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And if so, why do they serve them at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.japaneseteagardensf.com/\">Japanese Tea Garden\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11742906\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36697_IMG_0183-qut-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36697_IMG_0183-qut-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36697_IMG_0183-qut-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36697_IMG_0183-qut-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36697_IMG_0183-qut-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36697_IMG_0183-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tea cookies and green tea served at the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park. \u003ccite>(Suzie Racho/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On a chilly morning, I meet Steven Pitsenbarger at the front gate of the Tea Garden. He’s a gardener here and a bit of a historian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a lot of people put the Japanese Tea Garden in the same box as Alcatraz or Fisherman’s Wharf,” Pitsenbarger says. “But we are really a gem that’s for San Francisco — just as much as it’s for the tourists.”\u003cbr>\n[baycuriousbug]\u003cbr>\nHe tells me the garden was originally an exhibit in the\u003ca href=\"http://www.outsidelands.org/1894_midwinter_fair.php\"> California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894, \u003c/a>then tended by a landscape architect named Makoto Hagiwara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was an early immigrant from Japan,” says Pitsenbarger. “He came a decade before most Japanese immigrants came. A lot of folks came in the late 1880s and 1890s. But he came in 1878.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hagiwara started serving visitors fortune cookies along with green tea in the garden’s tea house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11743019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 324px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11743019\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut-800x1049.jpg\" alt=\"Makoto Hagiwara and his daughter in 1924.\" width=\"324\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut-800x1049.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut-160x210.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut-1020x1337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut-915x1200.jpg 915w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut-1920x2517.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut.jpg 1562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Makoto Hagiwara and his daughter in 1924. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The story that I understand is he took a Japanese cookie, senbei, and he got the idea to put a little note in it, and originally started making the cookies by hand here with just a little flat press,” says Pitsenbarger. “They would fold the cookies while they were still fresh.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wow. So this could be the birthplace of the fortune cookie?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Author Jennifer 8. Lee says of the fortune cookie']‘I like to say that the Japanese invented them, the Chinese popularized them, but the Americans ultimately consume them.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I didn’t see anything that marked this historical culinary invention until we went to the gift shop. Mounted to the top of a display case are two small black iron presses with long, thin handles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re called kata, and are used to make senbei or Japanese crackers. Inside they’re engraved with an H and an M — inverted they would appear on the cookies as MH for \u003ca href=\"https://hanascape.com/japanese-tea-garden\">Makoto Hagiwara.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you came to the garden while he was managing it, everything had his name on it. Napkins would say M. Hagiwara. There would be pots in the garden with M. Hagiwara … tea pots, tea cups. His name was everywhere, and the fortune cookie is one of those things that helped to spread his popularity,” Pitsenbarger says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And make the cookies popular, too. But since each fortune cookie was being made by hand, demand became too much for the Hagiwara family. Makoto asked a local confectionary shop, Benkyodo, to take over making the cookies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742883\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 352px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11742883\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36751_Benkyodo-outsiide-retouch-300-copy-qut-1-800x1115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36751_Benkyodo-outsiide-retouch-300-copy-qut-1-800x1115.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36751_Benkyodo-outsiide-retouch-300-copy-qut-1-160x223.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36751_Benkyodo-outsiide-retouch-300-copy-qut-1-1020x1421.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36751_Benkyodo-outsiide-retouch-300-copy-qut-1-861x1200.jpg 861w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36751_Benkyodo-outsiide-retouch-300-copy-qut-1.jpg 1470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benkyodo on San Francisco’s Geary Boulevard in 1906. \u003ccite>(Photo Courtesy: Gary T. Ono)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Suyeichi Okamura opened \u003ca href=\"http://www.benkyodocompany.com/\">Benkyodo\u003c/a> in 1906 and after a few moves, it’s located today at Sutter and Buchanan in San Francisco’s Japantown. His grandson, Gary T. Ono, is the family’s historian and has \u003ca href=\"http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2007/10/31/fortune-cookie/\">written articles\u003c/a> about his family’s connection to the fortune cookie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742884\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 210px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11742884\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1-800x1227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1-800x1227.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1-160x245.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1-1020x1564.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1-783x1200.jpg 783w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1-1920x2944.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary T. Ono’s grandfather, Suyeichi Okamura, opened Benkyodo in 1906. \u003ccite>(Photo Courtesy: Gary T. Ono)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I went to visit Ono in Los Angeles, in his apartment in Little Tokyo. A giant foam fortune cookie hangs in the living room, and the fortune poking out of it reads: “Made In Japan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ono drags out a heavy suitcase from a closet and pulls out several kata wrapped in newspaper. They sport the familiar initials: MH.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My grandfather was a service person to Makoto Hagiwara,” Ono says. “And advised Hagiwara in converting the taste (of the fortune cookie) to something more palatable to American tastes. So they came up with a vanilla extract flavor that we know today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742908\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 203px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11742908\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This flat-iron press, called a kata, was originally used to make fortune cookies for the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park. The initials MH stand for creator Makoto Hagiwara. \u003ccite>(Suzie Racho/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He says Benkyodo helped develop a machine to mass produce the cookies for the garden, sometime around 1911.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742881\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 305px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11742881\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary T. Ono holds two kata from his grandfather’s bakery, Benkyodo. \u003ccite>(Suzie Racho/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Ono isn’t the only one to make family claims to the origins of the fortune cookie: A few Chinese companies have also claimed the invention, as has another Japanese sweet-maker in Los Angeles called \u003ca href=\"http://www.fugetsu-do.com/history.htm\">Fugetsu-Do\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Kito owns Fugetsu-Do, just down the street from Gary Ono in Los Angeles. Brian’s grandfather opened Fugetsu-Do in 1903, three years before Benkyodo opened in San Francisco. And Gary says Brian heard similar stories about his grandfather creating the fortune cookie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were never confrontational about it or argumentative. We didn’t know precisely that our grandparents did this or did that,” Ono says. “[Brian] even said, ‘Well, if it wasn’t my grandfather, I hope it’s your grandfather.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/Jhmz2Al_pjA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Author Jennifer 8. Lee says you can probably trace the history of fortune cookies in America back to L.A. and San Francisco. But as a concept, they go back to Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And in Japan they’re called tsujiura senbei or bell crackers,” says Lee, who traced the history of the American fortune cookie in her book, “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures In the World of Chinese Food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee writes about Yasuko Nakamachi, a Japanese researcher whom she met through Gary Ono. Nakamachi was investigating the connection between the fortune cookies she saw in New York with a cracker made in Kyoto. She unearthed a copy of a woodblock print from 1878 of a Japanese man grilling fortune cookies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11743033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 515px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11743033\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36753_woodblock-senbei-cooking-copy_jpg_515x515_detail_q85-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36753_woodblock-senbei-cooking-copy_jpg_515x515_detail_q85-qut.jpg 515w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36753_woodblock-senbei-cooking-copy_jpg_515x515_detail_q85-qut-160x117.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Japanese woodblock print showing fortune cookies being grilled dates back to 1878. \u003ccite>(Photo Courtesy; Gary Ono)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Around the shrine in downtown Kyoto, there are actually a bunch of families that still make ‘fortune cookies’ in the Japanese tradition,” says Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But they’re actually bigger and browner. They’re made with miso paste and sesame, so much nuttier than the American versions, which tend to be yellow and buttery, reflecting the American palate,” she adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those cookies also have fortunes, but not inside. Instead they’re pinched in the fold. They look almost exactly the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But how did this American adaptation of a Japanese cracker become so associated with Chinese restaurants?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the Japanese first came to the U.S., a lot of them actually ran Chinese restaurants, because back in the 1910s and 1920s Americans were not eating sushi,” says Lee. “You had Japanese opening Chinese restaurants because that was familiar, with chop suey and chow mein and egg fu yung.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='golden-state-plate' label='More stories from the Golden State Plate series']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this mix of Japanese families opening Chinese restaurants, they began serving fortune cookies as a form of dessert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Back then, they were not called fortune cookies, they were called fortune tea cakes, which is actually a better reflection of their name in Japanese,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bakeries like Benkyodo and Fugetso-Do manufactured fortune cookies for decades until 1942, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, ordering people of Japanese descent into internment camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortune cookie makers were among those interned. During World War II, Chinese restaurants surged in popularity and began manufacturing cookies “en masse,” Lee says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like to say that the Japanese invented them, the Chinese popularized them, but the Americans ultimately consume them,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary Ono’s family was lucky. After being released from the camps, they resumed their business in San Francisco and reclaimed their property. But others weren’t: Many Japanese confectionaries stopped making the cookies after the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary Ono’s family connection to the fortune cookie lives on at the \u003ca href=\"https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2010/07/origins-of-a-fortune-cookie.html\">Smithsonian\u003c/a>‘s National Museum of American History, where three of Benkyodo’s katas now reside.\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11742907 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36705_IMG_0191-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36705_IMG_0191-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36705_IMG_0191-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36705_IMG_0191-qut-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36705_IMG_0191-qut-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36705_IMG_0191-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the fortune cookies served at the Japanese Tea Garden? They now come from \u003ca href=\"http://www.meemeebakery.com/\">Mee Mee Bakery\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>What comes with the check at almost every Chinese restaurant? Fortune cookies. Like orange slices after a blood draw or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11731290/how-bill-grahams-nazi-escape-might-explain-his-fillmore-apples\">apples at San Francisco’s Fillmore\u003c/a>, they’re a given. But how did they come to be? Are they really Chinese? And if so, why do they serve them at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.japaneseteagardensf.com/\">Japanese Tea Garden\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11742906\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36697_IMG_0183-qut-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36697_IMG_0183-qut-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36697_IMG_0183-qut-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36697_IMG_0183-qut-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36697_IMG_0183-qut-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36697_IMG_0183-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tea cookies and green tea served at the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park. \u003ccite>(Suzie Racho/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On a chilly morning, I meet Steven Pitsenbarger at the front gate of the Tea Garden. He’s a gardener here and a bit of a historian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a lot of people put the Japanese Tea Garden in the same box as Alcatraz or Fisherman’s Wharf,” Pitsenbarger says. “But we are really a gem that’s for San Francisco — just as much as it’s for the tourists.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nHe tells me the garden was originally an exhibit in the\u003ca href=\"http://www.outsidelands.org/1894_midwinter_fair.php\"> California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894, \u003c/a>then tended by a landscape architect named Makoto Hagiwara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was an early immigrant from Japan,” says Pitsenbarger. “He came a decade before most Japanese immigrants came. A lot of folks came in the late 1880s and 1890s. But he came in 1878.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hagiwara started serving visitors fortune cookies along with green tea in the garden’s tea house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11743019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 324px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11743019\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut-800x1049.jpg\" alt=\"Makoto Hagiwara and his daughter in 1924.\" width=\"324\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut-800x1049.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut-160x210.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut-1020x1337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut-915x1200.jpg 915w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut-1920x2517.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36763_aad-2922JPG-qut.jpg 1562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Makoto Hagiwara and his daughter in 1924. \u003ccite>(San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The story that I understand is he took a Japanese cookie, senbei, and he got the idea to put a little note in it, and originally started making the cookies by hand here with just a little flat press,” says Pitsenbarger. “They would fold the cookies while they were still fresh.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I didn’t see anything that marked this historical culinary invention until we went to the gift shop. Mounted to the top of a display case are two small black iron presses with long, thin handles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re called kata, and are used to make senbei or Japanese crackers. Inside they’re engraved with an H and an M — inverted they would appear on the cookies as MH for \u003ca href=\"https://hanascape.com/japanese-tea-garden\">Makoto Hagiwara.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you came to the garden while he was managing it, everything had his name on it. Napkins would say M. Hagiwara. There would be pots in the garden with M. Hagiwara … tea pots, tea cups. His name was everywhere, and the fortune cookie is one of those things that helped to spread his popularity,” Pitsenbarger says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And make the cookies popular, too. But since each fortune cookie was being made by hand, demand became too much for the Hagiwara family. Makoto asked a local confectionary shop, Benkyodo, to take over making the cookies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742883\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 352px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11742883\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36751_Benkyodo-outsiide-retouch-300-copy-qut-1-800x1115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36751_Benkyodo-outsiide-retouch-300-copy-qut-1-800x1115.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36751_Benkyodo-outsiide-retouch-300-copy-qut-1-160x223.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36751_Benkyodo-outsiide-retouch-300-copy-qut-1-1020x1421.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36751_Benkyodo-outsiide-retouch-300-copy-qut-1-861x1200.jpg 861w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36751_Benkyodo-outsiide-retouch-300-copy-qut-1.jpg 1470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benkyodo on San Francisco’s Geary Boulevard in 1906. \u003ccite>(Photo Courtesy: Gary T. Ono)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Suyeichi Okamura opened \u003ca href=\"http://www.benkyodocompany.com/\">Benkyodo\u003c/a> in 1906 and after a few moves, it’s located today at Sutter and Buchanan in San Francisco’s Japantown. His grandson, Gary T. Ono, is the family’s historian and has \u003ca href=\"http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2007/10/31/fortune-cookie/\">written articles\u003c/a> about his family’s connection to the fortune cookie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742884\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 210px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11742884\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1-800x1227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1-800x1227.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1-160x245.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1-1020x1564.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1-783x1200.jpg 783w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1-1920x2944.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36752_Suyeichi-Portrait-qut-1.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary T. Ono’s grandfather, Suyeichi Okamura, opened Benkyodo in 1906. \u003ccite>(Photo Courtesy: Gary T. Ono)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I went to visit Ono in Los Angeles, in his apartment in Little Tokyo. A giant foam fortune cookie hangs in the living room, and the fortune poking out of it reads: “Made In Japan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ono drags out a heavy suitcase from a closet and pulls out several kata wrapped in newspaper. They sport the familiar initials: MH.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My grandfather was a service person to Makoto Hagiwara,” Ono says. “And advised Hagiwara in converting the taste (of the fortune cookie) to something more palatable to American tastes. So they came up with a vanilla extract flavor that we know today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742908\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 203px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11742908\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36718_IMG_0808-qut-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This flat-iron press, called a kata, was originally used to make fortune cookies for the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park. The initials MH stand for creator Makoto Hagiwara. \u003ccite>(Suzie Racho/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He says Benkyodo helped develop a machine to mass produce the cookies for the garden, sometime around 1911.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742881\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 305px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11742881\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36723_IMG_0813-qut-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary T. 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We didn’t know precisely that our grandparents did this or did that,” Ono says. “[Brian] even said, ‘Well, if it wasn’t my grandfather, I hope it’s your grandfather.'”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Jhmz2Al_pjA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Jhmz2Al_pjA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Author Jennifer 8. Lee says you can probably trace the history of fortune cookies in America back to L.A. and San Francisco. But as a concept, they go back to Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And in Japan they’re called tsujiura senbei or bell crackers,” says Lee, who traced the history of the American fortune cookie in her book, “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures In the World of Chinese Food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee writes about Yasuko Nakamachi, a Japanese researcher whom she met through Gary Ono. Nakamachi was investigating the connection between the fortune cookies she saw in New York with a cracker made in Kyoto. She unearthed a copy of a woodblock print from 1878 of a Japanese man grilling fortune cookies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11743033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 515px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11743033\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36753_woodblock-senbei-cooking-copy_jpg_515x515_detail_q85-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36753_woodblock-senbei-cooking-copy_jpg_515x515_detail_q85-qut.jpg 515w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36753_woodblock-senbei-cooking-copy_jpg_515x515_detail_q85-qut-160x117.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Japanese woodblock print showing fortune cookies being grilled dates back to 1878. \u003ccite>(Photo Courtesy; Gary Ono)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Around the shrine in downtown Kyoto, there are actually a bunch of families that still make ‘fortune cookies’ in the Japanese tradition,” says Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But they’re actually bigger and browner. They’re made with miso paste and sesame, so much nuttier than the American versions, which tend to be yellow and buttery, reflecting the American palate,” she adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those cookies also have fortunes, but not inside. Instead they’re pinched in the fold. They look almost exactly the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But how did this American adaptation of a Japanese cracker become so associated with Chinese restaurants?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the Japanese first came to the U.S., a lot of them actually ran Chinese restaurants, because back in the 1910s and 1920s Americans were not eating sushi,” says Lee. “You had Japanese opening Chinese restaurants because that was familiar, with chop suey and chow mein and egg fu yung.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this mix of Japanese families opening Chinese restaurants, they began serving fortune cookies as a form of dessert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Back then, they were not called fortune cookies, they were called fortune tea cakes, which is actually a better reflection of their name in Japanese,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bakeries like Benkyodo and Fugetso-Do manufactured fortune cookies for decades until 1942, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, ordering people of Japanese descent into internment camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortune cookie makers were among those interned. During World War II, Chinese restaurants surged in popularity and began manufacturing cookies “en masse,” Lee says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like to say that the Japanese invented them, the Chinese popularized them, but the Americans ultimately consume them,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary Ono’s family was lucky. After being released from the camps, they resumed their business in San Francisco and reclaimed their property. But others weren’t: Many Japanese confectionaries stopped making the cookies after the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary Ono’s family connection to the fortune cookie lives on at the \u003ca href=\"https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2010/07/origins-of-a-fortune-cookie.html\">Smithsonian\u003c/a>‘s National Museum of American History, where three of Benkyodo’s katas now reside.\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11742907 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36705_IMG_0191-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36705_IMG_0191-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36705_IMG_0191-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36705_IMG_0191-qut-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36705_IMG_0191-qut-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36705_IMG_0191-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Looking for free things to do in the Bay Area this weekend? How about these three ideas:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Watch a Boat Parade in the Bay\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11742924\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36754_Boat-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36754_Boat-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36754_Boat-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36754_Boat-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36754_Boat-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36754_Boat-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association’s Opening Day on the Bay, 2017 \u003ccite>(The Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association, via Facebook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Grab a comfy \u003ca href=\"http://picya.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Parade-Route-Generic.jpg.pdf\">spot on San Francisco’s northern shoreline\u003c/a> (or if you’ve got sharp eyesight, on the Golden Gate Bridge) to see the century-old Opening Day on the Bay boat parade, to mark the official start of the San Francisco boating season. This year’s parade theme is “Holidays on the Bay”, with participating boats — large to small, historic to contemporary — decorated to depict various holiday celebrations. (And if you want to watch boats congregate earlier with your morning coffee, the event kicks off with a “Blessing of the Fleet” event at 10:30 a.m. in Raccoon Strait, between Tiburon and Angel Island.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sunday, April 28 (starts at noon)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://sf.funcheap.com/opening-day-bay-boat-parade-marina/\">Details\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Surround Yourself With Dogs\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742937\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1377px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11742937\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36755_dogg-3-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1377\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36755_dogg-3-qut.jpg 1377w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36755_dogg-3-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36755_dogg-3-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36755_dogg-3-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36755_dogg-3-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1377px) 100vw, 1377px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco’s DogFest returns to Duboce Park this year \u003ccite>(DogFest)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 12th annual \u003ca href=\"http://mckinleyschool.org/dogfest/\">DogFest\u003c/a> returns to San Francisco’s Duboce Park on Saturday, offering the opportunity to watch dogs of all breeds participate in \u003ca href=\"http://mckinleyschool.org/dogfest/dog-show/\">costume contests, trick displays, a “Best Tail” competition\u003c/a> and general canine merriment. There’s also an inflatable obstacle course and face painting for actual human children. Events are all free to watch, with food/games available for purchase — and if you want to enter your pup in the contests, there’s a \u003ca href=\"http://mckinleyschool.org/dogfest/dog-show/#reg19\">registration fee\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Saturday, April 27 (11 a.m.—4 p.m)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://mckinleyschool.org/dogfest/schedule-of-events/\">Details\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Support Your Local Independent Bookstore\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742941\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11742941\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/copperfields.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/copperfields.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/copperfields-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copperfield’s Books in Healdsburg, which is taking part in Independent Bookstore Day \u003ccite>(Ashley Urdang/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Every year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.indiebookstoreday.com/\">Independent Bookstore Day\u003c/a> aims to tempt book lovers away from Amazon and into the arms of their local indie bookseller. A large number of bookstores around the Bay Area will be joining in, so check the \u003ca href=\"https://indiemap.bookweb.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list of participating stores\u003c/a>. As a taste, \u003ca href=\"https://www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-independent-bookstore-day\">Green Apple’s Ninth Avenue location in S.F.\u003c/a> will be offering Drag Queen Storytime, tarot and snacks, while \u003ca href=\"https://www.pegasusbookstore.com/IBD2019\">Pegasus Books\u003c/a> in downtown Berkeley will have special signed editions and a limited-run record of poetry by Charles Bukowski.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Saturday, April 27 (check stores for opening hours)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.indiebookstoreday.com/\">Details\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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How about these three ideas:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Watch a Boat Parade in the Bay\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11742924\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36754_Boat-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36754_Boat-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36754_Boat-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36754_Boat-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36754_Boat-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36754_Boat-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association’s Opening Day on the Bay, 2017 \u003ccite>(The Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association, via Facebook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Grab a comfy \u003ca href=\"http://picya.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Parade-Route-Generic.jpg.pdf\">spot on San Francisco’s northern shoreline\u003c/a> (or if you’ve got sharp eyesight, on the Golden Gate Bridge) to see the century-old Opening Day on the Bay boat parade, to mark the official start of the San Francisco boating season. This year’s parade theme is “Holidays on the Bay”, with participating boats — large to small, historic to contemporary — decorated to depict various holiday celebrations. (And if you want to watch boats congregate earlier with your morning coffee, the event kicks off with a “Blessing of the Fleet” event at 10:30 a.m. in Raccoon Strait, between Tiburon and Angel Island.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sunday, April 28 (starts at noon)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://sf.funcheap.com/opening-day-bay-boat-parade-marina/\">Details\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Surround Yourself With Dogs\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742937\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1377px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11742937\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36755_dogg-3-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1377\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36755_dogg-3-qut.jpg 1377w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36755_dogg-3-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36755_dogg-3-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36755_dogg-3-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36755_dogg-3-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1377px) 100vw, 1377px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco’s DogFest returns to Duboce Park this year \u003ccite>(DogFest)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 12th annual \u003ca href=\"http://mckinleyschool.org/dogfest/\">DogFest\u003c/a> returns to San Francisco’s Duboce Park on Saturday, offering the opportunity to watch dogs of all breeds participate in \u003ca href=\"http://mckinleyschool.org/dogfest/dog-show/\">costume contests, trick displays, a “Best Tail” competition\u003c/a> and general canine merriment. There’s also an inflatable obstacle course and face painting for actual human children. Events are all free to watch, with food/games available for purchase — and if you want to enter your pup in the contests, there’s a \u003ca href=\"http://mckinleyschool.org/dogfest/dog-show/#reg19\">registration fee\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Saturday, April 27 (11 a.m.—4 p.m)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://mckinleyschool.org/dogfest/schedule-of-events/\">Details\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Support Your Local Independent Bookstore\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742941\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11742941\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/copperfields.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/copperfields.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/copperfields-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copperfield’s Books in Healdsburg, which is taking part in Independent Bookstore Day \u003ccite>(Ashley Urdang/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Every year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.indiebookstoreday.com/\">Independent Bookstore Day\u003c/a> aims to tempt book lovers away from Amazon and into the arms of their local indie bookseller. 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"content": "\u003cp>During the Gold Rush, there were few in the West as notorious and formidable as the stagecoach driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These men would drive gold and other valuables from the far-flung mining outposts in the Sierra to the big-city banks of San Francisco. It was a treacherous journey that required expert navigation across rough terrain — but the biggest challenge became thieves. They lay in wait, eager to rob drivers and passengers of their valuable cargo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stage drivers had to be good with a gun to keep their cargo safe and their passengers alive. For their skill and fearlessness, stage drivers were paid very well, and the best ones were known by name across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the best drivers in the entire state was Charley Parkhurst. In a profession where hypermasculinity was rewarded, Parkhurst stands out, because he was gender nonconforming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Charley Parkhurst: The Famous California Driver\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Parkhurst was described as a man of slight build, who chewed tobacco, drank whiskey and swore often. He wore beaded riding gloves and used a whip on his horses — and to stay out of brawls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was tough, and he looked even tougher after he was half-blinded when a horse kicked him in the face (it was probably scared by a snake), which earned him the nickname “One-Eyed Charley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some knew the story of his crossing a crumbling bridge during a storm. Others cared only about his ability to keep the bandits away from their goods. None of his peers knew that Charley was \u003ca href=\"https://www.glaad.org/reference/covering-trans-community\">assigned female at birth\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Early Years\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The accounts of Parkhurst’s early years sometimes contradict one another. As far as we know, Parkhurst was born around 1812 in \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/50297431/?terms=Charley%2BParkhurst\">New Hampshire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some say Parkhurst spent his early years in an orphanage, then ran away to find work in stables. Others say Parkhurst worked on an \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/35077156/\">uncle’s farm\u003c/a> until they had a falling out, after which Parkhurst ran away to Rhode Island. Either way, around this time, young Parkhurst started wearing boys clothes, living as a male and learning how to ride horses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742538\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11742538\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Tallyho-Coaching-Sioux-City-party-Coaching-at-the-Great-Hot-Springs-of-Dakota.jpg\" alt=\"Tallyho Coaching, Sioux City party Coaching at the Great Hot Springs of Dakota\" width=\"640\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Tallyho-Coaching-Sioux-City-party-Coaching-at-the-Great-Hot-Springs-of-Dakota.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Tallyho-Coaching-Sioux-City-party-Coaching-at-the-Great-Hot-Springs-of-Dakota-160x133.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stagecoach back in the 1800s. \u003ccite>(Library of Congress)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eventually, Parkhurst started working as a stage driver on the East Coast, until the Gold Rush brought him out West around 1850.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Gender Terms in History\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>One could use him or they as a pronoun for Parkhurst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because ‘they’ is a wonderful nonbinary pronoun that can be used today to mark people who are sort of refusing or renouncing the gender binary,” says Don Romesburg, a historian and chair of women’s and gender studies at Sonoma State University. “But I think they can also be used for people in the past as a kind of marker of undecidability. I think that if you’re going to pick one wrong gender pronoun for Charley, it would be she. Because for as much of Charley’s life that Charley was an active agent in asserting a gendered self … he was he.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to say if Parkhurst was trans because we don’t know why Parkhurst decided to live as a man. There could have been many motivations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Women were given very few economic opportunities in the mid-19th century California. They could be seamstresses or laundresses or teachers or sex workers essentially,” says Romesburg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, people who had romantic ties to someone of the same sex would have been marginalized at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s all sorts of reasons beyond perhaps a true expression of one’s gendered self that someone like Parkhurst might choose to live as a man for many years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Romesburg says, Parkhurst’s life is clearly part of trans history.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Gold Rush\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Parkhurst ran stretches of road all around California — between Mariposa and Stockton, Oakland and San Jose, and San Juan and Santa Cruz. Parkhurst was highly sought after, working for many wealthy families, and even drove a large cargo of gold for Wells Fargo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11742554\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/el-dorado-04487v-1020x638.jpg\" alt=\"Gold miners, El Dorado, California. Photo, between circa 1848 and 1853.\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/el-dorado-04487v-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/el-dorado-04487v-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/el-dorado-04487v-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/el-dorado-04487v.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gold miners, El Dorado, California. Photo, between 1848 and 1853. \u003ccite>(Library of Congress)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With a money box full of gold and a coach full of passengers, Parkhurst would drive six horses across rough terrain where bandits lay in wait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once Parkhurst was stopped by a gang of highway robbers whose faces were disguised with masks made out of long underwear. They brought a gun to Parkhurst’s head and threatened the passengers. Parkhurst’s gun was out of reach, and he was forced to give the bandits the money box. However Parkhurst defiantly told the bandits that if it happened again, it would be unpleasant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After that, Parkhurst was always prepared. The next time he was stopped by a famous desperado called “Sugarfoot,” Parkhurst shot him dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t long before Parkhurst developed a reputation as one of the safest California “whips,” and became known as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/283388836/?terms=Charley%2BParkhurst\">the ‘boss’ driver of the road.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11742544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Wells-Fargo-Co.s-Express-Office-1020x911.jpg\" alt=\"Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express Office\" width=\"640\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Wells-Fargo-Co.s-Express-Office-1020x911.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Wells-Fargo-Co.s-Express-Office-160x143.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Wells-Fargo-Co.s-Express-Office-800x715.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Wells-Fargo-Co.s-Express-Office.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Express Office \u003ccite>(Library of Congress/Lawrence & Houseworth)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But was living out on the road lonely?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there were passengers floating in and out of Parkhurst’s life, it was said he often worked alone, serving as both driver and lookout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for love, it’s hard to say. There is a story about a poor widow who was about to lose her house. Parkhurst bought the house to give back to her. Some speculated Parkhurst did it for the widow’s daughter, who was pretty, but Parkhurst left that town soon after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parkhurst retired from stagecoach driving after trains started crisscrossing the Golden State. He worked as a farmer and lumberman, where he “\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/20424854/?terms=Charley%2BParkhurst\">always commanded the highest wages\u003c/a>” and had saved “\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/20424854/?terms=Charley%2BParkhurst\">several thousands of dollars\u003c/a>” by that point. Parkhurst was also considered generous and social.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parkhurst was also registered to vote in 1867, about 50 years before women got suffrage. Some say Parkhurst could have been the first person assigned female at birth to cast a ballot in California for a presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charley continued to work until he developed severe rheumatism in his 60s, which eventually shriveled his limbs. Then in 1879, Parkhurst developed cancer of the tongue and died at the age of 67 near Watsonville, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was when the public found out that Parkhurst was assigned female at birth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What followed was a national sensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">Often when talking about trans people, publications disclose birth names, usually with the implication that it is the person’s “real name.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.glaad.org/reference/covering-trans-community\">Guidelines for covering the trans community\u003c/a> instruct media outlets to treat chosen names as real names.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Across the country, papers printed stories that might be seen as insensitive today. A number of headlines erase Parkhurst’s experience living as a man: \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/20424854/?terms=Charley%2BParkhurst\">Thirty Years in Disguise\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/457374668/?terms=charley%2Bparkhurst\">The Female Stage Driver\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/194684511/?terms=charley%2Bparkhurst\">A Queer Woman\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most national coverage of Parkhurst still conveyed a sense of awe in everything he accomplished. In Emily Skidmore’s book, \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/True-Sex-Lives-Twentieth-Century-ebook/dp/B0757458G3\">“True Sex: the Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Century,”\u003c/a> she found that when gender histories of trans men are revealed, local communities tend to be quite sympathetic to that person. When national newspapers picked those stories up, the narratives shift to degeneracy, masquerading, fooling, disguising and pathology.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Parkhurst Today\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Since his death, Charley’s story has been told in more obscure historical texts, but now it seems Charley will take a more permanent place in California history books.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FAIR Education Act passed in 2011 ensures the roles and contributions of LGBT Americans and people with disabilities be included in K–12 history education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romesburg fought to include Charley in lesson plans and says, “It’s important that we see LGBT lives in the past so that we understand that queerness and transness is not something that simply appears after Stonewall, for example. But it’s something that’s been around in some form everywhere for always.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Great Stories From Trans History\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Charley highlights just one of many trans stories. To learn a little more, we’ve compiled a list of a few people in trans history to read about: \u003ca href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-incredible-chevalier-deon-who-left-france-as-a-male-spy-and-returned-as-a-christian-woman\">Chevalier D’Eon\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-marsha-p-johnson.html\">Marsha P. Johnson\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.masstpc.org/wewha/\">We’wha\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/22/donald-trump-transgender-military-ban-albert-cashier\">Albert D. J. Cashier\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HObtUIElQZY\">Sir Lady Java\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/its-easier-to-change-a-body-than-to-change-a-mind-the-extraordinary-life-and-lonely-death-of-roberta-8899823.html\">Roberta Cowell\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/tgi-bios/alan-l-hart\"> Dr. Alan L. Hart\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/aug/19/2\">Nong Toom\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://srlp.org/about/who-was-sylvia-rivera/\">Sylvia Rivera\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.historyisgaypodcast.com/notes/2019/1/20/episode-21-the-real-housewife-of-rome\">Emperor Elagabalus\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.queerportraits.com/bio/anderson\">Lucy Hicks Anderson,\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/18/style/paris-has-burned.html\">Angie Xtravaganza\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2018/03/30/tennissrenee-richards-first-transgender-woman-play-professional/\">Renee Richards\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>During the Gold Rush, there were few in the West as notorious and formidable as the stagecoach driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These men would drive gold and other valuables from the far-flung mining outposts in the Sierra to the big-city banks of San Francisco. It was a treacherous journey that required expert navigation across rough terrain — but the biggest challenge became thieves. They lay in wait, eager to rob drivers and passengers of their valuable cargo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stage drivers had to be good with a gun to keep their cargo safe and their passengers alive. For their skill and fearlessness, stage drivers were paid very well, and the best ones were known by name across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the best drivers in the entire state was Charley Parkhurst. In a profession where hypermasculinity was rewarded, Parkhurst stands out, because he was gender nonconforming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Charley Parkhurst: The Famous California Driver\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Parkhurst was described as a man of slight build, who chewed tobacco, drank whiskey and swore often. He wore beaded riding gloves and used a whip on his horses — and to stay out of brawls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was tough, and he looked even tougher after he was half-blinded when a horse kicked him in the face (it was probably scared by a snake), which earned him the nickname “One-Eyed Charley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some knew the story of his crossing a crumbling bridge during a storm. Others cared only about his ability to keep the bandits away from their goods. None of his peers knew that Charley was \u003ca href=\"https://www.glaad.org/reference/covering-trans-community\">assigned female at birth\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Early Years\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The accounts of Parkhurst’s early years sometimes contradict one another. As far as we know, Parkhurst was born around 1812 in \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/50297431/?terms=Charley%2BParkhurst\">New Hampshire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some say Parkhurst spent his early years in an orphanage, then ran away to find work in stables. Others say Parkhurst worked on an \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/35077156/\">uncle’s farm\u003c/a> until they had a falling out, after which Parkhurst ran away to Rhode Island. Either way, around this time, young Parkhurst started wearing boys clothes, living as a male and learning how to ride horses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742538\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11742538\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Tallyho-Coaching-Sioux-City-party-Coaching-at-the-Great-Hot-Springs-of-Dakota.jpg\" alt=\"Tallyho Coaching, Sioux City party Coaching at the Great Hot Springs of Dakota\" width=\"640\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Tallyho-Coaching-Sioux-City-party-Coaching-at-the-Great-Hot-Springs-of-Dakota.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Tallyho-Coaching-Sioux-City-party-Coaching-at-the-Great-Hot-Springs-of-Dakota-160x133.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stagecoach back in the 1800s. \u003ccite>(Library of Congress)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eventually, Parkhurst started working as a stage driver on the East Coast, until the Gold Rush brought him out West around 1850.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Gender Terms in History\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>One could use him or they as a pronoun for Parkhurst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because ‘they’ is a wonderful nonbinary pronoun that can be used today to mark people who are sort of refusing or renouncing the gender binary,” says Don Romesburg, a historian and chair of women’s and gender studies at Sonoma State University. “But I think they can also be used for people in the past as a kind of marker of undecidability. I think that if you’re going to pick one wrong gender pronoun for Charley, it would be she. Because for as much of Charley’s life that Charley was an active agent in asserting a gendered self … he was he.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to say if Parkhurst was trans because we don’t know why Parkhurst decided to live as a man. There could have been many motivations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Women were given very few economic opportunities in the mid-19th century California. They could be seamstresses or laundresses or teachers or sex workers essentially,” says Romesburg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, people who had romantic ties to someone of the same sex would have been marginalized at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s all sorts of reasons beyond perhaps a true expression of one’s gendered self that someone like Parkhurst might choose to live as a man for many years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Romesburg says, Parkhurst’s life is clearly part of trans history.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Gold Rush\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Parkhurst ran stretches of road all around California — between Mariposa and Stockton, Oakland and San Jose, and San Juan and Santa Cruz. Parkhurst was highly sought after, working for many wealthy families, and even drove a large cargo of gold for Wells Fargo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11742554\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/el-dorado-04487v-1020x638.jpg\" alt=\"Gold miners, El Dorado, California. Photo, between circa 1848 and 1853.\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/el-dorado-04487v-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/el-dorado-04487v-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/el-dorado-04487v-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/el-dorado-04487v.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gold miners, El Dorado, California. Photo, between 1848 and 1853. \u003ccite>(Library of Congress)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With a money box full of gold and a coach full of passengers, Parkhurst would drive six horses across rough terrain where bandits lay in wait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once Parkhurst was stopped by a gang of highway robbers whose faces were disguised with masks made out of long underwear. They brought a gun to Parkhurst’s head and threatened the passengers. Parkhurst’s gun was out of reach, and he was forced to give the bandits the money box. However Parkhurst defiantly told the bandits that if it happened again, it would be unpleasant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After that, Parkhurst was always prepared. The next time he was stopped by a famous desperado called “Sugarfoot,” Parkhurst shot him dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t long before Parkhurst developed a reputation as one of the safest California “whips,” and became known as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/283388836/?terms=Charley%2BParkhurst\">the ‘boss’ driver of the road.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11742544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11742544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Wells-Fargo-Co.s-Express-Office-1020x911.jpg\" alt=\"Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express Office\" width=\"640\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Wells-Fargo-Co.s-Express-Office-1020x911.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Wells-Fargo-Co.s-Express-Office-160x143.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Wells-Fargo-Co.s-Express-Office-800x715.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Wells-Fargo-Co.s-Express-Office.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Express Office \u003ccite>(Library of Congress/Lawrence & Houseworth)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But was living out on the road lonely?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there were passengers floating in and out of Parkhurst’s life, it was said he often worked alone, serving as both driver and lookout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for love, it’s hard to say. There is a story about a poor widow who was about to lose her house. Parkhurst bought the house to give back to her. Some speculated Parkhurst did it for the widow’s daughter, who was pretty, but Parkhurst left that town soon after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parkhurst retired from stagecoach driving after trains started crisscrossing the Golden State. He worked as a farmer and lumberman, where he “\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/20424854/?terms=Charley%2BParkhurst\">always commanded the highest wages\u003c/a>” and had saved “\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/20424854/?terms=Charley%2BParkhurst\">several thousands of dollars\u003c/a>” by that point. Parkhurst was also considered generous and social.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parkhurst was also registered to vote in 1867, about 50 years before women got suffrage. Some say Parkhurst could have been the first person assigned female at birth to cast a ballot in California for a presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charley continued to work until he developed severe rheumatism in his 60s, which eventually shriveled his limbs. Then in 1879, Parkhurst developed cancer of the tongue and died at the age of 67 near Watsonville, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was when the public found out that Parkhurst was assigned female at birth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What followed was a national sensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">Often when talking about trans people, publications disclose birth names, usually with the implication that it is the person’s “real name.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.glaad.org/reference/covering-trans-community\">Guidelines for covering the trans community\u003c/a> instruct media outlets to treat chosen names as real names.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Across the country, papers printed stories that might be seen as insensitive today. A number of headlines erase Parkhurst’s experience living as a man: \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/20424854/?terms=Charley%2BParkhurst\">Thirty Years in Disguise\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/457374668/?terms=charley%2Bparkhurst\">The Female Stage Driver\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/194684511/?terms=charley%2Bparkhurst\">A Queer Woman\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most national coverage of Parkhurst still conveyed a sense of awe in everything he accomplished. In Emily Skidmore’s book, \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/True-Sex-Lives-Twentieth-Century-ebook/dp/B0757458G3\">“True Sex: the Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Century,”\u003c/a> she found that when gender histories of trans men are revealed, local communities tend to be quite sympathetic to that person. When national newspapers picked those stories up, the narratives shift to degeneracy, masquerading, fooling, disguising and pathology.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Parkhurst Today\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Since his death, Charley’s story has been told in more obscure historical texts, but now it seems Charley will take a more permanent place in California history books.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FAIR Education Act passed in 2011 ensures the roles and contributions of LGBT Americans and people with disabilities be included in K–12 history education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romesburg fought to include Charley in lesson plans and says, “It’s important that we see LGBT lives in the past so that we understand that queerness and transness is not something that simply appears after Stonewall, for example. But it’s something that’s been around in some form everywhere for always.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Great Stories From Trans History\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Charley highlights just one of many trans stories. To learn a little more, we’ve compiled a list of a few people in trans history to read about: \u003ca href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-incredible-chevalier-deon-who-left-france-as-a-male-spy-and-returned-as-a-christian-woman\">Chevalier D’Eon\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-marsha-p-johnson.html\">Marsha P. Johnson\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.masstpc.org/wewha/\">We’wha\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/22/donald-trump-transgender-military-ban-albert-cashier\">Albert D. J. Cashier\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HObtUIElQZY\">Sir Lady Java\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/its-easier-to-change-a-body-than-to-change-a-mind-the-extraordinary-life-and-lonely-death-of-roberta-8899823.html\">Roberta Cowell\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/tgi-bios/alan-l-hart\"> Dr. Alan L. 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"content": "\u003cp>Looking for things to do this weekend in the Bay Area? Look no further. Here are five (free!) ideas for the Easter weekend:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Visit Muir Woods for Free\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741035\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741035\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29832_Redwoods_009-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29832_Redwoods_009-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29832_Redwoods_009-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29832_Redwoods_009-qut-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29832_Redwoods_009-qut-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29832_Redwoods_009-qut-1-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Redwood trees in Muir Woods\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11740746/all-national-parks-are-free-this-saturday?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=instalinks\">All national parks will be free to enter\u003c/a> on Saturday, April 20, to celebrate the start of National Park Week 2019. So what further excuse do you need to check out the towering ancient redwoods at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11740746/all-national-parks-are-free-this-saturday?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=instalinks\">Muir Woods\u003c/a>, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One caveat: While Muir Woods’s usual $15 entrance fee is waived on Saturday, you’ll still have to pay for your (now mandatory) \u003ca href=\"https://gomuirwoods.com/\">parking reservation or shuttle reservation\u003c/a>. These spots fill up fast, but it looks like there’s still availability for Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Saturday, April 20 (8 a.m.—7 p.m.)\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11740746/all-national-parks-are-free-this-saturday\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Details\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Free Days for S.F. Residents at the de Young Museum and Legion of Honor\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741039\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36591_GettyImages-72896027-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1288\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36591_GettyImages-72896027-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36591_GettyImages-72896027-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36591_GettyImages-72896027-qut-800x537.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36591_GettyImages-72896027-qut-1020x684.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36591_GettyImages-72896027-qut-1200x805.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors looking at “The Three Shades” by French sculptor Auguste Rodin at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’re a San Francisco resident — and can prove it with a driver’s license or a postmarked envelope — \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/free-reduced-admission\">every Saturday now offers you free admission\u003c/a> to the permanent collections of the \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/\">de Young Museum\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/\">Legion of Honor\u003c/a>. You can now also \u003ca href=\"https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/free-reduced-admission\">reserve your tickets online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FYI, art lovers: general admission to these two museums is also \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/free-reduced-admission\">free on the first Tuesday\u003c/a> of every month. And going up the de Young’s Hamon Observation Tower, with its amazing views over Golden Gate Park, is \u003cem>always\u003c/em> free during opening hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Saturday, April 20 (9:30 a.m.—5:15 p.m. at both museums)\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/free-reduced-admission\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Details\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Easter in the Park\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741046\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741046\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s \u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition.jpg\">Hunky Jesus Competition\u003c/a> in Dolores Park, San Francisco \u003ccite>(Jere via Wikipedia Commons )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It wouldn’t be Easter in San Francisco without the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/mission-dolores-park/easter-in-the-park-the-sisters-40th-anniversary/2318106911758735/\">annual festivities in Dolores Park\u003c/a>, now back for their 40th year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day kicks off early with a family-friendly egg hunt, games, Story Time and free kids’ dental screening exams, before segueing into live performances, an Easter Bonnet Contest and, of course, the legendary Hunky Jesus and Foxy Mary costume contest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sunday, April 21 (kids’ events 10:30 a.m.—noon, adult events noon—4 p.m.)\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/mission-dolores-park/easter-in-the-park-the-sisters-40th-anniversary/2318106911758735/\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Details\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘The Hoppening’ Easter Egg Hunt at the Winchester Mystery House\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741052\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 910px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741052\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36595_Winchester_House_910px-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36595_Winchester_House_910px-qut.jpg 910w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36595_Winchester_House_910px-qut-160x127.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36595_Winchester_House_910px-qut-800x635.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The exterior of San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House \u003ccite>(Gentgeen via Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of all the egg hunt events around the Bay Area this weekend, this might be the most unusual: A \u003ca href=\"https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/annual_events/\">5,000-egg trawl around the Victorian Garden of the notorious Winchester Mystery House\u003c/a> in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Billing itself as “the world’s most bizarre Easter egg hunt”, families can race to discover the 13 “golden surprise eggs” that lie in wait — or maybe just hit the bounce house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturday, April 20th (10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/annual_events/\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Details\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Oakland Earth Day Volunteer Day\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741050\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36594_active-cleaning-daylight-1201588-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36594_active-cleaning-daylight-1201588-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36594_active-cleaning-daylight-1201588-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36594_active-cleaning-daylight-1201588-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36594_active-cleaning-daylight-1201588-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36594_active-cleaning-daylight-1201588-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Get ready to collect some trash for Earth Day \u003ccite>(Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In anticipation of Earth Day on Monday, April 22, there are many associated volunteer cleanups and celebrations going on around the Bay Area this weekend. On Saturday, April 20, East Bay residents can volunteer at 100 or so sites around Oakland, including Lake Merritt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a look to find an Oakland \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/o/FE/s/ID/OAK026214\">cleanup opportunity near you on the map\u003c/a>, and dress appropriately to remove some trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturday, April 20 (cleanup times vary)\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/o/FE/s/ID/OAK026214\">Details \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Looking for things to do this weekend in the Bay Area? Look no further. Here are five (free!) ideas for the Easter weekend:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Visit Muir Woods for Free\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741035\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741035\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29832_Redwoods_009-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29832_Redwoods_009-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29832_Redwoods_009-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29832_Redwoods_009-qut-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29832_Redwoods_009-qut-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29832_Redwoods_009-qut-1-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Redwood trees in Muir Woods\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11740746/all-national-parks-are-free-this-saturday?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=instalinks\">All national parks will be free to enter\u003c/a> on Saturday, April 20, to celebrate the start of National Park Week 2019. So what further excuse do you need to check out the towering ancient redwoods at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11740746/all-national-parks-are-free-this-saturday?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=instalinks\">Muir Woods\u003c/a>, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One caveat: While Muir Woods’s usual $15 entrance fee is waived on Saturday, you’ll still have to pay for your (now mandatory) \u003ca href=\"https://gomuirwoods.com/\">parking reservation or shuttle reservation\u003c/a>. These spots fill up fast, but it looks like there’s still availability for Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Saturday, April 20 (8 a.m.—7 p.m.)\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11740746/all-national-parks-are-free-this-saturday\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Details\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Free Days for S.F. Residents at the de Young Museum and Legion of Honor\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741039\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36591_GettyImages-72896027-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1288\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36591_GettyImages-72896027-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36591_GettyImages-72896027-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36591_GettyImages-72896027-qut-800x537.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36591_GettyImages-72896027-qut-1020x684.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36591_GettyImages-72896027-qut-1200x805.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors looking at “The Three Shades” by French sculptor Auguste Rodin at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’re a San Francisco resident — and can prove it with a driver’s license or a postmarked envelope — \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/free-reduced-admission\">every Saturday now offers you free admission\u003c/a> to the permanent collections of the \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/\">de Young Museum\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/\">Legion of Honor\u003c/a>. You can now also \u003ca href=\"https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/free-reduced-admission\">reserve your tickets online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FYI, art lovers: general admission to these two museums is also \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/free-reduced-admission\">free on the first Tuesday\u003c/a> of every month. And going up the de Young’s Hamon Observation Tower, with its amazing views over Golden Gate Park, is \u003cem>always\u003c/em> free during opening hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Saturday, April 20 (9:30 a.m.—5:15 p.m. at both museums)\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/free-reduced-admission\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Details\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Easter in the Park\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741046\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741046\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36592_SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s \u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SistersPerpetualIndulgenceHunkyJesusCompetition.jpg\">Hunky Jesus Competition\u003c/a> in Dolores Park, San Francisco \u003ccite>(Jere via Wikipedia Commons )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It wouldn’t be Easter in San Francisco without the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/mission-dolores-park/easter-in-the-park-the-sisters-40th-anniversary/2318106911758735/\">annual festivities in Dolores Park\u003c/a>, now back for their 40th year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day kicks off early with a family-friendly egg hunt, games, Story Time and free kids’ dental screening exams, before segueing into live performances, an Easter Bonnet Contest and, of course, the legendary Hunky Jesus and Foxy Mary costume contest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sunday, April 21 (kids’ events 10:30 a.m.—noon, adult events noon—4 p.m.)\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/mission-dolores-park/easter-in-the-park-the-sisters-40th-anniversary/2318106911758735/\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Details\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘The Hoppening’ Easter Egg Hunt at the Winchester Mystery House\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741052\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 910px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741052\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36595_Winchester_House_910px-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36595_Winchester_House_910px-qut.jpg 910w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36595_Winchester_House_910px-qut-160x127.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36595_Winchester_House_910px-qut-800x635.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The exterior of San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House \u003ccite>(Gentgeen via Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of all the egg hunt events around the Bay Area this weekend, this might be the most unusual: A \u003ca href=\"https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/annual_events/\">5,000-egg trawl around the Victorian Garden of the notorious Winchester Mystery House\u003c/a> in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Billing itself as “the world’s most bizarre Easter egg hunt”, families can race to discover the 13 “golden surprise eggs” that lie in wait — or maybe just hit the bounce house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturday, April 20th (10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/annual_events/\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Details\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Oakland Earth Day Volunteer Day\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741050\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36594_active-cleaning-daylight-1201588-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36594_active-cleaning-daylight-1201588-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36594_active-cleaning-daylight-1201588-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36594_active-cleaning-daylight-1201588-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36594_active-cleaning-daylight-1201588-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36594_active-cleaning-daylight-1201588-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Get ready to collect some trash for Earth Day \u003ccite>(Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In anticipation of Earth Day on Monday, April 22, there are many associated volunteer cleanups and celebrations going on around the Bay Area this weekend. 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"content": "\u003cp>It was still dark in the eastern Coachella Valley when Enriqueta Magaña assembled her crew of about a dozen workers along a row of grapevines and demonstrated the work they’d be doing that day. She used both hands to snap small branches off the vines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11737874,news_11737834,news_11737988' label='The Coachella You Might Not Have Heard About']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to work hard,” Magaña, a field forewoman, told her crew that morning in early April. They all wore an unofficial uniform — pants, long-sleeved shirts, brimmed hats and bandannas — to protect their skin from the sun, which would soon bake the California desert. “It’s for the good of all of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For three weekends this month, Magaña is giving similar advice to a crew cleaning up trash after the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following eight-hour days in the fields, Magaña and many of her farmworkers change into another uniform — latex gloves and colored T-shirts — and head to the Empire Polo Club in Indio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the last concertgoers stumble out of the festival after midnight, the grounds look like “a garbage dump,” Magaña said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and her crew work overnight, filling trash bags with soggy plastic cups, grease-stained plates and other objects left behind by attendees. By the time they finish their shift at 3:30 a.m., the grounds are spotless again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coachella 2017 was the highest-grossing festival in the world, according to the most recent statistics available from Pollstar, a publication focused on the concert industry. Working behind the scenes are area residents who, according to Magaña, earn minimum wage to make sure the grounds are pristine for each day’s festivities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741277\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11741277\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Field-Supervisor-Enriqueta-Magana-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Field supervisor Enriqueta Magaña has worked in the Coachella Valley's grape vineyards for two decades and at the Coachella festival for 10 years.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Field-Supervisor-Enriqueta-Magana-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Field-Supervisor-Enriqueta-Magana-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Field-Supervisor-Enriqueta-Magana-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Field-Supervisor-Enriqueta-Magana-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Field-Supervisor-Enriqueta-Magana.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Field supervisor Enriqueta Magaña has worked in the Coachella Valley’s grape vineyards for two decades and at the Coachella festival for 10 years. \u003ccite>(Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The festivals coincide with the grape-growing season, so Magaña and her team typically labor all day in the fields, often amid sweltering temperatures, and then all night at the festivals, catching an hour or two of sleep and a cup of coffee in between shifts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the Coachella Valley, grape growers planted about 1,000 fewer acres in 2017 than they had in 2013, according to the Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reduction in grapevines, Magaña said, has resulted in fewer hours of low-wage work in the fields. So residents continue picking up extra shifts at the festival, laboring in the shadows of an event that has made their hometown a household name.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/music/coachella/2019/04/18/coachella-festival-farmworkers-pick-up-extra-shifts-collecting-trash/3474941002/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story via The Desert Sun\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>In a region dealing with an immense housing crisis, it’s not surprising that some people have turned to the water to find an affordable place to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anchor-outs,” people who live mostly rent-free on boats anchored offshore, can be found in several parts of San Francisco Bay. The most well-known are in Richardson Bay, a shallow estuary that borders the Marin County towns of Sausalito, Tiburon, Mill Valley and Belvedere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a hot topic,” said Polly Chandler, who can see the boats from her home in Tiburon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anchor-outs have been a point of tension for decades. Dropping anchor and living on a boat in the bay is technically against state law, but enforcement — which is left to local governments and agencies — has always been spotty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chandler asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Curious\u003c/a>, “How did we end up with so many boats getting anchored out there?”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>All Aboard the Arks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740018\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11740018\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/The_San_Francisco_Call_Sun__Sep_17__1899_-2-1-800x1084.jpg\" alt=\"A full-page spread in the Sept. 17, 1899, edition of the San Francisco Call highlights a celebration on the waters of Belvedere, one of the homes of the late-19th century ark scene.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1084\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/The_San_Francisco_Call_Sun__Sep_17__1899_-2-1-800x1084.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/The_San_Francisco_Call_Sun__Sep_17__1899_-2-1-160x217.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/The_San_Francisco_Call_Sun__Sep_17__1899_-2-1-1020x1382.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/The_San_Francisco_Call_Sun__Sep_17__1899_-2-1-885x1200.jpg 885w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/The_San_Francisco_Call_Sun__Sep_17__1899_-2-1-1920x2602.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/The_San_Francisco_Call_Sun__Sep_17__1899_-2-1.jpg 1511w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A full-page spread in the Sept. 17, 1899, edition of the San Francisco Call highlights a celebration on the waters of Belvedere, one of the homes of the late-19th century ark scene. \u003ccite>(Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Starting in the 1880s, rich San Franciscans built houseboats on the waters around Belvedere and Tiburon to use as weekend retreats and summer homes. They referred to their boats as “arks,” which featured arched roofs, decks at either end and French doors at the bow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A thriving social scene grew up around these Victorian arks. There was swimming, boating and parties — and boardwalks were built to connect the boats to land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The earthquake and fires of 1906 turned some of these pleasure arks into full-time homes after their owners’ homes in San Francisco were destroyed. Over the next 30 years, most of the arks moved in from the open waters. They were either moored to shore or transported onto land to become traditional homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>World War II Sparks a New Era of Waterfront Living\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During World War II, the Sausalito waterfront was transformed into a shipyard known as Marinship. At its peak, Marinship employed 20,000 workers pumping out vessels for the war effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And when the war was over, the Bechtel Corporation, which had been running the shipyard, just abandoned it,” said Larry Clinton, former president of the Sausalito Historical Society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former shipyard worker, Don Arques, acquired much of the land and excess Marinship materials, and began offering them to returning soldiers and free-spirited artists who were looking for cheap housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740575\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 628px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11740575\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/1976.268.Marinship.jpg\" alt=\"The Marinship shipyard along the Sausalito waterfront in 1943. After the war, a local shipyard worker acquired much of the land and excess materials and gave them to returning soldiers and free spirits to live on.\" width=\"628\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/1976.268.Marinship.jpg 628w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/1976.268.Marinship-160x122.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Marinship shipyard along the Sausalito waterfront in 1943. After the war, a local shipyard worker acquired much of the land and excess materials, and gave them to returning soldiers and free spirits to live on. \u003ccite>(Sausalito Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“(Arques) allowed them to grab a leftover lifeboat, build a little superstructure on it, pull it onshore and live aboard it for free,” Clinton said. “So that became the genesis of this community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the next several decades, the community would flourish, growing into an anarchistic and passionate collective that helped shape Sausalito’s image as an artist’s paradise. Beatniks and bohemians like Allen Ginsberg and Shel Silverstein found refuge on the water, which was filled with eclectic vessels ranging from the barely buoyant to floating works of art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were many, many very weird boats, sloppy homemade things, piles of junk,” said Jeff Costello, who moved to the water from the East Coast as a musician in the 1970s. “There was a little thing called the Donald Duck boat, which was a 22-foot metal lifeboat with a cabin on it and two front windows, and made to look like Donald Duck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the boats at this time were tied up along shore — and like Haight-Ashbury across the bridge in San Francisco, drugs, sex and rock ‘n’ roll fueled a raucous party scene on the water. But also like the hippies in the Haight, the party wasn’t allowed to go on uninterrupted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739994\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11739994 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36522_DSC_2290-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Many of the houseboats in Sausalito in the 1960s and 1970s were works of art, like this one, known as 'The Owl,' that is still docked there. Others were barely buoyant scrap heaps. \" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36522_DSC_2290-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36522_DSC_2290-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36522_DSC_2290-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36522_DSC_2290-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36522_DSC_2290-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many of the houseboats in Sausalito in the 1960s and 1970s were works of art, like this one, known as ‘The Owl,’ which is still docked there. Others were barely buoyant scrap heaps. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Houseboat Wars\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As early as the 1950s, officials tried to curtail and clean up the water dwellers, focusing on the houseboats’ lack of sewage hookups and an old Sausalito plan to build a canal system to try and get rid of the boats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Decades of legal battles, heated committee hearings and physical skirmishes between police and boaters followed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Things got really serious on June 7, 1971, when Marin County sheriff’s deputies pulled their guns on one resident who refused to give up his boat, which they had a court order to remove. For the next decade, officials and boat owners continued to spar in what has come to be known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.theava.com/archives/23500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houseboat Wars\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the late ’70s, a detente of sorts was reached, after the building of five permanent marinas where “floating homes” could permanently dock and get linked to utilities and sewage. Yet some saw this as gentrification of the waterfront, and some of the boats made the move to open water to become anchor-outs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Anchor-Outs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBlUnKzdEME\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Houseboat Wars raged along shore, Greg Baker and the other early anchor-outs mostly avoided the drama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The government didn’t know we existed,” he said. “Nobody had the slightest idea we were living on our boats out here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Baker first dropped anchor in Richardson Bay in 1963, he said there were around 20 boats anchored out. “I think I lived on an old metal lifeboat with a canvas over it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after the building of the marinas in the late ’70s, which drove more people out to the open waters, Baker said there were still fewer than 100 anchor-outs. That changed about a decade ago, when numbers started to grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around this time, other anchorages in the Bay Area closed or clamped down on live-aboards, leaving Richardson Bay as one of the few places where people could live freely on the water. It was also the height of the Great Recession — as it became harder to afford a place to live in the Bay Area, a rent-free life on the water became an even more attractive option.[aside postID='news_11535091' label='A Cartoonists Look at Life as an Anchor-Out']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2016, there were 235 anchor-outs in Richardson Bay, according to the Richardson’s Bay Regional Agency (RBRA), a cooperative agency serving Belvedere, Tiburon, Mill Valley, Marin County and, until 2017, Sausalito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baker said many of the newcomers didn’t come with a lot of marine knowledge, leading to more calls to police about domestic violence, drug use and drownings. There were also environmental concerns about the boats’ impact on the bay’s \u003ca href=\"http://ca.audubon.org/news/tangled-web-issues-complicates-effort-protect-richardson-bays-eelgrass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eelgrass population\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017, Sausalito passed a law saying the city could impound any vessel left in its waters for more than 72 hours. But city leaders say the top priority of the new law is getting rid of the many boats anchored \u003cem>without\u003c/em> anyone living on them, boats that are either abandoned or being used as storage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not our intention to ever force folks who are living on their boats to leave our waters,” said Sausalito City Councilwoman Joan Cox. “But as people do leave, we intend not to have them replaced by other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Future of Anchor-Outs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11739993\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36504_DSC_2381-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Greg Baker has had several boats since he first became an anchor-out on Richardson Bay in 1963. His current boat is anchored behind him.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36504_DSC_2381-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36504_DSC_2381-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36504_DSC_2381-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36504_DSC_2381-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36504_DSC_2381-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greg Baker has had several boats since he first became an anchor-out on Richardson Bay in 1963. His current boat is anchored behind him. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cox says Sausalito has reduced the number of boats in its waters from more than 70 a few years ago to just 27 at last count. Earlier this week, the City Council agreed to move forward with a pilot program that would pay for eight anchor-outs to dock at one of the city’s marinas for six months and get connected to social services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are anchor-outs who, if simply given the opportunity to bring their boat from the water to a slip, will not have to spend all of their time surviving on the water,” Cox said. “They’ll be able to go out and seek job opportunities, get on their feet again and move their lives forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The RBRA is looking at the feasibility of setting up a permanent mooring field that would allow permitted anchor-outs to stay in the bay while being as ecologically friendly as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baker said he understands why some people are upset about the current state of the anchor-outs. 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They referred to their boats as “arks,” which featured arched roofs, decks at either end and French doors at the bow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A thriving social scene grew up around these Victorian arks. There was swimming, boating and parties — and boardwalks were built to connect the boats to land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The earthquake and fires of 1906 turned some of these pleasure arks into full-time homes after their owners’ homes in San Francisco were destroyed. Over the next 30 years, most of the arks moved in from the open waters. They were either moored to shore or transported onto land to become traditional homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>World War II Sparks a New Era of Waterfront Living\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During World War II, the Sausalito waterfront was transformed into a shipyard known as Marinship. At its peak, Marinship employed 20,000 workers pumping out vessels for the war effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And when the war was over, the Bechtel Corporation, which had been running the shipyard, just abandoned it,” said Larry Clinton, former president of the Sausalito Historical Society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former shipyard worker, Don Arques, acquired much of the land and excess Marinship materials, and began offering them to returning soldiers and free-spirited artists who were looking for cheap housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740575\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 628px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11740575\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/1976.268.Marinship.jpg\" alt=\"The Marinship shipyard along the Sausalito waterfront in 1943. After the war, a local shipyard worker acquired much of the land and excess materials and gave them to returning soldiers and free spirits to live on.\" width=\"628\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/1976.268.Marinship.jpg 628w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/1976.268.Marinship-160x122.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Marinship shipyard along the Sausalito waterfront in 1943. After the war, a local shipyard worker acquired much of the land and excess materials, and gave them to returning soldiers and free spirits to live on. \u003ccite>(Sausalito Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“(Arques) allowed them to grab a leftover lifeboat, build a little superstructure on it, pull it onshore and live aboard it for free,” Clinton said. “So that became the genesis of this community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the next several decades, the community would flourish, growing into an anarchistic and passionate collective that helped shape Sausalito’s image as an artist’s paradise. Beatniks and bohemians like Allen Ginsberg and Shel Silverstein found refuge on the water, which was filled with eclectic vessels ranging from the barely buoyant to floating works of art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were many, many very weird boats, sloppy homemade things, piles of junk,” said Jeff Costello, who moved to the water from the East Coast as a musician in the 1970s. “There was a little thing called the Donald Duck boat, which was a 22-foot metal lifeboat with a cabin on it and two front windows, and made to look like Donald Duck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the boats at this time were tied up along shore — and like Haight-Ashbury across the bridge in San Francisco, drugs, sex and rock ‘n’ roll fueled a raucous party scene on the water. But also like the hippies in the Haight, the party wasn’t allowed to go on uninterrupted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739994\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11739994 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36522_DSC_2290-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Many of the houseboats in Sausalito in the 1960s and 1970s were works of art, like this one, known as 'The Owl,' that is still docked there. Others were barely buoyant scrap heaps. \" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36522_DSC_2290-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36522_DSC_2290-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36522_DSC_2290-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36522_DSC_2290-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36522_DSC_2290-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many of the houseboats in Sausalito in the 1960s and 1970s were works of art, like this one, known as ‘The Owl,’ which is still docked there. Others were barely buoyant scrap heaps. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Houseboat Wars\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As early as the 1950s, officials tried to curtail and clean up the water dwellers, focusing on the houseboats’ lack of sewage hookups and an old Sausalito plan to build a canal system to try and get rid of the boats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Decades of legal battles, heated committee hearings and physical skirmishes between police and boaters followed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Things got really serious on June 7, 1971, when Marin County sheriff’s deputies pulled their guns on one resident who refused to give up his boat, which they had a court order to remove. For the next decade, officials and boat owners continued to spar in what has come to be known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.theava.com/archives/23500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houseboat Wars\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the late ’70s, a detente of sorts was reached, after the building of five permanent marinas where “floating homes” could permanently dock and get linked to utilities and sewage. Yet some saw this as gentrification of the waterfront, and some of the boats made the move to open water to become anchor-outs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Anchor-Outs\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/DBlUnKzdEME'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/DBlUnKzdEME'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>While the Houseboat Wars raged along shore, Greg Baker and the other early anchor-outs mostly avoided the drama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The government didn’t know we existed,” he said. “Nobody had the slightest idea we were living on our boats out here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Baker first dropped anchor in Richardson Bay in 1963, he said there were around 20 boats anchored out. “I think I lived on an old metal lifeboat with a canvas over it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after the building of the marinas in the late ’70s, which drove more people out to the open waters, Baker said there were still fewer than 100 anchor-outs. 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"content": "\u003cp>Dirty words make it to the U.S. Supreme Court only occasionally. One of those occasions came Monday, in a case involving a clothing line named “\u003ca href=\"https://fuct.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FUCT.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue is whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office acted unconstitutionally when it refused to grant trademark protection to the brand name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, for the justices, the immediate problem was how to discuss the the F-word without actually saying it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “FUCT” clothing line, created by designer Eric Brunetti, is mainly hoodies, loose pants, shorts and T-shirts, all with the brand name prominently displayed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740529\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 618px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11740529\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-16-at-11.23.05-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-16-at-11.23.05-AM.png 618w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-16-at-11.23.05-AM-160x77.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A few items from the FUCT clothing line. 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The U.S. government Patent and Trademark Office, however, has consistently rejected his trademark application, contending that those letters, “FUCT,” violate the federal statute that bars trademark protection for “immoral,” “shocking,” “offensive” and “scandalous” words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brunetti’s case got a boost two years ago when the Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/19/533514196/the-slants-win-supreme-court-battle-over-bands-name-in-trademark-dispute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruled that an Asian-American band calling itself “The Slants” could not be denied \u003c/a>trademark protection. The trademark office had turned the band down, because it deemed the name racially “disparaging,” but the court said the denial amounted to unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dealing with the brand name “FUCT” proved a bit more daunting in the Supreme Court chamber Monday. Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart referred to the brand name as a “profane past participle form of a well-known word of profanity and perhaps the paradigmatic word of profanity in our language.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1938007,news_11729888 label='Intellectual Property Disputes']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government, he maintained, can deny trademark protection for that word. The justices pointed to a chart showing which terms had been granted trademarks by the government, and which ones had not. Most of the names on the chart — those granted and not granted — are not suitable for a general audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suffice to say that while “FUCT” did not win trademark approval, “FCUK” did, and so did the well-known brand “FUBAR.” The word “crap” was registered in a trademarked name 70 times, but the S-word was consistently denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That prompted Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to ask how the trademark office defines what is scandalous, shocking or offensive. And, Ginsburg inquired, do 20-year-olds generally find “FUCT” to be shocking or scandalous?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Probably not, conceded the government’s Stewart. But he said the term would still be shocking or offensive to a substantial segment of the population. Thus, it can be denied trademark registration, he argued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart']‘FUCT is a profane past participle form of a well-known word of profanity and perhaps the paradigmatic word of profanity in our language.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justice Neil Gorsuch pointed to the chart, declaring that it was hard to see why certain trademarks either using or alluding to profanity were approved and others denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justice Samuel Alito asked what would happen when “really dirty words” were at issue. How about “racial slurs”? asked Justice Stephen Breyer, adding those are more like “swear words,” as they are insults that sting and are remembered by those who are targeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stewart replied that because of the court’s decision in the “Slants” case, most trademarks with racial slurs are now approved. 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Justice Breyer had this question: Why doesn’t the government have the right to say, in essence, “You can use this language in your brand name, but the government doesn’t want to be associated with it by granting trademark protection?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I’m worried about,” said Breyer, is that if a racial slur is trademarked, it will appear as a product name “on every bus where it’s advertised” and on newsstands where children and others will see it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s not the audience Mr. Brunetti is appealing to,” Sommer replied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chief Justice John Roberts interjected, “But that may not be the only audience he reaches.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of his argument, Sommer returned to the language of the statute, arguing that if “offensiveness” is the standard for turning down a trademark, “Steak ‘n Shake” can’t be registered either, because “a substantial portion of Americans believe that eating beef is immoral.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A decision in the case is expected by summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR.\u003c/div>\n\n",
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On a warm Friday night, hundreds filled a local bar to see the band headline a live cumbia dance party called ‘Baile Trankis.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re desert people. We like the night time. When it’s fresh, we all come out and play,” partygoer Max Lopez tells me while waiting for the band to start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The festival’s name may be ubiquitous, but many Californians don’t realize that the Coachella Valley is an actual place people call home, not just a world-famous music event near Palm Springs with long lines and expensive ticket prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The band behind the party is steeped in local vibes. Born and raised in the Eastern Coachella Valley, guitarist Cesar Flores and synth player Danny Torres started off as a duo in 2016 performing at community centers and house shows. They named themselves Ocho Ojos, Spanish for eight eyes, to jokingly reference the thick black glasses they both wear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years later, the band expanded to a four-piece and is busy keeping up with the numerous requests to play shows throughout the Coachella Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738477\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11738477 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36440_2018_1110_21440500-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36440_2018_1110_21440500-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36440_2018_1110_21440500-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36440_2018_1110_21440500-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36440_2018_1110_21440500-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36440_2018_1110_21440500-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar Flores serenades the crowd with lyrics that reflect hometown pride. \u003ccite>(Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like many traditional Mexican bands, Ocho Ojos wear matching outfits, and their signature style includes white patent leather shoes, like the kind \u003cem>chambelanes\u003c/em> wear for a \u003cem>quinceanera\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you look good, you feel good. And if you feel good, you play good,” explains Torres, about their \u003cem>rasquatche\u003c/em> style.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Chicano aesthetic of \u003cem>rasquatche\u003c/em> is all about making do and repurposing what you have, so when Flores found a rack of white dress shoes at a local Goodwill, the look came together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11738476 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36439_2018_1110_220441003-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36439_2018_1110_220441003-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36439_2018_1110_220441003-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36439_2018_1110_220441003-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36439_2018_1110_220441003-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36439_2018_1110_220441003-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">White patent leather shoes are part of Ocho Ojos signature look. \u003ccite>(Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the four members of Ocho Ojos take the stage and welcome the crowd, shouting “Are ya’ll feeling \u003cem>trankis\u003c/em> (chill)? ” the audience responds with a collective roar of yeses and whistles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nancy Osegueda, wearing bell-bottom jeans and platformed boots, executes spins and fancy footwork to the music. Osegueda says she’s a “devout follower” because Ocho Ojos shows are a “nice break” from the usual nightlife that caters to Palm Spring tourists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738478\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11738478 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36438_DSCF7425-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36438_DSCF7425-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36438_DSCF7425-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36438_DSCF7425-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36438_DSCF7425-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36438_DSCF7425-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danny Torres keeps the crowd hyped with Spanglish saludos [shout-outs] \u003ccite>(Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gritty bass lines and hard hitting drums from their track “\u003ca href=\"https://ocho-ojos.bandcamp.com/track/tlaloc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tlaloc\u003c/a>” compel the crowd — myself included — to sway our bodies in sync. It’s as if we are listening to a futuristic rainstorm pour down from Tlaloc, the \u003cem>Mexica\u003c/em> (Aztec) deity of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ocho Ojos’s trippy hybrid sound created with a wah pedal, synthesizer, and a Rollan SP 404 sets them apart from their peers in Coachella’s alternative music scene, where indie rock, desert rock and punk thrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">“I’m a psychedelic \u003cem>vato\u003c/em> you know with a cumbia background. I was like [I’ll] give this [music] a try. And I loved it!” -Max Lopez\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Concertgoer Max Lopez is a hardcore rocker type wearing all black and a t-shirt that features a local death metal band. While he’s more into metal, he says he can rock out to Ocho Ojos because of their psychedelic sound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a psychedelic \u003cem>vato,\u003c/em> you know, with a cumbia background. I was like, I’ll give this music a try. And I loved it,” says Lopez. “I really felt that I flowed with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ocho Ojos gets their psychedelic sound from Chicha, a style of cumbia that originated in the Peruvian Amazon in the late 1960s and 1970s. Chichi evolved into a soundtrack of empowerment for indigenous migrants who moved to Peru’s urban cities during the oil boom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">“[Ocho Ojos] brings a little bit of a flashback. Our parents used to play cumbia so now it’s our turn to listen to cumbia, but in our style.” – Chris Villalta.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>While upper and middle class Peruvians have historically dismissed the\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/07/07/420267088/peruvians-love-their-chicha-street-art-the-government-not-so-much\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> working class Chicha scene\u003c/a>, today this music, rooted in migration, is inspiring \u003ca href=\"https://www.laweekly.com/music/an-obscure-compilation-called-the-roots-of-chichas-far-reaching-influence-in-los-angeles-8900124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new wave\u003c/a> of young Latinx bands across Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Ocho Ojos] brings a little bit of a flashback. Our parents used to play cumbia, now it’s our turn to listen to cumbia, but in our style,” says Christopher Villalta, a local photographer and fan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Peru’s Chicha musicians who write about working-class struggle and triumph mixed with hometown pride, so too do Coachella’s Ocho Ojos. Their song “Avenida 52” references the main drag that goes from La Quinta all the way to the city of Coachella, a street their admirers know so well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738479\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11738479 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36441_2018_1110_220151002-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36441_2018_1110_220151002-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36441_2018_1110_220151002-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36441_2018_1110_220151002-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36441_2018_1110_220151002-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36441_2018_1110_220151002-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocho Ojos take inspiration from Chica, a style of Cumbia from Peru. \u003ccite>(Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fans like Antonio Duran say they can hear their own family’s story in Ocho Ojos’ psychedelic cumbia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our parents have worked hard for us to be where we are: to be musicians, to be artists, to be whatever the heck we want to be,” exclaims Duran. “And that is the most important part of being from Coachella: that your parents paved the way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Making something out of nothing is a lesson the band and their fans didn’t just learn from Coachella Valley’s D.I.Y. music scene, but from their parents’ hustle, born out of necessity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our ancestors did survive. And they keep surviving,” says drummer Rafael Rodriguez. “Like they say in Spanish, \u003cem>No hay de\u003c/em> \u003cem>otra. \u003c/em>There’s no other way. We just have to keep on going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">“Our parents have worked hard for us to be where we are: to be musicians, to be artists, to be whatever the heck we want to be. And that is the most important part of being from Coachella, is that your parents paved the way.” – Antonio Duran\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>It’s an ethos that not only speaks to millennials but to older generations in the community as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A few times on our social media, people have tagged us and they’ll comment ‘Look my mom is dancing to your cumbia while she’s cleaning!‘ That feels good. ” says Torres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But tonight, no one in this twenty and thirty something crowd is Instagramming the moment. No one has their phones out. All attention is to the stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738508\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1334px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11738508 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/IMG_1532.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/IMG_1532.png 1334w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/IMG_1532-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/IMG_1532-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/IMG_1532-1020x573.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/IMG_1532-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocho Ojos’s hybrid sound sets them apart from their peers in Coachella’s alternative music scene – where indie rock, desert rock and punk thrive. \u003ccite>(Melinda Vida)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I ask a number of people in this crowd how they feel about the Coachella Music Festival sharing the same name as their city, many tell me it’s pretty “sweet” to hear world-famous musicians practically play in their backyard… but more should be done to benefit the residents who live nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city of Coachella is the namesake, but we do not get as much recognition as the city of Indio. They get all the hotels and the commerce,” says crowd member Duran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others also expressed a desire for Goldenvoice, which operates Coachella, to invest in infrastructure beyond Indio’s polo grounds (where the festival takes place) and to spotlight more Latinx musicians from the Eastern Coachella Valley, not just the affluent Palm Springs area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Every time I go out of town, people ask me where I’m from.. They’re like ‘Oh what? I didn’t know the Coachella Valley is a real place.’ They think it’s just a festival. ” – Christopher Villalta\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>With Ocho Ojos representing their hometown on the big festival stage this year, festival-goers will get a chance to hear from the ‘real’ Coachella music scene, not just imported talent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re listening to us, that’s the beautiful part about it!” says Lopez about the band.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ocho Ojos - Cumbia De Este Valle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/euWaKrakGbw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ocho Ojos close their set with a crowd favorite “Cumbia De Este Valle.” It’s an ode to the desert back roads, agricultural fields, and the Salton Sea, the fertile grounds that have shaped this psychedelic cumbia band into who they are today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But locals have known and loved the guys behind \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/artist/0VWkKhev4sWYKb2ZO7CgpR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ocho Ojos\u003c/a> for years. On a warm Friday night, hundreds filled a local bar to see the band headline a live cumbia dance party called ‘Baile Trankis.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re desert people. We like the night time. When it’s fresh, we all come out and play,” partygoer Max Lopez tells me while waiting for the band to start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The festival’s name may be ubiquitous, but many Californians don’t realize that the Coachella Valley is an actual place people call home, not just a world-famous music event near Palm Springs with long lines and expensive ticket prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The band behind the party is steeped in local vibes. Born and raised in the Eastern Coachella Valley, guitarist Cesar Flores and synth player Danny Torres started off as a duo in 2016 performing at community centers and house shows. They named themselves Ocho Ojos, Spanish for eight eyes, to jokingly reference the thick black glasses they both wear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years later, the band expanded to a four-piece and is busy keeping up with the numerous requests to play shows throughout the Coachella Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738477\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11738477 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36440_2018_1110_21440500-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36440_2018_1110_21440500-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36440_2018_1110_21440500-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36440_2018_1110_21440500-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36440_2018_1110_21440500-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36440_2018_1110_21440500-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar Flores serenades the crowd with lyrics that reflect hometown pride. \u003ccite>(Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like many traditional Mexican bands, Ocho Ojos wear matching outfits, and their signature style includes white patent leather shoes, like the kind \u003cem>chambelanes\u003c/em> wear for a \u003cem>quinceanera\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you look good, you feel good. And if you feel good, you play good,” explains Torres, about their \u003cem>rasquatche\u003c/em> style.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Chicano aesthetic of \u003cem>rasquatche\u003c/em> is all about making do and repurposing what you have, so when Flores found a rack of white dress shoes at a local Goodwill, the look came together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11738476 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36439_2018_1110_220441003-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36439_2018_1110_220441003-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36439_2018_1110_220441003-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36439_2018_1110_220441003-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36439_2018_1110_220441003-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36439_2018_1110_220441003-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">White patent leather shoes are part of Ocho Ojos signature look. \u003ccite>(Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the four members of Ocho Ojos take the stage and welcome the crowd, shouting “Are ya’ll feeling \u003cem>trankis\u003c/em> (chill)? ” the audience responds with a collective roar of yeses and whistles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nancy Osegueda, wearing bell-bottom jeans and platformed boots, executes spins and fancy footwork to the music. Osegueda says she’s a “devout follower” because Ocho Ojos shows are a “nice break” from the usual nightlife that caters to Palm Spring tourists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738478\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11738478 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36438_DSCF7425-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36438_DSCF7425-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36438_DSCF7425-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36438_DSCF7425-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36438_DSCF7425-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36438_DSCF7425-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danny Torres keeps the crowd hyped with Spanglish saludos [shout-outs] \u003ccite>(Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gritty bass lines and hard hitting drums from their track “\u003ca href=\"https://ocho-ojos.bandcamp.com/track/tlaloc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tlaloc\u003c/a>” compel the crowd — myself included — to sway our bodies in sync. It’s as if we are listening to a futuristic rainstorm pour down from Tlaloc, the \u003cem>Mexica\u003c/em> (Aztec) deity of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ocho Ojos’s trippy hybrid sound created with a wah pedal, synthesizer, and a Rollan SP 404 sets them apart from their peers in Coachella’s alternative music scene, where indie rock, desert rock and punk thrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">“I’m a psychedelic \u003cem>vato\u003c/em> you know with a cumbia background. I was like [I’ll] give this [music] a try. And I loved it!” -Max Lopez\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Concertgoer Max Lopez is a hardcore rocker type wearing all black and a t-shirt that features a local death metal band. While he’s more into metal, he says he can rock out to Ocho Ojos because of their psychedelic sound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a psychedelic \u003cem>vato,\u003c/em> you know, with a cumbia background. I was like, I’ll give this music a try. And I loved it,” says Lopez. “I really felt that I flowed with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ocho Ojos gets their psychedelic sound from Chicha, a style of cumbia that originated in the Peruvian Amazon in the late 1960s and 1970s. Chichi evolved into a soundtrack of empowerment for indigenous migrants who moved to Peru’s urban cities during the oil boom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">“[Ocho Ojos] brings a little bit of a flashback. Our parents used to play cumbia so now it’s our turn to listen to cumbia, but in our style.” – Chris Villalta.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>While upper and middle class Peruvians have historically dismissed the\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/07/07/420267088/peruvians-love-their-chicha-street-art-the-government-not-so-much\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> working class Chicha scene\u003c/a>, today this music, rooted in migration, is inspiring \u003ca href=\"https://www.laweekly.com/music/an-obscure-compilation-called-the-roots-of-chichas-far-reaching-influence-in-los-angeles-8900124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new wave\u003c/a> of young Latinx bands across Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Ocho Ojos] brings a little bit of a flashback. Our parents used to play cumbia, now it’s our turn to listen to cumbia, but in our style,” says Christopher Villalta, a local photographer and fan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Peru’s Chicha musicians who write about working-class struggle and triumph mixed with hometown pride, so too do Coachella’s Ocho Ojos. Their song “Avenida 52” references the main drag that goes from La Quinta all the way to the city of Coachella, a street their admirers know so well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738479\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11738479 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36441_2018_1110_220151002-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36441_2018_1110_220151002-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36441_2018_1110_220151002-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36441_2018_1110_220151002-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36441_2018_1110_220151002-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36441_2018_1110_220151002-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocho Ojos take inspiration from Chica, a style of Cumbia from Peru. \u003ccite>(Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fans like Antonio Duran say they can hear their own family’s story in Ocho Ojos’ psychedelic cumbia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our parents have worked hard for us to be where we are: to be musicians, to be artists, to be whatever the heck we want to be,” exclaims Duran. “And that is the most important part of being from Coachella: that your parents paved the way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Making something out of nothing is a lesson the band and their fans didn’t just learn from Coachella Valley’s D.I.Y. music scene, but from their parents’ hustle, born out of necessity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our ancestors did survive. And they keep surviving,” says drummer Rafael Rodriguez. “Like they say in Spanish, \u003cem>No hay de\u003c/em> \u003cem>otra. \u003c/em>There’s no other way. We just have to keep on going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">“Our parents have worked hard for us to be where we are: to be musicians, to be artists, to be whatever the heck we want to be. And that is the most important part of being from Coachella, is that your parents paved the way.” – Antonio Duran\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>It’s an ethos that not only speaks to millennials but to older generations in the community as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A few times on our social media, people have tagged us and they’ll comment ‘Look my mom is dancing to your cumbia while she’s cleaning!‘ That feels good. ” says Torres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But tonight, no one in this twenty and thirty something crowd is Instagramming the moment. No one has their phones out. All attention is to the stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11738508\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1334px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11738508 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/IMG_1532.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/IMG_1532.png 1334w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/IMG_1532-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/IMG_1532-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/IMG_1532-1020x573.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/IMG_1532-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocho Ojos’s hybrid sound sets them apart from their peers in Coachella’s alternative music scene – where indie rock, desert rock and punk thrive. \u003ccite>(Melinda Vida)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I ask a number of people in this crowd how they feel about the Coachella Music Festival sharing the same name as their city, many tell me it’s pretty “sweet” to hear world-famous musicians practically play in their backyard… but more should be done to benefit the residents who live nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city of Coachella is the namesake, but we do not get as much recognition as the city of Indio. They get all the hotels and the commerce,” says crowd member Duran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others also expressed a desire for Goldenvoice, which operates Coachella, to invest in infrastructure beyond Indio’s polo grounds (where the festival takes place) and to spotlight more Latinx musicians from the Eastern Coachella Valley, not just the affluent Palm Springs area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Every time I go out of town, people ask me where I’m from.. They’re like ‘Oh what? I didn’t know the Coachella Valley is a real place.’ They think it’s just a festival. ” – Christopher Villalta\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>With Ocho Ojos representing their hometown on the big festival stage this year, festival-goers will get a chance to hear from the ‘real’ Coachella music scene, not just imported talent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re listening to us, that’s the beautiful part about it!” says Lopez about the band.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ocho Ojos - Cumbia De Este Valle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/euWaKrakGbw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ocho Ojos close their set with a crowd favorite “Cumbia De Este Valle.” It’s an ode to the desert back roads, agricultural fields, and the Salton Sea, the fertile grounds that have shaped this psychedelic cumbia band into who they are today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or many Californians, their only reference point for the Coachella Valley is the \u003ca href=\"https://coachella.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">annual music festival\u003c/a> which kicks off this week, where tens of thousands of concert-goers from around the world gather to see big-name headliners and party in the desert. But there’s another side to Coachella — the one the locals see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of acres of date palms. Early morning dew on the grape vines. A thriving indigenous community. The backyard concerts where local artists have created their own music scene. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And also, high asthma rates. The decaying \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11737659/theres-so-much-here-thats-still-alive-young-filmmakers-document-a-dying-salton-sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Salton Sea\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want people to know what it’s really like, and the issues we’re facing. Because it’s something that I face, too,” said 24-year-old Bryan Mendez, a reporter with \u003ca href=\"http://coachellaunincorporated.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coachella Unincorporated\u003c/a>, where young people write and document the stories of this valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739127\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11739127\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bryan Mendez is a filmmaker and farmworker from the Eastern Coachella Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mendez grew up picking grapes with his parents. He still does farm work and construction to pay the bills. But he’s also a talented photographer and filmmaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Report Magazine’s host Sasha Khokha teamed up with Mendez to take a tour of his Coachella Valley, from the orchard where his mom takes a lift 60 feet up in the air to harvest dates, to the local joint where you can eat homemade ice cream made from Mexican pastries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Take a look at a few of Mendez’s photos:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11739138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36457_The-trailer-where-I-grew-up-half-of-my-life-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36457_The-trailer-where-I-grew-up-half-of-my-life-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36457_The-trailer-where-I-grew-up-half-of-my-life-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36457_The-trailer-where-I-grew-up-half-of-my-life-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36457_The-trailer-where-I-grew-up-half-of-my-life-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36457_The-trailer-where-I-grew-up-half-of-my-life-qut.jpg 1776w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The trailer where Mendez grew up in the Eastern Coachella Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737885\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11737885\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36328_Cruzito-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36328_Cruzito-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36328_Cruzito-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36328_Cruzito-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36328_Cruzito-qut-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36328_Cruzito-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cruzito, a farmworker who works with Mendez in the vines. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737895\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737895 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36339_Jose%CC%81-el-palmero-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36339_José-el-palmero-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36339_José-el-palmero-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36339_José-el-palmero-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36339_José-el-palmero-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36339_José-el-palmero-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before working the palms, Jose was a carpenter in Michoacán. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737897\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11737897\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36341_Palmero-sin-miedo-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36341_Palmero-sin-miedo-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36341_Palmero-sin-miedo-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36341_Palmero-sin-miedo-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36341_Palmero-sin-miedo-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36341_Palmero-sin-miedo-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family owned and operated farm in the Coachella Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737899\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737899 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36342_Palmeros-en-Oasis-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36342_Palmeros-en-Oasis-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36342_Palmeros-en-Oasis-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36342_Palmeros-en-Oasis-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36342_Palmeros-en-Oasis-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36342_Palmeros-en-Oasis-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palm leaves are lifted with cranes to work the dates. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737878 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36322_Campesina-en-la-lluvia-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36322_Campesina-en-la-lluvia-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36322_Campesina-en-la-lluvia-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36322_Campesina-en-la-lluvia-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36322_Campesina-en-la-lluvia-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36322_Campesina-en-la-lluvia-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmers harvesting spinach during the rainy season in Oasis, CA. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737881\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11737881\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36324_Campesinos-en-la-lluvia-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36324_Campesinos-en-la-lluvia-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36324_Campesinos-en-la-lluvia-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36324_Campesinos-en-la-lluvia-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36324_Campesinos-en-la-lluvia-2-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36324_Campesinos-en-la-lluvia-2-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yellow ponchos are known to be uncomfortable for female workers. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11737891\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36335_Generaciones-del-valle-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36335_Generaciones-del-valle-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36335_Generaciones-del-valle-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36335_Generaciones-del-valle-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36335_Generaciones-del-valle-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36335_Generaciones-del-valle-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yisel Ibarra plays soccer at Desert Mirage High School, which became the first school in the Coachella Valley to win a state title this year. Before this year the team had hardly won any games. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737892\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11737892\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36336_Generaciones_-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36336_Generaciones_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36336_Generaciones_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36336_Generaciones_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36336_Generaciones_-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36336_Generaciones_-qut.jpg 1776w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young speaker at The Women’s March in Coachella Valley, 2018. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11737890\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36334_Flor-en-el-diserto_-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36334_Flor-en-el-diserto_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36334_Flor-en-el-diserto_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36334_Flor-en-el-diserto_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36334_Flor-en-el-diserto_-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36334_Flor-en-el-diserto_-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desert flowers in the Coachella Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739129\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36455_Palmas-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Palm trees in the Eastern Coachella Valley.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11739129\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36455_Palmas-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36455_Palmas-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36455_Palmas-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36455_Palmas-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36455_Palmas-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palm trees in the Eastern Coachella Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737896\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737896 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36340_Palmas-Olvidadas_-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36340_Palmas-Olvidadas_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36340_Palmas-Olvidadas_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36340_Palmas-Olvidadas_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36340_Palmas-Olvidadas_-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36340_Palmas-Olvidadas_-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Date palms have become a growing industry for local families. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737901 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36346_The-Salton-Sea-qut-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36346_The-Salton-Sea-qut-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36346_The-Salton-Sea-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36346_The-Salton-Sea-qut-1020x575.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36346_The-Salton-Sea-qut-1200x677.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36346_The-Salton-Sea-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Salton Sea is one of the world’s largest inland seas, but the water is toxic, and might be causing respiratory illnesses throughout the Eastern Coachella Valley community. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737889\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737889 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36333_El-Valle-de-Coachella_-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36333_El-Valle-de-Coachella_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36333_El-Valle-de-Coachella_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36333_El-Valle-de-Coachella_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36333_El-Valle-de-Coachella_-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36333_El-Valle-de-Coachella_-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Coachella Valley at sunset. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">F\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>or many Californians, their only reference point for the Coachella Valley is the \u003ca href=\"https://coachella.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">annual music festival\u003c/a> which kicks off this week, where tens of thousands of concert-goers from around the world gather to see big-name headliners and party in the desert. But there’s another side to Coachella — the one the locals see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of acres of date palms. Early morning dew on the grape vines. A thriving indigenous community. The backyard concerts where local artists have created their own music scene. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And also, high asthma rates. The decaying \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11737659/theres-so-much-here-thats-still-alive-young-filmmakers-document-a-dying-salton-sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Salton Sea\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want people to know what it’s really like, and the issues we’re facing. Because it’s something that I face, too,” said 24-year-old Bryan Mendez, a reporter with \u003ca href=\"http://coachellaunincorporated.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coachella Unincorporated\u003c/a>, where young people write and document the stories of this valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739127\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11739127\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/DSCF8204.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bryan Mendez is a filmmaker and farmworker from the Eastern Coachella Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mendez grew up picking grapes with his parents. He still does farm work and construction to pay the bills. But he’s also a talented photographer and filmmaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Report Magazine’s host Sasha Khokha teamed up with Mendez to take a tour of his Coachella Valley, from the orchard where his mom takes a lift 60 feet up in the air to harvest dates, to the local joint where you can eat homemade ice cream made from Mexican pastries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Take a look at a few of Mendez’s photos:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11739138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36457_The-trailer-where-I-grew-up-half-of-my-life-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36457_The-trailer-where-I-grew-up-half-of-my-life-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36457_The-trailer-where-I-grew-up-half-of-my-life-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36457_The-trailer-where-I-grew-up-half-of-my-life-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36457_The-trailer-where-I-grew-up-half-of-my-life-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36457_The-trailer-where-I-grew-up-half-of-my-life-qut.jpg 1776w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The trailer where Mendez grew up in the Eastern Coachella Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737885\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11737885\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36328_Cruzito-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36328_Cruzito-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36328_Cruzito-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36328_Cruzito-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36328_Cruzito-qut-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36328_Cruzito-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cruzito, a farmworker who works with Mendez in the vines. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737895\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737895 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36339_Jose%CC%81-el-palmero-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36339_José-el-palmero-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36339_José-el-palmero-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36339_José-el-palmero-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36339_José-el-palmero-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36339_José-el-palmero-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before working the palms, Jose was a carpenter in Michoacán. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737897\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11737897\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36341_Palmero-sin-miedo-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36341_Palmero-sin-miedo-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36341_Palmero-sin-miedo-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36341_Palmero-sin-miedo-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36341_Palmero-sin-miedo-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36341_Palmero-sin-miedo-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family owned and operated farm in the Coachella Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palm leaves are lifted with cranes to work the dates. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737878 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36322_Campesina-en-la-lluvia-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36322_Campesina-en-la-lluvia-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36322_Campesina-en-la-lluvia-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36322_Campesina-en-la-lluvia-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36322_Campesina-en-la-lluvia-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36322_Campesina-en-la-lluvia-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmers harvesting spinach during the rainy season in Oasis, CA. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737881\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11737881\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36324_Campesinos-en-la-lluvia-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36324_Campesinos-en-la-lluvia-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36324_Campesinos-en-la-lluvia-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36324_Campesinos-en-la-lluvia-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36324_Campesinos-en-la-lluvia-2-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36324_Campesinos-en-la-lluvia-2-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yellow ponchos are known to be uncomfortable for female workers. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11737891\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36335_Generaciones-del-valle-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36335_Generaciones-del-valle-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36335_Generaciones-del-valle-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36335_Generaciones-del-valle-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36335_Generaciones-del-valle-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36335_Generaciones-del-valle-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yisel Ibarra plays soccer at Desert Mirage High School, which became the first school in the Coachella Valley to win a state title this year. Before this year the team had hardly won any games. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737892\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11737892\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36336_Generaciones_-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36336_Generaciones_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36336_Generaciones_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36336_Generaciones_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36336_Generaciones_-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36336_Generaciones_-qut.jpg 1776w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young speaker at The Women’s March in Coachella Valley, 2018. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11737890\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36334_Flor-en-el-diserto_-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36334_Flor-en-el-diserto_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36334_Flor-en-el-diserto_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36334_Flor-en-el-diserto_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36334_Flor-en-el-diserto_-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36334_Flor-en-el-diserto_-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desert flowers in the Coachella Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739129\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36455_Palmas-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Palm trees in the Eastern Coachella Valley.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11739129\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36455_Palmas-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36455_Palmas-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36455_Palmas-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36455_Palmas-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36455_Palmas-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palm trees in the Eastern Coachella Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737896\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737896 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36340_Palmas-Olvidadas_-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36340_Palmas-Olvidadas_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36340_Palmas-Olvidadas_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36340_Palmas-Olvidadas_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36340_Palmas-Olvidadas_-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36340_Palmas-Olvidadas_-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Date palms have become a growing industry for local families. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737901 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36346_The-Salton-Sea-qut-800x451.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36346_The-Salton-Sea-qut-800x451.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36346_The-Salton-Sea-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36346_The-Salton-Sea-qut-1020x575.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36346_The-Salton-Sea-qut-1200x677.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36346_The-Salton-Sea-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Salton Sea is one of the world’s largest inland seas, but the water is toxic, and might be causing respiratory illnesses throughout the Eastern Coachella Valley community. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737889\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737889 size-medium\" 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"content": "\u003cp>Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson quashed a subpoena Thursday for Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf to testify in the Ghost Ship criminal trial, finding the defense failed to show Schaaf had personal knowledge of conditions inside the Fruitvale district warehouse prior to the deadly fire of Dec. 2, 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The designees who've been subpoenaed are the appropriate witnesses,\" Thompson said, referring to officials in Oakland's fire, police and building departments who are expected to testify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"The Ghost Ship Trial\" tag=\"ghost-ship-trial\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghost Ship creative director Max Harris, 29, and master leaseholder Derick Almena, 48, who appeared in court wearing dark suits and with their hair in ponytails, have each been charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for their roles in the underground venue and residence where the fire erupted during an electronic music event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris' attorney, Curtis Briggs, argued that Schaaf's knowledge of institutional deficiencies in Oakland's code enforcement systems made her a crucial witness, but the mayor's counsel countered that her statements and policy decisions weren't relevant to the defendants' guilt or innocence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs, as well as Almena's attorney, Tony Serra, have argued that their clients are being unfairly scapegoated in order to deflect accountability away from city officials and property owner Chor Ng. They blame the property owner and city agencies for overlooking unsafe conditions, and subpoenaing Schaaf was seen as part of a defense strategy to diffuse responsibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris and Almena are the only individuals to face criminal charges stemming from the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Had the city inspected the property, these people wouldn't have died,\" Briggs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson has prohibited the defense from using the terms \"cover-up\" and \"scapegoat\" during opening arguments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I understand it's their intention to assign blame elsewhere,\" Schaaf's attorney, Jonathan Bass, said of the defense, adding that \"perhaps they're looking to berate [Schaaf] on the witness stand.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bass and co-counsel Christopher Yin addressed several public statements made by Schaaf following the fire, saying they showed opinions and compassion but not personal knowledge relevant to the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs argued that Schaaf's comments showed she knew of a 2014 grand jury report criticizing the city for lax fire safety enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's material is a mayor presiding over a city cited by a grand jury for a deficient fire inspection system,\" Briggs said. \"That's an extremely unique fact.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briggs also accused Schaaf of attempting to influence the jury pool and prejudice the public against his client out of concern for the city's civil liability, saying she interfered with Harris' right to a fair trial. Dozens of plaintiffs have adopted a pending civil lawsuit naming individuals and entities, including the City of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the judge in the case, which is expected to begin with opening statements at the end of April, based her decision to quash on Schaaf's lack of a connection to the Ghost Ship itself. Without a \"direct nexus to the event,\" Thompson said, Schaaf is not an appropriate witness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson also issued a $50,000 warrant Thursday for defense witness Sharon Evans for failure to appear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jury selection for the trial continues next week, with a hearing scheduled Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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