San Francisco’s Breakup With PG&E Could Cost $22.5 Billion, Utility Tells State
City, Activists Honor Black Panther Party’s 60th Anniversary
Valkyries Take WNBA Finals Game 1
Part of the Presidio: San Francisco Bids Farewell to Beloved Indoor Park, House of Air
Mail-In Ballots Stolen From San Mateo Post Office, Election Officials Say
Staring Down a Historic El Niño, San José Says It’s Ready
Bonta Sues Federal Government to Stop Bay Area National Archives Closure
Former Blue Angels Commanding Officer Talks About What It Takes to Fly a Super Hornet
USS Abraham Lincoln Returns to San Diego Today
Bernie Sanders Makes the Case in San Francisco for Statewide Billionaire Tax
Valkyries Comeback Win Catapults Team to Its First Semifinals
Newsom Signs New Protections for LGBTQ, Reproductive Rights
Player sponsored by
window.__IS_SSR__=true
window.__INITIAL_STATE__={
"attachmentsReducer": {
"audio_0": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_0",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background0.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_1": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_1",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background1.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_2": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_2",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background2.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_3": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_3",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background3.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_4": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_4",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background4.jpg"
}
}
},
"placeholder": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "placeholder",
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-768x512.jpg",
"width": 768,
"height": 512,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"small": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 32,
"height": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 50,
"height": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 64,
"height": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 96,
"height": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 128,
"height": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
}
},
"news_12105656": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_12105656",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12105656",
"found": true
},
"title": "GettyImages-2267133518",
"publishDate": 1792626155,
"status": "inherit",
"parent": 12105522,
"modified": 1792626225,
"caption": "A weathered PG&E work zone sign attached to a metal barricade on city sidewalk in San Francisco, on March 12, 2026. The utility testified to state regulators that a takeover of PG&E infrastructure could cost San Francisco more than $20 billion.",
"credit": "Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images",
"altTag": null,
"description": null,
"imgSizes": {
"medium": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2267133518-c8ab21da-2000x1333.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2267133518-c8ab21da-2000x1333.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2267133518-c8ab21da-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2267133518-c8ab21da-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"2048x2048": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2267133518-c8ab21da-2048x1365.jpg",
"width": 2048,
"height": 1365,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2267133518-c8ab21da-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2267133518-c8ab21da-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2267133518-c8ab21da-2000x1333.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-wide": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2267133518-c8ab21da-1200x675.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"height": 675,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-square": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2267133518-c8ab21da-600x600.jpg",
"width": 600,
"height": 600,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2267133518-c8ab21da-scaled-e1792626179231.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1334
}
},
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_12105053": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_12105053",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12105053",
"found": true
},
"title": "GettyImages-576843010",
"publishDate": 1792363770,
"status": "inherit",
"parent": 12105049,
"modified": 1792363834,
"caption": "Huey Newton, right, of the Black Panther Party, sits with Bobby Seale at party headquarters in San Francisco.",
"credit": "Ted Streshinsky/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images",
"altTag": null,
"description": null,
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-576843010-5a69e8df-160x106.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 106,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-576843010-5a69e8df-1536x1014.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1014,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-576843010-5a69e8df-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-576843010-5a69e8df-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-wide": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-576843010-5a69e8df-1200x675.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"height": 675,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-square": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-576843010-5a69e8df-600x600.jpg",
"width": 600,
"height": 600,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-576843010-5a69e8df.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1320
}
},
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_12105002": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_12105002",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12105002",
"found": true
},
"title": "261017-ValksGame1-19-BL",
"publishDate": 1792277991,
"status": "inherit",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1792278262,
"caption": "The Golden State Valkyries play the Atlanta Dream during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.",
"credit": "Beth LaBerge/KQED",
"altTag": null,
"description": null,
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-19-BL-6b224e59-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-19-BL-6b224e59-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-19-BL-6b224e59-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-19-BL-6b224e59-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-wide": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-19-BL-6b224e59-1200x675.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"height": 675,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-square": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-19-BL-6b224e59-600x600.jpg",
"width": 600,
"height": 600,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-19-BL-6b224e59.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
},
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_12104676": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_12104676",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12104676",
"found": true
},
"title": "261015-HOUSEOFAIR-04-BL-KQED",
"publishDate": 1792106786,
"status": "inherit",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1792106808,
"caption": "The House of Air Trampoline Park and Cafe near Crissy Field in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026.",
"credit": "Beth LaBerge/KQED",
"altTag": null,
"description": null,
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-04-BL-KQED-c4d42fa2-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-04-BL-KQED-c4d42fa2-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-04-BL-KQED-c4d42fa2-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-04-BL-KQED-c4d42fa2-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-wide": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-04-BL-KQED-c4d42fa2-1200x675.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"height": 675,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-square": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-04-BL-KQED-c4d42fa2-600x600.jpg",
"width": 600,
"height": 600,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-04-BL-KQED-c4d42fa2.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
},
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_12087079": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_12087079",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12087079",
"found": true
},
"title": "U.S. DOJ Sends Observer To Watch California Primary Ballot Processing",
"publishDate": 1781134676,
"status": "inherit",
"parent": 12087072,
"modified": 1781134719,
"caption": "An election worker processes mail-in ballots for the California state primary election at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center on June 5, 2026, in City of Industry, California. The U.S. Department of Justice sent a federal prosecutor to observe ballot counting in Los Angeles County after President Donald Trump alleged, without evidence, that delays in counting ballots were the result of election fraud.",
"credit": "Justin Sullivan/Getty Images",
"altTag": null,
"description": null,
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CaliforniaElection2026Getty-160x108.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 108,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CaliforniaElection2026Getty-1536x1039.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1039,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CaliforniaElection2026Getty-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CaliforniaElection2026Getty-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-wide": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CaliforniaElection2026Getty-1200x675.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"height": 675,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-square": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CaliforniaElection2026Getty-600x600.jpg",
"width": 600,
"height": 600,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CaliforniaElection2026Getty-e1781204236548.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1353
}
},
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_12028007": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_12028007",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12028007",
"found": true
},
"title": "250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4",
"publishDate": 1740095228,
"status": "inherit",
"parent": 12027875,
"modified": 1740095729,
"caption": "Coyote Creek flows past the Olinder-McKinley neighborhood in San José, California, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. The neighborhood was inundated in February 2017 during a major flood.",
"credit": "Joseph Geha/KQED",
"altTag": null,
"description": null,
"imgSizes": {
"medium": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
},
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_12088984": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_12088984",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12088984",
"found": true
},
"title": "260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-11-BL-KQED",
"publishDate": 1782491125,
"status": "inherit",
"parent": 12088904,
"modified": 1782496514,
"caption": "The National Archives and Records Administration facility in San Bruno on June 25, 2026, stores historical federal records from Northern California and the Pacific region.",
"credit": "Beth LaBerge/KQED",
"altTag": null,
"description": null,
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-11-BL-KQED-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-11-BL-KQED-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-wide": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-11-BL-KQED-1200x675.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"height": 675,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-square": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-11-BL-KQED-600x600.jpg",
"width": 600,
"height": 600,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-11-BL-KQED.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
},
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_12058119": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_12058119",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12058119",
"found": true
},
"title": "Blue Angels Practice For Fleet Week Performance In San Francisco",
"publishDate": 1759259404,
"status": "inherit",
"parent": 12058113,
"modified": 1759259461,
"caption": "The U.S. Navy Blue Angels pass in front of the Golden Gate Bridge during a practice session for San Francisco Fleet Week on Oct. 4, 2007, in San Francisco, California. ",
"credit": "Justin Sullivan/Getty Images",
"altTag": null,
"description": null,
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/bridgejets20120515_qed-160x111.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 111,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/bridgejets20120515_qed-1536x1069.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1069,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/bridgejets20120515_qed-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/bridgejets20120515_qed-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/bridgejets20120515_qed.jpg",
"width": 1916,
"height": 1333
}
},
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_12103473": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_12103473",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12103473",
"found": true
},
"title": "kpbs-6ac7928917bab",
"publishDate": 1791467008,
"status": "inherit",
"parent": 12103472,
"modified": 1791467052,
"caption": "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth talks to sailors and Marines on the USS Abraham Lincoln Oct. 7, 2026.",
"credit": "Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense",
"altTag": null,
"description": null,
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/kpbs-6ac7928917bab-30f9e026-160x99.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 99,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/kpbs-6ac7928917bab-30f9e026-1536x946.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 946,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/kpbs-6ac7928917bab-30f9e026-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/kpbs-6ac7928917bab-30f9e026-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-wide": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/kpbs-6ac7928917bab-30f9e026-1200x675.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"height": 675,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-square": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/kpbs-6ac7928917bab-30f9e026-600x600.jpg",
"width": 600,
"height": 600,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/kpbs-6ac7928917bab-30f9e026.jpg",
"width": 1760,
"height": 1084
}
},
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_12089055": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_12089055",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12089055",
"found": true
},
"title": "US-POLITICS-BILLIONAIRE-TAXATION",
"publishDate": 1782498329,
"status": "inherit",
"parent": 12089029,
"modified": 1782498386,
"caption": "U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during the campaign kickoff for the California Billionaire Tax Act at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, Feb. 18, 2026. Sanders is seeking the support of California voters for a November's ballot initiative of an emergency tax on billionaires to help the state's healthcare system. ",
"credit": "Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images",
"altTag": null,
"description": null,
"imgSizes": {
"medium": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-2000x1333.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-2000x1333.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"2048x2048": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-2048x1365.jpg",
"width": 2048,
"height": 1365,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-2000x1333.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-wide": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-1200x675.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"height": 675,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-square": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-600x600.jpg",
"width": 600,
"height": 600,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-scaled.jpg",
"width": 2560,
"height": 1707
}
},
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_12102727": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_12102727",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12102727",
"found": true
},
"title": "261002-ValkyriesRound1-03-BL_qed",
"publishDate": 1791044351,
"status": "inherit",
"parent": 12102708,
"modified": 1791044407,
"caption": "Fans cheer during Game 3 of the WNBA first-round playoff series between the Golden State Valkyries and Dallas Wings at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026.",
"credit": "Beth LaBerge/KQED",
"altTag": null,
"description": null,
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-03-BL_qed-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-03-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-03-BL_qed-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-03-BL_qed-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-wide": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-03-BL_qed-1200x675.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"height": 675,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-square": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-03-BL_qed-600x600.jpg",
"width": 600,
"height": 600,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-03-BL_qed.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
},
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_12084670": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_12084670",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12084670",
"found": true
},
"title": "California Budget",
"publishDate": 1779388606,
"status": "inherit",
"parent": 12084655,
"modified": 1781098669,
"caption": "California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks about his state budget proposal on Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Sacramento, California. ",
"credit": "Jeff Chiu/AP ",
"altTag": null,
"description": null,
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-wide": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP-1200x675.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"height": 675,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"npr-cds-square": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP-600x600.jpg",
"width": 600,
"height": 600,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
},
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
}
},
"audioPlayerReducer": {
"postId": "stream_live",
"isPaused": true,
"isPlaying": false,
"pfsActive": false,
"pledgeModalIsOpen": true,
"playerDrawerIsOpen": false,
"liveAudioPlayStartedAt": 0,
"liveAudioPlayContext": ""
},
"authorsReducer": {
"skennedy": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "11935",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "11935",
"found": true
},
"name": "Samantha Kennedy",
"firstName": "Samantha",
"lastName": "Kennedy",
"slug": "skennedy",
"email": "SKennedy@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": "KQED Contributor",
"bio": null,
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/adc7b14bf1e801793202a156ecc864d4ad505b0fd63162a2f3da0e5ba57222d0?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Samantha Kennedy | KQED",
"description": "KQED Contributor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/adc7b14bf1e801793202a156ecc864d4ad505b0fd63162a2f3da0e5ba57222d0?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/adc7b14bf1e801793202a156ecc864d4ad505b0fd63162a2f3da0e5ba57222d0?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/skennedy"
},
"nnavarro": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "11756",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "11756",
"found": true
},
"name": "Natalia Navarro",
"firstName": "Natalia",
"lastName": "Navarro",
"slug": "nnavarro",
"email": "nnavarro@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "Afternoon News Anchor",
"bio": "Natalia Navarro is KQED's afternoon radio news anchor. She covers daily breaking news, and specializes in covering LGBTQ+ communities and women's sports. Natalia came to KQED in 2021 from Colorado Public Radio, where she was a reporter and host, and worked on a health team to cover the COVID-19 pandemic. She has received several awards for her work from organizations including the San Francisco Press Club, Society of Professional Journalists and the Colorado Broadcasters Association. Natalia is originally from Tucson, Arizona, where she got her start in journalism writing for the Arizona Daily Star, Arizona Public Media and the Tucson Weekly. Natalia earned her bachelor's degree in journalism and economics, and her master's degree in journalism from the University of Arizona.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a2bdb19fd9520bdea295a2d5f9b2ad65ec51cf0bf559fb1cc041d3a0a04d62ad?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/radionavarro/",
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Natalia Navarro | KQED",
"description": "Afternoon News Anchor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a2bdb19fd9520bdea295a2d5f9b2ad65ec51cf0bf559fb1cc041d3a0a04d62ad?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a2bdb19fd9520bdea295a2d5f9b2ad65ec51cf0bf559fb1cc041d3a0a04d62ad?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/nnavarro"
}
},
"pagesReducer": {
"author_skennedy": {
"type": "pages",
"id": "11935",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "11935",
"score": 6.2974772,
"site": "authors"
},
"name": "Samantha Kennedy",
"firstName": "Samantha",
"lastName": "Kennedy",
"slug": "skennedy",
"email": "SKennedy@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": "KQED Contributor",
"bio": null,
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/adc7b14bf1e801793202a156ecc864d4ad505b0fd63162a2f3da0e5ba57222d0?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Samantha Kennedy | KQED",
"description": "KQED Contributor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/adc7b14bf1e801793202a156ecc864d4ad505b0fd63162a2f3da0e5ba57222d0?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/adc7b14bf1e801793202a156ecc864d4ad505b0fd63162a2f3da0e5ba57222d0?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"hasAllInfo": true,
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "kqed/staff-member",
"attrs": {
"author": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "11935",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "11935",
"score": 6.2974772
},
"name": "Samantha Kennedy",
"firstName": "Samantha",
"lastName": "Kennedy",
"slug": "skennedy",
"email": "SKennedy@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": "KQED Contributor",
"bio": null,
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/adc7b14bf1e801793202a156ecc864d4ad505b0fd63162a2f3da0e5ba57222d0?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Samantha Kennedy | KQED",
"description": "KQED Contributor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/adc7b14bf1e801793202a156ecc864d4ad505b0fd63162a2f3da0e5ba57222d0?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/adc7b14bf1e801793202a156ecc864d4ad505b0fd63162a2f3da0e5ba57222d0?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/skennedy",
"hasAllInfo": true
}
}
},
{
"blockName": "kqed/post-list",
"attrs": {
"query": "posts?author=11935&authorName=Samantha Kennedy",
"title": "By Samantha Kennedy",
"layout": "cardArticle2",
"className": "wp-block--nomargintop",
"seeMore": true
}
}
]
}
},
"pfsSessionReducer": {},
"postsReducer": {
"stream_live": {
"type": "live",
"id": "stream_live",
"audioUrl": "https://streams.kqed.org/kqedradio",
"title": "Live Stream",
"excerpt": "Live Stream information currently unavailable.",
"link": "/radio",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "KQED Live",
"link": "/"
}
},
"stream_kqedNewscast": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "stream_kqedNewscast",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/newscast.mp3?_=1",
"title": "KQED Newscast",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "88.5 FM",
"link": "/"
}
},
"news_12105522": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_12105522",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12105522",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1792622037000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "san-franciscos-breakup-with-pge-could-cost-22-5-billion-utility-tells-state",
"title": "San Francisco’s Breakup With PG&E Could Cost $22.5 Billion, Utility Tells State",
"publishDate": 1792622037,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "San Francisco’s Breakup With PG&E Could Cost $22.5 Billion, Utility Tells State | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A government takeover of PG&E’s grid in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> comes with a whopping $22.5 billion price tag, the company told state regulators on Tuesday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PG&E said in testimony to the California Public Utilities Commission, which determines the value of the company’s assets, that the move to a government-run utility would incur costs of $13.9 billion for electric and property assets in the city, $7.6 billion in damages for business severance and $1 billion for physical separation severance. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The costs are significantly more than San Francisco’s earlier valuation of around $3.4 billion, which the company said only includes fair-market value of assets. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">City Attorney David Chiu said the company’s asking price is bold after the city experienced 40 large-scale blackouts — roughly one a week — since a huge outage \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068177/pge-outage-leaves-130000-across-san-francisco-without-power\">hit more than 100,000 residents\u003c/a> last December.\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. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“A utility with a financial interest in protecting its monopoly doesn’t have the last word on what its assets are worth. There’s a process to determine the true cost,” Chiu said. “We look forward to learning more through the CPUC’s valuation process on this absurdly inflated number.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Separately, city officials have called on state regulators to investigate the company for the blackouts that have plagued residents, along with a litany of other issues, including recent fires caused by PG&E equipment and delayed infrastructure projects. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials have long explored the possibility of cutting the cord with the utility giant, submitting a valuation petition to state regulators back in July 2021 to initiate the process of determining the value of the company’s assets. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, who authored legislation that would help the city break with PG&E, said in a statement that the estimate is an attempt to rip off customers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“PG&E’s credibility with the public was already low, but this absurd estimate — which appears to demand taxpayers foot the bill for billions of dollars in made-up business expenses — managed to reach a new low,” Wiener said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan said officials were expecting a hefty estimate from the company. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“For them to come in to declare an evaluation of over $20 billion for this infrastructure brings up a lot of questions about how they’ve been maintaining it, and the true value of the system,” Chan said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nancy Hayden Crowley, a spokesperson for the SFPUC, said the commission is still reviewing the utility’s filings, but noted that the company’s entire system is worth $60 billion — “about 5% of PG&E’s electricity system demand,” she wrote in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We’ve gone to the state utility regulator to get an impartial assessment of what the assets San Francisco wants to buy are really worth,” Hayden Crowley said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PG&E said the city “significantly undervalues” the company’s assets, assigning no value to 2,000 real estate interests in the city. In addition, the underground distribution system in the city has higher construction costs that PG&E said the city failed to include. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Blue trucks with 'pg and e' logo on them sit parked in a lot with the white and black blurry pattern of a fence in the foreground\" class=\"wp-image-11943199\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PG&E trucks sit inside a Mission District facility owned by the utility. (Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“A government takeover of our grid is not the right solution for our San Francisco customers,” PG&E Corporation CEO Patti Poppe said in a statement. “We have decades of specialized expertise operating San Francisco’s complex electric system. And now our filing shows that a takeover doesn’t make financial sense for customers.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked about PG&E’s claim about the city not including certain costs in its valuation, Chiu said they were still reviewing the filings, but that “their explanations don’t make sense.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wiener said the company is not entitled to separation severance, and called the request “unprecedented.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Wara, a senior researcher at the Stanford Woods Center for the Environment, said both valuations are missing costs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PG&E’s customer service arm that deals with billing and managing meters is not something San Francisco has set up, and is “an expensive system” the city would have to recreate. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“All of this has to happen at a cost that is lower than the current PG&E cost to provide service to San Francisco,” Wara said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The true cost of the transition, he said, is probably somewhere in the middle. PG&E’s estimate is likely the ceiling. \u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“But the challenge [for officials] is that if you go much above $3.4 billion as the purchase price, you’re no longer saving money for San Franciscans,” Wara said. “Because the city would have to come up with $3.4 billion.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CPUC previously \u003ca href=\"https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M571/K129/571129240.PDF\">expected\u003c/a> to make a final decision on the asset values in 2027, but proceedings are likely to take longer than that. \u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>A government takeover of PG&E’s grid in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> comes with a whopping $22.5 billion price tag, the company told state regulators on Tuesday. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>A government takeover of PG&E’s grid in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> comes with a whopping $22.5 billion price tag, the company told state regulators on Tuesday. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>PG&E said in testimony to the California Public Utilities Commission, which determines the value of the company’s assets, that the move to a government-run utility would incur costs of $13.9 billion for electric and property assets in the city, $7.6 billion in damages for business severance and $1 billion for physical separation severance. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>PG&E said in testimony to the California Public Utilities Commission, which determines the value of the company’s assets, that the move to a government-run utility would incur costs of $13.9 billion for electric and property assets in the city, $7.6 billion in damages for business severance and $1 billion for physical separation severance. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The costs are significantly more than San Francisco’s earlier valuation of around $3.4 billion, which the company said only includes fair-market value of assets. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The costs are significantly more than San Francisco’s earlier valuation of around $3.4 billion, which the company said only includes fair-market value of assets. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>City Attorney David Chiu said the company’s asking price is bold after the city experienced 40 large-scale blackouts — roughly one a week — since a huge outage \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068177/pge-outage-leaves-130000-across-san-francisco-without-power\">hit more than 100,000 residents\u003c/a> last December.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>City Attorney David Chiu said the company’s asking price is bold after the city experienced 40 large-scale blackouts — roughly one a week — since a huge outage \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068177/pge-outage-leaves-130000-across-san-francisco-without-power\">hit more than 100,000 residents\u003c/a> last December.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12100986,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"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": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)",
"isDecorative": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg 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=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">City Attorney David Chiu speaks at a press conference at City Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 22, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260922-TruthSocialSuit-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12100986\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">City Attorney David Chiu speaks at a press conference at City Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 22, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“A utility with a financial interest in protecting its monopoly doesn’t have the last word on what its assets are worth. There’s a process to determine the true cost,” Chiu said. “We look forward to learning more through the CPUC’s valuation process on this absurdly inflated number.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“A utility with a financial interest in protecting its monopoly doesn’t have the last word on what its assets are worth. There’s a process to determine the true cost,” Chiu said. “We look forward to learning more through the CPUC’s valuation process on this absurdly inflated number.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Separately, city officials have called on state regulators to investigate the company for the blackouts that have plagued residents, along with a litany of other issues, including recent fires caused by PG&E equipment and delayed infrastructure projects. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Separately, city officials have called on state regulators to investigate the company for the blackouts that have plagued residents, along with a litany of other issues, including recent fires caused by PG&E equipment and delayed infrastructure projects. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Officials have long explored the possibility of cutting the cord with the utility giant, submitting a valuation petition to state regulators back in July 2021 to initiate the process of determining the value of the company’s assets. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Officials have long explored the possibility of cutting the cord with the utility giant, submitting a valuation petition to state regulators back in July 2021 to initiate the process of determining the value of the company’s assets. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "kqed-v2/related-articles",
"attrs": {
"postIds": [
"news_12081882"
],
"label": "Related Articles",
"maxPosts": 1,
"showImages": false,
"heroImage": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260608-PGEBREAKUPPRICING-06-BL-KQED.jpg",
"query": "",
"labelWasCleared": false,
"heroImageAlt": "",
"heroImageLink": "",
"labelLink": "",
"alignment": "right",
"target": "_self",
"manualLinks": [],
"posts": []
},
"innerHTML": "",
"innerContent": [],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, who authored legislation that would help the city break with PG&E, said in a statement that the estimate is an attempt to rip off customers. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, who authored legislation that would help the city break with PG&E, said in a statement that the estimate is an attempt to rip off customers. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“PG&E’s credibility with the public was already low, but this absurd estimate — which appears to demand taxpayers foot the bill for billions of dollars in made-up business expenses — managed to reach a new low,” Wiener said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“PG&E’s credibility with the public was already low, but this absurd estimate — which appears to demand taxpayers foot the bill for billions of dollars in made-up business expenses — managed to reach a new low,” Wiener said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan said officials were expecting a hefty estimate from the company. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan said officials were expecting a hefty estimate from the company. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“For them to come in to declare an evaluation of over $20 billion for this infrastructure brings up a lot of questions about how they’ve been maintaining it, and the true value of the system,” Chan said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“For them to come in to declare an evaluation of over $20 billion for this infrastructure brings up a lot of questions about how they’ve been maintaining it, and the true value of the system,” Chan said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Nancy Hayden Crowley, a spokesperson for the SFPUC, said the commission is still reviewing the utility’s filings, but noted that the company’s entire system is worth $60 billion — “about 5% of PG&E’s electricity system demand,” she wrote in a statement. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Nancy Hayden Crowley, a spokesperson for the SFPUC, said the commission is still reviewing the utility’s filings, but noted that the company’s entire system is worth $60 billion — “about 5% of PG&E’s electricity system demand,” she wrote in a statement. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“We’ve gone to the state utility regulator to get an impartial assessment of what the assets San Francisco wants to buy are really worth,” Hayden Crowley said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“We’ve gone to the state utility regulator to get an impartial assessment of what the assets San Francisco wants to buy are really worth,” Hayden Crowley said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>PG&E said the city “significantly undervalues” the company’s assets, assigning no value to 2,000 real estate interests in the city. In addition, the underground distribution system in the city has higher construction costs that PG&E said the city failed to include. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>PG&E said the city “significantly undervalues” the company’s assets, assigning no value to 2,000 real estate interests in the city. In addition, the underground distribution system in the city has higher construction costs that PG&E said the city failed to include. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 11943199,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "Blue trucks with 'pg and e' logo on them sit parked in a lot with the white and black blurry pattern of a fence in the foreground",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)",
"isDecorative": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Blue trucks with 'pg and e' logo on them sit parked in a lot with the white and black blurry pattern of a fence in the foreground\" class=\"wp-image-11943199\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PG&E trucks sit inside a Mission District facility owned by the utility.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Blue trucks with 'pg and e' logo on them sit parked in a lot with the white and black blurry pattern of a fence in the foreground\" class=\"wp-image-11943199\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PG&E trucks sit inside a Mission District facility owned by the utility.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“A government takeover of our grid is not the right solution for our San Francisco customers,” PG&E Corporation CEO Patti Poppe said in a statement. “We have decades of specialized expertise operating San Francisco’s complex electric system. And now our filing shows that a takeover doesn’t make financial sense for customers.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“A government takeover of our grid is not the right solution for our San Francisco customers,” PG&E Corporation CEO Patti Poppe said in a statement. “We have decades of specialized expertise operating San Francisco’s complex electric system. And now our filing shows that a takeover doesn’t make financial sense for customers.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>When asked about PG&E’s claim about the city not including certain costs in its valuation, Chiu said they were still reviewing the filings, but that “their explanations don’t make sense.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>When asked about PG&E’s claim about the city not including certain costs in its valuation, Chiu said they were still reviewing the filings, but that “their explanations don’t make sense.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Wiener said the company is not entitled to separation severance, and called the request “unprecedented.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Wiener said the company is not entitled to separation severance, and called the request “unprecedented.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "kqed-v2/related-articles",
"attrs": {
"postIds": [
"news_12104352"
],
"label": "Related Articles",
"maxPosts": 1,
"showImages": false,
"heroImage": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/PGEGetty-1536x1024.jpg",
"query": "",
"labelWasCleared": false,
"heroImageAlt": "",
"heroImageLink": "",
"labelLink": "",
"alignment": "right",
"target": "_self",
"manualLinks": [],
"posts": []
},
"innerHTML": "",
"innerContent": [],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Michael Wara, a senior researcher at the Stanford Woods Center for the Environment, said both valuations are missing costs. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Michael Wara, a senior researcher at the Stanford Woods Center for the Environment, said both valuations are missing costs. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>PG&E’s customer service arm that deals with billing and managing meters is not something San Francisco has set up, and is “an expensive system” the city would have to recreate. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>PG&E’s customer service arm that deals with billing and managing meters is not something San Francisco has set up, and is “an expensive system” the city would have to recreate. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“All of this has to happen at a cost that is lower than the current PG&E cost to provide service to San Francisco,” Wara said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“All of this has to happen at a cost that is lower than the current PG&E cost to provide service to San Francisco,” Wara said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/group",
"attrs": {
"layout": {
"type": "flex",
"flexWrap": "nowrap"
},
"tagName": "div"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-group\">\u003c/div>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-group\">",
null,
"\u003c/div>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The true cost of the transition, he said, is probably somewhere in the middle. PG&E’s estimate is likely the ceiling. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The true cost of the transition, he said, is probably somewhere in the middle. PG&E’s estimate is likely the ceiling. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
}
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“But the challenge [for officials] is that if you go much above $3.4 billion as the purchase price, you’re no longer saving money for San Franciscans,” Wara said. “Because the city would have to come up with $3.4 billion.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“But the challenge [for officials] is that if you go much above $3.4 billion as the purchase price, you’re no longer saving money for San Franciscans,” Wara said. “Because the city would have to come up with $3.4 billion.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>CPUC previously \u003ca href=\"https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M571/K129/571129240.PDF\">expected\u003c/a> to make a final decision on the asset values in 2027, but proceedings are likely to take longer than that. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>CPUC previously \u003ca href=\"https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M571/K129/571129240.PDF\">expected\u003c/a> to make a final decision on the asset values in 2027, but proceedings are likely to take longer than that. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
}
],
"excerpt": "PG&E told the California Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday that a takeover would incur billions in separation and severance costs.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1792626352,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 0,
"wordCount": 856
},
"headData": {
"title": "San Francisco’s Breakup With PG&E Could Cost $22.5 Billion, Utility Tells State | KQED",
"description": "PG&E told the California Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday that a takeover would incur billions in separation and severance costs.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "San Francisco’s Breakup With PG&E Could Cost $22.5 Billion, Utility Tells State",
"datePublished": "2026-10-21T15:33:57-07:00",
"dateModified": "2026-10-21T16:45:52-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"primaryCategory": {
"termId": 28250,
"slug": "local",
"name": "Local"
},
"sticky": false,
"nprStoryId": "kqed-12105522",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"excludeFromSiteSearch": "Include",
"articleAge": "0",
"path": "/news/12105522/san-franciscos-breakup-with-pge-could-cost-22-5-billion-utility-tells-state",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A government takeover of PG&E’s grid in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> comes with a whopping $22.5 billion price tag, the company told state regulators on Tuesday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PG&E said in testimony to the California Public Utilities Commission, which determines the value of the company’s assets, that the move to a government-run utility would incur costs of $13.9 billion for electric and property assets in the city, $7.6 billion in damages for business severance and $1 billion for physical separation severance. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The costs are significantly more than San Francisco’s earlier valuation of around $3.4 billion, which the company said only includes fair-market value of assets. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">City Attorney David Chiu said the company’s asking price is bold after the city experienced 40 large-scale blackouts — roughly one a week — since a huge outage \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068177/pge-outage-leaves-130000-across-san-francisco-without-power\">hit more than 100,000 residents\u003c/a> last December.\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. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“A utility with a financial interest in protecting its monopoly doesn’t have the last word on what its assets are worth. There’s a process to determine the true cost,” Chiu said. “We look forward to learning more through the CPUC’s valuation process on this absurdly inflated number.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Separately, city officials have called on state regulators to investigate the company for the blackouts that have plagued residents, along with a litany of other issues, including recent fires caused by PG&E equipment and delayed infrastructure projects. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials have long explored the possibility of cutting the cord with the utility giant, submitting a valuation petition to state regulators back in July 2021 to initiate the process of determining the value of the company’s assets. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, who authored legislation that would help the city break with PG&E, said in a statement that the estimate is an attempt to rip off customers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“PG&E’s credibility with the public was already low, but this absurd estimate — which appears to demand taxpayers foot the bill for billions of dollars in made-up business expenses — managed to reach a new low,” Wiener said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan said officials were expecting a hefty estimate from the company. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“For them to come in to declare an evaluation of over $20 billion for this infrastructure brings up a lot of questions about how they’ve been maintaining it, and the true value of the system,” Chan said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nancy Hayden Crowley, a spokesperson for the SFPUC, said the commission is still reviewing the utility’s filings, but noted that the company’s entire system is worth $60 billion — “about 5% of PG&E’s electricity system demand,” she wrote in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We’ve gone to the state utility regulator to get an impartial assessment of what the assets San Francisco wants to buy are really worth,” Hayden Crowley said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PG&E said the city “significantly undervalues” the company’s assets, assigning no value to 2,000 real estate interests in the city. In addition, the underground distribution system in the city has higher construction costs that PG&E said the city failed to include. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Blue trucks with 'pg and e' logo on them sit parked in a lot with the white and black blurry pattern of a fence in the foreground\" class=\"wp-image-11943199\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PG&E trucks sit inside a Mission District facility owned by the utility. (Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“A government takeover of our grid is not the right solution for our San Francisco customers,” PG&E Corporation CEO Patti Poppe said in a statement. “We have decades of specialized expertise operating San Francisco’s complex electric system. And now our filing shows that a takeover doesn’t make financial sense for customers.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked about PG&E’s claim about the city not including certain costs in its valuation, Chiu said they were still reviewing the filings, but that “their explanations don’t make sense.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wiener said the company is not entitled to separation severance, and called the request “unprecedented.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Wara, a senior researcher at the Stanford Woods Center for the Environment, said both valuations are missing costs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PG&E’s customer service arm that deals with billing and managing meters is not something San Francisco has set up, and is “an expensive system” the city would have to recreate. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“All of this has to happen at a cost that is lower than the current PG&E cost to provide service to San Francisco,” Wara said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The true cost of the transition, he said, is probably somewhere in the middle. PG&E’s estimate is likely the ceiling. \u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“But the challenge [for officials] is that if you go much above $3.4 billion as the purchase price, you’re no longer saving money for San Franciscans,” Wara said. “Because the city would have to come up with $3.4 billion.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CPUC previously \u003ca href=\"https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M571/K129/571129240.PDF\">expected\u003c/a> to make a final decision on the asset values in 2027, but proceedings are likely to take longer than that. \u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/12105522/san-franciscos-breakup-with-pge-could-cost-22-5-billion-utility-tells-state",
"authors": [
"11935"
],
"categories": [
"news_31795",
"news_28250",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_1386",
"news_18538",
"news_1066",
"news_36137",
"news_167",
"news_21973",
"news_140",
"news_38",
"news_1217"
],
"featImg": "news_12105656",
"label": "news"
},
"news_12105049": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_12105049",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12105049",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1792365382000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "city-activists-honor-black-panther-partys-60th-anniversary",
"title": "City, Activists Honor Black Panther Party’s 60th Anniversary",
"publishDate": 1792365382,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "City, Activists Honor Black Panther Party’s 60th Anniversary | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> city leaders and activists are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Black Panther Party with a commemoratively renamed street downtown and a host of events. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The party started in Oakland in 1966 as a group that patrolled the streets for police brutality. It soon expanded to offer community support programs such as free groceries, free breakfast (which \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/post/celebrating-the-black-panther-party-free-breakfast-for-school-children-program/\">pressured\u003c/a> the government to establish a similar program), health clinics and educational programming. It was an important part of the civil rights movement and had a lasting impact on rights for Black Americans.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The city of Oakland on Saturday commemorated Broadway between 14th and 17th streets as Black Panther Boulevard, adding to its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13982568/bobby-seale-way-street-renaming-black-panthers-oakland\">sites named after prominent party leaders\u003c/a>. The Oakland City Council this month voted unanimously to approve the name change. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s monumental because we’re not doing this on the periphery of Oakland,” said Xavier Buck, executive director of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, about the street renaming. “We’re doing it in the center, because we are making a statement that Oakland and the Black Panther Party are synonymous.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1343\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105055\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb-1536x1031.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Black Panthers march in protest of the trial of co-founder Huey P. Newton in Oakland, California. (Bettman/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation and the It’s About Time BPP have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13994388/hblack-panther-party-60th-anniversary-events-oakland\">hosting a lineup of events this week\u003c/a> to honor the anniversary, including a gala and workshops. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Billy X Jennings, now the group’s historian, remembers when he joined in 1968. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It was a glorious time for the city of Oakland and for America. It was a time of growth and development,” Jennings said. “The Black culture was rising to the top.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The group operated under a ten-point platform that called for freedom and individual demands like employment and housing for Black and other communities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rori Abernethy, the daughter of former Black Panther members, was at an event at Bobby Hutton Park in West Oakland on Sunday, a site where Panthers held rallies decades ago. She said growing up with the organization was like having “a giant family.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When we left the party, I missed the adults that cared for me,” said Abernethy, now in her 50s. “Then when I got to see them at the reunions, I was so happy.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/IMG_0010-e1792364350575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10866949\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Billy X Jennings, a former Black Panther Party member, in 2016. He collected a treasure trove of archival materials about the Panthers in his Sacramento home. (Courtesy of Joshua Johnson)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even though the party officially disbanded in 1982, activists, former Panthers and their families still take it upon themselves to continue to support the Black community. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Buck told KQED that in part means putting power into the community’s hands so they can guide Oakland’s future. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We got a lot of people with money coming in here trying to tell us what they want to do with it,” Buck said. Pointing to the dozens of social programs the group developed, “This is giving the people that blueprint. Not so we can be the Panthers of ‘66, but so we could be the revolution.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Young people are inspired to continue the Panthers’ legacy, Buck said, because of the conditions they are living in. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Trump administration and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/nyregion/nyc-ice-shooting-oscar-belgal.html\">shooting \u003c/a>by federal immigration agents in New York — adding to the number of ICE-related shootings and incidents that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082395/san-francisco-condemns-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-actions-at-sfo-airport\">have drawn criticism\u003c/a> — are among those conditions, he said, stressing the importance of transferring the group’s knowledge to youth. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Elmer Dixon, co-founder of Seattle’s chapter of the Black Panther Party and chair of the Seattle Black Panther Party Legacy Group, attended the renaming of the downtown Oakland blocks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Dixon said one of the biggest challenges facing the principles the group sought out and stood for is misinformation from social media and the government. He took aim at President Trump in particular. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“He lies every day when he gets in front of the camera, and a lot of people fall for that,” Dixon said. “It’s about making sure that you get correct information and making sure you’re diligent and making sure to follow up on sources of information that you’re getting.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Jennings said federal cuts to health care and instances of homelessness, for example, show the group’s legacy is still relevant.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Work is not done,” Jennings said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Huey P Newton Foundation is already doing some work for the community, Buck said. Headquartered in Oakland, it operates the Black Panther Party Museum, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.blackpantherpartymuseum.org/\">aims\u003c/a> to preserve “the true legacy and ideals of the Black Panther Party.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Abernethy said that people who are organizing in Oakland should look to replicate how the Black Panthers operated by being “fearless” and “meticulous.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/calam\">\u003cem>Christopher Alam\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/swhitney\">\u003cem>Spencer Whitney\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> city leaders and activists are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Black Panther Party with a commemoratively renamed street downtown and a host of events. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> city leaders and activists are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Black Panther Party with a commemoratively renamed street downtown and a host of events. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The party started in Oakland in 1966 as a group that patrolled the streets for police brutality. It soon expanded to offer community support programs such as free groceries, free breakfast (which \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/post/celebrating-the-black-panther-party-free-breakfast-for-school-children-program/\">pressured\u003c/a> the government to establish a similar program), health clinics and educational programming. It was an important part of the civil rights movement and had a lasting impact on rights for Black Americans.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The party started in Oakland in 1966 as a group that patrolled the streets for police brutality. It soon expanded to offer community support programs such as free groceries, free breakfast (which \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/post/celebrating-the-black-panther-party-free-breakfast-for-school-children-program/\">pressured\u003c/a> the government to establish a similar program), health clinics and educational programming. It was an important part of the civil rights movement and had a lasting impact on rights for Black Americans.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The city of Oakland on Saturday commemorated Broadway between 14th and 17th streets as Black Panther Boulevard, adding to its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13982568/bobby-seale-way-street-renaming-black-panthers-oakland\">sites named after prominent party leaders\u003c/a>. The Oakland City Council this month voted unanimously to approve the name change. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The city of Oakland on Saturday commemorated Broadway between 14th and 17th streets as Black Panther Boulevard, adding to its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13982568/bobby-seale-way-street-renaming-black-panthers-oakland\">sites named after prominent party leaders\u003c/a>. The Oakland City Council this month voted unanimously to approve the name change. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“It’s monumental because we’re not doing this on the periphery of Oakland,” said Xavier Buck, executive director of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, about the street renaming. “We’re doing it in the center, because we are making a statement that Oakland and the Black Panther Party are synonymous.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“It’s monumental because we’re not doing this on the periphery of Oakland,” said Xavier Buck, executive director of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, about the street renaming. “We’re doing it in the center, because we are making a statement that Oakland and the Black Panther Party are synonymous.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12105055,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb-1536x1031.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105055\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb-1536x1031.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Black Panthers march in protest of the trial of co-founder Huey P. Newton in Oakland, California.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Bettman/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105055\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Black Panthers march in protest of the trial of co-founder Huey P. Newton in Oakland, California.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Bettman/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation and the It’s About Time BPP have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13994388/hblack-panther-party-60th-anniversary-events-oakland\">hosting a lineup of events this week\u003c/a> to honor the anniversary, including a gala and workshops. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation and the It’s About Time BPP have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13994388/hblack-panther-party-60th-anniversary-events-oakland\">hosting a lineup of events this week\u003c/a> to honor the anniversary, including a gala and workshops. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Billy X Jennings, now the group’s historian, remembers when he joined in 1968. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Billy X Jennings, now the group’s historian, remembers when he joined in 1968. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“It was a glorious time for the city of Oakland and for America. It was a time of growth and development,” Jennings said. “The Black culture was rising to the top.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“It was a glorious time for the city of Oakland and for America. It was a time of growth and development,” Jennings said. “The Black culture was rising to the top.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The group operated under a ten-point platform that called for freedom and individual demands like employment and housing for Black and other communities. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The group operated under a ten-point platform that called for freedom and individual demands like employment and housing for Black and other communities. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Rori Abernethy, the daughter of former Black Panther members, was at an event at Bobby Hutton Park in West Oakland on Sunday, a site where Panthers held rallies decades ago. She said growing up with the organization was like having “a giant family.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Rori Abernethy, the daughter of former Black Panther members, was at an event at Bobby Hutton Park in West Oakland on Sunday, a site where Panthers held rallies decades ago. She said growing up with the organization was like having “a giant family.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“When we left the party, I missed the adults that cared for me,” said Abernethy, now in her 50s. “Then when I got to see them at the reunions, I was so happy.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“When we left the party, I missed the adults that cared for me,” said Abernethy, now in her 50s. “Then when I got to see them at the reunions, I was so happy.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 10866949,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/IMG_0010-e1792364350575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10866949\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Billy X Jennings, a former Black Panther Party member, in 2016. He collected a treasure trove of archival materials about the Panthers in his Sacramento home. \u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Courtesy of Joshua Johnson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/IMG_0010-e1792364350575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10866949\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Billy X Jennings, a former Black Panther Party member, in 2016. He collected a treasure trove of archival materials about the Panthers in his Sacramento home. \u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Courtesy of Joshua Johnson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Even though the party officially disbanded in 1982, activists, former Panthers and their families still take it upon themselves to continue to support the Black community. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Even though the party officially disbanded in 1982, activists, former Panthers and their families still take it upon themselves to continue to support the Black community. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Buck told KQED that in part means putting power into the community’s hands so they can guide Oakland’s future. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Buck told KQED that in part means putting power into the community’s hands so they can guide Oakland’s future. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“We got a lot of people with money coming in here trying to tell us what they want to do with it,” Buck said. Pointing to the dozens of social programs the group developed, “This is giving the people that blueprint. Not so we can be the Panthers of ‘66, but so we could be the revolution.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“We got a lot of people with money coming in here trying to tell us what they want to do with it,” Buck said. Pointing to the dozens of social programs the group developed, “This is giving the people that blueprint. Not so we can be the Panthers of ‘66, but so we could be the revolution.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Young people are inspired to continue the Panthers’ legacy, Buck said, because of the conditions they are living in. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Young people are inspired to continue the Panthers’ legacy, Buck said, because of the conditions they are living in. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The Trump administration and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/nyregion/nyc-ice-shooting-oscar-belgal.html\">shooting \u003c/a>by federal immigration agents in New York — adding to the number of ICE-related shootings and incidents that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082395/san-francisco-condemns-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-actions-at-sfo-airport\">have drawn criticism\u003c/a> — are among those conditions, he said, stressing the importance of transferring the group’s knowledge to youth. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The Trump administration and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/nyregion/nyc-ice-shooting-oscar-belgal.html\">shooting \u003c/a>by federal immigration agents in New York — adding to the number of ICE-related shootings and incidents that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082395/san-francisco-condemns-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-actions-at-sfo-airport\">have drawn criticism\u003c/a> — are among those conditions, he said, stressing the importance of transferring the group’s knowledge to youth. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "kqed-v2/related-articles",
"attrs": {
"postIds": [
"news_11944699"
],
"label": "Related Articles",
"maxPosts": 1,
"showImages": false,
"heroImage": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_5241-1.jpg",
"query": "",
"labelWasCleared": false,
"heroImageAlt": "",
"heroImageLink": "",
"labelLink": "",
"alignment": "right",
"target": "_self",
"manualLinks": [],
"posts": []
},
"innerHTML": "",
"innerContent": [],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Elmer Dixon, co-founder of Seattle’s chapter of the Black Panther Party and chair of the Seattle Black Panther Party Legacy Group, attended the renaming of the downtown Oakland blocks. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Elmer Dixon, co-founder of Seattle’s chapter of the Black Panther Party and chair of the Seattle Black Panther Party Legacy Group, attended the renaming of the downtown Oakland blocks. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Dixon said one of the biggest challenges facing the principles the group sought out and stood for is misinformation from social media and the government. He took aim at President Trump in particular. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Dixon said one of the biggest challenges facing the principles the group sought out and stood for is misinformation from social media and the government. He took aim at President Trump in particular. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“He lies every day when he gets in front of the camera, and a lot of people fall for that,” Dixon said. “It’s about making sure that you get correct information and making sure you’re diligent and making sure to follow up on sources of information that you’re getting.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“He lies every day when he gets in front of the camera, and a lot of people fall for that,” Dixon said. “It’s about making sure that you get correct information and making sure you’re diligent and making sure to follow up on sources of information that you’re getting.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Jennings said federal cuts to health care and instances of homelessness, for example, show the group’s legacy is still relevant.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Jennings said federal cuts to health care and instances of homelessness, for example, show the group’s legacy is still relevant.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“Work is not done,” Jennings said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“Work is not done,” Jennings said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The Huey P Newton Foundation is already doing some work for the community, Buck said. Headquartered in Oakland, it operates the Black Panther Party Museum, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.blackpantherpartymuseum.org/\">aims\u003c/a> to preserve “the true legacy and ideals of the Black Panther Party.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The Huey P Newton Foundation is already doing some work for the community, Buck said. Headquartered in Oakland, it operates the Black Panther Party Museum, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.blackpantherpartymuseum.org/\">aims\u003c/a> to preserve “the true legacy and ideals of the Black Panther Party.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Abernethy said that people who are organizing in Oakland should look to replicate how the Black Panthers operated by being “fearless” and “meticulous.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Abernethy said that people who are organizing in Oakland should look to replicate how the Black Panthers operated by being “fearless” and “meticulous.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/calam\">\u003cem>Christopher Alam\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/swhitney\">\u003cem>Spencer Whitney\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/calam\">\u003cem>Christopher Alam\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/swhitney\">\u003cem>Spencer Whitney\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
}
],
"excerpt": "Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale co-founded the organization in the East Bay city to support Black residents. It’s still relevant today, activists say.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1792434344,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 23,
"wordCount": 813
},
"headData": {
"title": "City, Activists Honor Black Panther Party’s 60th Anniversary | KQED",
"description": "Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale co-founded the organization in the East Bay city to support Black residents. It’s still relevant today, activists say.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "City, Activists Honor Black Panther Party’s 60th Anniversary",
"datePublished": "2026-10-18T16:16:22-07:00",
"dateModified": "2026-10-19T11:25:44-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"primaryCategory": {
"termId": 31795,
"slug": "california",
"name": "California"
},
"sticky": false,
"nprStoryId": "kqed-12105049",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"excludeFromSiteSearch": "Include",
"articleAge": "0",
"path": "/news/12105049/city-activists-honor-black-panther-partys-60th-anniversary",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> city leaders and activists are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Black Panther Party with a commemoratively renamed street downtown and a host of events. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The party started in Oakland in 1966 as a group that patrolled the streets for police brutality. It soon expanded to offer community support programs such as free groceries, free breakfast (which \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/post/celebrating-the-black-panther-party-free-breakfast-for-school-children-program/\">pressured\u003c/a> the government to establish a similar program), health clinics and educational programming. It was an important part of the civil rights movement and had a lasting impact on rights for Black Americans.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The city of Oakland on Saturday commemorated Broadway between 14th and 17th streets as Black Panther Boulevard, adding to its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13982568/bobby-seale-way-street-renaming-black-panthers-oakland\">sites named after prominent party leaders\u003c/a>. The Oakland City Council this month voted unanimously to approve the name change. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s monumental because we’re not doing this on the periphery of Oakland,” said Xavier Buck, executive director of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, about the street renaming. “We’re doing it in the center, because we are making a statement that Oakland and the Black Panther Party are synonymous.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1343\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105055\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-514079888-7bb18dfb-1536x1031.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Black Panthers march in protest of the trial of co-founder Huey P. Newton in Oakland, California. (Bettman/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation and the It’s About Time BPP have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13994388/hblack-panther-party-60th-anniversary-events-oakland\">hosting a lineup of events this week\u003c/a> to honor the anniversary, including a gala and workshops. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Billy X Jennings, now the group’s historian, remembers when he joined in 1968. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It was a glorious time for the city of Oakland and for America. It was a time of growth and development,” Jennings said. “The Black culture was rising to the top.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The group operated under a ten-point platform that called for freedom and individual demands like employment and housing for Black and other communities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rori Abernethy, the daughter of former Black Panther members, was at an event at Bobby Hutton Park in West Oakland on Sunday, a site where Panthers held rallies decades ago. She said growing up with the organization was like having “a giant family.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When we left the party, I missed the adults that cared for me,” said Abernethy, now in her 50s. “Then when I got to see them at the reunions, I was so happy.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/IMG_0010-e1792364350575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10866949\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Billy X Jennings, a former Black Panther Party member, in 2016. He collected a treasure trove of archival materials about the Panthers in his Sacramento home. (Courtesy of Joshua Johnson)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even though the party officially disbanded in 1982, activists, former Panthers and their families still take it upon themselves to continue to support the Black community. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Buck told KQED that in part means putting power into the community’s hands so they can guide Oakland’s future. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We got a lot of people with money coming in here trying to tell us what they want to do with it,” Buck said. Pointing to the dozens of social programs the group developed, “This is giving the people that blueprint. Not so we can be the Panthers of ‘66, but so we could be the revolution.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Young people are inspired to continue the Panthers’ legacy, Buck said, because of the conditions they are living in. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Trump administration and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/nyregion/nyc-ice-shooting-oscar-belgal.html\">shooting \u003c/a>by federal immigration agents in New York — adding to the number of ICE-related shootings and incidents that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082395/san-francisco-condemns-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-actions-at-sfo-airport\">have drawn criticism\u003c/a> — are among those conditions, he said, stressing the importance of transferring the group’s knowledge to youth. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Elmer Dixon, co-founder of Seattle’s chapter of the Black Panther Party and chair of the Seattle Black Panther Party Legacy Group, attended the renaming of the downtown Oakland blocks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Dixon said one of the biggest challenges facing the principles the group sought out and stood for is misinformation from social media and the government. He took aim at President Trump in particular. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“He lies every day when he gets in front of the camera, and a lot of people fall for that,” Dixon said. “It’s about making sure that you get correct information and making sure you’re diligent and making sure to follow up on sources of information that you’re getting.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Jennings said federal cuts to health care and instances of homelessness, for example, show the group’s legacy is still relevant.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Work is not done,” Jennings said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Huey P Newton Foundation is already doing some work for the community, Buck said. Headquartered in Oakland, it operates the Black Panther Party Museum, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.blackpantherpartymuseum.org/\">aims\u003c/a> to preserve “the true legacy and ideals of the Black Panther Party.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Abernethy said that people who are organizing in Oakland should look to replicate how the Black Panthers operated by being “fearless” and “meticulous.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/calam\">\u003cem>Christopher Alam\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/swhitney\">\u003cem>Spencer Whitney\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/12105049/city-activists-honor-black-panther-partys-60th-anniversary",
"authors": [
"11935"
],
"categories": [
"news_31795",
"news_28250",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_22591",
"news_22590",
"news_19129",
"news_27626",
"news_17996"
],
"featImg": "news_12105053",
"label": "news"
},
"news_12104970": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_12104970",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12104970",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1792262304000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "valkyries-host-game-1-of-wnba-finals",
"title": "Valkyries Take WNBA Finals Game 1",
"publishDate": 1792262304,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "Valkyries Take WNBA Finals Game 1 | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\n\u003cp>It’s another first for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/golden-state-valkyries\">Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a> — the franchise’s first-ever WNBA Finals win. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The team took Game 1 of the best-of-seven series against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Valkyries channeled a lively Ballhalla crowd during the match, taking in yet another sold-out arena’s roars. The game was a close one, 68-64. The two teams went back and forth to take the lead until the last few minutes, when the Valkyries held on. \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/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105004\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We always know we’re gonna find a way somehow,” forward Gabby Williams told reporters after the game. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When asked how it felt to hear the crowd shout her name, Williams said it feels “like we’re not done yet.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Viveca Ycoy-Walton, who watched the game at Oakland’s Golden Ratio Bar, was feeling differently. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’m feeling freaking amazing,” Ycoy-Walton said. “This is a moment for the Bay right now.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 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=\"1333\" data-id=\"12105012\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-29-BL-f10d66f9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105012\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-29-BL-f10d66f9.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-29-BL-f10d66f9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-29-BL-f10d66f9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden State Valkyries celebrate their win against the Atlanta Dream during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\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=\"12105008\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-25-BL-5b245d1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105008\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-25-BL-5b245d1f.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-25-BL-5b245d1f-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-25-BL-5b245d1f-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden State Valkyries play the Atlanta Dream during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Atlanta and Golden State are both top-tier defending teams, and as they battled, the Valkyries seemed to miss some of the shots they would usually make. Williams wasn’t worried. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I feel the belief and the trust from my teammates and staff. That’s why those moments don’t maybe feel as heavy, because I know whatever happens, this team is just going to find a way,” Williams said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fans cheered throughout the game and erupted when the Valkyries got the win. Even before the match, they showed their love for the atmosphere in and out of the arena. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Alisha Ardiana, dressed in lavender coveralls, hair and a Valkyries bag outside of Chase Center, made fun of her wife last year for her interest in the team — only to find herself basking in the joy she said she was surrounded by. \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/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105001\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden State Valkyries play the Atlanta Dream during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Today is about lavender,” Ardiana said. “So much of what is important about this event is that everyone gets to be a shiny 12-year-old version of themselves.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Carol Rossi’s journey to being a fan was a little different — she was a founding season ticket holder. She said she thought fans would mostly be other lesbians, but found that families, dads and people of all cultures were always around. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We like to say, ‘This is what our country would be like if Kamala [Harris] had been elected president,’” Rossi said. “Everyone’s welcome and we get along.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 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=\"1333\" data-id=\"12105000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-17-BL-eb68ee9e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-17-BL-eb68ee9e.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-17-BL-eb68ee9e-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-17-BL-eb68ee9e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\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=\"12105007\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-24-BL-0d081d1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105007\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-24-BL-0d081d1a.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-24-BL-0d081d1a-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-24-BL-0d081d1a-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Season ticket holder Jessie Dotson said she’s been “all in” since experiencing the energy of the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I just love the game, I love the vibe. It’s just like a happy place,” Dotson said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Valkyries will be adding to their list of historic firsts if they win the series. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They’re only in their second season. Despite being the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, they were counted out by some in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103702/golden-state-valkyries-advance-to-wnba-finals-after-sweeping-las-vegas-aces\">semifinals against the Las Vegas Aces, who they swept\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 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=\"1333\" data-id=\"12104979\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-10-BL-e1c6ec8d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104979\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-10-BL-e1c6ec8d.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-10-BL-e1c6ec8d-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-10-BL-e1c6ec8d-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alisha Ardiana stands outside Chase Center in San Francisco before the WNBA Finals game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\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=\"12104978\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-08-BL-2891b308.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104978\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-08-BL-2891b308.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-08-BL-2891b308-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-08-BL-2891b308-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alison Garvin (left) and Mallory Haggart cheer outside Chase Center in San Francisco before the WNBA Finals game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They’re no underdogs in the Finals, though. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Whether it’s thanks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeBIhTPNX8V/\">Ballhalla’s magic\u003c/a> or the undeniable strength of the team’s roster this year, ESPN predicted before Game 1 that the Valkyries had \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50182030/wnba-finals-2026-dream-valkyries-preview-predictions\">a 62.4% chance\u003c/a> of taking home the franchise’s first championship.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Dream, which swept the New York Liberty in its own semifinals series, hasn’t been to the finals since 2013, when they were swept (like they were the other two previous times the Dream reached the WNBA’s highest stage). But they have three All-Stars this year and are \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50190828/finals-ranking-best-players-playoffs\">leading\u003c/a> ESPN’s individual player playoff rankings.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the Valkyries’ first season, they clinched an expansion team’s first appearance in the playoffs after \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50162878/wnba-finals-2026-golden-state-valkyries-expansion-team\">achieving\u003c/a> the league’s second-best first-year winning percentage ever. They were swept in the first round, but clearly didn’t give up. \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/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104977\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans stand outside Chase Center in San Francisco before the WNBA Finals game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They’re the first professional women’s sports team \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/golden-state-valkyries-hit-record-100-million-annual-revenue-worlds-most-valuable-womens-sports-franchise-nearing-1-billion/19936590/\">to generate at least\u003c/a> $100 million in annual revenue — in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/48645552/valkyries-wnba-most-valuable-team-2nd-straight-year\">second year in a row, the Valks have posted\u003c/a> the highest value of any WNBA team. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ycoy-Walton said if they win, it will be “by design.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s no secret that at the second year of what they’ve built there in the organization, from the [general manager] all the way down to the coaches, even to the support staff, they built something really special here in Oakland even though they play in [San Francisco],” Ycoy-Walton said. “Oakland really has a big piece of the heart of the Valks.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>V Vasquez, a bartender at Golden Ratio, said at halftime that the Valkyries mean more for Oakland because of the departure of other professional sports teams like the former Oakland Raiders and the A’s. \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/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105017\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s a bummer to see them go,” Vasquez said. “A women’s basketball team, I feel like it’s bringing in a lot of people who maybe weren’t following the WNBA before.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Game 2 of the Finals is at Chase Center on Monday at 5 p.m., and Nakase is hoping fans bring even more energy. “Level up, right? We gotta go Game 2,” Nakase said after the game. “ It has to be better, we’re gonna ask more from our players, so I’d say … rest and recover, Ballhalla.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/calam\">\u003cem>Christopher Alam\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>It’s another first for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/golden-state-valkyries\">Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a> — the franchise’s first-ever WNBA Finals win. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>It’s another first for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/golden-state-valkyries\">Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a> — the franchise’s first-ever WNBA Finals win. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The team took Game 1 of the best-of-seven series against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The team took Game 1 of the best-of-seven series against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The Valkyries channeled a lively Ballhalla crowd during the match, taking in yet another sold-out arena’s roars. The game was a close one, 68-64. The two teams went back and forth to take the lead until the last few minutes, when the Valkyries held on. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The Valkyries channeled a lively Ballhalla crowd during the match, taking in yet another sold-out arena’s roars. The game was a close one, 68-64. The two teams went back and forth to take the lead until the last few minutes, when the Valkyries held on. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12105004,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105004\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105004\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“We always know we’re gonna find a way somehow,” forward Gabby Williams told reporters after the game. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“We always know we’re gonna find a way somehow,” forward Gabby Williams told reporters after the game. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>When asked how it felt to hear the crowd shout her name, Williams said it feels “like we’re not done yet.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>When asked how it felt to hear the crowd shout her name, Williams said it feels “like we’re not done yet.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Viveca Ycoy-Walton, who watched the game at Oakland’s Golden Ratio Bar, was feeling differently. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Viveca Ycoy-Walton, who watched the game at Oakland’s Golden Ratio Bar, was feeling differently. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“I’m feeling freaking amazing,” Ycoy-Walton said. “This is a moment for the Bay right now.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“I’m feeling freaking amazing,” Ycoy-Walton said. “This is a moment for the Bay right now.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/gallery",
"attrs": {
"linkTo": "none",
"images": [],
"ids": [],
"shortCodeTransforms": [],
"imageCrop": true,
"randomOrder": false,
"fixedHeight": true,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"allowResize": false,
"aspectRatio": "auto"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n\n\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">",
null,
"\n\n",
null,
"\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12105012,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-29-BL-f10d66f9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105012\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden State Valkyries celebrate their win against the Atlanta Dream during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-29-BL-f10d66f9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105012\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden State Valkyries celebrate their win against the Atlanta Dream during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12105008,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-25-BL-5b245d1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105008\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden State Valkyries play the Atlanta Dream during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-25-BL-5b245d1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105008\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden State Valkyries play the Atlanta Dream during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
}
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Atlanta and Golden State are both top-tier defending teams, and as they battled, the Valkyries seemed to miss some of the shots they would usually make. Williams wasn’t worried. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Atlanta and Golden State are both top-tier defending teams, and as they battled, the Valkyries seemed to miss some of the shots they would usually make. Williams wasn’t worried. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“I feel the belief and the trust from my teammates and staff. That’s why those moments don’t maybe feel as heavy, because I know whatever happens, this team is just going to find a way,” Williams said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“I feel the belief and the trust from my teammates and staff. That’s why those moments don’t maybe feel as heavy, because I know whatever happens, this team is just going to find a way,” Williams said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Fans cheered throughout the game and erupted when the Valkyries got the win. Even before the match, they showed their love for the atmosphere in and out of the arena. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Fans cheered throughout the game and erupted when the Valkyries got the win. Even before the match, they showed their love for the atmosphere in and out of the arena. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Alisha Ardiana, dressed in lavender coveralls, hair and a Valkyries bag outside of Chase Center, made fun of her wife last year for her interest in the team — only to find herself basking in the joy she said she was surrounded by. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Alisha Ardiana, dressed in lavender coveralls, hair and a Valkyries bag outside of Chase Center, made fun of her wife last year for her interest in the team — only to find herself basking in the joy she said she was surrounded by. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12105001,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105001\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden State Valkyries play the Atlanta Dream during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105001\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden State Valkyries play the Atlanta Dream during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“Today is about lavender,” Ardiana said. “So much of what is important about this event is that everyone gets to be a shiny 12-year-old version of themselves.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“Today is about lavender,” Ardiana said. “So much of what is important about this event is that everyone gets to be a shiny 12-year-old version of themselves.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Carol Rossi’s journey to being a fan was a little different — she was a founding season ticket holder. She said she thought fans would mostly be other lesbians, but found that families, dads and people of all cultures were always around. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Carol Rossi’s journey to being a fan was a little different — she was a founding season ticket holder. She said she thought fans would mostly be other lesbians, but found that families, dads and people of all cultures were always around. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“We like to say, ‘This is what our country would be like if Kamala [Harris] had been elected president,’” Rossi said. “Everyone’s welcome and we get along.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“We like to say, ‘This is what our country would be like if Kamala [Harris] had been elected president,’” Rossi said. “Everyone’s welcome and we get along.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/gallery",
"attrs": {
"linkTo": "none",
"images": [],
"ids": [],
"shortCodeTransforms": [],
"imageCrop": true,
"randomOrder": false,
"fixedHeight": true,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"allowResize": false,
"aspectRatio": "auto"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n\n\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">",
null,
"\n\n",
null,
"\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12105000,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-17-BL-eb68ee9e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105000\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-17-BL-eb68ee9e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105000\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12105007,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-24-BL-0d081d1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105007\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-24-BL-0d081d1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105007\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
}
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Season ticket holder Jessie Dotson said she’s been “all in” since experiencing the energy of the crowd.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Season ticket holder Jessie Dotson said she’s been “all in” since experiencing the energy of the crowd.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“I just love the game, I love the vibe. It’s just like a happy place,” Dotson said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“I just love the game, I love the vibe. It’s just like a happy place,” Dotson said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The Valkyries will be adding to their list of historic firsts if they win the series. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The Valkyries will be adding to their list of historic firsts if they win the series. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>They’re only in their second season. Despite being the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, they were counted out by some in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103702/golden-state-valkyries-advance-to-wnba-finals-after-sweeping-las-vegas-aces\">semifinals against the Las Vegas Aces, who they swept\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>They’re only in their second season. Despite being the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, they were counted out by some in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103702/golden-state-valkyries-advance-to-wnba-finals-after-sweeping-las-vegas-aces\">semifinals against the Las Vegas Aces, who they swept\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/gallery",
"attrs": {
"linkTo": "none",
"images": [],
"ids": [],
"shortCodeTransforms": [],
"imageCrop": true,
"randomOrder": false,
"fixedHeight": true,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"allowResize": false,
"aspectRatio": "auto"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n\n\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">",
null,
"\n\n",
null,
"\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12104979,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-10-BL-e1c6ec8d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104979\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alisha Ardiana stands outside Chase Center in San Francisco before the WNBA Finals game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-10-BL-e1c6ec8d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104979\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alisha Ardiana stands outside Chase Center in San Francisco before the WNBA Finals game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12104978,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-08-BL-2891b308.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104978\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alison Garvin (left) and Mallory Haggart cheer outside Chase Center in San Francisco before the WNBA Finals game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-08-BL-2891b308.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104978\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alison Garvin (left) and Mallory Haggart cheer outside Chase Center in San Francisco before the WNBA Finals game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
}
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>They’re no underdogs in the Finals, though. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>They’re no underdogs in the Finals, though. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Whether it’s thanks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeBIhTPNX8V/\">Ballhalla’s magic\u003c/a> or the undeniable strength of the team’s roster this year, ESPN predicted before Game 1 that the Valkyries had \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50182030/wnba-finals-2026-dream-valkyries-preview-predictions\">a 62.4% chance\u003c/a> of taking home the franchise’s first championship.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Whether it’s thanks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeBIhTPNX8V/\">Ballhalla’s magic\u003c/a> or the undeniable strength of the team’s roster this year, ESPN predicted before Game 1 that the Valkyries had \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50182030/wnba-finals-2026-dream-valkyries-preview-predictions\">a 62.4% chance\u003c/a> of taking home the franchise’s first championship.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The Dream, which swept the New York Liberty in its own semifinals series, hasn’t been to the finals since 2013, when they were swept (like they were the other two previous times the Dream reached the WNBA’s highest stage). But they have three All-Stars this year and are \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50190828/finals-ranking-best-players-playoffs\">leading\u003c/a> ESPN’s individual player playoff rankings.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The Dream, which swept the New York Liberty in its own semifinals series, hasn’t been to the finals since 2013, when they were swept (like they were the other two previous times the Dream reached the WNBA’s highest stage). But they have three All-Stars this year and are \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50190828/finals-ranking-best-players-playoffs\">leading\u003c/a> ESPN’s individual player playoff rankings.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>In the Valkyries’ first season, they clinched an expansion team’s first appearance in the playoffs after \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50162878/wnba-finals-2026-golden-state-valkyries-expansion-team\">achieving\u003c/a> the league’s second-best first-year winning percentage ever. They were swept in the first round, but clearly didn’t give up. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>In the Valkyries’ first season, they clinched an expansion team’s first appearance in the playoffs after \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50162878/wnba-finals-2026-golden-state-valkyries-expansion-team\">achieving\u003c/a> the league’s second-best first-year winning percentage ever. They were swept in the first round, but clearly didn’t give up. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12104977,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70-1536x1024.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104977\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans stand outside Chase Center in San Francisco before the WNBA Finals game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104977\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans stand outside Chase Center in San Francisco before the WNBA Finals game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>They’re the first professional women’s sports team \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/golden-state-valkyries-hit-record-100-million-annual-revenue-worlds-most-valuable-womens-sports-franchise-nearing-1-billion/19936590/\">to generate at least\u003c/a> $100 million in annual revenue — in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/48645552/valkyries-wnba-most-valuable-team-2nd-straight-year\">second year in a row, the Valks have posted\u003c/a> the highest value of any WNBA team. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>They’re the first professional women’s sports team \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/golden-state-valkyries-hit-record-100-million-annual-revenue-worlds-most-valuable-womens-sports-franchise-nearing-1-billion/19936590/\">to generate at least\u003c/a> $100 million in annual revenue — in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/48645552/valkyries-wnba-most-valuable-team-2nd-straight-year\">second year in a row, the Valks have posted\u003c/a> the highest value of any WNBA team. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Ycoy-Walton said if they win, it will be “by design.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Ycoy-Walton said if they win, it will be “by design.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“It’s no secret that at the second year of what they’ve built there in the organization, from the [general manager] all the way down to the coaches, even to the support staff, they built something really special here in Oakland even though they play in [San Francisco],” Ycoy-Walton said. “Oakland really has a big piece of the heart of the Valks.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“It’s no secret that at the second year of what they’ve built there in the organization, from the [general manager] all the way down to the coaches, even to the support staff, they built something really special here in Oakland even though they play in [San Francisco],” Ycoy-Walton said. “Oakland really has a big piece of the heart of the Valks.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>V Vasquez, a bartender at Golden Ratio, said at halftime that the Valkyries mean more for Oakland because of the departure of other professional sports teams like the former Oakland Raiders and the A’s. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>V Vasquez, a bartender at Golden Ratio, said at halftime that the Valkyries mean more for Oakland because of the departure of other professional sports teams like the former Oakland Raiders and the A’s. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12105017,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98-1536x1024.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105017\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105017\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“It’s a bummer to see them go,” Vasquez said. “A women’s basketball team, I feel like it’s bringing in a lot of people who maybe weren’t following the WNBA before.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“It’s a bummer to see them go,” Vasquez said. “A women’s basketball team, I feel like it’s bringing in a lot of people who maybe weren’t following the WNBA before.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Game 2 of the Finals is at Chase Center on Monday at 5 p.m., and Nakase is hoping fans bring even more energy. “Level up, right? We gotta go Game 2,” Nakase said after the game. “ It has to be better, we’re gonna ask more from our players, so I’d say … rest and recover, Ballhalla.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Game 2 of the Finals is at Chase Center on Monday at 5 p.m., and Nakase is hoping fans bring even more energy. “Level up, right? We gotta go Game 2,” Nakase said after the game. “ It has to be better, we’re gonna ask more from our players, so I’d say … rest and recover, Ballhalla.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/calam\">\u003cem>Christopher Alam\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/calam\">\u003cem>Christopher Alam\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
}
],
"excerpt": "The Valkyries bested the Atlanta Dream at San Francisco’s Chase Center. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1792445587,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 29,
"wordCount": 1205
},
"headData": {
"title": "Valkyries Take WNBA Finals Game 1 | KQED",
"description": "The Valkyries bested the Atlanta Dream at San Francisco’s Chase Center. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Valkyries Take WNBA Finals Game 1",
"datePublished": "2026-10-17T11:38:24-07:00",
"dateModified": "2026-10-19T14:33:07-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"primaryCategory": {
"termId": 10,
"slug": "sports",
"name": "Sports"
},
"sticky": false,
"nprStoryId": "kqed-12104970",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"excludeFromSiteSearch": "Include",
"articleAge": "0",
"path": "/news/12104970/valkyries-host-game-1-of-wnba-finals",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>It’s another first for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/golden-state-valkyries\">Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a> — the franchise’s first-ever WNBA Finals win. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The team took Game 1 of the best-of-seven series against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Valkyries channeled a lively Ballhalla crowd during the match, taking in yet another sold-out arena’s roars. The game was a close one, 68-64. The two teams went back and forth to take the lead until the last few minutes, when the Valkyries held on. \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/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105004\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-21-BL-38e239e7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We always know we’re gonna find a way somehow,” forward Gabby Williams told reporters after the game. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When asked how it felt to hear the crowd shout her name, Williams said it feels “like we’re not done yet.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Viveca Ycoy-Walton, who watched the game at Oakland’s Golden Ratio Bar, was feeling differently. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’m feeling freaking amazing,” Ycoy-Walton said. “This is a moment for the Bay right now.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 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=\"1333\" data-id=\"12105012\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-29-BL-f10d66f9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105012\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-29-BL-f10d66f9.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-29-BL-f10d66f9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-29-BL-f10d66f9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden State Valkyries celebrate their win against the Atlanta Dream during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\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=\"12105008\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-25-BL-5b245d1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105008\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-25-BL-5b245d1f.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-25-BL-5b245d1f-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-25-BL-5b245d1f-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden State Valkyries play the Atlanta Dream during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Atlanta and Golden State are both top-tier defending teams, and as they battled, the Valkyries seemed to miss some of the shots they would usually make. Williams wasn’t worried. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I feel the belief and the trust from my teammates and staff. That’s why those moments don’t maybe feel as heavy, because I know whatever happens, this team is just going to find a way,” Williams said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fans cheered throughout the game and erupted when the Valkyries got the win. Even before the match, they showed their love for the atmosphere in and out of the arena. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Alisha Ardiana, dressed in lavender coveralls, hair and a Valkyries bag outside of Chase Center, made fun of her wife last year for her interest in the team — only to find herself basking in the joy she said she was surrounded by. \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/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105001\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-18-BL-15b8283e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden State Valkyries play the Atlanta Dream during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Today is about lavender,” Ardiana said. “So much of what is important about this event is that everyone gets to be a shiny 12-year-old version of themselves.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Carol Rossi’s journey to being a fan was a little different — she was a founding season ticket holder. She said she thought fans would mostly be other lesbians, but found that families, dads and people of all cultures were always around. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We like to say, ‘This is what our country would be like if Kamala [Harris] had been elected president,’” Rossi said. “Everyone’s welcome and we get along.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 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=\"1333\" data-id=\"12105000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-17-BL-eb68ee9e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-17-BL-eb68ee9e.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-17-BL-eb68ee9e-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-17-BL-eb68ee9e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\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=\"12105007\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-24-BL-0d081d1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105007\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-24-BL-0d081d1a.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-24-BL-0d081d1a-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-24-BL-0d081d1a-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Season ticket holder Jessie Dotson said she’s been “all in” since experiencing the energy of the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I just love the game, I love the vibe. It’s just like a happy place,” Dotson said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Valkyries will be adding to their list of historic firsts if they win the series. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They’re only in their second season. Despite being the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, they were counted out by some in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103702/golden-state-valkyries-advance-to-wnba-finals-after-sweeping-las-vegas-aces\">semifinals against the Las Vegas Aces, who they swept\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 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=\"1333\" data-id=\"12104979\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-10-BL-e1c6ec8d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104979\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-10-BL-e1c6ec8d.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-10-BL-e1c6ec8d-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-10-BL-e1c6ec8d-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alisha Ardiana stands outside Chase Center in San Francisco before the WNBA Finals game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\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=\"12104978\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-08-BL-2891b308.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104978\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-08-BL-2891b308.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-08-BL-2891b308-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-08-BL-2891b308-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alison Garvin (left) and Mallory Haggart cheer outside Chase Center in San Francisco before the WNBA Finals game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They’re no underdogs in the Finals, though. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Whether it’s thanks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeBIhTPNX8V/\">Ballhalla’s magic\u003c/a> or the undeniable strength of the team’s roster this year, ESPN predicted before Game 1 that the Valkyries had \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50182030/wnba-finals-2026-dream-valkyries-preview-predictions\">a 62.4% chance\u003c/a> of taking home the franchise’s first championship.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Dream, which swept the New York Liberty in its own semifinals series, hasn’t been to the finals since 2013, when they were swept (like they were the other two previous times the Dream reached the WNBA’s highest stage). But they have three All-Stars this year and are \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50190828/finals-ranking-best-players-playoffs\">leading\u003c/a> ESPN’s individual player playoff rankings.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the Valkyries’ first season, they clinched an expansion team’s first appearance in the playoffs after \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50162878/wnba-finals-2026-golden-state-valkyries-expansion-team\">achieving\u003c/a> the league’s second-best first-year winning percentage ever. They were swept in the first round, but clearly didn’t give up. \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/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104977\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-03-BL-7f500e70-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans stand outside Chase Center in San Francisco before the WNBA Finals game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They’re the first professional women’s sports team \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/golden-state-valkyries-hit-record-100-million-annual-revenue-worlds-most-valuable-womens-sports-franchise-nearing-1-billion/19936590/\">to generate at least\u003c/a> $100 million in annual revenue — in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/48645552/valkyries-wnba-most-valuable-team-2nd-straight-year\">second year in a row, the Valks have posted\u003c/a> the highest value of any WNBA team. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ycoy-Walton said if they win, it will be “by design.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s no secret that at the second year of what they’ve built there in the organization, from the [general manager] all the way down to the coaches, even to the support staff, they built something really special here in Oakland even though they play in [San Francisco],” Ycoy-Walton said. “Oakland really has a big piece of the heart of the Valks.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>V Vasquez, a bartender at Golden Ratio, said at halftime that the Valkyries mean more for Oakland because of the departure of other professional sports teams like the former Oakland Raiders and the A’s. \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/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105017\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261017-ValksGame1-31-BL-a8bc3c98-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Golden State Valkyries during Game 1 of the WNBA Finals against the Atlanta Dream at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s a bummer to see them go,” Vasquez said. “A women’s basketball team, I feel like it’s bringing in a lot of people who maybe weren’t following the WNBA before.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Game 2 of the Finals is at Chase Center on Monday at 5 p.m., and Nakase is hoping fans bring even more energy. “Level up, right? We gotta go Game 2,” Nakase said after the game. “ It has to be better, we’re gonna ask more from our players, so I’d say … rest and recover, Ballhalla.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/calam\">\u003cem>Christopher Alam\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/12104970/valkyries-host-game-1-of-wnba-finals",
"authors": [
"11935",
"11756"
],
"categories": [
"news_28250",
"news_8",
"news_10"
],
"tags": [
"news_18058",
"news_27626",
"news_34044",
"news_17996",
"news_2672",
"news_33257",
"news_1131"
],
"featImg": "news_12105002",
"label": "news"
},
"news_12104692": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_12104692",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12104692",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1792256400000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "part-of-the-presidio-san-francisco-bids-farewell-to-beloved-indoor-park-house-of-air",
"title": "Part of the Presidio: San Francisco Bids Farewell to Beloved Indoor Park, House of Air",
"publishDate": 1792256400,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "Part of the Presidio: San Francisco Bids Farewell to Beloved Indoor Park, House of Air | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\n\u003cp>For kids who have been going to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>’s House of Air, a beloved trampoline park in the Presidio, things just won’t be the same when it closes early next year. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>House of Air announced Thursday that it will close on Feb. 15, 2027, because it didn’t renew its lease that ends at the beginning of March.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The facility — a former U.S. Army airplane hangar — has stayed true to its roots since its debut in 2010, bringing flightless play and good times of all kinds across its 8,000 square feet. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It has dodgeball, general jumping, training for athletes, birthdays — which kids said they can’t find anywhere else. \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/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104677\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A staff member jumps on a trampoline at the House of Air Trampoline Park and Cafe near Crissy Field in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t want it to close because this place is a part of San Francisco,” said Lee, 11, who has been coming to the park for years. “It’s a part of the Presidio [that] is missing now. It’s all just gone.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The original facility, officially known as Building 926, was built in 1921. Restored for House of Air’s opening in partnership with its landlord, Presidio Trust, the company said it has since boasted over one million visitors. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Daniel Matsumoto, general manager for the park, said that the company decided not to renew its lease after exploring renewal options with the Presidio Trust. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There would be high costs associated with keeping the lease in this space, and we don’t feel that it’s something that we can meet necessarily,” Matsumoto said, adding that business had been doing really well recently. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The park’s bread and butter, Matsumoto said, is just general jumping and doing many birthday parties. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think most kids in the city have been to a birthday party here at some point,” Matsumoto said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That’s exactly what Damaris Sosa Clahr, along with her daughter and a friend, came for on Friday afternoon, when kids and parents had just begun to trickle in on an otherwise quiet day. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You know, it’s something to do indoors, and I could just sit and relax while they’re playing,” Sosa Clahr said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Friends Mikko M. and Gibson M., both 11 years old, said they come to the park at least once a month and have met many friends during their time at House of Air. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s gonna be hard to beat,” Mikko said. “I just love this place a lot.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When asked where they might go instead, all of the young jumpers that KQED spoke with said they didn’t know of anything else that compared to House of Air. \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/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104673\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The House of Air Trampoline Park and Cafe near Crissy Field in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“And even location-wise, it’s so classic and iconic. It’s facing Crissy Field,” said Grace, 17. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The park is still open for play until it closes in February. Jumpers can show up for regular general jumping and other activities until then. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Matsumoto said there will be a special farewell event closer to its closing date, with plans underway. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s not yet clear what the Presidio Trust — which will decide what happens to the former airplane hangar and trampoline park — will look for next. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But several kids suggested an idea for it: another trampoline park.\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>For kids who have been going to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>’s House of Air, a beloved trampoline park in the Presidio, things just won’t be the same when it closes early next year. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>For kids who have been going to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>’s House of Air, a beloved trampoline park in the Presidio, things just won’t be the same when it closes early next year. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>House of Air announced Thursday that it will close on Feb. 15, 2027, because it didn’t renew its lease that ends at the beginning of March.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>House of Air announced Thursday that it will close on Feb. 15, 2027, because it didn’t renew its lease that ends at the beginning of March.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The facility — a former U.S. Army airplane hangar — has stayed true to its roots since its debut in 2010, bringing flightless play and good times of all kinds across its 8,000 square feet. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The facility — a former U.S. Army airplane hangar — has stayed true to its roots since its debut in 2010, bringing flightless play and good times of all kinds across its 8,000 square feet. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>It has dodgeball, general jumping, training for athletes, birthdays — which kids said they can’t find anywhere else. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>It has dodgeball, general jumping, training for athletes, birthdays — which kids said they can’t find anywhere else. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12104677,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104677\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A staff member jumps on a trampoline at the House of Air Trampoline Park and Cafe near Crissy Field in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104677\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A staff member jumps on a trampoline at the House of Air Trampoline Park and Cafe near Crissy Field in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“I don’t want it to close because this place is a part of San Francisco,” said Lee, 11, who has been coming to the park for years. “It’s a part of the Presidio [that] is missing now. It’s all just gone.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“I don’t want it to close because this place is a part of San Francisco,” said Lee, 11, who has been coming to the park for years. “It’s a part of the Presidio [that] is missing now. It’s all just gone.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The original facility, officially known as Building 926, was built in 1921. Restored for House of Air’s opening in partnership with its landlord, Presidio Trust, the company said it has since boasted over one million visitors. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The original facility, officially known as Building 926, was built in 1921. Restored for House of Air’s opening in partnership with its landlord, Presidio Trust, the company said it has since boasted over one million visitors. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Daniel Matsumoto, general manager for the park, said that the company decided not to renew its lease after exploring renewal options with the Presidio Trust. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Daniel Matsumoto, general manager for the park, said that the company decided not to renew its lease after exploring renewal options with the Presidio Trust. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "kqed-v2/related-articles",
"attrs": {
"postIds": [
"news_12104402"
],
"label": "Related Articles",
"maxPosts": 1,
"showImages": false,
"heroImage": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261014_TenderloinTheater_GC-2-KQED-fc2a18ba.jpg",
"query": "",
"labelWasCleared": false,
"heroImageAlt": "",
"heroImageLink": "",
"labelLink": "",
"alignment": "right",
"target": "_self",
"manualLinks": [],
"posts": []
},
"innerHTML": "",
"innerContent": [],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“There would be high costs associated with keeping the lease in this space, and we don’t feel that it’s something that we can meet necessarily,” Matsumoto said, adding that business had been doing really well recently. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“There would be high costs associated with keeping the lease in this space, and we don’t feel that it’s something that we can meet necessarily,” Matsumoto said, adding that business had been doing really well recently. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The park’s bread and butter, Matsumoto said, is just general jumping and doing many birthday parties. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The park’s bread and butter, Matsumoto said, is just general jumping and doing many birthday parties. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“I think most kids in the city have been to a birthday party here at some point,” Matsumoto said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“I think most kids in the city have been to a birthday party here at some point,” Matsumoto said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>That’s exactly what Damaris Sosa Clahr, along with her daughter and a friend, came for on Friday afternoon, when kids and parents had just begun to trickle in on an otherwise quiet day. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>That’s exactly what Damaris Sosa Clahr, along with her daughter and a friend, came for on Friday afternoon, when kids and parents had just begun to trickle in on an otherwise quiet day. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“You know, it’s something to do indoors, and I could just sit and relax while they’re playing,” Sosa Clahr said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“You know, it’s something to do indoors, and I could just sit and relax while they’re playing,” Sosa Clahr said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Friends Mikko M. and Gibson M., both 11 years old, said they come to the park at least once a month and have met many friends during their time at House of Air. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Friends Mikko M. and Gibson M., both 11 years old, said they come to the park at least once a month and have met many friends during their time at House of Air. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“It’s gonna be hard to beat,” Mikko said. “I just love this place a lot.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“It’s gonna be hard to beat,” Mikko said. “I just love this place a lot.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>When asked where they might go instead, all of the young jumpers that KQED spoke with said they didn’t know of anything else that compared to House of Air. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>When asked where they might go instead, all of the young jumpers that KQED spoke with said they didn’t know of anything else that compared to House of Air. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12104673,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0-1536x1024.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104673\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The House of Air Trampoline Park and Cafe near Crissy Field in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104673\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The House of Air Trampoline Park and Cafe near Crissy Field in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“And even location-wise, it’s so classic and iconic. It’s facing Crissy Field,” said Grace, 17. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“And even location-wise, it’s so classic and iconic. It’s facing Crissy Field,” said Grace, 17. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The park is still open for play until it closes in February. Jumpers can show up for regular general jumping and other activities until then. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The park is still open for play until it closes in February. Jumpers can show up for regular general jumping and other activities until then. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Matsumoto said there will be a special farewell event closer to its closing date, with plans underway. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Matsumoto said there will be a special farewell event closer to its closing date, with plans underway. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>It’s not yet clear what the Presidio Trust — which will decide what happens to the former airplane hangar and trampoline park — will look for next. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>It’s not yet clear what the Presidio Trust — which will decide what happens to the former airplane hangar and trampoline park — will look for next. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>But several kids suggested an idea for it: another trampoline park.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>But several kids suggested an idea for it: another trampoline park.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
}
],
"excerpt": "Kids say they don’t want the 16-year-old trampoline park to close after the company announced Thursday that its doors would shut in early 2027.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1792434984,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 20,
"wordCount": 588
},
"headData": {
"title": "Part of the Presidio: San Francisco Bids Farewell to Beloved Indoor Park, House of Air | KQED",
"description": "Kids say they don’t want the 16-year-old trampoline park to close after the company announced Thursday that its doors would shut in early 2027.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Part of the Presidio: San Francisco Bids Farewell to Beloved Indoor Park, House of Air",
"datePublished": "2026-10-17T10:00:00-07:00",
"dateModified": "2026-10-19T11:36:24-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"primaryCategory": {
"termId": 28250,
"slug": "local",
"name": "Local"
},
"sticky": false,
"nprStoryId": "kqed-12104692",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"excludeFromSiteSearch": "Include",
"articleAge": "0",
"path": "/news/12104692/part-of-the-presidio-san-francisco-bids-farewell-to-beloved-indoor-park-house-of-air",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>For kids who have been going to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>’s House of Air, a beloved trampoline park in the Presidio, things just won’t be the same when it closes early next year. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>House of Air announced Thursday that it will close on Feb. 15, 2027, because it didn’t renew its lease that ends at the beginning of March.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The facility — a former U.S. Army airplane hangar — has stayed true to its roots since its debut in 2010, bringing flightless play and good times of all kinds across its 8,000 square feet. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It has dodgeball, general jumping, training for athletes, birthdays — which kids said they can’t find anywhere else. \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/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104677\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-06-BL-KQED-5150d7a6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A staff member jumps on a trampoline at the House of Air Trampoline Park and Cafe near Crissy Field in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t want it to close because this place is a part of San Francisco,” said Lee, 11, who has been coming to the park for years. “It’s a part of the Presidio [that] is missing now. It’s all just gone.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The original facility, officially known as Building 926, was built in 1921. Restored for House of Air’s opening in partnership with its landlord, Presidio Trust, the company said it has since boasted over one million visitors. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Daniel Matsumoto, general manager for the park, said that the company decided not to renew its lease after exploring renewal options with the Presidio Trust. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There would be high costs associated with keeping the lease in this space, and we don’t feel that it’s something that we can meet necessarily,” Matsumoto said, adding that business had been doing really well recently. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The park’s bread and butter, Matsumoto said, is just general jumping and doing many birthday parties. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think most kids in the city have been to a birthday party here at some point,” Matsumoto said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That’s exactly what Damaris Sosa Clahr, along with her daughter and a friend, came for on Friday afternoon, when kids and parents had just begun to trickle in on an otherwise quiet day. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You know, it’s something to do indoors, and I could just sit and relax while they’re playing,” Sosa Clahr said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Friends Mikko M. and Gibson M., both 11 years old, said they come to the park at least once a month and have met many friends during their time at House of Air. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s gonna be hard to beat,” Mikko said. “I just love this place a lot.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When asked where they might go instead, all of the young jumpers that KQED spoke with said they didn’t know of anything else that compared to House of Air. \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/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104673\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261015-HOUSEOFAIR-01-BL-KQED-6f2e4de0-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The House of Air Trampoline Park and Cafe near Crissy Field in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“And even location-wise, it’s so classic and iconic. It’s facing Crissy Field,” said Grace, 17. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The park is still open for play until it closes in February. Jumpers can show up for regular general jumping and other activities until then. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Matsumoto said there will be a special farewell event closer to its closing date, with plans underway. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s not yet clear what the Presidio Trust — which will decide what happens to the former airplane hangar and trampoline park — will look for next. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But several kids suggested an idea for it: another trampoline park.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/12104692/part-of-the-presidio-san-francisco-bids-farewell-to-beloved-indoor-park-house-of-air",
"authors": [
"11935"
],
"categories": [
"news_28250",
"news_8",
"news_10"
],
"tags": [
"news_1386",
"news_33130",
"news_2043",
"news_34081",
"news_27626",
"news_4058",
"news_17762",
"news_5663",
"news_38",
"news_34078"
],
"featImg": "news_12104676",
"label": "news"
},
"news_12104753": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_12104753",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12104753",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1792174933000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "mail-in-ballots-stolen-from-san-mateo-post-office-election-officials-say",
"title": "Mail-In Ballots Stolen From San Mateo Post Office, Election Officials Say",
"publishDate": 1792174933,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "Mail-In Ballots Stolen From San Mateo Post Office, Election Officials Say | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\n\u003cp>An unknown number of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-mateo-county\">San Mateo County\u003c/a> vote-by-mail ballots were reportedly stolen from a Daly City post office, county election officials said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The county’s Registration and Elections Division said Thursday that the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating the incident of mail theft — which was reported to county elections officials on Wednesday — that included the ballots. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how many ballots were affected by the theft. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Elections officials didn’t respond to a request for comment, but Assistant Chief Elections Officer Jim Irizarry \u003ca href=\"https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/theft-from-a-daly-city-post-office-reportedly-included-mail-in-ballots/article_4e644301-2933-4f64-9d57-2588206978de.html\">told the San Mateo Daily Journal\u003c/a> that there didn’t appear to be a reason to assume it was an attempt to intentionally tamper with voting. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/articles/mail-voting-in-the-us-data-points-to-very-low-fraud-and-significant-benefits-to-voters/\">2025 Brookings study\u003c/a> found that cases of mail voting fraud are “very rare.” Four cases out of 10 million mail-in votes are fraudulent, that research shows. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In June, a little over two dozen ballots in Santa Clara County were found among recovered stolen mail. But federal investigators said it did not seem the perpetrators targeted election-related mail. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If voters are concerned that their ballots have been impacted, the Elections Division said they can request a replacement ballot \u003ca href=\"http://smcacre.gov/elections/request-replacement-ballot\">online\u003c/a> or at a county vote center. Online requests for a replacement must be submitted by Oct. 27. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Only one ballot that each voter submits will be counted. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Each Vote-by-Mail ballot is associated with an individual voter, and ballot processing safeguards prevent duplicate ballots from being counted for the same voter,” the division said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Voters can track the status of their vote-by-mail ballots through the secretary of state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-status/wheres-my-ballot\">“Where’s My Ballot” service\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>USPIS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the investigation.\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>An unknown number of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-mateo-county\">San Mateo County\u003c/a> vote-by-mail ballots were reportedly stolen from a Daly City post office, county election officials said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>An unknown number of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-mateo-county\">San Mateo County\u003c/a> vote-by-mail ballots were reportedly stolen from a Daly City post office, county election officials said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The county’s Registration and Elections Division said Thursday that the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating the incident of mail theft — which was reported to county elections officials on Wednesday — that included the ballots. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The county’s Registration and Elections Division said Thursday that the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating the incident of mail theft — which was reported to county elections officials on Wednesday — that included the ballots. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how many ballots were affected by the theft. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how many ballots were affected by the theft. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Elections officials didn’t respond to a request for comment, but Assistant Chief Elections Officer Jim Irizarry \u003ca href=\"https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/theft-from-a-daly-city-post-office-reportedly-included-mail-in-ballots/article_4e644301-2933-4f64-9d57-2588206978de.html\">told the San Mateo Daily Journal\u003c/a> that there didn’t appear to be a reason to assume it was an attempt to intentionally tamper with voting. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Elections officials didn’t respond to a request for comment, but Assistant Chief Elections Officer Jim Irizarry \u003ca href=\"https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/theft-from-a-daly-city-post-office-reportedly-included-mail-in-ballots/article_4e644301-2933-4f64-9d57-2588206978de.html\">told the San Mateo Daily Journal\u003c/a> that there didn’t appear to be a reason to assume it was an attempt to intentionally tamper with voting. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "kqed-v2/related-articles",
"attrs": {
"label": "From the 2026 Voter Guide",
"heroImage": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2026/09/Aside-Voter-Guide-2026-Midterm-Elections-San-Mateo-County-1200x1200@2x.png",
"heroImageLink": "https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanmateo",
"manualLinks": [
{
"url": "https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanmateo",
"title": "San Mateo County: Your Voter Guide to Navigate the Candidates and Issues on Your Ballot"
}
],
"query": "",
"postIds": [],
"labelWasCleared": false,
"maxPosts": 3,
"showImages": true,
"heroImageAlt": "",
"labelLink": "",
"alignment": "right",
"target": "_self",
"posts": []
},
"innerHTML": "",
"innerContent": [],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/articles/mail-voting-in-the-us-data-points-to-very-low-fraud-and-significant-benefits-to-voters/\">2025 Brookings study\u003c/a> found that cases of mail voting fraud are “very rare.” Four cases out of 10 million mail-in votes are fraudulent, that research shows. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/articles/mail-voting-in-the-us-data-points-to-very-low-fraud-and-significant-benefits-to-voters/\">2025 Brookings study\u003c/a> found that cases of mail voting fraud are “very rare.” Four cases out of 10 million mail-in votes are fraudulent, that research shows. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>In June, a little over two dozen ballots in Santa Clara County were found among recovered stolen mail. But federal investigators said it did not seem the perpetrators targeted election-related mail. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>In June, a little over two dozen ballots in Santa Clara County were found among recovered stolen mail. But federal investigators said it did not seem the perpetrators targeted election-related mail. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>If voters are concerned that their ballots have been impacted, the Elections Division said they can request a replacement ballot \u003ca href=\"http://smcacre.gov/elections/request-replacement-ballot\">online\u003c/a> or at a county vote center. Online requests for a replacement must be submitted by Oct. 27. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>If voters are concerned that their ballots have been impacted, the Elections Division said they can request a replacement ballot \u003ca href=\"http://smcacre.gov/elections/request-replacement-ballot\">online\u003c/a> or at a county vote center. Online requests for a replacement must be submitted by Oct. 27. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Only one ballot that each voter submits will be counted. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Only one ballot that each voter submits will be counted. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“Each Vote-by-Mail ballot is associated with an individual voter, and ballot processing safeguards prevent duplicate ballots from being counted for the same voter,” the division said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“Each Vote-by-Mail ballot is associated with an individual voter, and ballot processing safeguards prevent duplicate ballots from being counted for the same voter,” the division said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Voters can track the status of their vote-by-mail ballots through the secretary of state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-status/wheres-my-ballot\">“Where’s My Ballot” service\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Voters can track the status of their vote-by-mail ballots through the secretary of state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-status/wheres-my-ballot\">“Where’s My Ballot” service\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>USPIS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the investigation.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>USPIS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the investigation.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
}
],
"excerpt": "Election officials said the incident is being investigated by federal postal inspectors. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1792177125,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 11,
"wordCount": 296
},
"headData": {
"title": "Mail-In Ballots Stolen From San Mateo Post Office, Election Officials Say | KQED",
"description": "Election officials said the incident is being investigated by federal postal inspectors. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Mail-In Ballots Stolen From San Mateo Post Office, Election Officials Say",
"datePublished": "2026-10-16T11:22:13-07:00",
"dateModified": "2026-10-16T11:58:45-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"primaryCategory": {
"termId": 13,
"slug": "politics",
"name": "Politics"
},
"sticky": false,
"nprStoryId": "kqed-12104753",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"excludeFromSiteSearch": "Include",
"articleAge": "0",
"path": "/news/12104753/mail-in-ballots-stolen-from-san-mateo-post-office-election-officials-say",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>An unknown number of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-mateo-county\">San Mateo County\u003c/a> vote-by-mail ballots were reportedly stolen from a Daly City post office, county election officials said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The county’s Registration and Elections Division said Thursday that the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating the incident of mail theft — which was reported to county elections officials on Wednesday — that included the ballots. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how many ballots were affected by the theft. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Elections officials didn’t respond to a request for comment, but Assistant Chief Elections Officer Jim Irizarry \u003ca href=\"https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/theft-from-a-daly-city-post-office-reportedly-included-mail-in-ballots/article_4e644301-2933-4f64-9d57-2588206978de.html\">told the San Mateo Daily Journal\u003c/a> that there didn’t appear to be a reason to assume it was an attempt to intentionally tamper with voting. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/articles/mail-voting-in-the-us-data-points-to-very-low-fraud-and-significant-benefits-to-voters/\">2025 Brookings study\u003c/a> found that cases of mail voting fraud are “very rare.” Four cases out of 10 million mail-in votes are fraudulent, that research shows. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In June, a little over two dozen ballots in Santa Clara County were found among recovered stolen mail. But federal investigators said it did not seem the perpetrators targeted election-related mail. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If voters are concerned that their ballots have been impacted, the Elections Division said they can request a replacement ballot \u003ca href=\"http://smcacre.gov/elections/request-replacement-ballot\">online\u003c/a> or at a county vote center. Online requests for a replacement must be submitted by Oct. 27. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Only one ballot that each voter submits will be counted. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Each Vote-by-Mail ballot is associated with an individual voter, and ballot processing safeguards prevent duplicate ballots from being counted for the same voter,” the division said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Voters can track the status of their vote-by-mail ballots through the secretary of state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-status/wheres-my-ballot\">“Where’s My Ballot” service\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>USPIS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/12104753/mail-in-ballots-stolen-from-san-mateo-post-office-election-officials-say",
"authors": [
"11935"
],
"categories": [
"news_31795",
"news_6188",
"news_28250",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_1386",
"news_18538",
"news_36336",
"news_34324",
"news_1259",
"news_17968",
"news_19192",
"news_551",
"news_19319",
"news_36929"
],
"featImg": "news_12087079",
"label": "news"
},
"news_12104538": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_12104538",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12104538",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1792159200000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "staring-down-a-historic-el-nino-san-jose-says-its-ready",
"title": "Staring Down a Historic El Niño, San José Says It’s Ready",
"publishDate": 1792159200,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "Staring Down a Historic El Niño, San José Says It’s Ready | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a> is ramping up preparations for what forecasters warn could be a “very strong” El Niño, in an effort to avoid another major flood — like the one that prompted mass evacuations almost a decade ago. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The city has increased communication with the Santa Clara Valley Water District since learning what Mayor Matt Mahan called “hard lessons” after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027875/san-jose-floodwalls-should-shield-neighborhoods-against-20-year-flood\">2017 Coyote Creek flood\u003c/a> — which displaced thousands and prompted the city to grade itself an ‘F’ in emergency preparedness.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>City staff is monitoring dozens of historical flooding sites, with the Transportation Department holding a storm coordination meeting to review emergency response procedures — upgraded public safety measures thanks to the passage of the 2018 bond measure. \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/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12049894\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a July 25, 2025, press conference in North San José. \u003cbr> (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>All of that information could come in handy — El Niño-driven flooding, mudslides, power outages and more have been predicted, as the natural climate pattern \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104145/californias-el-nino-winter-could-be-profoundly-unsubtle-scientists-warn\">continues to strengthen\u003c/a> with impacts across the California coast. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We feel we’re prepared,” Mahan told KQED on Thursday. “We keep getting better — we’re investing more in infrastructure, technology, our coordination with Valley Water and continuing to educate our community to make sure individuals are prepared and paying attention and in a position to be resilient as we have extreme weather.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Climate Protection Center, an arm of the National Weather Service, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html\">said\u003c/a> earlier this month that El Niño has continued to intensify, and chances “remain high” that it could be stronger than any the world has seen since 1950. From October through December, CPC said there’s an 83% chance for a historic event. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, counties like Marin and San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097546/el-nino-could-bring-a-wet-wild-winter-how-can-you-and-your-home-be-ready\">have also already started prepping\u003c/a> for the effects by cleaning drains and planning for large amounts of rain. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Mahan said a San José voter-passed initiative, Measure T, helped the city expand water catchment basins, upgrade its emergency operations center, improve roadways and its 911 system. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The public’s willingness to invest in public infrastructure is part of the reason that we feel we’re in a much better position heading into this El Niño season than we have in the past,” Mahan said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The city has \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-starts-preparing-for-wet-winter-weather/\">in recent years\u003c/a> experienced heavy rains due to events like atmospheric rivers, which have caused flooding and fallen trees. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But that flooding has been minimal compared to the Coyote Creek flood, which forced 14,000 to evacuate and incurred around $100 million in damages. Residents filed a lawsuit after the fact because they said that they weren’t properly notified in advance about emergency preparedness, and that the dam that flooded wasn’t adequately maintained. The parties settled. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Efforts for El Niño, he said, do include a focus on locations where flooding has happened historically, though citywide prevention is also a priority. \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/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104542\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Coyote Creek as seen from Berryessa Rd. in San José on Sept. 6, 2023. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Valley Water has also increased preparedness. The agency completed over 8,000 feet of flood walls along Coyote Creek and was recently awarded a $100 million contract for the next phase of flood protection improvement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They are steadily investing in the waterways that they oversee and reducing flood risk,” Mahan said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The mayor said the City Council will receive an update on the highest-risk flooding locations in the coming weeks.\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a> is ramping up preparations for what forecasters warn could be a “very strong” El Niño, in an effort to avoid another major flood — like the one that prompted mass evacuations almost a decade ago. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a> is ramping up preparations for what forecasters warn could be a “very strong” El Niño, in an effort to avoid another major flood — like the one that prompted mass evacuations almost a decade ago. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The city has increased communication with the Santa Clara Valley Water District since learning what Mayor Matt Mahan called “hard lessons” after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027875/san-jose-floodwalls-should-shield-neighborhoods-against-20-year-flood\">2017 Coyote Creek flood\u003c/a> — which displaced thousands and prompted the city to grade itself an ‘F’ in emergency preparedness.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The city has increased communication with the Santa Clara Valley Water District since learning what Mayor Matt Mahan called “hard lessons” after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027875/san-jose-floodwalls-should-shield-neighborhoods-against-20-year-flood\">2017 Coyote Creek flood\u003c/a> — which displaced thousands and prompted the city to grade itself an ‘F’ in emergency preparedness.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>City staff is monitoring dozens of historical flooding sites, with the Transportation Department holding a storm coordination meeting to review emergency response procedures — upgraded public safety measures thanks to the passage of the 2018 bond measure. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>City staff is monitoring dozens of historical flooding sites, with the Transportation Department holding a storm coordination meeting to review emergency response procedures — upgraded public safety measures thanks to the passage of the 2018 bond measure. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12049894,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12049894\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a July 25, 2025, press conference in North San José. \u003cbr>\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12049894\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a July 25, 2025, press conference in North San José. \u003cbr>\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>All of that information could come in handy — El Niño-driven flooding, mudslides, power outages and more have been predicted, as the natural climate pattern \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104145/californias-el-nino-winter-could-be-profoundly-unsubtle-scientists-warn\">continues to strengthen\u003c/a> with impacts across the California coast. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>All of that information could come in handy — El Niño-driven flooding, mudslides, power outages and more have been predicted, as the natural climate pattern \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104145/californias-el-nino-winter-could-be-profoundly-unsubtle-scientists-warn\">continues to strengthen\u003c/a> with impacts across the California coast. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“We feel we’re prepared,” Mahan told KQED on Thursday. “We keep getting better — we’re investing more in infrastructure, technology, our coordination with Valley Water and continuing to educate our community to make sure individuals are prepared and paying attention and in a position to be resilient as we have extreme weather.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“We feel we’re prepared,” Mahan told KQED on Thursday. “We keep getting better — we’re investing more in infrastructure, technology, our coordination with Valley Water and continuing to educate our community to make sure individuals are prepared and paying attention and in a position to be resilient as we have extreme weather.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The Climate Protection Center, an arm of the National Weather Service, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html\">said\u003c/a> earlier this month that El Niño has continued to intensify, and chances “remain high” that it could be stronger than any the world has seen since 1950. From October through December, CPC said there’s an 83% chance for a historic event. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The Climate Protection Center, an arm of the National Weather Service, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html\">said\u003c/a> earlier this month that El Niño has continued to intensify, and chances “remain high” that it could be stronger than any the world has seen since 1950. From October through December, CPC said there’s an 83% chance for a historic event. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "kqed-v2/related-articles",
"attrs": {
"postIds": [
"news_12104352"
],
"label": "Related Articles",
"maxPosts": 1,
"showImages": false,
"heroImage": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/PGEGetty.jpg",
"query": "",
"labelWasCleared": false,
"heroImageAlt": "",
"heroImageLink": "",
"labelLink": "",
"alignment": "right",
"target": "_self",
"manualLinks": [],
"posts": []
},
"innerHTML": "",
"innerContent": [],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, counties like Marin and San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097546/el-nino-could-bring-a-wet-wild-winter-how-can-you-and-your-home-be-ready\">have also already started prepping\u003c/a> for the effects by cleaning drains and planning for large amounts of rain. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, counties like Marin and San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097546/el-nino-could-bring-a-wet-wild-winter-how-can-you-and-your-home-be-ready\">have also already started prepping\u003c/a> for the effects by cleaning drains and planning for large amounts of rain. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Mahan said a San José voter-passed initiative, Measure T, helped the city expand water catchment basins, upgrade its emergency operations center, improve roadways and its 911 system. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Mahan said a San José voter-passed initiative, Measure T, helped the city expand water catchment basins, upgrade its emergency operations center, improve roadways and its 911 system. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“The public’s willingness to invest in public infrastructure is part of the reason that we feel we’re in a much better position heading into this El Niño season than we have in the past,” Mahan said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“The public’s willingness to invest in public infrastructure is part of the reason that we feel we’re in a much better position heading into this El Niño season than we have in the past,” Mahan said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The city has \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-starts-preparing-for-wet-winter-weather/\">in recent years\u003c/a> experienced heavy rains due to events like atmospheric rivers, which have caused flooding and fallen trees. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The city has \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-starts-preparing-for-wet-winter-weather/\">in recent years\u003c/a> experienced heavy rains due to events like atmospheric rivers, which have caused flooding and fallen trees. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>But that flooding has been minimal compared to the Coyote Creek flood, which forced 14,000 to evacuate and incurred around $100 million in damages. Residents filed a lawsuit after the fact because they said that they weren’t properly notified in advance about emergency preparedness, and that the dam that flooded wasn’t adequately maintained. The parties settled. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>But that flooding has been minimal compared to the Coyote Creek flood, which forced 14,000 to evacuate and incurred around $100 million in damages. Residents filed a lawsuit after the fact because they said that they weren’t properly notified in advance about emergency preparedness, and that the dam that flooded wasn’t adequately maintained. The parties settled. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Efforts for El Niño, he said, do include a focus on locations where flooding has happened historically, though citywide prevention is also a priority. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Efforts for El Niño, he said, do include a focus on locations where flooding has happened historically, though citywide prevention is also a priority. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12104542,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039-1536x1024.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104542\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Coyote Creek as seen from Berryessa Rd. in San José on Sept. 6, 2023.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104542\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Coyote Creek as seen from Berryessa Rd. in San José on Sept. 6, 2023.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Valley Water has also increased preparedness. The agency completed over 8,000 feet of flood walls along Coyote Creek and was recently awarded a $100 million contract for the next phase of flood protection improvement. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Valley Water has also increased preparedness. The agency completed over 8,000 feet of flood walls along Coyote Creek and was recently awarded a $100 million contract for the next phase of flood protection improvement. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“They are steadily investing in the waterways that they oversee and reducing flood risk,” Mahan said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“They are steadily investing in the waterways that they oversee and reducing flood risk,” Mahan said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The mayor said the City Council will receive an update on the highest-risk flooding locations in the coming weeks.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The mayor said the City Council will receive an update on the highest-risk flooding locations in the coming weeks.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
}
],
"excerpt": "San José Mayor Matt Mahan said the city is prepared if a potential storm comes its way, thanks to investments in disaster preparedness. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1792169782,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 15,
"wordCount": 580
},
"headData": {
"title": "Staring Down a Historic El Niño, San José Says It’s Ready | KQED",
"description": "San José Mayor Matt Mahan said the city is prepared if a potential storm comes its way, thanks to investments in disaster preparedness. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Staring Down a Historic El Niño, San José Says It’s Ready",
"datePublished": "2026-10-16T07:00:00-07:00",
"dateModified": "2026-10-16T09:56:22-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"primaryCategory": {
"termId": 34165,
"slug": "climate",
"name": "Climate"
},
"sticky": false,
"nprStoryId": "kqed-12104538",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"excludeFromSiteSearch": "Include",
"articleAge": "0",
"path": "/news/12104538/staring-down-a-historic-el-nino-san-jose-says-its-ready",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a> is ramping up preparations for what forecasters warn could be a “very strong” El Niño, in an effort to avoid another major flood — like the one that prompted mass evacuations almost a decade ago. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The city has increased communication with the Santa Clara Valley Water District since learning what Mayor Matt Mahan called “hard lessons” after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027875/san-jose-floodwalls-should-shield-neighborhoods-against-20-year-flood\">2017 Coyote Creek flood\u003c/a> — which displaced thousands and prompted the city to grade itself an ‘F’ in emergency preparedness.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>City staff is monitoring dozens of historical flooding sites, with the Transportation Department holding a storm coordination meeting to review emergency response procedures — upgraded public safety measures thanks to the passage of the 2018 bond measure. \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/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12049894\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a July 25, 2025, press conference in North San José. \u003cbr> (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>All of that information could come in handy — El Niño-driven flooding, mudslides, power outages and more have been predicted, as the natural climate pattern \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104145/californias-el-nino-winter-could-be-profoundly-unsubtle-scientists-warn\">continues to strengthen\u003c/a> with impacts across the California coast. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We feel we’re prepared,” Mahan told KQED on Thursday. “We keep getting better — we’re investing more in infrastructure, technology, our coordination with Valley Water and continuing to educate our community to make sure individuals are prepared and paying attention and in a position to be resilient as we have extreme weather.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Climate Protection Center, an arm of the National Weather Service, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html\">said\u003c/a> earlier this month that El Niño has continued to intensify, and chances “remain high” that it could be stronger than any the world has seen since 1950. From October through December, CPC said there’s an 83% chance for a historic event. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, counties like Marin and San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097546/el-nino-could-bring-a-wet-wild-winter-how-can-you-and-your-home-be-ready\">have also already started prepping\u003c/a> for the effects by cleaning drains and planning for large amounts of rain. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Mahan said a San José voter-passed initiative, Measure T, helped the city expand water catchment basins, upgrade its emergency operations center, improve roadways and its 911 system. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The public’s willingness to invest in public infrastructure is part of the reason that we feel we’re in a much better position heading into this El Niño season than we have in the past,” Mahan said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The city has \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-starts-preparing-for-wet-winter-weather/\">in recent years\u003c/a> experienced heavy rains due to events like atmospheric rivers, which have caused flooding and fallen trees. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But that flooding has been minimal compared to the Coyote Creek flood, which forced 14,000 to evacuate and incurred around $100 million in damages. Residents filed a lawsuit after the fact because they said that they weren’t properly notified in advance about emergency preparedness, and that the dam that flooded wasn’t adequately maintained. The parties settled. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Efforts for El Niño, he said, do include a focus on locations where flooding has happened historically, though citywide prevention is also a priority. \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/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104542\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Coyote Creek as seen from Berryessa Rd. in San José on Sept. 6, 2023. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Valley Water has also increased preparedness. The agency completed over 8,000 feet of flood walls along Coyote Creek and was recently awarded a $100 million contract for the next phase of flood protection improvement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They are steadily investing in the waterways that they oversee and reducing flood risk,” Mahan said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The mayor said the City Council will receive an update on the highest-risk flooding locations in the coming weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/12104538/staring-down-a-historic-el-nino-san-jose-says-its-ready",
"authors": [
"11935"
],
"categories": [
"news_31795",
"news_34165",
"news_28250",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_19204",
"news_255",
"news_6217",
"news_3431",
"news_31197",
"news_18541",
"news_21285"
],
"featImg": "news_12028007",
"label": "news"
},
"news_12104514": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_12104514",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12104514",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1792089433000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "bonta-sues-federal-government-to-stop-bay-area-national-archives-closure",
"title": "Bonta Sues Federal Government to Stop Bay Area National Archives Closure",
"publishDate": 1792089433,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "Bonta Sues Federal Government to Stop Bay Area National Archives Closure | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing the federal government to block the Bay Area’s National Archives facility from closing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/complaint-california-v-nara-nd-cal-326-cv-11868.pdf\">lawsuit\u003c/a>, filed Wednesday in federal court, seeks a court order to prevent the closure, alleging that it violates federal administrative law — because the agency did not consult the public in deciding to rehome records. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088904/exclusive-the-bay-areas-national-archives-office-is-closing-researchers-are-worried\">told employees in a June email\u003c/a> that the National Archives at San Francisco, a San Bruno facility that hosts more than 75,000 cubic feet of historical records — with even more preserved in Chicago — would close “within the next few months.” That would mean immigration, genealogical and court records about subjects like Native American boarding schools and Japanese American internment would be moved to others across the country. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“These records aren’t just part of California’s past. They serve a critical purpose for families, for communities and institutions across our state,” Bonta said at a press conference on Wednesday. “They depend on having local access to these records. Moving those records across the country puts that access at risk.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1420\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104429\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c-1536x1091.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a press conference, Oct. 8, 2024, in San Francisco. (Minh Connors/AP Photo)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>U.S. Rep. Kevin Mullin, who represents the area where the San Bruno facility is located, in August led a coalition of lawmakers urging a halt to the closure and introduced legislation that would prevent NARA from closing facilities without congressional approval. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Mullin said he was glad Bonta filed the lawsuit, but that he would continue his own efforts. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“While I’m pleased to see the Attorney General take action today, I am also pushing for federal legislation with the National Archives Protection Act and will be doing everything in my power to prevent the closure through other means like the federal budget process,” Mullin wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The National Archives and Records Administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but told employees in their email announcing the decision that it was made in an effort to support the “long-term financial health and viability” of funding that goes toward facility operations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>NARA’s official announcement on its website in August \u003ca href=\"https://www.archives.gov/research/news\">said\u003c/a> the move addressed underutilized space due to a shift to electronic recordkeeping and that the facilities required upgrades that are “fiscally unviable.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The agency said records from the San Bruno facility are currently and will still be available to the public, following their relocation to facilities in Riverside, Colorado, Maryland, Texas and Missouri. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The relocation of records, however, could take years and run the risk of records being separated or irreparably damaged, the lawsuit claims. Digitizing records, too, is not so easy due to the mass amounts of documents — with some too fragile to be copied. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The agency said that currently, less than 4% of all records are digitized. According to NARA, only 3.35% of records from the Bureau of Indian Affairs — a federal agency whose job includes overseeing federally recognized tribes — have been digitized.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Four Native organizations said in a separate \u003ca href=\"https://narf.org/nill/documents/20261014-nara-letter.pdf\">joint letter to NARA\u003c/a>, issued the same day as Bonta’s lawsuit, that the closure has proceeded without “meaningful consultation” with tribes. \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/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12088981\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The National Archives and Records Administration facility in San Bruno on June 25, 2026, stores historical federal records from Northern California and the Pacific region. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“These archives hold documents and records that sovereign Tribal Nations rely on to vindicate the rights of Tribal members and to hold the federal government accountable for its trust and treaty obligations,” said letter cosigner John Echohawk, executive director of the Native Americans Rights Fund, in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>NARA hosted two tribal listening sessions this month to “lessen or mitigate the impacts of the closure.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bonta characterized that move as “inchoate.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The “‘consultation’ with the tribes is illusory and evidence of NARA’s failure to consider the impacts of its decision to close the Archives,” the lawsuit said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When NARA previously tried to sell its facility in Seattle in 2019, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget switched gears after lawmakers and tribes rallied against the closure.\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing the federal government to block the Bay Area’s National Archives facility from closing. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing the federal government to block the Bay Area’s National Archives facility from closing. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/complaint-california-v-nara-nd-cal-326-cv-11868.pdf\">lawsuit\u003c/a>, filed Wednesday in federal court, seeks a court order to prevent the closure, alleging that it violates federal administrative law — because the agency did not consult the public in deciding to rehome records. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/complaint-california-v-nara-nd-cal-326-cv-11868.pdf\">lawsuit\u003c/a>, filed Wednesday in federal court, seeks a court order to prevent the closure, alleging that it violates federal administrative law — because the agency did not consult the public in deciding to rehome records. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088904/exclusive-the-bay-areas-national-archives-office-is-closing-researchers-are-worried\">told employees in a June email\u003c/a> that the National Archives at San Francisco, a San Bruno facility that hosts more than 75,000 cubic feet of historical records — with even more preserved in Chicago — would close “within the next few months.” That would mean immigration, genealogical and court records about subjects like Native American boarding schools and Japanese American internment would be moved to others across the country. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088904/exclusive-the-bay-areas-national-archives-office-is-closing-researchers-are-worried\">told employees in a June email\u003c/a> that the National Archives at San Francisco, a San Bruno facility that hosts more than 75,000 cubic feet of historical records — with even more preserved in Chicago — would close “within the next few months.” That would mean immigration, genealogical and court records about subjects like Native American boarding schools and Japanese American internment would be moved to others across the country. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“These records aren’t just part of California’s past. They serve a critical purpose for families, for communities and institutions across our state,” Bonta said at a press conference on Wednesday. “They depend on having local access to these records. Moving those records across the country puts that access at risk.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“These records aren’t just part of California’s past. They serve a critical purpose for families, for communities and institutions across our state,” Bonta said at a press conference on Wednesday. “They depend on having local access to these records. Moving those records across the country puts that access at risk.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12104429,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c-1536x1091.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104429\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c-1536x1091.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a press conference, Oct. 8, 2024, in San Francisco. \u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Minh Connors/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104429\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a press conference, Oct. 8, 2024, in San Francisco. \u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Minh Connors/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>U.S. Rep. Kevin Mullin, who represents the area where the San Bruno facility is located, in August led a coalition of lawmakers urging a halt to the closure and introduced legislation that would prevent NARA from closing facilities without congressional approval. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>U.S. Rep. Kevin Mullin, who represents the area where the San Bruno facility is located, in August led a coalition of lawmakers urging a halt to the closure and introduced legislation that would prevent NARA from closing facilities without congressional approval. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Mullin said he was glad Bonta filed the lawsuit, but that he would continue his own efforts. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Mullin said he was glad Bonta filed the lawsuit, but that he would continue his own efforts. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“While I’m pleased to see the Attorney General take action today, I am also pushing for federal legislation with the National Archives Protection Act and will be doing everything in my power to prevent the closure through other means like the federal budget process,” Mullin wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“While I’m pleased to see the Attorney General take action today, I am also pushing for federal legislation with the National Archives Protection Act and will be doing everything in my power to prevent the closure through other means like the federal budget process,” Mullin wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "kqed-v2/related-articles",
"attrs": {
"postIds": [
"news_12088904"
],
"label": "Related Articles",
"maxPosts": 1,
"showImages": false,
"heroImage": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-04-BL-KQED.jpg",
"query": "",
"labelWasCleared": false,
"heroImageAlt": "",
"heroImageLink": "",
"labelLink": "",
"alignment": "right",
"target": "_self",
"manualLinks": [],
"posts": []
},
"innerHTML": "",
"innerContent": [],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The National Archives and Records Administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but told employees in their email announcing the decision that it was made in an effort to support the “long-term financial health and viability” of funding that goes toward facility operations. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The National Archives and Records Administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but told employees in their email announcing the decision that it was made in an effort to support the “long-term financial health and viability” of funding that goes toward facility operations. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>NARA’s official announcement on its website in August \u003ca href=\"https://www.archives.gov/research/news\">said\u003c/a> the move addressed underutilized space due to a shift to electronic recordkeeping and that the facilities required upgrades that are “fiscally unviable.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>NARA’s official announcement on its website in August \u003ca href=\"https://www.archives.gov/research/news\">said\u003c/a> the move addressed underutilized space due to a shift to electronic recordkeeping and that the facilities required upgrades that are “fiscally unviable.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The agency said records from the San Bruno facility are currently and will still be available to the public, following their relocation to facilities in Riverside, Colorado, Maryland, Texas and Missouri. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The agency said records from the San Bruno facility are currently and will still be available to the public, following their relocation to facilities in Riverside, Colorado, Maryland, Texas and Missouri. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The relocation of records, however, could take years and run the risk of records being separated or irreparably damaged, the lawsuit claims. Digitizing records, too, is not so easy due to the mass amounts of documents — with some too fragile to be copied. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The relocation of records, however, could take years and run the risk of records being separated or irreparably damaged, the lawsuit claims. Digitizing records, too, is not so easy due to the mass amounts of documents — with some too fragile to be copied. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The agency said that currently, less than 4% of all records are digitized. According to NARA, only 3.35% of records from the Bureau of Indian Affairs — a federal agency whose job includes overseeing federally recognized tribes — have been digitized.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The agency said that currently, less than 4% of all records are digitized. According to NARA, only 3.35% of records from the Bureau of Indian Affairs — a federal agency whose job includes overseeing federally recognized tribes — have been digitized.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Four Native organizations said in a separate \u003ca href=\"https://narf.org/nill/documents/20261014-nara-letter.pdf\">joint letter to NARA\u003c/a>, issued the same day as Bonta’s lawsuit, that the closure has proceeded without “meaningful consultation” with tribes. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Four Native organizations said in a separate \u003ca href=\"https://narf.org/nill/documents/20261014-nara-letter.pdf\">joint letter to NARA\u003c/a>, issued the same day as Bonta’s lawsuit, that the closure has proceeded without “meaningful consultation” with tribes. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12088981,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12088981\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The National Archives and Records Administration facility in San Bruno on June 25, 2026, stores historical federal records from Northern California and the Pacific region.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12088981\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The National Archives and Records Administration facility in San Bruno on June 25, 2026, stores historical federal records from Northern California and the Pacific region.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“These archives hold documents and records that sovereign Tribal Nations rely on to vindicate the rights of Tribal members and to hold the federal government accountable for its trust and treaty obligations,” said letter cosigner John Echohawk, executive director of the Native Americans Rights Fund, in a statement. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“These archives hold documents and records that sovereign Tribal Nations rely on to vindicate the rights of Tribal members and to hold the federal government accountable for its trust and treaty obligations,” said letter cosigner John Echohawk, executive director of the Native Americans Rights Fund, in a statement. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>NARA hosted two tribal listening sessions this month to “lessen or mitigate the impacts of the closure.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>NARA hosted two tribal listening sessions this month to “lessen or mitigate the impacts of the closure.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Bonta characterized that move as “inchoate.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Bonta characterized that move as “inchoate.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The “‘consultation’ with the tribes is illusory and evidence of NARA’s failure to consider the impacts of its decision to close the Archives,” the lawsuit said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The “‘consultation’ with the tribes is illusory and evidence of NARA’s failure to consider the impacts of its decision to close the Archives,” the lawsuit said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>When NARA previously tried to sell its facility in Seattle in 2019, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget switched gears after lawmakers and tribes rallied against the closure.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>When NARA previously tried to sell its facility in Seattle in 2019, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget switched gears after lawmakers and tribes rallied against the closure.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
}
],
"excerpt": "Attorney General Rob Bonta is the latest to step in to save the facility housing thousands of historic records.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1792097098,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 18,
"wordCount": 696
},
"headData": {
"title": "Bonta Sues Federal Government to Stop Bay Area National Archives Closure | KQED",
"description": "Attorney General Rob Bonta is the latest to step in to save the facility housing thousands of historic records.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Bonta Sues Federal Government to Stop Bay Area National Archives Closure",
"datePublished": "2026-10-15T11:37:13-07:00",
"dateModified": "2026-10-15T13:44:58-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"primaryCategory": {
"termId": 31795,
"slug": "california",
"name": "California"
},
"sticky": false,
"nprStoryId": "kqed-12104514",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"excludeFromSiteSearch": "Include",
"articleAge": "0",
"path": "/news/12104514/bonta-sues-federal-government-to-stop-bay-area-national-archives-closure",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing the federal government to block the Bay Area’s National Archives facility from closing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/complaint-california-v-nara-nd-cal-326-cv-11868.pdf\">lawsuit\u003c/a>, filed Wednesday in federal court, seeks a court order to prevent the closure, alleging that it violates federal administrative law — because the agency did not consult the public in deciding to rehome records. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088904/exclusive-the-bay-areas-national-archives-office-is-closing-researchers-are-worried\">told employees in a June email\u003c/a> that the National Archives at San Francisco, a San Bruno facility that hosts more than 75,000 cubic feet of historical records — with even more preserved in Chicago — would close “within the next few months.” That would mean immigration, genealogical and court records about subjects like Native American boarding schools and Japanese American internment would be moved to others across the country. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“These records aren’t just part of California’s past. They serve a critical purpose for families, for communities and institutions across our state,” Bonta said at a press conference on Wednesday. “They depend on having local access to these records. Moving those records across the country puts that access at risk.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1420\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104429\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/RobBontaAPPhoto-abaecf7c-1536x1091.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a press conference, Oct. 8, 2024, in San Francisco. (Minh Connors/AP Photo)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>U.S. Rep. Kevin Mullin, who represents the area where the San Bruno facility is located, in August led a coalition of lawmakers urging a halt to the closure and introduced legislation that would prevent NARA from closing facilities without congressional approval. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Mullin said he was glad Bonta filed the lawsuit, but that he would continue his own efforts. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“While I’m pleased to see the Attorney General take action today, I am also pushing for federal legislation with the National Archives Protection Act and will be doing everything in my power to prevent the closure through other means like the federal budget process,” Mullin wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The National Archives and Records Administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but told employees in their email announcing the decision that it was made in an effort to support the “long-term financial health and viability” of funding that goes toward facility operations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>NARA’s official announcement on its website in August \u003ca href=\"https://www.archives.gov/research/news\">said\u003c/a> the move addressed underutilized space due to a shift to electronic recordkeeping and that the facilities required upgrades that are “fiscally unviable.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The agency said records from the San Bruno facility are currently and will still be available to the public, following their relocation to facilities in Riverside, Colorado, Maryland, Texas and Missouri. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The relocation of records, however, could take years and run the risk of records being separated or irreparably damaged, the lawsuit claims. Digitizing records, too, is not so easy due to the mass amounts of documents — with some too fragile to be copied. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The agency said that currently, less than 4% of all records are digitized. According to NARA, only 3.35% of records from the Bureau of Indian Affairs — a federal agency whose job includes overseeing federally recognized tribes — have been digitized.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Four Native organizations said in a separate \u003ca href=\"https://narf.org/nill/documents/20261014-nara-letter.pdf\">joint letter to NARA\u003c/a>, issued the same day as Bonta’s lawsuit, that the closure has proceeded without “meaningful consultation” with tribes. \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/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12088981\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-NATIONALARCHIVESCLOSURE-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The National Archives and Records Administration facility in San Bruno on June 25, 2026, stores historical federal records from Northern California and the Pacific region. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“These archives hold documents and records that sovereign Tribal Nations rely on to vindicate the rights of Tribal members and to hold the federal government accountable for its trust and treaty obligations,” said letter cosigner John Echohawk, executive director of the Native Americans Rights Fund, in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>NARA hosted two tribal listening sessions this month to “lessen or mitigate the impacts of the closure.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bonta characterized that move as “inchoate.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The “‘consultation’ with the tribes is illusory and evidence of NARA’s failure to consider the impacts of its decision to close the Archives,” the lawsuit said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When NARA previously tried to sell its facility in Seattle in 2019, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget switched gears after lawmakers and tribes rallied against the closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/12104514/bonta-sues-federal-government-to-stop-bay-area-national-archives-closure",
"authors": [
"11935"
],
"categories": [
"news_31795",
"news_6188",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_18538",
"news_1323",
"news_19954",
"news_21891",
"news_17968",
"news_3674",
"news_38"
],
"featImg": "news_12088984",
"label": "news"
},
"news_12103978": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_12103978",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12103978",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1791746896000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "former-blue-angels-commanding-officer-talks-about-what-it-takes-to-fly-a-super-hornet",
"title": "Former Blue Angels Commanding Officer Talks About What It Takes to Fly a Super Hornet",
"publishDate": 1791746896,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "Former Blue Angels Commanding Officer Talks About What It Takes to Fly a Super Hornet | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\n\u003cp>Not everyone in the Bay Area can get behind the noise that comes with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103818/thinking-of-taking-waymo-to-fleet-week-its-complicated\">Fleet Week\u003c/a>, but some of the pilots performing are carrying an even heavier — literally — load: up to seven and a half times the force of gravity. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s no easy feat for the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, who headline \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103039/fleet-week-2026-practice-schedule-blue-angels-ship-tours-where-events\">the annual show in San Francisco\u003c/a> that honors the armed forces and wraps up Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Retired Navy Capt. Russ Bartlett was the commanding officer of the Blue Angels during the 2003 and 2004 seasons. He says the Blue Angels’ F/A-18E/F Super Hornets can handle many times the force of gravity. But that means pilots can lose vision and consciousness as their blood tries to pool in their lower extremities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11697029\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left: Jackson Buttler, 4; Wyatt Buttler, 3; and Kai Super, 4, play with toy Blue Angel jets as a little girl looks on during the Fleet Week air show at the Marina Green in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2018. (Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bartlett said that without an anti-gravity suit, pilots have to clench their calves, thighs, abdomen, and butt, “and force that blood back into our head and take a breath and do it again.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You just keep doing that so that you can stay on top of it and not lose first vision and second your consciousness,” Bartlett said. “To be able to do that for 35 minutes — every flight — you really have to train for it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Richard Keefer, a former Navy fighter pilot and current docent on the USS Hornet, has used the technique before. He said without it, your peripheral vision just starts to collapse, everything goes black and “all of a sudden, you go out.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“And as you could imagine, that’s not a good thing when you are in the airplane flying 18 inches away from five of your best friends,” Bartlett said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>To train for such extremes, Keefer said pilots are taught how to breathe and are put in a centrifuge at their winter training grounds near San Diego to push their threshold of losing consciousness. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They put you through it quite a bit because everybody thinks they can tolerate more than they can,” Keefer said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Going from total weightlessness to experiencing multiple G’s “doesn’t compare to anything that you could do in real life other than flying in a jet,” Keefer said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“[It’s like going] from euphoria sliding, flying, just floating in air — to all of a sudden being hit by a truck,” Keefer said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>To actually pull off the moves done in the sky while in tight formations, pilots put a lot of trust in their flight leader. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bartlett said his job while in that role was to be the only one looking out the front of the plane and choosing a track through the sky. The wingmen are looking to their left or right to stay in line with the others who are inches away. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My charter is to fly the most stable and consistent profiles that I can and that I won’t fly the six of us into the bay, the building or the ground, right?” Bartlett said. “That’s kind of the most fundamental thing is to keep us all safe.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1261\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11778620\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-1020x670.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-1200x788.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Navy Blue Angels in San Francisco in 2019. (Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The team practices how that all plays out even before the show, sort of like a band. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They close their eyes, they put their hands on the table, hold their hand like they’re holding a stick and the boss goes through each maneuver the way he’s gonna do it,” Keefer said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>With the training so intense and the stakes so high, Keefer said the planes become another piece of the pilots. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When they’re plugging in all of their stuff, they’re plugging in their veins and their muscle groups and everything else into the same airplane and they become part of it,” Keefer said. “They feel it, they hear it, it talks to them.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Blue Angels are expected to perform today at 3 p.m, closing out the last airshow of Fleet Week 2026. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kmonahan\">\u003cem>Katherine Monahan\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Not everyone in the Bay Area can get behind the noise that comes with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103818/thinking-of-taking-waymo-to-fleet-week-its-complicated\">Fleet Week\u003c/a>, but some of the pilots performing are carrying an even heavier — literally — load: up to seven and a half times the force of gravity. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Not everyone in the Bay Area can get behind the noise that comes with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103818/thinking-of-taking-waymo-to-fleet-week-its-complicated\">Fleet Week\u003c/a>, but some of the pilots performing are carrying an even heavier — literally — load: up to seven and a half times the force of gravity. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>It’s no easy feat for the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, who headline \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103039/fleet-week-2026-practice-schedule-blue-angels-ship-tours-where-events\">the annual show in San Francisco\u003c/a> that honors the armed forces and wraps up Sunday.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>It’s no easy feat for the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, who headline \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103039/fleet-week-2026-practice-schedule-blue-angels-ship-tours-where-events\">the annual show in San Francisco\u003c/a> that honors the armed forces and wraps up Sunday.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Retired Navy Capt. Russ Bartlett was the commanding officer of the Blue Angels during the 2003 and 2004 seasons. He says the Blue Angels’ F/A-18E/F Super Hornets can handle many times the force of gravity. But that means pilots can lose vision and consciousness as their blood tries to pool in their lower extremities. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Retired Navy Capt. Russ Bartlett was the commanding officer of the Blue Angels during the 2003 and 2004 seasons. He says the Blue Angels’ F/A-18E/F Super Hornets can handle many times the force of gravity. But that means pilots can lose vision and consciousness as their blood tries to pool in their lower extremities. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 11697029,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-520x347.jpg 520w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11697029\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left: Jackson Buttler, 4; Wyatt Buttler, 3; and Kai Super, 4, play with toy Blue Angel jets as a little girl looks on during the Fleet Week air show at the Marina Green in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2018.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11697029\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left: Jackson Buttler, 4; Wyatt Buttler, 3; and Kai Super, 4, play with toy Blue Angel jets as a little girl looks on during the Fleet Week air show at the Marina Green in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2018.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Bartlett said that without an anti-gravity suit, pilots have to clench their calves, thighs, abdomen, and butt, “and force that blood back into our head and take a breath and do it again.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Bartlett said that without an anti-gravity suit, pilots have to clench their calves, thighs, abdomen, and butt, “and force that blood back into our head and take a breath and do it again.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“You just keep doing that so that you can stay on top of it and not lose first vision and second your consciousness,” Bartlett said. “To be able to do that for 35 minutes — every flight — you really have to train for it.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“You just keep doing that so that you can stay on top of it and not lose first vision and second your consciousness,” Bartlett said. “To be able to do that for 35 minutes — every flight — you really have to train for it.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Richard Keefer, a former Navy fighter pilot and current docent on the USS Hornet, has used the technique before. He said without it, your peripheral vision just starts to collapse, everything goes black and “all of a sudden, you go out.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Richard Keefer, a former Navy fighter pilot and current docent on the USS Hornet, has used the technique before. He said without it, your peripheral vision just starts to collapse, everything goes black and “all of a sudden, you go out.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“And as you could imagine, that’s not a good thing when you are in the airplane flying 18 inches away from five of your best friends,” Bartlett said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“And as you could imagine, that’s not a good thing when you are in the airplane flying 18 inches away from five of your best friends,” Bartlett said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "kqed-v2/related-articles",
"attrs": {
"postIds": [
"news_12097824"
],
"label": "Related Articles",
"showImages": false,
"heroImage": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/Fleet-Week-SF-Getty.jpg",
"query": "",
"labelWasCleared": false,
"maxPosts": 3,
"heroImageAlt": "",
"heroImageLink": "",
"labelLink": "",
"alignment": "right",
"target": "_self",
"manualLinks": [],
"posts": []
},
"innerHTML": "",
"innerContent": [],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>To train for such extremes, Keefer said pilots are taught how to breathe and are put in a centrifuge at their winter training grounds near San Diego to push their threshold of losing consciousness. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>To train for such extremes, Keefer said pilots are taught how to breathe and are put in a centrifuge at their winter training grounds near San Diego to push their threshold of losing consciousness. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“They put you through it quite a bit because everybody thinks they can tolerate more than they can,” Keefer said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“They put you through it quite a bit because everybody thinks they can tolerate more than they can,” Keefer said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Going from total weightlessness to experiencing multiple G’s “doesn’t compare to anything that you could do in real life other than flying in a jet,” Keefer said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Going from total weightlessness to experiencing multiple G’s “doesn’t compare to anything that you could do in real life other than flying in a jet,” Keefer said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“[It’s like going] from euphoria sliding, flying, just floating in air — to all of a sudden being hit by a truck,” Keefer said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“[It’s like going] from euphoria sliding, flying, just floating in air — to all of a sudden being hit by a truck,” Keefer said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>To actually pull off the moves done in the sky while in tight formations, pilots put a lot of trust in their flight leader. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>To actually pull off the moves done in the sky while in tight formations, pilots put a lot of trust in their flight leader. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Bartlett said his job while in that role was to be the only one looking out the front of the plane and choosing a track through the sky. The wingmen are looking to their left or right to stay in line with the others who are inches away. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Bartlett said his job while in that role was to be the only one looking out the front of the plane and choosing a track through the sky. The wingmen are looking to their left or right to stay in line with the others who are inches away. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“My charter is to fly the most stable and consistent profiles that I can and that I won’t fly the six of us into the bay, the building or the ground, right?” Bartlett said. “That’s kind of the most fundamental thing is to keep us all safe.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“My charter is to fly the most stable and consistent profiles that I can and that I won’t fly the six of us into the bay, the building or the ground, right?” Bartlett said. “That’s kind of the most fundamental thing is to keep us all safe.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 11778620,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-1020x670.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-1200x788.jpg 1200w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11778620\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-1020x670.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-1200x788.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Navy Blue Angels in San Francisco in 2019. \u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11778620\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Navy Blue Angels in San Francisco in 2019. \u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The team practices how that all plays out even before the show, sort of like a band. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The team practices how that all plays out even before the show, sort of like a band. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“They close their eyes, they put their hands on the table, hold their hand like they’re holding a stick and the boss goes through each maneuver the way he’s gonna do it,” Keefer said.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“They close their eyes, they put their hands on the table, hold their hand like they’re holding a stick and the boss goes through each maneuver the way he’s gonna do it,” Keefer said.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>With the training so intense and the stakes so high, Keefer said the planes become another piece of the pilots. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>With the training so intense and the stakes so high, Keefer said the planes become another piece of the pilots. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“When they’re plugging in all of their stuff, they’re plugging in their veins and their muscle groups and everything else into the same airplane and they become part of it,” Keefer said. “They feel it, they hear it, it talks to them.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“When they’re plugging in all of their stuff, they’re plugging in their veins and their muscle groups and everything else into the same airplane and they become part of it,” Keefer said. “They feel it, they hear it, it talks to them.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The Blue Angels are expected to perform today at 3 p.m, closing out the last airshow of Fleet Week 2026. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The Blue Angels are expected to perform today at 3 p.m, closing out the last airshow of Fleet Week 2026. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kmonahan\">\u003cem>Katherine Monahan\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kmonahan\">\u003cem>Katherine Monahan\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
}
],
"excerpt": "As the last airshows of this year’s Fleet Week finish up Sunday, a former Blue Angels pilot says it takes a lot of effort to make it the show it is. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1791835791,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 20,
"wordCount": 725
},
"headData": {
"title": "Former Blue Angels Commanding Officer Talks About What It Takes to Fly a Super Hornet | KQED",
"description": "As the last airshows of this year’s Fleet Week finish up Sunday, a former Blue Angels pilot says it takes a lot of effort to make it the show it is. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Former Blue Angels Commanding Officer Talks About What It Takes to Fly a Super Hornet",
"datePublished": "2026-10-11T12:28:16-07:00",
"dateModified": "2026-10-12T13:09:51-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"primaryCategory": {
"termId": 28250,
"slug": "local",
"name": "Local"
},
"audioUrl": "https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/ef3d9ed4-4036-418c-bd36-b4e0000aeabb/audio.mp3",
"sticky": false,
"nprStoryId": "kqed-12103978",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"excludeFromSiteSearch": "Include",
"articleAge": "0",
"path": "/news/12103978/former-blue-angels-commanding-officer-talks-about-what-it-takes-to-fly-a-super-hornet",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Not everyone in the Bay Area can get behind the noise that comes with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103818/thinking-of-taking-waymo-to-fleet-week-its-complicated\">Fleet Week\u003c/a>, but some of the pilots performing are carrying an even heavier — literally — load: up to seven and a half times the force of gravity. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s no easy feat for the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, who headline \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103039/fleet-week-2026-practice-schedule-blue-angels-ship-tours-where-events\">the annual show in San Francisco\u003c/a> that honors the armed forces and wraps up Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Retired Navy Capt. Russ Bartlett was the commanding officer of the Blue Angels during the 2003 and 2004 seasons. He says the Blue Angels’ F/A-18E/F Super Hornets can handle many times the force of gravity. But that means pilots can lose vision and consciousness as their blood tries to pool in their lower extremities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11697029\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left: Jackson Buttler, 4; Wyatt Buttler, 3; and Kai Super, 4, play with toy Blue Angel jets as a little girl looks on during the Fleet Week air show at the Marina Green in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2018. (Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bartlett said that without an anti-gravity suit, pilots have to clench their calves, thighs, abdomen, and butt, “and force that blood back into our head and take a breath and do it again.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You just keep doing that so that you can stay on top of it and not lose first vision and second your consciousness,” Bartlett said. “To be able to do that for 35 minutes — every flight — you really have to train for it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Richard Keefer, a former Navy fighter pilot and current docent on the USS Hornet, has used the technique before. He said without it, your peripheral vision just starts to collapse, everything goes black and “all of a sudden, you go out.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“And as you could imagine, that’s not a good thing when you are in the airplane flying 18 inches away from five of your best friends,” Bartlett said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>To train for such extremes, Keefer said pilots are taught how to breathe and are put in a centrifuge at their winter training grounds near San Diego to push their threshold of losing consciousness. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They put you through it quite a bit because everybody thinks they can tolerate more than they can,” Keefer said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Going from total weightlessness to experiencing multiple G’s “doesn’t compare to anything that you could do in real life other than flying in a jet,” Keefer said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“[It’s like going] from euphoria sliding, flying, just floating in air — to all of a sudden being hit by a truck,” Keefer said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>To actually pull off the moves done in the sky while in tight formations, pilots put a lot of trust in their flight leader. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bartlett said his job while in that role was to be the only one looking out the front of the plane and choosing a track through the sky. The wingmen are looking to their left or right to stay in line with the others who are inches away. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My charter is to fly the most stable and consistent profiles that I can and that I won’t fly the six of us into the bay, the building or the ground, right?” Bartlett said. “That’s kind of the most fundamental thing is to keep us all safe.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1261\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11778620\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-1020x670.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-1200x788.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Navy Blue Angels in San Francisco in 2019. (Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The team practices how that all plays out even before the show, sort of like a band. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They close their eyes, they put their hands on the table, hold their hand like they’re holding a stick and the boss goes through each maneuver the way he’s gonna do it,” Keefer said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>With the training so intense and the stakes so high, Keefer said the planes become another piece of the pilots. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When they’re plugging in all of their stuff, they’re plugging in their veins and their muscle groups and everything else into the same airplane and they become part of it,” Keefer said. “They feel it, they hear it, it talks to them.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Blue Angels are expected to perform today at 3 p.m, closing out the last airshow of Fleet Week 2026. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kmonahan\">\u003cem>Katherine Monahan\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/12103978/former-blue-angels-commanding-officer-talks-about-what-it-takes-to-fly-a-super-hornet",
"authors": [
"11935"
],
"categories": [
"news_31795",
"news_28250",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_3281",
"news_18538",
"news_3278",
"news_37573",
"news_17996"
],
"featImg": "news_12058119",
"label": "news"
},
"news_12103472": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_12103472",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12103472",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1791471989000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "uss-abraham-lincoln-returns-to-san-diego-today",
"title": "USS Abraham Lincoln Returns to San Diego Today",
"publishDate": 1791471989,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "USS Abraham Lincoln Returns to San Diego Today | KQED",
"labelTerm": {},
"content": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here are the morning’s top stories on Thursday, October 8, 2026: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>The USS Abraham Lincoln \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/military/2026/10/07/uss-abraham-lincoln-returning-to-san-diego-after-extended-iran-deployment\">returns to San Diego today\u003c/a> after an intense, months-long deployment to the Middle East. The aircraft carrier spent more than 260 days at sea without a port call, and there have been multiple reports of low morale for the crew.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Chico State students \u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2026-10-07/chico-state-students-rally-against-sexual-assault-amid-cornell-controversy-see-photos-from-the-protest\">rallied yesterday against sexual assault on college campuses\u003c/a>. It’s part of a nationwide outcry following rape allegations at Cornell University in New York.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>In the San Joaquin Valley, leaders of a faith-based nonprofit in the San Joaquin Valley announced a new initiative yesterday that trains residents to become “poll chaplains.” The Merced FOCUS reports that the “poll chaplains” aim to de-escalate tensions at polling places.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">USS Abraham Lincoln’s return\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/military/2026/10/07/uss-abraham-lincoln-returning-to-san-diego-after-extended-iran-deployment\">is due back in San Diego today\u003c/a>, a homecoming that marks an end to a deployment of more than 10 months that included combat operations, supply shortages and more than 260 consecutive days at sea.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The morale issues among the embarked crew brought on by the arduous nature of this deployment reportedly contributed to at least one sailor jumping overboard.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao told Congress last month eight service members in the Lincoln’s battle group attempted suicide — a number that is close to the suicide attempt rate Navy-wide in 2024, according to a Defense Department report.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke with sailors on the carrier’s flight deck Wednesday off the San Diego coast. He said he was responsible for twice extending their deployment and praised the crew’s resilience.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There were a few folks in the media who tried to turn the USS Abraham Lincoln into some sort of a symbol — a symbol of dysfunction, or a symbol of low morale or a symbol of a failed mission,” Hegseth said. “I know it’s the exact opposite.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hegseth told the crew the news media often sees “success” as a symbol of things gone wrong.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They see success, and they see excellence, and they see difficulty and challenge that needs to be overcome … and they want to … point at it as, as a symbol of something that was missed or wrong,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chico State students rally against sexual assault\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Chico State students \u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2026-10-07/chico-state-students-rally-against-sexual-assault-amid-cornell-controversy-see-photos-from-the-protest\">rallied Wednesday\u003c/a> against sexual assault on college campuses, part of a nationwide outcry following \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5993761/a-legal-loophole-could-shape-how-the-cornell-rape-case-is-prosecuted\">rape allegations\u003c/a> at Cornell University in New York.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kassandra Ramondo, a student organizer, said this is a moment to speak up.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’ve been a victim of sexual assault,” Ramondo said. “I just want to use my voice and my power to stand up for that community because sometimes a lot of those survivors don’t have the capacity for that.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The protest drew more than 100 people on campus, many holding signs reading “I am Jane Doe” in reference to the Cornell case.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">San Joaquin Valley ‘poll chaplains’ try to de-escalate tensions\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The nonprofit Faith in the Valley are promoting the so-called “poll chaplains” to encourage voter turnout and dispel misinformation about elections during the election season. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Madeleine Guekguezian is a poll chaplain and a pastor at the United Methodist Church in the city of Merced. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you feel like you want to be a presence of calm — of trust — to learn how to de-escalate when folks want to cause a scene around a voting center, then I courage you to leave your contact information,” Guekguezian said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Faith in the Valley plans to hold several training sessions for volunteers before Election Day on Nov. 3. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The chaplains will still follow election rules, such as standing at least 100 feet away from polling center entrances. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here are the morning’s top stories on Thursday, October 8, 2026: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here are the morning’s top stories on Thursday, October 8, 2026: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/list",
"attrs": {
"items": [
"The USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego today after an intense, months-long deployment to the Middle East. The aircraft carrier spent more than 260 days at sea without a port call, and there have been multiple reports of low morale for the crew.",
"Chico State students rallied yesterday against sexual assault on college campuses. It’s part of a nationwide outcry following rape allegations at Cornell University in New York.",
"In the San Joaquin Valley, leaders of a faith-based nonprofit in the San Joaquin Valley announced a new initiative yesterday that trains residents to become “poll chaplains.” The Merced FOCUS reports that the “poll chaplains” aim to de-escalate tensions at polling places."
],
"ordered": false,
"values": ""
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n\n\n\u003c/ul>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">",
null,
"\n\n",
null,
"\n\n",
null,
"\u003c/ul>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/list-item",
"attrs": [],
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cli>The USS Abraham Lincoln \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/military/2026/10/07/uss-abraham-lincoln-returning-to-san-diego-after-extended-iran-deployment\">returns to San Diego today\u003c/a> after an intense, months-long deployment to the Middle East. The aircraft carrier spent more than 260 days at sea without a port call, and there have been multiple reports of low morale for the crew.\u003c/li>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cli>The USS Abraham Lincoln \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/military/2026/10/07/uss-abraham-lincoln-returning-to-san-diego-after-extended-iran-deployment\">returns to San Diego today\u003c/a> after an intense, months-long deployment to the Middle East. The aircraft carrier spent more than 260 days at sea without a port call, and there have been multiple reports of low morale for the crew.\u003c/li>\n"
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/list-item",
"attrs": [],
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cli>Chico State students \u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2026-10-07/chico-state-students-rally-against-sexual-assault-amid-cornell-controversy-see-photos-from-the-protest\">rallied yesterday against sexual assault on college campuses\u003c/a>. It’s part of a nationwide outcry following rape allegations at Cornell University in New York.\u003c/li>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cli>Chico State students \u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2026-10-07/chico-state-students-rally-against-sexual-assault-amid-cornell-controversy-see-photos-from-the-protest\">rallied yesterday against sexual assault on college campuses\u003c/a>. It’s part of a nationwide outcry following rape allegations at Cornell University in New York.\u003c/li>\n"
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/list-item",
"attrs": [],
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cli>In the San Joaquin Valley, leaders of a faith-based nonprofit in the San Joaquin Valley announced a new initiative yesterday that trains residents to become “poll chaplains.” The Merced FOCUS reports that the “poll chaplains” aim to de-escalate tensions at polling places.\u003c/li>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cli>In the San Joaquin Valley, leaders of a faith-based nonprofit in the San Joaquin Valley announced a new initiative yesterday that trains residents to become “poll chaplains.” The Merced FOCUS reports that the “poll chaplains” aim to de-escalate tensions at polling places.\u003c/li>\n"
]
}
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/heading",
"attrs": {
"text": "USS Abraham Lincoln’s return",
"level": 2
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">USS Abraham Lincoln’s return\u003c/h2>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">USS Abraham Lincoln’s return\u003c/h2>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/military/2026/10/07/uss-abraham-lincoln-returning-to-san-diego-after-extended-iran-deployment\">is due back in San Diego today\u003c/a>, a homecoming that marks an end to a deployment of more than 10 months that included combat operations, supply shortages and more than 260 consecutive days at sea.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/military/2026/10/07/uss-abraham-lincoln-returning-to-san-diego-after-extended-iran-deployment\">is due back in San Diego today\u003c/a>, a homecoming that marks an end to a deployment of more than 10 months that included combat operations, supply shortages and more than 260 consecutive days at sea.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The morale issues among the embarked crew brought on by the arduous nature of this deployment reportedly contributed to at least one sailor jumping overboard.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The morale issues among the embarked crew brought on by the arduous nature of this deployment reportedly contributed to at least one sailor jumping overboard.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao told Congress last month eight service members in the Lincoln’s battle group attempted suicide — a number that is close to the suicide attempt rate Navy-wide in 2024, according to a Defense Department report.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao told Congress last month eight service members in the Lincoln’s battle group attempted suicide — a number that is close to the suicide attempt rate Navy-wide in 2024, according to a Defense Department report.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke with sailors on the carrier’s flight deck Wednesday off the San Diego coast. He said he was responsible for twice extending their deployment and praised the crew’s resilience.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke with sailors on the carrier’s flight deck Wednesday off the San Diego coast. He said he was responsible for twice extending their deployment and praised the crew’s resilience.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“There were a few folks in the media who tried to turn the USS Abraham Lincoln into some sort of a symbol — a symbol of dysfunction, or a symbol of low morale or a symbol of a failed mission,” Hegseth said. “I know it’s the exact opposite.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“There were a few folks in the media who tried to turn the USS Abraham Lincoln into some sort of a symbol — a symbol of dysfunction, or a symbol of low morale or a symbol of a failed mission,” Hegseth said. “I know it’s the exact opposite.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Hegseth told the crew the news media often sees “success” as a symbol of things gone wrong.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Hegseth told the crew the news media often sees “success” as a symbol of things gone wrong.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“They see success, and they see excellence, and they see difficulty and challenge that needs to be overcome … and they want to … point at it as, as a symbol of something that was missed or wrong,” he said.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“They see success, and they see excellence, and they see difficulty and challenge that needs to be overcome … and they want to … point at it as, as a symbol of something that was missed or wrong,” he said.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/heading",
"attrs": {
"text": "Chico State students rally against sexual assault",
"level": 2
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chico State students rally against sexual assault\u003c/h2>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chico State students rally against sexual assault\u003c/h2>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Chico State students \u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2026-10-07/chico-state-students-rally-against-sexual-assault-amid-cornell-controversy-see-photos-from-the-protest\">rallied Wednesday\u003c/a> against sexual assault on college campuses, part of a nationwide outcry following \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5993761/a-legal-loophole-could-shape-how-the-cornell-rape-case-is-prosecuted\">rape allegations\u003c/a> at Cornell University in New York.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Chico State students \u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2026-10-07/chico-state-students-rally-against-sexual-assault-amid-cornell-controversy-see-photos-from-the-protest\">rallied Wednesday\u003c/a> against sexual assault on college campuses, part of a nationwide outcry following \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5993761/a-legal-loophole-could-shape-how-the-cornell-rape-case-is-prosecuted\">rape allegations\u003c/a> at Cornell University in New York.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Kassandra Ramondo, a student organizer, said this is a moment to speak up.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Kassandra Ramondo, a student organizer, said this is a moment to speak up.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“I’ve been a victim of sexual assault,” Ramondo said. “I just want to use my voice and my power to stand up for that community because sometimes a lot of those survivors don’t have the capacity for that.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“I’ve been a victim of sexual assault,” Ramondo said. “I just want to use my voice and my power to stand up for that community because sometimes a lot of those survivors don’t have the capacity for that.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The protest drew more than 100 people on campus, many holding signs reading “I am Jane Doe” in reference to the Cornell case.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The protest drew more than 100 people on campus, many holding signs reading “I am Jane Doe” in reference to the Cornell case.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/heading",
"attrs": {
"text": "San Joaquin Valley ‘poll chaplains’ try to de-escalate tensions",
"level": 2
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">San Joaquin Valley ‘poll chaplains’ try to de-escalate tensions\u003c/h2>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">San Joaquin Valley ‘poll chaplains’ try to de-escalate tensions\u003c/h2>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The nonprofit Faith in the Valley are promoting the so-called “poll chaplains” to encourage voter turnout and dispel misinformation about elections during the election season. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The nonprofit Faith in the Valley are promoting the so-called “poll chaplains” to encourage voter turnout and dispel misinformation about elections during the election season. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Madeleine Guekguezian is a poll chaplain and a pastor at the United Methodist Church in the city of Merced. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Madeleine Guekguezian is a poll chaplain and a pastor at the United Methodist Church in the city of Merced. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“If you feel like you want to be a presence of calm — of trust — to learn how to de-escalate when folks want to cause a scene around a voting center, then I courage you to leave your contact information,” Guekguezian said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“If you feel like you want to be a presence of calm — of trust — to learn how to de-escalate when folks want to cause a scene around a voting center, then I courage you to leave your contact information,” Guekguezian said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Faith in the Valley plans to hold several training sessions for volunteers before Election Day on Nov. 3. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Faith in the Valley plans to hold several training sessions for volunteers before Election Day on Nov. 3. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The chaplains will still follow election rules, such as standing at least 100 feet away from polling center entrances. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The chaplains will still follow election rules, such as standing at least 100 feet away from polling center entrances. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
}
],
"excerpt": "The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea for more than 260 consecutive days. Now, it's set to dock in San Diego today. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1791471999,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 18,
"wordCount": 649
},
"headData": {
"title": "USS Abraham Lincoln Returns to San Diego Today | KQED",
"description": "The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea for more than 260 consecutive days. Now, it's set to dock in San Diego today. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "USS Abraham Lincoln Returns to San Diego Today",
"datePublished": "2026-10-08T08:06:29-07:00",
"dateModified": "2026-10-08T08:06:39-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"primaryCategory": {
"termId": 33520,
"slug": "podcast",
"name": "Podcast"
},
"source": "The California Report",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrarchive/",
"audioUrl": "https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC5576788064.mp3",
"sticky": false,
"nprStoryId": "kqed-12103472",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"excludeFromSiteSearch": "Include",
"articleAge": "0",
"path": "/news/12103472/uss-abraham-lincoln-returns-to-san-diego-today",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here are the morning’s top stories on Thursday, October 8, 2026: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>The USS Abraham Lincoln \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/military/2026/10/07/uss-abraham-lincoln-returning-to-san-diego-after-extended-iran-deployment\">returns to San Diego today\u003c/a> after an intense, months-long deployment to the Middle East. The aircraft carrier spent more than 260 days at sea without a port call, and there have been multiple reports of low morale for the crew.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Chico State students \u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2026-10-07/chico-state-students-rally-against-sexual-assault-amid-cornell-controversy-see-photos-from-the-protest\">rallied yesterday against sexual assault on college campuses\u003c/a>. It’s part of a nationwide outcry following rape allegations at Cornell University in New York.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>In the San Joaquin Valley, leaders of a faith-based nonprofit in the San Joaquin Valley announced a new initiative yesterday that trains residents to become “poll chaplains.” The Merced FOCUS reports that the “poll chaplains” aim to de-escalate tensions at polling places.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">USS Abraham Lincoln’s return\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/military/2026/10/07/uss-abraham-lincoln-returning-to-san-diego-after-extended-iran-deployment\">is due back in San Diego today\u003c/a>, a homecoming that marks an end to a deployment of more than 10 months that included combat operations, supply shortages and more than 260 consecutive days at sea.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The morale issues among the embarked crew brought on by the arduous nature of this deployment reportedly contributed to at least one sailor jumping overboard.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao told Congress last month eight service members in the Lincoln’s battle group attempted suicide — a number that is close to the suicide attempt rate Navy-wide in 2024, according to a Defense Department report.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke with sailors on the carrier’s flight deck Wednesday off the San Diego coast. He said he was responsible for twice extending their deployment and praised the crew’s resilience.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There were a few folks in the media who tried to turn the USS Abraham Lincoln into some sort of a symbol — a symbol of dysfunction, or a symbol of low morale or a symbol of a failed mission,” Hegseth said. “I know it’s the exact opposite.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hegseth told the crew the news media often sees “success” as a symbol of things gone wrong.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They see success, and they see excellence, and they see difficulty and challenge that needs to be overcome … and they want to … point at it as, as a symbol of something that was missed or wrong,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chico State students rally against sexual assault\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Chico State students \u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2026-10-07/chico-state-students-rally-against-sexual-assault-amid-cornell-controversy-see-photos-from-the-protest\">rallied Wednesday\u003c/a> against sexual assault on college campuses, part of a nationwide outcry following \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5993761/a-legal-loophole-could-shape-how-the-cornell-rape-case-is-prosecuted\">rape allegations\u003c/a> at Cornell University in New York.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kassandra Ramondo, a student organizer, said this is a moment to speak up.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’ve been a victim of sexual assault,” Ramondo said. “I just want to use my voice and my power to stand up for that community because sometimes a lot of those survivors don’t have the capacity for that.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The protest drew more than 100 people on campus, many holding signs reading “I am Jane Doe” in reference to the Cornell case.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">San Joaquin Valley ‘poll chaplains’ try to de-escalate tensions\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The nonprofit Faith in the Valley are promoting the so-called “poll chaplains” to encourage voter turnout and dispel misinformation about elections during the election season. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Madeleine Guekguezian is a poll chaplain and a pastor at the United Methodist Church in the city of Merced. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you feel like you want to be a presence of calm — of trust — to learn how to de-escalate when folks want to cause a scene around a voting center, then I courage you to leave your contact information,” Guekguezian said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Faith in the Valley plans to hold several training sessions for volunteers before Election Day on Nov. 3. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The chaplains will still follow election rules, such as standing at least 100 feet away from polling center entrances. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/12103472/uss-abraham-lincoln-returns-to-san-diego-today",
"authors": [
"11935"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_33520"
],
"tags": [
"news_18538",
"news_23394",
"news_37461",
"news_4486",
"news_312",
"news_1527",
"news_17286"
],
"featImg": "news_12103473",
"label": "source_news_12103472"
},
"news_12102764": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_12102764",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12102764",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1791208800000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "bernie-sanders-makes-the-case-in-san-francisco-for-statewide-billionaire-tax",
"title": "Bernie Sanders Makes the Case in San Francisco for Statewide Billionaire Tax",
"publishDate": 1791208800,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "Bernie Sanders Makes the Case in San Francisco for Statewide Billionaire Tax | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\n\u003cp>Voters are getting their first chance today to weigh in on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097032/splitting-with-state-party-san-francisco-democrats-oppose-billionaire-tax\">a statewide billionaire tax that has split Democrats\u003c/a>. That’s as proponents like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., make their latest push to pass the measure. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sanders, one of Proposition 40’s earliest supporters, appeared at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre on Saturday as part of a California tour promoting the tax. The event, dubbed “Ballots over Billionaires,” included former San Francisco supervisor and current candidate for state insurance commissioner Jane Kim, and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, who represents parts of Silicon Valley. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sanders told a packed crowd that the initiative “deals with the most important issue facing this country,” prompting cheers and applause. \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/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093728\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A T-shirt with a campaign message during the campaign kickoff for the California Billionaire Tax Act at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, on Feb. 18, 2026. Sanders is seeking the support of California voters for a November ballot initiative of an emergency tax on billionaires to help the state’s healthcare system. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Can the American people sustain democracy, take on the greed and power of of the billionaire class and create an economy and government that works for all, or are we destined to live in an oligarchic society where our economic and political lives are controlled by a handful of the wealthiest people in the world?” Sanders said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The measure would impose a one-time 5% tax on individuals with a net worth of more than $1 billion who lived in the state on Jan. 1, 2026. Ninety percent of the tax’s revenue — projected to be tens of billions of dollars — would go toward healthcare. The rest would be used for food assistance and education-related programs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The initiative has won the support of the state’s Democratic Party, and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12099825/california-billionaires-tax-has-a-slim-lead-in-new-poll-but-still-a-lot-of-work-to-do\">recent poll\u003c/a> shows it as slightly favored by likely voters. Proponents like Sanders say the tax is necessary to support the state’s healthcare system following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084669/lurie-eyes-34-million-to-cushion-h-r-1-blows-to-medi-cal-and-calfresh\">federal cuts\u003c/a> related to the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12088085\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Signs reading “A Billionaire Tax Now” rest on chairs at a Billionaire Tax Now rally Feb. 18, 2026. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But Gov. Gavin Newsom and both remaining candidates for his seat, Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Beccera, have come out in opposition. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some opponents say it would actually mean a decrease in revenue because it could force billionaires away. Others, like the Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and the California Medical Association, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/10/02/why-some-california-healthcare-groups-oppose-a-tax-that-would-send-90-of-its-money-to-healthcare/\">have raised concerns\u003c/a> about how the money will be distributed and how much discretion lawmakers will have about its use. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nancy Tung, chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party, said Saturday at a virtual event hosted by the No on 40 Coalition that every Democrat in the state wants billionaires to “pay their fair share,” but that Prop 40 is not a stable or lasting solution to federal cuts. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter echoed Tung’s comments at the event, saying that people are “understandably desperate” for a solution to healthcare challenges. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Prop 40 promises to do that, but it absolutely does not,” Porter said. “In fact, it locks in a lot of the problematic aspects of our current healthcare system.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even if voters pass the measure, it could be moot. Two other initiatives on the ballot are Propositions 41 and 42, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/california-billionaire-tax-explainer/\">direct responses to Proposition 40 funded by billionaires\u003c/a> like Google cofounder Sergey Brin. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Prop 41 would prohibit new state taxes that exempt their revenues from the state spending limit. Prop 42 would prohibit retroactive taxes and new taxes on financial assets and personal property. If either one passes and receives more votes than Proposition 40, the billionaire tax would be nullified.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sanders, who’s also urging people to oppose Prop 41 and 42, will finish off his support tour for the measure and progressive candidates in the state in Los Angeles tonight. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jmelido\">\u003cem>Janea Melido\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Voters are getting their first chance today to weigh in on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097032/splitting-with-state-party-san-francisco-democrats-oppose-billionaire-tax\">a statewide billionaire tax that has split Democrats\u003c/a>. That’s as proponents like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., make their latest push to pass the measure. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Voters are getting their first chance today to weigh in on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097032/splitting-with-state-party-san-francisco-democrats-oppose-billionaire-tax\">a statewide billionaire tax that has split Democrats\u003c/a>. That’s as proponents like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., make their latest push to pass the measure. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Sanders, one of Proposition 40’s earliest supporters, appeared at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre on Saturday as part of a California tour promoting the tax. The event, dubbed “Ballots over Billionaires,” included former San Francisco supervisor and current candidate for state insurance commissioner Jane Kim, and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, who represents parts of Silicon Valley. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Sanders, one of Proposition 40’s earliest supporters, appeared at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre on Saturday as part of a California tour promoting the tax. The event, dubbed “Ballots over Billionaires,” included former San Francisco supervisor and current candidate for state insurance commissioner Jane Kim, and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, who represents parts of Silicon Valley. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Sanders told a packed crowd that the initiative “deals with the most important issue facing this country,” prompting cheers and applause. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Sanders told a packed crowd that the initiative “deals with the most important issue facing this country,” prompting cheers and applause. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12093728,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093728\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A T-shirt with a campaign message during the campaign kickoff for the California Billionaire Tax Act at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, on Feb. 18, 2026. Sanders is seeking the support of California voters for a November ballot initiative of an emergency tax on billionaires to help the state’s healthcare system.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093728\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A T-shirt with a campaign message during the campaign kickoff for the California Billionaire Tax Act at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, on Feb. 18, 2026. Sanders is seeking the support of California voters for a November ballot initiative of an emergency tax on billionaires to help the state’s healthcare system.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“Can the American people sustain democracy, take on the greed and power of of the billionaire class and create an economy and government that works for all, or are we destined to live in an oligarchic society where our economic and political lives are controlled by a handful of the wealthiest people in the world?” Sanders said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“Can the American people sustain democracy, take on the greed and power of of the billionaire class and create an economy and government that works for all, or are we destined to live in an oligarchic society where our economic and political lives are controlled by a handful of the wealthiest people in the world?” Sanders said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The measure would impose a one-time 5% tax on individuals with a net worth of more than $1 billion who lived in the state on Jan. 1, 2026. Ninety percent of the tax’s revenue — projected to be tens of billions of dollars — would go toward healthcare. The rest would be used for food assistance and education-related programs. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The measure would impose a one-time 5% tax on individuals with a net worth of more than $1 billion who lived in the state on Jan. 1, 2026. Ninety percent of the tax’s revenue — projected to be tens of billions of dollars — would go toward healthcare. The rest would be used for food assistance and education-related programs. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The initiative has won the support of the state’s Democratic Party, and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12099825/california-billionaires-tax-has-a-slim-lead-in-new-poll-but-still-a-lot-of-work-to-do\">recent poll\u003c/a> shows it as slightly favored by likely voters. Proponents like Sanders say the tax is necessary to support the state’s healthcare system following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084669/lurie-eyes-34-million-to-cushion-h-r-1-blows-to-medi-cal-and-calfresh\">federal cuts\u003c/a> related to the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The initiative has won the support of the state’s Democratic Party, and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12099825/california-billionaires-tax-has-a-slim-lead-in-new-poll-but-still-a-lot-of-work-to-do\">recent poll\u003c/a> shows it as slightly favored by likely voters. Proponents like Sanders say the tax is necessary to support the state’s healthcare system following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084669/lurie-eyes-34-million-to-cushion-h-r-1-blows-to-medi-cal-and-calfresh\">federal cuts\u003c/a> related to the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12088085,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12088085\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Signs reading “A Billionaire Tax Now” rest on chairs at a Billionaire Tax Now rally Feb. 18, 2026. \u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12088085\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Signs reading “A Billionaire Tax Now” rest on chairs at a Billionaire Tax Now rally Feb. 18, 2026. \u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>But Gov. Gavin Newsom and both remaining candidates for his seat, Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Beccera, have come out in opposition. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>But Gov. Gavin Newsom and both remaining candidates for his seat, Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Beccera, have come out in opposition. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Some opponents say it would actually mean a decrease in revenue because it could force billionaires away. Others, like the Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and the California Medical Association, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/10/02/why-some-california-healthcare-groups-oppose-a-tax-that-would-send-90-of-its-money-to-healthcare/\">have raised concerns\u003c/a> about how the money will be distributed and how much discretion lawmakers will have about its use. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Some opponents say it would actually mean a decrease in revenue because it could force billionaires away. Others, like the Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and the California Medical Association, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/10/02/why-some-california-healthcare-groups-oppose-a-tax-that-would-send-90-of-its-money-to-healthcare/\">have raised concerns\u003c/a> about how the money will be distributed and how much discretion lawmakers will have about its use. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "kqed-v2/related-articles",
"attrs": {
"postIds": [
"news_12093303"
],
"label": "Related Articles",
"maxPosts": 1,
"showImages": false,
"heroImage": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BillionaireTaxGetty.jpg",
"query": "",
"labelWasCleared": false,
"heroImageAlt": "",
"heroImageLink": "",
"labelLink": "",
"alignment": "right",
"target": "_self",
"manualLinks": [],
"posts": []
},
"innerHTML": "",
"innerContent": [],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Nancy Tung, chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party, said Saturday at a virtual event hosted by the No on 40 Coalition that every Democrat in the state wants billionaires to “pay their fair share,” but that Prop 40 is not a stable or lasting solution to federal cuts. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Nancy Tung, chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party, said Saturday at a virtual event hosted by the No on 40 Coalition that every Democrat in the state wants billionaires to “pay their fair share,” but that Prop 40 is not a stable or lasting solution to federal cuts. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter echoed Tung’s comments at the event, saying that people are “understandably desperate” for a solution to healthcare challenges. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter echoed Tung’s comments at the event, saying that people are “understandably desperate” for a solution to healthcare challenges. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“Prop 40 promises to do that, but it absolutely does not,” Porter said. “In fact, it locks in a lot of the problematic aspects of our current healthcare system.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“Prop 40 promises to do that, but it absolutely does not,” Porter said. “In fact, it locks in a lot of the problematic aspects of our current healthcare system.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Even if voters pass the measure, it could be moot. Two other initiatives on the ballot are Propositions 41 and 42, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/california-billionaire-tax-explainer/\">direct responses to Proposition 40 funded by billionaires\u003c/a> like Google cofounder Sergey Brin. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Even if voters pass the measure, it could be moot. Two other initiatives on the ballot are Propositions 41 and 42, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/california-billionaire-tax-explainer/\">direct responses to Proposition 40 funded by billionaires\u003c/a> like Google cofounder Sergey Brin. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Prop 41 would prohibit new state taxes that exempt their revenues from the state spending limit. Prop 42 would prohibit retroactive taxes and new taxes on financial assets and personal property. If either one passes and receives more votes than Proposition 40, the billionaire tax would be nullified.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Prop 41 would prohibit new state taxes that exempt their revenues from the state spending limit. Prop 42 would prohibit retroactive taxes and new taxes on financial assets and personal property. If either one passes and receives more votes than Proposition 40, the billionaire tax would be nullified.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Sanders, who’s also urging people to oppose Prop 41 and 42, will finish off his support tour for the measure and progressive candidates in the state in Los Angeles tonight. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Sanders, who’s also urging people to oppose Prop 41 and 42, will finish off his support tour for the measure and progressive candidates in the state in Los Angeles tonight. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jmelido\">\u003cem>Janea Melido\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jmelido\">\u003cem>Janea Melido\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
}
],
"excerpt": "The Nov. 3 election is less than a month away, and voters will get their first chance today to have a say on the proposal as voting starts. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1791155737,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 15,
"wordCount": 679
},
"headData": {
"title": "Bernie Sanders Makes the Case in San Francisco for Statewide Billionaire Tax | KQED",
"description": "The Nov. 3 election is less than a month away, and voters will get their first chance today to have a say on the proposal as voting starts. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Bernie Sanders Makes the Case in San Francisco for Statewide Billionaire Tax",
"datePublished": "2026-10-05T07:00:00-07:00",
"dateModified": "2026-10-04T16:15:37-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"primaryCategory": {
"termId": 13,
"slug": "politics",
"name": "Politics"
},
"sticky": false,
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"excludeFromSiteSearch": "Include",
"articleAge": "0",
"path": "/news/12102764/bernie-sanders-makes-the-case-in-san-francisco-for-statewide-billionaire-tax",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Voters are getting their first chance today to weigh in on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097032/splitting-with-state-party-san-francisco-democrats-oppose-billionaire-tax\">a statewide billionaire tax that has split Democrats\u003c/a>. That’s as proponents like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., make their latest push to pass the measure. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sanders, one of Proposition 40’s earliest supporters, appeared at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre on Saturday as part of a California tour promoting the tax. The event, dubbed “Ballots over Billionaires,” included former San Francisco supervisor and current candidate for state insurance commissioner Jane Kim, and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, who represents parts of Silicon Valley. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sanders told a packed crowd that the initiative “deals with the most important issue facing this country,” prompting cheers and applause. \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/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093728\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/CaliforniaBillionairesTaxGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A T-shirt with a campaign message during the campaign kickoff for the California Billionaire Tax Act at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, on Feb. 18, 2026. Sanders is seeking the support of California voters for a November ballot initiative of an emergency tax on billionaires to help the state’s healthcare system. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Can the American people sustain democracy, take on the greed and power of of the billionaire class and create an economy and government that works for all, or are we destined to live in an oligarchic society where our economic and political lives are controlled by a handful of the wealthiest people in the world?” Sanders said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The measure would impose a one-time 5% tax on individuals with a net worth of more than $1 billion who lived in the state on Jan. 1, 2026. Ninety percent of the tax’s revenue — projected to be tens of billions of dollars — would go toward healthcare. The rest would be used for food assistance and education-related programs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The initiative has won the support of the state’s Democratic Party, and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12099825/california-billionaires-tax-has-a-slim-lead-in-new-poll-but-still-a-lot-of-work-to-do\">recent poll\u003c/a> shows it as slightly favored by likely voters. Proponents like Sanders say the tax is necessary to support the state’s healthcare system following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084669/lurie-eyes-34-million-to-cushion-h-r-1-blows-to-medi-cal-and-calfresh\">federal cuts\u003c/a> related to the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12088085\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Signs reading “A Billionaire Tax Now” rest on chairs at a Billionaire Tax Now rally Feb. 18, 2026. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But Gov. Gavin Newsom and both remaining candidates for his seat, Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Beccera, have come out in opposition. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some opponents say it would actually mean a decrease in revenue because it could force billionaires away. Others, like the Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and the California Medical Association, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2026/10/02/why-some-california-healthcare-groups-oppose-a-tax-that-would-send-90-of-its-money-to-healthcare/\">have raised concerns\u003c/a> about how the money will be distributed and how much discretion lawmakers will have about its use. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nancy Tung, chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party, said Saturday at a virtual event hosted by the No on 40 Coalition that every Democrat in the state wants billionaires to “pay their fair share,” but that Prop 40 is not a stable or lasting solution to federal cuts. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter echoed Tung’s comments at the event, saying that people are “understandably desperate” for a solution to healthcare challenges. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Prop 40 promises to do that, but it absolutely does not,” Porter said. “In fact, it locks in a lot of the problematic aspects of our current healthcare system.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even if voters pass the measure, it could be moot. Two other initiatives on the ballot are Propositions 41 and 42, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/california-billionaire-tax-explainer/\">direct responses to Proposition 40 funded by billionaires\u003c/a> like Google cofounder Sergey Brin. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Prop 41 would prohibit new state taxes that exempt their revenues from the state spending limit. Prop 42 would prohibit retroactive taxes and new taxes on financial assets and personal property. If either one passes and receives more votes than Proposition 40, the billionaire tax would be nullified.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sanders, who’s also urging people to oppose Prop 41 and 42, will finish off his support tour for the measure and progressive candidates in the state in Los Angeles tonight. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jmelido\">\u003cem>Janea Melido\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/12102764/bernie-sanders-makes-the-case-in-san-francisco-for-statewide-billionaire-tax",
"authors": [
"11935"
],
"categories": [
"news_31795",
"news_1758",
"news_28250",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_19442",
"news_37055",
"news_18538",
"news_36046",
"news_36336",
"news_27626",
"news_17968",
"news_38"
],
"featImg": "news_12089055",
"label": "news"
},
"news_12102708": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_12102708",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12102708",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1791066637000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "valkyries-comeback-win-catapults-team-to-its-first-semifinals",
"title": "Valkyries Comeback Win Catapults Team to Its First Semifinals",
"publishDate": 1791066637,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "Valkyries Comeback Win Catapults Team to Its First Semifinals | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/golden-state-valkyries\">Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a> punched their ticket to the franchise’s first-ever WNBA semifinals on Friday night, after erasing a 16-point deficit in the second half of a win-or-go-home playoff game against the Dallas Wings. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Chase Center’s sell-out crowd erupted when the Valkyries, largely led by a 17-point second half push by forward Gabby Williams, took the last game in a best-of-three round one series on their home court. In just their second season since beginning play in 2025, it marks the franchise’s first playoff series win. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The 77-73 victory advances them to a best-of-five semifinals series, where they’ll host defending WNBA champions, the Las Vegas Aces, starting Sunday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 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=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102722\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-42-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102722\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-42-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-42-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-42-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden State Valkyries players celebrate after defeating 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\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102726\" 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\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Williams told ESPN after the game that she swore there was magic in Ballhalla, the name given to Chase Center, when filled with fans who are loud and passionate. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I loved it because it forced us to talk louder, communicate more and when you’re screaming more, your energy is up and you’re into it, so we definitely owe Ballhalla a big thank you,” Williams said at the post-game press conference. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Williams scored a team high of 19 points overall and netted the last baskets that resulted in victory for the No. 2 seeded team. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 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=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-40-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102714\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-40-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-40-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-40-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans react after the Golden State Valkyries defeat 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\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-37-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102712\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-37-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-37-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-37-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bay Area rapper E-40 poses for a photo courtside near the end of Game 3 of the Golden State Valkyries’ WNBA first-round playoff series against the Dallas Wings at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tiffany Hayes was the team’s second-highest scorer of the night, trailing Williams with 18 points. She said a switch flipped in the last quarter or so of the game – “it’s literally win or go home, so we gotta do something.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t know if I can speak for everyone, but I think I can when I say: Our back’s against the wall, we’re going to scratch and claw and do what we need to do and lock into our scheme,” Hayes said post-game. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102728\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-04-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102728\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-04-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-04-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-04-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gabby Williams plays in Game 3 of the 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\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102719\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-24-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102719\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-24-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-24-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-24-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tiffany Hayes goes for the shot as the Valkyries play the Dallas Wings 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\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After the Wings scored 18 consecutive points between the end of the first half and the beginning of the third quarter, Veronica Burton hit a three-pointer that marked the beginning of the Valkyries path to victory. The team went on to outscore the Wings 17-15 in the third quarter. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Coach Natalie Nakase appeared to collapse near the sideline in the fourth quarter, but went on coaching the rest of the game. Nakase didn’t appear at the post-game conference but assistant coach Kasib Powell said that she was fine and will be ready for the semifinals. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Obviously, it’s a quick turnaround. We play again on Sunday and she wouldn’t miss it for anything,” Powell told reporters. \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-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102725\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Confetti falls after the Golden State Valkyries defeat 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\u003cp>The Valkyries made history when they reached the playoffs last year in their inaugural season, becoming the first expansion team to reach the postseason. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But their historic performance fell short when the Minnesota Lynx swept them in the first round, leaving the Valkyries with a 0% winning percentage in the playoffs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-12 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=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102715\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102715\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-01-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Margaret and Diggory Williams cheer before the Golden State Valkyries play the Dallas Wings in Game 3 of the first round of the WNBA playoffs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\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=\"12102713\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-38-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102713\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-38-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-38-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-38-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans watch in anticipation near the end of Game 3 of the WNBA first-round playoff series between the Golden State Valkyries and Dallas Wings at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Now, they’re the highest ranked team remaining this postseason. Hayes said she’s seen the work that staff and players have put in since last year. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I literally commend everybody down the line, top to bottom on just our work ethic and wanting to work and wanting to win and get better as a team,” Hayes said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Valkyries will host the Aces tomorrow at 1 p.m at Chase Center in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/golden-state-valkyries\">Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a> punched their ticket to the franchise’s first-ever WNBA semifinals on Friday night, after erasing a 16-point deficit in the second half of a win-or-go-home playoff game against the Dallas Wings. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/golden-state-valkyries\">Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a> punched their ticket to the franchise’s first-ever WNBA semifinals on Friday night, after erasing a 16-point deficit in the second half of a win-or-go-home playoff game against the Dallas Wings. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Chase Center’s sell-out crowd erupted when the Valkyries, largely led by a 17-point second half push by forward Gabby Williams, took the last game in a best-of-three round one series on their home court. In just their second season since beginning play in 2025, it marks the franchise’s first playoff series win. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Chase Center’s sell-out crowd erupted when the Valkyries, largely led by a 17-point second half push by forward Gabby Williams, took the last game in a best-of-three round one series on their home court. In just their second season since beginning play in 2025, it marks the franchise’s first playoff series win. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The 77-73 victory advances them to a best-of-five semifinals series, where they’ll host defending WNBA champions, the Las Vegas Aces, starting Sunday. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The 77-73 victory advances them to a best-of-five semifinals series, where they’ll host defending WNBA champions, the Las Vegas Aces, starting Sunday. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/gallery",
"attrs": {
"linkTo": "none",
"images": [],
"ids": [],
"shortCodeTransforms": [],
"imageCrop": true,
"randomOrder": false,
"fixedHeight": true,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"allowResize": false,
"aspectRatio": "auto"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n\n\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">",
null,
"\n\n",
null,
"\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12102722,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-42-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102722\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden State Valkyries players celebrate after defeating 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.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-42-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102722\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden State Valkyries players celebrate after defeating 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.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12102726,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-52-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102726\"/>\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.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-52-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102726\"/>\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.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
}
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Williams told ESPN after the game that she swore there was magic in Ballhalla, the name given to Chase Center, when filled with fans who are loud and passionate. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Williams told ESPN after the game that she swore there was magic in Ballhalla, the name given to Chase Center, when filled with fans who are loud and passionate. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“I loved it because it forced us to talk louder, communicate more and when you’re screaming more, your energy is up and you’re into it, so we definitely owe Ballhalla a big thank you,” Williams said at the post-game press conference. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“I loved it because it forced us to talk louder, communicate more and when you’re screaming more, your energy is up and you’re into it, so we definitely owe Ballhalla a big thank you,” Williams said at the post-game press conference. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Williams scored a team high of 19 points overall and netted the last baskets that resulted in victory for the No. 2 seeded team. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Williams scored a team high of 19 points overall and netted the last baskets that resulted in victory for the No. 2 seeded team. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/gallery",
"attrs": {
"linkTo": "none",
"images": [],
"ids": [],
"shortCodeTransforms": [],
"imageCrop": true,
"randomOrder": false,
"fixedHeight": true,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"allowResize": false,
"aspectRatio": "auto"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n\n\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">",
null,
"\n\n",
null,
"\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12102714,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-40-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102714\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans react after the Golden State Valkyries defeat 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.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-40-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102714\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans react after the Golden State Valkyries defeat 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.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12102712,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-37-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102712\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bay Area rapper E-40 poses for a photo courtside near the end of Game 3 of the Golden State Valkyries’ WNBA first-round playoff series against the Dallas Wings at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-37-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102712\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bay Area rapper E-40 poses for a photo courtside near the end of Game 3 of the Golden State Valkyries’ WNBA first-round playoff series against the Dallas Wings at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
}
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Tiffany Hayes was the team’s second-highest scorer of the night, trailing Williams with 18 points. She said a switch flipped in the last quarter or so of the game – “it’s literally win or go home, so we gotta do something.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Tiffany Hayes was the team’s second-highest scorer of the night, trailing Williams with 18 points. She said a switch flipped in the last quarter or so of the game – “it’s literally win or go home, so we gotta do something.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“I don’t know if I can speak for everyone, but I think I can when I say: Our back’s against the wall, we’re going to scratch and claw and do what we need to do and lock into our scheme,” Hayes said post-game. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“I don’t know if I can speak for everyone, but I think I can when I say: Our back’s against the wall, we’re going to scratch and claw and do what we need to do and lock into our scheme,” Hayes said post-game. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/gallery",
"attrs": {
"linkTo": "none",
"images": [],
"ids": [],
"shortCodeTransforms": [],
"imageCrop": true,
"randomOrder": false,
"fixedHeight": true,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"allowResize": false,
"aspectRatio": "auto"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n\n\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">",
null,
"\n\n",
null,
"\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12102728,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-04-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102728\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gabby Williams plays in Game 3 of the WNBA first-round playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026. \u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-04-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102728\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gabby Williams plays in Game 3 of the WNBA first-round playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026. \u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12102719,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-24-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102719\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tiffany Hayes goes for the shot as the Valkyries play the Dallas Wings in Game 3 of their WNBA first-round playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-24-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102719\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tiffany Hayes goes for the shot as the Valkyries play the Dallas Wings in Game 3 of their WNBA first-round playoff series at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
}
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>After the Wings scored 18 consecutive points between the end of the first half and the beginning of the third quarter, Veronica Burton hit a three-pointer that marked the beginning of the Valkyries path to victory. The team went on to outscore the Wings 17-15 in the third quarter. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>After the Wings scored 18 consecutive points between the end of the first half and the beginning of the third quarter, Veronica Burton hit a three-pointer that marked the beginning of the Valkyries path to victory. The team went on to outscore the Wings 17-15 in the third quarter. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Coach Natalie Nakase appeared to collapse near the sideline in the fourth quarter, but went on coaching the rest of the game. Nakase didn’t appear at the post-game conference but assistant coach Kasib Powell said that she was fine and will be ready for the semifinals. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Coach Natalie Nakase appeared to collapse near the sideline in the fourth quarter, but went on coaching the rest of the game. Nakase didn’t appear at the post-game conference but assistant coach Kasib Powell said that she was fine and will be ready for the semifinals. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“Obviously, it’s a quick turnaround. We play again on Sunday and she wouldn’t miss it for anything,” Powell told reporters. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“Obviously, it’s a quick turnaround. We play again on Sunday and she wouldn’t miss it for anything,” Powell told reporters. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12102725,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102725\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Confetti falls after the Golden State Valkyries defeat 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.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102725\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Confetti falls after the Golden State Valkyries defeat 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.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The Valkyries made history when they reached the playoffs last year in their inaugural season, becoming the first expansion team to reach the postseason. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The Valkyries made history when they reached the playoffs last year in their inaugural season, becoming the first expansion team to reach the postseason. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>But their historic performance fell short when the Minnesota Lynx swept them in the first round, leaving the Valkyries with a 0% winning percentage in the playoffs. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>But their historic performance fell short when the Minnesota Lynx swept them in the first round, leaving the Valkyries with a 0% winning percentage in the playoffs. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/gallery",
"attrs": {
"linkTo": "none",
"images": [],
"ids": [],
"shortCodeTransforms": [],
"imageCrop": true,
"randomOrder": false,
"fixedHeight": true,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"allowResize": false,
"aspectRatio": "auto"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n\n\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">",
null,
"\n\n",
null,
"\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12102715,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102715\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Margaret and Diggory Williams cheer before the Golden State Valkyries play the Dallas Wings in Game 3 of the first round of the WNBA playoffs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102715\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Margaret and Diggory Williams cheer before the Golden State Valkyries play the Dallas Wings in Game 3 of the first round of the WNBA playoffs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12102713,
"sizeSlug": "large",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": ""
},
"innerBlocks": [],
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-38-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102713\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans watch in anticipation near the end of Game 3 of the WNBA first-round playoff series between the Golden State Valkyries and Dallas Wings at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-38-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102713\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans watch in anticipation near the end of Game 3 of the WNBA first-round playoff series between the Golden State Valkyries and Dallas Wings at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
]
}
]
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Now, they’re the highest ranked team remaining this postseason. Hayes said she’s seen the work that staff and players have put in since last year. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Now, they’re the highest ranked team remaining this postseason. Hayes said she’s seen the work that staff and players have put in since last year. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“I literally commend everybody down the line, top to bottom on just our work ethic and wanting to work and wanting to win and get better as a team,” Hayes said. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“I literally commend everybody down the line, top to bottom on just our work ethic and wanting to work and wanting to win and get better as a team,” Hayes said. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The Valkyries will host the Aces tomorrow at 1 p.m at Chase Center in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The Valkyries will host the Aces tomorrow at 1 p.m at Chase Center in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
}
],
"excerpt": "The Friday win against the Dallas Wings is also the team’s first playoff series win since the franchise began play in 2025. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1791230744,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 16,
"wordCount": 900
},
"headData": {
"title": "Valkyries Comeback Win Catapults Team to Its First Semifinals | KQED",
"description": "The Friday win against the Dallas Wings is also the team’s first playoff series win since the franchise began play in 2025. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Valkyries Comeback Win Catapults Team to Its First Semifinals",
"datePublished": "2026-10-03T15:30:37-07:00",
"dateModified": "2026-10-05T13:05:44-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"primaryCategory": {
"termId": 10,
"slug": "sports",
"name": "Sports"
},
"sticky": false,
"nprStoryId": "kqed-12102708",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"excludeFromSiteSearch": "Include",
"articleAge": "0",
"path": "/news/12102708/valkyries-comeback-win-catapults-team-to-its-first-semifinals",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/golden-state-valkyries\">Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a> punched their ticket to the franchise’s first-ever WNBA semifinals on Friday night, after erasing a 16-point deficit in the second half of a win-or-go-home playoff game against the Dallas Wings. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Chase Center’s sell-out crowd erupted when the Valkyries, largely led by a 17-point second half push by forward Gabby Williams, took the last game in a best-of-three round one series on their home court. In just their second season since beginning play in 2025, it marks the franchise’s first playoff series win. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The 77-73 victory advances them to a best-of-five semifinals series, where they’ll host defending WNBA champions, the Las Vegas Aces, starting Sunday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 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=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102722\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-42-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102722\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-42-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-42-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-42-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden State Valkyries players celebrate after defeating 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\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102726\" 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\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Williams told ESPN after the game that she swore there was magic in Ballhalla, the name given to Chase Center, when filled with fans who are loud and passionate. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I loved it because it forced us to talk louder, communicate more and when you’re screaming more, your energy is up and you’re into it, so we definitely owe Ballhalla a big thank you,” Williams said at the post-game press conference. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Williams scored a team high of 19 points overall and netted the last baskets that resulted in victory for the No. 2 seeded team. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 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=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-40-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102714\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-40-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-40-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-40-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans react after the Golden State Valkyries defeat 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\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-37-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102712\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-37-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-37-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-37-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bay Area rapper E-40 poses for a photo courtside near the end of Game 3 of the Golden State Valkyries’ WNBA first-round playoff series against the Dallas Wings at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tiffany Hayes was the team’s second-highest scorer of the night, trailing Williams with 18 points. She said a switch flipped in the last quarter or so of the game – “it’s literally win or go home, so we gotta do something.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t know if I can speak for everyone, but I think I can when I say: Our back’s against the wall, we’re going to scratch and claw and do what we need to do and lock into our scheme,” Hayes said post-game. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102728\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-04-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102728\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-04-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-04-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-04-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gabby Williams plays in Game 3 of the 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\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102719\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-24-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102719\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-24-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-24-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-24-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tiffany Hayes goes for the shot as the Valkyries play the Dallas Wings 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\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After the Wings scored 18 consecutive points between the end of the first half and the beginning of the third quarter, Veronica Burton hit a three-pointer that marked the beginning of the Valkyries path to victory. The team went on to outscore the Wings 17-15 in the third quarter. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Coach Natalie Nakase appeared to collapse near the sideline in the fourth quarter, but went on coaching the rest of the game. Nakase didn’t appear at the post-game conference but assistant coach Kasib Powell said that she was fine and will be ready for the semifinals. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Obviously, it’s a quick turnaround. We play again on Sunday and she wouldn’t miss it for anything,” Powell told reporters. \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-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102725\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-49-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Confetti falls after the Golden State Valkyries defeat 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\u003cp>The Valkyries made history when they reached the playoffs last year in their inaugural season, becoming the first expansion team to reach the postseason. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But their historic performance fell short when the Minnesota Lynx swept them in the first round, leaving the Valkyries with a 0% winning percentage in the playoffs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-12 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=\"1333\" data-id=\"12102715\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102715\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-01-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Margaret and Diggory Williams cheer before the Golden State Valkyries play the Dallas Wings in Game 3 of the first round of the WNBA playoffs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\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=\"12102713\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-38-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102713\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-38-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-38-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261002-ValkyriesRound1-38-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans watch in anticipation near the end of Game 3 of the WNBA first-round playoff series between the Golden State Valkyries and Dallas Wings at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Now, they’re the highest ranked team remaining this postseason. Hayes said she’s seen the work that staff and players have put in since last year. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I literally commend everybody down the line, top to bottom on just our work ethic and wanting to work and wanting to win and get better as a team,” Hayes said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Valkyries will host the Aces tomorrow at 1 p.m at Chase Center in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/12102708/valkyries-comeback-win-catapults-team-to-its-first-semifinals",
"authors": [
"11935"
],
"categories": [
"news_28250",
"news_8",
"news_10"
],
"tags": [
"news_27626",
"news_34044",
"news_2672",
"news_38",
"news_34078",
"news_33257",
"news_1131",
"news_25293"
],
"featImg": "news_12102727",
"label": "news"
},
"news_12101538": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_12101538",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "12101538",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1790604000000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "newsom-signs-new-protections-for-lgbtq-reproductive-rights",
"title": "Newsom Signs New Protections for LGBTQ, Reproductive Rights",
"publishDate": 1790604000,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "Newsom Signs New Protections for LGBTQ, Reproductive Rights | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has beefed up protections for reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights in his latest rebuke of what he and advocates say are attacks from the \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/trump-administration\">Trump administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The outgoing governor signed over a dozen bills into law, some authored by Bay Area lawmakers, that increase safeguards around LGBTQ+ identity data, change how health insurance companies reimburse for HIV prevention drugs and expand access to medication abortion on certain community college campuses. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on the LGBTQ community, using medical records to target U.S. service members and civilians alike, hurting countless people and betraying hard-won trust,” Newsom said in a statement. “California will not stand for it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Man waves pride flag high during Pride festivities at Dolores Park\" class=\"wp-image-11758335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-160x88.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-800x441.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-1020x562.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-1200x661.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Pride flag waves high during Pride festivities at Dolores Park on June 29, 2019. (Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom’s package of new laws is only the latest instance in which California has been at odds with President Donald Trump over policies focused on transgender residents. The administration unsuccessfully sued the state \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047432/us-sues-california-over-its-refusal-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-girls-sports\">over its refusal to ban\u003c/a> transgender athletes from girls sports. The president banned transgender people in the military early into his second term, but one of the bills Newsom signed this weekend expands veteran benefits to service members who were discharged under that policy. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tony Hoang, executive director of Equality California, said the signings were yet another show of how the state responds to the dismantling of LGBTQ+ protections. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“California has spent decades building some of the strongest LGBTQ+ civil rights protections in the country, and we will continue building on that progress as long as our community remains under attack,” Hoang said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The California Family Council, an advocacy group \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiafamily.org/about-us/\">with a stated goal of \u003c/a>“advancing God’s Design for Life, Family, & Liberty,” has opposed at least one of the signed bills, Senate Bill 1114, over what they say is a prioritization of ideological confidentiality over child welfare. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>SB 1114 limits when sexual orientation, intersex and gender identity collected can be shared. Healthcare providers are also required to notify the attorney general when they receive subpoenas for protected healthcare activities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“1114 does not protect children; it protects bureaucratic secrecy at the expense of parents and families,” the group said in opposition earlier this year. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom also signed SB 934, authored by San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener. The law updates the state’s ban on conversion therapy in response to the U.S. Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j75rz77x5o\">striking down a conversion therapy ban\u003c/a> in Colorado. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom has long championed LGBTQ+ rights since he was mayor of San Francisco, including issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of a federal ban. But he’s also faced criticism for previous comments on transgender athletes and \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Veto-msg-AB-2164.pdf\">a recent veto on a bill\u003c/a> that would have prevented future governors from honoring extradition requests for gender-affirming healthcare providers facing charges in other states. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In March of last year, Newsom said on his podcast while in conversation with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055641/after-kirks-death-trump-targets-critics-in-expanding-free-speech-fight\">late conservative activist Charlie Kirk \u003c/a>that it was unfair for a transgender teenage girl to compete in a track and field competition. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12067258\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Will Lohf bears an LGBTQ+ flag during a march for trans youth in Kentfield on March 31, 2025. Parents and youth marched to Newsom’s home last year following comments he made on his podcast while in conversation with Charlie Kirk. (Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061434/newsom-trump-sending-troops-to-monitor-californias-election-is-a-2026-preview\">told KQED’s Political Breakdown\u003c/a> that he disagreed with “vitriol” in discussions surrounding the topic, but that it is “unfair in these circumstances.” Months later, Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061591/after-criticism-newsom-urges-clearer-rules-for-trans-girls-in-sports\">said it needed to be more clear \u003c/a>when transgender girl athletes can participate alongside cisgender girls. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Separately and in a veto message a week ago, Newsom said that he agreed with AB 2164’s authors about the importance of protecting gender-affirming healthcare. But he said he was “troubled by the precedent that would be set if an outgoing administration agreed with the Legislature to erode the executive authority of an incoming Governor.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A Senate bill, co-sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, strengthens access to the HIV prevention drug PrEP by improving reimbursement practices for healthcare providers. The law requires health insurance companies to cover long-acting injectable PrEP through medical and outpatient prescription drug benefits, which Lara said will remove “unnecessary barriers” to the care. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“By enacting this first-of-its-kind state law, California is again leading the country in making sure insurance companies never stand in the way of people accessing HIV prevention,” said Tyler TerMeer, CEO of San Francisco AIDS Foundation. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom’s signature on reproductive rights bills could include an expansion of abortion services to community college campuses. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, who represents San Francisco, authored AB 2540, which requires community colleges with student health centers to offer medication abortion services if lawmakers dedicate funding. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Stefani said in announcing the legislation in April that the services are “essential health care, full stop. Yet too many community college students face real barriers to accessing care.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The state already requires schools in the University of California and California State University systems to offer the same services. \u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has beefed up protections for reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights in his latest rebuke of what he and advocates say are attacks from the \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/trump-administration\">Trump administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has beefed up protections for reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights in his latest rebuke of what he and advocates say are attacks from the \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/trump-administration\">Trump administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The outgoing governor signed over a dozen bills into law, some authored by Bay Area lawmakers, that increase safeguards around LGBTQ+ identity data, change how health insurance companies reimburse for HIV prevention drugs and expand access to medication abortion on certain community college campuses. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The outgoing governor signed over a dozen bills into law, some authored by Bay Area lawmakers, that increase safeguards around LGBTQ+ identity data, change how health insurance companies reimburse for HIV prevention drugs and expand access to medication abortion on certain community college campuses. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“The Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on the LGBTQ community, using medical records to target U.S. service members and civilians alike, hurting countless people and betraying hard-won trust,” Newsom said in a statement. “California will not stand for it.”\u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“The Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on the LGBTQ community, using medical records to target U.S. service members and civilians alike, hurting countless people and betraying hard-won trust,” Newsom said in a statement. “California will not stand for it.”\u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 11758335,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "Man waves pride flag high during Pride festivities at Dolores Park",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-160x88.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-800x441.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-1020x562.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-1200x661.jpg 1200w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Man waves pride flag high during Pride festivities at Dolores Park\" class=\"wp-image-11758335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-160x88.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-800x441.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-1020x562.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-1200x661.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Pride flag waves high during Pride festivities at Dolores Park on June 29, 2019.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Man waves pride flag high during Pride festivities at Dolores Park\" class=\"wp-image-11758335\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Pride flag waves high during Pride festivities at Dolores Park on June 29, 2019.\u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Newsom’s package of new laws is only the latest instance in which California has been at odds with President Donald Trump over policies focused on transgender residents. The administration unsuccessfully sued the state \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047432/us-sues-california-over-its-refusal-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-girls-sports\">over its refusal to ban\u003c/a> transgender athletes from girls sports. The president banned transgender people in the military early into his second term, but one of the bills Newsom signed this weekend expands veteran benefits to service members who were discharged under that policy. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Newsom’s package of new laws is only the latest instance in which California has been at odds with President Donald Trump over policies focused on transgender residents. The administration unsuccessfully sued the state \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047432/us-sues-california-over-its-refusal-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-girls-sports\">over its refusal to ban\u003c/a> transgender athletes from girls sports. The president banned transgender people in the military early into his second term, but one of the bills Newsom signed this weekend expands veteran benefits to service members who were discharged under that policy. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Tony Hoang, executive director of Equality California, said the signings were yet another show of how the state responds to the dismantling of LGBTQ+ protections. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Tony Hoang, executive director of Equality California, said the signings were yet another show of how the state responds to the dismantling of LGBTQ+ protections. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“California has spent decades building some of the strongest LGBTQ+ civil rights protections in the country, and we will continue building on that progress as long as our community remains under attack,” Hoang said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“California has spent decades building some of the strongest LGBTQ+ civil rights protections in the country, and we will continue building on that progress as long as our community remains under attack,” Hoang said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "kqed-v2/related-articles",
"attrs": {
"postIds": [
"news_12081357"
],
"label": "Related Articles",
"maxPosts": 1,
"showImages": false,
"heroImage": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260429-CIF-Trans-Athletes-01-KQED.jpg",
"query": "",
"labelWasCleared": false,
"heroImageAlt": "",
"heroImageLink": "",
"labelLink": "",
"alignment": "right",
"target": "_self",
"manualLinks": [],
"posts": []
},
"innerHTML": "",
"innerContent": [],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The California Family Council, an advocacy group \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiafamily.org/about-us/\">with a stated goal of \u003c/a>“advancing God’s Design for Life, Family, & Liberty,” has opposed at least one of the signed bills, Senate Bill 1114, over what they say is a prioritization of ideological confidentiality over child welfare. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The California Family Council, an advocacy group \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiafamily.org/about-us/\">with a stated goal of \u003c/a>“advancing God’s Design for Life, Family, & Liberty,” has opposed at least one of the signed bills, Senate Bill 1114, over what they say is a prioritization of ideological confidentiality over child welfare. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>SB 1114 limits when sexual orientation, intersex and gender identity collected can be shared. Healthcare providers are also required to notify the attorney general when they receive subpoenas for protected healthcare activities. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>SB 1114 limits when sexual orientation, intersex and gender identity collected can be shared. Healthcare providers are also required to notify the attorney general when they receive subpoenas for protected healthcare activities. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“1114 does not protect children; it protects bureaucratic secrecy at the expense of parents and families,” the group said in opposition earlier this year. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“1114 does not protect children; it protects bureaucratic secrecy at the expense of parents and families,” the group said in opposition earlier this year. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Newsom also signed SB 934, authored by San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener. The law updates the state’s ban on conversion therapy in response to the U.S. Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j75rz77x5o\">striking down a conversion therapy ban\u003c/a> in Colorado. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Newsom also signed SB 934, authored by San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener. The law updates the state’s ban on conversion therapy in response to the U.S. Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j75rz77x5o\">striking down a conversion therapy ban\u003c/a> in Colorado. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Newsom has long championed LGBTQ+ rights since he was mayor of San Francisco, including issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of a federal ban. But he’s also faced criticism for previous comments on transgender athletes and \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Veto-msg-AB-2164.pdf\">a recent veto on a bill\u003c/a> that would have prevented future governors from honoring extradition requests for gender-affirming healthcare providers facing charges in other states. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Newsom has long championed LGBTQ+ rights since he was mayor of San Francisco, including issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of a federal ban. But he’s also faced criticism for previous comments on transgender athletes and \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Veto-msg-AB-2164.pdf\">a recent veto on a bill\u003c/a> that would have prevented future governors from honoring extradition requests for gender-affirming healthcare providers facing charges in other states. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>In March of last year, Newsom said on his podcast while in conversation with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055641/after-kirks-death-trump-targets-critics-in-expanding-free-speech-fight\">late conservative activist Charlie Kirk \u003c/a>that it was unfair for a transgender teenage girl to compete in a track and field competition. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>In March of last year, Newsom said on his podcast while in conversation with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055641/after-kirks-death-trump-targets-critics-in-expanding-free-speech-fight\">late conservative activist Charlie Kirk \u003c/a>that it was unfair for a transgender teenage girl to compete in a track and field competition. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/image",
"attrs": {
"id": 12067258,
"sizeSlug": "full",
"linkDestination": "none",
"alt": "",
"srcset": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w",
"sizes": "(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)"
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12067258\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 992px) min(100vw, 1536px), (min-width: 768px) min(100vw, 1280px), min(100vw, 1020px)\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Will Lohf bears an LGBTQ+ flag during a march for trans youth in Kentfield on March 31, 2025. Parents and youth marched to Newsom’s home last year following comments he made on his podcast while in conversation with Charlie Kirk. \u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12067258\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Will Lohf bears an LGBTQ+ flag during a march for trans youth in Kentfield on March 31, 2025. Parents and youth marched to Newsom’s home last year following comments he made on his podcast while in conversation with Charlie Kirk. \u003ccite class=\"wp-inline-image-credit\"> (Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061434/newsom-trump-sending-troops-to-monitor-californias-election-is-a-2026-preview\">told KQED’s Political Breakdown\u003c/a> that he disagreed with “vitriol” in discussions surrounding the topic, but that it is “unfair in these circumstances.” Months later, Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061591/after-criticism-newsom-urges-clearer-rules-for-trans-girls-in-sports\">said it needed to be more clear \u003c/a>when transgender girl athletes can participate alongside cisgender girls. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061434/newsom-trump-sending-troops-to-monitor-californias-election-is-a-2026-preview\">told KQED’s Political Breakdown\u003c/a> that he disagreed with “vitriol” in discussions surrounding the topic, but that it is “unfair in these circumstances.” Months later, Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061591/after-criticism-newsom-urges-clearer-rules-for-trans-girls-in-sports\">said it needed to be more clear \u003c/a>when transgender girl athletes can participate alongside cisgender girls. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Separately and in a veto message a week ago, Newsom said that he agreed with AB 2164’s authors about the importance of protecting gender-affirming healthcare. But he said he was “troubled by the precedent that would be set if an outgoing administration agreed with the Legislature to erode the executive authority of an incoming Governor.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Separately and in a veto message a week ago, Newsom said that he agreed with AB 2164’s authors about the importance of protecting gender-affirming healthcare. But he said he was “troubled by the precedent that would be set if an outgoing administration agreed with the Legislature to erode the executive authority of an incoming Governor.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>A Senate bill, co-sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, strengthens access to the HIV prevention drug PrEP by improving reimbursement practices for healthcare providers. The law requires health insurance companies to cover long-acting injectable PrEP through medical and outpatient prescription drug benefits, which Lara said will remove “unnecessary barriers” to the care. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>A Senate bill, co-sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, strengthens access to the HIV prevention drug PrEP by improving reimbursement practices for healthcare providers. The law requires health insurance companies to cover long-acting injectable PrEP through medical and outpatient prescription drug benefits, which Lara said will remove “unnecessary barriers” to the care. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "kqed-v2/related-articles",
"attrs": {
"postIds": [
"science_2001391"
],
"label": "Related Articles",
"maxPosts": 1,
"showImages": false,
"heroImage": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/07/260629-DOXYPEP-02-BL-KQED.jpg",
"query": "",
"labelWasCleared": false,
"heroImageAlt": "",
"heroImageLink": "",
"labelLink": "",
"alignment": "right",
"target": "_self",
"manualLinks": [],
"posts": []
},
"innerHTML": "",
"innerContent": [],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>“By enacting this first-of-its-kind state law, California is again leading the country in making sure insurance companies never stand in the way of people accessing HIV prevention,” said Tyler TerMeer, CEO of San Francisco AIDS Foundation. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>“By enacting this first-of-its-kind state law, California is again leading the country in making sure insurance companies never stand in the way of people accessing HIV prevention,” said Tyler TerMeer, CEO of San Francisco AIDS Foundation. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Newsom’s signature on reproductive rights bills could include an expansion of abortion services to community college campuses. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Newsom’s signature on reproductive rights bills could include an expansion of abortion services to community college campuses. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, who represents San Francisco, authored AB 2540, which requires community colleges with student health centers to offer medication abortion services if lawmakers dedicate funding. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, who represents San Francisco, authored AB 2540, which requires community colleges with student health centers to offer medication abortion services if lawmakers dedicate funding. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Stefani said in announcing the legislation in April that the services are “essential health care, full stop. Yet too many community college students face real barriers to accessing care.” \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>Stefani said in announcing the legislation in April that the services are “essential health care, full stop. Yet too many community college students face real barriers to accessing care.” \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
},
{
"blockName": "core/paragraph",
"attrs": {
"dropCap": false
},
"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The state already requires schools in the University of California and California State University systems to offer the same services. \u003c/p>\n",
"innerContent": [
"\n\u003cp>The state already requires schools in the University of California and California State University systems to offer the same services. \u003c/p>\n"
],
"innerBlocks": []
}
],
"excerpt": "The laws include access to abortion medication on community college campuses if funding is provided and limit the sharing of sexual orientation and gender identity data outside the state. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1790618007,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 20,
"wordCount": 866
},
"headData": {
"title": "Newsom Signs New Protections for LGBTQ, Reproductive Rights | KQED",
"description": "The laws include access to abortion medication on community college campuses if funding is provided and limit the sharing of sexual orientation and gender identity data outside the state. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Newsom Signs New Protections for LGBTQ, Reproductive Rights",
"datePublished": "2026-09-28T07:00:00-07:00",
"dateModified": "2026-09-28T10:53:27-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"primaryCategory": {
"termId": 31795,
"slug": "california",
"name": "California"
},
"sticky": false,
"nprStoryId": "kqed-12101538",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"excludeFromSiteSearch": "Include",
"articleAge": "0",
"path": "/news/12101538/newsom-signs-new-protections-for-lgbtq-reproductive-rights",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has beefed up protections for reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights in his latest rebuke of what he and advocates say are attacks from the \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/trump-administration\">Trump administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The outgoing governor signed over a dozen bills into law, some authored by Bay Area lawmakers, that increase safeguards around LGBTQ+ identity data, change how health insurance companies reimburse for HIV prevention drugs and expand access to medication abortion on certain community college campuses. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on the LGBTQ community, using medical records to target U.S. service members and civilians alike, hurting countless people and betraying hard-won trust,” Newsom said in a statement. “California will not stand for it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Man waves pride flag high during Pride festivities at Dolores Park\" class=\"wp-image-11758335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-160x88.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-800x441.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-1020x562.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37939__M6A1292-qut-1200x661.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Pride flag waves high during Pride festivities at Dolores Park on June 29, 2019. (Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom’s package of new laws is only the latest instance in which California has been at odds with President Donald Trump over policies focused on transgender residents. The administration unsuccessfully sued the state \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047432/us-sues-california-over-its-refusal-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-girls-sports\">over its refusal to ban\u003c/a> transgender athletes from girls sports. The president banned transgender people in the military early into his second term, but one of the bills Newsom signed this weekend expands veteran benefits to service members who were discharged under that policy. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tony Hoang, executive director of Equality California, said the signings were yet another show of how the state responds to the dismantling of LGBTQ+ protections. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“California has spent decades building some of the strongest LGBTQ+ civil rights protections in the country, and we will continue building on that progress as long as our community remains under attack,” Hoang said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The California Family Council, an advocacy group \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiafamily.org/about-us/\">with a stated goal of \u003c/a>“advancing God’s Design for Life, Family, & Liberty,” has opposed at least one of the signed bills, Senate Bill 1114, over what they say is a prioritization of ideological confidentiality over child welfare. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>SB 1114 limits when sexual orientation, intersex and gender identity collected can be shared. Healthcare providers are also required to notify the attorney general when they receive subpoenas for protected healthcare activities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“1114 does not protect children; it protects bureaucratic secrecy at the expense of parents and families,” the group said in opposition earlier this year. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom also signed SB 934, authored by San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener. The law updates the state’s ban on conversion therapy in response to the U.S. Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j75rz77x5o\">striking down a conversion therapy ban\u003c/a> in Colorado. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom has long championed LGBTQ+ rights since he was mayor of San Francisco, including issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of a federal ban. But he’s also faced criticism for previous comments on transgender athletes and \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Veto-msg-AB-2164.pdf\">a recent veto on a bill\u003c/a> that would have prevented future governors from honoring extradition requests for gender-affirming healthcare providers facing charges in other states. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In March of last year, Newsom said on his podcast while in conversation with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055641/after-kirks-death-trump-targets-critics-in-expanding-free-speech-fight\">late conservative activist Charlie Kirk \u003c/a>that it was unfair for a transgender teenage girl to compete in a track and field competition. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12067258\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Will Lohf bears an LGBTQ+ flag during a march for trans youth in Kentfield on March 31, 2025. Parents and youth marched to Newsom’s home last year following comments he made on his podcast while in conversation with Charlie Kirk. (Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061434/newsom-trump-sending-troops-to-monitor-californias-election-is-a-2026-preview\">told KQED’s Political Breakdown\u003c/a> that he disagreed with “vitriol” in discussions surrounding the topic, but that it is “unfair in these circumstances.” Months later, Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061591/after-criticism-newsom-urges-clearer-rules-for-trans-girls-in-sports\">said it needed to be more clear \u003c/a>when transgender girl athletes can participate alongside cisgender girls. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Separately and in a veto message a week ago, Newsom said that he agreed with AB 2164’s authors about the importance of protecting gender-affirming healthcare. But he said he was “troubled by the precedent that would be set if an outgoing administration agreed with the Legislature to erode the executive authority of an incoming Governor.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A Senate bill, co-sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, strengthens access to the HIV prevention drug PrEP by improving reimbursement practices for healthcare providers. The law requires health insurance companies to cover long-acting injectable PrEP through medical and outpatient prescription drug benefits, which Lara said will remove “unnecessary barriers” to the care. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“By enacting this first-of-its-kind state law, California is again leading the country in making sure insurance companies never stand in the way of people accessing HIV prevention,” said Tyler TerMeer, CEO of San Francisco AIDS Foundation. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom’s signature on reproductive rights bills could include an expansion of abortion services to community college campuses. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, who represents San Francisco, authored AB 2540, which requires community colleges with student health centers to offer medication abortion services if lawmakers dedicate funding. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Stefani said in announcing the legislation in April that the services are “essential health care, full stop. Yet too many community college students face real barriers to accessing care.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The state already requires schools in the University of California and California State University systems to offer the same services. \u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/12101538/newsom-signs-new-protections-for-lgbtq-reproductive-rights",
"authors": [
"11935"
],
"categories": [
"news_31795",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_18538",
"news_34036",
"news_82",
"news_17896",
"news_34564",
"news_36723",
"news_23490",
"news_31046",
"news_34993",
"news_35615",
"news_34934"
],
"featImg": "news_12084670",
"label": "news"
}
},
"podcastsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"podcasts": {}
},
"radioProgramsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"radioPrograms": {}
},
"radioSearchSegmentsReducer": {},
"programsReducer": {
"all-things-considered": {
"id": "all-things-considered",
"title": "All Things Considered",
"info": "Every weekday, \u003cem>All Things Considered\u003c/em> hosts Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish, Ari Shapiro, and Kelly McEvers present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features. Michel Martin hosts on the weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 1pm-2pm, 4:30pm-6:30pm\u003cbr />SAT-SUN 5pm-6pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/All-Things-Considered-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/all-things-considered"
},
"american-suburb-podcast": {
"id": "american-suburb-podcast",
"title": "American Suburb: The Podcast",
"tagline": "The flip side of gentrification, told through one town",
"info": "Gentrification is changing cities across America, forcing people from neighborhoods they have long called home. Call them the displaced. Now those priced out of the Bay Area are looking for a better life in an unlikely place. American Suburb follows this migration to one California town along the Delta, 45 miles from San Francisco. But is this once sleepy suburb ready for them?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/American-Suburb-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 19
},
"link": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/RBrW",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=1287748328",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/American-Suburb-p1086805/",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/feed/podcast",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMzMDExODgxNjA5"
}
},
"baycurious": {
"id": "baycurious",
"title": "Bay Curious",
"tagline": "Exploring the Bay Area, one question at a time",
"info": "KQED’s new podcast, Bay Curious, gets to the bottom of the mysteries — both profound and peculiar — that give the Bay Area its unique identity. And we’ll do it with your help! You ask the questions. You decide what Bay Curious investigates. And you join us on the journey to find the answers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bay-Curious-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Bay Curious",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/baycurious",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 3
},
"link": "/podcasts/baycurious",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/category/bay-curious-podcast/feed/podcast",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9a90d476-aa04-455d-9a4c-0871ed6216d4/bay-curious",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/bay-curious",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6O76IdmhixfijmhTZLIJ8k"
}
},
"bbc-world-service": {
"id": "bbc-world-service",
"title": "BBC World Service",
"info": "The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9pm-10pm, TUE-FRI 1am-2am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BBC-World-Service-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "BBC World Service"
},
"link": "/radio/program/bbc-world-service",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/global-news-podcast/id135067274?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/BBC-World-Service-p455581/",
"rss": "https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nq0gn.rss"
}
},
"californiareport": {
"id": "californiareport",
"title": "The California Report",
"tagline": "California, day by day",
"info": "KQED’s statewide radio news program providing daily coverage of issues, trends and public policy decisions.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareport",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 8
},
"link": "/californiareport",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-the-california-report/id79681292",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/26099305-72af-4542-9dde-ac1807fe36d5/kqed-s-the-california-report",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432285393/the-california-report",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-the-california-report-podcast-8838",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcram/feed/podcast"
}
},
"californiareportmagazine": {
"id": "californiareportmagazine",
"title": "The California Report Magazine",
"tagline": "Your state, your stories",
"info": "Every week, The California Report Magazine takes you on a road trip for the ears: to visit the places and meet the people who make California unique. The in-depth storytelling podcast from the California Report.",
"airtime": "FRI 4:30pm-5pm, 6:30pm-7pm, 11pm-11:30pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Magazine-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report Magazine",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareportmagazine",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 10
},
"link": "/californiareportmagazine",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM3NjkwNjk1OTAz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/564733126/the-california-report-magazine",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-california-report-magazine",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrmag/feed/podcast"
}
},
"city-arts": {
"id": "city-arts",
"title": "City Arts & Lectures",
"info": "A one-hour radio program to hear celebrated writers, artists and thinkers address contemporary ideas and values, often discussing the creative process. Please note: tapes or transcripts are not available",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/cityartsandlecture-300x300.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.cityarts.net/",
"airtime": "SUN 1pm-2pm, TUE 10pm, WED 1am",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "City Arts & Lectures"
},
"link": "https://www.cityarts.net",
"subscribe": {
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/City-Arts-and-Lectures-p692/",
"rss": "https://www.cityarts.net/feed/"
}
},
"closealltabs": {
"id": "closealltabs",
"title": "Close All Tabs",
"tagline": "Your irreverent guide to the trends redefining our world",
"info": "Close All Tabs breaks down how digital culture shapes our world through thoughtful insights and irreverent humor.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CAT_2_Tile-scaled.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Close All Tabs",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 1
},
"link": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/close-all-tabs/id214663465",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC6993880386",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/92d9d4ac-67a3-4eed-b10a-fb45d45b1ef2/close-all-tabs",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6LAJFHnGK1pYXYzv6SIol6?si=deb0cae19813417c"
}
},
"code-switch-life-kit": {
"id": "code-switch-life-kit",
"title": "Code Switch / Life Kit",
"info": "\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em>, which listeners will hear in the first part of the hour, has fearless and much-needed conversations about race. Hosted by journalists of color, the show tackles the subject of race head-on, exploring how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and more.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em>, which will be in the second part of the hour, guides you through spaces and feelings no one prepares you for — from finances to mental health, from workplace microaggressions to imposter syndrome, from relationships to parenting. The show features experts with real world experience and shares their knowledge. Because everyone needs a little help being human.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch\">\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/lifekit\">\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />",
"airtime": "SUN 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Code-Switch-Life-Kit-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/code-switch-life-kit",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/1112190608?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnByLm9yZy9yc3MvcG9kY2FzdC5waHA_aWQ9NTEwMzEy",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3bExJ9JQpkwNhoHvaIIuyV",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510312/podcast.xml"
}
},
"commonwealth-club": {
"id": "commonwealth-club",
"title": "Commonwealth Club of California Podcast",
"info": "The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. As a non-partisan forum, The Club brings to the public airwaves diverse viewpoints on important topics. The Club's weekly radio broadcast - the oldest in the U.S., dating back to 1924 - is carried across the nation on public radio stations and is now podcasting. Our website archive features audio of our recent programs, as well as selected speeches from our long and distinguished history. This podcast feed is usually updated twice a week and is always un-edited.",
"airtime": "THU 10pm, FRI 1am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Commonwealth-Club-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.commonwealthclub.org/podcasts",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Commonwealth Club of California"
},
"link": "/radio/program/commonwealth-club",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/commonwealth-club-of-california-podcast/id976334034?mt=2",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb21tb253ZWFsdGhjbHViLm9yZy9hdWRpby9wb2RjYXN0L3dlZWtseS54bWw",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Commonwealth-Club-of-California-p1060/"
}
},
"forum": {
"id": "forum",
"title": "Forum",
"tagline": "The conversation starts here",
"info": "KQED’s live call-in program discussing local, state, national and international issues, as well as in-depth interviews.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9am-11am, 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Forum-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Forum with Mina Kim and Alexis Madrigal",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/forum",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 9
},
"link": "/forum",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-forum/id73329719",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM5NTU3MzgxNjMz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432307980/forum",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-forum-podcast",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9557381633"
}
},
"freakonomics-radio": {
"id": "freakonomics-radio",
"title": "Freakonomics Radio",
"info": "Freakonomics Radio is a one-hour award-winning podcast and public-radio project hosted by Stephen Dubner, with co-author Steve Levitt as a regular guest. It is produced in partnership with WNYC.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/freakonomicsRadio.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://freakonomics.com/",
"airtime": "SUN 1am-2am, SAT 3pm-4pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/freakonomics-radio",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/Freakonomics-Radio-p272293/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio"
}
},
"fresh-air": {
"id": "fresh-air",
"title": "Fresh Air",
"info": "Hosted by Terry Gross, \u003cem>Fresh Air from WHYY\u003c/em> is the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues. One of public radio's most popular programs, Fresh Air features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fresh-Air-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/fresh-air",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=214089682&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Fresh-Air-p17/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/381444908/podcast.xml"
}
},
"here-and-now": {
"id": "here-and-now",
"title": "Here & Now",
"info": "A live production of NPR and WBUR Boston, in collaboration with stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it's happening in the middle of the day, with timely, in-depth news, interviews and conversation. Hosted by Robin Young, Jeremy Hobson and Tonya Mosley.",
"airtime": "MON-THU 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Here-And-Now-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/here-and-now",
"subsdcribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=426698661",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Here--Now-p211/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510051/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hidden-brain": {
"id": "hidden-brain",
"title": "Hidden Brain",
"info": "Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/hiddenbrain.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain",
"airtime": "SUN 7pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "NPR"
},
"link": "/radio/program/hidden-brain",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-brain/id1028908750?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Hidden-Brain-p787503/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510308/podcast.xml"
}
},
"how-i-built-this": {
"id": "how-i-built-this",
"title": "How I Built This with Guy Raz",
"info": "Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/howIBuiltThis.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this",
"airtime": "SUN 7:30pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/how-i-built-this",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/3zxy",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz/id1150510297?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/How-I-Built-This-p910896/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510313/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hyphenacion": {
"id": "hyphenacion",
"title": "Hyphenación",
"tagline": "Where conversation and cultura meet",
"info": "What kind of no sabo word is Hyphenación? For us, it’s about living within a hyphenation. Like being a third-gen Mexican-American from the Texas border now living that Bay Area Chicano life. Like Xorje! Each week we bring together a couple of hyphenated Latinos to talk all about personal life choices: family, careers, relationships, belonging … everything is on the table. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hyphenacion_FinalAssets_PodcastTile.png",
"imageAlt": "KQED Hyphenación",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 15
},
"link": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hyphenaci%C3%B3n/id1191591838",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/2p3Fifq96nw9BPcmFdIq0o?si=39209f7b25774f38",
"youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/c/kqedarts",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6c3dd23c-93fb-4aab-97ba-1725fa6315f1/hyphenaci%C3%B3n",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC2275451163"
}
},
"jerrybrown": {
"id": "jerrybrown",
"title": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"tagline": "Lessons from a lifetime in politics",
"info": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown brings listeners the wisdom of the former Governor, Mayor, and presidential candidate. Scott Shafer interviewed Brown for more than 40 hours, covering the former governor's life and half-century in the political game – and Brown has some lessons he'd like to share. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Political-Mind-of-Jerry-Brown-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 18
},
"link": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/790253322/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1492194549",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/jerrybrown/feed/podcast/",
"tuneIn": "http://tun.in/pjGcK",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/54C1dmuyFyKMFttY6X2j6r?si=K8SgRCoISNK6ZbjpXrX5-w",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/44420f75-3b0e-4301-ab3b-16da6b09e543/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown"
}
},
"latino-usa": {
"id": "latino-usa",
"title": "Latino USA",
"airtime": "MON 1am-2am, SUN 6pm-7pm",
"info": "Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only national, English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/latinoUsa.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://latinousa.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/latino-usa",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/xtTd",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=79681317&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Latino-USA-p621/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510016/podcast.xml"
}
},
"marketplace": {
"id": "marketplace",
"title": "Marketplace",
"info": "Our flagship program, helmed by Kai Ryssdal, examines what the day in money delivered, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. Updated Monday through Friday at about 3:30 p.m. PT.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 4pm-4:30pm, MON-WED 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Marketplace-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.marketplace.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "American Public Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/marketplace",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201853034&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/APM-Marketplace-p88/",
"rss": "https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/marketplace-pm/rss/rss"
}
},
"masters-of-scale": {
"id": "masters-of-scale",
"title": "Masters of Scale",
"info": "Masters of Scale is an original podcast in which LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock Partner Reid Hoffman sets out to describe and prove theories that explain how great entrepreneurs take their companies from zero to a gazillion in ingenious fashion.",
"airtime": "Every other Wednesday June 12 through October 16 at 8pm (repeats Thursdays at 2am)",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Masters-of-Scale-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://mastersofscale.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WaitWhat"
},
"link": "/radio/program/masters-of-scale",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "http://mastersofscale.app.link/",
"rss": "https://rss.art19.com/masters-of-scale"
}
},
"mindshift": {
"id": "mindshift",
"title": "MindShift",
"tagline": "A podcast about the future of learning and how we raise our kids",
"info": "The MindShift podcast explores the innovations in education that are shaping how kids learn. Hosts Ki Sung and Katrina Schwartz introduce listeners to educators, researchers, parents and students who are developing effective ways to improve how kids learn. We cover topics like how fed-up administrators are developing surprising tactics to deal with classroom disruptions; how listening to podcasts are helping kids develop reading skills; the consequences of overparenting; and why interdisciplinary learning can engage students on all ends of the traditional achievement spectrum. This podcast is part of the MindShift education site, a division of KQED News. KQED is an NPR/PBS member station based in San Francisco. You can also visit the MindShift website for episodes and supplemental blog posts or tweet us \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MindShiftKQED\">@MindShiftKQED\u003c/a> or visit us at \u003ca href=\"/mindshift\">MindShift.KQED.org\u003c/a>",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Mindshift-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED MindShift: How We Will Learn",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/mindshift/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 12
},
"link": "/podcasts/mindshift",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindshift-podcast/id1078765985",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM1NzY0NjAwNDI5",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/464615685/mind-shift-podcast",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/stories-teachers-share",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0MxSpNYZKNprFLCl7eEtyx"
}
},
"morning-edition": {
"id": "morning-edition",
"title": "Morning Edition",
"info": "\u003cem>Morning Edition\u003c/em> takes listeners around the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday. Hosts Steve Inskeep, David Greene and Rachel Martin bring you the latest breaking news and features to prepare you for the day.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3am-9am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Morning-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/morning-edition/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/morning-edition"
},
"onourwatch": {
"id": "onourwatch",
"title": "On Our Watch",
"tagline": "Deeply-reported investigative journalism",
"info": "For decades, the process for how police police themselves has been inconsistent – if not opaque. In some states, like California, these proceedings were completely hidden. After a new police transparency law unsealed scores of internal affairs files, our reporters set out to examine these cases and the shadow world of police discipline. On Our Watch brings listeners into the rooms where officers are questioned and witnesses are interrogated to find out who this system is really protecting. Is it the officers, or the public they've sworn to serve?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/On-Our-Watch-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "On Our Watch from NPR and KQED",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 11
},
"link": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1567098962",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5ucHIub3JnLzUxMDM2MC9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbD9zYz1nb29nbGVwb2RjYXN0cw",
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/onourwatch",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0OLWoyizopu6tY1XiuX70x",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-Our-Watch-p1436229/",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/show/on-our-watch",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510360/podcast.xml"
}
},
"on-the-media": {
"id": "on-the-media",
"title": "On The Media",
"info": "Our weekly podcast explores how the media 'sausage' is made, casts an incisive eye on fluctuations in the marketplace of ideas, and examines threats to the freedom of information and expression in America and abroad. For one hour a week, the show tries to lift the veil from the process of \"making media,\" especially news media, because it's through that lens that we see the world and the world sees us",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm-3pm, MON 12am-1am",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/onTheMedia.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/otm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wnyc"
},
"link": "/radio/program/on-the-media",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-the-Media-p69/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia"
}
},
"pbs-newshour": {
"id": "pbs-newshour",
"title": "PBS NewsHour",
"info": "Analysis, background reports and updates from the PBS NewsHour putting today's news in context.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PBS-News-Hour-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "pbs"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pbs-newshour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pbs-newshour-full-show/id394432287?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/PBS-NewsHour---Full-Show-p425698/",
"rss": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/feeds/rss/podcasts/show"
}
},
"perspectives": {
"id": "perspectives",
"title": "Perspectives",
"tagline": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991",
"info": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Perspectives_Tile_Final.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Perspectives",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/perspectives/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 14
},
"link": "/perspectives",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id73801135",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432309616/perspectives",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/perspectives/category/perspectives/feed/",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93dzIua3FlZC5vcmcvcGVyc3BlY3RpdmVzL2NhdGVnb3J5L3BlcnNwZWN0aXZlcy9mZWVkLw"
}
},
"planet-money": {
"id": "planet-money",
"title": "Planet Money",
"info": "The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy. Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/planetmoney.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/sections/money/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/planet-money",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/M4f5",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id290783428?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Business--Economics-Podcasts/Planet-Money-p164680/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"
}
},
"politicalbreakdown": {
"id": "politicalbreakdown",
"title": "Political Breakdown",
"tagline": "Politics from a personal perspective",
"info": "Political Breakdown is a new series that explores the political intersection of California and the nation. Each week hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos are joined with a new special guest to unpack politics -- with personality — and offer an insider’s glimpse at how politics happens.",
"airtime": "THU 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Political-Breakdown-2024-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Political Breakdown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 5
},
"link": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-breakdown/id1327641087",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e0c2d153-ad36-4c8d-901d-f1da6a724824/political-breakdown",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/572155894/political-breakdown",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/political-breakdown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/07RVyIjIdk2WDuVehvBMoN",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/political-breakdown/feed/podcast"
}
},
"possible": {
"id": "possible",
"title": "Possible",
"info": "Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. Together in Possible, Hoffman and Finger lead enlightening discussions about building a brighter collective future. The show features interviews with visionary guests like Trevor Noah, Sam Altman and Janette Sadik-Khan. Possible paints an optimistic portrait of the world we can create through science, policy, business, art and our shared humanity. It asks: What if everything goes right for once? How can we get there? Each episode also includes a short fiction story generated by advanced AI GPT-4, serving as a thought-provoking springboard to speculate how humanity could leverage technology for good.",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Possible-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.possible.fm/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Possible"
},
"link": "/radio/program/possible",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/possible/id1677184070",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/730YpdUSNlMyPQwNnyjp4k"
}
},
"pri-the-world": {
"id": "pri-the-world",
"title": "PRI's The World: Latest Edition",
"info": "Each weekday, host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories in an hour of radio that reminds us just how small our planet really is.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-World-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pri.org/programs/the-world",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "PRI"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pri-the-world",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pris-the-world-latest-edition/id278196007?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/PRIs-The-World-p24/",
"rss": "http://feeds.feedburner.com/pri/theworld"
}
},
"radiolab": {
"id": "radiolab",
"title": "Radiolab",
"info": "A two-time Peabody Award-winner, Radiolab is an investigation told through sounds and stories, and centered around one big idea. In the Radiolab world, information sounds like music and science and culture collide. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, the show is designed for listeners who demand skepticism, but appreciate wonder. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Freakonomics Radio, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more.",
"airtime": "SUN 12am-1am, SAT 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/radiolab1400.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/radiolab",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/RadioLab-p68032/",
"rss": "https://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab"
}
},
"reveal": {
"id": "reveal",
"title": "Reveal",
"info": "Created by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, Reveal is public radios first one-hour weekly radio show and podcast dedicated to investigative reporting. Credible, fact based and without a partisan agenda, Reveal combines the power and artistry of driveway moment storytelling with data-rich reporting on critically important issues. The result is stories that inform and inspire, arming our listeners with information to right injustices, hold the powerful accountable and improve lives.Reveal is hosted by Al Letson and showcases the award-winning work of CIR and newsrooms large and small across the nation. In a radio and podcast market crowded with choices, Reveal focuses on important and often surprising stories that illuminate the world for our listeners.",
"airtime": "SAT 4pm-5pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/reveal300px.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/reveal",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Reveal-p679597/",
"rss": "http://feeds.revealradio.org/revealpodcast"
}
},
"rightnowish": {
"id": "rightnowish",
"title": "Rightnowish",
"tagline": "Art is where you find it",
"info": "Rightnowish digs into life in the Bay Area right now… ish. Journalist Pendarvis Harshaw takes us to galleries painted on the sides of liquor stores in West Oakland. We'll dance in warehouses in the Bayview, make smoothies with kids in South Berkeley, and listen to classical music in a 1984 Cutlass Supreme in Richmond. Every week, Pen talks to movers and shakers about how the Bay Area shapes what they create, and how they shape the place we call home.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rightnowish-Podcast-Tile-500x500-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Rightnowish with Pendarvis Harshaw",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 16
},
"link": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/rightnowish/feed/podcast",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMxMjU5MTY3NDc4",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I"
}
},
"science-friday": {
"id": "science-friday",
"title": "Science Friday",
"info": "Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide. Each week, the show focuses on science topics that are in the news and tries to bring an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand. Panels of expert guests join host Ira Flatow, a veteran science journalist, to discuss science and to take questions from listeners during the call-in portion of the program.",
"airtime": "FRI 11am-1pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Science-Friday-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/science-friday",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/science-friday",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=73329284&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Science-Friday-p394/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/science-friday"
}
},
"snap-judgment": {
"id": "snap-judgment",
"title": "Snap Judgment",
"tagline": "Real stories with killer beats",
"info": "The Snap Judgment radio show and podcast mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap's musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. This is storytelling... with a BEAT!! Snap first aired on public radio stations nationwide in July 2010. Today, Snap Judgment airs on over 450 public radio stations and is brought to the airwaves by KQED & PRX.",
"airtime": "SAT 1pm-2pm, 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Snap-Judgment-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Snap Judgment",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 4
},
"link": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/snap-judgment/id283657561",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/449018144/snap-judgment",
"stitcher": "https://www.pandora.com/podcast/snap-judgment/PC:241?source=stitcher-sunset",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3Cct7ZWmxHNAtLgBTqjC5v",
"rss": "https://snap.feed.snapjudgment.org/"
}
},
"soldout": {
"id": "soldout",
"title": "SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America",
"tagline": "A new future for housing",
"info": "Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sold-Out-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/soldout",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 13
},
"link": "/podcasts/soldout",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/911586047/s-o-l-d-o-u-t-a-new-future-for-housing",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america/id1531354937",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/soldout",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/38dTBSk2ISFoPiyYNoKn1X",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america",
"tunein": "https://tunein.com/radio/SOLD-OUT-Rethinking-Housing-in-America-p1365871/"
}
},
"spooked": {
"id": "spooked",
"title": "Spooked",
"tagline": "True-life supernatural stories",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spooked-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Spooked",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 7
},
"link": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spooked/id1279361017",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/549547848/snap-judgment-presents-spooked",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/76571Rfl3m7PLJQZKQIGCT",
"rss": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/TBotaapn"
}
},
"tech-nation": {
"id": "tech-nation",
"title": "Tech Nation Radio Podcast",
"info": "Tech Nation is a weekly public radio program, hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn. Founded in 1993, it has grown from a simple interview show to a multi-faceted production, featuring conversations with noted technology and science leaders, and a weekly science and technology-related commentary.",
"airtime": "FRI 10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tech-Nation-Radio-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://technation.podomatic.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "Tech Nation Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tech-nation",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://technation.podomatic.com/rss2.xml"
}
},
"ted-radio-hour": {
"id": "ted-radio-hour",
"title": "TED Radio Hour",
"info": "The TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ways to think and create.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm, SAT 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/tedRadioHour.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/?showDate=2018-06-22",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/ted-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/8vsS",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=523121474&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/TED-Radio-Hour-p418021/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510298/podcast.xml"
}
},
"thebay": {
"id": "thebay",
"title": "The Bay",
"tagline": "Local news to keep you rooted",
"info": "Host Devin Katayama walks you through the biggest story of the day with reporters and newsmakers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Bay-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Bay",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/thebay",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 2
},
"link": "/podcasts/thebay",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bay/id1350043452",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d800ea4c-7a2c-42f2-b861-edaf78a5db0b/the-bay",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/586725995/the-bay",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-bay",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/4BIKBKIujizLHlIlBNaAqQ",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC8259786327"
}
},
"thelatest": {
"id": "thelatest",
"title": "The Latest",
"tagline": "Trusted local news in real time",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-Latest-2025-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Latest",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/thelatest",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 6
},
"link": "/thelatest",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-latest-from-kqed/id1197721799",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1257949365/the-latest-from-k-q-e-d",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/5KIIXMgM9GTi5AepwOYvIZ?si=bd3053fec7244dba",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9137121918"
}
},
"theleap": {
"id": "theleap",
"title": "The Leap",
"tagline": "What if you closed your eyes, and jumped?",
"info": "Stories about people making dramatic, risky changes, told by award-winning public radio reporter Judy Campbell.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Leap-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Leap",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/theleap",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 17
},
"link": "/podcasts/theleap",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-leap/id1046668171",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/447248267/the-leap",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-leap",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3sSlVHHzU0ytLwuGs1SD1U",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/programs/the-leap/feed/podcast"
}
},
"the-moth-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-moth-radio-hour",
"title": "The Moth Radio Hour",
"info": "Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Since 2008, The Moth podcast has featured many of our favorite stories told live on Moth stages around the country. For information on all of our programs and live events, visit themoth.org.",
"airtime": "SAT 8pm-9pm and SUN 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/theMoth.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://themoth.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "prx"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-moth-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moth-podcast/id275699983?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/The-Moth-p273888/",
"rss": "http://feeds.themoth.org/themothpodcast"
}
},
"the-new-yorker-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"title": "The New Yorker Radio Hour",
"info": "The New Yorker Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the magazine's editor, David Remnick, and produced by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Each episode features a diverse mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine, and shaped by its writers, artists, and editors. This isn't a radio version of a magazine, but something all its own, reflecting the rich possibilities of audio storytelling and conversation. Theme music for the show was composed and performed by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-YArDs.",
"airtime": "SAT 10am-11am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-New-Yorker-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/tnyradiohour",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1050430296",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/New-Yorker-Radio-Hour-p803804/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/newyorkerradiohour"
}
},
"the-sam-sanders-show": {
"id": "the-sam-sanders-show",
"title": "The Sam Sanders Show",
"info": "One of public radio's most dynamic voices, Sam Sanders helped launch The NPR Politics Podcast and hosted NPR's hit show It's Been A Minute. Now, the award-winning host returns with something brand new, The Sam Sanders Show. Every week, Sam Sanders and friends dig into the culture that shapes our lives: what's driving the biggest trends, how artists really think, and even the memes you can't stop scrolling past. Sam is beloved for his way of unpacking the world and bringing you up close to fresh currents and engaging conversations. The Sam Sanders Show is smart, funny and always a good time.",
"airtime": "FRI 12-1pm AND SAT 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/The-Sam-Sanders-Show-Podcast-Tile-400x400-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "KCRW"
},
"link": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feed.cdnstream1.com/zjb/feed/download/ac/28/59/ac28594c-e1d0-4231-8728-61865cdc80e8.xml"
}
},
"the-splendid-table": {
"id": "the-splendid-table",
"title": "The Splendid Table",
"info": "\u003cem>The Splendid Table\u003c/em> hosts our nation's conversations about cooking, sustainability and food culture.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Splendid-Table-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.splendidtable.org/",
"airtime": "SUN 10-11 pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-splendid-table"
},
"this-american-life": {
"id": "this-american-life",
"title": "This American Life",
"info": "This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.",
"airtime": "SAT 12pm-1pm, 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/thisAmericanLife.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wbez"
},
"link": "/radio/program/this-american-life",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201671138&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"rss": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/rss.xml"
}
},
"tinydeskradio": {
"id": "tinydeskradio",
"title": "Tiny Desk Radio",
"info": "We're bringing the best of Tiny Desk to the airwaves, only on public radio.",
"airtime": "SUN 8pm and SAT 9pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/300x300-For-Member-Station-Logo-Tiny-Desk-Radio-@2x.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-52030/tiny-desk-radio",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tinydeskradio",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/g-s1-52030/rss.xml"
}
},
"wait-wait-dont-tell-me": {
"id": "wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"title": "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!",
"info": "Peter Sagal and Bill Kurtis host the weekly NPR News quiz show alongside some of the best and brightest news and entertainment personalities.",
"airtime": "SUN 10am-11am, SAT 11am-12pm, SAT 6pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wait-Wait-Podcast-Tile-300x300-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/Xogv",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=121493804&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Wait-Wait-Dont-Tell-Me-p46/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/344098539/podcast.xml"
}
},
"weekend-edition-saturday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-saturday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Saturday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Saturday wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon.",
"airtime": "SAT 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-saturday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-saturday"
},
"weekend-edition-sunday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-sunday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Sunday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein.",
"airtime": "SUN 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-sunday"
}
},
"racesReducer": {},
"racesGenElectionReducer": {},
"racesGenElection2026Reducer": {},
"racesGenElection2026PresidentialReducer": {},
"radioSchedulesReducer": {},
"listsReducer": {
"posts?author=11935&authorName=Samantha Kennedy": {
"isFetching": false,
"latestQuery": {
"from": 0,
"size": 12
},
"vitalsOnly": false,
"totalRequested": 12,
"isLoading": false,
"isLoadingMore": true,
"total": {
"value": 78,
"relation": "eq"
},
"items": [
"news_12105522",
"news_12105049",
"news_12104970",
"news_12104692",
"news_12104753",
"news_12104538",
"news_12104514",
"news_12103978",
"news_12103472",
"news_12102764",
"news_12102708",
"news_12101538"
],
"complete": true
}
},
"recallGuideReducer": {
"intros": {},
"policy": {},
"candidates": {}
},
"savedArticleReducer": {
"articles": [],
"status": {}
},
"newslettersReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"newsletters": {},
"isSubscribing": false,
"isUnsubscribing": false,
"subscribedNewsletters": {}
},
"termsReducer": {
"about": {
"name": "About",
"type": "terms",
"id": "about",
"slug": "about",
"link": "/about",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"arts": {
"name": "Arts & Culture",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"description": "KQED Arts provides daily in-depth coverage of the Bay Area's music, art, film, performing arts, literature and arts news, as well as cultural commentary and criticism.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts",
"slug": "arts",
"link": "/arts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"artschool": {
"name": "Art School",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "artschool",
"slug": "artschool",
"link": "/artschool",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareabites": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareabites",
"slug": "bayareabites",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareahiphop": {
"name": "Bay Area Hiphop",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareahiphop",
"slug": "bayareahiphop",
"link": "/bayareahiphop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"campaign21": {
"name": "Campaign 21",
"type": "terms",
"id": "campaign21",
"slug": "campaign21",
"link": "/campaign21",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"careers": {
"name": "Careers",
"type": "terms",
"id": "careers",
"slug": "careers",
"link": "/careers",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"checkplease": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "checkplease",
"slug": "checkplease",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"education": {
"name": "Education",
"grouping": [
"education"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "education",
"slug": "education",
"link": "/education",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"elections": {
"name": "Elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "elections",
"slug": "elections",
"link": "/elections",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"events": {
"name": "Events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "events",
"slug": "events",
"link": "/events",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"event": {
"name": "Event",
"alias": "events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "event",
"slug": "event",
"link": "/event",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"filmschoolshorts": {
"name": "Film School Shorts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "filmschoolshorts",
"slug": "filmschoolshorts",
"link": "/filmschoolshorts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"food": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "food",
"slug": "food",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"forum": {
"name": "Forum",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/forum?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "forum",
"slug": "forum",
"link": "/forum",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"futureofyou": {
"name": "Future of You",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "futureofyou",
"slug": "futureofyou",
"link": "/futureofyou",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"jpepinheart": {
"name": "KQED food",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/food,bayareabites,checkplease",
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "jpepinheart",
"slug": "jpepinheart",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"liveblog": {
"name": "Live Blog",
"type": "terms",
"id": "liveblog",
"slug": "liveblog",
"link": "/liveblog",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"livetv": {
"name": "Live TV",
"parent": "tv",
"type": "terms",
"id": "livetv",
"slug": "livetv",
"link": "/livetv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"lowdown": {
"name": "The Lowdown",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/lowdown?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "lowdown",
"slug": "lowdown",
"link": "/lowdown",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"mindshift": {
"name": "Mindshift",
"parent": "news",
"description": "MindShift explores the future of education by highlighting the innovative – and sometimes counterintuitive – ways educators and parents are helping all children succeed.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "mindshift",
"slug": "mindshift",
"link": "/mindshift",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news": {
"name": "News",
"grouping": [
"news",
"forum"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "news",
"slug": "news",
"link": "/news",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"newsletters": {
"name": "newsletters",
"type": "terms",
"id": "newsletters",
"slug": "newsletters",
"link": "/newsletters",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"perspectives": {
"name": "Perspectives",
"parent": "radio",
"type": "terms",
"id": "perspectives",
"slug": "perspectives",
"link": "/perspectives",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"podcasts": {
"name": "Podcasts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "podcasts",
"slug": "podcasts",
"link": "/podcasts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pop": {
"name": "Pop",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pop",
"slug": "pop",
"link": "/pop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pressroom": {
"name": "Pressroom",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pressroom",
"slug": "pressroom",
"link": "/pressroom",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"quest": {
"name": "Quest",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "quest",
"slug": "quest",
"link": "/quest",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"radio": {
"name": "Radio",
"grouping": [
"forum",
"perspectives"
],
"description": "Listen to KQED Public Radio – home of Forum and The California Report – on 88.5 FM in San Francisco, 89.3 FM in Sacramento, 88.3 FM in Santa Rosa and 88.1 FM in Martinez.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "radio",
"slug": "radio",
"link": "/radio",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"root": {
"name": "KQED",
"image": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"imageWidth": 1200,
"imageHeight": 630,
"headData": {
"title": "KQED | News, Radio, Podcasts, TV | Public Media for Northern California",
"description": "KQED provides public radio, television, and independent reporting on issues that matter to the Bay Area. We’re the NPR and PBS member station for Northern California."
},
"type": "terms",
"id": "root",
"slug": "root",
"link": "/root",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"science": {
"name": "Science",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"description": "KQED Science brings you award-winning science and environment coverage from the Bay Area and beyond.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "science",
"slug": "science",
"link": "/science",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"stateofhealth": {
"name": "State of Health",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "stateofhealth",
"slug": "stateofhealth",
"link": "/stateofhealth",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"support": {
"name": "Support",
"type": "terms",
"id": "support",
"slug": "support",
"link": "/support",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"thedolist": {
"name": "The Do List",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "thedolist",
"slug": "thedolist",
"link": "/thedolist",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"trulyca": {
"name": "Truly CA",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "trulyca",
"slug": "trulyca",
"link": "/trulyca",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"tv": {
"name": "TV",
"type": "terms",
"id": "tv",
"slug": "tv",
"link": "/tv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"voterguide": {
"name": "Voter Guide",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "voterguide",
"slug": "voterguide",
"link": "/voterguide",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"guiaelectoral": {
"name": "Guia Electoral",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "guiaelectoral",
"slug": "guiaelectoral",
"link": "/guiaelectoral",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"source_news_12103472": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_12103472",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "The California Report",
"link": "https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrarchive/",
"isLoading": false
},
"news_31795": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_31795",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "31795",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "California",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "California Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 31812,
"slug": "california",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/california"
},
"news_28250": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_28250",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "28250",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Local",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Local Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 28267,
"slug": "local",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/local"
},
"news_8": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_8",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "8",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "News",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "News Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8,
"slug": "news",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/news"
},
"news_1386": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1386",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1386",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Bay Area",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Bay Area Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1398,
"slug": "bay-area",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/bay-area"
},
"news_18538": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18538",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18538",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "California",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "California Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 31,
"slug": "california",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/california"
},
"news_1066": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1066",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1066",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "California Public Utilities Commission",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "California Public Utilities Commission Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1077,
"slug": "california-public-utilities-commission",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/california-public-utilities-commission"
},
"news_36137": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_36137",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "36137",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "connie chan",
"slug": "connie-chan",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "connie chan | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 36154,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/connie-chan"
},
"news_167": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_167",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "167",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "David Chiu",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "David Chiu Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 174,
"slug": "david-chiu",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/david-chiu"
},
"news_21973": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_21973",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "21973",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "energy",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "energy Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 21990,
"slug": "energy",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/energy"
},
"news_140": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_140",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "140",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "PG&E",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "PG&E Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 144,
"slug": "pge",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/pge"
},
"news_38": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_38",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "38",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Francisco",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Francisco Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 58,
"slug": "san-francisco",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-francisco"
},
"news_1217": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1217",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1217",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Scott Wiener",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Scott Wiener Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1229,
"slug": "scott-wiener",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/scott-wiener"
},
"news_33750": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33750",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33750",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Climate",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "interest",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Climate Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33767,
"slug": "climate",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/interest/climate"
},
"news_33733": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33733",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33733",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "News",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "interest",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "News Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33750,
"slug": "news",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/interest/news"
},
"news_33729": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33729",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33729",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Francisco",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "interest",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Francisco Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33746,
"slug": "san-francisco",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/interest/san-francisco"
},
"news_22591": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_22591",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "22591",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Black Panther",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Black Panther Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 22608,
"slug": "black-panther",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/black-panther"
},
"news_22590": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_22590",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "22590",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Black Panther Party",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Black Panther Party Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 22607,
"slug": "black-panther-party",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/black-panther-party"
},
"news_19129": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19129",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19129",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Black Panthers",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Black Panthers Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19146,
"slug": "black-panthers",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/black-panthers"
},
"news_27626": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_27626",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "27626",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "featured-news",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "featured-news Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 27643,
"slug": "featured-news",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/featured-news"
},
"news_17996": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17996",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17996",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "News",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "News Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18030,
"slug": "news",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/news"
},
"news_33738": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33738",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33738",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "California",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "interest",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "California Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33755,
"slug": "california",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/interest/california"
},
"news_33730": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33730",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33730",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Oakland",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "interest",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Oakland Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33747,
"slug": "oakland",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/interest/oakland"
},
"news_10": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_10",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "10",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Sports",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Sports Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 10,
"slug": "sports",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/sports"
},
"news_18058": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18058",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18058",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "basketball",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "basketball Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18092,
"slug": "basketball",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/basketball"
},
"news_34044": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_34044",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "34044",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Golden State Valkyries",
"slug": "golden-state-valkyries",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Golden State Valkyries | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 34061,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/golden-state-valkyries"
},
"news_2672": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2672",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2672",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Photography",
"description": "Witness the Bay Area through captivating images and compelling narratives. Explore the latest visually-driven storytelling by KQED and immerse yourself in the heart of our community.",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "Witness the Bay Area through captivating images and compelling narratives. Explore the latest visually-driven storytelling by KQED and immerse yourself in the heart of our community.",
"title": "Photography Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2689,
"slug": "photography",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/photography"
},
"news_33257": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33257",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33257",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "WNBA",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "WNBA Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33274,
"slug": "wnba",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/wnba"
},
"news_1131": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1131",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1131",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "women's basketball",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "women's basketball Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1142,
"slug": "womens-basketball",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/womens-basketball"
},
"news_33740": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33740",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33740",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Events",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "interest",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Events Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33757,
"slug": "events",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/interest/events"
},
"news_33130": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33130",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33130",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Bay Area sports",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Bay Area sports Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33147,
"slug": "bay-area-sports",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/bay-area-sports"
},
"news_2043": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2043",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2043",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "children",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "children Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2058,
"slug": "children",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/children"
},
"news_34081": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_34081",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "34081",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "events",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "events Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 34098,
"slug": "events",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/events"
},
"news_4058": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_4058",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "4058",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "indoors",
"slug": "indoors",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "indoors | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null,
"metaRobotsNoIndex": "noindex"
},
"ttid": 4077,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/indoors"
},
"news_17762": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17762",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17762",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "kids",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "kids Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 17796,
"slug": "kids",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/kids"
},
"news_5663": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5663",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5663",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Presidio",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Presidio Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5687,
"slug": "presidio",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/presidio"
},
"news_34078": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_34078",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "34078",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "sports",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "sports Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 34095,
"slug": "sports",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/sports"
},
"news_33749": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33749",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33749",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Entertainment",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "interest",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Entertainment Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33766,
"slug": "entertainment",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/interest/entertainment"
},
"news_6188": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6188",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6188",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Law and Justice",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Law and Justice Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6212,
"slug": "law-and-justice",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/law-and-justice"
},
"news_13": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_13",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "13",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Politics",
"slug": "politics",
"taxonomy": "category",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Politics | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 13,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/politics"
},
"news_36336": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_36336",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "36336",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Election 2026",
"slug": "election-2026",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Election 2026 | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 36353,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/election-2026"
},
"news_34324": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_34324",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "34324",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "mail theft",
"slug": "mail-theft",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "mail theft Archives | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 34341,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/mail-theft"
},
"news_1259": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1259",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1259",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Peninsula",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Peninsula Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1271,
"slug": "peninsula",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/peninsula"
},
"news_17968": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17968",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17968",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Politics",
"slug": "politics",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Politics | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 18002,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/politics"
},
"news_19192": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19192",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19192",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Mateo",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Mateo Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19209,
"slug": "san-mateo",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-mateo"
},
"news_551": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_551",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "551",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Mateo County",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Mateo County Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 560,
"slug": "san-mateo-county",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-mateo-county"
},
"news_19319": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19319",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19319",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "vote-by-mail",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "vote-by-mail Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19336,
"slug": "vote-by-mail",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/vote-by-mail"
},
"news_36929": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_36929",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "36929",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Voting 2026",
"slug": "voting-2026",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Voting 2026 | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 36946,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/voting-2026"
},
"news_33734": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33734",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33734",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Local Politics",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "interest",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Local Politics Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33751,
"slug": "local-politics",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/interest/local-politics"
},
"news_33744": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33744",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33744",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Peninsula",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "interest",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Peninsula Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33761,
"slug": "peninsula",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/interest/peninsula"
},
"news_34165": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_34165",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "34165",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Climate",
"slug": "climate",
"taxonomy": "category",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Climate Archives | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 34182,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/climate"
},
"news_19204": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19204",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19204",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "climate",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "climate Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19221,
"slug": "climate",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/climate"
},
"news_255": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_255",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "255",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "climate change",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "climate change Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 263,
"slug": "climate-change",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/climate-change"
},
"news_6217": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6217",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6217",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "El Niño",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "El Niño Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6241,
"slug": "el-nino",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/el-nino"
},
"news_3431": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_3431",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "3431",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Flooding",
"slug": "flooding",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Flooding | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 3449,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/flooding"
},
"news_31197": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_31197",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "31197",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Matt Mahan",
"slug": "matt-mahan",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Matt Mahan | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 31214,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/matt-mahan"
},
"news_18541": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18541",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18541",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Jose",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Jose Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 91,
"slug": "san-jose",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-jose"
},
"news_21285": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_21285",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "21285",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "South Bay",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "South Bay Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 21302,
"slug": "south-bay",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/south-bay"
},
"news_33731": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33731",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33731",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "South Bay",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "interest",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "South Bay Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33748,
"slug": "south-bay",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/interest/south-bay"
},
"news_1323": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1323",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1323",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Donald Trump",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Donald Trump Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1335,
"slug": "donald-trump",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/donald-trump"
},
"news_19954": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19954",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19954",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Law and Justice",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Law and Justice Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19971,
"slug": "law-and-justice",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/law-and-justice"
},
"news_21891": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_21891",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "21891",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "lawsuits",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "lawsuits Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 21908,
"slug": "lawsuits",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/lawsuits"
},
"news_3674": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_3674",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "3674",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Rob Bonta",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Rob Bonta Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 3692,
"slug": "rob-bonta",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/rob-bonta"
},
"news_3281": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_3281",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "3281",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Blue Angels",
"slug": "blue-angels",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Blue Angels | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null,
"metaRobotsNoIndex": "noindex"
},
"ttid": 3299,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/blue-angels"
},
"news_3278": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_3278",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "3278",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Fleet Week",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Fleet Week Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 3296,
"slug": "fleet-week",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/fleet-week"
},
"news_37573": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_37573",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "37573",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "local",
"slug": "local",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "local | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 37590,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/local"
},
"news_72": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_72",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "72",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/TCR-2-Logo-Web-Banners-03.png",
"name": "The California Report",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "program",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "The California Report Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6969,
"slug": "the-california-report",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/program/the-california-report"
},
"news_33520": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33520",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33520",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Podcast",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Podcast Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33537,
"slug": "podcast",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/podcast"
},
"news_23394": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_23394",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "23394",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "elections",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "elections Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 23411,
"slug": "elections",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/elections"
},
"news_37461": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_37461",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "37461",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Merced",
"slug": "merced",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Merced | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 37478,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/merced"
},
"news_4486": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_4486",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "4486",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Diego",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Diego Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 4505,
"slug": "san-diego",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-diego"
},
"news_312": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_312",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "312",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Joaquin Valley",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Joaquin Valley Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 320,
"slug": "san-joaquin-valley",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-joaquin-valley"
},
"news_1527": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1527",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1527",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "sexual assault",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "sexual assault Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1539,
"slug": "sexual-assault",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/sexual-assault"
},
"news_17286": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17286",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17286",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "tcr",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "tcr Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 17318,
"slug": "tcr",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/tcr"
},
"news_1758": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1758",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1758",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Economy",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "Full coverage of the economy",
"title": "Economy Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2648,
"slug": "economy",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/economy"
},
"news_19442": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19442",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19442",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Bernie Sanders",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Bernie Sanders Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19459,
"slug": "bernie-sanders",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/bernie-sanders"
},
"news_37055": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_37055",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "37055",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "billionaire tax",
"slug": "billionaire-tax",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "billionaire tax | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 37072,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/billionaire-tax"
},
"news_36046": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_36046",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "36046",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "election",
"slug": "election",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "election | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 36063,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/election"
},
"news_25293": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_25293",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "25293",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "women's sports",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "women's sports Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 25310,
"slug": "womens-sports",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/womens-sports"
},
"news_34036": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_34036",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "34036",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "HIV",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "HIV Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 34053,
"slug": "hiv",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/hiv"
},
"news_82": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_82",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "82",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "LGBT",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "LGBT Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 83,
"slug": "lgbt",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/lgbt"
},
"news_17896": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17896",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17896",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "LGBT rights",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "LGBT rights Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 17930,
"slug": "lgbt-rights",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/lgbt-rights"
},
"news_34564": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_34564",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "34564",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "newsom",
"slug": "newsom",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "newsom | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 34581,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/newsom"
},
"news_36723": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_36723",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "36723",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "reproductive care",
"slug": "reproductive-care",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "reproductive care | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 36740,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/reproductive-care"
},
"news_23490": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_23490",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "23490",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "reproductive health",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "reproductive health Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 23507,
"slug": "reproductive-health",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/reproductive-health"
},
"news_31046": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_31046",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "31046",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "reproductive rights",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "reproductive rights Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 31063,
"slug": "reproductive-rights",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/reproductive-rights"
},
"news_34993": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_34993",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "34993",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "trans",
"slug": "trans",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "trans | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 35010,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/trans"
},
"news_35615": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_35615",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "35615",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "trans athletes",
"slug": "trans-athletes",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "trans athletes | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 35632,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/trans-athletes"
},
"news_34934": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_34934",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "34934",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "trans rights",
"slug": "trans-rights",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "trans rights | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 34951,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/trans-rights"
}
},
"userPermissionsReducer": {
"wpLoggedIn": false
},
"eventsReducer": {},
"fssReducer": {},
"tvDailyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvWeeklyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvPrimetimeScheduleReducer": {},
"tvMonthlyScheduleReducer": {},
"userAccountReducer": {
"user": {
"email": null,
"emailStatus": "EMAIL_UNVALIDATED",
"loggedStatus": "LOGGED_OUT",
"loggingChecked": false,
"articles": [],
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"phoneNumber": null,
"fetchingMembership": false,
"membershipError": false,
"memberships": [
{
"id": null,
"startDate": null,
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"familyNumber": null,
"memberNumber": null,
"memberSince": null,
"expirationDate": null,
"pfsEligible": false,
"isSustaining": false,
"membershipLevel": "Prospect",
"membershipStatus": "Non Member",
"lastGiftDate": null,
"renewalDate": null,
"lastDonationAmount": null
}
]
},
"authModal": {
"isOpen": false,
"view": "LANDING_VIEW"
},
"error": null
},
"youthMediaReducer": {},
"checkPleaseReducer": {
"filterData": {
"region": {
"key": "Restaurant Region",
"filters": [
"Any Region"
]
},
"cuisine": {
"key": "Restaurant Cuisine",
"filters": [
"Any Cuisine"
]
}
},
"restaurantDataById": {},
"restaurantIdsSorted": [],
"error": null
},
"userAgentReducer": {
"userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)",
"isBot": true
},
"requestOutcomesReducer": {
"notFound": []
},
"navPromosReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": true,
"promos": {
"news": {
"name": "2026 Voter Guide",
"link": "/voterguide",
"imageURL": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Nav-News-Nov2026ElectionCoverage@2x-7bd4aad4.png",
"description": "Get informed in minutes with our Voter Guide for California’s November 3 election."
},
"podcasts-radio": {},
"video-tv": {},
"events": {},
"support": {}
}
}
}
