Nisa Khan is a reporter for KQED's Audience News Desk. She was formerly a data reporter at Michigan Radio. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Information from the University of Michigan and a Master of Arts in Communication from Stanford University.
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the euphoric high of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107530/ballhalla-is-going-to-show-up-valkyries-fans-rally-for-wnba-finals-game-7\">a Golden State Valkyries championship win\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107889/valkyries-parade-draws-thousands-to-san-franciscos-embarcadero-for-wnba-championship-celebration\">a packed celebratory parade in San Francisco\u003c/a>, it’s easy to fall into some post-WNBA blues. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But luckily, your next fix might come soon, because women’s sports are flourishing here in the Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the introduction of several new franchises in sports like baseball and volleyball, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13977457/rikkis-first-womens-sports-bar-bay-area-open-castro-sf-valkyries\">flourishing\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thetwelfthmarin/\">women’s\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.hysteriasportsbar.com/\">sports bar scene\u003c/a> and a declaration by a \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> writer that the Bay Area is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6815888/2025/11/19/top-womens-sports-cities-list-bay-area/\">“No. 1 women’s sports city in the U.S.” The region’s new women’s hockey team\u003c/a> just debuted its name Tuesday morning: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12109001/meet-the-san-jose-sea-lions-the-bay-areas-new-womens-hockey-team\">the San José Sea Lions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We’re witnessing the crazy history right now,” said San Francisco’s Ozzy Palacio, sports reporter and managing editor of the San Francisco State University student paper Golden Gate Xpress \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096884/in-the-midst-of-basketball-and-baseball-season-how-to-join-womens-sports-fandom-in-the-bay-area\">in September\u003c/a>. “It’s super awesome to be at the epicenter of it here in the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Storm-photo-3-6a26da00.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12109035\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Storm-photo-3-6a26da00.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Storm-photo-3-6a26da00-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Storm-photo-3-6a26da00-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden State Storm is the professional women’s football team of the Bay Area. (Courtesy of Randy Mai)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Valkyries’ introduction — and success — over the past two years has been the gateway into the sports world for many, according to Palacio. “It’s drawing this interest from thousands and thousands — dare I say, hundreds of thousands of people — that never felt like they were able to be interested or involved in the sports world before,” they explained. “And that’s because they never had a way to see themselves through it.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For these newcomers, KQED has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12101382/golden-state-valkyries-playoffs-wnba-2026-chase-center-ballhalla\">several guides\u003c/a> on how to follow local \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096884/in-the-midst-of-basketball-and-baseball-season-how-to-join-womens-sports-fandom-in-the-bay-area\">women’s basketball and baseball\u003c/a>, as well as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12098165/the-quick-guide-to-the-bay-areas-professional-womens-sports-teams\">hockey, soccer and rugby\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guide is part three of our series, outlining the world of volleyball, ultimate frisbee, football and more for women and nonbinary players. While we are not able to get into \u003cem>all\u003c/em> of the respective teams’ fan cultures and need-to-knows, we encourage you to use these articles as your first step into a new hyperfixation (as a fan or, in some cases, as a \u003cem>player\u003c/em>). \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to support women’s football in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u003ca href=\"https://goldenstatestorm.com/pages/about\">Golden State Storm\u003c/a> is a women’s football team — both tackle and flag (meaning, no contact) — and part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnfcfootball.com/\">Women’s National Football Conference\u003c/a>. It is a new team, having recently wrapped \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2026/03/17/womens-tackle-football-golden-state-storm/\">its first season this year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team’s home base is at Laney Field in Oakland, with the 2026 season running from March to May. Tickets for \u003ca href=\"https://goldenstatestorm.com/pages/tickets\">the 2027 season are not available just yet\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Storm is also open to \u003cem>tryouts\u003c/em>, \u003ca href=\"https://goldenstatestorm.com/pages/tryouts#tryout-dates-aau4xsmh2l2h3rjrsmaigenblockc687e6cdukmtj\">including an upcoming date on Nov. 15. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for those who want something extra to look forward to: \u003ca href=\"https://la28.org/en/games-plan/olympics/flag-football.html\">flag football will be a sport in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where do fans meet? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are several organizations dedicated to supporting people of all genders in flag football, including:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sf_wffl/\">San Francisco Women’s+ Flag Football League\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.volosports.com/san-francisco/flag-football\">Volo rec groups\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgffl.org/home\">San Francisco Gay Flag Football League\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I follow to learn more? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wnfcfootball/\">WNFC \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.womenscollegeflagfootball.com/\">Women’s College Flag Football\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.collegiateflagfootball.com/\">Collegiate Flag Football\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to support women’s ultimate frisbee in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u003ca href=\"https://www.falconsultimate.com/\">Falcons\u003c/a>, established in 2020, are part of the Western Ultimate League and compete during the spring season from March to June. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their games are played in Oakland at Fremont High School, and tickets are relatively inexpensive, usually between $10 and $40 apiece. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3980\" height=\"2867\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/AfifaPlay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11687185\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/AfifaPlay.jpg 3980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/AfifaPlay-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/AfifaPlay-800x576.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/AfifaPlay-1020x735.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/AfifaPlay-1200x864.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/AfifaPlay-1920x1383.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/AfifaPlay-1180x850.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/AfifaPlay-960x692.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/AfifaPlay-240x173.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/AfifaPlay-375x270.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/AfifaPlay-520x375.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3980px) 100vw, 3980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Afifa Tawil is an organizer of pickup ultimate games in the South Bay. Here she eyes opportunities to pass the frisbee. (Olivia Allen-Price/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it’s your first time at an ultimate frisbee game, you might notice there are no formal referees. That’s because the sport of ultimate frisbee is mostly self-refereed, and the uniformed people on the field, called “observers,” help players call and resolve their own fouls. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What other teams can I support? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Falcons are \u003cem>good\u003c/em>, but professional leagues aren’t actually the pinnacle of the ultimate frisbee sport. Instead, competitive club teams, which have a summer season, tend to attract the strongest competition. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several Bay Area Falcons players also play on club teams like \u003ca href=\"https://furyultimate.com/\">FURY\u003c/a>, which is among the best women’s ultimate frisbee teams in the country. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where do fans meet? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you’re interested in getting started playing yourself, check out the \u003ca href=\"https://bayareadisc.org/\">Bay Area Disc Association\u003c/a>. There are leagues and events for players of all levels and ages across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you just want to play casually and for free, there is pickup ultimate frisbee every Saturday around noon at Golden Gate Park’s Big Rec Ball Field near the intersection of 7th Avenue and Lincoln Way.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I follow to learn more? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you’re hungry to watch more ultimate frisbee or learn about how the sport works, \u003ca href=\"https://ultiworld.com/\">Ultiworld\u003c/a> is the go-to publication that also streams the major games happening worldwide. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to support women’s volleyball in the Bay Area \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are \u003cem>two\u003c/em> professional volleyball teams in the Bay Area — and they are debuting around the same time.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One is Major League Volleyball’s \u003ca href=\"https://mlvb.com/teams/norcalrumble\">NorCal Rumble\u003c/a> — sporting a rather cute green, orange wildflower as its symbol — which will have its opening home game on Jan. 10. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team is slated to play 26 games for its first season, with its home venue at San José’s Tech CU Arena. Viewers can become \u003ca href=\"https://mlvb.com/norcal-tickets\">founding season ticket holders for just a $31\u003c/a> deposit.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2193200944-bbad8fc5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12109036\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2193200944-bbad8fc5.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2193200944-bbad8fc5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2193200944-bbad8fc5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The LOVB logo is seen on a volleyball before a game between LOVB Houston and LOVB Austin at the Fort Bend County Epicenter on Jan. 9, 2025, in Rosenberg, Texas. 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Here she eyes opportunities to pass the frisbee. (Olivia Allen-Price/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it’s your first time at an ultimate frisbee game, you might notice there are no formal referees. That’s because the sport of ultimate frisbee is mostly self-refereed, and the uniformed people on the field, called “observers,” help players call and resolve their own fouls. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What other teams can I support? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Falcons are \u003cem>good\u003c/em>, but professional leagues aren’t actually the pinnacle of the ultimate frisbee sport. Instead, competitive club teams, which have a summer season, tend to attract the strongest competition. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several Bay Area Falcons players also play on club teams like \u003ca href=\"https://furyultimate.com/\">FURY\u003c/a>, which is among the best women’s ultimate frisbee teams in the country. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where do fans meet? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you’re interested in getting started playing yourself, check out the \u003ca href=\"https://bayareadisc.org/\">Bay Area Disc Association\u003c/a>. There are leagues and events for players of all levels and ages across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you just want to play casually and for free, there is pickup ultimate frisbee every Saturday around noon at Golden Gate Park’s Big Rec Ball Field near the intersection of 7th Avenue and Lincoln Way.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I follow to learn more? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you’re hungry to watch more ultimate frisbee or learn about how the sport works, \u003ca href=\"https://ultiworld.com/\">Ultiworld\u003c/a> is the go-to publication that also streams the major games happening worldwide. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to support women’s volleyball in the Bay Area \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are \u003cem>two\u003c/em> professional volleyball teams in the Bay Area — and they are debuting around the same time.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One is Major League Volleyball’s \u003ca href=\"https://mlvb.com/teams/norcalrumble\">NorCal Rumble\u003c/a> — sporting a rather cute green, orange wildflower as its symbol — which will have its opening home game on Jan. 10. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team is slated to play 26 games for its first season, with its home venue at San José’s Tech CU Arena. Viewers can become \u003ca href=\"https://mlvb.com/norcal-tickets\">founding season ticket holders for just a $31\u003c/a> deposit.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2193200944-bbad8fc5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12109036\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2193200944-bbad8fc5.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2193200944-bbad8fc5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2193200944-bbad8fc5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The LOVB logo is seen on a volleyball before a game between LOVB Houston and LOVB Austin at the Fort Bend County Epicenter on Jan. 9, 2025, in Rosenberg, Texas. (Alex Slitz/LOVB/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other team is part of League One Volleyball and called \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanfranciscosignal.com/\">the San Francisco Signal\u003c/a> — which rock legend Joan Jett partially owns. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its home venue will be Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sanfranciscosignal/p/DfaHqYOFwsp/\">the first home game also slated for Jan. 10\u003c/a>. Season ticket deposits are already full. There is a waitlist available that will also \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanfranciscosignal.com/waitlist\">provide early access to individual game tickets\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s a bit of \u003ca href=\"https://www.minutevolley.com/2026/02/12/mlv-vs-lovb-what-data-tells-us-about-the-differences-between-the-two-u-s-pro-volleyball-leagues\">a new world\u003c/a> for professional women’s volleyball teams because \u003cem>both\u003c/em> leagues are relatively new — MLV’s first season kicked off in 2024 and LOVB’s first season was in 2025. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where do fans meet? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of volleyball clubs and rec groups for adults in the Bay Area that range in skill levels and time commitments. Some organizations even offer beach volleyball. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spots include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.volosports.com/san-francisco/volleyball\">Volo rec groups\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfdynastyvb.com/\">San Francisco Dynasty Volleyball\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.volleynation.com/\">Volley Nation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.meetup.com/san-francisco-volleyball-training-playing-meetup-group/\">Ocean Beach Volleyball Training and Playing\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ivlvolleyball.com/\">Bay Area Adult Volleyball League\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.heylo.com/g/7b9b7d08-d381-4280-bbc7-612795d40302\">San Francisco Beach Volleyball\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.redrockvolleyball.com/\">Red Rock Volleyball\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Your city may also host classes and drop-in hours for adults of all levels, including \u003ca href=\"https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/sfrecpark/activity/search?onlineSiteId=0&activity_select_param=2&activity_keyword=volleyball&viewMode=list\">San Francisco\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/parks-recreation/recreation-programs/adult-sports-leagues\">Berkeley\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I follow to learn more? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/volleyballworldusa\">Volleyball World USA\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/usavolleyball\">USA Volleyball\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://6zoneduo.com/\">6 Zone Duo podcast\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/avidvolley\">Avid Volley\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.minutevolley.com/\">Minute Volley\u003c/a> (on pause, but still good for some recent commentary)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to support women’s roller derby in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the sports team? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The local derby league is \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaderby.com/home\">Bay Area Derby\u003c/a>, founded in 2004, which consists of four teams: The \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaderby.com/teams/bad-all-stars\">Bay Area All-Stars,\u003c/a> \u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaderby.com/teams/bad-bones\">BAD Bones,\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaderby.com/teams/oakland-outlaws\">Oakland Outlaws\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaderby.com/teams/sf-rolling-dead\">San Francisco Rolling Dead.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaderby.com/home\">BAD posts its schedule\u003c/a> on its website each year, where you can \u003ca href=\"https://events.humanitix.com/host/bay-area-derby\">buy tickets\u003c/a> and learn more about each team. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The league is a member of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, which is the official governing body for modern roller derby all across the world. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260507-FYP-RollerDerby-19-BL_qed-f8df0f4c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12109038\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260507-FYP-RollerDerby-19-BL_qed-f8df0f4c.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260507-FYP-RollerDerby-19-BL_qed-f8df0f4c-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260507-FYP-RollerDerby-19-BL_qed-f8df0f4c-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Simrill Smith (center), known as She Creature or Creech, skates during a Bay Area Derby scrimmage in Oakland on May 7, 2026. Bay Area Derby is a women’s and gender-inclusive roller derby league with two home teams, the Oakland Outlaws and SF Rolling Dead. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/bay-area-derby-home-queer-trans-skaters-fights-18260668.php\">losing its West Oakland building\u003c/a> and suffering from COVID-19-related financial and membership losses, the league is back skating at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13988572/bay-area-roller-derby-queer-trans-skaters\">Richmond’s Memorial Auditorium.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are interested in learning how to skate and participating in the sport, BAD offers a progression program, teaching complete novices \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaderby.com/skate/learn-to-skate\">how to skate\u003c/a> before teaching them the rules of the sport and increasing competition. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BAD is explicitly trans- and nonbinary-friendly and continues to enforce some COVID vaccination policies. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What other teams can I support? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are roller derby leagues all across the Bay Area, including:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.peninsularollergirls.org/\">Peninsula Roller Derby\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.northbayderby.org/\">North Bay Derby\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/svrollerderby/\">Silicon Valley Roller Derby\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I follow to learn more? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The WFTDA has lots of information on \u003ca href=\"https://wftda.com/the-game/\">roller derby\u003c/a> and opportunities to watch local and international competition. BAD has a series of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7nWuP8XUlUmkfux17DwsVMPQkMp_LcJb\">training videos\u003c/a> on YouTube, as well. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to support women’s paintball in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscosirens.com/\">San Francisco Sirens\u003c/a> are a professional women’s paintball team, as part of the Women’s National Xball League. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A paintball event usually happens every month — and you can find \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscosirens.com/schedule\">the schedule online for more information\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\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/Dg4QY6o0xm8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Dg4QY6o0xm8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next paintball event is a major one, from Nov. 11 to Nov. 15: the NXL World Cup, which is happening this year in Florida. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can support the team by watching \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlpbplus.com/\">the games live on Major League Paintball’s free streaming platform\u003c/a>. There is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg4QY6o0xm8\">a livestream on YouTube\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where do fans meet? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paintball enthusiasts can meet at clubs and paintball facilities, which include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://paintballjungle.com/sf-hornets/\">SF Hornets\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sunolpaintball.com/\">Sunol Paintball\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://americanpaintballpark.com/\">American Paintball Park\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I follow to learn more? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@MajorLeaguePaintball/\">Major League Paintball YouTube channel\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@RoadToProPaintball\">Road To Pro Paintball YouTube channel\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wnxlpaintball/\">WNXL Paintball\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/womens-sports\">professional sports\u003c/a> is booming in the Bay Area, and the latest squad in the region now officially has a name: the San Jose Sea Lions.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name of the new women’s hockey team was announced early Tuesday morning, with a video narrated by Sea Lions player and U.S. Olympic gold medalist Rory Guilday, proclaiming the team as “guardians of the Bay.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084382/san-jose-is-getting-a-professional-womens-hockey-team-heres-what-we-know\">arrival in the Bay\u003c/a> was announced earlier this year, as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/\">Professional Women’s Hockey League\u003c/a> expansion, which included cities like Detroit and Las Vegas. The league — established in 2023 — had its first season the year after, and now has 12 teams in total across the U.S. and Canada.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DfkAD1HhOJ-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&obrf=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sea Lions are the only PWHL team in the state, and fans of the new team won’t have to wait much longer to see them in action. Puck drop for the inaugural season at SAP Center in downtown San José will be Dec. 5. at 4 p.m. against the Minnesota Frost.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“Women’s sports in general in North America, it’s blooming right now. It’s taking off and female athletes are getting the recognition that they deserve, which is important and special,” Sea Lions goaltender Tia Chan said Tuesday.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>The Bay Area feels like the biggest region for women’s sports right now, she said, especially after the Golden State Valkyries won the WNBA Championship in October, and brought out massive crowds to their celebratory parade last week. “We’re coming in at the right time, so I’m really glad to be a part of it right now,” Chan said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261110-SJSEALIONS-JG-3-KQED-6770abee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12109196\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261110-SJSEALIONS-JG-3-KQED-6770abee.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261110-SJSEALIONS-JG-3-KQED-6770abee-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261110-SJSEALIONS-JG-3-KQED-6770abee-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San Jose Sea Lions players Tia Chan, left and Lily Shannon, right, listen during a press conference in San José announcing the naming of the professional women’s hockey team. (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a press conference in front of City Hall on Tuesday, San José Mayor Matt Mahan said he’s excited for the Sea Lions’ inaugural season.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“To the players, coaches, staff and fans of the San Jose Sea Lions, welcome home. We’re proud to share this city, its history and its future with you, and we cannot wait to see you hit the ice,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said women’s sports are having a “huge, well-deserved moment” and it’s been made more special for him to see his daughter watch the local teams play.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“I’ve had the chance to watch my daughter watch incredibly talented, powerful women compete. She’s growing up in a world where women are filling arenas, breaking records and becoming household names. They’ve always had the talent, but now the world is finally paying attention,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261110-SJSEALIONS-JG-5-KQED-c6cb07b5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12109197\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261110-SJSEALIONS-JG-5-KQED-c6cb07b5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261110-SJSEALIONS-JG-5-KQED-c6cb07b5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261110-SJSEALIONS-JG-5-KQED-c6cb07b5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a press conference celebrating the naming of the San Jose Sea Lions, the first Professional Women’s Hockey League team in California. (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with sea lions being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13989127/chonkers-gigantic-sea-lion-steller-pier-39-san-francisco-wildlife\">a beloved fixture\u003c/a> on the Bay Area’s coastlines, the team’s press announcement said that the name also has a “special connection” to the region’s sports history. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the release, the \u003ca href=\"https://fansided.com/posts/san-francisco-sea-lions-history-former-negro-league-team\">San Francisco Sea Lions\u003c/a> were a team that was part of the West Coast Negro Baseball Association that played in 1946. 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(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with sea lions being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13989127/chonkers-gigantic-sea-lion-steller-pier-39-san-francisco-wildlife\">a beloved fixture\u003c/a> on the Bay Area’s coastlines, the team’s press announcement said that the name also has a “special connection” to the region’s sports history. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the release, the \u003ca href=\"https://fansided.com/posts/san-francisco-sea-lions-history-former-negro-league-team\">San Francisco Sea Lions\u003c/a> were a team that was part of the West Coast Negro Baseball Association that played in 1946. 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This game is very physical and I think if you come to a game you’re going to notice that immediately and you’re going to be impressed,” she said.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Chan said she has high hopes and expectations for the team. “Obviously, we have a young group, but I’m super excited to make waves here,” Chan said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The players — who also includes 22-year-old Olympic gold medalist Laila Edwards — will be decked out in bright orange and blue jerseys on the ice. The colors, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2026/may/19/professional-womens-hockey-league-expands-to-san-jose-california-for-2026-27-season\">the May announcement\u003c/a>, are a nod to the city’s flag as well as “the region’s historic orange groves, while blue evokes the beauty of California’s ocean coastline and sky.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sea Lions coach and general manager Troy Ryan said the league has the best female players in the world, and the league has done a nice job making fan engagement a big part of the experience. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We like to get up close and as personal as we can with our fans. So I think they can expect an exciting brand of hockey and a nice connection with our athletes,” Ryan said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Off the ice, we’re bringing in people from all over the world to play for the Sea Lions and we want to make sure we’re making ourselves as comfortable and connected with the communities as we can right from day one,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s been a big moment for new women’s sports teams in the region: a women’s baseball team, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096884/in-the-midst-of-basketball-and-baseball-season-how-to-join-womens-sports-fandom-in-the-bay-area\">the San Francisco Firebells\u003c/a>, debuted this year. And two women’s volleyball teams — the San Francisco Signal and NorCal Rumble — are expected to launch in January.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2026/may/19/professional-womens-hockey-league-expands-to-san-jose-california-for-2026-27-season\">the PWHL’s spring release\u003c/a>, the support for women’s teams like Bay FC in the National Women’s Soccer League and Golden State Valkyries — who recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107889/valkyries-parade-draws-thousands-to-san-franciscos-embarcadero-for-wnba-championship-celebration\">won the WNBA championship\u003c/a> in their second year of existence — helped usher the PWHL to the region, citing “league attendance records.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sea Lions forward Lily Shannon said she’s only been in the region for about three days, and is already feeling the love.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We already met a bunch of fans. 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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In only their second season of existence — and in the year the Women’s National Basketball Association league turns 30, no less — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107530/ballhalla-is-going-to-show-up-valkyries-fans-rally-for-wnba-finals-game-7\">the Golden State Valkyries have already become champions\u003c/a>. And the Bay Area is, naturally, throwing a parade this week to celebrate.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107530/ballhalla-is-going-to-show-up-valkyries-fans-rally-for-wnba-finals-game-7\">nail-biting Game 7\u003c/a> against the Atlanta Dream on Halloween night, the Valkyries pulled through with 68-63 — with special honors for forward and MVP Gabby Williams, who scored 28 of those points in the second half. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while the Bay Area’s passionate fanbase has already begun celebrating, an official parade by the city of San Francisco is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 4. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep reading to learn about what to expect during the Valkyries championship parade this week. Keep in mind: the ceremony starts at noon — and while we could \u003cem>never\u003c/em> endorse deception, this seems like a good time to mention the previous guidance of Valkyries’ Veronica Burton before Game 6’s infamous 9:30 a.m\u003cem>.\u003c/em> start time: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfAxaq8oAQ9/\">“Call in sick. I recommend it.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When and where is the Valkyries WNBA parade? \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/valkyries-wnba-championship-parade-wednesday-november-4-2026\">city officials\u003c/a>, the Valkyries parade will \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-mayor-lurie-unveils-plans-for-victory-parade-for-wnba-champion-golden-state-valkyries\">start at the Ferry Building at 12 p.m. on Wednesday\u003c/a>, Nov. 4.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkryies-Parade-414947dc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107791\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkryies-Parade-414947dc.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkryies-Parade-414947dc-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkryies-Parade-414947dc-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkryies-Parade-414947dc-1638x2048.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The route for the Valkyries’ championship parade on Wednesday, Nov. 4. (Golden State Valkyries on Instagram)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parade will then travel alongside the northbound side of The Embarcadero to Second Street until \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-mayor-lurie-unveils-plans-for-victory-parade-for-wnba-champion-golden-state-valkyries\">2 p.m.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans can begin to line up along \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-mayor-lurie-unveils-plans-for-victory-parade-for-wnba-champion-golden-state-valkyries\">the parade route at 9 a.m\u003c/a>., \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DfNAX5CGMnk/\">“on the bay side of Embarcadero from Mission Street to 2nd Street,”\u003c/a> according to the Valkyries’ Instagram.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What will the weather be like on Wednesday? \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.789&lon=-122.3955\">the National Weather Service,\u003c/a> Wednesday will be a sunny day with a high of 62. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So while you should definitely be sporting the signature Valkyries purple, be sure to have layers (but also sunscreen) on you, since this parade \u003cem>will\u003c/em> be along the water on a November afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I get to the Valkyries parade?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can plan your route accordingly using \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">BART\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/trip-planner\">SFMTA’s Trip Planner.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1663\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkyries-Parade-Map-2026-3a692594.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107797\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkyries-Parade-Map-2026-3a692594.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkyries-Parade-Map-2026-3a692594-160x133.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkyries-Parade-Map-2026-3a692594-1536x1277.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SFMTA’s map of the Valkyries championship parade on Wednesday.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BART\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can take BART to Embarcadero or Montgomery stations. Afterward, it will be a 4- or 8-minute walk, respectively, to the Ferry Building. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://twitter.com/SFBART/status/2117291370797043761\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You could also take BART to Powell Street Station and then transfer to Muni’s T Third trains at Union Square Station. You would take a Southbound T Line train heading toward Sunnydale to Fourth and King — and then a short 8-minute walk to Second and King.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Muni\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/valkyries-wnba-championship-parade-wednesday-november-4-2026\">you want to use Muni\u003c/a>, you can take the J Church, N Judah, K Ingleside, L Taraval, M Ocean View lines to Embarcadero Station.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get to a stop at the beginning half of the parade, you can head to:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>1 California\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>5R Fulton Rapid\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>7 Haight/Noriega\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>9R San Bruno Rapid\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>12 Folsom/Pacific\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>14 Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>14R Mission Rapid\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>38 Geary\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>38R Geary Rapid\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get a stop at the end of the parade, you can head to:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>T Third Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>8 Bayshore — by exiting the bus at Third Street and Bryant Street, then walking a few blocks south to King Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>15 Bayview Hunters Point Express\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>30 Stockton\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>45 Union/Stockton\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SFMTA has warned that there \u003cem>will\u003c/em> be transit service changes on the day of the parade — and you can get \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/valkyries-wnba-championship-parade-wednesday-november-4-2026\">the most up-to-date information on its website.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can take Caltrain to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/station/sanfrancisco\">San Francisco station\u003c/a> — where you can get to the \u003cem>end\u003c/em> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/news/caltrain-connects-fans-valkyries-championship-parade\">the parade at 2nd and King streets\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the agency, there will be two additional trains running for the day. The northbound train will leave San José Diridon Station at 9:13 a.m. After the parade ends at 2 p.m., the southbound train will depart San Francisco at 2:40 p.m. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Additionally, express train 514 and limited train 416 will both run as locals to address any capacity issues, the 514 departing San Francisco Station at 3:10 p.m. and the 416 departing at 3:40 p.m.,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/news/caltrain-connects-fans-valkyries-championship-parade\">the agency’s notice\u003c/a> reads. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be sure to keep \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/\">your eye on the Caltrain schedule\u003c/a> before any travel.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>SamTrans\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to SamTrans, the following lines lead to downtown San Francisco:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Route 292: Connects Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo County communities and San Francisco, with service to the Salesforce Transit Center\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>FCX: Connects Foster City with the Salesforce Transit Center \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>EPX: Connects East Palo Alto with the Salesforce Transit Center\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The walk from Salesforce to the Ferry Building is \u003ca href=\"https://www.samtrans.com/valkyries\">around ten to fifteen minutes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Fans can also take SamTrans Route 292 or Route ECR, which connects communities along El Camino Real with Millbrae Station, where they can transfer to Caltrain for service to San Francisco,” the agency’s email release reads.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be sure to plan your route on \u003ca href=\"https://www.samtrans.com/schedulesmaps\">SamTrans’ website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I take a Waymo or an autonomous vehicle to the Valkyries parade?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Self-driving cars like Waymos can get stuck during events that are expected to draw a lot of traffic and people — notably after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089915/sf-supe-to-launch-inquiry-on-waymos-july-fourth-traffic-meltdown\">this year’s Fourth of July celebrations\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accordingly, they are subject to some limitations that aren’t usually seen for rideshare services like Uber or Lyft. The SFMTA has closed off \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-mayor-lurie-unveils-plans-for-victory-parade-for-wnba-champion-golden-state-valkyries\">some roads to services like Waymo on Wednesday from 12:01 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.\u003c/a>, including:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>On The Embarcadero\u003c/strong> south of Battery Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>In the Financial District\u003c/strong>, streets south of Washington Street and east of Battery Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>In the South of Market\u003c/strong>, streets east of First Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>In South Beach\u003c/strong>:\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Bryant Street\u003c/strong> between Second Street and the Embarcadero\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Brannan \u003cstrong>Street\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong> between Third Street and the Embarcadero\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Townsend \u003cstrong>Street\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong> between Third Street and the Embarcadero\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>King Street\u003c/strong> between Fifth Street and the Embarcadero\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Berry \u003cstrong>Stree\u003c/strong>t\u003c/strong> between Fifth and Third streets\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Second Street \u003c/strong>between Bryant and King streets\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>Third Street\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong> between Brannan Street and Mission Creek Channel\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>Fourth Street\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong> between Townsend Street and Mission Creek Channel\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Autonomous vehicle pick-up and drop-off are designated to these areas:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Battery Street \u003c/strong>between the Embarcadero and Market Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>First Street\u003c/strong> between Market and Harrison streets\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Third Street \u003c/strong>between Folsom and Brannan streets\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Fourth Street \u003c/strong>between Harrison and Townsend streets\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the street closures on Wednesday? \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you need to be in the area on Wednesday, expect crowds and heavy traffic. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In only their second season of existence — and in the year the Women’s National Basketball Association league turns 30, no less — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107530/ballhalla-is-going-to-show-up-valkyries-fans-rally-for-wnba-finals-game-7\">the Golden State Valkyries have already become champions\u003c/a>. And the Bay Area is, naturally, throwing a parade this week to celebrate.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107530/ballhalla-is-going-to-show-up-valkyries-fans-rally-for-wnba-finals-game-7\">nail-biting Game 7\u003c/a> against the Atlanta Dream on Halloween night, the Valkyries pulled through with 68-63 — with special honors for forward and MVP Gabby Williams, who scored 28 of those points in the second half. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while the Bay Area’s passionate fanbase has already begun celebrating, an official parade by the city of San Francisco is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 4. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep reading to learn about what to expect during the Valkyries championship parade this week. Keep in mind: the ceremony starts at noon — and while we could \u003cem>never\u003c/em> endorse deception, this seems like a good time to mention the previous guidance of Valkyries’ Veronica Burton before Game 6’s infamous 9:30 a.m\u003cem>.\u003c/em> start time: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfAxaq8oAQ9/\">“Call in sick. I recommend it.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When and where is the Valkyries WNBA parade? \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/valkyries-wnba-championship-parade-wednesday-november-4-2026\">city officials\u003c/a>, the Valkyries parade will \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-mayor-lurie-unveils-plans-for-victory-parade-for-wnba-champion-golden-state-valkyries\">start at the Ferry Building at 12 p.m. on Wednesday\u003c/a>, Nov. 4.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkryies-Parade-414947dc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107791\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkryies-Parade-414947dc.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkryies-Parade-414947dc-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkryies-Parade-414947dc-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkryies-Parade-414947dc-1638x2048.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The route for the Valkyries’ championship parade on Wednesday, Nov. 4. (Golden State Valkyries on Instagram)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parade will then travel alongside the northbound side of The Embarcadero to Second Street until \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-mayor-lurie-unveils-plans-for-victory-parade-for-wnba-champion-golden-state-valkyries\">2 p.m.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans can begin to line up along \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-mayor-lurie-unveils-plans-for-victory-parade-for-wnba-champion-golden-state-valkyries\">the parade route at 9 a.m\u003c/a>., \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DfNAX5CGMnk/\">“on the bay side of Embarcadero from Mission Street to 2nd Street,”\u003c/a> according to the Valkyries’ Instagram.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What will the weather be like on Wednesday? \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.789&lon=-122.3955\">the National Weather Service,\u003c/a> Wednesday will be a sunny day with a high of 62. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So while you should definitely be sporting the signature Valkyries purple, be sure to have layers (but also sunscreen) on you, since this parade \u003cem>will\u003c/em> be along the water on a November afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I get to the Valkyries parade?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can plan your route accordingly using \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">BART\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/trip-planner\">SFMTA’s Trip Planner.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1663\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkyries-Parade-Map-2026-3a692594.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107797\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkyries-Parade-Map-2026-3a692594.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkyries-Parade-Map-2026-3a692594-160x133.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/Valkyries-Parade-Map-2026-3a692594-1536x1277.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SFMTA’s map of the Valkyries championship parade on Wednesday.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BART\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can take BART to Embarcadero or Montgomery stations. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You could also take BART to Powell Street Station and then transfer to Muni’s T Third trains at Union Square Station. You would take a Southbound T Line train heading toward Sunnydale to Fourth and King — and then a short 8-minute walk to Second and King.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Muni\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/valkyries-wnba-championship-parade-wednesday-november-4-2026\">you want to use Muni\u003c/a>, you can take the J Church, N Judah, K Ingleside, L Taraval, M Ocean View lines to Embarcadero Station.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get to a stop at the beginning half of the parade, you can head to:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>1 California\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>5R Fulton Rapid\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>7 Haight/Noriega\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>9R San Bruno Rapid\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>12 Folsom/Pacific\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>14 Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>14R Mission Rapid\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>38 Geary\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>38R Geary Rapid\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get a stop at the end of the parade, you can head to:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>T Third Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>8 Bayshore — by exiting the bus at Third Street and Bryant Street, then walking a few blocks south to King Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>15 Bayview Hunters Point Express\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>30 Stockton\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>45 Union/Stockton\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SFMTA has warned that there \u003cem>will\u003c/em> be transit service changes on the day of the parade — and you can get \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/valkyries-wnba-championship-parade-wednesday-november-4-2026\">the most up-to-date information on its website.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can take Caltrain to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/station/sanfrancisco\">San Francisco station\u003c/a> — where you can get to the \u003cem>end\u003c/em> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/news/caltrain-connects-fans-valkyries-championship-parade\">the parade at 2nd and King streets\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the agency, there will be two additional trains running for the day. The northbound train will leave San José Diridon Station at 9:13 a.m. After the parade ends at 2 p.m., the southbound train will depart San Francisco at 2:40 p.m. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Additionally, express train 514 and limited train 416 will both run as locals to address any capacity issues, the 514 departing San Francisco Station at 3:10 p.m. and the 416 departing at 3:40 p.m.,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/news/caltrain-connects-fans-valkyries-championship-parade\">the agency’s notice\u003c/a> reads. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be sure to keep \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/\">your eye on the Caltrain schedule\u003c/a> before any travel.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>SamTrans\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to SamTrans, the following lines lead to downtown San Francisco:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Route 292: Connects Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo County communities and San Francisco, with service to the Salesforce Transit Center\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>FCX: Connects Foster City with the Salesforce Transit Center \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>EPX: Connects East Palo Alto with the Salesforce Transit Center\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The walk from Salesforce to the Ferry Building is \u003ca href=\"https://www.samtrans.com/valkyries\">around ten to fifteen minutes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Fans can also take SamTrans Route 292 or Route ECR, which connects communities along El Camino Real with Millbrae Station, where they can transfer to Caltrain for service to San Francisco,” the agency’s email release reads.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be sure to plan your route on \u003ca href=\"https://www.samtrans.com/schedulesmaps\">SamTrans’ website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I take a Waymo or an autonomous vehicle to the Valkyries parade?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Self-driving cars like Waymos can get stuck during events that are expected to draw a lot of traffic and people — notably after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089915/sf-supe-to-launch-inquiry-on-waymos-july-fourth-traffic-meltdown\">this year’s Fourth of July celebrations\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accordingly, they are subject to some limitations that aren’t usually seen for rideshare services like Uber or Lyft. 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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diwali — or Deepawali — is approaching in the first full week of November, with its main day landing on Sunday, Nov. 8. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">the Bay Area\u003c/a> has a host of events honoring \u003ca href=\"https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/time/when-diwali\">the festival\u003c/a> observed by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a five-day event, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/135190/how-the-bay-areas-south-asian-diaspora-explores-diwalis-multiplicity\">particular celebrations on the third day\u003c/a>. As Urmila Ramakrishnan wrote for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/139532/thalai-deepavali-and-new-traditions-in-the-time-of-coronavirus\">KQED in 2020\u003c/a>, the holiday is a “celebration of light over darkness, unity over conflict.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00487_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12056085\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00487_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00487_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00487_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alpa Nagarsheth (left) shops with the help of Nimisha Jadav (right) at Jadav’s home-based clothing business, Nivy’s Nook, in Morgan Hill on Sept. 13, 2025. Nimisha Aunty runs an Indian clothing shop from her home in Morgan Hill, creating a vibrant hub for South Asians in the South Bay while serving as a trusted community builder who supports and uplifts immigrant women through shared knowledge and cultural connection. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-id=\"12106967\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-1304625748-e1666643805102-bd9c96e1.jpg\" alt=\"Hands squeezing golden-yellow dough into a ball shape to make besan ladoo.\" class=\"wp-image-12106967\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-1304625748-e1666643805102-bd9c96e1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-1304625748-e1666643805102-bd9c96e1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-1304625748-e1666643805102-bd9c96e1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Besan ladoo is prepared by rolling in the palm of your hand. (Saurav Pandey Photography/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12056082\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00237_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12056082\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00237_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00237_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00237_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nimisha Jadav measures a top for a customer at her home-based business Nivy’s Nook in Morgan Hill on Sept. 13, 2025. Nimisha Aunty runs an Indian clothing shop from her home in Morgan Hill, creating a vibrant hub for South Asians in the South Bay while serving as a trusted community builder who supports and uplifts immigrant women through shared knowledge and cultural connection. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, California even became \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-officially-recognizes-religious-holiday-21091407.php\">the third state in the nation\u003c/a> to officially recognize Diwali as a state holiday. The \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB268/id/3174480\">bill\u003c/a>, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, allows community colleges and public schools to close for the holiday. State employees may also take paid time off. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diwali is described in the bill as “the 15th day of the month of Kartik in the Hindu lunar calendar of each year.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bay Area is home to some of \u003ca href=\"https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/statistics/rankings?typ=2&u=1&cod=9\">the largest Hindu populations\u003c/a> in the country, and the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley metro area has \u003ca href=\"https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/statistics/rankings?typ=0&u=1&cod=252\">the third-highest number\u003c/a> of Hindu congregations in the nation, according to 2020 data from the U.S. Religion Census.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Diwali is also celebrated by a diverse range of people and cultures. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(If you’re looking for ways to wish someone a happy Diwali this year, you’ll find \u003ca href=\"https://www.simonandsimon.co.uk/blog/say-happy-diwali-in-hindi-with-these-diwali-wishes\">helpful guidance online\u003c/a> for Diwali greetings in different languages — but remember, “Happy Diwali!” works too.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramakrishnan herself wrote that she blended “both Bengali and Tamilian traditions” in her Diwali observations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I grew up oscillating between my mother’s Bengali traditions of Kali Puja and lighting the kuthu vilaku oil lamp with my father,” she wrote. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The women would light tea candles around the house to welcome the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, into the home.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There’s no shortage of major Bay Area Diwali events from early to mid-November this year — including a celebration at the \u003ca href=\"https://calendar.asianart.org/event/first-free-sunday-diwali-celebration/\">Asian Art Museum\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://indianrestaurantweeksf.com/\">Indian Restaurant Week\u003c/a> — so read more to see what’s near you. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before heading to your event, make sure to double-check timings (not all events are on Nov. 8) and whether the venue requires an RSVP or ticket. Ticket prices tend to go up close to Diwali, so it might be a good idea to secure a spot fast.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Celebrating Diwali in San Francisco\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for all ages\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 1 to 13: \u003ca href=\"https://indianrestaurantweeksf.com/\">Indian Restaurant Week\u003c/a> at various spots throughout the city \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 1: \u003ca href=\"https://calendar.asianart.org/event/first-free-sunday-diwali-celebration/\">Diwali Celebration\u003c/a> at the Asian Art Museum (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dia-de-los-muertos-and-diwali-festival-tickets-2002088484552?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&dsrp_sid=325967ea-aeec-4b05-82ee-4baf67c80224&dsrp_item_id=2002088484552\">Día de los Muertos and Diwali Festival\u003c/a> at Crissy Field Center (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.bmfbayarea.org/events/navaratri-and-diwali\">Diwali Dhamaka 2026\u003c/a> at the Bhartiya Mandal Foundation (free for kids under 6, tickets start at $20)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-at-the-outer-sunset-farmers-market-mercantile-tickets-2001014645671\">Diwali at the Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile\u003c/a> (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-on-the-square-tickets-2003119463237\">Diwali on the Square\u003c/a> at St. Mark’s Square (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/san-francisco-diwali-festival-sunday-nov-8-tickets-1996184565772\">San Francisco Diwali Festival\u003c/a> at Yerba Buena Gardens (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/san-francisco-diwali-new-year-celebration-2026-free-family-festival-tickets-2003421127523\">San Francisco Diwali & New Year Celebration 2026\u003c/a> at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 13: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bhangra-beats-night-market-official-city-of-sf-diwali-celebration-tickets-1996185713204\">Bhangra & Beats Night Market\u003c/a> at Yerba Buena Gardens (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-celebration-time-of-transformation-tickets-2003754929935\">Diwali Celebration: Time of Transformation\u003c/a> at Brahma Kumaris Meditation Center (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 15: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-edition-bollywood-dance-workshop-tickets-2003837407628\">Diwali Edition: Bollywood Dance Workshop\u003c/a> at Smuin Center for Dance (tickets start at $23.18)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 15: \u003ca href=\"https://partiful.com/e/RhDR2aIFaDpakAhe6JmQ\">Diwali Pastry Pop-up\u003c/a> at Le Mil’s Coffee\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for adults\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sf-queer-diwali-2026-tickets-2002093797443\">SF Queer Diwali 2026\u003c/a> at El Rio (tickets start at $20)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 13: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-fest-indian-music-festival-nov-13-san-francisco-tickets-2002905414010\">Diwali Fest: Indian Music Festival\u003c/a> at THE BUDDA (tickets start at $17.85)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/le-mils-diwali-tickets-2002782756137\">Diwali Eve: A Masquerade Party\u003c/a> at Le Mil’s Coffee (tickets start at $20)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dil-se-rave-a-desi-edm-festival-experience-tickets-2003270456863\">Dil se Rave – A Desi EDM Festival Experience\u003c/a> at The Foundry SF (tickets start at $19.99)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Celebrating Diwali in East Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for all ages\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 4: \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6abd6a82ea50a10050a5bff5\">Celebrate Diwali: Stories, Dance, and Light\u003c/a> at the Golden Gate Branch of the Oakland Public Library\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://partiful.com/e/HbDhdeViCETLKk7fms5b\">SF Indian Music Project\u003c/a> at Newark Pavilion \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-trance-storytelling-sound-journey-in-oakland-tickets-2003799831236\">Diwali: Trance Storytelling & Sound Journey\u003c/a> at BAMBU Pharm in Oakland (tickets start at $39.19)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oakland-diwali-2026-tickets-2002487078758\">Oakland Diwali 2026\u003c/a> at BLOC15 in Oakland (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dublin-diwali-mela-2026-tickets-1989973272627\">Dublin Diwali Mela 2026\u003c/a> in Emerald Glen Park (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-diwali-viks-chaat-family-event-tickets-2003632109576\">Diwali\u003c/a> at Viks Chaat in Berkeley (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/berkeley-diwali-music-meditation-night-on-nov-11th-tickets-2003843527934\">Berkeley Diwali: Music & Meditation Night\u003c/a> (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 21: \u003ca href=\"https://www.rhythmix.org/events/diwali-2026/\">Family-Friendly Diwali Celebration with NonStop Bhangra\u003c/a> at Rhythmix Cultural Works in Alameda (tickets start at $19)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for adults\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kismat-se-diwali-a-night-of-mirrors-magic-oakland-tickets-2003426598888\">KISMAT SE DIWALI: A Night of Mirrors & Magic\u003c/a> at Fluid510 in Oakland (tickets start at $12.51)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Celebrating Diwali in South Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for all ages\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 1: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bollywood-diwali-nightyeh-jawaani-hai-diwali-bollywood-dance-party-tickets-2003176126719\">BOLLYWOOD DIWALI NIGHT\u003c/a> in Cupertino Community Hall (tickets start at $12.51)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdm.org/event/diwali/\">Diwali: Festival of Lights\u003c/a> at the Children’s Discovery Museum in San José (tickets are $22; infants are free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 12: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thanksgiving-diwali-potluck-celebration-tickets-2003178177854\">Thanksgiving & Diwali Potluck Celebration\u003c/a> at Great America Parkway (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-area-desi-diwali-celebration-2026-milpitas-tickets-2003253123017\">Bay Area Desi Diwali Celebration\u003c/a> in Pavalkis Hall in Milpitas (tickets start at $23.17)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for adults\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 6: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lit-diwali-bollywood-party-silver-key-party-myth-nov-6-tickets-2003666701040\">LIT DIWALI – BOLLYWOOD PARTY\u003c/a> at Myth Lounge in San José (free before 11 p.m., tickets start at $7.18)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biggest-bollywood-diwali-party-2026-tickets-2003782601702\">BIGGEST BOLLYWOOD DIWALI PARTY\u003c/a> at Era Lounge in San José (tickets start at $23.18)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Celebrating Diwali in North Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for all ages\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/820-bel-marin-keys-blvd-novato-ca-united-states-california-94949/diwali-2026-keeping-your-inner-light-ignited/1797359344750874/\">Diwali Festival: Keeping Your Inner Light Ignited\u003c/a> with Anubhuti Retreat Center in Novato (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-2026-festival-of-lights-tickets-2003979492608\">Diwali 2026 – Festival of Lights\u003c/a> at Nelda Mundy Elementary School in Fairfield\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for adults\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chai-rave-sf-diwali-on-the-bay-eria-on-nov-7th-waterfront-experience-tickets-2001611643307\">CHAI RAVE SF: DIWALI ON THE BAY\u003c/a> at Eria in Sausalito (tickets start at $12.24)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.napavalley.com/event/diwali-at-cliff-lede-vineyards-featuring-nalla/\">Diwali\u003c/a> at Cliff Lede Vineyards in Yountville (tickets start at $375)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diwali — or Deepawali — is approaching in the first full week of November, with its main day landing on Sunday, Nov. 8. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">the Bay Area\u003c/a> has a host of events honoring \u003ca href=\"https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/time/when-diwali\">the festival\u003c/a> observed by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a five-day event, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/135190/how-the-bay-areas-south-asian-diaspora-explores-diwalis-multiplicity\">particular celebrations on the third day\u003c/a>. As Urmila Ramakrishnan wrote for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/139532/thalai-deepavali-and-new-traditions-in-the-time-of-coronavirus\">KQED in 2020\u003c/a>, the holiday is a “celebration of light over darkness, unity over conflict.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00487_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12056085\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00487_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00487_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00487_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alpa Nagarsheth (left) shops with the help of Nimisha Jadav (right) at Jadav’s home-based clothing business, Nivy’s Nook, in Morgan Hill on Sept. 13, 2025. Nimisha Aunty runs an Indian clothing shop from her home in Morgan Hill, creating a vibrant hub for South Asians in the South Bay while serving as a trusted community builder who supports and uplifts immigrant women through shared knowledge and cultural connection. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-id=\"12106967\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-1304625748-e1666643805102-bd9c96e1.jpg\" alt=\"Hands squeezing golden-yellow dough into a ball shape to make besan ladoo.\" class=\"wp-image-12106967\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-1304625748-e1666643805102-bd9c96e1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-1304625748-e1666643805102-bd9c96e1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-1304625748-e1666643805102-bd9c96e1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Besan ladoo is prepared by rolling in the palm of your hand. (Saurav Pandey Photography/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12056082\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00237_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12056082\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00237_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00237_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00237_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nimisha Jadav measures a top for a customer at her home-based business Nivy’s Nook in Morgan Hill on Sept. 13, 2025. Nimisha Aunty runs an Indian clothing shop from her home in Morgan Hill, creating a vibrant hub for South Asians in the South Bay while serving as a trusted community builder who supports and uplifts immigrant women through shared knowledge and cultural connection. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, California even became \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-officially-recognizes-religious-holiday-21091407.php\">the third state in the nation\u003c/a> to officially recognize Diwali as a state holiday. The \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB268/id/3174480\">bill\u003c/a>, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, allows community colleges and public schools to close for the holiday. State employees may also take paid time off. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diwali is described in the bill as “the 15th day of the month of Kartik in the Hindu lunar calendar of each year.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bay Area is home to some of \u003ca href=\"https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/statistics/rankings?typ=2&u=1&cod=9\">the largest Hindu populations\u003c/a> in the country, and the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley metro area has \u003ca href=\"https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/statistics/rankings?typ=0&u=1&cod=252\">the third-highest number\u003c/a> of Hindu congregations in the nation, according to 2020 data from the U.S. Religion Census.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Diwali is also celebrated by a diverse range of people and cultures. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(If you’re looking for ways to wish someone a happy Diwali this year, you’ll find \u003ca href=\"https://www.simonandsimon.co.uk/blog/say-happy-diwali-in-hindi-with-these-diwali-wishes\">helpful guidance online\u003c/a> for Diwali greetings in different languages — but remember, “Happy Diwali!” works too.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramakrishnan herself wrote that she blended “both Bengali and Tamilian traditions” in her Diwali observations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I grew up oscillating between my mother’s Bengali traditions of Kali Puja and lighting the kuthu vilaku oil lamp with my father,” she wrote. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The women would light tea candles around the house to welcome the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, into the home.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There’s no shortage of major Bay Area Diwali events from early to mid-November this year — including a celebration at the \u003ca href=\"https://calendar.asianart.org/event/first-free-sunday-diwali-celebration/\">Asian Art Museum\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://indianrestaurantweeksf.com/\">Indian Restaurant Week\u003c/a> — so read more to see what’s near you. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before heading to your event, make sure to double-check timings (not all events are on Nov. 8) and whether the venue requires an RSVP or ticket. Ticket prices tend to go up close to Diwali, so it might be a good idea to secure a spot fast.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Celebrating Diwali in San Francisco\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for all ages\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 1 to 13: \u003ca href=\"https://indianrestaurantweeksf.com/\">Indian Restaurant Week\u003c/a> at various spots throughout the city \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 1: \u003ca href=\"https://calendar.asianart.org/event/first-free-sunday-diwali-celebration/\">Diwali Celebration\u003c/a> at the Asian Art Museum (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dia-de-los-muertos-and-diwali-festival-tickets-2002088484552?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&dsrp_sid=325967ea-aeec-4b05-82ee-4baf67c80224&dsrp_item_id=2002088484552\">Día de los Muertos and Diwali Festival\u003c/a> at Crissy Field Center (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.bmfbayarea.org/events/navaratri-and-diwali\">Diwali Dhamaka 2026\u003c/a> at the Bhartiya Mandal Foundation (free for kids under 6, tickets start at $20)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-at-the-outer-sunset-farmers-market-mercantile-tickets-2001014645671\">Diwali at the Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile\u003c/a> (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-on-the-square-tickets-2003119463237\">Diwali on the Square\u003c/a> at St. Mark’s Square (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/san-francisco-diwali-festival-sunday-nov-8-tickets-1996184565772\">San Francisco Diwali Festival\u003c/a> at Yerba Buena Gardens (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/san-francisco-diwali-new-year-celebration-2026-free-family-festival-tickets-2003421127523\">San Francisco Diwali & New Year Celebration 2026\u003c/a> at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 13: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bhangra-beats-night-market-official-city-of-sf-diwali-celebration-tickets-1996185713204\">Bhangra & Beats Night Market\u003c/a> at Yerba Buena Gardens (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-celebration-time-of-transformation-tickets-2003754929935\">Diwali Celebration: Time of Transformation\u003c/a> at Brahma Kumaris Meditation Center (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 15: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-edition-bollywood-dance-workshop-tickets-2003837407628\">Diwali Edition: Bollywood Dance Workshop\u003c/a> at Smuin Center for Dance (tickets start at $23.18)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 15: \u003ca href=\"https://partiful.com/e/RhDR2aIFaDpakAhe6JmQ\">Diwali Pastry Pop-up\u003c/a> at Le Mil’s Coffee\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for adults\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sf-queer-diwali-2026-tickets-2002093797443\">SF Queer Diwali 2026\u003c/a> at El Rio (tickets start at $20)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 13: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-fest-indian-music-festival-nov-13-san-francisco-tickets-2002905414010\">Diwali Fest: Indian Music Festival\u003c/a> at THE BUDDA (tickets start at $17.85)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/le-mils-diwali-tickets-2002782756137\">Diwali Eve: A Masquerade Party\u003c/a> at Le Mil’s Coffee (tickets start at $20)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dil-se-rave-a-desi-edm-festival-experience-tickets-2003270456863\">Dil se Rave – A Desi EDM Festival Experience\u003c/a> at The Foundry SF (tickets start at $19.99)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Celebrating Diwali in East Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for all ages\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 4: \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6abd6a82ea50a10050a5bff5\">Celebrate Diwali: Stories, Dance, and Light\u003c/a> at the Golden Gate Branch of the Oakland Public Library\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://partiful.com/e/HbDhdeViCETLKk7fms5b\">SF Indian Music Project\u003c/a> at Newark Pavilion \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-trance-storytelling-sound-journey-in-oakland-tickets-2003799831236\">Diwali: Trance Storytelling & Sound Journey\u003c/a> at BAMBU Pharm in Oakland (tickets start at $39.19)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oakland-diwali-2026-tickets-2002487078758\">Oakland Diwali 2026\u003c/a> at BLOC15 in Oakland (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dublin-diwali-mela-2026-tickets-1989973272627\">Dublin Diwali Mela 2026\u003c/a> in Emerald Glen Park (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-diwali-viks-chaat-family-event-tickets-2003632109576\">Diwali\u003c/a> at Viks Chaat in Berkeley (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/berkeley-diwali-music-meditation-night-on-nov-11th-tickets-2003843527934\">Berkeley Diwali: Music & Meditation Night\u003c/a> (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 21: \u003ca href=\"https://www.rhythmix.org/events/diwali-2026/\">Family-Friendly Diwali Celebration with NonStop Bhangra\u003c/a> at Rhythmix Cultural Works in Alameda (tickets start at $19)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for adults\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kismat-se-diwali-a-night-of-mirrors-magic-oakland-tickets-2003426598888\">KISMAT SE DIWALI: A Night of Mirrors & Magic\u003c/a> at Fluid510 in Oakland (tickets start at $12.51)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Celebrating Diwali in South Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for all ages\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 1: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bollywood-diwali-nightyeh-jawaani-hai-diwali-bollywood-dance-party-tickets-2003176126719\">BOLLYWOOD DIWALI NIGHT\u003c/a> in Cupertino Community Hall (tickets start at 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DIWALI – BOLLYWOOD PARTY\u003c/a> at Myth Lounge in San José (free before 11 p.m., tickets start at $7.18)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biggest-bollywood-diwali-party-2026-tickets-2003782601702\">BIGGEST BOLLYWOOD DIWALI PARTY\u003c/a> at Era Lounge in San José (tickets start at $23.18)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Celebrating Diwali in North Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for all ages\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/820-bel-marin-keys-blvd-novato-ca-united-states-california-94949/diwali-2026-keeping-your-inner-light-ignited/1797359344750874/\">Diwali Festival: Keeping Your Inner Light Ignited\u003c/a> with Anubhuti Retreat Center in Novato (free)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwali-2026-festival-of-lights-tickets-2003979492608\">Diwali 2026 – Festival of Lights\u003c/a> at Nelda Mundy Elementary School in Fairfield\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Diwali 2026 events for adults\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Nov. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chai-rave-sf-diwali-on-the-bay-eria-on-nov-7th-waterfront-experience-tickets-2001611643307\">CHAI RAVE SF: DIWALI ON THE BAY\u003c/a> at Eria in Sausalito (tickets start at $12.24)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Nov. 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.napavalley.com/event/diwali-at-cliff-lede-vineyards-featuring-nalla/\">Diwali\u003c/a> at Cliff Lede Vineyards in Yountville (tickets start at $375)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, San Francisco City Attorney \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/david-chiu\">David Chiu\u003c/a> announced that over $1.5 million in funds will be made available to Californians who were impacted by a gift card scam in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new fund, which Chiu called “a win for consumers,” is a result of a settlement from \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-city-attorney-sues-maker-of-vanilla-gift-cards-over-consumer-scams\">the city’s 2023 lawsuit\u003c/a> involving \u003ca href=\"https://balance.vanillagift.com/\">Vanilla gift cards\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vanilla gift cards — made by Georgia-based company Incomm — are \u003ca href=\"https://www.vanillaprepaid.com/\">prepaid cards\u003c/a> sold in places like grocery stores or gas stations, which can be given as gifts or used by the purchaser as an alternative to cash. The city’s suit alleged that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-city-attorney-sues-maker-of-vanilla-gift-cards-over-consumer-scams\">“insecure cardboard packaging”\u003c/a> of these gift cards was susceptible to tampering by scammers, who were able to take some or all of the money before the card recipient could use it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-city-attorney-sues-maker-of-vanilla-gift-cards-over-consumer-scams\">a 2023 press release,\u003c/a> also claimed that Incomm and its partner banks knew “about the obvious security problems for a decade” and “refused to remedy the issue or provide consumers refunds for fraudulent transactions as required by law.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-TruthSocialSuit-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12100986\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-TruthSocialSuit-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-TruthSocialSuit-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-TruthSocialSuit-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">City Attorney David Chiu speaks at a press conference at City Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 22, 2026, about a lawsuit his office filed against Truth Social over the sale of early access to President Donald Trump’s posts. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chiu said this scam is called “card draining” and that the funds would help “put money back into the pockets of those who were victims.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told KQED that while he did not know how many Californians were impacted by the scam, the city had been prompted in part to file the case by “hundreds of complaints [by] folks all over the state and the country who were victimized here.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you also believe you’ve faced a financial loss using Vanilla gift cards, you may be eligible for compensation through the fund. Read on to learn more about how to apply. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KQED also has a guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12098614/phone-text-scams-california-irs-bank-cdph-emergency-call-how-to-spot-fake-job-offer\">other scams that are common in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, including text scams and utility-based scams. “We’re living in a time where we’re seeing just record levels of consumer scams,” Chiu said. “And we’re really glad this case will be behind us.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I check if I am eligible for the fund?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can check your eligibility on \u003ca href=\"https://www.cagiftcardsettlement.com/\">the settlement’s official website cagiftcardsettlement.com\u003c/a>. The deadline to apply for compensation is Friday, Feb. 19, 2027. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Criteria for eligibility include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Being a current California resident\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Having purchased a non-reloadable Vanilla Prepaid Gift Card between Nov. 1, 2019, and Sept. 30, 2024 in California\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Having received a non-reloadable Vanilla Prepaid Gift Card that was purchased in the above time frame in California\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Not being able to use “some or all of the money” on the card “because of charges you did not authorize” \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Did not receive a refund from the parent company, Incomm Financial Services, for money lost.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do I need to submit on the website? \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can submit a claim form, an attestation and a proof of claim form. Since this is a lot of information to pull together, be sure to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cagiftcardsettlement.com/\">check out the website\u003c/a> for the exact specifications.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cagiftcardsettlement.com/frequently-asked-questions.aspx\">the settlement’s website\u003c/a>, the claim form is mandatory for receiving compensation. This is where you will provide details including: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Your home address, including your address when you bought the Vanilla gift card, if different from your current address\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The stated value of the card when it was purchased \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The approximate date and location of purchase\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The amount of money spent in unauthorized transactions that you believe were the result of a person stealing money from the card by tampering with the packaging\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The 11-digit serial number on the back of the Vanilla gift card\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Either the 16-digit card number of the Vanilla gift card or a statement that the Vanilla Gift Card’s 16-digit card number was altered or scratched off when you opened the card\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You’ll also be asked to make a mandatory “attestation,” in which you must affirm that the information you are providing is true under penalty of perjury. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42753_iStock-1152602550-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11812216\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42753_iStock-1152602550-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42753_iStock-1152602550-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42753_iStock-1152602550-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42753_iStock-1152602550-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A man holds his phone while looking at a receipt. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, San Francisco City Attorney \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/david-chiu\">David Chiu\u003c/a> announced that over $1.5 million in funds will be made available to Californians who were impacted by a gift card scam in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new fund, which Chiu called “a win for consumers,” is a result of a settlement from \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-city-attorney-sues-maker-of-vanilla-gift-cards-over-consumer-scams\">the city’s 2023 lawsuit\u003c/a> involving \u003ca href=\"https://balance.vanillagift.com/\">Vanilla gift cards\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vanilla gift cards — made by Georgia-based company Incomm — are \u003ca href=\"https://www.vanillaprepaid.com/\">prepaid cards\u003c/a> sold in places like grocery stores or gas stations, which can be given as gifts or used by the purchaser as an alternative to cash. The city’s suit alleged that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-city-attorney-sues-maker-of-vanilla-gift-cards-over-consumer-scams\">“insecure cardboard packaging”\u003c/a> of these gift cards was susceptible to tampering by scammers, who were able to take some or all of the money before the card recipient could use it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-city-attorney-sues-maker-of-vanilla-gift-cards-over-consumer-scams\">a 2023 press release,\u003c/a> also claimed that Incomm and its partner banks knew “about the obvious security problems for a decade” and “refused to remedy the issue or provide consumers refunds for fraudulent transactions as required by law.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-TruthSocialSuit-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12100986\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-TruthSocialSuit-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-TruthSocialSuit-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-TruthSocialSuit-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">City Attorney David Chiu speaks at a press conference at City Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 22, 2026, about a lawsuit his office filed against Truth Social over the sale of early access to President Donald Trump’s posts. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chiu said this scam is called “card draining” and that the funds would help “put money back into the pockets of those who were victims.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told KQED that while he did not know how many Californians were impacted by the scam, the city had been prompted in part to file the case by “hundreds of complaints [by] folks all over the state and the country who were victimized here.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you also believe you’ve faced a financial loss using Vanilla gift cards, you may be eligible for compensation through the fund. Read on to learn more about how to apply. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KQED also has a guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12098614/phone-text-scams-california-irs-bank-cdph-emergency-call-how-to-spot-fake-job-offer\">other scams that are common in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, including text scams and utility-based scams. “We’re living in a time where we’re seeing just record levels of consumer scams,” Chiu said. “And we’re really glad this case will be behind us.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I check if I am eligible for the fund?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can check your eligibility on \u003ca href=\"https://www.cagiftcardsettlement.com/\">the settlement’s official website cagiftcardsettlement.com\u003c/a>. The deadline to apply for compensation is Friday, Feb. 19, 2027. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Criteria for eligibility include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Being a current California resident\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Having purchased a non-reloadable Vanilla Prepaid Gift Card between Nov. 1, 2019, and Sept. 30, 2024 in California\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Having received a non-reloadable Vanilla Prepaid Gift Card that was purchased in the above time frame in California\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Not being able to use “some or all of the money” on the card “because of charges you did not authorize” \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Did not receive a refund from the parent company, Incomm Financial Services, for money lost.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do I need to submit on the website? \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can submit a claim form, an attestation and a proof of claim form. Since this is a lot of information to pull together, be sure to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cagiftcardsettlement.com/\">check out the website\u003c/a> for the exact specifications.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cagiftcardsettlement.com/frequently-asked-questions.aspx\">the settlement’s website\u003c/a>, the claim form is mandatory for receiving compensation. This is where you will provide details including: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Your home address, including your address when you bought the Vanilla gift card, if different from your current address\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The stated value of the card when it was purchased \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The approximate date and location of purchase\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The amount of money spent in unauthorized transactions that you believe were the result of a person stealing money from the card by tampering with the packaging\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The 11-digit serial number on the back of the Vanilla gift card\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Either the 16-digit card number of the Vanilla gift card or a statement that the Vanilla Gift Card’s 16-digit card number was altered or scratched off when you opened the card\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You’ll also be asked to make a mandatory “attestation,” in which you must affirm that the information you are providing is true under penalty of perjury. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42753_iStock-1152602550-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11812216\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42753_iStock-1152602550-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42753_iStock-1152602550-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42753_iStock-1152602550-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42753_iStock-1152602550-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A man holds his phone while looking at a receipt. 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Here, you need to submit details like:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>The receipt for the Vanilla gift card purchase\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Photos of the Vanilla gift card (front and back)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://balance.vanillagift.com\">transaction history for the Vanilla gift card\u003c/a> \u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you submit your claim, the settlement allows that the SF City Attorney or the Claims Administrator \u003ca href=\"https://www.cagiftcardsettlement.com/frequently-asked-questions.aspx\">“may share your claim information with the Company to be checked against the Company’s records.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How much could I get paid? \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your potential compensation depends on whether you submit the proof of claim form or not.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the website, a valid claim with a \u003cem>completed\u003c/em> proof of claim form might get all of the money back that you lost. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An \u003cem>incomplete\u003c/em> proof of claim form can get you up to 75% of the money you lost — but this is subject to adjustments.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A valid claim \u003cem>without\u003c/em> a proof of claim can get you \u003ca href=\"https://www.cagiftcardsettlement.com/frequently-asked-questions.aspx\">“a flat payment of up to $15 regardless of the value of loss reported in the claim.”\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, this group gets lower priority, and if the first two categories get more slices of the fund, they could get less than $15. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, ultimately, it could help to submit proof of claim form — regardless of how much information you have.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When could I get my payment?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the settlement’s website, payments are slated to be sent out around June 19, 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They said I couldn’t do it. But I proved them wrong: I went to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/concerts\">concert\u003c/a> without taking a single photo on my phone. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fairness, this wasn’t really my choice. At the request of Phoebe Bridgers herself, my phone was safely tucked away in \u003ca href=\"https://www.overyondr.com/\">a locked pouch\u003c/a> throughout her Chicago stop last month.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, when announcing her tour based on her critically acclaimed album “The Lost Weekend,” singer-songwriter Bridgers revealed that all of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DZNSNKxFqyX/?hl=en\">the stops would be “no phones” shows\u003c/a>: requiring (almost) all attendees to secure their devices in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.overyondr.com/\">Yondr\u003c/a> pouch provided free on entry. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn’t a particularly new idea — for years, phones have been sealed away for events like comedy shows, which may be filmed for broadcast or streaming. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2237274471-c40936c9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105790\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2237274471-c40936c9.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2237274471-c40936c9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2237274471-c40936c9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Large crowd raising hands and celebrating in front of a brightly lit stage during a live music concert, with orange lights and smoke filling the atmosphere. (Roc Canals via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while many accepted and even applauded Bridgers’ decision, negative reactions have also popped up, from \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/telephonehigh/status/2063256635087171676\">inaccessibility\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://jenessawilliams.substack.com/p/is-the-phoebe-bridgers-no-phones\">accusations\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/phoebebridgers/comments/1x0ujnj/thoughts_on_phoebe_partnering_with_yondr/\">kidnapping concerns\u003c/a> (and prompting slightly less serious responses like \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/notnotdylm/status/2063131676012625946\">“What if M. Night Shyamalan’s concert-going serial killer shows up and I need to report him?”\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The discussion was even more fiery in 2022, when \u003ca href=\"https://slate.com/culture/2022/03/mitski-tour-fandom-tiktok-twitter-memes.html\">singer Mitski asked fans to set their phones aside\u003c/a> of their own volition at her shows, but this is far too much to get into right now.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Chicago stop of Bridgers’ tour I attended with my sister earlier this year, I found that in person, fans were excited to try something new and embrace staying in the moment for their favorite indie singer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At points, my sister admitted she was embarrassed that she seemed to be antsier without her phone than the teenagers next to us.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#phone-free\">How to prepare for a phone-free show (and all the minor logistical inconveniences you might not be expecting)\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As someone who has lived and survived The Lost Tour, I can report: There are for sure a few things to know about your first phone-free concert, and the maybe-unexpected logistical challenges that parting from your phone, however temporarily, can bring. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But ultimately, it was probably one of my top five concerts and a genuinely gorgeous experience that I felt fully enveloped in. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So with all of this in mind, I wanted to share my tips for any Bay Area fans going to Bridgers’ upcoming shows at Chase Center on Tuesday, Oct. 27 and Wednesday, Oct. 28.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2280955842-f9b8a5a1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105794\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2280955842-f9b8a5a1.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2280955842-f9b8a5a1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2280955842-f9b8a5a1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Silhouetted crowd cheering and clapping with raised hands during a live performance under bright red stage lights and smoke haze. (9parusnikov via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KQED also has several thorough guides on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976698/madonna-chase-center-san-francisco-parking-bag-policy\">how to attend\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080384/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-2026-ballhalla-chase-center-san-francisco-tickets-parking-bag-policy-merch\">concerts and events\u003c/a> at Chase Center. \u003cbr>\u003cbr>And if you have accessibility and medical concerns around the Yondr pouch, be sure to check with Chase Center ahead of time by reaching out to guestexperiences@warriors.com.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First, why \u003cem>is\u003c/em> Phoebe Bridgers doing a no-phone concert?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093415/the-no-judgement-guide-to-not-passing-out-at-a-concert-and-other-concert-health-tips\">Concert etiquette\u003c/a> has been a hot topic among live music fans, especially post-pandemic. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many have bemoaned having their view blocked by a crowd of phones recording the event rather than people actually enjoying the event itself. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s also part of a much, much larger discussion of our connection with — and possible addictions — our phones and our need to have proof that we \u003cem>did\u003c/em> something and \u003cem>had fun\u003c/em>. (For what it’s worth, we know Bridgers’ two San Francisco shows will have a themed photobooth onsite at Chase Center, to handle the proof part.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2293633427-5416838e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105795\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2293633427-5416838e.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2293633427-5416838e-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2293633427-5416838e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Phoebe Bridgers is seen during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 5, 2026, in Venice, Italy. (Dominique Charriau/WireImage via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bridgers herself said her reasoning for the phone ban is personal. The album is deeply raw and often painful, with some songs exploring the death of her father. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Chicago stop I attended, Bridgers articulated onstage that it would feel “dystopian” to have people record her as she cried and sang, and expressed gratitude to the audience for parting with their devices for the evening. (Bridgers has also previously called out people and fans for taking pictures of her in public, notably \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-03-31/phoebe-bridgers-bullies-airport-bo-burnham\">at the airport on her way to her father’s funeral\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is this Yondr pouch my phone will be locked in?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yondr is, in fact, \u003ca href=\"https://www.overyondr.com/about\">a San Francisco-based company\u003c/a> that got its start in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12094824/leave-your-phone-at-the-door-oakland-unified-bans-cellphones\">Bay Area schools\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.overyondr.com/about\">venues\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s a pretty simple product: a gray and green pouch with a sling that you can slip your phone into. The pouch is then locked by the staff. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You then keep the pouch with you for the entire night and bring it to the staff after the show to be unlocked. Staff members have their own device to unlock it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"phone-free\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know before going to a phone-free concert?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Be sure to text people before going inside the venue…\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All communication and recording devices — not just \u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/events/phoebe-bridgers-20261028/\">phones, but also smartwatches, recording, and filming devices\u003c/a> — will be secured in a Yondr pouch as you enter the venue. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if you need to text a parent, friend, boss, partner, etc. to let them know you will be unavailable in the next couple of hours, be sure to do it \u003cem>outside\u003c/em> the venue. I ran into a lot of stressed people who told me that they forgot to let their mom know the concert was phone-free.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">…but there are phone zones inside\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luckily, for those stressed-out concert-goers, there are a few phone-use zones in select spots throughout the venue — usually near the entrance. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your pouch will be unlocked when entering and, when exiting the phone-use zone, promptly locked again. I got scanned by a staff member with a security metal-detecting wand when leaving, to check I hadn’t hidden another recording device on me.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Put your phone on silent mode (or, better, turn it off)\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once locked, the Yondr pouch is pretty secure — unless you want to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/style/yondr-pouch-school-phone-ban.html\">whack it against the wall like high schoolers do\u003c/a> to get around phone bans — so if your phone or alarm goes off, it will be pretty difficult to shut it off from the outside. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2203483201-fe2349b4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105798\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2203483201-fe2349b4.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2203483201-fe2349b4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2203483201-fe2349b4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mark Twain Middle School Principal Matthew Mough speaks during an interview about the school’s smartphone ban in Alexandria, Virginia, on March 6, 2025, while holding the locking YONDR pouch for cell phones and magnetic unlocking base kept by the school’s administrators. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For most phones — like \u003ca href=\"https://support.apple.com/en-us/118444\">the iPhone\u003c/a> — there is a chance that alarms can \u003cem>still\u003c/em> sound despite being on silent mode. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, for safety, it might be best to turn your phone off completely before locking it into the pouch. You might not make any friends if your birth control reminder alarm rings during \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sfYpolGCu8&list=RD9sfYpolGCu8&start_radio=1\">“Motion Sickness.”\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make sure you bring a payment card\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many people usually use Apple Pay or a credit card loaded onto their phone when buying things, often leaving physical cards at home. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I had to make sure to remember to bring my physical credit card — and ID — with me to the show. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chase Center is a cashless venue. If you do have cash, you can transfer it onto a card inside the stadium by using their Cash-to-Card kiosk, which can be found on \u003ca href=\"https://chasecenter.com/news/know-before-you-go-20261018/\">the Main Concourse\u003c/a> (Portals 10 and 22) and the Upper Concourse (Portal 55).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bring a watch with you \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without my phone’s clock, I felt somewhat disoriented, being unable to keep track of the time. \u003cbr>\u003cbr>Not knowing the time also caused me some stress when my sister and I were standing in a very long merch line (and later, a long concessions line), and I didn’t want to miss the opener, Alex G. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS13836_applewatch-e1552757699442.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11733409\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Apple Watch uses an app that analyzes pulse rate data. If it detects enough variation from beat to beat over a 48-hour period, the app sends a warning of an irregular heart rhythm. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So while there are probably ways to check the time across Chase Center, it might also be helpful to have a physical watch with you to keep track of the time and make sure you get to your seat by the time Bridgers’ show starts at 7:30 p.m. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just remember an Apple Watch counts as a device you’ll have to lock in the Yondr pouch.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agree on a meeting spot for the friends you can’t just text\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are hoping to link up with friends at the concert — or separate to get merch or food — agree on a spot in Chase Center to find each other again. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make sure to note which section or portal the meeting spot is in. Chase Center is shaped like a loop, and things can feel eerily similar as you walk around. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take pictures outside the venue — or after the concert\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KQED has also confirmed with Chase Center that there \u003cem>will\u003c/em> be \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd94Kc2FHCc/\">a Phoebe Bridgers-specific photo booth\u003c/a> available both days of the concert.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chase Center has a large screen outside its venue that will likely have a banner dedicated to The Lost Tour. This will be the best place to take any pictures — because, in fairness, \u003cem>a couple\u003c/em> would be nice for posting.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your Yondr pouch gets unlocked at the end of the night and, at the Chicago show, they didn’t mind if we took pictures next to a screen banner inside the venue. If in doubt, ask! \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bring something to pass the time\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As with any concert, there is a lot of downtime: waiting in line, waiting for the opener, waiting for the show proper. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I expressed some nerves about having to do \u003cem>that\u003c/em> much waiting without something to distract me — only for my sister to irritably remind me that I could, in fact, talk to \u003cem>her\u003c/em> to pass the time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sure, I could do that. But I also noticed that fellow fans were also very down to chat to each other in passing in line and around their seats. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The bay-side entrance will feature a piece titled "Seeing Spheres" by international artist Olafur Eliasson.\" class=\"wp-image-11770556\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The bay-side entrance will feature a piece titled “Seeing Spheres” by international artist Olafur Eliasson. (Scott Shafer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, I don’t know if I can attribute that to the lack of phones or Bridgers fans being naturally friendly, but it was exceptionally nice to get to know the people around me who genuinely seemed open to talking with strangers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be sure to check out Chase Center’s guidance on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080384/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-2026-ballhalla-chase-center-san-francisco-tickets-parking-bag-policy-merch#WherecanIfindparkingnearChaseCenterforaValkyriesgame\">what you can and cannot bring\u003c/a>, but you should be able to bring things like a small crossword puzzle or Sudoku book. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In what I think is \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@tamsynirl/video/7694893398809005320\">a beautiful trend\u003c/a>, some fans online also \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@taarena/video/7689547223352347917\">brought their sketchbooks\u003c/a> to recreate some of the stunning, electric blue sets during The Lost Tour — and seeing their interpretation of one of the most beautiful concerts I have ever seen makes the entire experience feel all the more intimate and magical.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>As someone who has lived and survived The Lost Tour, I can report: There are for sure a few things to know about your first phone-free concert, and the maybe-unexpected logistical challenges that parting from your phone, however temporarily, can bring. \u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They said I couldn’t do it. But I proved them wrong: I went to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/concerts\">concert\u003c/a> without taking a single photo on my phone. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fairness, this wasn’t really my choice. At the request of Phoebe Bridgers herself, my phone was safely tucked away in \u003ca href=\"https://www.overyondr.com/\">a locked pouch\u003c/a> throughout her Chicago stop last month.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, when announcing her tour based on her critically acclaimed album “The Lost Weekend,” singer-songwriter Bridgers revealed that all of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DZNSNKxFqyX/?hl=en\">the stops would be “no phones” shows\u003c/a>: requiring (almost) all attendees to secure their devices in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.overyondr.com/\">Yondr\u003c/a> pouch provided free on entry. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn’t a particularly new idea — for years, phones have been sealed away for events like comedy shows, which may be filmed for broadcast or streaming. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2237274471-c40936c9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105790\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2237274471-c40936c9.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2237274471-c40936c9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2237274471-c40936c9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Large crowd raising hands and celebrating in front of a brightly lit stage during a live music concert, with orange lights and smoke filling the atmosphere. (Roc Canals via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while many accepted and even applauded Bridgers’ decision, negative reactions have also popped up, from \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/telephonehigh/status/2063256635087171676\">inaccessibility\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://jenessawilliams.substack.com/p/is-the-phoebe-bridgers-no-phones\">accusations\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/phoebebridgers/comments/1x0ujnj/thoughts_on_phoebe_partnering_with_yondr/\">kidnapping concerns\u003c/a> (and prompting slightly less serious responses like \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/notnotdylm/status/2063131676012625946\">“What if M. Night Shyamalan’s concert-going serial killer shows up and I need to report him?”\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The discussion was even more fiery in 2022, when \u003ca href=\"https://slate.com/culture/2022/03/mitski-tour-fandom-tiktok-twitter-memes.html\">singer Mitski asked fans to set their phones aside\u003c/a> of their own volition at her shows, but this is far too much to get into right now.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Chicago stop of Bridgers’ tour I attended with my sister earlier this year, I found that in person, fans were excited to try something new and embrace staying in the moment for their favorite indie singer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At points, my sister admitted she was embarrassed that she seemed to be antsier without her phone than the teenagers next to us.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#phone-free\">How to prepare for a phone-free show (and all the minor logistical inconveniences you might not be expecting)\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As someone who has lived and survived The Lost Tour, I can report: There are for sure a few things to know about your first phone-free concert, and the maybe-unexpected logistical challenges that parting from your phone, however temporarily, can bring. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But ultimately, it was probably one of my top five concerts and a genuinely gorgeous experience that I felt fully enveloped in. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So with all of this in mind, I wanted to share my tips for any Bay Area fans going to Bridgers’ upcoming shows at Chase Center on Tuesday, Oct. 27 and Wednesday, Oct. 28.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2280955842-f9b8a5a1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105794\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2280955842-f9b8a5a1.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2280955842-f9b8a5a1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2280955842-f9b8a5a1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Silhouetted crowd cheering and clapping with raised hands during a live performance under bright red stage lights and smoke haze. (9parusnikov via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KQED also has several thorough guides on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976698/madonna-chase-center-san-francisco-parking-bag-policy\">how to attend\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080384/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-2026-ballhalla-chase-center-san-francisco-tickets-parking-bag-policy-merch\">concerts and events\u003c/a> at Chase Center. \u003cbr>\u003cbr>And if you have accessibility and medical concerns around the Yondr pouch, be sure to check with Chase Center ahead of time by reaching out to guestexperiences@warriors.com.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First, why \u003cem>is\u003c/em> Phoebe Bridgers doing a no-phone concert?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093415/the-no-judgement-guide-to-not-passing-out-at-a-concert-and-other-concert-health-tips\">Concert etiquette\u003c/a> has been a hot topic among live music fans, especially post-pandemic. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many have bemoaned having their view blocked by a crowd of phones recording the event rather than people actually enjoying the event itself. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s also part of a much, much larger discussion of our connection with — and possible addictions — our phones and our need to have proof that we \u003cem>did\u003c/em> something and \u003cem>had fun\u003c/em>. (For what it’s worth, we know Bridgers’ two San Francisco shows will have a themed photobooth onsite at Chase Center, to handle the proof part.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2293633427-5416838e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105795\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2293633427-5416838e.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2293633427-5416838e-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2293633427-5416838e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Phoebe Bridgers is seen during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 5, 2026, in Venice, Italy. (Dominique Charriau/WireImage via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bridgers herself said her reasoning for the phone ban is personal. The album is deeply raw and often painful, with some songs exploring the death of her father. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Chicago stop I attended, Bridgers articulated onstage that it would feel “dystopian” to have people record her as she cried and sang, and expressed gratitude to the audience for parting with their devices for the evening. (Bridgers has also previously called out people and fans for taking pictures of her in public, notably \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-03-31/phoebe-bridgers-bullies-airport-bo-burnham\">at the airport on her way to her father’s funeral\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is this Yondr pouch my phone will be locked in?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yondr is, in fact, \u003ca href=\"https://www.overyondr.com/about\">a San Francisco-based company\u003c/a> that got its start in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12094824/leave-your-phone-at-the-door-oakland-unified-bans-cellphones\">Bay Area schools\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.overyondr.com/about\">venues\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s a pretty simple product: a gray and green pouch with a sling that you can slip your phone into. The pouch is then locked by the staff. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You then keep the pouch with you for the entire night and bring it to the staff after the show to be unlocked. Staff members have their own device to unlock it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"phone-free\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know before going to a phone-free concert?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Be sure to text people before going inside the venue…\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All communication and recording devices — not just \u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/events/phoebe-bridgers-20261028/\">phones, but also smartwatches, recording, and filming devices\u003c/a> — will be secured in a Yondr pouch as you enter the venue. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if you need to text a parent, friend, boss, partner, etc. to let them know you will be unavailable in the next couple of hours, be sure to do it \u003cem>outside\u003c/em> the venue. I ran into a lot of stressed people who told me that they forgot to let their mom know the concert was phone-free.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">…but there are phone zones inside\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luckily, for those stressed-out concert-goers, there are a few phone-use zones in select spots throughout the venue — usually near the entrance. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your pouch will be unlocked when entering and, when exiting the phone-use zone, promptly locked again. I got scanned by a staff member with a security metal-detecting wand when leaving, to check I hadn’t hidden another recording device on me.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Put your phone on silent mode (or, better, turn it off)\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once locked, the Yondr pouch is pretty secure — unless you want to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/style/yondr-pouch-school-phone-ban.html\">whack it against the wall like high schoolers do\u003c/a> to get around phone bans — so if your phone or alarm goes off, it will be pretty difficult to shut it off from the outside. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2203483201-fe2349b4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105798\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2203483201-fe2349b4.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2203483201-fe2349b4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2203483201-fe2349b4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mark Twain Middle School Principal Matthew Mough speaks during an interview about the school’s smartphone ban in Alexandria, Virginia, on March 6, 2025, while holding the locking YONDR pouch for cell phones and magnetic unlocking base kept by the school’s administrators. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For most phones — like \u003ca href=\"https://support.apple.com/en-us/118444\">the iPhone\u003c/a> — there is a chance that alarms can \u003cem>still\u003c/em> sound despite being on silent mode. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, for safety, it might be best to turn your phone off completely before locking it into the pouch. You might not make any friends if your birth control reminder alarm rings during \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sfYpolGCu8&list=RD9sfYpolGCu8&start_radio=1\">“Motion Sickness.”\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make sure you bring a payment card\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many people usually use Apple Pay or a credit card loaded onto their phone when buying things, often leaving physical cards at home. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I had to make sure to remember to bring my physical credit card — and ID — with me to the show. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chase Center is a cashless venue. If you do have cash, you can transfer it onto a card inside the stadium by using their Cash-to-Card kiosk, which can be found on \u003ca href=\"https://chasecenter.com/news/know-before-you-go-20261018/\">the Main Concourse\u003c/a> (Portals 10 and 22) and the Upper Concourse (Portal 55).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bring a watch with you \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without my phone’s clock, I felt somewhat disoriented, being unable to keep track of the time. \u003cbr>\u003cbr>Not knowing the time also caused me some stress when my sister and I were standing in a very long merch line (and later, a long concessions line), and I didn’t want to miss the opener, Alex G. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS13836_applewatch-e1552757699442.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11733409\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Apple Watch uses an app that analyzes pulse rate data. If it detects enough variation from beat to beat over a 48-hour period, the app sends a warning of an irregular heart rhythm. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So while there are probably ways to check the time across Chase Center, it might also be helpful to have a physical watch with you to keep track of the time and make sure you get to your seat by the time Bridgers’ show starts at 7:30 p.m. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just remember an Apple Watch counts as a device you’ll have to lock in the Yondr pouch.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agree on a meeting spot for the friends you can’t just text\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are hoping to link up with friends at the concert — or separate to get merch or food — agree on a spot in Chase Center to find each other again. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make sure to note which section or portal the meeting spot is in. Chase Center is shaped like a loop, and things can feel eerily similar as you walk around. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take pictures outside the venue — or after the concert\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KQED has also confirmed with Chase Center that there \u003cem>will\u003c/em> be \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd94Kc2FHCc/\">a Phoebe Bridgers-specific photo booth\u003c/a> available both days of the concert.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chase Center has a large screen outside its venue that will likely have a banner dedicated to The Lost Tour. This will be the best place to take any pictures — because, in fairness, \u003cem>a couple\u003c/em> would be nice for posting.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your Yondr pouch gets unlocked at the end of the night and, at the Chicago show, they didn’t mind if we took pictures next to a screen banner inside the venue. If in doubt, ask! \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bring something to pass the time\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As with any concert, there is a lot of downtime: waiting in line, waiting for the opener, waiting for the show proper. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I expressed some nerves about having to do \u003cem>that\u003c/em> much waiting without something to distract me — only for my sister to irritably remind me that I could, in fact, talk to \u003cem>her\u003c/em> to pass the time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sure, I could do that. But I also noticed that fellow fans were also very down to chat to each other in passing in line and around their seats. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The bay-side entrance will feature a piece titled "Seeing Spheres" by international artist Olafur Eliasson.\" class=\"wp-image-11770556\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38808_IMG_3762-edited-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The bay-side entrance will feature a piece titled “Seeing Spheres” by international artist Olafur Eliasson. (Scott Shafer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, I don’t know if I can attribute that to the lack of phones or Bridgers fans being naturally friendly, but it was exceptionally nice to get to know the people around me who genuinely seemed open to talking with strangers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be sure to check out Chase Center’s guidance on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080384/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-2026-ballhalla-chase-center-san-francisco-tickets-parking-bag-policy-merch#WherecanIfindparkingnearChaseCenterforaValkyriesgame\">what you can and cannot bring\u003c/a>, but you should be able to bring things like a small crossword puzzle or Sudoku book. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In what I think is \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@tamsynirl/video/7694893398809005320\">a beautiful trend\u003c/a>, some fans online also \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@taarena/video/7689547223352347917\">brought their sketchbooks\u003c/a> to recreate some of the stunning, electric blue sets during The Lost Tour — and seeing their interpretation of one of the most beautiful concerts I have ever seen makes the entire experience feel all the more intimate and magical.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It is especially a hit among kids on their way to school. Two little girls told Swig that they wanted to be Valkyries for Halloween. A young boy, she said, saw the display and rattled off, by heart, all of the teams in the WNBA league. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s really heartwarming,” Swig said. “This fan base is just so positive, and that really stems from the players, from the leadership, from the team … They really cultivated the entire Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That diversity is reflected in the fans the couple has met. 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(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“They don’t feel like strangers,” Rossitto said. “You guys are bonded by the same thing, and the fandom, and everybody’s been so friendly … I’d say hundreds of people have come by.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And many of them are hungry for more. The couple has already been asked what they are planning for Christmas. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But they are likely capping the installation at the end of October — which is also the last game of the finals, if the Valkyries and Dream tie. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ll be back next year,” Rossitto said.\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>At the intersection of Third Avenue and Clement Street in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>’s Inner Richmond, there stands a perfect encapsulation of how this reporter’s October is going: A Halloween-themed Valkyries installation, fittingly titled \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/boohalla/\">“Boohalla.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At Boohalla — an adorable spin on “Ballhalla,” which is what the Chase Center becomes for Valkyries fans during games — you can find skeletons donning signature purple and lavender, a giant roster chalk fun of chilling puns (forward Gabby Williams is now “G. Wicked Williams,” Kaitlyn Chen is “K. Chensaw”) and a graveyard memorializing women’s basketball teams that have lost on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104461/ballhalla-better-be-prepping-where-to-cheer-on-the-valkyries-in-the-wnba-finals\">the Valkyries’ road to the finals\u003c/a>, which are starting this Saturday against the Atlanta Dream. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And, of course, one cannot forget Natalie Na-Cauldron, a skeleton rocking a black tracksuit and long dark hair, reminiscent of Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase, off to the corner, drawing a game plan. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-5-KQED-21607af1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104681\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-5-KQED-21607af1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-5-KQED-21607af1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-5-KQED-21607af1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bay Area couple Sarah Swig, left, and Ainsley Rossitto, right, who created “Boohalla,” the Halloween-themed Golden State Valkyries display, speak about their creative process and inspiration behind the tribute display at their home in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“Can you tell we’re passionate?” said Sarah Swig, steward of Boohalla. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s become, like, my whole personality,” her wife, Ainsley Rossitto, said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Valkyries have made it to the WNBA Finals in their sophomore year as a franchise, rallying a fanbase that has garnered \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12101576/fans-rally-at-chase-center-as-valkyries-win-their-first-playoff-game-on-sunday\">a reputation in the league for its enthusiasm\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Be sure to also check out KQED’s guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104461/ballhalla-better-be-prepping-where-to-cheer-on-the-valkyries-in-the-wnba-finals\">how to follow the finals and where to watch the game\u003c/a>, including \u003ca href=\"http://google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1yIDpg_Y8ULIO2-IdC2H3wmR9nZeXbl4&femb=1&ll=0%2C0&z=7\">bars in or near the Inner Richmond\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1393\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-18-KQED-25fa52ab.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104689\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-18-KQED-25fa52ab.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-18-KQED-25fa52ab-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-18-KQED-25fa52ab-1536x1070.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A “This is Boohalla” flag hangs in the Halloween-themed Golden State Valkyries display, created by couple Ainsley Rossitto and Sarah Swig, at their home in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“A huge part of the commentary on the Valkyries now making it to the finals is that nobody saw this coming,” Rossitto said. “But I think, for those of us in the Bay Area, we all saw this coming.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Swig and Rossitto recently bought their home together in the summer, and first set up Boohalla in late September. Known among their friends as the couple that goes all out for Halloween, playoffs gave them the chance to combine their two loves. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When you step outside, it’s hard to go anywhere in San Francisco without seeing Violet or the logo somewhere,” Rossitto said. “We want to build on that enthusiasm.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Swig saw the installation as “just a manifestation in the real world of all of the pride that we feel.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re very lucky in that we go to a lot of the games, but not everybody does,” Swig said. “And I feel like we see people come here and they’re taking selfies, they’re bringing their kids … it’s just another way for people to celebrate and be connected with other people.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Natalie said, ‘Ballhalla is everywhere.’ It doesn’t have to be at Chase Center,” she said. “We’re our little corner here, with Boohalla.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The installation changes with each team the Valkyries take on. When this reporter visited, it was still Aces-themed — the team that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103702/golden-state-valkyries-advance-to-wnba-finals-after-sweeping-las-vegas-aces\">the Valkyries swept during semifinals\u003c/a>. The skeletons are proudly dusting playing cards with a broom.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We did a little bottle service for the skeletons here to celebrate,” Rossitto said. “We have some things rolling out for the Dream very soon.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And with the display come the Valkyries’ fervent fans. Rossitto said that they regularly find people outside their yard, taking pictures and posting on social media.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"12104690\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-19-KQED-9b0e7516.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104690\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-19-KQED-9b0e7516.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-19-KQED-9b0e7516-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-19-KQED-9b0e7516-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bentley, the 12-year-old Maltese Yorkie mix, stands in “Boohalla,” the Halloween-themed Golden State Valkyries display, created by couple Ainsley Rossitto and Sarah Swig, at their home in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1349\" data-id=\"12104679\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-1-KQED-5c659068.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104679\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-1-KQED-5c659068.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-1-KQED-5c659068-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-1-KQED-5c659068-1536x1036.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Halle Berry, Golden State Valkyries player Gabby Williams’ cat, part of “Boohalla,” the Halloween-themed Golden State Valkyries display, created by couple Ainsley Rossitto and Sarah Swig, is exhibited at their home in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"12104688\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-17-KQED-9727889f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104688\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-17-KQED-9727889f.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-17-KQED-9727889f-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-17-KQED-9727889f-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A tombstone with WNBA team logos that the Golden State Valkyries have defeated is exhibited at “Boohalla,” the Halloween-themed Valkyries display, created by couple Ainsley Rossitto and Sarah Swig, at their home in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"12104686\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-15-KQED-2a3306eb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104686\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-15-KQED-2a3306eb.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-15-KQED-2a3306eb-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-15-KQED-2a3306eb-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A skeleton holding queen and ace cards is exhibited at “Boohalla,” the Halloween-themed Golden State Valkyries display, created by couple Ainsley Rossitto and Sarah Swig, at their home in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It is especially a hit among kids on their way to school. Two little girls told Swig that they wanted to be Valkyries for Halloween. A young boy, she said, saw the display and rattled off, by heart, all of the teams in the WNBA league. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s really heartwarming,” Swig said. “This fan base is just so positive, and that really stems from the players, from the leadership, from the team … They really cultivated the entire Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That diversity is reflected in the fans the couple has met. They said that people have stopped by the house traveling from all over the Bay Area — Santa Rosa to the East Bay to the Peninsula. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-3-KQED-7a709b01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104680\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-3-KQED-7a709b01.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-3-KQED-7a709b01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261015_BOOHALLAVALKYRIES_GC-3-KQED-7a709b01-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Violet the raven and Golden State Valkyries mascot, part of “Boohalla,” the Halloween-themed Valkyries display, created by couple Ainsley Rossitto and Sarah Swig, is exhibited at their home in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“They don’t feel like strangers,” Rossitto said. “You guys are bonded by the same thing, and the fandom, and everybody’s been so friendly … I’d say hundreds of people have come by.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And many of them are hungry for more. The couple has already been asked what they are planning for Christmas. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But they are likely capping the installation at the end of October — which is also the last game of the finals, if the Valkyries and Dream tie. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ll be back next year,” Rossitto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp>The Golden State Valkyries have made it \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103702/golden-state-valkyries-advance-to-wnba-finals-after-sweeping-las-vegas-aces\">to the 2026 Women’s National Basketball Association Finals\u003c/a> in their second year ever.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And they’re stunningly close to \u003ca href=\"https://frontofficesports.com/article/natalie-nakase-valkyries-coach-wnba/\">fulfilling owner Joe Lacob’s request to coach Natalie Nakase\u003c/a> to win a championship in the first five years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s been an exhilarating season for the Valkyries — now \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103702/golden-state-valkyries-advance-to-wnba-finals-after-sweeping-las-vegas-aces\">the most valuable team in the league \u003c/a>— and its passionate fanbase that turns homecourt Chase Center into “Ballhalla.” And the stakes just got higher when the Valkyries won three straight games to knock out the defending champions, the Las Vegas Aces. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(It’s worth noting that this outcome was \u003cem>very\u003c/em> much not expected by \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50090641/wnba-playoffs-2026-semifinals-preview-postseason-prediction-odds-aces-valkyries-dream-liberty\">sports commentators\u003c/a>. As Valkyries forward Gabby Williams said during a post-game conference, \u003ca href=\"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/golden-state-valkyries-earned-wnba-201306407.html\">“We about to have some bandwagoners.”\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/10092026Valkyries-Friday-Night_GH_017_qed-121b07fd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103944\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/10092026Valkyries-Friday-Night_GH_017_qed-121b07fd.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/10092026Valkyries-Friday-Night_GH_017_qed-121b07fd-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/10092026Valkyries-Friday-Night_GH_017_qed-121b07fd-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Four Golden State Valkyries fans wear matching Kaitlyn Chen jerseys while watching the team’s playoff game against the Las Vegas Aces at Standard Deviant Brewing in San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In fact, this year will be the first WNBA finals since 2021 without either the Las Vegas Aces or the New York Liberty — both knocked out during the semifinals. Instead, the Valkyries will be going up against the Atlanta Dream, who also won three games out of five. The Dream have also never won a championship and are hungry for it — especially with WNBA star Angel Reese taking the stage.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nakase rallied the fans during \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeexaPdC_2D/\">an interview during a Valkyries practice\u003c/a> this week.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Ballhalla better be prepping for a game plan. As soon as [the Atlanta Dream] is announced, I need some hostility,” Nakase said. “If they are shooting free throws, I need that thing to be rocking.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We definitely gotta use Ballhalla’s essence,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Keep reading to find out where you can cheer on the Valkyries and how you can follow the WNBA finals this month. And if you’re entirely new to the whole basketball thing, don’t worry: We got you. KQED has a guide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096884/in-the-midst-of-basketball-and-baseball-season-how-to-join-womens-sports-fandom-in-the-bay-area\">joining the WNBA fandom in the Bay\u003c/a> and what to know about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047885/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-schedule-fandom-chase-center-san-francisco-ballhalla\">the Valkyries’ inaugural year\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First, when is the Valkyries game this weekend?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Valkyries will play the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in Game 1 of the WNBA finals on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 12:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remind me: How do the WNBA finals work?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>WNBA finals are a best-of-7 format — meaning Game 5, 6 and 7 may not happen if one team sweeps the first four. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101439\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Golden State Valkyries flag flies outside San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco ahead of the Valkyries playoff push on Sept. 25, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After Saturday’s Game 1, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/valkyries/p/DecMDPbNKfw/?hl=en\">schedule is as follows\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. (home)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. (away)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. (away)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Oct. 26 at 5 p.m. (home)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. (away)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Oct. 31 at 5 p.m. (home)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After pushback from WNBA fans and \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/JanieMcCAP/status/2110106023520502236?s=46\">even Valkyries owner Lacob\u003c/a>, the Atlanta Dream will now be \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50174735/wnba-finals-games-3-4-held-atlanta-state-farm-arena\">playing their first two home games at the State Farm Arena\u003c/a>, which can seat more than 17,000 people, rather than its much smaller regular venue in College Park.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where can I watch the WNBA playoff games?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to watch the games online\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The WNBA website has \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnba.com/schedule?season=2026&month=all\">a list of ways to watch each game\u003c/a>, since this can change for specific matches. For the finals, it’s primarily \u003ca href=\"https://www.peacocktv.com/sports/wnba#ib-section-section-6\">Peacock/NBC\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/2026-wnba-schedule-how-to-watch-on-usa-network-online-streaming\">USA\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/live-tv/\">CNBC.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can also get access to these channels through platforms like \u003ca href=\"https://tv.youtube.com/learn/wnba/\">YouTube TV\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fubo.tv/welcome\">Fubo\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnba.com/leaguepass?plan=annual\">WNBA League Pass\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-52-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102726\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-52-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-52-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-52-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden State Valkyries mascot Violet lies on the court after the team defeated the Dallas Wings 77-73 in Game 3 of their WNBA first-round playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to watch the game in person\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED has a thorough guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047885/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-schedule-fandom-chase-center-san-francisco-ballhalla#chase-center-san-francisco-parking\">how to attend a Valkyries game at Chase Center\u003c/a>, including transportation, parking and bag policy. Keep in mind that if you are driving into San Francisco, over a mile of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104093/101-i-80-closure-san-francisco-october-16-19-valkyries-wnba-finals-chase-center-bay-bridge-detour-traffic\">Highway 101 southbound is closed\u003c/a> this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Finals tickets are available on \u003ca href=\"https://valkyries.wnba.com/schedule?season=2026&month=all&location=all&opponent=all\">the Valkyries’ website\u003c/a>. The \u003cem>guaranteed \u003c/em>games at Chase Center are Saturday, Oct. 17 and Monday, Oct. 19. But expect higher-than-usual price tags — for Saturday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C006529C5D8349C?brand=valkyries&artistid=3369949&wt.mc_id=WNBA_TEAM_GS_R3_A_PLAYOFFS_SGT_PG&utm_source=WNBA.com&utm_medium=client_PM&utm_campaign=WNBA_TEAM_GS&utm_content=R3_A_PLAYOFFS_SGT_PG\">the tickets range from $223 to over $1,300\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If necessary, the next games played at home will be on Monday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 31.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you do end up attending in person, get ready to be loud. 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(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In fact, this year will be the first WNBA finals since 2021 without either the Las Vegas Aces or the New York Liberty — both knocked out during the semifinals. Instead, the Valkyries will be going up against the Atlanta Dream, who also won three games out of five. The Dream have also never won a championship and are hungry for it — especially with WNBA star Angel Reese taking the stage.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nakase rallied the fans during \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeexaPdC_2D/\">an interview during a Valkyries practice\u003c/a> this week.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Ballhalla better be prepping for a game plan. As soon as [the Atlanta Dream] is announced, I need some hostility,” Nakase said. “If they are shooting free throws, I need that thing to be rocking.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We definitely gotta use Ballhalla’s essence,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Keep reading to find out where you can cheer on the Valkyries and how you can follow the WNBA finals this month. And if you’re entirely new to the whole basketball thing, don’t worry: We got you. KQED has a guide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096884/in-the-midst-of-basketball-and-baseball-season-how-to-join-womens-sports-fandom-in-the-bay-area\">joining the WNBA fandom in the Bay\u003c/a> and what to know about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047885/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-schedule-fandom-chase-center-san-francisco-ballhalla\">the Valkyries’ inaugural year\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First, when is the Valkyries game this weekend?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Valkyries will play the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in Game 1 of the WNBA finals on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 12:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remind me: How do the WNBA finals work?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>WNBA finals are a best-of-7 format — meaning Game 5, 6 and 7 may not happen if one team sweeps the first four. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101439\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Golden State Valkyries flag flies outside San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco ahead of the Valkyries playoff push on Sept. 25, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After Saturday’s Game 1, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/valkyries/p/DecMDPbNKfw/?hl=en\">schedule is as follows\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. (home)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. (away)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. (away)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Oct. 26 at 5 p.m. (home)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. (away)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Oct. 31 at 5 p.m. (home)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After pushback from WNBA fans and \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/JanieMcCAP/status/2110106023520502236?s=46\">even Valkyries owner Lacob\u003c/a>, the Atlanta Dream will now be \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50174735/wnba-finals-games-3-4-held-atlanta-state-farm-arena\">playing their first two home games at the State Farm Arena\u003c/a>, which can seat more than 17,000 people, rather than its much smaller regular venue in College Park.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where can I watch the WNBA playoff games?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to watch the games online\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The WNBA website has \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnba.com/schedule?season=2026&month=all\">a list of ways to watch each game\u003c/a>, since this can change for specific matches. For the finals, it’s primarily \u003ca href=\"https://www.peacocktv.com/sports/wnba#ib-section-section-6\">Peacock/NBC\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/2026-wnba-schedule-how-to-watch-on-usa-network-online-streaming\">USA\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/live-tv/\">CNBC.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can also get access to these channels through platforms like \u003ca href=\"https://tv.youtube.com/learn/wnba/\">YouTube TV\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fubo.tv/welcome\">Fubo\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnba.com/leaguepass?plan=annual\">WNBA League Pass\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-52-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102726\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-52-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-52-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-52-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden State Valkyries mascot Violet lies on the court after the team defeated the Dallas Wings 77-73 in Game 3 of their WNBA first-round playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to watch the game in person\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED has a thorough guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047885/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-schedule-fandom-chase-center-san-francisco-ballhalla#chase-center-san-francisco-parking\">how to attend a Valkyries game at Chase Center\u003c/a>, including transportation, parking and bag policy. Keep in mind that if you are driving into San Francisco, over a mile of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104093/101-i-80-closure-san-francisco-october-16-19-valkyries-wnba-finals-chase-center-bay-bridge-detour-traffic\">Highway 101 southbound is closed\u003c/a> this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Finals tickets are available on \u003ca href=\"https://valkyries.wnba.com/schedule?season=2026&month=all&location=all&opponent=all\">the Valkyries’ website\u003c/a>. The \u003cem>guaranteed \u003c/em>games at Chase Center are Saturday, Oct. 17 and Monday, Oct. 19. But expect higher-than-usual price tags — for Saturday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C006529C5D8349C?brand=valkyries&artistid=3369949&wt.mc_id=WNBA_TEAM_GS_R3_A_PLAYOFFS_SGT_PG&utm_source=WNBA.com&utm_medium=client_PM&utm_campaign=WNBA_TEAM_GS&utm_content=R3_A_PLAYOFFS_SGT_PG\">the tickets range from $223 to over $1,300\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If necessary, the next games played at home will be on Monday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 31.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you do end up attending in person, get ready to be loud. Ballhalla is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12101576/fans-rally-at-chase-center-as-valkyries-win-their-first-playoff-game-on-sunday\">already known as the loudest WNBA fandom around\u003c/a>, sometimes even known as the team’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12101576/fans-rally-at-chase-center-as-valkyries-win-their-first-playoff-game-on-sunday\">“sixth man”\u003c/a> on court.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to watch the game at a bar\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For away games, there’ll be \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DefNZk-Bdee/\">watch parties inside Chase Center\u003c/a>. According to the Valkyries’ Instagram account, tickets for these events will \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DefNZk-Bdee/\">go live on Thursday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But even if you don’t have tickets to Chase Center, you can still enjoy the vibes of Ballhalla at plenty of spots across the Bay, as detailed in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096884/in-the-midst-of-basketball-and-baseball-season-how-to-join-womens-sports-fandom-in-the-bay-area#basketball\">KQED’s guide to the WNBA season\u003c/a> — which also includes a map from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/roughnotes.mgs/\">sports journalist Maya Goldberg-Safir\u003c/a> of key places to meet other fans.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(Remember: If you’re going to watch at a sports bar, be sure to get there at \u003cem>least \u003c/em>an hour and a half early. Rooms get packed very quickly.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Highlights include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://partiful.com/e/wCPDm5uWjBpyTOpS21qr?\">Valkyries Tailgate\u003c/a> on Saturday at Chase Center in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Events hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/valqueeries/\">ValQueeries\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Events hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thepeopleswatchparty/\">The People’s Watch Party\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Events hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hysteriasportsbar/\">Hysteria\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DeiFsU9gZAo/\">Salesforce Park\u003c/a> in San Francisco (starts Monday)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DeiaVjHmGdg/\">The Center\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s Japantown (starts Monday)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13977457/rikkis-first-womens-sports-bar-bay-area-open-castro-sf-valkyries\">Rikki’s\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://hitopsbar.com/san-francisco/\">Hi Tops\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mothersf.com/\">Mother\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.standarddeviantbrewing.com/\">Standard Deviant Brewing\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DeZ57cjyJXS\">Valley Tavern\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/golden-state-valkyries-finals-watch-party-game-1-at-providence-sf-tickets-2003382664479?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Providence Night Club\u003c/a> in San Francisco (for Saturday’s game)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/golden-state-valkyries-vs-dream-wnba-finals-watch-party-at-woodbury-tickets-2003389742650?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Woodbury Bar\u003c/a> in San Francisco (for Saturday’s game)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/golden-state-valkyries-vs-atlanta-dream-watch-party-101726-tickets-2003326878622?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Skylark\u003c/a> in San Francisco (for Saturday’s game)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DefqDI3l7Wt/\">The Disability Cultural Center\u003c/a> in San Francisco (for Wednesday’s game)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/georgeandwaltsbar/?hl=en\">George & Walt’s\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://xingones.com/\">Xingones Cantina\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandathleticclub.com/\">Oakland Athletic Club\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/whitehorsebar/?hl=en\">White Horse Bar\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Dedf-mhO6Fh/\">Understory\u003c/a> in Oakland (for Saturday’s game)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.barebottle.com/santa-clara-taproom\">Barebottle Brewing Company\u003c/a> in Santa Clara\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rookieslodge.com/\">Rookie’s Sports Lodge\u003c/a> in San José\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The team’s own website also has \u003ca href=\"https://valkyries.wnba.com/bar-network\">a list of bars in the Bay\u003c/a> to go to for Valkyries games.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And if you have time, swing by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/boohalla/\">“Boohalla”\u003c/a> — a Valkyries-themed Halloween display in San Francisco’s Inner Richmond district, featuring \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/boohalla/reel/DeSYb4XyxtK/\">“Natalie NaCauldron”\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/boohalla/p/DeC3BpYEj9z/\">“G. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/california.department.of.social.services/viz/CFdashboard-PUBLIC/Home\">Over 5.1 million people in California receive benefits\u003c/a> through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — known as CalFresh in California. And this month has brought more changes to how this program works. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There have already been several major shifts in SNAP operations over the past year as a result of H.R.1 — the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/big-beautiful-bill\">so-called “Big Beautiful Bill”\u003c/a> enacted in July 2025. For instance, earlier this year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083922/calfresh-snap-new-work-requirements-rules-2026-hr1-eligibility-who-is-exempt-food-stamps\">work requirements for many CalFresh recipients\u003c/a> began to be enforced in California for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Food security advocates have expressed deep concern over the impacts of the bill and its effects on people relying on government programming. According to the state’s Department of Social Services, \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5208/3\">562,000 CalFresh recipients\u003c/a> are estimated to lose their benefits over the next year due to H.R.1.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re on CalFresh, here’s what to know about the latest changes in California in effect this month, how they might already be affecting you and your household and where to find other places locally that offer support to Californians facing food insecurity.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#food-support\">Where to find extra food support in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits have gone up (slightly) to reflect inflation … \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>CalFresh users may see a couple of extra dollars starting this month. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Every October, the federal government adjusts SNAP benefits to \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.com/Politics/snap-benefits-begin-oct-1-millions-americans/story?id=136895859\">account for inflation\u003c/a>. Now, one person on CalFresh \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/guidance-documents/fna.snap-cola2027.pdf\">will get a maximum of $306\u003c/a> per month — \u003ca href=\"https://www.fna.usda.gov/snap/allotment/cola/fy26\">$8 more than last year\u003c/a>. A household of four could receive a maximum of $1,023 (a rise of $29 from last year).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>However, these maximums don’t reflect the amount everyone on CalFresh actually receives. And the recipient’s circumstances, like income and expenses, can always \u003ca href=\"https://ebtbenefitsguide.com/calfresh-benefit-increase-october-2026/\">affect the amount of CalFresh benefits they ultimately get\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/FoodBankGetty2-9a2b212b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104328\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/FoodBankGetty2-9a2b212b.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/FoodBankGetty2-9a2b212b-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/FoodBankGetty2-9a2b212b-1536x868.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Army Captain Gabriela Glavis inspects a pepper as she joins fellow members of the California National Guard, volunteers and employees packing produce for distribution after California Attorney General Rob Bonta spoke at a news conference about his federal lawsuit challenging the suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the federal government shutdown at Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in Los Angeles on Oct. 30, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">… but income eligibility thresholds have gone up accordingly\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>With the slight increases in benefit caps, the benchmarks for how much money a person’s income makes them eligible for \u003ca href=\"https://www.fna.usda.gov/snap/allotment/cola/fy26\">have also been\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/guidance-documents/fna.snap-cola2027.pdf\">increased\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://ebtbenefitsguide.com/calfresh-benefit-increase-october-2026/\">person’s ability to qualify for CalFresh\u003c/a> can, however, vary based on several factors. The best way to check if you can get on CalFresh is to go to \u003ca href=\"http://benefitscal.com\">BenefitsCal.com\u003c/a> and chat with the website’s Ask Robin chatbot feature, or just apply directly to see what level you’re assessed at. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changes in SNAP staffing and support \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Along with the annual adjustment, the federal government is also changing how staff and clerical support for SNAP is being financed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Usually, both the federal and state governments equally \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/10/01/nx-s1-5985222/snap-benefits-program-october-change-funding\">funded SNAP’s administrative costs,\u003c/a> like training staff. But now, as of October, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/10/01/nx-s1-5985222/snap-benefits-program-october-change-funding\">states will be covering 75% of these costs\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to advocacy groups like the \u003ca href=\"https://frac.org/blog/why-the-snap-administrative-cost-shift-threatens-state-budgets-and-program-operations\">Food Research & Action Center\u003c/a>, this comes at a time when \u003cem>more \u003c/em>staff are needed — especially after this summer’s massive change to SNAP’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083922/calfresh-snap-new-work-requirements-rules-2026-hr1-eligibility-who-is-exempt-food-stamps\">work requirements\u003c/a> that added more paperwork for recipients to collect and document during the benefits process.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And this change in how SNAP is determined and applied will be especially felt in California, since it will be the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that work requirements have actually been enforced in the state. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The state government addressed \u003ca href=\"https://lee.asmdc.org/press-releases/20260708-california-steps-tackle-hunger-and-counter-federal-cuts-food-assistance\">some of these major overhauls\u003c/a> in its budget, including $110 million in one-time funding and $8 million in ongoing funding for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/tag/calfood/\">CalFood\u003c/a>, which supports California food banks — plus another $223 million in one-time funding for county administration support of CalFresh. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But ultimately, the federal guidelines are part of a long line of changes from H.R.1 enacted in July 2025 that have deeply weakened the food benefits system. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A streamlined system for public college students\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Public \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063723/food-insecurity-on-campus-how-snap-is-a-lifeline-for-many-students\">college students\u003c/a> will now have fewer obstacles to jump through when applying to CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he is directing county officials to automatically exempt college students attending a California community college, California State University or the University of California from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083922/calfresh-snap-new-work-requirements-rules-2026-hr1-eligibility-who-is-exempt-food-stamps\">stricter work requirements\u003c/a> when applying for benefits.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12063728\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pedestrians pass The Berkeley Student Food Collective on Bancroft Way in Berkeley on Nov. 10, 2025. The co-op, known for its focus on affordability and sustainability, displays local produce outside its storefront. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Additional-Resources/Letters-and-Notices/ACLs/2026/26-25.pdf?ver=9wnMJKO33kzjjXR8DM0Dpw\">exemption applies to students\u003c/a> who are eligible for CalFresh and are pursuing associate and bachelor’s degree programs at one of the above institutions. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Additional-Resources/Letters-and-Notices/ACLs/2026/26-25.pdf?ver=9wnMJKO33kzjjXR8DM0Dpw\">a letter from Newsom’s office\u003c/a>, this allows the CalFresh application process to be more streamlined and reduce administrative burdens.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We can’t expect students to learn if they’re hungry, and in California, there is no reason for them to be, whether they’re in kindergarten, high school or college,” Newsom said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/10/09/california-improves-access-to-calfresh-food-benefits-helping-college-students-get-up-to-306-a-month-to-buy-groceries/\">an Oct. 9 release\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You shouldn’t have to jump through hoops to get the food benefits you’re entitled to, and now you don’t have to. Go apply now — you might be leaving money on the table,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"food-support\">Where to find more food assistance in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you have CalFresh, it now includes free fruit and vegetables\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>October also marks the return of a state program \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12102320/on-calfresh-you-can-once-again-get-60-of-free-fruits-and-vegetables-monthly-for-a-limited-time\">providing extra money for families\u003c/a> to buy fruits and vegetables if they use CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066120/calfresh-snap-benefits-free-food-stamps-fruit-vegetables-ebt-program\">CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable EBT Program\u003c/a> allows customers to receive a monthly instant rebate on their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card after purchasing up to $60 worth of fruits and vegetables. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>However, this offer is \u003cem>only \u003c/em>available at \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/ebt/california-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project/calfresh-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project-locations\">select participating markets\u003c/a>. Over 80 statewide locations — from retailers to farmer’s markets — are involved with the Fruit and Vegetable EBT Program. In the Bay Area, these locations are all either in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/ebt/california-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project/calfresh-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project-locations\">Alameda or Santa Clara County\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260717_FOODBANKSUPDATE_GC-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091827\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260717_FOODBANKSUPDATE_GC-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260717_FOODBANKSUPDATE_GC-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260717_FOODBANKSUPDATE_GC-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bags full of fresh produce rest on a rolling tray at Tri-City Volunteers Food Bank & Mobile Pantry’s main hub in Fremont on July 17, 2026. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check if you’re eligible for additional food assistance through WIC \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) provides food assistance to lower-income families who have young children or are expecting a new child, including grandparents. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Like CalFresh, it’s federally funded and income-based, and you can receive WIC benefits on top of your CalFresh benefits. \u003ca href=\"https://myfamily.wic.ca.gov/Home/HowCanIGetWIC\">See if you qualify for WIC.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you lost CalFresh, see if you qualify for CFAP\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last year, the federal government tightened restrictions that pushed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12078168/april-1-snap-food-stamps-cal-fresh-eligibility-change-2026-immigrants-refugees-asylum-seekers-recertify-where-to-find-food-bank\">most humanitarian immigrants out of CalFresh eligibility\u003c/a>, affecting tens of thousands of people in California.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some — but not all — humanitarian immigrants may be qualified for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/calfresh/california-food-assistance-program\">the California Food Assistance Program\u003c/a>. CFAP uses \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/calfresh/cfap/how-to-apply\">the same application as CalFresh\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“At recertification, your county worker will determine your eligibility for CalFresh,” \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshResourceCenter/CalFresh%20Noncitizen%20Eligibility%20FAQ_Color.pdf\">state guidance\u003c/a> reads. “If you are no longer eligible for CalFresh due to H.R. 1 but you are eligible for CFAP, your county worker will adjust your benefits at that time.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Examples of CFAP-eligible individuals that are noncitizens \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshResourceCenter/CalFresh%20Noncitizen%20Eligibility%20FAQ_Color.pdf\">include\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Legal permanent residents who have not met the five-year U.S. residency requirement or the 40 qualifying work quarters criteria\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Conditional entrants\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Battered or abused noncitizens\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshResourceCenter/CalFresh%20Noncitizen%20Eligibility%20FAQ_Color.pdf\">Parolees who have not met the five-year waiting period or an exemption. \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to find and use a food bank \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086417/as-calfresh-guidelines-expand-where-can-students-who-rely-on-school-meals-go\">thorough guide \u003c/a>on using food banks or food pantries near you in both \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061440/calfresh-snap-ebt-shutdown-find-food-banks-near-me-san-francisco-bay-area-alameda-oakland-contra-costa-newsom-national-guard\">English\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062427/como-encontrar-un-banco-de-alimentos-o-despensa-cerca-de-usted-en-el-area-de-la-bahia\">Spanish\u003c/a>, and here are the big takeaways:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Major food banks, like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/workplace-giving/?ea.tracking.id=DigAd2526-PMG&utm_source=google&utm_medium=pmax&utm_campaign=evergreen&utm_content=workplacegiving&ea.tracking.id=DigAd2526-PMG&utm_source=google&utm_medium=pmax&utm_campaign=evergreen&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22903428179&gbraid=0AAAAACKCveNd07Igg9N0gD73ISiw1-uWD&gclid=CjwKCAjwpOfHBhAxEiwAm1SwErwV4xaFN_FEK7A9GBHjFfCEezDoE97Ft7G8ZkERCFXMNDrJVQO7YhoCKBsQAvD_BwE\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/our-members/\">California Association of Food Banks\u003c/a> or the \u003ca href=\"https://www.foodbankccs.org/find-food/foodbycity/?_gl=1*3ajdlo*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjA5ODkyMDQ5NS4xNzYxMjQ2NjU0*_ga_8BLR9BK6YN*czE3NjEyNDY2NTMkbzEkZzAkdDE3NjEyNDY2NTMkajYwJGwwJGgw\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a>, will likely have \u003ca href=\"https://foodlocator.sfmfoodbank.org/?_gl=1*1lbew87*_gcl_au*MTkzNzUwMDUyLjE3NjEyNDUwMzE.&_ga=2.54192875.2143041145.1761245031-1508876033.1761245031\">a tool online that can help you locate food resources\u003c/a> near you. These maps or search engines can list locations ranging from large operations to small community fridges.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251031-SFMarinFoodBank-21-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12078659\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251031-SFMarinFoodBank-21-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251031-SFMarinFoodBank-21-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251031-SFMarinFoodBank-21-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Volunteers sort fresh produce into boxes at the San Francisco‑Marin Food Bank warehouse in San Francisco. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can also call \u003ca href=\"https://211ca.org/\">the 211 state hotline\u003c/a> for more information.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Once you find a spot, be sure to check out the food bank or pantry online before heading out. Note what hours they are open and for how long. Some locations are open to anyone and to walk-ins, but some may require people to register for a spot beforehand or live in a specific zip code.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Many food banks serve people regardless of immigration status. For example, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/find-food/\">SF-Marin Food Bank states on its website\u003c/a> that it “is committed to serving residents regardless of their immigration status or identity” and, as a non-government agency, does “not collect the immigration status of participants.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But food advocates suggest double-checking by calling the food bank and seeing if it has reporting requirements.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also, before heading out, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Additional-Resources/Forms-and-Brochures/2020/E-H/EFA14.pdf?ver=6TAyHs3YqLwt2JrwvpJQ6w%3d%3d\">check if your income leve\u003c/a>l meets \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/emergency-food\">the requirements of the Emergency Food Assistance Program\u003c/a>, a federal program that also provides some assistance. If it does, you can go to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/efap/stakeholders\">participating food banks and distributors\u003c/a> to get extra food support.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take a look at your own county’s food assistance programs\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bay Area counties have some food assistance options that are separate from nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086417/as-calfresh-guidelines-expand-where-can-students-who-rely-on-school-meals-go\">food banks\u003c/a>, although sometimes they work together. Your county may provide locations where you can pick up free food, or offer other ways of getting free or low-cost meals that include delivery:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance from the City and County of San Francisco:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/food/free-food-locations\">Free food locations offering both groceries and meals\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/disability-aging-services/groceries-meals\">Options for having meals delivered to your home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/disability-aging/groceries-meals/community-meals\">Locations where you can find a community meal\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchampss.org/our-program/\">Choosing Healthy Appetizing Meal Plan Solution for Seniors (CHAMPSS)\u003c/a>, a restaurant partnership that offers adults age 60 and older ways to eat subsidized meals at designated restaurants in San Francisco, with a suggested (optional) contribution of $5\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance from Contra Costa County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cchealth.org/health-and-safety-information/nutrition-and-healthy-living/get-food/food-assistance-for-everyone\">A food assistance program\u003c/a> that provides one member of lower-income households in the county a box of food every month\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cchealth.org/health-and-safety-information/nutrition-and-healthy-living/get-food/food-assistance-for-everyone\">The Community Produce Program\u003c/a> that offers one member of each household one or two bags of fresh fruits and vegetables, twice a month (own bag is required)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Contra Costa County residents can call 855-309-FOOD (3663) for more information.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance from Alameda County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://foodnow.net/\">FoodNow.net\u003c/a>: A site managed with the Alameda County Community Food Bank that connects county residents to different food sources, including emergency groceries. People can call 510-635-3663 for more information.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.alamedacountysocialservices.org/ex/our-services/Work-and-Money/General-Assistance/index\">General Assistance\u003c/a>: Cash aid for certain residents of Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance from Marin County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Congregate-Meals\">Congregate meal options in Marin County\u003c/a> (scroll down the page to view PDF)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Food-Pantries\">Food pantry and distribution options in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Home-Delivered-Meals%2C-Food\">Home-delivered meals in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance from San Mateo County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/hsa/food-resources\">Food assistance resources\u003c/a> on offer within San Mateo\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance from Napa County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.readynapacounty.gov/232/Food-Assistance\">Food services programs in Napa County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.canv.org/food-pantry/\">A list of Napa food pantries\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Solano County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.gov/government/health-social-services-hss/employment-eligibility/cash-aid/general-assistance\">Short-term general assistance available\u003c/a>, including food resources\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Sonoma County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/health-and-human-services/human-services/divisions-and-services/economic-assistance/food-and-nutrition-benefits/other-food-programs\">Meals and food service resources in Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Santa Clara County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socialservices.sccgov.org/food-assistance\">Food resources, including delivery, for older adults in Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/california.department.of.social.services/viz/CFdashboard-PUBLIC/Home\">Over 5.1 million people in California receive benefits\u003c/a> through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — known as CalFresh in California. And this month has brought more changes to how this program works. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There have already been several major shifts in SNAP operations over the past year as a result of H.R.1 — the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/big-beautiful-bill\">so-called “Big Beautiful Bill”\u003c/a> enacted in July 2025. For instance, earlier this year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083922/calfresh-snap-new-work-requirements-rules-2026-hr1-eligibility-who-is-exempt-food-stamps\">work requirements for many CalFresh recipients\u003c/a> began to be enforced in California for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Food security advocates have expressed deep concern over the impacts of the bill and its effects on people relying on government programming. According to the state’s Department of Social Services, \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5208/3\">562,000 CalFresh recipients\u003c/a> are estimated to lose their benefits over the next year due to H.R.1.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re on CalFresh, here’s what to know about the latest changes in California in effect this month, how they might already be affecting you and your household and where to find other places locally that offer support to Californians facing food insecurity.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#food-support\">Where to find extra food support in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits have gone up (slightly) to reflect inflation … \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>CalFresh users may see a couple of extra dollars starting this month. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Every October, the federal government adjusts SNAP benefits to \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.com/Politics/snap-benefits-begin-oct-1-millions-americans/story?id=136895859\">account for inflation\u003c/a>. Now, one person on CalFresh \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/guidance-documents/fna.snap-cola2027.pdf\">will get a maximum of $306\u003c/a> per month — \u003ca href=\"https://www.fna.usda.gov/snap/allotment/cola/fy26\">$8 more than last year\u003c/a>. A household of four could receive a maximum of $1,023 (a rise of $29 from last year).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>However, these maximums don’t reflect the amount everyone on CalFresh actually receives. And the recipient’s circumstances, like income and expenses, can always \u003ca href=\"https://ebtbenefitsguide.com/calfresh-benefit-increase-october-2026/\">affect the amount of CalFresh benefits they ultimately get\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/FoodBankGetty2-9a2b212b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104328\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/FoodBankGetty2-9a2b212b.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/FoodBankGetty2-9a2b212b-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/FoodBankGetty2-9a2b212b-1536x868.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Army Captain Gabriela Glavis inspects a pepper as she joins fellow members of the California National Guard, volunteers and employees packing produce for distribution after California Attorney General Rob Bonta spoke at a news conference about his federal lawsuit challenging the suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the federal government shutdown at Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in Los Angeles on Oct. 30, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">… but income eligibility thresholds have gone up accordingly\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>With the slight increases in benefit caps, the benchmarks for how much money a person’s income makes them eligible for \u003ca href=\"https://www.fna.usda.gov/snap/allotment/cola/fy26\">have also been\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/guidance-documents/fna.snap-cola2027.pdf\">increased\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://ebtbenefitsguide.com/calfresh-benefit-increase-october-2026/\">person’s ability to qualify for CalFresh\u003c/a> can, however, vary based on several factors. The best way to check if you can get on CalFresh is to go to \u003ca href=\"http://benefitscal.com\">BenefitsCal.com\u003c/a> and chat with the website’s Ask Robin chatbot feature, or just apply directly to see what level you’re assessed at. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changes in SNAP staffing and support \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Along with the annual adjustment, the federal government is also changing how staff and clerical support for SNAP is being financed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Usually, both the federal and state governments equally \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/10/01/nx-s1-5985222/snap-benefits-program-october-change-funding\">funded SNAP’s administrative costs,\u003c/a> like training staff. But now, as of October, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/10/01/nx-s1-5985222/snap-benefits-program-october-change-funding\">states will be covering 75% of these costs\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to advocacy groups like the \u003ca href=\"https://frac.org/blog/why-the-snap-administrative-cost-shift-threatens-state-budgets-and-program-operations\">Food Research & Action Center\u003c/a>, this comes at a time when \u003cem>more \u003c/em>staff are needed — especially after this summer’s massive change to SNAP’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083922/calfresh-snap-new-work-requirements-rules-2026-hr1-eligibility-who-is-exempt-food-stamps\">work requirements\u003c/a> that added more paperwork for recipients to collect and document during the benefits process.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And this change in how SNAP is determined and applied will be especially felt in California, since it will be the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that work requirements have actually been enforced in the state. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The state government addressed \u003ca href=\"https://lee.asmdc.org/press-releases/20260708-california-steps-tackle-hunger-and-counter-federal-cuts-food-assistance\">some of these major overhauls\u003c/a> in its budget, including $110 million in one-time funding and $8 million in ongoing funding for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/tag/calfood/\">CalFood\u003c/a>, which supports California food banks — plus another $223 million in one-time funding for county administration support of CalFresh. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But ultimately, the federal guidelines are part of a long line of changes from H.R.1 enacted in July 2025 that have deeply weakened the food benefits system. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A streamlined system for public college students\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Public \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063723/food-insecurity-on-campus-how-snap-is-a-lifeline-for-many-students\">college students\u003c/a> will now have fewer obstacles to jump through when applying to CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he is directing county officials to automatically exempt college students attending a California community college, California State University or the University of California from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083922/calfresh-snap-new-work-requirements-rules-2026-hr1-eligibility-who-is-exempt-food-stamps\">stricter work requirements\u003c/a> when applying for benefits.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12063728\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pedestrians pass The Berkeley Student Food Collective on Bancroft Way in Berkeley on Nov. 10, 2025. The co-op, known for its focus on affordability and sustainability, displays local produce outside its storefront. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Additional-Resources/Letters-and-Notices/ACLs/2026/26-25.pdf?ver=9wnMJKO33kzjjXR8DM0Dpw\">exemption applies to students\u003c/a> who are eligible for CalFresh and are pursuing associate and bachelor’s degree programs at one of the above institutions. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Additional-Resources/Letters-and-Notices/ACLs/2026/26-25.pdf?ver=9wnMJKO33kzjjXR8DM0Dpw\">a letter from Newsom’s office\u003c/a>, this allows the CalFresh application process to be more streamlined and reduce administrative burdens.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We can’t expect students to learn if they’re hungry, and in California, there is no reason for them to be, whether they’re in kindergarten, high school or college,” Newsom said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/10/09/california-improves-access-to-calfresh-food-benefits-helping-college-students-get-up-to-306-a-month-to-buy-groceries/\">an Oct. 9 release\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You shouldn’t have to jump through hoops to get the food benefits you’re entitled to, and now you don’t have to. Go apply now — you might be leaving money on the table,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"food-support\">Where to find more food assistance in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you have CalFresh, it now includes free fruit and vegetables\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>October also marks the return of a state program \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12102320/on-calfresh-you-can-once-again-get-60-of-free-fruits-and-vegetables-monthly-for-a-limited-time\">providing extra money for families\u003c/a> to buy fruits and vegetables if they use CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066120/calfresh-snap-benefits-free-food-stamps-fruit-vegetables-ebt-program\">CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable EBT Program\u003c/a> allows customers to receive a monthly instant rebate on their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card after purchasing up to $60 worth of fruits and vegetables. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>However, this offer is \u003cem>only \u003c/em>available at \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/ebt/california-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project/calfresh-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project-locations\">select participating markets\u003c/a>. Over 80 statewide locations — from retailers to farmer’s markets — are involved with the Fruit and Vegetable EBT Program. In the Bay Area, these locations are all either in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/ebt/california-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project/calfresh-fruit-vegetable-ebt-pilot-project-locations\">Alameda or Santa Clara County\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260717_FOODBANKSUPDATE_GC-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091827\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260717_FOODBANKSUPDATE_GC-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260717_FOODBANKSUPDATE_GC-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260717_FOODBANKSUPDATE_GC-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bags full of fresh produce rest on a rolling tray at Tri-City Volunteers Food Bank & Mobile Pantry’s main hub in Fremont on July 17, 2026. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check if you’re eligible for additional food assistance through WIC \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) provides food assistance to lower-income families who have young children or are expecting a new child, including grandparents. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Like CalFresh, it’s federally funded and income-based, and you can receive WIC benefits on top of your CalFresh benefits. \u003ca href=\"https://myfamily.wic.ca.gov/Home/HowCanIGetWIC\">See if you qualify for WIC.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you lost CalFresh, see if you qualify for CFAP\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last year, the federal government tightened restrictions that pushed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12078168/april-1-snap-food-stamps-cal-fresh-eligibility-change-2026-immigrants-refugees-asylum-seekers-recertify-where-to-find-food-bank\">most humanitarian immigrants out of CalFresh eligibility\u003c/a>, affecting tens of thousands of people in California.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some — but not all — humanitarian immigrants may be qualified for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/calfresh/california-food-assistance-program\">the California Food Assistance Program\u003c/a>. CFAP uses \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/calfresh/cfap/how-to-apply\">the same application as CalFresh\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“At recertification, your county worker will determine your eligibility for CalFresh,” \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshResourceCenter/CalFresh%20Noncitizen%20Eligibility%20FAQ_Color.pdf\">state guidance\u003c/a> reads. “If you are no longer eligible for CalFresh due to H.R. 1 but you are eligible for CFAP, your county worker will adjust your benefits at that time.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Examples of CFAP-eligible individuals that are noncitizens \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshResourceCenter/CalFresh%20Noncitizen%20Eligibility%20FAQ_Color.pdf\">include\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Legal permanent residents who have not met the five-year U.S. residency requirement or the 40 qualifying work quarters criteria\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Conditional entrants\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Battered or abused noncitizens\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalFreshResourceCenter/CalFresh%20Noncitizen%20Eligibility%20FAQ_Color.pdf\">Parolees who have not met the five-year waiting period or an exemption. \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to find and use a food bank \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086417/as-calfresh-guidelines-expand-where-can-students-who-rely-on-school-meals-go\">thorough guide \u003c/a>on using food banks or food pantries near you in both \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061440/calfresh-snap-ebt-shutdown-find-food-banks-near-me-san-francisco-bay-area-alameda-oakland-contra-costa-newsom-national-guard\">English\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062427/como-encontrar-un-banco-de-alimentos-o-despensa-cerca-de-usted-en-el-area-de-la-bahia\">Spanish\u003c/a>, and here are the big takeaways:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Major food banks, like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/workplace-giving/?ea.tracking.id=DigAd2526-PMG&utm_source=google&utm_medium=pmax&utm_campaign=evergreen&utm_content=workplacegiving&ea.tracking.id=DigAd2526-PMG&utm_source=google&utm_medium=pmax&utm_campaign=evergreen&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22903428179&gbraid=0AAAAACKCveNd07Igg9N0gD73ISiw1-uWD&gclid=CjwKCAjwpOfHBhAxEiwAm1SwErwV4xaFN_FEK7A9GBHjFfCEezDoE97Ft7G8ZkERCFXMNDrJVQO7YhoCKBsQAvD_BwE\">SF-Marin Food Bank\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cafoodbanks.org/our-members/\">California Association of Food Banks\u003c/a> or the \u003ca href=\"https://www.foodbankccs.org/find-food/foodbycity/?_gl=1*3ajdlo*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjA5ODkyMDQ5NS4xNzYxMjQ2NjU0*_ga_8BLR9BK6YN*czE3NjEyNDY2NTMkbzEkZzAkdDE3NjEyNDY2NTMkajYwJGwwJGgw\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a>, will likely have \u003ca href=\"https://foodlocator.sfmfoodbank.org/?_gl=1*1lbew87*_gcl_au*MTkzNzUwMDUyLjE3NjEyNDUwMzE.&_ga=2.54192875.2143041145.1761245031-1508876033.1761245031\">a tool online that can help you locate food resources\u003c/a> near you. These maps or search engines can list locations ranging from large operations to small community fridges.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251031-SFMarinFoodBank-21-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12078659\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251031-SFMarinFoodBank-21-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251031-SFMarinFoodBank-21-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251031-SFMarinFoodBank-21-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Volunteers sort fresh produce into boxes at the San Francisco‑Marin Food Bank warehouse in San Francisco. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can also call \u003ca href=\"https://211ca.org/\">the 211 state hotline\u003c/a> for more information.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Once you find a spot, be sure to check out the food bank or pantry online before heading out. Note what hours they are open and for how long. Some locations are open to anyone and to walk-ins, but some may require people to register for a spot beforehand or live in a specific zip code.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Many food banks serve people regardless of immigration status. For example, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmfoodbank.org/find-food/\">SF-Marin Food Bank states on its website\u003c/a> that it “is committed to serving residents regardless of their immigration status or identity” and, as a non-government agency, does “not collect the immigration status of participants.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But food advocates suggest double-checking by calling the food bank and seeing if it has reporting requirements.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also, before heading out, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Additional-Resources/Forms-and-Brochures/2020/E-H/EFA14.pdf?ver=6TAyHs3YqLwt2JrwvpJQ6w%3d%3d\">check if your income leve\u003c/a>l meets \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/emergency-food\">the requirements of the Emergency Food Assistance Program\u003c/a>, a federal program that also provides some assistance. If it does, you can go to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/efap/stakeholders\">participating food banks and distributors\u003c/a> to get extra food support.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take a look at your own county’s food assistance programs\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bay Area counties have some food assistance options that are separate from nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086417/as-calfresh-guidelines-expand-where-can-students-who-rely-on-school-meals-go\">food banks\u003c/a>, although sometimes they work together. Your county may provide locations where you can pick up free food, or offer other ways of getting free or low-cost meals that include delivery:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance from the City and County of San Francisco:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/food/free-food-locations\">Free food locations offering both groceries and meals\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/disability-aging-services/groceries-meals\">Options for having meals delivered to your home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/disability-aging/groceries-meals/community-meals\">Locations where you can find a community meal\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchampss.org/our-program/\">Choosing Healthy Appetizing Meal Plan Solution for Seniors (CHAMPSS)\u003c/a>, a restaurant partnership that offers adults age 60 and older ways to eat subsidized meals at designated restaurants in San Francisco, with a suggested (optional) contribution of $5\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance from Contra Costa County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cchealth.org/health-and-safety-information/nutrition-and-healthy-living/get-food/food-assistance-for-everyone\">A food assistance program\u003c/a> that provides one member of lower-income households in the county a box of food every month\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cchealth.org/health-and-safety-information/nutrition-and-healthy-living/get-food/food-assistance-for-everyone\">The Community Produce Program\u003c/a> that offers one member of each household one or two bags of fresh fruits and vegetables, twice a month (own bag is required)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Contra Costa County residents can call 855-309-FOOD (3663) for more information.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance from Alameda County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://foodnow.net/\">FoodNow.net\u003c/a>: A site managed with the Alameda County Community Food Bank that connects county residents to different food sources, including emergency groceries. People can call 510-635-3663 for more information.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.alamedacountysocialservices.org/ex/our-services/Work-and-Money/General-Assistance/index\">General Assistance\u003c/a>: Cash aid for certain residents of Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance from Marin County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Congregate-Meals\">Congregate meal options in Marin County\u003c/a> (scroll down the page to view PDF)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Food-Pantries\">Food pantry and distribution options in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/resources/Food/Home-Delivered-Meals%2C-Food\">Home-delivered meals in Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance from San Mateo County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/hsa/food-resources\">Food assistance resources\u003c/a> on offer within San Mateo\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance from Napa County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.readynapacounty.gov/232/Food-Assistance\">Food services programs in Napa County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.canv.org/food-pantry/\">A list of Napa food pantries\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Solano County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.gov/government/health-social-services-hss/employment-eligibility/cash-aid/general-assistance\">Short-term general assistance available\u003c/a>, including food resources\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Sonoma County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/health-and-human-services/human-services/divisions-and-services/economic-assistance/food-and-nutrition-benefits/other-food-programs\">Meals and food service resources in Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Food assistance options in Santa Clara County:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socialservices.sccgov.org/food-assistance\">Food resources, including delivery, for older adults in Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp>If you ever wanted to test out your chances of being a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_girl\">Final Girl,\u003c/a> the Bay Area’s got you covered. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This October boasts a wide array of immersive Halloween experiences for lovers of spooky season, from haunted houses to themed parks to full-on theater productions. (I even personally tested one out for you.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Read on to learn more about these events, what to expect and how you can secure tickets ahead of time. Be sure to check out the venue’s bag policy and any health warnings for guests, such as strobe lights or fog. Most venues also have rules on the types of costumes guests can wear.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also be sure to keep in mind the number one rule of haunted house etiquette: Never touch the actors! \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you prefer your haunts on the calmer side, check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12102383/historic-haunted-houses-tours-bay-area-san-francisco-bay-area-halloween-winchester-mystery-house-and-more-2026\">KQED’s roundup of tours and events in the Bay’s historic estates\u003c/a> — some of which also host immersive experiences, like the USS Hornet Museum. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And if you \u003cem>really \u003c/em>prefer to keep the horrors at a safe distance, grab tickets to any of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12102147/halloween-movies-near-me-san-francisco-bay-area-horror-movie-screenings-2026\">these 100+ Halloween movie showings\u003c/a> across the region.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Terror Vault\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Best known as the Halloween offering by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/trulyca/3157/better-known-as-peaches-christ\">local drag legend Peaches Christ\u003c/a> herself, \u003ca href=\"https://www.terrorvault.com/\">Terror Vault is back at the San Francisco Mint\u003c/a> with an ’80s-slasher story — so expect masked killers, haunted video stores and gym class.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For an hour, small groups will embark on a journey through “Hellville” — a series of rooms and corridors across the Mint — following actors in incredibly impressive, detailed sets that they can interact with. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This KQED reporter was able to embark on a preview of Terror Vault, and while no photos and videos were allowed inside, I can attest that each room really felt like I was sneaking through abandoned woods and movie theaters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0003-13a0aecf.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103754\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0003-13a0aecf.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0003-13a0aecf-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0003-13a0aecf-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A scene from 2026’s Terror Vault at the San Francisco Mint. (Courtesy Jenna Gable and Camillo Kearns/Terror Vault)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s the type of immersive experience that I always yearned for during a time like Halloween (don’t we all want to safely test if we’d survive a horror movie?). \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Not a lot breaks the illusion, as long as you and your group are game to play along. I’ll admit, I was \u003cem>so \u003c/em>entranced by the scenery, I was smiling a lot more than screaming — and I don’t exactly have nerves of steel. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Because I am annoying, I opted for the “no touching” version of the show — meaning I opted not to wear a glow-in-the-dark band that signals to actors that a person is comfortable with being shaken or pushed around. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re on the fence, guests who \u003cem>do \u003c/em>put on the band but decide they don’t want that experience anymore in the middle of the show can just take it off and drop it on the floor. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0008-76bf0ece.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0008-76bf0ece.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0008-76bf0ece-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0008-76bf0ece-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A scene from 2026’s Terror Vault at the San Francisco Mint. (Courtesy of Jenna Gable and Camillo Kearns/Terror Vault)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>In my run-through, my fellow group members were jostled and grabbed a bit, but nothing too rough. The downside of not wearing the band: I suspect I was spared from some scares because I opted out (although liquids were involved — and I got splashed, too).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While I’dlike to provide as few spoilers as possible, you should prepare for a lot of stairs, tight spaces and flashing lights. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Separate from the main immersive production, Terror Vault contains a bar with drinks and snacks, tarot card reading, drag performances, an escape tomb and a VIP carnival pre-show — all good options to check out while you are waiting for your turn. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This production is an adults-only venture and runs through Nov. 8. Tickets start at $69.60.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Black Cat Hotel\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepalacetheatersf.com/blackcat#linkyourstay\">immersive theatrical experience\u003c/a> — remember: not a real hotel! — is around 90 minutes and runs through Halloween at the Palace Theater in San Francisco. Groups are kept small, with around 15 people.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Performers may touch you during the show, but if you’d rather that does not happen, you can alert the staff at check-in and be given something to wear that indicates this — no explanation required, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepalacetheatersf.com/blackcat#linkourstory\">according to the website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Appropriate for guests ages 16 and up, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepalacetheatersf.com/blackcat#linkourstory\">reservations\u003c/a> start at $39. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">House of Weird at The Haas-Lilienthal House\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This beautifully preserved San Francisco Victorian survived \u003ca href=\"https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/\">the Great Earthquake\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And this Halloween, the nonprofit SF Heritage is partnering with \u003ca href=\"https://www.gregangelomuseum.com/\">the Gregangelo Museum\u003c/a> to host “House of Weird” within the Haas-Lilienthal House’s walls, promising \u003ca href=\"https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/halloween\">“a secret, sensory world”\u003c/a> that’s an “only in San Francisco experience.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1424\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Haas-Lilienthal_House_exterior_2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102412\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Haas-Lilienthal_House_exterior_2025.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Haas-Lilienthal_House_exterior_2025-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Haas-Lilienthal_House_exterior_2025-1536x1094.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Haas-Lilienthal House in San Francisco. (Ppienovagem via Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>The tour is around 45 minutes long, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/halloween\">lasers, complete darkness, flickering lights and UV light in use\u003c/a>. Also in the house is a ballroom bar and tarot card reading. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Available for guests ages 8 and up, slots are \u003ca href=\"https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/halloween\">available online\u003c/a> from mid-October up until Halloween night, for around $66 per guest.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fear Overload Scream Park\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This one’s two haunted houses in Newark for the price of one: The Final Descent and the Greyhaven Hospital, both run by \u003ca href=\"https://fearoverload.com/attractions/\">Fear Overload Scream Park.\u003c/a> According to the website, it can take around 75 minutes to 2 hours to get through the entire park.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91yGCEXicCU\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The attractions are \u003ca href=\"https://fearoverload.com/buy-tickets/?tx_inline_iframe=%2Fdate-selection&tx_sessionDataId=a0d0f6a0-9963-42de-a701-d2d1fc98bd93\">operating through Nov. 7\u003c/a> — and on select days next month, there are the “Light Out Fright Nights” where \u003cem>all \u003c/em>lights are turned off, and groups must embark through the houses armed only with one glowstick per group. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These haunted houses are not recommended for those under 12, and anyone under 16 must also be accompanied by an adult over 21.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tickets \u003ca href=\"https://fearoverload.com/buy-tickets/?tx_inline_iframe=%2Fdate-selection&tx_sessionDataId=7038badf-ca11-4d33-a8d1-b77e708be329\">start at around $28\u003c/a>, but some weekdays can go as low as $20.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sacramento Scream Park\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Further up north are four attractions that can be experienced \u003ca href=\"https://screamparkcalifornia.com/attractions/\">in one visit to this spooky Sacramento stop\u003c/a>: The Gator Gulch, the Silverthorn Amusement Park, the Greyhaven Hospital and Homecoming Horror. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are also escape rooms available for those who want something a little extra. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the website, the park is not recommended for those under 13, adding that \u003ca href=\"https://screamparkcalifornia.com/faq/\">“We don’t tone it down.”\u003c/a> You’ve been warned.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sacramento Scream Park runs through Nov. 7, \u003ca href=\"https://screamparkcalifornia.com/buy-tickets/?tx_inline_iframe=%2Fdate-selection&tx_sessionDataId=b3f67f93-cffc-4d57-972e-05f1f4bc1e84\">starting around $29.\u003c/a> As with Fear Overload, there are select dates in November where all lights are turned off and navigation must be done by a single glowstick per group. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Bernal Scream \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bernal Scream in San José boasts \u003ca href=\"https://www.thebernalscream.com/show\">two haunted attractions\u003c/a> this year, a first for the park: The Last Confession and Anxiety. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This is a production where guests will not be touched. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.thebernalscream.com/safety\">Bernal Scream organizers,\u003c/a> “It is possible in this extreme environment for you to get bumped or touched by accident from actors. However, we make every effort NEVER to touch a guest.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both shows run through Nov. 8, and tickets cost around $35. The Bernal Scream also offers \u003ca href=\"https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thebernalscream/2152976\">two tickets for the price of one\u003c/a>. Children \u003ca href=\"https://www.thebernalscream.com/faq\">5 and under are free\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pirates of Emerson\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>What’s better than a haunted house? A \u003ca href=\"https://www.piratesofemerson.com/\">haunted pirate ship,\u003c/a> which you can experience at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. Expect four unsettling attractions plus games and live music. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.piratesofemerson.com/faq/\">the Pirates of Emerson’s website,\u003c/a> this venue is not recommended for those under 13, on account of it being “an EXTREMELY frightening adventure that may not be suited for those of an impressionable age.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Pirates-of-Emerson-e3709c99.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103756\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Pirates-of-Emerson-e3709c99.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Pirates-of-Emerson-e3709c99-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Pirates-of-Emerson-e3709c99-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pirates of Emerson builds a haunted pirate ship in the Alameda. (Courtesy of the Alameda County Fairgrounds)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Anyone under 16 must be accompanied by someone 21 or older. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Pirates of Emerson does not aim to touch its guests. In \u003ca href=\"https://www.piratesofemerson.com/faq/\">a tongue-in-cheek FAQ\u003c/a>, the website states: “Of course, in the darker areas, something may accidentally bump into you, but our cast members will probably not grab you. You may be grabbed by one of the members of your own group who is too terrified to continue without your help.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.piratesofemerson.com/\">Running until Nov. 1\u003c/a>, tickets start around $48. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nightfall at Fioli Gardens\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A good option for those who are a little more squeamish around frights: Fioli Historic House and Gardens. 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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Because I am annoying, I opted for the “no touching” version of the show — meaning I opted not to wear a glow-in-the-dark band that signals to actors that a person is comfortable with being shaken or pushed around. \u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>If you ever wanted to test out your chances of being a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_girl\">Final Girl,\u003c/a> the Bay Area’s got you covered. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This October boasts a wide array of immersive Halloween experiences for lovers of spooky season, from haunted houses to themed parks to full-on theater productions. (I even personally tested one out for you.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Read on to learn more about these events, what to expect and how you can secure tickets ahead of time. Be sure to check out the venue’s bag policy and any health warnings for guests, such as strobe lights or fog. Most venues also have rules on the types of costumes guests can wear.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also be sure to keep in mind the number one rule of haunted house etiquette: Never touch the actors! \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you prefer your haunts on the calmer side, check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12102383/historic-haunted-houses-tours-bay-area-san-francisco-bay-area-halloween-winchester-mystery-house-and-more-2026\">KQED’s roundup of tours and events in the Bay’s historic estates\u003c/a> — some of which also host immersive experiences, like the USS Hornet Museum. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And if you \u003cem>really \u003c/em>prefer to keep the horrors at a safe distance, grab tickets to any of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12102147/halloween-movies-near-me-san-francisco-bay-area-horror-movie-screenings-2026\">these 100+ Halloween movie showings\u003c/a> across the region.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Terror Vault\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Best known as the Halloween offering by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/trulyca/3157/better-known-as-peaches-christ\">local drag legend Peaches Christ\u003c/a> herself, \u003ca href=\"https://www.terrorvault.com/\">Terror Vault is back at the San Francisco Mint\u003c/a> with an ’80s-slasher story — so expect masked killers, haunted video stores and gym class.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For an hour, small groups will embark on a journey through “Hellville” — a series of rooms and corridors across the Mint — following actors in incredibly impressive, detailed sets that they can interact with. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This KQED reporter was able to embark on a preview of Terror Vault, and while no photos and videos were allowed inside, I can attest that each room really felt like I was sneaking through abandoned woods and movie theaters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0003-13a0aecf.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103754\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0003-13a0aecf.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0003-13a0aecf-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0003-13a0aecf-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A scene from 2026’s Terror Vault at the San Francisco Mint. (Courtesy Jenna Gable and Camillo Kearns/Terror Vault)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s the type of immersive experience that I always yearned for during a time like Halloween (don’t we all want to safely test if we’d survive a horror movie?). \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Not a lot breaks the illusion, as long as you and your group are game to play along. I’ll admit, I was \u003cem>so \u003c/em>entranced by the scenery, I was smiling a lot more than screaming — and I don’t exactly have nerves of steel. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Because I am annoying, I opted for the “no touching” version of the show — meaning I opted not to wear a glow-in-the-dark band that signals to actors that a person is comfortable with being shaken or pushed around. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re on the fence, guests who \u003cem>do \u003c/em>put on the band but decide they don’t want that experience anymore in the middle of the show can just take it off and drop it on the floor. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0008-76bf0ece.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0008-76bf0ece.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0008-76bf0ece-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20260613_TerrorVaultSlashedMainSet_0008-76bf0ece-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A scene from 2026’s Terror Vault at the San Francisco Mint. (Courtesy of Jenna Gable and Camillo Kearns/Terror Vault)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>In my run-through, my fellow group members were jostled and grabbed a bit, but nothing too rough. The downside of not wearing the band: I suspect I was spared from some scares because I opted out (although liquids were involved — and I got splashed, too).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While I’dlike to provide as few spoilers as possible, you should prepare for a lot of stairs, tight spaces and flashing lights. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Separate from the main immersive production, Terror Vault contains a bar with drinks and snacks, tarot card reading, drag performances, an escape tomb and a VIP carnival pre-show — all good options to check out while you are waiting for your turn. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This production is an adults-only venture and runs through Nov. 8. 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Groups are kept small, with around 15 people.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Performers may touch you during the show, but if you’d rather that does not happen, you can alert the staff at check-in and be given something to wear that indicates this — no explanation required, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepalacetheatersf.com/blackcat#linkourstory\">according to the website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Appropriate for guests ages 16 and up, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepalacetheatersf.com/blackcat#linkourstory\">reservations\u003c/a> start at $39. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">House of Weird at The Haas-Lilienthal House\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This beautifully preserved San Francisco Victorian survived \u003ca href=\"https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/\">the Great Earthquake\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And this Halloween, the nonprofit SF Heritage is partnering with \u003ca href=\"https://www.gregangelomuseum.com/\">the Gregangelo Museum\u003c/a> to host “House of Weird” within the Haas-Lilienthal House’s walls, promising \u003ca href=\"https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/halloween\">“a secret, sensory world”\u003c/a> that’s an “only in San Francisco experience.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1424\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Haas-Lilienthal_House_exterior_2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102412\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Haas-Lilienthal_House_exterior_2025.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Haas-Lilienthal_House_exterior_2025-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Haas-Lilienthal_House_exterior_2025-1536x1094.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Haas-Lilienthal House in San Francisco. (Ppienovagem via Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>The tour is around 45 minutes long, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/halloween\">lasers, complete darkness, flickering lights and UV light in use\u003c/a>. Also in the house is a ballroom bar and tarot card reading. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Available for guests ages 8 and up, slots are \u003ca href=\"https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/halloween\">available online\u003c/a> from mid-October up until Halloween night, for around $66 per guest.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fear Overload Scream Park\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This one’s two haunted houses in Newark for the price of one: The Final Descent and the Greyhaven Hospital, both run by \u003ca href=\"https://fearoverload.com/attractions/\">Fear Overload Scream Park.\u003c/a> According to the website, it can take around 75 minutes to 2 hours to get through the entire park.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\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/91yGCEXicCU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/91yGCEXicCU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The attractions are \u003ca href=\"https://fearoverload.com/buy-tickets/?tx_inline_iframe=%2Fdate-selection&tx_sessionDataId=a0d0f6a0-9963-42de-a701-d2d1fc98bd93\">operating through Nov. 7\u003c/a> — and on select days next month, there are the “Light Out Fright Nights” where \u003cem>all \u003c/em>lights are turned off, and groups must embark through the houses armed only with one glowstick per group. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These haunted houses are not recommended for those under 12, and anyone under 16 must also be accompanied by an adult over 21.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tickets \u003ca href=\"https://fearoverload.com/buy-tickets/?tx_inline_iframe=%2Fdate-selection&tx_sessionDataId=7038badf-ca11-4d33-a8d1-b77e708be329\">start at around $28\u003c/a>, but some weekdays can go as low as $20.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sacramento Scream Park\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Further up north are four attractions that can be experienced \u003ca href=\"https://screamparkcalifornia.com/attractions/\">in one visit to this spooky Sacramento stop\u003c/a>: The Gator Gulch, the Silverthorn Amusement Park, the Greyhaven Hospital and Homecoming Horror. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are also escape rooms available for those who want something a little extra. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the website, the park is not recommended for those under 13, adding that \u003ca href=\"https://screamparkcalifornia.com/faq/\">“We don’t tone it down.”\u003c/a> You’ve been warned.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sacramento Scream Park runs through Nov. 7, \u003ca href=\"https://screamparkcalifornia.com/buy-tickets/?tx_inline_iframe=%2Fdate-selection&tx_sessionDataId=b3f67f93-cffc-4d57-972e-05f1f4bc1e84\">starting around $29.\u003c/a> As with Fear Overload, there are select dates in November where all lights are turned off and navigation must be done by a single glowstick per group. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Bernal Scream \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bernal Scream in San José boasts \u003ca href=\"https://www.thebernalscream.com/show\">two haunted attractions\u003c/a> this year, a first for the park: The Last Confession and Anxiety. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This is a production where guests will not be touched. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.thebernalscream.com/safety\">Bernal Scream organizers,\u003c/a> “It is possible in this extreme environment for you to get bumped or touched by accident from actors. However, we make every effort NEVER to touch a guest.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both shows run through Nov. 8, and tickets cost around $35. The Bernal Scream also offers \u003ca href=\"https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thebernalscream/2152976\">two tickets for the price of one\u003c/a>. Children \u003ca href=\"https://www.thebernalscream.com/faq\">5 and under are free\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pirates of Emerson\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>What’s better than a haunted house? A \u003ca href=\"https://www.piratesofemerson.com/\">haunted pirate ship,\u003c/a> which you can experience at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. Expect four unsettling attractions plus games and live music. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.piratesofemerson.com/faq/\">the Pirates of Emerson’s website,\u003c/a> this venue is not recommended for those under 13, on account of it being “an EXTREMELY frightening adventure that may not be suited for those of an impressionable age.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Pirates-of-Emerson-e3709c99.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103756\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Pirates-of-Emerson-e3709c99.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Pirates-of-Emerson-e3709c99-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Pirates-of-Emerson-e3709c99-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pirates of Emerson builds a haunted pirate ship in the Alameda. (Courtesy of the Alameda County Fairgrounds)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Anyone under 16 must be accompanied by someone 21 or older. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Pirates of Emerson does not aim to touch its guests. In \u003ca href=\"https://www.piratesofemerson.com/faq/\">a tongue-in-cheek FAQ\u003c/a>, the website states: “Of course, in the darker areas, something may accidentally bump into you, but our cast members will probably not grab you. You may be grabbed by one of the members of your own group who is too terrified to continue without your help.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.piratesofemerson.com/\">Running until Nov. 1\u003c/a>, tickets start around $48. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nightfall at Fioli Gardens\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A good option for those who are a little more squeamish around frights: Fioli Historic House and Gardens. Usually \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12081122/bay-area-book-lovers-we-have-highly-literary-date-or-friend-hang-ideas-for-your-weekend\">an Austenland dream\u003c/a>, Fioli will be turning into \u003ca href=\"https://filoli.org/whats-on/events/nightfall/\">Nightfall\u003c/a>, its Halloween celebration. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Filoli-Nightfall-17-05b73518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103759\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Filoli-Nightfall-17-05b73518.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Filoli-Nightfall-17-05b73518-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Filoli-Nightfall-17-05b73518-1536x1080.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A pumpkin installation at Filoli’s Nightfall. (Courtesy of Filoli)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>There are several events within the gardens, such as a Meadow Harvest Party, a historic house with mysteries in each room and a trail featuring 1,000 lit-up jack-o’-lanterns. This event tends to be full of families, with a vibe that’s more pleasingly spooky than scary.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nightfall runs through Sept. 1. If you want to go, be sure to get tickets quickly, since they tend to be a hot item. Prices \u003ca href=\"https://filoli.org/whats-on/events/nightfall/\">start at $55 for adults\u003c/a> and $50 for 15- to 17-year-olds as well as students. It is free for children under 3 and $45 for ages 4 to 14.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SÉANCE \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For a fancier night out, try this Halloween magic show inside San Francisco’s Hotel Emblem with cards and mind-reading. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The catch: This event is available for three nights only on Oct. 28, 29 and 30, featuring \u003ca href=\"https://cardtablesf.com/about\">Mill Valley magician Kevin Blake\u003c/a>. Drinks can be purchased at the hotel’s Obscenity Bar.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Appropriate for guests 13 and up, tickets \u003ca href=\"https://cardtablesf.com/\">start at $65\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\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/gv4E-lOrOZE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/gv4E-lOrOZE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BOO Ball \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As the venue’s first Halloween after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13991736/oasis-san-francisco-drag-club-reopens-grand-reveal\">a brush with closure last year\u003c/a>, nightclub Oasis in SoMA will transform into \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF69rFld9zQ\">a monster mash\u003c/a> on Oct. 30 and 31. You’ll have no fewer than three themed floors for dancing: Dracula’s Ballroom Disco, Frankenstein’s Groove Lab and Mummy’s Tombstone Terrace. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tickets \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/princess-halloween-boo-ball-w-jane-dont-1030-tickets-1996063761443\">start around $40\u003c/a>. And since this is a club, it is a 21+ venue. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Interested in being one of the beautiful monsters entertaining (slash scaring) partiers? You can try \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DeKVlJZmgdz/?stkn=ODBmcXpoZmdsb3ly&img_index=1\">volunteering for the BOO Ball.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp>It took a few years for Anne Rice and her family to realize that, after a shaky start, her 1976 debut novel “Interview with the Vampire” was striking a chord. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But it makes sense that it happened in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, a city she had called home for years — when several young, elegant men waltzed into one of her book signings. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As her son, the author Christopher Rice, told KQED, the men were decked in 18th-century waistcoats, their long hair tied off in a ribbon. They were, in short, dressed as the main characters of Rice’s said shaky debut novel: Lestat de Lioncourt and Louis de Pointe du Lac. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As the men posed for pictures with a flustered Rice, the author saw personally, for the first time, that the novel Christopher said she’d regarded as “this black spot on her career” was finally finding its home: with the queer community. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty2-2a1f88ce.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103573\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty2-2a1f88ce.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty2-2a1f88ce-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty2-2a1f88ce-1536x1001.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Authors Christopher Rice (left) and Anne Rice sign copies of their books “The Heavens Rise” and “The Wolves Of Midwinter,” respectively, at Barnes & Noble bookstore at The Grove on Nov. 2, 2013, in Los Angeles, California. (Amanda Edwards/WireImage via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“Over time this underground audience discovered the book, discovered how transgressive it was, how rule-breaking it was,” Christopher said. “And all of that really did happen in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Interview with the Vampire” marks its 50th anniversary this year, and Christopher details \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/books/review/anne-rice-interview-with-the-vampire-50th-anniversary.html\">this very anecdote\u003c/a> in his afterword to \u003ca href=\"https://annerice.com/InterviewWithTheVampire50th.html\">a new semicentennial reissue\u003c/a> of the novel by Penguin Random House. (His behind-the-scenes nugget that didn’t make the final print edition: how Rice and his aunt “just went bananas over how attractive these guys were.”)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#vampire-events\">Vampire-themed gatherings and events in the Bay Area in October\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The novel chronicles the tumultuous life and relationship between Louis and the man who turned both him and their companion Claudia into vampires: Lestat. And despite initial mixed reviews, the book and its subsequent sequels making up the “Vampire Chronicles” series have, over the decades, become a bona fide gothic classic — further popularizing the idea of the vampire as a tortured protagonist. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rice also wrote the screenplay for the 1994 film adaptation of “Interview With the Vampire” starring Brad Pitt, a young Kirsten Dunst and, most notoriously, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-21-ca-41119-story.html\">Tom Cruise\u003c/a>. Then, in the 2020s, the series was introduced to a new generation of fans through the television show adaptation on AMC.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q662gCwpKfI\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Despite the fact that the story’s pivotal framing device — the titular interview between Louis and a young journalist — takes place in a San Francisco Victorian on Divisadero Street, New Orleans has understandably pulled rank as the “home” of “Interview with the Vampire.” Not only is the Louisiana city a recurring setting in the books, but it’s also where Rice herself was born and raised and where, after finally finding her success as a writer, she lived in \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DOM3-YpkQKa/?img_index=3\">a gorgeous historic home\u003c/a> for over a decade. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s also where she rests in a family mausoleum at Metairie Cemetery, where \u003ca href=\"https://annerice.com/COL.html\">her memorial\u003c/a>, attended by \u003ca href=\"https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/anne-rice-vampire-memorial-documentary/article_36ac316f-b1e8-4e58-8309-bfaa8024e537.html\">over a thousand people\u003c/a>, was held. And New Orleans has now become a central gathering point for fervent Rice fans, where they regularly \u003ca href=\"https://vamplestat.com/\">hold a Vampire’s Ball\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But according to Christopher, his mother’s most famous series of novels “don’t just have a San Francisco connection.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They have a San Francisco foundation.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘Rebellion against that darkness’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rice first lived here as a University of San Francisco student, and moved back to the city in the early 60s with Stan, the high-school sweetheart who’d become her husband. They were both \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CKIMtBEpAjp/?vrfl=b3Awc3d2eGN3bjd3\">in their early twenties\u003c/a>, and they were in the midst of the Beat Generation and the Summer of Love. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But even though the Rices were more observers than participants — “in the middle of Haight-Ashbury in the 60s, I was typing away while everybody around me was dropping acid and smoking grass,” Rice told \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20130524225924/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/07/books/other-incarnations-of-the-vampire-author.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm\">\u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in 1988 — the ethos of the city is firmly reflected in the “Interview With the Vampire” series. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I like to say the young men who probably inspired Louis and Lestat were people she saw on the streets of the Haight-Ashbury or the Castro District,” Christopher said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00064_TV_qed-c1495c2d.JPG\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103570\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00064_TV_qed-c1495c2d.JPG 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00064_TV_qed-c1495c2d-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00064_TV_qed-c1495c2d-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The 50th Anniversary Edition of the Anne Rice novel, “Interview with the Vampire” in San Francisco on Sept. 29, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>The hints of the idea of “letting your freak flag fly,” Christopher said, are there from the first book. But it really crescendos in the second book of the “Vampire Chronicles” series, 1985’s “The Vampire Lestat,” in which the raucous Lestat holds an earth-shattering rock concert (for vampires!) in none other than Daly City’s own Cow Palace. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In contrast to the Bay Area, New Orleans is Rice’s setting for “the old vampire world,” Christopher said. But “when on the contemporary stage, [Lestat] says, ‘Vampires should come out, come out wherever you are, and be counted among all the great diversity of the human world.’” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That’s the city by the Bay, baby,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Rice family lived around the Bay Area for over two decades. “In California, almost all of us have an acquired lifestyle: We came here to have it,” she said in a 2014 interview with \u003ca href=\"https://story.californiasunday.com/ann-rice-in-palm-desert/\">\u003cem>The California Sunday Magazine\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>“To be a writer, to be a bohemian, to put our art and our liberal ideas before, say, pleasing our cousins.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After giving birth to Christopher in Berkeley, the Rices moved back across the bay into a Castro District home at 3887 17th Street — a place Christopher said he “loved growing up.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00030_TVA_qed-060d71af.JPG\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103577\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00030_TVA_qed-060d71af.JPG 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00030_TVA_qed-060d71af-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00030_TVA_qed-060d71af-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Victorian home located on 503 Divisadero St., which inspired Anne Rice’s novel, “Interview with the Vampire,” in San Francisco on Sept. 29, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>A key setting from “Interview With the Vampire” is just a 30-minute walk from the house: The Victorian home on 503 Divisadero Street, where Rice set the titular interview. Rice said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoSb8H3znfI\">2011\u003c/a> that she came across the house — which is now painted a deep, dark blue — when her professor husband was being interviewed for a radio show nearby. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That’s where I got the idea of a boy-interviewer,” she said. “Little things like that spark short stories, novels.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But tragedy in the city was in full force: In the Castro, Christopher said, the Rice family was “living at ground zero” during the HIV/AIDS crisis. Neighbors were dying. There were lines out of pharmacies, he said, and shuttered storefronts with signs reading “Closed due to illness.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I do believe that, in some part, the rock star energy of \u003cem>The Vampire Lestat\u003c/em> was about a rebellion against that darkness,” Christopher said. “It was this attempt to have queerness rise up and put on a leather jacket and sing to the masses, to push back all the death.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The family was still suffering with a personal loss of their own, too. In 1972, the couple’s daughter Michele had died of leukemia at the age of 5 — before Christopher was born.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"instagram-no-caption-wrapper\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 540px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center;\">\n \u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/CixSBcULxR8/embed/?captioned=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border: 1px solid #e3e3e3; border-radius: 12px; box-shadow: 0 1px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Christopher said he learned about Michele by accident in school. Over the course of his life, he got to learn about his sister from his parents, about her “otherworldly endurance” and her “zen brilliance.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it was easy for them to be living at the ground zero of another epidemic that was about the blood,” Christopher said. “It was incredibly influential on [Rice].” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the years after Michele’s death, Rice returned to an old short story and expanded it in just five weeks into what became “Interview with the Vampire,” written in her \u003ca href=\"https://story.californiasunday.com/ann-rice-in-palm-desert/\">North Berkeley garden apartment.\u003c/a> This version further developed the character of a surrogate daughter for Lestat and Louis, Claudia — turned into a vampire at age five and forever a child.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>”I never noticed when I was writing,” Rice said in \u003cem>The New York Times \u003c/em>interview. ”It may be hard to believe, but I didn’t connect Claudia with my daughter at the time.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘The vampire is an outsider’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Interview with the Vampire” represented a “paradigm shift in how we look at monsters in ourselves,” said author Eric Shaw Quinn, Rice’s friend who helps oversee the estate with Christopher. “And our own persecution of ourselves, and of monsters in our culture.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I was there at the beginning of \u003cem>Interview with a Vampire\u003c/em>, and it was such an inspirational moment in my life,” Quinn said. “We’re all inspired by the San Francisco philosophy of it — or the Anne philosophy of it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Being you is exactly what you should do; you are exactly as you should be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1964\" height=\"1304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-502548923-a900e677.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-502548923-a900e677.jpg 1964w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-502548923-a900e677-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-502548923-a900e677-1536x1020.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1964px) 100vw, 1964px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anne Rice on Aug. 15, 1995. (Bernard Weil/Toronto Star via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“The vampire is an outsider,” Rice herself \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20260408070054/https://www.thedailybeast.com/anne-rice-on-sparkly-vampires-twilight-true-blood-and-werewolves/\">told the Daily Beast in 2011\u003c/a>. “He’s the perfect metaphor for those things.” And Rice’s exploration of the outsider figure has resonated with its queer fanbase over half a century.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While the book may have initially been received as a gay allegory, it is now widely understood to be “a full-on queer narrative,” Christopher said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The audience that made the “Vampire Chronicles” into what Christopher called “underground hits” was “largely made up of queer people,” he said. “They were the people who saw the passionate, romantic connection between Louis and Lestat and their determination to raise a child.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This narrative heavily imprinted on many fans at an early age. Like Grey Starr of Oakland, who first encountered Rice’s work after watching the 1994 film adaptation when she was young. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’ve always been queer, so I could always suss that out as a kid,” Starr said. “I read the books when I was way too young … I used to go to school wearing a shirt that said, ‘Red Beans, Anne Rice.’” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1287\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/InterviewVampireGetty-11ba3b20.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103579\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/InterviewVampireGetty-11ba3b20.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/InterviewVampireGetty-11ba3b20-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/InterviewVampireGetty-11ba3b20-1536x988.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kirsten Dunst in a scene from the film “Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles,” 1994. (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“The sensuality of that book really got me at a young age, because this was right around the time that I’m hitting puberty, I’m discovering kind of my own sexuality,” San Francisco drag performer Piranha Psychotronica said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a kid visiting the city, Psychotronica remembered being excited to pass Castro Street, because the “Vampire Chronicles” series featured a vampire bar — called Dracula’s Daughter — in the area. “Not realizing really at that time that it’s \u003cem>also \u003c/em>where all the gays were and where I eventually would be,” she said with a laugh.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The series also explored gender identity. Rice herself told an interviewer \u003ca href=\"https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anne-rice-feel-like-im-gay_n_585d33cae4b0d9a59457fc44\">in a 2016 interview\u003c/a> that it was “very hard for me to remember that I have a gender.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When I grew up in the 90s, when you’d see trans folks in media, oftentimes it would be trashy talk shows where they were the butt of the joke, and described as mentally ill,” said Psychotronica, who is a trans woman. But the language of gender in Rice’s books rang true to her. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That was one of the biggest things that made me a lifelong fan of her writing,” she said. “Because it was the first door that I felt opened to me to any kind of self-discovery.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For many Bay Area fans, the series’ inherent queerness has made a huge impact not just on their lives, but their art too. Psychotronica credits what she called the “sensuality and decadence” of Rice’s writing as one of the major reasons she began performing onstage. “I want to channel rock star Lestat when I’m on stage,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Psychotronica learned of the series through her mother, who she described as an Anne Rice superfan — similar to Starr’s mother, a “cool goth mom” who is part of her band, Pretty Frankenstein. In fact, that intergenerational nature of Rice’s fanbase is a recurring theme among Bay Area fans and even reminiscent of the writer’s bond with her son Christopher as he became an author in his own right. (Check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/9605/anne-and-christopher-rice-fall-in-love-with-this-mother-son-author-team\">this delightful 2013 KQED interview\u003c/a> that asks the pair which of their gay fanbases would win in a fight.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of surreal that this media has essentially shaped our lives in such an amazing way,” Starr said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘A home to androgynous pansexual ancient vampires’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Psychotronica is just one of the acts in Starr’s forthcoming “Interview with the Vampire”-themed drag show in Oakland, right before Halloween. (Starr hosted past themed drag nights as Lumpia Anne Rice.) \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another of the performers slated for that night is Sacramento’s Alexa Gerrity — a cosplaying burlesque act who’ll be performing as Louis. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gerrity counts herself as a newer fan of the “Vampire Chronicles”’ thanks to her best friend Desrea Sabo — a Rice fan who described cutting their own bangs as a kid “because I thought \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIm8HfwnmVE\">they would grow back like Claudia’s\u003c/a>” — introducing them to the AMC television series.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty3-c6d0f1da.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103580\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty3-c6d0f1da.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty3-c6d0f1da-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty3-c6d0f1da-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L-R): Mark Johnson, Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Delainey Hayles, Assad Zaman and Eric Bogosian seen onstage at the AMC Networks media presentation of Anne Rice’s “Interview With the Vampire” during the 2024 TCA Winter Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on Feb. 6, 2024, in Pasadena, California. (JC Olivera/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>What inspired Gerrity about the series was a major change it makes from the books in the casting of Louis and Claudia, portrayed variously by Black actors Jacob Anderson, Delainey Hayles and Bailey Bass. Along with a shift in time period and a more overt portrayal of sexuality, the show reimagined Louis not as the white plantation owner of the books but as a Black brothel owner in 1900s New Orleans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“As a Black woman, it just really hit a lot harder … him coming to terms with who he is as a person,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The queer experience, trying to see how he feels coming to terms with his sexuality … those are things that I can relate to growing up as a Black woman who grew up in the South as well and coming out to my family, to my friends,” Gerrity said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When it comes to Black characters in the gothic romance genre, “sometimes it’s looked at as weird, or we’re excluded from those spaces,” she said. “So to see us be embraced so wholly, and in these beautiful vibrant colors and scenes and imagery — it was just incredible.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Now, Gerrity and Sabo regularly cosplay together as Louis and Lestat at fan conventions — not unlike those readers who entered Rice’s San Francisco book signing all those decades ago. “It’s beautiful to be able to cosplay such a dynamic duo,” Garrity said. “Being able to be covered in blood with my best friend — I’m never going to be upset.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For Sabo, who was born and raised in San Francisco, Rice’s work has only strengthened their connection to their home. “As a kid who has always — and still hopes — to be turned into a vampire someday, being able to walk down the street and see those locations, it made the fantasy so much more deep and real for me,” Sabo said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s a sentiment echoed by Psychotronica — a way of seeing this city, with its rolling fog and Victorian houses looming over its steep streets, in all its gothic splendor. “I can totally see how San Francisco would be such an attractive home to these androgynous pansexual ancient vampires,” Psychotronica said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think [Rice] loving it so much was one of the things that really made me fall in love with the city. Now I can’t imagine living anywhere else,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vampire-events\">Vampire-themed gatherings and events in the Bay Area in October\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>To mark “Interview with the Vampire”’s 50th anniversary, we’ve compiled a list of vampiric affairs across the Bay Area, including elegant masquerades, fashion shows, raves and drag.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Earth Gala’s Vampire Ball at Verdi Club\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Friday, Oct. 9, at the Verdi Club in San Francisco, there will be \u003ca href=\"https://partiful.com/e/ow96u5LIkuJMIeEndMi4\">a vampire ball and fashion walkway\u003c/a> centered on “eco-couture,” where the winner can receive a $1000 cash prize. The gala is serving as a fundraiser for the Amazon rainforest. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earth-galas-vampire-ball-halloween-costume-ball-in-san-francisco-tickets-1999189409340?aff=oddtdtcreator\">General admission \u003c/a>costs around $108, but late entry after 10 p.m. is around $40.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CAVE RAVE: CLAWZ – VAMPIRE RAVE at The Foundry\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This rave on Friday, Oct. 9 at The Foundry in San Francisco starts at 10 p.m. Tickets \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cave-rave-clawz-vampire-rave-tickets-2001031409813?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">can be found online\u003c/a> and are around $20.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHBhKbF2xMA\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International Vampire Fest at The Balboa Theater\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Saturday, Oct. 17 at The Balboa Theater in San Francisco, there’ll be a series of vampiric movies playing all day long from 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. \u003ca href=\"https://www.balboamovies.com/international-vampire-film-fest\">Individual tickets \u003c/a>are around $15. A full day pass is $30. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Particularly exciting for this reporter: two of her favorite movies of all time are part of the international lineup: Sweden’s “Let the Right One In” (2008) and Iran’s “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”\u003cem> \u003c/em>(2014).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And if you aren’t able to make it that day, the following day in Richmond there’s a free \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd_nZm_OvZ1/?stkn=Y3ozeHRnOXllaTVh\">screening of “Fright Night”(1985) in 16 mm\u003c/a> at The Planetarium venue.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vampire’s Ball at SP2 Communal Bar\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Saturday, Oct. 17 at SP2 Communal Bar in San José, there’s a vampire’s ball with a best-dressed contest. It is free to enter before 10:30 p.m. and \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vampires-ball-tickets-2002597411767?aff=ebdssbcategorybrowse\">$12.51 afterward\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Théâtre des Vampires Drag Show at The Thee Stork Club\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Oct. 29 at Thee Stork Club in Oakland, there’s an “Interview with the Vampire”-themed drag show featuring \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3XR0RM128haG3D0EyeNKvH\">music from the television show’s third season\u003c/a>, “The Vampire Lestat,” by Pretty Frankenstein. Tickets \u003ca href=\"https://wl.eventim.us/event/the-vampire-lestat-drag-show/695682?afflky=TheeStorkClub\">are available online for $12 and at the door for $15\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helena’s Masquerade at QBar\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Not quite vampire-themed but very important for any emo kid, t\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRKJiM9Njr8\">he broken, the beaten and the damned\u003c/a>: On Thursday, Oct. 29 at San Francisco’s QBar, you’ll find a Hot Topic-filled dance night of My Chemical Romance, Evanescence and Paramore. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/helenas-masquerade-emo-night-halloween-party-in-the-castro-tickets-1998505545886?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Tickets\u003c/a> range from around $7 to $14.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Halloween Vampire Tour of San Francisco\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Saturday, Oct. 31 in San Francisco, a six-stop tour with \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Harker\">Mina Harker\u003c/a> throughout the Nob Hill Neighborhood. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-halloween-vampire-tour-of-san-francisco-tickets-2001672663821?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Tickets\u003c/a> are around $40.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">“Dracula Kiss” at Coqueta\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Oct. 31 at Coqueta in San Francisco, there’s an immersive production of the play “Dracula Kiss.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dracula-kiss-tickets-2002563537448?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Tickets\u003c/a> are $44.52.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Black Cat Hotel at The Palace Theater\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This immersive theatrical experience runs through Halloween at the Palace Theater in San Francisco. \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepalacetheatersf.com/blackcat#linkourstory\">Reservations \u003c/a>start at $39. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>It took a few years for Anne Rice and her family to realize that, after a shaky start, her 1976 debut novel “Interview with the Vampire” was striking a chord. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But it makes sense that it happened in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, a city she had called home for years — when several young, elegant men waltzed into one of her book signings. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As her son, the author Christopher Rice, told KQED, the men were decked in 18th-century waistcoats, their long hair tied off in a ribbon. They were, in short, dressed as the main characters of Rice’s said shaky debut novel: Lestat de Lioncourt and Louis de Pointe du Lac. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As the men posed for pictures with a flustered Rice, the author saw personally, for the first time, that the novel Christopher said she’d regarded as “this black spot on her career” was finally finding its home: with the queer community. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty2-2a1f88ce.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103573\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty2-2a1f88ce.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty2-2a1f88ce-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty2-2a1f88ce-1536x1001.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Authors Christopher Rice (left) and Anne Rice sign copies of their books “The Heavens Rise” and “The Wolves Of Midwinter,” respectively, at Barnes & Noble bookstore at The Grove on Nov. 2, 2013, in Los Angeles, California. (Amanda Edwards/WireImage via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“Over time this underground audience discovered the book, discovered how transgressive it was, how rule-breaking it was,” Christopher said. “And all of that really did happen in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Interview with the Vampire” marks its 50th anniversary this year, and Christopher details \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/books/review/anne-rice-interview-with-the-vampire-50th-anniversary.html\">this very anecdote\u003c/a> in his afterword to \u003ca href=\"https://annerice.com/InterviewWithTheVampire50th.html\">a new semicentennial reissue\u003c/a> of the novel by Penguin Random House. (His behind-the-scenes nugget that didn’t make the final print edition: how Rice and his aunt “just went bananas over how attractive these guys were.”)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#vampire-events\">Vampire-themed gatherings and events in the Bay Area in October\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The novel chronicles the tumultuous life and relationship between Louis and the man who turned both him and their companion Claudia into vampires: Lestat. And despite initial mixed reviews, the book and its subsequent sequels making up the “Vampire Chronicles” series have, over the decades, become a bona fide gothic classic — further popularizing the idea of the vampire as a tortured protagonist. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rice also wrote the screenplay for the 1994 film adaptation of “Interview With the Vampire” starring Brad Pitt, a young Kirsten Dunst and, most notoriously, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-21-ca-41119-story.html\">Tom Cruise\u003c/a>. Then, in the 2020s, the series was introduced to a new generation of fans through the television show adaptation on AMC.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\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/q662gCwpKfI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/q662gCwpKfI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Despite the fact that the story’s pivotal framing device — the titular interview between Louis and a young journalist — takes place in a San Francisco Victorian on Divisadero Street, New Orleans has understandably pulled rank as the “home” of “Interview with the Vampire.” Not only is the Louisiana city a recurring setting in the books, but it’s also where Rice herself was born and raised and where, after finally finding her success as a writer, she lived in \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DOM3-YpkQKa/?img_index=3\">a gorgeous historic home\u003c/a> for over a decade. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s also where she rests in a family mausoleum at Metairie Cemetery, where \u003ca href=\"https://annerice.com/COL.html\">her memorial\u003c/a>, attended by \u003ca href=\"https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/anne-rice-vampire-memorial-documentary/article_36ac316f-b1e8-4e58-8309-bfaa8024e537.html\">over a thousand people\u003c/a>, was held. And New Orleans has now become a central gathering point for fervent Rice fans, where they regularly \u003ca href=\"https://vamplestat.com/\">hold a Vampire’s Ball\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But according to Christopher, his mother’s most famous series of novels “don’t just have a San Francisco connection.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They have a San Francisco foundation.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘Rebellion against that darkness’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rice first lived here as a University of San Francisco student, and moved back to the city in the early 60s with Stan, the high-school sweetheart who’d become her husband. They were both \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CKIMtBEpAjp/?vrfl=b3Awc3d2eGN3bjd3\">in their early twenties\u003c/a>, and they were in the midst of the Beat Generation and the Summer of Love. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But even though the Rices were more observers than participants — “in the middle of Haight-Ashbury in the 60s, I was typing away while everybody around me was dropping acid and smoking grass,” Rice told \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20130524225924/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/07/books/other-incarnations-of-the-vampire-author.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm\">\u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in 1988 — the ethos of the city is firmly reflected in the “Interview With the Vampire” series. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I like to say the young men who probably inspired Louis and Lestat were people she saw on the streets of the Haight-Ashbury or the Castro District,” Christopher said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00064_TV_qed-c1495c2d.JPG\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103570\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00064_TV_qed-c1495c2d.JPG 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00064_TV_qed-c1495c2d-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00064_TV_qed-c1495c2d-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The 50th Anniversary Edition of the Anne Rice novel, “Interview with the Vampire” in San Francisco on Sept. 29, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>The hints of the idea of “letting your freak flag fly,” Christopher said, are there from the first book. But it really crescendos in the second book of the “Vampire Chronicles” series, 1985’s “The Vampire Lestat,” in which the raucous Lestat holds an earth-shattering rock concert (for vampires!) in none other than Daly City’s own Cow Palace. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In contrast to the Bay Area, New Orleans is Rice’s setting for “the old vampire world,” Christopher said. But “when on the contemporary stage, [Lestat] says, ‘Vampires should come out, come out wherever you are, and be counted among all the great diversity of the human world.’” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That’s the city by the Bay, baby,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Rice family lived around the Bay Area for over two decades. “In California, almost all of us have an acquired lifestyle: We came here to have it,” she said in a 2014 interview with \u003ca href=\"https://story.californiasunday.com/ann-rice-in-palm-desert/\">\u003cem>The California Sunday Magazine\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>“To be a writer, to be a bohemian, to put our art and our liberal ideas before, say, pleasing our cousins.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After giving birth to Christopher in Berkeley, the Rices moved back across the bay into a Castro District home at 3887 17th Street — a place Christopher said he “loved growing up.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00030_TVA_qed-060d71af.JPG\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103577\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00030_TVA_qed-060d71af.JPG 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00030_TVA_qed-060d71af-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/260929-annericesf-00030_TVA_qed-060d71af-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Victorian home located on 503 Divisadero St., which inspired Anne Rice’s novel, “Interview with the Vampire,” in San Francisco on Sept. 29, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>A key setting from “Interview With the Vampire” is just a 30-minute walk from the house: The Victorian home on 503 Divisadero Street, where Rice set the titular interview. Rice said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoSb8H3znfI\">2011\u003c/a> that she came across the house — which is now painted a deep, dark blue — when her professor husband was being interviewed for a radio show nearby. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That’s where I got the idea of a boy-interviewer,” she said. “Little things like that spark short stories, novels.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But tragedy in the city was in full force: In the Castro, Christopher said, the Rice family was “living at ground zero” during the HIV/AIDS crisis. Neighbors were dying. There were lines out of pharmacies, he said, and shuttered storefronts with signs reading “Closed due to illness.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I do believe that, in some part, the rock star energy of \u003cem>The Vampire Lestat\u003c/em> was about a rebellion against that darkness,” Christopher said. “It was this attempt to have queerness rise up and put on a leather jacket and sing to the masses, to push back all the death.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The family was still suffering with a personal loss of their own, too. In 1972, the couple’s daughter Michele had died of leukemia at the age of 5 — before Christopher was born.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"instagram-no-caption-wrapper\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 540px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center;\">\n \u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/CixSBcULxR8/embed/?captioned=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border: 1px solid #e3e3e3; border-radius: 12px; box-shadow: 0 1px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Christopher said he learned about Michele by accident in school. Over the course of his life, he got to learn about his sister from his parents, about her “otherworldly endurance” and her “zen brilliance.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it was easy for them to be living at the ground zero of another epidemic that was about the blood,” Christopher said. “It was incredibly influential on [Rice].” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the years after Michele’s death, Rice returned to an old short story and expanded it in just five weeks into what became “Interview with the Vampire,” written in her \u003ca href=\"https://story.californiasunday.com/ann-rice-in-palm-desert/\">North Berkeley garden apartment.\u003c/a> This version further developed the character of a surrogate daughter for Lestat and Louis, Claudia — turned into a vampire at age five and forever a child.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>”I never noticed when I was writing,” Rice said in \u003cem>The New York Times \u003c/em>interview. ”It may be hard to believe, but I didn’t connect Claudia with my daughter at the time.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘The vampire is an outsider’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Interview with the Vampire” represented a “paradigm shift in how we look at monsters in ourselves,” said author Eric Shaw Quinn, Rice’s friend who helps oversee the estate with Christopher. “And our own persecution of ourselves, and of monsters in our culture.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I was there at the beginning of \u003cem>Interview with a Vampire\u003c/em>, and it was such an inspirational moment in my life,” Quinn said. “We’re all inspired by the San Francisco philosophy of it — or the Anne philosophy of it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Being you is exactly what you should do; you are exactly as you should be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1964\" height=\"1304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-502548923-a900e677.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-502548923-a900e677.jpg 1964w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-502548923-a900e677-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-502548923-a900e677-1536x1020.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1964px) 100vw, 1964px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anne Rice on Aug. 15, 1995. (Bernard Weil/Toronto Star via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“The vampire is an outsider,” Rice herself \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20260408070054/https://www.thedailybeast.com/anne-rice-on-sparkly-vampires-twilight-true-blood-and-werewolves/\">told the Daily Beast in 2011\u003c/a>. “He’s the perfect metaphor for those things.” And Rice’s exploration of the outsider figure has resonated with its queer fanbase over half a century.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While the book may have initially been received as a gay allegory, it is now widely understood to be “a full-on queer narrative,” Christopher said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The audience that made the “Vampire Chronicles” into what Christopher called “underground hits” was “largely made up of queer people,” he said. “They were the people who saw the passionate, romantic connection between Louis and Lestat and their determination to raise a child.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This narrative heavily imprinted on many fans at an early age. Like Grey Starr of Oakland, who first encountered Rice’s work after watching the 1994 film adaptation when she was young. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’ve always been queer, so I could always suss that out as a kid,” Starr said. “I read the books when I was way too young … I used to go to school wearing a shirt that said, ‘Red Beans, Anne Rice.’” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1287\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/InterviewVampireGetty-11ba3b20.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103579\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/InterviewVampireGetty-11ba3b20.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/InterviewVampireGetty-11ba3b20-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/InterviewVampireGetty-11ba3b20-1536x988.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kirsten Dunst in a scene from the film “Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles,” 1994. (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>“The sensuality of that book really got me at a young age, because this was right around the time that I’m hitting puberty, I’m discovering kind of my own sexuality,” San Francisco drag performer Piranha Psychotronica said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a kid visiting the city, Psychotronica remembered being excited to pass Castro Street, because the “Vampire Chronicles” series featured a vampire bar — called Dracula’s Daughter — in the area. “Not realizing really at that time that it’s \u003cem>also \u003c/em>where all the gays were and where I eventually would be,” she said with a laugh.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The series also explored gender identity. Rice herself told an interviewer \u003ca href=\"https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anne-rice-feel-like-im-gay_n_585d33cae4b0d9a59457fc44\">in a 2016 interview\u003c/a> that it was “very hard for me to remember that I have a gender.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When I grew up in the 90s, when you’d see trans folks in media, oftentimes it would be trashy talk shows where they were the butt of the joke, and described as mentally ill,” said Psychotronica, who is a trans woman. But the language of gender in Rice’s books rang true to her. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That was one of the biggest things that made me a lifelong fan of her writing,” she said. “Because it was the first door that I felt opened to me to any kind of self-discovery.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For many Bay Area fans, the series’ inherent queerness has made a huge impact not just on their lives, but their art too. Psychotronica credits what she called the “sensuality and decadence” of Rice’s writing as one of the major reasons she began performing onstage. “I want to channel rock star Lestat when I’m on stage,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Psychotronica learned of the series through her mother, who she described as an Anne Rice superfan — similar to Starr’s mother, a “cool goth mom” who is part of her band, Pretty Frankenstein. In fact, that intergenerational nature of Rice’s fanbase is a recurring theme among Bay Area fans and even reminiscent of the writer’s bond with her son Christopher as he became an author in his own right. (Check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/9605/anne-and-christopher-rice-fall-in-love-with-this-mother-son-author-team\">this delightful 2013 KQED interview\u003c/a> that asks the pair which of their gay fanbases would win in a fight.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of surreal that this media has essentially shaped our lives in such an amazing way,” Starr said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘A home to androgynous pansexual ancient vampires’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Psychotronica is just one of the acts in Starr’s forthcoming “Interview with the Vampire”-themed drag show in Oakland, right before Halloween. (Starr hosted past themed drag nights as Lumpia Anne Rice.) \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another of the performers slated for that night is Sacramento’s Alexa Gerrity — a cosplaying burlesque act who’ll be performing as Louis. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gerrity counts herself as a newer fan of the “Vampire Chronicles”’ thanks to her best friend Desrea Sabo — a Rice fan who described cutting their own bangs as a kid “because I thought \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIm8HfwnmVE\">they would grow back like Claudia’s\u003c/a>” — introducing them to the AMC television series.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty3-c6d0f1da.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103580\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty3-c6d0f1da.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty3-c6d0f1da-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/AnneRiceGetty3-c6d0f1da-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L-R): Mark Johnson, Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Delainey Hayles, Assad Zaman and Eric Bogosian seen onstage at the AMC Networks media presentation of Anne Rice’s “Interview With the Vampire” during the 2024 TCA Winter Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on Feb. 6, 2024, in Pasadena, California. (JC Olivera/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>What inspired Gerrity about the series was a major change it makes from the books in the casting of Louis and Claudia, portrayed variously by Black actors Jacob Anderson, Delainey Hayles and Bailey Bass. Along with a shift in time period and a more overt portrayal of sexuality, the show reimagined Louis not as the white plantation owner of the books but as a Black brothel owner in 1900s New Orleans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“As a Black woman, it just really hit a lot harder … him coming to terms with who he is as a person,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The queer experience, trying to see how he feels coming to terms with his sexuality … those are things that I can relate to growing up as a Black woman who grew up in the South as well and coming out to my family, to my friends,” Gerrity said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When it comes to Black characters in the gothic romance genre, “sometimes it’s looked at as weird, or we’re excluded from those spaces,” she said. “So to see us be embraced so wholly, and in these beautiful vibrant colors and scenes and imagery — it was just incredible.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Now, Gerrity and Sabo regularly cosplay together as Louis and Lestat at fan conventions — not unlike those readers who entered Rice’s San Francisco book signing all those decades ago. “It’s beautiful to be able to cosplay such a dynamic duo,” Garrity said. “Being able to be covered in blood with my best friend — I’m never going to be upset.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For Sabo, who was born and raised in San Francisco, Rice’s work has only strengthened their connection to their home. “As a kid who has always — and still hopes — to be turned into a vampire someday, being able to walk down the street and see those locations, it made the fantasy so much more deep and real for me,” Sabo said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s a sentiment echoed by Psychotronica — a way of seeing this city, with its rolling fog and Victorian houses looming over its steep streets, in all its gothic splendor. “I can totally see how San Francisco would be such an attractive home to these androgynous pansexual ancient vampires,” Psychotronica said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think [Rice] loving it so much was one of the things that really made me fall in love with the city. Now I can’t imagine living anywhere else,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vampire-events\">Vampire-themed gatherings and events in the Bay Area in October\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>To mark “Interview with the Vampire”’s 50th anniversary, we’ve compiled a list of vampiric affairs across the Bay Area, including elegant masquerades, fashion shows, raves and drag.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Earth Gala’s Vampire Ball at Verdi Club\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Friday, Oct. 9, at the Verdi Club in San Francisco, there will be \u003ca href=\"https://partiful.com/e/ow96u5LIkuJMIeEndMi4\">a vampire ball and fashion walkway\u003c/a> centered on “eco-couture,” where the winner can receive a $1000 cash prize. The gala is serving as a fundraiser for the Amazon rainforest. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earth-galas-vampire-ball-halloween-costume-ball-in-san-francisco-tickets-1999189409340?aff=oddtdtcreator\">General admission \u003c/a>costs around $108, but late entry after 10 p.m. is around $40.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CAVE RAVE: CLAWZ – VAMPIRE RAVE at The Foundry\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This rave on Friday, Oct. 9 at The Foundry in San Francisco starts at 10 p.m. Tickets \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cave-rave-clawz-vampire-rave-tickets-2001031409813?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">can be found online\u003c/a> and are around $20.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\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/gHBhKbF2xMA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/gHBhKbF2xMA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International Vampire Fest at The Balboa Theater\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Saturday, Oct. 17 at The Balboa Theater in San Francisco, there’ll be a series of vampiric movies playing all day long from 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. \u003ca href=\"https://www.balboamovies.com/international-vampire-film-fest\">Individual tickets \u003c/a>are around $15. A full day pass is $30. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Particularly exciting for this reporter: two of her favorite movies of all time are part of the international lineup: Sweden’s “Let the Right One In” (2008) and Iran’s “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”\u003cem> \u003c/em>(2014).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And if you aren’t able to make it that day, the following day in Richmond there’s a free \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd_nZm_OvZ1/?stkn=Y3ozeHRnOXllaTVh\">screening of “Fright Night”(1985) in 16 mm\u003c/a> at The Planetarium venue.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vampire’s Ball at SP2 Communal Bar\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Saturday, Oct. 17 at SP2 Communal Bar in San José, there’s a vampire’s ball with a best-dressed contest. It is free to enter before 10:30 p.m. and \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vampires-ball-tickets-2002597411767?aff=ebdssbcategorybrowse\">$12.51 afterward\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Théâtre des Vampires Drag Show at The Thee Stork Club\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Oct. 29 at Thee Stork Club in Oakland, there’s an “Interview with the Vampire”-themed drag show featuring \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3XR0RM128haG3D0EyeNKvH\">music from the television show’s third season\u003c/a>, “The Vampire Lestat,” by Pretty Frankenstein. Tickets \u003ca href=\"https://wl.eventim.us/event/the-vampire-lestat-drag-show/695682?afflky=TheeStorkClub\">are available online for $12 and at the door for $15\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helena’s Masquerade at QBar\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Not quite vampire-themed but very important for any emo kid, t\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRKJiM9Njr8\">he broken, the beaten and the damned\u003c/a>: On Thursday, Oct. 29 at San Francisco’s QBar, you’ll find a Hot Topic-filled dance night of My Chemical Romance, Evanescence and Paramore. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/helenas-masquerade-emo-night-halloween-party-in-the-castro-tickets-1998505545886?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Tickets\u003c/a> range from around $7 to $14.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Halloween Vampire Tour of San Francisco\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Saturday, Oct. 31 in San Francisco, a six-stop tour with \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Harker\">Mina Harker\u003c/a> throughout the Nob Hill Neighborhood. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-halloween-vampire-tour-of-san-francisco-tickets-2001672663821?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Tickets\u003c/a> are around $40.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">“Dracula Kiss” at Coqueta\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Oct. 31 at Coqueta in San Francisco, there’s an immersive production of the play “Dracula Kiss.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dracula-kiss-tickets-2002563537448?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Tickets\u003c/a> are $44.52.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Black Cat Hotel at The Palace Theater\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This immersive theatrical experience runs through Halloween at the Palace Theater in San Francisco. \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepalacetheatersf.com/blackcat#linkourstory\">Reservations \u003c/a>start at $39. 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