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles.jpg 1863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rows of cement piles support a deck at the Port of Oakland. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nekimken didn’t find any fractures that morning. He resurfaced after about an hour, making it a very short dive. He climbed up a ladder on the back of the boat, and his fellow divers helped him remove the suit. He squeezed dish soap into the neoprene suit to make it easier to remove.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Nekimken struggled to get out of the tight suit, Wheeles packed up the VideoRay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a great job,” said Wheeles. “There’s enough work for our dive team for the rest of our careers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With thousands of concrete piles slowly degrading in the saltwater, regular fracturing created by earthquakes, and increased shipping activity at the port, Wheeles is right. The dive team at the Port of Oakland will never run out of work.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In 2015, more than 2 million cargo containers moved through the Port of Oakland. After those containers are offloaded from cargo ships, they are stacked onto large decks until they can be loaded onto trucks, trains or ships and shipped out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those decks are essentially massive piers, built over water on thousands of vertical concrete supports called piles. These piles — approximately 28,000 of them — are the critical unseen system that supports all cargo activities at the port.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This critical pile system is managed and maintained by a small team of four divers, who spend most of their time inspecting and repairing them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10826326\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10826326\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-1440x808.jpg\" alt=\"An example of the pile construction used at the Port of Oakland, on a decommissioned pier. (Alan Toth/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-1440x808.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-400x224.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-800x449.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-768x431.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-1180x662.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_pier-960x539.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An example of the pile construction used at the Port of Oakland, on a decommissioned pier. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most of the piles at the Port of Oakland are made of concrete with steel rebar cores. The piles stretch 60 feet from the terminal deck down into the water, but their actual length is much longer, as they are embedded deep into the mud at the bottom of the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We spend a lot of time playing in the mud,” said Kevin Nekimken, one of the divers at the Port of Oakland. “We see a lot of damage down in the mud line.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One gray morning in December, as Nekimken prepared to dive into the water and perform a pile inspection, he discovered evidence of the damage caused by saltwater on his dive suit. The communications line that connects the suit to the boat had been infiltrated by water and corroded the electrical leads. Nekimken quickly cut out the rotted bit of the wire and reattached the communications line to his dive helmet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10826324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10826324 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Diver Kevin Nekimken puts on his helmet before a recent dive at the Port of Oakland. (Alan Toth/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_helmet-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diver Kevin Nekimken puts on his helmet before a recent dive at the Port of Oakland. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nekimken then put on a thick neoprene dry suit before attaching his dive helmet. Commercial divers like Nekimken do not wear the iconic compressed air tanks like recreational scuba divers. Instead, they use bulky dive helmets that encompass the whole head. These dive helmets receive surface-supplied oxygen from an air compressor on a boat. This allows divers an unlimited supply of air. Nekimken said that it’s not uncommon for divers at the Port of Oakland to be underwater for as long as six hours without surfacing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After putting on the dive helmet and attaching the compressed air hoses and communications cables, he jumped into the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Nekimken sank into the bay and made his way to the back of the boat, his colleague, Sean Wheeles, was watching his back. Wheeles is also a diver for the port, but that day he was operating a robotic underwater vehicle called a VideoRay. The VideoRay is equipped with lights, a camera and sonar capability. Wheeles controlled the submersible from a laptop on the surface. He was able to provide a bit of extra light for Nekimken and monitor his progress from the boat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few minutes later, Nekimken resurfaced at the back of the boat. Dive supervisor Donald Ockrassa unceremoniously dropped an important tool into the water for Nekimken, a power washer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10826328\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10826328\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Kekimken uses a pressure washer to clean off a cement pile on a recent dive. (Alan Toth/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_underwater-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kekimken uses a pressure washer to clean off a cement pile on a recent dive. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nekimken submerged and made his way to a nearby pile. Near the surface, the pile had a light coat of green algae. The power washer made quick work of the algae, but as Nekimken moved deeper into the water, the growth on the pile was more significant. Closer to the mud line at the base of the pile, Nekimken found thick clusters of barnacles and mussels. As he sprayed the thick growth near the bottom, the water clouded darkly around him, and he lost visibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the pile was cleaned of growth, Nekimken was able to inspect the surface of the pile for fractures. The concrete piles can be easily fractured during an earthquake. These small fractures are not an immediate concern, as the rebar inside the pile will still hold it together. The danger lies in the slow process of saltwater seeping through cracks and reaching the steel rebar inside. The saltwater slowly corrodes the steel, which over time begins to swell, further cracking and weakening the strength of the pile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If divers discover a pile with hairline fractures, they can easily seal them on the spot. If they find a pile with significant damage, they will return later, surround the pile with scaffolding, and pour fresh concrete around the damaged pile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10826329\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10826329\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-1440x942.jpg\" alt=\"Rows of cement piles support a deck at the Port of Oakland. (Alan Toth/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-1440x942.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-400x262.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-800x523.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-768x503.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-1180x772.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles-960x628.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/diver_piles.jpg 1863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rows of cement piles support a deck at the Port of Oakland. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nekimken didn’t find any fractures that morning. He resurfaced after about an hour, making it a very short dive. He climbed up a ladder on the back of the boat, and his fellow divers helped him remove the suit. He squeezed dish soap into the neoprene suit to make it easier to remove.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Nekimken struggled to get out of the tight suit, Wheeles packed up the VideoRay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a great job,” said Wheeles. “There’s enough work for our dive team for the rest of our careers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With thousands of concrete piles slowly degrading in the saltwater, regular fracturing created by earthquakes, and increased shipping activity at the port, Wheeles is right. The dive team at the Port of Oakland will never run out of work.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Editor’s note:\u003c/strong> This post contains \u003ca href=\"#correction\">a correction\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visitors arriving at San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.exploratorium.edu/\">Exploratorium\u003c/a> on Thursday to take in the wonders of science were greeted with an added spectacle: a protest by employees who are trying to head off the recently announced layoffs of 30 workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action at the waterfront museum, which drew about 80 purple-clad protesters, was organized by SEIU Local 1021, the union representing rank-and-file Exploratorium staffers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers say that management’s cost-cutting measures — including the layoffs of 18 union employees and a dozen middle managers — are falling disproportionately on lower-paid staff while sparing senior managers. This is the second round of layoffs for the Exploratorium, which \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/16/107159/Exploratorium\">laid off 80 employees in 2013\u003c/a> after the organization moved to Piers 15/17 from the Palace of Fine Arts, its home of 44 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar was among those who appeared at the protest to show support for the workers. As \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Rally-fights-layoffs-at-S-F-s-famed-6544127.php\" target=\"_blank\">reported\u003c/a> in the San Francisco Chronicle:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“We will fight the layoffs,” Mar said through a megaphone on the Embarcadero. “I and other members of the Board of Supervisors will be watching the Exploratorium closely. No to corporate-type management, yes to workers’ power!”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The protesters and museum officials offer competing claims about who’s making what at the Exploratorium. Local 1021 says the average union employee makes $45,000 a year, and contrasts that figure with the salary of retiring Exploratorium Executive Director Dennis M. Bartels, who the union says makes more than $400,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Exploratorium management counters that the average union worker’s salary is $80,000 a year and that Bartels, the institution’s top-paid employee, makes $380,000. (The museum’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/files/exploratorium_FY14_990.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">federal tax return\u003c/a> for the year ending June 30, 2014, reported Bartels’ total compensation as $345,000. He was one of eight senior managers listed with total pay of $212,000 or more for that year.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union chapter president Kevin Boyd said George Cogan, the Exploratorium’s board chair, recently told staffers at an all-hands meeting that the board is likely to offer a higher salary when it chooses a new executive director. Boyd said the higher pay would be unfair in light of the pending layoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cogan confirmed in an email Friday that the new executive director’s salary “will likely be higher.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10704044\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10704044 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Renny Talianchich worked for the Exploratorium for 9 months. She worked in the Girls Science Institute, an Exploratorium summer camp program. She is one of the 18 workers who will be laid off on October 9th.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renny Talianchich worked for the Exploratorium for nine months. She worked in the Girls Science Institute, an Exploratorium summer camp program. She is one of the 18 workers who will be laid off on Oct. 9. \u003ccite>(Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Compared to other museums and nonprofits we have not been competitive from a salary standpoint,” Cogan said. “We’re significantly below industry standards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cogan said the staff cuts are necessary because of major shifts in the Exploratorium’s revenue and expenses since moving in April 2013 to its new home at Piers 15/17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first few years of any major relocation is a time of refining and calibrating an institution’s many income streams with its aspirations for new and expanded services to the public,” Cogan said. “Our revenues, audiences and impact have doubled since before our move … but expenses have grown more and we are still adjusting to the implications of those changes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cogan said that by “narrowing its expenses,” the museum can “re-focus our energy on several important pillars of our work and to continue to broaden our impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Renny Talianchich, one of those being laid off, says she was hired just nine months ago to help grow the Exploratorium’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.exploratorium.edu/education/day-camps\" target=\"_blank\">Girls Science Institute\u003c/a>, a day-camp program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Talianchich says the entire program has been canceled, a change she says is as puzzling as it is abrupt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love the Exploratorium.” Talianchich said. “I thought it was going to be my forever workplace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"correction\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Correction:\u003c/strong> This post has corrected the attribution for statements from Exploratorium board chair George Cogan.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Exploratorium management counters that the average union worker’s salary is $80,000 a year and that Bartels, the institution’s top-paid employee, makes $380,000. (The museum’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.exploratorium.edu/files/exploratorium_FY14_990.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">federal tax return\u003c/a> for the year ending June 30, 2014, reported Bartels’ total compensation as $345,000. He was one of eight senior managers listed with total pay of $212,000 or more for that year.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union chapter president Kevin Boyd said George Cogan, the Exploratorium’s board chair, recently told staffers at an all-hands meeting that the board is likely to offer a higher salary when it chooses a new executive director. Boyd said the higher pay would be unfair in light of the pending layoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cogan confirmed in an email Friday that the new executive director’s salary “will likely be higher.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10704044\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10704044 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Renny Talianchich worked for the Exploratorium for 9 months. She worked in the Girls Science Institute, an Exploratorium summer camp program. She is one of the 18 workers who will be laid off on October 9th.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/RS16866_JV0A6468-qut1-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renny Talianchich worked for the Exploratorium for nine months. She worked in the Girls Science Institute, an Exploratorium summer camp program. She is one of the 18 workers who will be laid off on Oct. 9. \u003ccite>(Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Compared to other museums and nonprofits we have not been competitive from a salary standpoint,” Cogan said. “We’re significantly below industry standards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cogan said the staff cuts are necessary because of major shifts in the Exploratorium’s revenue and expenses since moving in April 2013 to its new home at Piers 15/17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first few years of any major relocation is a time of refining and calibrating an institution’s many income streams with its aspirations for new and expanded services to the public,” Cogan said. “Our revenues, audiences and impact have doubled since before our move … but expenses have grown more and we are still adjusting to the implications of those changes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cogan said that by “narrowing its expenses,” the museum can “re-focus our energy on several important pillars of our work and to continue to broaden our impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Renny Talianchich, one of those being laid off, says she was hired just nine months ago to help grow the Exploratorium’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.exploratorium.edu/education/day-camps\" target=\"_blank\">Girls Science Institute\u003c/a>, a day-camp program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Talianchich says the entire program has been canceled, a change she says is as puzzling as it is abrupt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love the Exploratorium.” Talianchich said. “I thought it was going to be my forever workplace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"correction\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Correction:\u003c/strong> This post has corrected the attribution for statements from Exploratorium board chair George Cogan.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Football fans flocked to San Francisco Wednesday as the Embarcadero was transformed into a football amusement park as part of the NFL \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbaysuperbowl.com/calendar/events/nfl-kickoff-50-50-celebration/#WV7JOQKMaMYavxog.97\" target=\"_blank\">Kickoff to 50 Celebration,\u003c/a> highlighting the start of the 2015-16 football season and building excitement for Super Bowl 50, scheduled for Feb. 7 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two-day kickoff event includes performances, appearances by former players, games and interactive exhibits stretching from Justin Herman Plaza north to an expo on Pier 35.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the Pier 35 expo, fans were greeted Wednesday afternoon by a performance by Niner Noise, the official drum line for the San Francisco 49ers. Once inside, fans found plenty of photo-worthy spectacles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10675113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16607_JV0A9508-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10675113 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16607_JV0A9508-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"RS16607_JV0A9508-qut\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16607_JV0A9508-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16607_JV0A9508-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16607_JV0A9508-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16607_JV0A9508-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16607_JV0A9508-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16607_JV0A9508-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Football fans were invited to try on authentic jerseys and helmets from the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fans posed for selfies in front of busts of Pro Football Hall of Famers and Super Bowl memorabilia. They had the chance to try on authentic jerseys and helmets from both the 49ers and the Raiders. As they moved further into the expo, they were invited to dodge dummy bags and catch passes on a mock football field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Josh Head, a 49ers fan, traveled from Sacramento for the event, standing in line for 20 minutes to get a helmet signed by Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Brown and former 49er running back Ricky Watters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fellow Niner fan Chris Powell made the trip from Vallejo to catch a glimpse of the exhibit. Powell is excited about the Super Bowl in Santa Clara, but he claims that he'll be \u003cem>really\u003c/em> excited only if the Niners are actually playing in the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10675111\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16598_JV0A9415-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10675111 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16598_JV0A9415-qut-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"RS16598_JV0A9415-qut\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16598_JV0A9415-qut-800x535.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16598_JV0A9415-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16598_JV0A9415-qut-1440x962.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16598_JV0A9415-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16598_JV0A9415-qut-1180x789.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16598_JV0A9415-qut-960x642.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An exhibit featuring the eight Vince Lombardi Trophies won by both Raiders and 49ers was on display. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back at Justin Herman Plaza, an exhibit featuring the eight Vince Lombardi Trophies won by both Raiders and 49ers was on display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The actual Super Bowl will take place 40 miles south of downtown San Francisco, in a different city and a different county. When Santa Clara’s Levi's Stadium was selected as the host stadium of Super Bowl 50, the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee made it abundantly clear that this would be a regional event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a recognition that everything is not happening in one city,\" said Keith Bruce, president of the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee. Instead of concentrating events in one area, the committee is instead trying to create activities for everyone in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ever since the decision was announced, South Bay interests have been angling to make sure they are not an afterthought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10675114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16610_JV0A9522-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10675114 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16610_JV0A9522-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"RS16610_JV0A9522-qut\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16610_JV0A9522-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16610_JV0A9522-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16610_JV0A9522-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16610_JV0A9522-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16610_JV0A9522-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/RS16610_JV0A9522-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Football fans were invited to catch passes and dodge dummy bags on a mock football field at Pier 35. (Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Larry Stone, Santa Clara County assessor and member of the San Jose Sports Authority, the group lobbied the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee in April for events in San Jose and Santa Clara. So far, they've been relatively successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both teams participating in the Super Bowl will be practicing in Santa Clara County (Stanford University and San Jose State University), and staying at hotels in San Jose and Santa Clara. 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