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"content": "\u003cp>Paintbrushes in hand, blank canvases at the ready, and plates dotted with splashes of acrylic paint in hues of aqua, sea green, purple, yellow and more, a group of all ages gathered for an evening of art and healing a week after three people were killed in a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organized by local artist and Gilroy native, Ignacio “Nacho” Moya, attendees tried their hand at replicating or interpreting his painting of a garlic bulb, an important crop and symbol to the community, wrapped in a ribbon reading, “Gilroy Strong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This paint party is for you guys to have fun, relax and enjoy and stay very positive,” Moya, 37, told about 70 people who gathered at a local pizzeria last Monday for the sold-out fundraiser. “This is going to be very therapeutic for us. Art can heal, art can help you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proceeds raised from the event will go to survivors, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11767003 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='Ignacio \"Nacho\" Moya in his Gilroy studio on Aug. 5, 2019. Moya said his Mexican heritage, the community of Gilroy, where he grew up, and world events influence his artwork. 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Moya said his Mexican heritage, the community of Gilroy, where he grew up, and world events influence his artwork. He is wearing a T-shirt bearing artwork he created for a banner at a vigil the day after the July 28 shooting at the Garlic Festival. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moya, who grew up in Gilroy and now owns a local art studio, said he got the idea for a fundraiser after painting a banner with two garlic bulbs — in the shape of a heart — for a vigil the day after the shooting, which left three people, including two children, dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The warm and emotional response he received to the artwork, including one person who Moya recalled saying, “you're healing the community through art,” showed him he had a part to play in the local recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767015\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x505.jpg\" alt=\"Ignacio Moya, a local Gilroy artist, hosted a paint party to raise money for survivors of the Garlic Festival shooting on Aug. 5, 2019, at a Gilroy pizzeria.\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x505.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1020x644.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1200x758.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ignacio Moya, a Gilroy artist, hosted a painting party on Aug. 5, 2019, at a Gilroy pizzeria to raise money for survivors of the Garlic Festival shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='gilroy-shooting' label='Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the party’s attendees said the activity was helping them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gilroy resident and combat veteran Jose Delgado, 72, created his own variation of Moya’s garlic bulb, adding in strokes of white paint, he said, to symbolize angels carrying children up to heaven, and blue, to represent water as life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The garlic festival shooting triggered flashbacks to his service in the Vietnam War, said Delgado, who suffers from PTSD. Delgado said he experienced cold sweats and trouble sleeping shortly after the July 28 attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I released a lot by doing that painting. I felt relieved and I felt sad also that people were lost,” he said after the painting party. “Every time I look at the picture, it's like a burst of release ... calmness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11766570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11766570\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-800x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-800x518.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-1200x777.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jose Delgado, 71, paints at an Aug. 5, 2019, fundraiser for survivors of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='trauma' label='Related Coverage']Another attendee, Liz Pieterouiski, 61, said she has been thinking a lot about the shooting: Her backyard faces Christmas Hill Park, the site of the Garlic Festival. Friends attending the festival had camped in her yard during the three-day fest and her grandson was volunteering at the event when the gunman launched his attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve lived here for 25 years and never had any problems or anything,\" she said. \"Then something like this. It kind of takes a toll.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gunshots, which she first thought were fireworks, linger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sounds of the bullets always ring through my ears,” she said. “I remember it vividly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The evening fundraiser, which she attended with her daughter, provided her some relaxation and therapy, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though it was hard to forget that the reason they were there was because a tragedy happened in their hometown, “we all had a great time, just the community coming together,” Pieterouiski said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767000\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"Brothers Colin Diep, 8, and Ethan, 10, try their hand at painting the garlic bulb, an important symbol of Gilroy, at a fundraiser for survivors of the shooting on Aug. 5, 2019, in Gilroy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-800x543.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-1020x692.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-1200x814.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brothers Colin Diep (left), 8, and Ethan, 10, try their hand at painting the garlic bulb, an important symbol of Gilroy, at an Aug. 5, 2019, fundraiser for survivors of the shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two young brothers — Ethan and Colin Diep —were among the crowd of many long-time residents of the South Bay community who attended. Their mother Eloise Diep said both boys had been scared after the shooting. Eight-year-old Colin’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11766545/gilroy-community-grapples-with-trauma-after-mass-shooting-sometimes-its-terror\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fears had lingered longer\u003c/a>, she said, with him wanting to keep a baseball bat for protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boys had been to Moya’s previous painting parties and liked them, said Eloise Diep. They seemed to be enjoying themselves at the fundraiser, too, getting high fives from Moya when he checked out their work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that my painting turned out good,” Ethan, 10, said. “I’m happy to be here because I love painting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767016\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767016\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='\"We came out to support, because we want to give back to our community,\" said Janet Headley Krulee, whose family has been in the area since the 1900s.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"We came out to support because we want to give back to our community,\" said Janet Headley Krulee, who joined the Aug. 5, 2019, fundraiser for survivors of the Garlic Festival shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Community support was another big theme of the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gilroy is more than a hometown to most of us. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Paintbrushes in hand, blank canvases at the ready, and plates dotted with splashes of acrylic paint in hues of aqua, sea green, purple, yellow and more, a group of all ages gathered for an evening of art and healing a week after three people were killed in a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organized by local artist and Gilroy native, Ignacio “Nacho” Moya, attendees tried their hand at replicating or interpreting his painting of a garlic bulb, an important crop and symbol to the community, wrapped in a ribbon reading, “Gilroy Strong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This paint party is for you guys to have fun, relax and enjoy and stay very positive,” Moya, 37, told about 70 people who gathered at a local pizzeria last Monday for the sold-out fundraiser. “This is going to be very therapeutic for us. Art can heal, art can help you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proceeds raised from the event will go to survivors, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11767003 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='Ignacio \"Nacho\" Moya in his Gilroy studio on Aug. 5, 2019. Moya said his Mexican heritage, the community of Gilroy, where he grew up, and world events influence his artwork. He is wearing a T-shirt bearing artwork he created for a banner at a vigil the day after the July 28 shooting at the Garlic Festival.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moya-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ignacio \"Nacho\" Moya in his Gilroy studio on Aug. 5, 2019. Moya said his Mexican heritage, the community of Gilroy, where he grew up, and world events influence his artwork. He is wearing a T-shirt bearing artwork he created for a banner at a vigil the day after the July 28 shooting at the Garlic Festival. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moya, who grew up in Gilroy and now owns a local art studio, said he got the idea for a fundraiser after painting a banner with two garlic bulbs — in the shape of a heart — for a vigil the day after the shooting, which left three people, including two children, dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The warm and emotional response he received to the artwork, including one person who Moya recalled saying, “you're healing the community through art,” showed him he had a part to play in the local recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767015\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x505.jpg\" alt=\"Ignacio Moya, a local Gilroy artist, hosted a paint party to raise money for survivors of the Garlic Festival shooting on Aug. 5, 2019, at a Gilroy pizzeria.\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-800x505.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1020x644.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut-1200x758.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_Ignacio-Moya-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ignacio Moya, a Gilroy artist, hosted a painting party on Aug. 5, 2019, at a Gilroy pizzeria to raise money for survivors of the Garlic Festival shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the party’s attendees said the activity was helping them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gilroy resident and combat veteran Jose Delgado, 72, created his own variation of Moya’s garlic bulb, adding in strokes of white paint, he said, to symbolize angels carrying children up to heaven, and blue, to represent water as life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The garlic festival shooting triggered flashbacks to his service in the Vietnam War, said Delgado, who suffers from PTSD. Delgado said he experienced cold sweats and trouble sleeping shortly after the July 28 attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I released a lot by doing that painting. I felt relieved and I felt sad also that people were lost,” he said after the painting party. “Every time I look at the picture, it's like a burst of release ... calmness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11766570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11766570\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-800x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-800x518.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-1020x660.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut-1200x777.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08082019_jose-delgado_paint-party_gilroy-shooting-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jose Delgado, 71, paints at an Aug. 5, 2019, fundraiser for survivors of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Another attendee, Liz Pieterouiski, 61, said she has been thinking a lot about the shooting: Her backyard faces Christmas Hill Park, the site of the Garlic Festival. Friends attending the festival had camped in her yard during the three-day fest and her grandson was volunteering at the event when the gunman launched his attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve lived here for 25 years and never had any problems or anything,\" she said. \"Then something like this. It kind of takes a toll.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gunshots, which she first thought were fireworks, linger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sounds of the bullets always ring through my ears,” she said. “I remember it vividly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The evening fundraiser, which she attended with her daughter, provided her some relaxation and therapy, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though it was hard to forget that the reason they were there was because a tragedy happened in their hometown, “we all had a great time, just the community coming together,” Pieterouiski said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767000\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"Brothers Colin Diep, 8, and Ethan, 10, try their hand at painting the garlic bulb, an important symbol of Gilroy, at a fundraiser for survivors of the shooting on Aug. 5, 2019, in Gilroy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-800x543.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-1020x692.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut-1200x814.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Colin-Diep_Ethan-Diep_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-shooting_art_trauma_Ignacio-Moyaqut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brothers Colin Diep (left), 8, and Ethan, 10, try their hand at painting the garlic bulb, an important symbol of Gilroy, at an Aug. 5, 2019, fundraiser for survivors of the shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two young brothers — Ethan and Colin Diep —were among the crowd of many long-time residents of the South Bay community who attended. Their mother Eloise Diep said both boys had been scared after the shooting. Eight-year-old Colin’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11766545/gilroy-community-grapples-with-trauma-after-mass-shooting-sometimes-its-terror\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fears had lingered longer\u003c/a>, she said, with him wanting to keep a baseball bat for protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boys had been to Moya’s previous painting parties and liked them, said Eloise Diep. They seemed to be enjoying themselves at the fundraiser, too, getting high fives from Moya when he checked out their work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that my painting turned out good,” Ethan, 10, said. “I’m happy to be here because I love painting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11767016\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11767016\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='\"We came out to support, because we want to give back to our community,\" said Janet Headley Krulee, whose family has been in the area since the 1900s.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/08122019_Gilroy-shooting_Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-Shooting_Janet-Headley-Krulee-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"We came out to support because we want to give back to our community,\" said Janet Headley Krulee, who joined the Aug. 5, 2019, fundraiser for survivors of the Garlic Festival shooting. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Community support was another big theme of the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gilroy is more than a hometown to most of us. It's where our friends are, it's where our families are, it's where we have every single memory of our lives,” said Janet Headley Krulee, whose family has been in the area since the 1900s. “We want our community to know, and people that were there and affected by this to know, that we’re behind them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moya, who has also donated proceeds from the sales of T-shirts bearing his \"Gilroy Strong\" design, said he is considering offering other classes around art and healing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News' Sruti Mamidanna contributed to this report. Have questions, comments, tips for the reporter? You can reach her at mleitsinger@kqed.org\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Ione is a small Gold Rush town in Amador County, 30 miles east of Sacramento. Tourists come here for the wineries and casinos, but on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.amadorcentralrailroad.com/Amador-Central-Railroad-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second Saturday\u003c/a> of most months, you can take a trip back in time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For $10, anyone can ride a 3-mile stretch of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.amadorcentralrailroad.com/\">Amador Central Railroad\u003c/a>. In 1904, the railroad was the only way to bring supplies up the hills of California’s Mother Lode. Today, a burly crew of railroad enthusiasts help keep it alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I meet some of the railroaders at 6:45 a.m. one Saturday at Ione's Rich Bryant Station, where the crew starts preparing for the day's excursion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They say, inside every man’s breast beats the heart of a steam locomotive,\" says Larry Bowler, Vice President of the Recreational Railroad Coalition Historical Society (RRCHS), which works to preserve the Amador Central Railroad for educational and recreational activities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765019\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765019 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38313_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9415-qut-800x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38313_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9415-qut-800x520.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38313_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9415-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38313_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9415-qut-1020x663.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38313_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9415-qut.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Bowler is the co-founder and former president of the Recreational Railroad Coalition Historical Society, which owns and aims to preserve the Amador Central Railroad. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mike Cozad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After retirement, Bowler was on the hunt for a new hobby and opted to join his family's lineage of railroaders. Bowler and RRCHS initially began leasing the railroad from Sierra Pacific Industries as a way to explore and preserve the tracks. But in 2010, RRCHS joined forces with the \u003ca href=\"https://amadorcountyhistoricalsociety.org/\">Amador County Historical Society\u003c/a> to buy a 10-mile stretch of tracks for $1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everybody that’s a member [of the RRCHS] becomes an owner of the railroad,\" says Bowler. \"That gives you bragging rights.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group's members are also bonded by their love of restoring vintage motorcars, small rail cars that seat just four passengers during public rides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The noble part of it is that we are preserving history,\" says Bowler. \"Not only the railroad tracks, but these cars are historical. They don’t make these anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765484\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765484 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38333_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8319-qut-1-800x514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38333_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8319-qut-1-800x514.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38333_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8319-qut-1-160x103.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38333_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8319-qut-1-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38333_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8319-qut-1.jpg 1053w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Railroad hobbyists come together to preserve the tracks and ride their restored motorcars, some of which date back to the 1930's. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mike Cozad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the railroaders own their very own motorcars, which they've brought to the yard from their homes. They start the day's preparation by unloading their cars onto the tracks, manually aligning the older ones using giant metal turning skis, called a \"turntable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Little more, little more,\" they call out while working together to adjust the cars. \"That’s good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the railroaders test the breaks, load the cars with fuel, and check the radios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Other than the radios this car is 100 percent original,\" says Mark Demler, the Amador Central's excursion coordinator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765472\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765472 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38329_AMC-Test-Run-2-25-2017-8782-qut-800x606.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38329_AMC-Test-Run-2-25-2017-8782-qut-800x606.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38329_AMC-Test-Run-2-25-2017-8782-qut-160x121.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38329_AMC-Test-Run-2-25-2017-8782-qut.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Demler is the Amador Central Railroad's \"excursion coordinator.\" He wakes up at 4am and drives his motorcar two hours from his home in Martinez on days when the group hosts public rides. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mike Cozad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once preparations are complete, I hop aboard Demler's motorcar — one of six he owns. Demler spent part of his college days living in a caboose during a railroad restoration program. A fan of anything that \"flies, floats or rolls,\" he ultimately calls the railroad his \"touchstone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we drive to pick up passengers at Lane's Station, Demler explains that we're surrounded by clay quarries, which the city of Ione mined to make bricks during the Gold Rush. He also points out patches of tracks that the group restored themselves, explaining how they even built railroad crossings with the support of the local community. He says the town sees the Amador Central as a piece of the town's local history worth preserving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re not your normal railroad buffs,\" says Demler. \"We’re historians. Keepers of the history.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sun is already blazing by the time we arrive at at Lane's Station, but that doesn’t stop the line of people snaking around a shaded tent to buy their tickets. Demler explains that regular passengers arrive an hourly early to reserve their seats, since it's common for rides to sell out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765452\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765452 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38311_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9331-qut-1-800x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38311_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9331-qut-1-800x580.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38311_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9331-qut-1-160x116.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38311_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9331-qut-1.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excursions with the Amador Central Railroad run three times a day on the second Saturday of most months. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mike Cozad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Many of the views you see today can only be seen from the rails here,\" Demler explains. \"It’s the idea of doing something exclusive, seeing a little piece of history you can’t see any other way. It's a down in the weeds experience riding close to the rails with the smell, the sounds, the noise, the vibrations of a real working railroad.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a quick safety demo, Demler welcomes the passengers with a brief history of the railroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to welcome you to the Amador Central Railroad,\" Demler announces. \"We are the owners, and operators, and volunteers that make this operation occur. And we do it solely for you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The passengers hop aboard the the motorcars, riding at a steady 10 mph. Along the way, Demler explains our surroundings with boyish enthusiasm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is anything but a straight line railroad,\" says Demler. \"We're snaking through curves constantly. You don't like the view. Wait a minute we'll see something else.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765023\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 859px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765023\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38335_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8480-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"859\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38335_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8480-qut.jpg 859w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38335_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8480-qut-160x113.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38335_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8480-qut-800x566.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars wind their way along the tracks at about 10 mph. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mike Cozad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As we twist and turn upward, the landscape alternates sun-drenched open valleys and patches of shade where horses can lounge. Demler points out some sites that the 49ers would have seen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's the original water ditch [from the 1870s] bringing water down to the city of Ione from the lakes up in the mountains,\" he yells over the sound of the motorcar. \"Interesting old barn down there,\" he continues. \"That round top goes back to the 1920s. One of the older buildings left out here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, we turn into Bovine Meadow, where cattle stare us down as they block our path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And they don’t always clear, they just keep running,\" Demler says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Red-tailed hawks fly above us and gold-speckled quartz, elderberry plants, and oak trees dot the terrain. In the spring, I’m told these meadows become a sea of red, yellow and purple flowers. But today, golden thistle plants wave around in the wind, which grows stronger as the train rides higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're about twelve hundred feet up the hillside,\" explains Demler. \"We're about fourteen hundred feet above sea level. And as we snake around through these hills we occasionally get glimpses of the Sacramento Valley. We can see Lodi from here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765029\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765029 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38314_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9424-qut-800x487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38314_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9424-qut-800x487.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38314_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9424-qut-160x97.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38314_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9424-qut-1020x621.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38314_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9424-qut-1104x673.jpg 1104w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38314_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9424-qut.jpg 1106w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"This is the only railroad in the United States — as far as we know — thats dedicated to recreation and preservation,\" says Larry Bowler. \"There are not a lot of abandoned railroad tracks that are available for this.\" \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mike Cozad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once we reach the top of the hill, we spot Mount Diablo, more than 100 miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Demler, it’s not just about the views or the history. It’s about the people he gets to share it with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When the railroad was just us, it wasn’t nearly as fun as the last couple of years when we opened it up to the public,\" says Demler. \"To know you’re bringing an adventure to somebody’s day is really what it’s all about.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A half hour after the ride began, we hop off so the railroaders can turn the cars around, using the same turntables they used at the start of the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Breaks on,\" they call out, aligning the cars once again. \"Clockwise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Guys, this is exactly the way it was done on the railroad,\" Demler explains to the crowd of passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the railroaders finish turning the cars, we begin our journey back to Lane’s Station, where operators will get ready for the next ride of the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All aboard!\" the conductors call out.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Ione is a small Gold Rush town in Amador County, 30 miles east of Sacramento. Tourists come here for the wineries and casinos, but on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.amadorcentralrailroad.com/Amador-Central-Railroad-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second Saturday\u003c/a> of most months, you can take a trip back in time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For $10, anyone can ride a 3-mile stretch of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.amadorcentralrailroad.com/\">Amador Central Railroad\u003c/a>. In 1904, the railroad was the only way to bring supplies up the hills of California’s Mother Lode. Today, a burly crew of railroad enthusiasts help keep it alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I meet some of the railroaders at 6:45 a.m. one Saturday at Ione's Rich Bryant Station, where the crew starts preparing for the day's excursion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They say, inside every man’s breast beats the heart of a steam locomotive,\" says Larry Bowler, Vice President of the Recreational Railroad Coalition Historical Society (RRCHS), which works to preserve the Amador Central Railroad for educational and recreational activities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765019\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765019 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38313_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9415-qut-800x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38313_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9415-qut-800x520.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38313_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9415-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38313_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9415-qut-1020x663.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38313_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9415-qut.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Bowler is the co-founder and former president of the Recreational Railroad Coalition Historical Society, which owns and aims to preserve the Amador Central Railroad. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mike Cozad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After retirement, Bowler was on the hunt for a new hobby and opted to join his family's lineage of railroaders. Bowler and RRCHS initially began leasing the railroad from Sierra Pacific Industries as a way to explore and preserve the tracks. But in 2010, RRCHS joined forces with the \u003ca href=\"https://amadorcountyhistoricalsociety.org/\">Amador County Historical Society\u003c/a> to buy a 10-mile stretch of tracks for $1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everybody that’s a member [of the RRCHS] becomes an owner of the railroad,\" says Bowler. \"That gives you bragging rights.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group's members are also bonded by their love of restoring vintage motorcars, small rail cars that seat just four passengers during public rides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The noble part of it is that we are preserving history,\" says Bowler. \"Not only the railroad tracks, but these cars are historical. They don’t make these anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765484\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765484 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38333_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8319-qut-1-800x514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38333_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8319-qut-1-800x514.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38333_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8319-qut-1-160x103.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38333_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8319-qut-1-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38333_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8319-qut-1.jpg 1053w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Railroad hobbyists come together to preserve the tracks and ride their restored motorcars, some of which date back to the 1930's. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mike Cozad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the railroaders own their very own motorcars, which they've brought to the yard from their homes. They start the day's preparation by unloading their cars onto the tracks, manually aligning the older ones using giant metal turning skis, called a \"turntable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Little more, little more,\" they call out while working together to adjust the cars. \"That’s good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the railroaders test the breaks, load the cars with fuel, and check the radios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Other than the radios this car is 100 percent original,\" says Mark Demler, the Amador Central's excursion coordinator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765472\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765472 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38329_AMC-Test-Run-2-25-2017-8782-qut-800x606.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38329_AMC-Test-Run-2-25-2017-8782-qut-800x606.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38329_AMC-Test-Run-2-25-2017-8782-qut-160x121.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38329_AMC-Test-Run-2-25-2017-8782-qut.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Demler is the Amador Central Railroad's \"excursion coordinator.\" He wakes up at 4am and drives his motorcar two hours from his home in Martinez on days when the group hosts public rides. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mike Cozad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once preparations are complete, I hop aboard Demler's motorcar — one of six he owns. Demler spent part of his college days living in a caboose during a railroad restoration program. A fan of anything that \"flies, floats or rolls,\" he ultimately calls the railroad his \"touchstone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we drive to pick up passengers at Lane's Station, Demler explains that we're surrounded by clay quarries, which the city of Ione mined to make bricks during the Gold Rush. He also points out patches of tracks that the group restored themselves, explaining how they even built railroad crossings with the support of the local community. He says the town sees the Amador Central as a piece of the town's local history worth preserving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re not your normal railroad buffs,\" says Demler. \"We’re historians. Keepers of the history.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sun is already blazing by the time we arrive at at Lane's Station, but that doesn’t stop the line of people snaking around a shaded tent to buy their tickets. Demler explains that regular passengers arrive an hourly early to reserve their seats, since it's common for rides to sell out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765452\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765452 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38311_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9331-qut-1-800x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38311_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9331-qut-1-800x580.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38311_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9331-qut-1-160x116.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38311_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9331-qut-1.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excursions with the Amador Central Railroad run three times a day on the second Saturday of most months. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mike Cozad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Many of the views you see today can only be seen from the rails here,\" Demler explains. \"It’s the idea of doing something exclusive, seeing a little piece of history you can’t see any other way. It's a down in the weeds experience riding close to the rails with the smell, the sounds, the noise, the vibrations of a real working railroad.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a quick safety demo, Demler welcomes the passengers with a brief history of the railroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to welcome you to the Amador Central Railroad,\" Demler announces. \"We are the owners, and operators, and volunteers that make this operation occur. And we do it solely for you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The passengers hop aboard the the motorcars, riding at a steady 10 mph. Along the way, Demler explains our surroundings with boyish enthusiasm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is anything but a straight line railroad,\" says Demler. \"We're snaking through curves constantly. You don't like the view. Wait a minute we'll see something else.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765023\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 859px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765023\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38335_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8480-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"859\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38335_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8480-qut.jpg 859w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38335_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8480-qut-160x113.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38335_End-of-Summer-Run-2016-8480-qut-800x566.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars wind their way along the tracks at about 10 mph. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mike Cozad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As we twist and turn upward, the landscape alternates sun-drenched open valleys and patches of shade where horses can lounge. Demler points out some sites that the 49ers would have seen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's the original water ditch [from the 1870s] bringing water down to the city of Ione from the lakes up in the mountains,\" he yells over the sound of the motorcar. \"Interesting old barn down there,\" he continues. \"That round top goes back to the 1920s. One of the older buildings left out here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, we turn into Bovine Meadow, where cattle stare us down as they block our path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And they don’t always clear, they just keep running,\" Demler says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Red-tailed hawks fly above us and gold-speckled quartz, elderberry plants, and oak trees dot the terrain. In the spring, I’m told these meadows become a sea of red, yellow and purple flowers. But today, golden thistle plants wave around in the wind, which grows stronger as the train rides higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're about twelve hundred feet up the hillside,\" explains Demler. \"We're about fourteen hundred feet above sea level. And as we snake around through these hills we occasionally get glimpses of the Sacramento Valley. We can see Lodi from here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765029\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765029 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38314_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9424-qut-800x487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38314_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9424-qut-800x487.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38314_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9424-qut-160x97.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38314_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9424-qut-1020x621.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38314_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9424-qut-1104x673.jpg 1104w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38314_AMC-Public-Run-3-11-2017-9424-qut.jpg 1106w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"This is the only railroad in the United States — as far as we know — thats dedicated to recreation and preservation,\" says Larry Bowler. \"There are not a lot of abandoned railroad tracks that are available for this.\" \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mike Cozad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once we reach the top of the hill, we spot Mount Diablo, more than 100 miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Demler, it’s not just about the views or the history. 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"content": "\u003cp>One of the oldest continually operating roadhouses in California reopened Friday under new management. \u003ca href=\"https://www.alpineinnpv.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rossotti’s Alpine Inn\u003c/a>, or “Zot’s,” as it’s called today, faces the 21st century with a fresh coat of paint, new guts and an open view of Los Trancos Creek in the back garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lori Hunter, leading the latest group of investors to own this joint, has lived in the neighborhood for 26 years. There’s no denying Portola Valley is today one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewdepietro/2018/07/31/housing-1998-2018-most-expensive-zip-codes/#6bb0725a1aea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wealthiest \u003c/a>zip codes in the United States, but locals have historically patronized the Alpine Inn because of its appealing modesty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunter insists she has no intention of ruining this establishment’s fine reputation by appealing to hipsters. She says she wants Alpine Inn to continue to be what it has been for her. “Just a casual place that you can sit around and talk as long as you want, and not be dressed up!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the new owners did have to bring the kitchen and other things up to code. “We ended up having to redo all the appliances, everything about where the food’s prepared and where the beer lives. What you do see is very similar. What you don’t see is very different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Helping her with the retrofit is Greg St. Claire, who runs the San Carlos-based \u003ca href=\"http://www.avenir-rg.com/ARG/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avenir Restaurant Group\u003c/a>, which owns three Peninsula restaurants: Town in San Carlos, Milagros in Redwood City, and Nola in Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11766808\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11766808\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A fence and moldy shack behind the Alpine Inn were cleared to make way for a bucolic view of Los Trancos Creek. The new outdoor dining area, expands the restaurant's capacity to 300 people. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fence and moldy shack behind the Alpine Inn were cleared to make way for a bucolic view of Los Trancos Creek. The new outdoor dining area, expands the restaurant’s capacity to 300 people. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>St. Claire grew up in Portola Valley. “I’ve done a lot of restaurants before, but there is definitely something magical about this place. It’s generations and generations of people who’ve been coming here,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunter added, “My dad came here. Greg’s dad came here. We have people who brought pictures from their dad’s dad in 1917 that are up on the wall now. It just feels really good to keep it going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So they kept the drunken wood carvings and photos from previous owners, as well as photos from neighborhood regulars who’ve been stopping in during the remodel to make sure it doesn’t mess with the spirit of the place.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A little history with your beer and burger\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Casa De Tableta, as it was first known, has drawn people looking for cheap booze and warm conversation since 1852, when Mexican Californios flocked here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as we know, it started with a gift or a wager,” says Portola Valley historian Nancy Lund. “Somehow (former San Jose Mayor) Felix Buelna got the land, and built the roadhouse, and kept it for awhile.” Buelna picked a good spot, at the intersection of the old Arrastradero leading to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11621122/el-camino-not-so-real-the-true-story-of-the-ancient-road\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission Santa Clara\u003c/a> and the Old Spanish Trail (Alpine Road).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11766809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1652px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11766809\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The earliest known photo of Casa de Tableta, c. 1880 - 1890s. By 1868, Felix Buelna had sold the property to William Stanton. Buelna’s grandson believes that his grandfather lost all of his property in a rigged poker game at the Searsville Saloon. Pictured here is barkeeper Rodriguez “Jo” Crovello with Stanton in front of the inn, then called “Black Chapete’s.”\" width=\"1652\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut.jpg 1652w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut-160x198.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut-800x992.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut-1020x1264.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut-968x1200.jpg 968w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut-1920x2380.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1652px) 100vw, 1652px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The earliest known photo of Casa de Tableta, c. 1880 – 1890s. By 1868, Felix Buelna had sold the property to William Stanton. Buelna’s grandson believes that his grandfather lost all of his property in a rigged poker game at the Searsville Saloon. Pictured here is barkeeper Rodriguez “Jo” Crovello with Stanton in front of the inn, then called “Black Chapete’s.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Portola Valley Historic Resources Committee)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the years passed, this spot proved advantageous in ways Buelna could never have foreseen. Stanford opened in 1891, and with it, efforts by the administration to shut down purveyors of alcohol in the near vicinity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11735298/how-stanfords-desire-for-a-booze-free-town-gave-birth-to-palo-alto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayfield\u003c/a>’s 23 saloons closed in 1905, and in 1909, a new law barred liquor sales within one and a half miles of the campus, closing 14 more saloons in Menlo Park. The Wunder, as the roadhouse was called by then, sat outside the law’s jurisdiction, much to the dismay of David Starr Jordan, the university’s first president, who described The Wunder as “unusually vile, even for a roadhouse … and a disgrace to San Mateo County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naturally, the young students at Stanford loved the joint. Later, the young soldiers did, too, especially given a five mile dry zone imposed around Menlo Park’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11705654/wwi-and-the-peninsulas-forgotten-contribution-to-the-war-effort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Fremont\u003c/a> during World War I.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As local real estate agent Virginia Bacon Wrote for \u003ca href=\"http://www.pv.beaucamera.com/alpine-inn-zots-rossottis-casa-de-tableta/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Portola Valley, Past and Present\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, stories of the bar’s role in bootleg operations during Prohibition “are as varied as they are impossible to confirm.” However, today’s owners can confirm there was a basement under the tavern, accessed by a hatch, where period “product” was stored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were also apparently rooms for rent by the hour at some point in the past. “Somebody told us that was the story,” Hunter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11766814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11766814\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38483_Rossottis-Beer-Garden-qut.jpg\" alt=\"When Prohibition ended in 1933, Enrico Rossotti got the lease, then purchased the property and ran what was then called E. Rossotti's Beer Garden until 1956. With the addition of burgers and similar grill food, it became a local hotspot for Stanford fans year-round, but especially during football season.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1395\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38483_Rossottis-Beer-Garden-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38483_Rossottis-Beer-Garden-qut-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38483_Rossottis-Beer-Garden-qut-800x581.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38483_Rossottis-Beer-Garden-qut-1020x741.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38483_Rossottis-Beer-Garden-qut-1200x872.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When Prohibition ended in 1933, Enrico Rossotti got the lease, then purchased the property and ran what was then called E. Rossotti’s Beer Garden until 1956. With the addition of burgers and similar grill food, it became a local hotspot for Stanford fans year-round, but especially during football season. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Courtesy of Rossotti's Alpine Inn)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over 167 years, there have been many names for the little building: Casa De Tableta, Fernando’s, Philpot’s, Stanton’s Saloon, Black Chapete’s, The Wunder, and Schenkel’s Picnic Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enter Enrico Rossotti, who took over the lease and then purchased the property in 1940. Although he only owned his beer garden for eight years, the old place is still known by his name, or “Zot’s.” The owners who took it over from Rossotti in 1959 gave the place its current name, Alpine Inn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it was the rude little building that became a local institution, a \u003ca href=\"https://noehill.com/sanmateo/cal0825.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Registered Landmark\u003c/a> also on the \u003ca href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/73000447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Register of Historic Places\u003c/a>. Once a watering hole for thirsty horsemen passing through, the roadhouse has survived by welcoming changing demographics over multiple generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, it’s everybody now,” said Lund. “Motorcyclists, kids, equestrians, soccer teams after games, everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>One of the oldest continually operating roadhouses in California reopened Friday under new management. \u003ca href=\"https://www.alpineinnpv.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rossotti’s Alpine Inn\u003c/a>, or “Zot’s,” as it’s called today, faces the 21st century with a fresh coat of paint, new guts and an open view of Los Trancos Creek in the back garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lori Hunter, leading the latest group of investors to own this joint, has lived in the neighborhood for 26 years. There’s no denying Portola Valley is today one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewdepietro/2018/07/31/housing-1998-2018-most-expensive-zip-codes/#6bb0725a1aea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wealthiest \u003c/a>zip codes in the United States, but locals have historically patronized the Alpine Inn because of its appealing modesty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunter insists she has no intention of ruining this establishment’s fine reputation by appealing to hipsters. She says she wants Alpine Inn to continue to be what it has been for her. “Just a casual place that you can sit around and talk as long as you want, and not be dressed up!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the new owners did have to bring the kitchen and other things up to code. “We ended up having to redo all the appliances, everything about where the food’s prepared and where the beer lives. What you do see is very similar. What you don’t see is very different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Helping her with the retrofit is Greg St. Claire, who runs the San Carlos-based \u003ca href=\"http://www.avenir-rg.com/ARG/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avenir Restaurant Group\u003c/a>, which owns three Peninsula restaurants: Town in San Carlos, Milagros in Redwood City, and Nola in Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11766808\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11766808\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A fence and moldy shack behind the Alpine Inn were cleared to make way for a bucolic view of Los Trancos Creek. The new outdoor dining area, expands the restaurant's capacity to 300 people. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38481_Photo-Aug-08-11-00-47-AM-3-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fence and moldy shack behind the Alpine Inn were cleared to make way for a bucolic view of Los Trancos Creek. The new outdoor dining area, expands the restaurant’s capacity to 300 people. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>St. Claire grew up in Portola Valley. “I’ve done a lot of restaurants before, but there is definitely something magical about this place. It’s generations and generations of people who’ve been coming here,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunter added, “My dad came here. Greg’s dad came here. We have people who brought pictures from their dad’s dad in 1917 that are up on the wall now. It just feels really good to keep it going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So they kept the drunken wood carvings and photos from previous owners, as well as photos from neighborhood regulars who’ve been stopping in during the remodel to make sure it doesn’t mess with the spirit of the place.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A little history with your beer and burger\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Casa De Tableta, as it was first known, has drawn people looking for cheap booze and warm conversation since 1852, when Mexican Californios flocked here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as we know, it started with a gift or a wager,” says Portola Valley historian Nancy Lund. “Somehow (former San Jose Mayor) Felix Buelna got the land, and built the roadhouse, and kept it for awhile.” Buelna picked a good spot, at the intersection of the old Arrastradero leading to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11621122/el-camino-not-so-real-the-true-story-of-the-ancient-road\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission Santa Clara\u003c/a> and the Old Spanish Trail (Alpine Road).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11766809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1652px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11766809\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The earliest known photo of Casa de Tableta, c. 1880 - 1890s. By 1868, Felix Buelna had sold the property to William Stanton. Buelna’s grandson believes that his grandfather lost all of his property in a rigged poker game at the Searsville Saloon. Pictured here is barkeeper Rodriguez “Jo” Crovello with Stanton in front of the inn, then called “Black Chapete’s.”\" width=\"1652\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut.jpg 1652w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut-160x198.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut-800x992.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut-1020x1264.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut-968x1200.jpg 968w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38478_CAS-006c1p_TIF_MSTR-qut-1920x2380.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1652px) 100vw, 1652px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The earliest known photo of Casa de Tableta, c. 1880 – 1890s. By 1868, Felix Buelna had sold the property to William Stanton. Buelna’s grandson believes that his grandfather lost all of his property in a rigged poker game at the Searsville Saloon. Pictured here is barkeeper Rodriguez “Jo” Crovello with Stanton in front of the inn, then called “Black Chapete’s.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Portola Valley Historic Resources Committee)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the years passed, this spot proved advantageous in ways Buelna could never have foreseen. Stanford opened in 1891, and with it, efforts by the administration to shut down purveyors of alcohol in the near vicinity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11735298/how-stanfords-desire-for-a-booze-free-town-gave-birth-to-palo-alto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayfield\u003c/a>’s 23 saloons closed in 1905, and in 1909, a new law barred liquor sales within one and a half miles of the campus, closing 14 more saloons in Menlo Park. The Wunder, as the roadhouse was called by then, sat outside the law’s jurisdiction, much to the dismay of David Starr Jordan, the university’s first president, who described The Wunder as “unusually vile, even for a roadhouse … and a disgrace to San Mateo County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naturally, the young students at Stanford loved the joint. Later, the young soldiers did, too, especially given a five mile dry zone imposed around Menlo Park’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11705654/wwi-and-the-peninsulas-forgotten-contribution-to-the-war-effort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Fremont\u003c/a> during World War I.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As local real estate agent Virginia Bacon Wrote for \u003ca href=\"http://www.pv.beaucamera.com/alpine-inn-zots-rossottis-casa-de-tableta/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Portola Valley, Past and Present\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, stories of the bar’s role in bootleg operations during Prohibition “are as varied as they are impossible to confirm.” However, today’s owners can confirm there was a basement under the tavern, accessed by a hatch, where period “product” was stored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were also apparently rooms for rent by the hour at some point in the past. “Somebody told us that was the story,” Hunter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11766814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11766814\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38483_Rossottis-Beer-Garden-qut.jpg\" alt=\"When Prohibition ended in 1933, Enrico Rossotti got the lease, then purchased the property and ran what was then called E. Rossotti's Beer Garden until 1956. With the addition of burgers and similar grill food, it became a local hotspot for Stanford fans year-round, but especially during football season.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1395\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38483_Rossottis-Beer-Garden-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38483_Rossottis-Beer-Garden-qut-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38483_Rossottis-Beer-Garden-qut-800x581.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38483_Rossottis-Beer-Garden-qut-1020x741.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38483_Rossottis-Beer-Garden-qut-1200x872.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When Prohibition ended in 1933, Enrico Rossotti got the lease, then purchased the property and ran what was then called E. 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Although he only owned his beer garden for eight years, the old place is still known by his name, or “Zot’s.” The owners who took it over from Rossotti in 1959 gave the place its current name, Alpine Inn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it was the rude little building that became a local institution, a \u003ca href=\"https://noehill.com/sanmateo/cal0825.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Registered Landmark\u003c/a> also on the \u003ca href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/73000447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Register of Historic Places\u003c/a>. Once a watering hole for thirsty horsemen passing through, the roadhouse has survived by welcoming changing demographics over multiple generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, it’s everybody now,” said Lund. “Motorcyclists, kids, equestrians, soccer teams after games, everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The sidewalks of San Francisco’s Castro District are getting eight new residents this week. And they’ll be sticking around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choreographer Alvin Ailey, singer Freddie Mercury and entertainer Josephine Baker are among the fresh arrivals who will be joining 28 other LGBT heroes that the \u003ca href=\"http://rainbowhonorwalk.org/\">Rainbow Honor Walk\u003c/a> has recognized with large bronze plaques on Castro, Market and 19th streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can honestly say that this is one of the few things in my entire life that was my idea,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.davidperry.com/\">David Perry,\u003c/a> who had an epiphany in the late 1980s as he was walking past the Castro Theatre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was the depths of the AIDS years,” he said. “I was very cognizant of the fact we were losing a generation of people. And I was thinking: What happens if there’s no one here to tell our story? 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Or they’ll tell it in the wrong way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765817\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765817 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A sidewalk plaque on Castro Street in San Francisco honors Jane Addams, a pioneering social worker who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sidewalk plaque on Castro Street in San Francisco honors Jane Addams, a pioneering social worker who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Perry envisioned something akin to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.walkoffame.com/\">Hollywood Walk of Fame.\u003c/a> But it took a long time, even by San Francisco’s glacial standards, to turn that concept into reality — including unending meetings, community input, appearances before city committees, the founding of the Rainbow Honor Walk nonprofit and an international design competition. Then there was the incessant fundraising, given that each plaque costs between $5,000 and $6,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every penny has been raised privately. I was pretty relentless. I was worse than Dede Wilsey,” Perry said, referring to the former president of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. “And I mean that in a nice way. There’s a joke that when she was trying to raise money for the de Young, everyone would say, ‘Oh my God, it’s Dede on the phone. I’m going to have to write a check.’ I was just voted onto the board of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. And I’m hitting them all up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most donations to the Rainbow Honor Walk are between $25 and $100. The smallest was $1 and the largest was $22,000. The biggest single donor is retired Teamster Allan Baird, who is straight and lives in the Castro. He has given $30,000, unsolicited, in $5,000 increments. In the late 1970s, when he was a local leader of a nationwide boycott of Coors beer, his friend \u003ca href=\"http://milkfoundation.org/about/harvey-milk-biography/\">Harvey Milk\u003c/a> persuaded gay bars in the city to stop serving it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765814 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin-800x616.jpg\" alt=\"A plaque on the west side of Castro Street, between 18th and 19th streets, honors writer and social critic James Baldwin.\" width=\"800\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin-800x616.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin-160x123.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin-1020x786.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin-1200x925.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin-1920x1479.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Rainbow Honor Walk plaque on the west side of San Francisco’s Castro Street, between 18th and 19th streets, commemorates writer and social critic James Baldwin. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not easy to get a spot on the sidewalk and be immortalized in bronze. Milk, the late San Francisco supervisor, still hasn’t made the cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of our board’s most passionate debates was about Harvey,” said Perry, a longtime publicist. “When I originally had the idea, I thought that he’d be first. But now Harvey has a plaque and a painting where his store was on Castro Street. He has an airport terminal, a Muni stop, a school, a stamp and a special state day. One board member asked, ‘What would Harvey have done?’ Harvey would have said, ‘Everyone knows who I am. We need to elevate someone else.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that particular board meeting, a young man named George Choy was selected instead. Anyone who stops by his plaque on the west side of Castro Street will learn that he was born in 1960, died in 1993, and was “a passionate activist for queer Asians and Pacific Islanders and AIDS awareness who was instrumental in bringing LGBT counseling programs into San Francisco public high schools.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765815\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765815\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"David Perry had the idea for San Francisco's Rainbow Honor Walk in the late 1980s. On July 23, 2019, he visited some of the sidewalk plaques on Castro Street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Perry had the idea for San Francisco’s Rainbow Honor Walk in the late 1980s. On July 23, 2019, he visited some of the sidewalk plaques on Castro Street. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The initial 20 honorees, whose plaques were installed in September 2014, included civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, social worker Jane Addams, journalist Randy Shilts, poet Allen Ginsberg, disco drag star Sylvester, painter Frida Kahlo, transgender pioneer Christine Jorgensen, scientist Alan Turing, athlete Tom Waddell and writer James Baldwin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone can submit a nomination to the 10-member Rainbow Honor Walk board, which Perry has chaired for a decade. There were more than 170 nominees for the latest round of 24 —eight installed in November 2017, another eight this week and eight more in October. Discussions are often fierce about who will and won’t get a plaque.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes Miss America look like a walk in the park,” Perry said. “Every gray hair I have is from the Rainbow Honor Walk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early days, the all-volunteer board struggled to decide what criteria would be used to select honorees. “And then one board member said, ‘Look, I’m sorry, here’s what it is: All gay, all famous, all dead,’ ” Perry recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s actually a little more complicated than that. “We worked really hard on diversity, parity and making sure we’re representative of the community,” he said. “The thing that’s least important about the Rainbow Honor Walk is paying tribute to these people. It’s more about their stories inspiring other people and another generation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765818\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Federico García Lorca's Rainbow Honor Walk plaque on Castro Street in San Francisco is a popular stop and was even a Pokemon Go site at one point.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federico García Lorca’s Rainbow Honor Walk plaque on Castro Street in San Francisco is a popular stop and was even a Pokemon Go site at one point. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The plaques honor deceased lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals from all over the world who have all been leaders in their field and who made a difference to society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday morning, San Francisco Public Works installed three of the new plaques on Market Street; the other five will be done on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entertainer \u003ca href=\"https://www.donnasachet.com/\">Donna Sachet,\u003c/a> a member of the Rainbow Honor Walk board who has been described as “the first lady of the Castro,” was on the scene to coordinate the project, along with her dog, Peanut. It was one of those rare moments when she was wearing ordinary street clothes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s too early for drag,” declared Sachet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’d arrived around 8 a.m., but that was fine because she’s a huge fan of the project. “It’s so easy to forget our past,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765912\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765912 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainbow Honor Walk board member Donna Sachet and her dog, Peanut, coordinated the installation of three sidewalk plaques on Market Street in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2019. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The plaques, 3 feet by 3 feet and made by \u003ca href=\"https://www.artworksfoundry.com/\">Mussi Artworks Foundry\u003c/a> in Berkeley, will be officially unveiled Friday. On the south side of Market, \u003ca href=\"https://www.alvinailey.org/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater/alvin-ailey\">Alvin Ailey\u003c/a> will be keeping company with congressman \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/us/15studds.html\">Gerry Studds\u003c/a> and Costa Rica-born Mexican singer \u003ca href=\"https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-03-08/chavela-vargas-was-revolutionary-who-ushered-new-ranchera-style\">Chavela Vargas.\u003c/a> On the opposite side of the street, \u003ca href=\"https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/josephine-baker\">Josephine Baker\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.freddiemercury.com/\">Freddie Mercury\u003c/a> will coexist with poet \u003ca href=\"https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2018/summer/feature/the-messy-genius-w-h-auden\">W.H. Auden,\u003c/a> trans activist and author \u003ca href=\"https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/col/j6731380t\">Lou Sullivan\u003c/a> and physician \u003ca href=\"https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_103.html\">Marie Equi.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the Rainbow Honor Walk is believed to be the first of its kind in the world, the board routinely gets inquiries about how it was done. Perry has witnessed a group of journalism students visit the plaque of Randy Shilts and a gaggle of Irish tourists gush over Oscar Wilde. Members of the local Federico García Lorca fan club lit candles at his plaque on his birthday, and owners of a wine shop on 19th Street wash Del Martin’s nearby plaque with soap and water every week. And just last month Debbie Mesloh, president of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Statue-of-Maya-Angelou-comes-into-sharp-relief-as-14110117.php\">told the Chronicle\u003c/a> she loves the honor walk and is hoping something similar could be created for women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765828\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765828\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The sidewalk plaque of Yukio Mishima is situated on 19th Street in San Francisco, a quieter stretch of the Rainbow Honor Walk.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sidewalk plaque of Yukio Mishima is situated on 19th Street in San Francisco, a quieter stretch of the Rainbow Honor Walk. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The only act of vandalism occurred early on and was not homophobic. “The biggest enemy of the Rainbow Honor Walk is chewing gum,” said Perry. He admitted, however, that his dog, the late Miss Drew, once relieved herself on a plaque before he could pull her away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is stepping down as board chair after this week’s installation. It’s time for new leadership, he said, though he’ll continue as an unpaid consultant. “It’s the most challenging and best work I’ve ever done,” said the 57-year-old Perry, whose public relations firm has handled everything from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Heartache-hope-fuel-Olympic-torchbearers-3219307.php?psid=doqRB\">Olympic Torch Relay\u003c/a> in 2008 and the 2016 Super Bowl 50 Committee to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/art/article/George-Lucas-proposes-Presidio-museum-4331417.php\">quest by George Lucas\u003c/a> to build a cultural museum in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765913\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765913 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crew from San Francisco Public Works places a bronze tribute to trans pioneer Lou Sullivan in the sidewalk on Market Street in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2019, as part of the expanded Rainbow Honor Walk. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Perry said the walk will eventually extend from the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy on 19th Street at Diamond down to Castro, with another offshoot on 18th Street, and continue on Market to the LGBT Center on Octavia Boulevard.[pullquote size=\"medium\" citation=\"David Perry, chair of Rainbow Honor Walk board\"]‘What happens if there’s no one here to tell our story? We need to memorialize our history, because if we don’t, nobody else will.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The designs for the new plaques were displayed on June 3 at an event in the Google Community Space in San Francisco, at the beginning of pride month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in the Castro, and I worked in the Castro for a long time,” Rebecca Prozan, Google’s director of government relations, told the crowd. “And because I walk to Muni most mornings, I see the plaques on the street. I know what they mean to me, I know what they mean to the neighborhood, and I know what they will mean in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in an age where so many people get most of their information through cellphones, laptops and other kinds of technology, she added, there’s something to be said for “going old school — looking down, looking up, looking around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s evident on the streets of the Castro every day. On the last Saturday in July, I revisited the Rainbow Honor Walk with my friend Mike Smith, a retired political scientist from Kansas who has lived and worked in Appalachia for more than 40 years. He recognized 15 names on the 28 plaques in the sidewalk. The others piqued his curiosity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an opportunity to celebrate people who folks might not recognize or want to talk about,” Smith said. “And it’s really wonderful that it’s being done. For people who haven’t been introduced to them or aren’t aware of them, if they walk by and look at what’s written there, that might stimulate some interest and some questions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765834\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765834 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mercury-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The bronze plaques for the Rainbow Honor Walk were made at Mussi Artworks Foundry in Berkeley. Here's one of singer Freddie Mercury, still waiting in the foundry for its trip across the bay.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mercury-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mercury-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mercury-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mercury-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mercury-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mercury-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mercury-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mercury-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mercury-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mercury-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mercury.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bronze plaques for the Rainbow Honor Walk were made at Mussi Artworks Foundry in Berkeley. Here’s one of singer Freddie Mercury, waiting in the foundry for its trip across the bay. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mussi Artworks Foundry)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jacquie and Henry Davis, visiting from Sydney, Australia, stopped for a while to admire the plaque of García Lorca, a poet, playwright and political activist murdered in 1936 by fascists during the Spanish Civil War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’d become fans of the plaques while meandering around the Castro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I quite like them,” Jacquie said. “It’s a very good idea, preserving individuals and their history. And it’s not like something made of plastic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765917\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765917 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-concrete-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-concrete-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-concrete-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-concrete-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-concrete-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-concrete-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-concrete-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-concrete-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-concrete-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-concrete-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-concrete-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-concrete.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The installation of eight new plaques in the Rainbow Honor Walk is a three-day project for San Francisco Public Works, which began breaking up the sidewalk the day before the first three plaques went into the ground. As workers smoothed wet concrete around the tribute to Lou Sullivan on Aug. 6, 2019, local drag performer Donna Sachet said it reminded her of putting icing on a cake. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The sidewalks of San Francisco’s Castro District are getting eight new residents this week. And they’ll be sticking around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choreographer Alvin Ailey, singer Freddie Mercury and entertainer Josephine Baker are among the fresh arrivals who will be joining 28 other LGBT heroes that the \u003ca href=\"http://rainbowhonorwalk.org/\">Rainbow Honor Walk\u003c/a> has recognized with large bronze plaques on Castro, Market and 19th streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can honestly say that this is one of the few things in my entire life that was my idea,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.davidperry.com/\">David Perry,\u003c/a> who had an epiphany in the late 1980s as he was walking past the Castro Theatre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was the depths of the AIDS years,” he said. “I was very cognizant of the fact we were losing a generation of people. And I was thinking: What happens if there’s no one here to tell our story? We need to memorialize our history, because if we don’t, nobody else will. Or they’ll tell it in the wrong way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765817\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765817 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A sidewalk plaque on Castro Street in San Francisco honors Jane Addams, a pioneering social worker who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-addams.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sidewalk plaque on Castro Street in San Francisco honors Jane Addams, a pioneering social worker who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Perry envisioned something akin to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.walkoffame.com/\">Hollywood Walk of Fame.\u003c/a> But it took a long time, even by San Francisco’s glacial standards, to turn that concept into reality — including unending meetings, community input, appearances before city committees, the founding of the Rainbow Honor Walk nonprofit and an international design competition. Then there was the incessant fundraising, given that each plaque costs between $5,000 and $6,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every penny has been raised privately. I was pretty relentless. I was worse than Dede Wilsey,” Perry said, referring to the former president of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. “And I mean that in a nice way. There’s a joke that when she was trying to raise money for the de Young, everyone would say, ‘Oh my God, it’s Dede on the phone. I’m going to have to write a check.’ I was just voted onto the board of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. And I’m hitting them all up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most donations to the Rainbow Honor Walk are between $25 and $100. The smallest was $1 and the largest was $22,000. The biggest single donor is retired Teamster Allan Baird, who is straight and lives in the Castro. He has given $30,000, unsolicited, in $5,000 increments. In the late 1970s, when he was a local leader of a nationwide boycott of Coors beer, his friend \u003ca href=\"http://milkfoundation.org/about/harvey-milk-biography/\">Harvey Milk\u003c/a> persuaded gay bars in the city to stop serving it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765814 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin-800x616.jpg\" alt=\"A plaque on the west side of Castro Street, between 18th and 19th streets, honors writer and social critic James Baldwin.\" width=\"800\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin-800x616.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin-160x123.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin-1020x786.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin-1200x925.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin-1920x1479.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-baldwin.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Rainbow Honor Walk plaque on the west side of San Francisco’s Castro Street, between 18th and 19th streets, commemorates writer and social critic James Baldwin. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not easy to get a spot on the sidewalk and be immortalized in bronze. Milk, the late San Francisco supervisor, still hasn’t made the cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of our board’s most passionate debates was about Harvey,” said Perry, a longtime publicist. “When I originally had the idea, I thought that he’d be first. But now Harvey has a plaque and a painting where his store was on Castro Street. He has an airport terminal, a Muni stop, a school, a stamp and a special state day. One board member asked, ‘What would Harvey have done?’ Harvey would have said, ‘Everyone knows who I am. We need to elevate someone else.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that particular board meeting, a young man named George Choy was selected instead. Anyone who stops by his plaque on the west side of Castro Street will learn that he was born in 1960, died in 1993, and was “a passionate activist for queer Asians and Pacific Islanders and AIDS awareness who was instrumental in bringing LGBT counseling programs into San Francisco public high schools.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765815\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765815\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"David Perry had the idea for San Francisco's Rainbow Honor Walk in the late 1980s. On July 23, 2019, he visited some of the sidewalk plaques on Castro Street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-perry.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Perry had the idea for San Francisco’s Rainbow Honor Walk in the late 1980s. On July 23, 2019, he visited some of the sidewalk plaques on Castro Street. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The initial 20 honorees, whose plaques were installed in September 2014, included civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, social worker Jane Addams, journalist Randy Shilts, poet Allen Ginsberg, disco drag star Sylvester, painter Frida Kahlo, transgender pioneer Christine Jorgensen, scientist Alan Turing, athlete Tom Waddell and writer James Baldwin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone can submit a nomination to the 10-member Rainbow Honor Walk board, which Perry has chaired for a decade. There were more than 170 nominees for the latest round of 24 —eight installed in November 2017, another eight this week and eight more in October. Discussions are often fierce about who will and won’t get a plaque.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes Miss America look like a walk in the park,” Perry said. “Every gray hair I have is from the Rainbow Honor Walk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early days, the all-volunteer board struggled to decide what criteria would be used to select honorees. “And then one board member said, ‘Look, I’m sorry, here’s what it is: All gay, all famous, all dead,’ ” Perry recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s actually a little more complicated than that. “We worked really hard on diversity, parity and making sure we’re representative of the community,” he said. “The thing that’s least important about the Rainbow Honor Walk is paying tribute to these people. It’s more about their stories inspiring other people and another generation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765818\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Federico García Lorca's Rainbow Honor Walk plaque on Castro Street in San Francisco is a popular stop and was even a Pokemon Go site at one point.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lorca.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federico García Lorca’s Rainbow Honor Walk plaque on Castro Street in San Francisco is a popular stop and was even a Pokemon Go site at one point. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The plaques honor deceased lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals from all over the world who have all been leaders in their field and who made a difference to society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday morning, San Francisco Public Works installed three of the new plaques on Market Street; the other five will be done on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entertainer \u003ca href=\"https://www.donnasachet.com/\">Donna Sachet,\u003c/a> a member of the Rainbow Honor Walk board who has been described as “the first lady of the Castro,” was on the scene to coordinate the project, along with her dog, Peanut. It was one of those rare moments when she was wearing ordinary street clothes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s too early for drag,” declared Sachet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’d arrived around 8 a.m., but that was fine because she’s a huge fan of the project. “It’s so easy to forget our past,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765912\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765912 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-donna.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainbow Honor Walk board member Donna Sachet and her dog, Peanut, coordinated the installation of three sidewalk plaques on Market Street in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2019. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The plaques, 3 feet by 3 feet and made by \u003ca href=\"https://www.artworksfoundry.com/\">Mussi Artworks Foundry\u003c/a> in Berkeley, will be officially unveiled Friday. On the south side of Market, \u003ca href=\"https://www.alvinailey.org/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater/alvin-ailey\">Alvin Ailey\u003c/a> will be keeping company with congressman \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/us/15studds.html\">Gerry Studds\u003c/a> and Costa Rica-born Mexican singer \u003ca href=\"https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-03-08/chavela-vargas-was-revolutionary-who-ushered-new-ranchera-style\">Chavela Vargas.\u003c/a> On the opposite side of the street, \u003ca href=\"https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/josephine-baker\">Josephine Baker\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.freddiemercury.com/\">Freddie Mercury\u003c/a> will coexist with poet \u003ca href=\"https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2018/summer/feature/the-messy-genius-w-h-auden\">W.H. Auden,\u003c/a> trans activist and author \u003ca href=\"https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/col/j6731380t\">Lou Sullivan\u003c/a> and physician \u003ca href=\"https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_103.html\">Marie Equi.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the Rainbow Honor Walk is believed to be the first of its kind in the world, the board routinely gets inquiries about how it was done. Perry has witnessed a group of journalism students visit the plaque of Randy Shilts and a gaggle of Irish tourists gush over Oscar Wilde. Members of the local Federico García Lorca fan club lit candles at his plaque on his birthday, and owners of a wine shop on 19th Street wash Del Martin’s nearby plaque with soap and water every week. And just last month Debbie Mesloh, president of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Statue-of-Maya-Angelou-comes-into-sharp-relief-as-14110117.php\">told the Chronicle\u003c/a> she loves the honor walk and is hoping something similar could be created for women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765828\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11765828\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The sidewalk plaque of Yukio Mishima is situated on 19th Street in San Francisco, a quieter stretch of the Rainbow Honor Walk.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-mishima-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sidewalk plaque of Yukio Mishima is situated on 19th Street in San Francisco, a quieter stretch of the Rainbow Honor Walk. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The only act of vandalism occurred early on and was not homophobic. “The biggest enemy of the Rainbow Honor Walk is chewing gum,” said Perry. He admitted, however, that his dog, the late Miss Drew, once relieved herself on a plaque before he could pull her away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is stepping down as board chair after this week’s installation. It’s time for new leadership, he said, though he’ll continue as an unpaid consultant. “It’s the most challenging and best work I’ve ever done,” said the 57-year-old Perry, whose public relations firm has handled everything from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Heartache-hope-fuel-Olympic-torchbearers-3219307.php?psid=doqRB\">Olympic Torch Relay\u003c/a> in 2008 and the 2016 Super Bowl 50 Committee to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/art/article/George-Lucas-proposes-Presidio-museum-4331417.php\">quest by George Lucas\u003c/a> to build a cultural museum in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765913\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11765913 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/rainbow-lou-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crew from San Francisco Public Works places a bronze tribute to trans pioneer Lou Sullivan in the sidewalk on Market Street in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2019, as part of the expanded Rainbow Honor Walk. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Perry said the walk will eventually extend from the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy on 19th Street at Diamond down to Castro, with another offshoot on 18th Street, and continue on Market to the LGBT Center on Octavia Boulevard.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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He also said testimony showed there was no evidence of Molotov cocktails being used the night of the fire, as Serra has conjectured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also disputed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11753779/ghost-ship-trial-defense-calls-key-witness-to-support-arson-claim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testimony from Sharon Evans\u003c/a>, who said she saw the fire between 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Witness testimony puts the fire's ignition after 11 p.m. Official accounts put it closer to 11:20 p.m. James also said Evans' testimony about driving around the warehouse 20 times as it burned, noticing no fire engines or people outside, wasn't reasonable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ms. Evans' story was not believable,\" James said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James also argued against statements made by Almena's defense attorney Serra, in which Serra called the whole prosecution a \"scam,\" and said Almena was a scapegoat for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The only conspiracy in this case was by the occupants [to lie about occupancy],\" James said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Colleen Dolan, mother of Ghost Ship fire victim Chelsea Faith Dolan\"]'Our lost family members brought us together, because they loved and they respected each other and they were together for a reason. ... 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The prosecution on Monday also said Almena had violated the terms of the lease almost immediately by allowing people to live there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebuttal from the prosecution is expected Wednesday morning. The jury will begin deliberations afterward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read about closing arguments for each defendant below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Closing Arguments on Behalf of Derick Almena\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Serra, who represents Almena, argued Tuesday that arson was the cause of the blaze that killed 35 concert-goers and one tenant the night of an electronic music party on Dec. 2, 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"ghost-ship-trial\" label=\"More Ghost Ship Trial Coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pointed back to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11753779/ghost-ship-trial-defense-calls-key-witness-to-support-arson-claim\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">testimony from Sharon Evans\u003c/a> who said she overheard a group of men in dark clothing boasting about the fire and how quickly it had spread. He also pointed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11759655/witness-says-he-heard-breaking-bottles-argument-on-night-of-deadly-ghost-ship-blaze\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to testimony from former tenant Darold Leite\u003c/a>, who testified he heard an argument, bottles breaking and seven to eight men who left in a hurry. Serra also brought up other testimony by individuals who say they heard an argument the night of the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra also argued that Oakland fire personnel had perjured themselves during testimony. That included Maria Sabatini, an Oakland fire investigator who said she had not entered the Ghost Ship following an alleged arson fire outside the warehouse on Sept. 26, 2014. The testimony contradicts that of five others who said that Sabatini had entered the warehouse to inspect it then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fire department has misled, misstated in some instances, in some instance lied and perjured themselves,” Serra said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why would they perjure themselves?” Serra asked. He said it was because they knew people were living in the warehouse and it was their duty to red tag it if they found something wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they admit they did nothing, Oakland would be liable,” Serra said. He called it a “conspiracy to protect Oakland,” and he said Almena was on the stand to create a scapegoat so civil liability could be deflected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra argued that personnel from the Oakland Fire and Police departments, as well as from Child Protective Services, had been through the Ghost Ship dozens of times and never cited it. That gave Almena the impression that he was doing nothing wrong, Serra argued, adding that since officials gave the impression that nothing was wrong he could not have been acting in a reckless manner or with any disregard for life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra also conceded there were violations to the fire code, but those did not amount to criminal negligence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said also reiterated that a number of former tenants testified they felt the building was safe and that it wasn’t a “death trap” or “tinderbox.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra admitted his client had lied to police on a number of occasions about people living in the warehouse, but Serra argued that it was at the instruction of the landlords. He said landlord Eva Ng was responsible for obtaining permits for changes to the premises, and that’s why she instructed him to lie – to protect her and her brother Kai Ng’s interests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra ended his closing arguments by putting up a large photo of Almena, his wife Micah Allison and their three children. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Do you think he (Almena) would risk his children?” Serra asked. Was he reckless and indifferent? Absolutely not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Closing Arguments on Behalf of Max Harris\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defense attorney Curtis Briggs, who represents Max Harris, wrapped up his closing arguments Tuesday, arguing there is enough reasonable doubt to find his client not guilty in the deadly 2016 Oakland warehouse fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11763874/ghost-ship-victims-had-no-notice-and-no-exits-prosecutors-repeat-in-closing-arguments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concluded its closing arguments Monday\u003c/a>, arguing the defendants were criminally negligent in violating nine different fire codes, including not installing safety measures like sprinklers and fire alarms and holding unpermitted events like the one on Dec 2. The prosecution on Monday also said Almena had violated the terms of the lease almost immediately by allowing people to live there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Briggs pointed to the courtroom where the trial has been taking place since its preliminary rounds began in early April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were no fire sprinklers inside (the warehouse). There are no fire extinguishers in here. Convict Max anyway,” Briggs told the jury. “There are no illuminated exit signs in this courtroom. There was one in the warehouse. Convict Max anyway.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said that some of the fire codes that the prosecution argued were broken were actually the responsibility of the owners to implement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs argued Harris did not live in the Ghost Ship when the lease was signed, or when Almena began allowing people to live there. He also said Harris wasn’t there when a side fire door was installed or a set of stairs toward the front of the warehouse was built, both without the required permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs laid out a list of people, saying they weren’t being convicted, including landlords Kai and Eva Ng, Ben Cannon, who did electrical work at the warehouse, and Jon Hrabko, who Briggs said organized the Dec. 2 event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They did not ask you to convict Kai or Eva Ng,” Briggs said, addressing the jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They asked you to convict Max,” Briggs repeated after each person listed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pointed to a number of fire and police officials who had been to the warehouse a number of times and had never flagged the building as a hazard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He argued that Harris had no managerial role in the warehouse and noted the testimony of at least seven individuals who said as much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Max cleaned toilets, swept floors, did the dishes. Convict him,” Briggs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11744136/defense-in-ghost-ship-trial-asserts-evidence-will-show-arson-as-cause-of-deadly-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has argued\u003c/a> that the cause of the blaze, which was never determined by fire investigators, was an act of arson, and that the defendants could not have done anything to prevent it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs returned to the arson theory Tuesday, saying that at least seven witnesses had testified to its possibility, including: a woman who testified she heard nine to 14 men boasting about the fire getting out of hand quickly, a former tenant who heard an argument and bottles breaking before the fire began, and testimony from a couple of others who also said they heard an argument the night of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs reminded the jury of their instructions, which say that if previous testimony regarding arson raises a reasonable doubt as to the defendants’ guilt, then they must find the defendants not guilty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs asked why no fire investigator, including staff from the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives, had asked about any suspicious people the night of the fire. He also asked why fire investigators hadn’t swabbed the scene after the fire for accelerants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t you think you deserve that before you check the box ‘guilty?’ ” Briggs asked the jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were so sure they had the cause … electrical,” Briggs said. “They didn’t test anything else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier in the trial, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11751300/ghost-ship-trial-defense-cross-examines-fire-investigator-in-attempt-to-show-arson-possibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agent Barbara Maxwell testified\u003c/a> that investigators didn’t test debris for the presence of accelerants because they already expected to find flammable substances such as gasoline in the recreational vehicles parked inside the warehouse and used as studios, and paint thinner belonging to artist tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Briggs also said at least seven witnesses testified they considered the Ghost Ship safe. But he did return to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11745555/ghost-ship-trial-witness-testifies-about-explosive-spread-of-deadly-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testimony of Rodney Griffin\u003c/a>, a former friend of Almena’s who called the warehouse a “death trap.” Briggs argued those statements were made before Harris began living at the Ghost Ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish someone would have told Max there was a problem, because he would have done something about it,” Briggs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pointed back to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11753779/ghost-ship-trial-defense-calls-key-witness-to-support-arson-claim\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">testimony from Sharon Evans\u003c/a> who said she overheard a group of men in dark clothing boasting about the fire and how quickly it had spread. He also pointed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11759655/witness-says-he-heard-breaking-bottles-argument-on-night-of-deadly-ghost-ship-blaze\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to testimony from former tenant Darold Leite\u003c/a>, who testified he heard an argument, bottles breaking and seven to eight men who left in a hurry. Serra also brought up other testimony by individuals who say they heard an argument the night of the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra also argued that Oakland fire personnel had perjured themselves during testimony. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 6 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During closing arguments Monday in the trial of two men charged with 36 counts apiece of involuntary manslaughter in the 2016 Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland, the prosecution reiterated \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11743815/prosecutor-says-ghost-ship-victims-had-no-notice-no-time-and-no-exits\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">what was said in their opening statements\u003c/a>: that the victims had no notice, no time and no ability to exit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Autrey James spoke of the people going to an electronic music party on the night of Dec. 2, 2016, and what they probably would have been thinking about when the event was over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"ghost-ship-trial\" label=\"More Ghost Ship Trial Coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're going back to loved ones, our families, our jobs,” he said. “For 36 people, that didn’t happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James then slowly read aloud the names of the 36 victims who died that night, including 35 concertgoers and one tenant, as friends and relatives wept.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution has argued that master tenant Derick Almena and Max Harris, who has been described as creative director or second-in-command at the warehouse, illegally converted it into an unsafe living space without any consideration for safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense has argued the fire was started as an act of arson, and there would have been nothing that Almena or Harris could have done to prevent that. They also have argued that agencies, including personnel from Oakland's police and fire departments, had passed through the building dozens of times and had never flagged it, red-tagged it or issued eviction notices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James said the defendants' acts “amount to a disregard for human life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve proven to you they were criminally negligent,” James said to the jury following nearly three months of testimony. He added the defendants had been criminally negligent from the time the lease was signed in November 2013 until the night of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He argued that the defendants violated nine elements of the fire code, including not procuring required fire safety permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Was the failure to get permits criminally negligent?” James asked. “Absolutely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James said the defendants did not install the required fire sprinklers or alarms. He argued that when Almena began allowing people to live in the warehouse, he had to install proper safety measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The City of Oakland will tell you, “You must, must put in fire sprinklers,’ \" James said, referring to when people began living in the warehouse after the lease was signed in November 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pointed to testimony by Cesar Avila, a former assistant fire marshal with the City of Oakland, who said sprinklers were 95% effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These laws were created because events like the one on Dec. 2 had happened before,” James said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also noted other violations of the fire code, including storing recreational vehicles within the premises and not getting the proper operational permits required for events like the one on the night of Dec. 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Chris Allen, brother of Ghost Ship fire victim Amanda Kershaw\"]'[Prosecutor Autrey James] talked about the disregard for human life, and indifference, which is such a cutting word in this case, because that's the case. And so many pieces of this is that indifference to life.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James described the building as not being designed to hold tenants or assemblies. He said the second floor, where the concert was being held, was the worst possible place for people to be during a fire. 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James pointed to the purpose of leasing the building, which was to “design theatrical sets” and for community outreach, and that it was not to be used in any other way without the consent of the landlord, according to the lease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James said that Bouchard testified that within days of signing the lease, people were moving in. Bouchard \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11745338/lease-co-signer-mother-of-fire-victim-first-to-testify-in-ghost-ship-trial\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">testified\u003c/a> he tried to get out of the lease after seeing modifications to the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was obvious to him (Bouchard) it was a hazardous situation,” James said. 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Almena testified earlier that he had asked Eva Ng to get the required permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James also said Almena didn't take recommendations to get permits for the set of stairs at the front of the warehouse and the side fire door, ignoring cost estimates and saying he could install those better and cheaper. James called Almena a \"narcissist\" who only wanted to do things his way and said Harris was \"no innocent bystander.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James argued that Harris acted on behalf of Almena, collecting rent, issuing eviction notices and organizing events. He reiterated Harris' use of titles like executive director and creative director in emails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris testified that those titles and roles didn't actually exist. Almena also testified those titles didn't exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James wrapped up his arguments with a retelling of the night of the night of the fire, including playing frantic 911 calls and reading the last texts of eventual victims to loved ones, which brought many in the packed court room to tears. He read Nicole Siegrist's text she had written to her mother Carol Cidlik, who was in the court room: \"I’m gonna die now.” Cidlik was also the first person to testify in the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curtis Briggs, who represents Harris, said outside of court that some of James’ closing arguments supported his client’s innocence. 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He said that with an unsealed floor, smoke came up through it and that the victims were “suspended in smoke.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier testimony by forensic pathologists indicated that all the victims died of smoke inhalation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James pointed out there were no lit exit signs on the second floor and that a bottleneck was formed at the top of a narrow set of stairs at the front of the warehouse as people attempted to flee the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James also pointed to the high fire loads presented under testimony by firefighters, including wood, tapestries, pianos delineating walkways and other materials “right up to the ceiling” surrounding RVs, creating an extreme hazard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James mentioned the lease that Almena, former tenant Nico Bouchard and landlord Eva Ng signed on Nov. 10, 2013 — and the violations of it. James pointed to the purpose of leasing the building, which was to “design theatrical sets” and for community outreach, and that it was not to be used in any other way without the consent of the landlord, according to the lease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James said that Bouchard testified that within days of signing the lease, people were moving in. Bouchard \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11745338/lease-co-signer-mother-of-fire-victim-first-to-testify-in-ghost-ship-trial\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">testified\u003c/a> he tried to get out of the lease after seeing modifications to the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was obvious to him (Bouchard) it was a hazardous situation,” James said. He argued that Bouchard “understood the building was as-is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11760296\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Derick-Almena-Ghost-Ship-Trial-800x463.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena during his first day of testimony in the criminal trial in which he faces 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter.\" width=\"800\" height=\"463\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11760296\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Derick-Almena-Ghost-Ship-Trial-800x463.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Derick-Almena-Ghost-Ship-Trial-160x93.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Derick-Almena-Ghost-Ship-Trial-1020x590.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Derick-Almena-Ghost-Ship-Trial-1200x694.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Derick-Almena-Ghost-Ship-Trial.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena during his first day of testimony in the criminal trial in which he faces 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. \u003ccite>(Vicki Behringer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Almena \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11760153/ghost-ship-trial-defendant-testifies-he-believed-dwellings-could-be-built-in-warehouse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">testified earlier\u003c/a> that he had both a verbal and email agreement with Eva Ng that people would live in the Ghost Ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James argued Almena knew he had to get permits for alterations to the building, because Eva Ng had told him to. 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"content": "\u003cp>Here at KQED, we’re big believers in the value of internships. \u003ca href=\"https://www.marketplace.org/\">\u003cem>Marketplace\u003c/em>‘\u003c/a>s Kai Ryssdal got his start in public radio with a KQED News internship. Holly Kernan, KQED’s own head of content, started as an intern on our daily \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em> show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To mark \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalinternday.com/\">National Intern Day\u003c/a> (which, we should note, was created in 2017 by recruiting company \u003ca href=\"https://www.wayup.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WayUp\u003c/a>), we asked current KQED interns and staff who got their start here for tips on truly making the most of an internship — or any new professional opportunity, for that matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nia Patrick, current KQED Arts intern\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763506\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763506\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Nia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1340\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Nia.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Nia-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Nia-800x564.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Nia-1020x719.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Nia-1200x846.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED Arts intern Nia Patrick\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tip: “Try to challenge yourself by taking on tasks you’ve never done before. Get out of your comfort zone!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/aehsanipour\">Asal Ehsanipour\u003c/a>, current California Report Magazine intern\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763525\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763525\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Asal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1425\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Asal.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Asal-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Asal-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Asal-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Asal-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Asal-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Asal-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Asal-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Asal-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Asal-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asal Ehsanipour, The California Report Magazine intern\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Bring ideas to the table with confidence! You’re here to learn, but you were also hired for your relevant experience, story ideas, and, other contributions that’ll enhance the work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/dkatayama\">Devin Katayama\u003c/a>, host of KQED News’s podcast \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/the-bay\">The Bay\u003c/a>\u003c/em> (interned here in 2010), pictured here with The Bay’s Erika Aguilar and Ericka Cruz Guevarra (interned here in 2015), and their intern, Theresa Wu\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763507\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763507\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Bay.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1585\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Bay.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Bay-160x132.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Bay-800x660.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Bay-1020x842.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Bay-1200x991.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bay’s Devin Katayama with Erika Aguilar, Ericka Cruz Guevarra and Theresa Wu\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tip: “Assert yourself and go get what you want!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/gmarzorati\">Guy Marzorati\u003c/a>, Politics and Government reporter/producer with KQED News (interned here in 2013)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763509\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763509\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Guy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Guy.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Guy-160x108.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Guy-800x539.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Guy-1020x687.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Guy-1200x809.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guy Marzorati of KQED News\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tip: “Become a go-to person for something — even something small.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oscar Tejada, current \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/\">KQED Education\u003c/a> intern\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763516\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11763516 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Oscar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1242\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Oscar.png 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Oscar-160x105.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Oscar-800x523.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Oscar-1020x667.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Oscar-1200x784.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oscar Tejada, KQED Education intern\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tip: “Find a mentor and develop meaningful relationships with your coworkers. This will make a huge difference in the future! Also, try to take on projects that will challenge you. Even if they seem scary at first.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shutson\">Sonja Hutson\u003c/a>, reporter, producer and editor for KQED News and The California Report (interned here in 2016)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763513\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763513\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Sonja.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Sonja.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Sonja-160x122.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Sonja-800x611.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Sonja-1020x778.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Sonja-1200x916.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sonja Hutson of KQED News\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tip: “Ask for work. You’ll be surprised what people will let you do!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Won, current KQED Food intern\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763515\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763515\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Olivia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1385\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Olivia.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Olivia-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Olivia-800x583.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Olivia-1020x744.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Olivia-1200x875.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olivia Won, KQED Food intern\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tip: “Bring your full, authentic self to the work that you do! Your story and experience matter and even as an intern, you deserve to be a part of the conversation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jeremysiegel\">Jeremy Siegel\u003c/a>, weekend afternoon news anchor for KQED (interned here in 2015)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763526\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763526\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Jermey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1276\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Jermey.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Jermey-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Jermey-800x537.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Jermey-1020x685.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Jermey-1200x806.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekend news anchor Jeremy Siegel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tip: “Keep an open mind about what you’re interested in. I wanted to be a film critic — now I’m covering wildfires. You never know what you’re going to end up loving doing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Interested in a paid internship at KQED? We offer intern opportunities twice a year for a period of about six months each in a wide variety of different departments, ranging from News to Science, from TV, Education, Marketing, Design and Arts to Corporate Sponsorship. Learn more \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/about/internships/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/dkatayama\">Devin Katayama\u003c/a>, host of KQED News’s podcast \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/the-bay\">The Bay\u003c/a>\u003c/em> (interned here in 2010), pictured here with The Bay’s Erika Aguilar and Ericka Cruz Guevarra (interned here in 2015), and their intern, Theresa Wu\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763507\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763507\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Bay.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1585\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Bay.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Bay-160x132.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Bay-800x660.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Bay-1020x842.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Bay-1200x991.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bay’s Devin Katayama with Erika Aguilar, Ericka Cruz Guevarra and Theresa Wu\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tip: “Assert yourself and go get what you want!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/gmarzorati\">Guy Marzorati\u003c/a>, Politics and Government reporter/producer with KQED News (interned here in 2013)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763509\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763509\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Guy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Guy.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Guy-160x108.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Guy-800x539.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Guy-1020x687.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Guy-1200x809.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guy Marzorati of KQED News\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tip: “Become a go-to person for something — even something small.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oscar Tejada, current \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/\">KQED Education\u003c/a> intern\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763516\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11763516 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Oscar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1242\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Oscar.png 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Oscar-160x105.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Oscar-800x523.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Oscar-1020x667.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Oscar-1200x784.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oscar Tejada, KQED Education intern\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tip: “Find a mentor and develop meaningful relationships with your coworkers. This will make a huge difference in the future! Also, try to take on projects that will challenge you. Even if they seem scary at first.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shutson\">Sonja Hutson\u003c/a>, reporter, producer and editor for KQED News and The California Report (interned here in 2016)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763513\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763513\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Sonja.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Sonja.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Sonja-160x122.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Sonja-800x611.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Sonja-1020x778.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Sonja-1200x916.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sonja Hutson of KQED News\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tip: “Ask for work. You’ll be surprised what people will let you do!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Won, current KQED Food intern\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763515\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763515\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Olivia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1385\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Olivia.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Olivia-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Olivia-800x583.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Olivia-1020x744.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Olivia-1200x875.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olivia Won, KQED Food intern\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tip: “Bring your full, authentic self to the work that you do! Your story and experience matter and even as an intern, you deserve to be a part of the conversation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jeremysiegel\">Jeremy Siegel\u003c/a>, weekend afternoon news anchor for KQED (interned here in 2015)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763526\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763526\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Jermey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1276\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Jermey.jpg 1900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Jermey-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Jermey-800x537.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Jermey-1020x685.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Jermey-1200x806.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekend news anchor Jeremy Siegel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tip: “Keep an open mind about what you’re interested in. I wanted to be a film critic — now I’m covering wildfires. You never know what you’re going to end up loving doing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Interested in a paid internship at KQED? We offer intern opportunities twice a year for a period of about six months each in a wide variety of different departments, ranging from News to Science, from TV, Education, Marketing, Design and Arts to Corporate Sponsorship. Learn more \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/about/internships/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Fifty years ago, a bunch of comics fans in San Diego decided they wanted a way to meet other fans. They were mostly teenagers — okay, and two adults — but what they created became the pop culture phenomenon we know as San Diego Comic-Con.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Roger Freedman is a physics professor, but in 1969 he was 17 years old — and he had no idea what he was about to get himself into. “I think it’s fair to say that if you had come to us and said how Comic-Con was going to evolve, we would have said A) what are you smoking, and B) where can we buy some?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It all started with a guy named Shel Dorf — one of only two adults involved with that first convention. Dorf had some experience attending and planning conventions, and more importantly, he had connections. He knew Jack Kirby, the legendary co-creator of characters like the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. And Kirby was willing to talk to a bunch of kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we thought comic creators lived on some comic book Mount Olympus and couldn’t be approached by normal mortals like us,” says Mike Towry, who was 14 when he got involved with the convention committee. “And then to find out that we could actually meet them and talk to them one on one, and then have a convention where they would come and we would get to hang out with them was just kind of mind-blowing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Kirby ended up drawing the original convention committee into one of his comics. “So Jack Kirby drew six of us San Diego comic fans as characters,” Towry says. “We were a futuristic rock band that were secretly the evil minions of Darkseid, and we went up against Superman and we trash talked him, and we took off in our Boom Tube.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it was Kirby who came closest to realizing what Comic-Con could be. Towry remembers the con crew’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.sheldorftribute.com/2009/11/09/40th-anniversary-of-the-first-time-shel-dorf-took-san-diego-fans-to-visit-jack-kirby/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit\u003c/a>, and the advice he gave them: “Do it all,” Kirby said. “I know that comic fans have also been interested in the movie media, they’ve been interested in the pulp media, and all that has some value to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think they want to see it. I don’t think they want to concentrate on comics alone. If you can widen the scope of the convention to include all these, I think you’ll have a larger crowd and a more interesting crowd. And I think you’ll have a great time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing on the packed show floor of the 50th Comic-Con, it seems like Kirby’s vision has been fulfilled. More than 130,000 people are expected to attend this year; they’re here for comics, yes, but also for their favorite movies, TV shows, books and toys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a far cry from the 300 people who gathered in the basement of San Diego’s U.S. Grant Hotel in the summer of 1970, to see Kirby and the equally legendary sci-fi author Ray Bradbury. Scott Shaw! — another member of the original convention committee — was an aspiring cartoonist then, and a professional now. (And yes, that exclamation point is part of his name.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really was just kind of a bunch of tables like this with cardboard boxes with comics,” he says. “And I would say, I only know of one woman that showed up, that was a fan of comics. For the most part it was teenage boys.” That one woman, he says, was Jackie Estrada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I only went for three hours, and it was in the basement of a hotel,” she remembers, “and there was Jack Kirby and Ray Bradbury, so for a fan of both of those to go and just hear them talk, I mean, what more could you want?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, Jackie Estrada is here today. In fact, she’s been to every single Comic-Con. These days she even works for the convention, running the annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. And of course, she’s far from the only woman at Comic-Con 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the biggest change and the best change is that women are here,” says Shaw! And not just women — people of all genders, ethnicities and ages are milling around the show floor today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all the changes have been positive. When a convention gets as big as this one is, you lose something. Jim Lee is publisher and chief creative officer of DC Comics, but he started coming to the con as an artist back in the ’80s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the first several years we just went to the con, met with fans, went back to the hotel room drew pictures and met with fans,” he says. “They would just kind of wander into the rooms all night long, and you’d draw till like 3:00 in the morning, get some sleep and go back to the convention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee says he began to notice things changing in the ’90s and early 2000s. “And now today you have like all of Hollywood here, so you just don’t have the stars, but you have agents and managers, and so there’s a whole stratification of of the show I think which wasn’t there early on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Towry missed that easy, anything-goes feel of the early Comic-Cons so much, in fact, that he founded a new convention in 2012, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sdcomicfest.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Diego Comic Fest\u003c/a>. (Roger Freedman runs the science programming) But he still loves coming to the big show. “Somebody likened it once to concerts,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s the big stadium concerts with the pyrotechnics and the Jumbotron — and and that’s Comic-Con — and then there’s the small club date, where maybe you get to be right up to the stage, and after it the band comes down and mingles with the audience. And those are both great experiences. I can’t see anybody not liking liking both.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No matter how big the big show gets, though, people still find fellowship here, and new things to get enthusiastic about. “The doors have been open for less than an hour and I’ve run into two people that I’ve known since the early 90s, people I’ve known since the 80s,” says Jackie Estrada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You just pick up that same conversation that you had a year ago and it’s like you’ve never been apart for that long a time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shel Dorf died a few years ago, but most of his young proteges are still alive, still friends, and still here. “There’s a famous quotation from science fiction fandom from the 1940s and 50s … ‘it is a proud and lonely thing to be a fan,'” says Roger Freedman. But things have changed dramatically since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think you’d be hard put to find anyone in the United States today who does not know what Comic-Con is. And that’s really a complete transformation. And to feel that we had a small part in that transformation is a very remarkable feeling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This piece was edited for radio by Nina Gregory, and adapted for the Web by Petra Mayer.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=San+Diego+Comic-Con+Is+Turning+50%3A+Here%27s+Its+Origin+Story&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n",
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Jim Lee is publisher and chief creative officer of DC Comics, but he started coming to the con as an artist back in the ’80s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the first several years we just went to the con, met with fans, went back to the hotel room drew pictures and met with fans,” he says. “They would just kind of wander into the rooms all night long, and you’d draw till like 3:00 in the morning, get some sleep and go back to the convention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee says he began to notice things changing in the ’90s and early 2000s. “And now today you have like all of Hollywood here, so you just don’t have the stars, but you have agents and managers, and so there’s a whole stratification of of the show I think which wasn’t there early on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Towry missed that easy, anything-goes feel of the early Comic-Cons so much, in fact, that he founded a new convention in 2012, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sdcomicfest.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Diego Comic Fest\u003c/a>. 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