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Under its terms, Chinese laborers were barred from entering the U.S., those already in the country had to obtain certificates to re-enter if they left, and they couldn’t obtain U.S. citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the act was supposed to expire in 1902, Kahn authored the “Kahn Exclusion Act,” which he hoped would make it permanent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately repealed in 1943, the Chinese Exclusion Act was the first law implemented preventing a specific ethnic group from immigrating to the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11665594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/julius-kahn-conference-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese American Historical Society President Hoyt Zia speaks at a press conference as supervisors and other officials look on.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/julius-kahn-conference-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/julius-kahn-conference-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/julius-kahn-conference-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/julius-kahn-conference-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/julius-kahn-conference-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/julius-kahn-conference-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/julius-kahn-conference-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/julius-kahn-conference-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/julius-kahn-conference-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/julius-kahn-conference-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese American Historical Society President Hoyt Zia speaks at a press conference as supervisors and other officials look on. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supervisors Norman Yee, Sandra Lee Fewer and Aaron Peskin presided over the public meeting aimed at raising awareness about the proposal to rename the playground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is time to rename this park that reflects the values of San Franciscans,” said Fewer, a fourth-generation Chinese-American. “So we can take away these negative stereotypes that are still being reintroduced into our our country at this time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution comes in the wake of similar efforts to rename or remove other controversial San Francisco landmarks over the past few months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These include the re-christening of Justin Herman Plaza, named for the urban planner responsible for displacing thousands of African-American families from the Fillmore District during the redevelopment of that neighborhood in the 1960s, and the removal of a statue near City Hall subjugating Native Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution is pending at the Public Safety & Neighborhood Services Committee, which may take it up in May. The proposal’s supporters hope to have the change approved later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new name hasn’t been decided upon yet, though suggestions currently being floated include “Immigrant Park” and “West Pacific Park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The press conference happened to coincide with a \u003ca href=\"https://chsa.org/exhibits/chineseamerican/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special exhibition\u003c/a> about the Chinese Exclusion Act at the Chinese Historical Society’s Museum.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Stay caught up with the best of KQED’s reporting each week by subscribing to the \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/qed-up/id1197721799?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Q’ed Up podcast\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And here’s what’s happening in our neck of the woods.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/04/23/how-sean-hannity-began-his-path-to-punditry-on-santa-barbara-community-radio/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean Hannity got his start in the Golden State\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11664220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11664220\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"Fox News host Sean Hannity speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-800x563.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-1020x718.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-1200x845.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-1180x831.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-960x676.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-240x169.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-375x264.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-520x366.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fox News host Sean Hannity speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2016. \u003ccite>(SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I try to avoid cable news as much as possible, but there was a Sean Hannity story this week that I was glad to have heard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It turns out that the Fox News host got his start on-air back in 1989 at KCSB, a community radio station in Santa Barbara. As reporter Valerie Hamilton explains, Hannity \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/04/23/how-sean-hannity-began-his-path-to-punditry-on-santa-barbara-community-radio/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was causing waves\u003c/a> even on that first show.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/04/23/wilder-weather-swings-in-californias-future-could-spell-disaster/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Does someone have Noah’s number? We’re due for a doozy of a flood\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665368\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11665368\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-800x639.jpg\" alt=\"Flood waters inundate Sacramento in 1862. Scientists warn that events like the Great Flood of 1862 could occur every 50 years by the end of this century. \" width=\"800\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-800x639.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-1020x815.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-960x767.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-240x192.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-375x300.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-520x416.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flood waters inundate Sacramento in 1862. Scientists warn that events like the Great Flood of 1862 could occur every 50 years by the end of this century. \u003ccite>(Sacramento History Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fun fact: Back in the winter of 1861 and 1862, it rained for 43 days in California. The governor of California had to attend his inauguration by rowboat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not so fun fact: A \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/04/23/wilder-weather-swings-in-californias-future-could-spell-disaster/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new study out of UCLA this week\u003c/a> says a biblical flood like that could happen as often as every 50 years going forward. And just for good measure, extreme droughts are expected to happen more often too.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11664626/a-political-spat-boils-over-in-richmond-with-angry-mayor-walking-out-of-council-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Things got real at the Richmond City Council meeting\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11665369\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-800x450.png\" alt=\"A screenshot from KCRT of Richmond Mayor Tom Butt walking out of a City Council meeting on Tuesday. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-960x540.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-240x135.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-375x211.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-520x293.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from KCRT of Richmond Mayor Tom Butt walking out of a City Council meeting on Tuesday. \u003ccite>(KCRT Television)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, city council meetings are interminable experiences that you can’t wait to get away from. Other times, something bonkers happens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday was a bonkers kind of night in Richmond. As KQED’s Ted Goldberg witnessed, Mayor Tom Butt exchanged some heated words with Councilwoman Jovanka Beckles and then \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11664626/a-political-spat-boils-over-in-richmond-with-angry-mayor-walking-out-of-council-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just up and left\u003c/a> the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then they took to Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13830080/mama-penny-bears-back-story-is-as-delightful-as-youd-expect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can thank Burning Man for the giant penny bear in San Jose\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11665370\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30549_Ursa-Mater-Burning-Man-1-qut-800x450-800x450.jpg\" alt=\""Ursa Mater" aka "Mama Penny Bear" on the Playa at Burning Man. "It's battle tested," says Robert Ferguson. "You're out in the desert in wind, blowing sand, heat, rain. And people are at it, 70,000 of them. At the end of the day, it comes home intact, you know you have something that's going to be able to be in the public eye." \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30549_Ursa-Mater-Burning-Man-1-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30549_Ursa-Mater-Burning-Man-1-qut-800x450-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30549_Ursa-Mater-Burning-Man-1-qut-800x450-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30549_Ursa-Mater-Burning-Man-1-qut-800x450-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30549_Ursa-Mater-Burning-Man-1-qut-800x450-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Ursa Mater” aka “Mama Penny Bear” on the Playa at Burning Man. “It’s battle tested,” says Robert Ferguson. “You’re out in the desert in wind, blowing sand, heat, rain. And people are at it, 70,000 of them. At the end of the day, it comes home intact, you know you have something that’s going to be able to be in the public eye.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Lisa Ferguson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It was a sad weekend for the Burning Man community with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11665317/beloved-burning-man-festival-co-founder-dead-at-70\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death of the festival’s co-founder\u003c/a>, Larry Harvey on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you need a Burning Man pick-me-up, go visit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13830080/mama-penny-bears-back-story-is-as-delightful-as-youd-expect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">giant “Mama Penny Bear” statue\u003c/a> in downtown San Jose. It’s literally a 12-foot bear made out of hundreds of thousands of pennies that’s part of a unique deal between Burning Man and San Jose to relocate art from the desert festival to the city’s streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11664374/california-muslim-families-lobby-for-bullying-prevention-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">These Muslim students are rallying for their rights\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665371\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11665371\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Yasmine Nayabkhil, 12, speaks before cameras and reporters in support of an anti-bullying bill at the Sacramento capitol on April 23, 2018. The Council on American-Islamic Relations organized the event. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yasmine Nayabkhil, 12, speaks before cameras and reporters in support of an anti-bullying bill at the Sacramento capitol on April 23, 2018. The Council on American-Islamic Relations organized the event. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This week, hundreds of California Muslims went to Sacramento to ask lawmakers to support legislation that would help prevent bullying of Muslim students, which is on the rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of them were students, and I was blown away by these young people who told KQED’s Farida Jhabvala Romero and lawmakers about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11664374/california-muslim-families-lobby-for-bullying-prevention-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the harassment they’d faced\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did get my hijab pulled off a few times, and to them it’s just pulling off a headscarf, but to us it’s pulling off our identity,” said Shad Alnashashibi, 15. “To them it’s nothing, but to us it’s almost everything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yasmine Nayabkhil, 12, said she was picked on and called a “terrorist” in elementary school after she decided to start wearing her hijab, or head scarf. She sometimes ended the day in tears. “It obviously didn’t make me feel good inside. It made me feel really hurt, especially since I’ve known these kids in my class for over five years,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Stay caught up with the best of KQED’s reporting each week by subscribing to the \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/qed-up/id1197721799?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Q’ed Up podcast\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And here’s what’s happening in our neck of the woods.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/04/23/how-sean-hannity-began-his-path-to-punditry-on-santa-barbara-community-radio/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean Hannity got his start in the Golden State\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11664220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11664220\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"Fox News host Sean Hannity speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-800x563.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-1020x718.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-1200x845.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-1180x831.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-960x676.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-240x169.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-375x264.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Hannity-520x366.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fox News host Sean Hannity speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2016. \u003ccite>(SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I try to avoid cable news as much as possible, but there was a Sean Hannity story this week that I was glad to have heard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It turns out that the Fox News host got his start on-air back in 1989 at KCSB, a community radio station in Santa Barbara. As reporter Valerie Hamilton explains, Hannity \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/04/23/how-sean-hannity-began-his-path-to-punditry-on-santa-barbara-community-radio/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was causing waves\u003c/a> even on that first show.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/04/23/wilder-weather-swings-in-californias-future-could-spell-disaster/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Does someone have Noah’s number? We’re due for a doozy of a flood\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665368\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11665368\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-800x639.jpg\" alt=\"Flood waters inundate Sacramento in 1862. Scientists warn that events like the Great Flood of 1862 could occur every 50 years by the end of this century. \" width=\"800\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-800x639.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-1020x815.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-960x767.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-240x192.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-375x300.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4th-Street-Between-L-and-M-1180x943-520x416.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flood waters inundate Sacramento in 1862. Scientists warn that events like the Great Flood of 1862 could occur every 50 years by the end of this century. \u003ccite>(Sacramento History Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fun fact: Back in the winter of 1861 and 1862, it rained for 43 days in California. The governor of California had to attend his inauguration by rowboat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not so fun fact: A \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/04/23/wilder-weather-swings-in-californias-future-could-spell-disaster/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new study out of UCLA this week\u003c/a> says a biblical flood like that could happen as often as every 50 years going forward. And just for good measure, extreme droughts are expected to happen more often too.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11664626/a-political-spat-boils-over-in-richmond-with-angry-mayor-walking-out-of-council-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Things got real at the Richmond City Council meeting\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11665369\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-800x450.png\" alt=\"A screenshot from KCRT of Richmond Mayor Tom Butt walking out of a City Council meeting on Tuesday. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-1020x574.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-960x540.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-240x135.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-375x211.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Richmond-CC-2-1180x664-1-520x293.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from KCRT of Richmond Mayor Tom Butt walking out of a City Council meeting on Tuesday. \u003ccite>(KCRT Television)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, city council meetings are interminable experiences that you can’t wait to get away from. Other times, something bonkers happens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday was a bonkers kind of night in Richmond. As KQED’s Ted Goldberg witnessed, Mayor Tom Butt exchanged some heated words with Councilwoman Jovanka Beckles and then \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11664626/a-political-spat-boils-over-in-richmond-with-angry-mayor-walking-out-of-council-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just up and left\u003c/a> the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then they took to Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13830080/mama-penny-bears-back-story-is-as-delightful-as-youd-expect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can thank Burning Man for the giant penny bear in San Jose\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11665370\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30549_Ursa-Mater-Burning-Man-1-qut-800x450-800x450.jpg\" alt=\""Ursa Mater" aka "Mama Penny Bear" on the Playa at Burning Man. "It's battle tested," says Robert Ferguson. "You're out in the desert in wind, blowing sand, heat, rain. And people are at it, 70,000 of them. At the end of the day, it comes home intact, you know you have something that's going to be able to be in the public eye." \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30549_Ursa-Mater-Burning-Man-1-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30549_Ursa-Mater-Burning-Man-1-qut-800x450-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30549_Ursa-Mater-Burning-Man-1-qut-800x450-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30549_Ursa-Mater-Burning-Man-1-qut-800x450-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30549_Ursa-Mater-Burning-Man-1-qut-800x450-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Ursa Mater” aka “Mama Penny Bear” on the Playa at Burning Man. “It’s battle tested,” says Robert Ferguson. “You’re out in the desert in wind, blowing sand, heat, rain. And people are at it, 70,000 of them. At the end of the day, it comes home intact, you know you have something that’s going to be able to be in the public eye.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Lisa Ferguson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It was a sad weekend for the Burning Man community with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11665317/beloved-burning-man-festival-co-founder-dead-at-70\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death of the festival’s co-founder\u003c/a>, Larry Harvey on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you need a Burning Man pick-me-up, go visit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13830080/mama-penny-bears-back-story-is-as-delightful-as-youd-expect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">giant “Mama Penny Bear” statue\u003c/a> in downtown San Jose. It’s literally a 12-foot bear made out of hundreds of thousands of pennies that’s part of a unique deal between Burning Man and San Jose to relocate art from the desert festival to the city’s streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11664374/california-muslim-families-lobby-for-bullying-prevention-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">These Muslim students are rallying for their rights\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665371\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11665371\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Yasmine Nayabkhil, 12, speaks before cameras and reporters in support of an anti-bullying bill at the Sacramento capitol on April 23, 2018. The Council on American-Islamic Relations organized the event. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30612_IMG_1534-qut-1180x787-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yasmine Nayabkhil, 12, speaks before cameras and reporters in support of an anti-bullying bill at the Sacramento capitol on April 23, 2018. 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"content": "\u003cp>Larry Harvey, whose whimsical decision to erect a giant wooden figure and then burn it to the ground led to the popular, long-running counterculture celebration known as “Burning Man,” has died. He was 70.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey died Saturday morning at a hospital in San Francisco, surrounded by family, Burning Man Project CEO Marian Goodell said. The cause was not immediately known, but he had suffered a stroke earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime friend Stuart Mangrum posted on the organization’s \u003ca href=\"https://journal.burningman.org/2018/04/news/official-announcements/in-memoriam-larry-harvey-1948-2018/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website\u003c/a> that Harvey did not believe in any sort of existence after death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that he’s gone, let’s take the liberty of contradicting him, and keep his memory alive in our hearts, our thoughts and our actions,” Mangrum wrote. “As he would have wished it, let us always Burn the Man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11665342\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/MaggieHallahan1998-e1524955874703.jpg\" alt='Larry and the \"Burning Man\" in 1998.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1286\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Harvey and the “Burning Man” in 1998. \u003ccite>(Maggie Hallahan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The creator of the annual week-long summer festival in Northern Nevada’s Black Rock Desert was hospitalized April 4 after suffering a massive stroke. The Burning Man organization did not disclose his prognosis, only saying that he was getting round-the-clock care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burning Man takes place annually the week before Labor Day, attracting some 70,000 people who pay anywhere from $425 to $1,200 a ticket to travel to a dry lake bed 100 miles (161 kilometers) east of Reno, where temperatures can routinely reach 100 degrees (37.8 degrees Celsius) during the summer. There they must carry in their own food, build their own makeshift community and engage in whatever interests them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/burningman/status/990315575233601536\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the gathering’s penultimate day, the giant effigy — or Man as it is known — is set ablaze during a raucous, joyful celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A city in the desert. A culture of possibility. A network of dreamers and doers,” is how the gathering is described on Burning Man’s \u003ca href=\"https://journal.burningman.org/2018/04/news/official-announcements/larry-harvey-passes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/forum/2011/08/2011-08-15b-forum.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ww2.kqed_.orgww2_.kqed_.orgRS17934_2013-694444a8d1aa249e0052174d08d9bbd12965d3ad.jpg\" Title=\"Listen to KQED's 2011 Interview of Larry Harvey\" program=\"KQED\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friends and family toasted Harvey on Saturday as a visionary, a lover of words and books, a mentor and instigator who challenged others to look at the world in new ways. “Burners,” as they’re called, left comments on the organization’s website thanking Harvey for inspiring them as artists and for creating a community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thanks for everything. (No, really, pretty much everything in my life right now is a result of Burning Man.),” read one post.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More of KQED’s Coverage on Burning Man\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13817057/burning-man-asks-nevada-officials-for-permission-to-grow-to-100000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burning Man Asks Nevada Officials for Permission to Grow to 100,000\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/128630/burning-man-art-beyond-the-playa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burning Man Art Beyond the Playa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11061848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dear Burning Man, It’s Not You, It’s Me\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11614436/from-moop-to-middle-school-the-life-cycle-of-a-burning-man-bicycle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From ‘MOOP’ to Middle School: The Life Cycle of a Burning Man Bicycle\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>An “esoteric mix of pagan fire ritual and sci-fi Dada circus where some paint their bodies, bang drums, dance naked and wear costumes that would draw stares in a Mardi Gras parade,” is how The Associated Press once described the gathering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While tickets now sell out immediately, Harvey described in a 2007 interview how he had much more modest intentions when he launched Burning Man on San Francisco’s Baker Beach one summer day in 1986.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I called a friend and said, ‘Let’s go to the beach and burn a man,'” he told the website Green Living. “And he said, ‘Can you say that again?’ And I did and we did it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until afterward, Harvey recalled, that he had the epiphany that led to Burning Man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1044px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11665340\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989.jpg\" alt=\"Larry Harvey with Jerry James in 1989. James was his partner in the first Burning Man event, on San Francisco’s Baker Beach in 1986.\" width=\"1044\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-800x516.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-1020x658.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-960x619.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-240x155.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-375x242.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-520x335.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1044px) 100vw, 1044px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Harvey with Jerry James in 1989. James was his partner in the first Burning Man event, on San Francisco’s Baker Beach in 1986. \u003ccite>(Stewart Harvey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What really changed my life and what in some sense gave birth to the rest of my life and career is the fact that suddenly all these people, on that beach, who we didn’t know, strangers, came running towards that figure,” he said. “The spectacle was fine, but it was people who joined us in such a heartfelt and instantaneous way. It opened our hearts and that’s what made us feel and know in the end that we had to do it and keep doing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within a few years the event had outgrown Baker Beach and moved to the desert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Harvey would speak frequently about Burning Man in the years that followed, he would reveal little about himself and it was often hard to discern truth from fiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He believed he was conceived in the back of a Chevrolet by parents who abandoned him soon after his birth, he once told the Reno Gazette-Journal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His brother, Stewart Harvey, said in a post Saturday that the two were adopted by farmers Arthur “Shorty” and Katherine Harvey and grew up outside of Portland, Oregon. The brothers were close, he said, even though they didn’t share the same blood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey said he hitchhiked to San Francisco at age 17, arriving just as the 1965 Summer of Love was ending. He settled in the Haight-Ashbury district for many years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After that first fire in 1986, Burning Man flourished as Harvey meticulously oversaw its every detail from the various communities that would spring up overnight to its annual arts theme to the beautifully crafted temple that accompanies Burning Man and is also burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665344\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 708px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11665344\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GeorgePost1991-e1524956355162.jpg\" alt='Larry Harvey in front of \"Burning Man\" in 1991.' width=\"708\" height=\"1026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GeorgePost1991-e1524956355162.jpg 708w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GeorgePost1991-e1524956355162-160x232.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GeorgePost1991-e1524956355162-240x348.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GeorgePost1991-e1524956355162-375x543.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GeorgePost1991-e1524956355162-520x754.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Harvey in front of “Burning Man” in 1991. \u003ccite>(George Post)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He laid out 10 “principles” for those who attend, including interacting and sharing unselfishly with one another, developing self-reliance and, after the event’s conclusion, leaving the desert landscape unspoiled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey eventually formed a limited liability corporation to put on Burning Man, converting it in 2013 to a nonprofit with 70 employees and a budget of $30 million. He was president of its board and “chief philosophic officer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although known for retaining its joyful celebrative atmosphere as it grew from a small gathering to one of gigantic proportions, Burning Man occasionally had its problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017, a man ran into Burning Man’s flames, suffered burns over almost all of his body and died. In 1996, three people were injured when a drunken driver ran over their tent. That same year a man was killed when his motorcycle collided with a van carrying people to the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2007, a prankster set fire to Burning Man four days early and it had to be frantically rebuilt while the man was charged with arson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the 1996 troubles, Harvey had a falling out with John Law, who had co-founded Burning Man with him and who sued to have its trademark placed in the public domain. They settled out of court and Harvey retained control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t use the trademark to market anything. It’s our identity,” said Harvey, who often spoke against the commodification of popular culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is survived by his son Tristan Harvey, brother Stewart Harvey and nephew Bryan Harvey.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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(No, really, pretty much everything in my life right now is a result of Burning Man.),” read one post.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More of KQED’s Coverage on Burning Man\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13817057/burning-man-asks-nevada-officials-for-permission-to-grow-to-100000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burning Man Asks Nevada Officials for Permission to Grow to 100,000\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/128630/burning-man-art-beyond-the-playa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burning Man Art Beyond the Playa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11061848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dear Burning Man, It’s Not You, It’s Me\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11614436/from-moop-to-middle-school-the-life-cycle-of-a-burning-man-bicycle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From ‘MOOP’ to Middle School: The Life Cycle of a Burning Man Bicycle\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>An “esoteric mix of pagan fire ritual and sci-fi Dada circus where some paint their bodies, bang drums, dance naked and wear costumes that would draw stares in a Mardi Gras parade,” is how The Associated Press once described the gathering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While tickets now sell out immediately, Harvey described in a 2007 interview how he had much more modest intentions when he launched Burning Man on San Francisco’s Baker Beach one summer day in 1986.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I called a friend and said, ‘Let’s go to the beach and burn a man,'” he told the website Green Living. “And he said, ‘Can you say that again?’ And I did and we did it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until afterward, Harvey recalled, that he had the epiphany that led to Burning Man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1044px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11665340\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989.jpg\" alt=\"Larry Harvey with Jerry James in 1989. James was his partner in the first Burning Man event, on San Francisco’s Baker Beach in 1986.\" width=\"1044\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-800x516.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-1020x658.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-960x619.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-240x155.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-375x242.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/StewartHarvey1989-520x335.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1044px) 100vw, 1044px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Harvey with Jerry James in 1989. James was his partner in the first Burning Man event, on San Francisco’s Baker Beach in 1986. \u003ccite>(Stewart Harvey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What really changed my life and what in some sense gave birth to the rest of my life and career is the fact that suddenly all these people, on that beach, who we didn’t know, strangers, came running towards that figure,” he said. “The spectacle was fine, but it was people who joined us in such a heartfelt and instantaneous way. It opened our hearts and that’s what made us feel and know in the end that we had to do it and keep doing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within a few years the event had outgrown Baker Beach and moved to the desert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Harvey would speak frequently about Burning Man in the years that followed, he would reveal little about himself and it was often hard to discern truth from fiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He believed he was conceived in the back of a Chevrolet by parents who abandoned him soon after his birth, he once told the Reno Gazette-Journal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His brother, Stewart Harvey, said in a post Saturday that the two were adopted by farmers Arthur “Shorty” and Katherine Harvey and grew up outside of Portland, Oregon. The brothers were close, he said, even though they didn’t share the same blood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey said he hitchhiked to San Francisco at age 17, arriving just as the 1965 Summer of Love was ending. He settled in the Haight-Ashbury district for many years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After that first fire in 1986, Burning Man flourished as Harvey meticulously oversaw its every detail from the various communities that would spring up overnight to its annual arts theme to the beautifully crafted temple that accompanies Burning Man and is also burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11665344\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 708px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11665344\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GeorgePost1991-e1524956355162.jpg\" alt='Larry Harvey in front of \"Burning Man\" in 1991.' width=\"708\" height=\"1026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GeorgePost1991-e1524956355162.jpg 708w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GeorgePost1991-e1524956355162-160x232.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GeorgePost1991-e1524956355162-240x348.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GeorgePost1991-e1524956355162-375x543.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GeorgePost1991-e1524956355162-520x754.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Harvey in front of “Burning Man” in 1991. \u003ccite>(George Post)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He laid out 10 “principles” for those who attend, including interacting and sharing unselfishly with one another, developing self-reliance and, after the event’s conclusion, leaving the desert landscape unspoiled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey eventually formed a limited liability corporation to put on Burning Man, converting it in 2013 to a nonprofit with 70 employees and a budget of $30 million. He was president of its board and “chief philosophic officer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although known for retaining its joyful celebrative atmosphere as it grew from a small gathering to one of gigantic proportions, Burning Man occasionally had its problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017, a man ran into Burning Man’s flames, suffered burns over almost all of his body and died. In 1996, three people were injured when a drunken driver ran over their tent. That same year a man was killed when his motorcycle collided with a van carrying people to the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2007, a prankster set fire to Burning Man four days early and it had to be frantically rebuilt while the man was charged with arson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the 1996 troubles, Harvey had a falling out with John Law, who had co-founded Burning Man with him and who sued to have its trademark placed in the public domain. 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"content": "\u003cp>Tyrius Ammons is a high school senior, artist and video-gamer. And this week, he’s the co-host of The California Report Magazine. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All week long, students from 10 Bay Area high schools have filled the KQED airwaves as part of a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2018/04/18/youth-takeover-of-kqed-news-starts-april-23/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Youth Takeover\u003c/a>, contributing stories and commentaries on several programs. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11665092/meet-the-california-report-magazines-teenage-co-host\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Meet The California Report Magazine’s (Teenage) Co-Host\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While Ammons takes us around Richmond High School and introduces his peers’ stories, he also shares \u003cem>his\u003c/em> story of what it was like growing up with a single mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“I think this is new. You get young people on a show that’s been around for a long time. Gives it a new spice and people get to get a little exposure to students and their lives, especially in the Bay Area.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11663097/music-is-the-spirit-that-moves-these-teens-from-tonga\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Music Is the Spirit That Moves These Teens From Tonga\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663133\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663133\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30368_IMG_3007-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30368_IMG_3007-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30368_IMG_3007-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30368_IMG_3007-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30368_IMG_3007-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30368_IMG_3007-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30368_IMG_3007-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30368_IMG_3007-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30368_IMG_3007-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30368_IMG_3007-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30368_IMG_3007-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Fifita (L) and Moala Tautuaa (R) are cousins who grew up singing in Tonga. They now live in East Palo Alto and are seniors at Menlo-Atherton High School. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>High school seniors and cousins, Joe Fifita and Moala Tautuaa, both 18, have been singing and playing music for as long as they can remember. They say it connects them to their Tongan roots, and makes them better students, better athletes, better friends and better people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“It’s like we define every single note when we’re young, and just build on it as we get older.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11664887/redefining-manhood-in-richmond\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Redefining Manhood in Richmond\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11664863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11664863\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30594_Redefining-Manhood_2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30594_Redefining-Manhood_2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30594_Redefining-Manhood_2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30594_Redefining-Manhood_2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30594_Redefining-Manhood_2-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30594_Redefining-Manhood_2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30594_Redefining-Manhood_2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30594_Redefining-Manhood_2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30594_Redefining-Manhood_2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30594_Redefining-Manhood_2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30594_Redefining-Manhood_2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Mendieta (L) and Brian Higareda (R) examine how expectations and stereotypes of manliness negatively affect young men growing up in Richmond. \u003ccite>(Chanelle Ignant/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Young men growing up in Richmond face pressure to suppress their emotions, be violent and hide who they really are. Richmond High School students Frank Mendieta and Brian Higareda interviewed their friends and mentors to explore this “mask” of manhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“We have to put an end to gender norms where the the man is a tough heartless person, and the woman is a sensitive caring person.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11664364/high-school-student-goes-from-homeless-to-hopeful\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">High School Student Goes From Homeless to Hopeful\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11664378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11664378 size-medium\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30579_IMG_8596-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30579_IMG_8596-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30579_IMG_8596-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30579_IMG_8596-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30579_IMG_8596-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30579_IMG_8596-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30579_IMG_8596-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30579_IMG_8596-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30579_IMG_8596-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30579_IMG_8596-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30579_IMG_8596-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer is a senior at Richmond High School. She spent two years living in a garage with her family. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jennifer may look like your average high school senior, but for two years, she was homeless. She lived in a garage with her undocumented parents for two years while they searched for a new home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“I’m grateful for the family I have. Because no matter the situation that happened or the things that we went through, we stayed together in a way.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11663053/cancer-cuts-a-childhood-friendship-short-but-lessons-last\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cancer Cuts a Childhood Friendship Short, but Lessons Last\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11664096\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11664096\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG_0819-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Lucas Tran is a senior at Lincoln High School in San Francisco. He poses in his scouting uniform. He's working towards an Eagle Scout rank.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucas Tran is a senior at Lincoln High School in San Francisco. He poses in his scouting uniform. He’s working toward an Eagle Scout rank. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Lucas Tran)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Lucas Tran, 17, first joined the Cub Scouts, he wasn’t too excited about the program. But one day a fellow Scout asked him to join in a dodgeball game, and Tran’s life would change forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“He taught me to enjoy life and to stay positive. But most importantly, Andy taught me to never take things for granted. Enjoy what you have right now because you never truly appreciate it until it’s gone.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11663057/for-this-teen-dance-teaches-the-value-of-vulnerability\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">For This Teen, Dance Teaches the Value of Vulnerability\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663641\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11663641 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1-Individual-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daisy Kwok freestyles hip-hop at Lincoln High School’s talent show in February. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Daisy Kwok)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Daisy Kwok, 18, joined her school’s Hip-Hop Club and discovered a passion for dance. 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Because no matter the situation that happened or the things that we went through, we stayed together in a way.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11663053/cancer-cuts-a-childhood-friendship-short-but-lessons-last\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cancer Cuts a Childhood Friendship Short, but Lessons Last\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11664096\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11664096\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG_0819-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Lucas Tran is a senior at Lincoln High School in San Francisco. He poses in his scouting uniform. He's working towards an Eagle Scout rank.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucas Tran is a senior at Lincoln High School in San Francisco. He poses in his scouting uniform. 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"content": "\u003cp>SACRAMENTO — A man once sworn to protect the public from crime was accused Wednesday of living a double life terrorizing suburban neighborhoods at night, becoming one of California's most feared serial killers and rapists in the 1970s and '80s before leaving a cold trail that baffled investigators for more than three decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was behind bars Wednesday facing four counts of murder and, potentially, dozens of other charges after DNA linked him to crimes attributed to the so-called Golden State Killer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The culprit also known as the East Area Rapist, among other names, is suspected of at least 12 slayings and 50 rapes in 10 counties from Northern to Southern California. The armed and masked prowler sneaked in through windows at night and surprised sleeping victims who ranged in age from 13 to 41.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When encountering a couple, he was known to tie up the man and pile dishes on his back. He threatened to kill both victims if he heard plates crash to the floor while he raped the woman. He then ransacked the house, taking souvenirs, notably coins and jewelry before fleeing on foot or bicycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite an outpouring of thousands of tips over the years, DeAngelo's name had not been on the radar of law enforcement before last week, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We knew we were looking for a needle in a haystack, but we also knew that needle was there,\" she said. \"It was right here in Sacramento.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A break in the case and the arrest came together in \"light speed\" during the past six days, Schubert said, though authorities refused to reveal what led to DeAngelo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11664667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11664667\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/SacSheriff-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones speaks about the arrest of accused rapist and killer Joseph James DeAngelo during a news conference on April 25, 2018. District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert (Center) was joined by law enforcement officials from across California to announce DeAngelo's arrest.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/SacSheriff-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/SacSheriff-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/SacSheriff-1020x675.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/SacSheriff-1200x794.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/SacSheriff.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/SacSheriff-1180x781.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/SacSheriff-960x636.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/SacSheriff-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/SacSheriff-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/SacSheriff-520x344.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones speaks about the arrest of accused rapist and killer Joseph James DeAngelo during a news conference on April 25, 2018. Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert (Center) was joined by law enforcement officials from across California to announce DeAngelo's arrest. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said detectives with \"dogged determination\" were able to get a sample of DNA from something DeAngelo discarded, though he wouldn't say what the item was. The genetic material was not a match, but there were enough similarities for investigators to return for more and they said they were able to get a conclusive match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After watching DeAngelo for several days, deputies took him by surprise Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It looked like he might have been searching his mind to execute some plan,\" but never had time to act, Jones speculated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeAngelo was arrested on suspicion of committing four killings in Sacramento and Ventura counties, officials said. Ventura County District Attorney Gregory Totten said prosecutors would seek the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/FBIMostWanted/status/989227274649026561\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeAngelo, who served in the Navy, was a police officer in Exeter, in the San Joaquin Valley, from 1973 to 1976, at a time a burglar known as the Visalia Ransacker was active, Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He transferred to the force in Auburn in the Sierra foothills near where he grew up outside Sacramento. About 50 crimes, including two killings, were attributed to the East Area Rapist during the three years DeAngelo worked in Auburn, but Jones said it wasn't clear if any were committed while on duty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeAngelo was fired from the Auburn department in 1979 after being arrested for stealing a can of dog repellent and a hammer from a drug store, according to Auburn Journal articles from the time. He was convicted of the theft and fined $100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ten slayings occurred after he was fired and all took place in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the crimes unfolded across the state, authorities called the attacker by different names. He was dubbed the East Area Rapist after his start in Northern California, the Original Night Stalker after a series of Southern California slayings and the Diamond Knot Killer for using an elaborate binding method on two of his victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was most recently called the Golden State Killer, an appellation \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/24/588101430/patton-oswalt-on-his-late-wifes-search-for-the-golden-state-killer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">given to him by the late writer Michelle McNamara\u003c/a>, whose book \"I'll Be Gone In The Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search For The Golden State Killer\" was published this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McNamara's husband, the comedian Patton Oswalt, discussed his late wife's search for the killer on NPR in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/588101430/588500179\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although it's unusual for serial killers to stop, Jones said they have no reason to think DeAngelo continued to commit crimes after 1986, when the last rape and killing occurred in Orange County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have no indication of any crimes with a similar or at least a close enough link to his MO and other things that he's done in the past to link him to anything from '86 on,\" Jones said. \"We just have nothing at this point.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones said he always thought the rapist was alive, but might be in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the prosecutors and investigators, the arrest not only marked a significant professional achievement but also a personal one that had touched their formative years and early careers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley was a college student volunteering at a rape crisis center and \"sat with survivors who had been assaulted by this guy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wave of horrifying crimes had brought an end to a more innocent era in the Sacramento suburbs when children rode bicycles to school, played outside until dark and people didn't lock their doors, Schubert said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It all changed,\" said Schubert, who was 12 at the time. \"For anyone that lived here in this community, in Sacramento, the memories are very vivid. You can ask anyone who grew up here. Everyone has a story.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Totten said he was a young law clerk in the office during the investigation into the 1980 slayings of Lyman and Charlene Smith that \"struck terror in the hearts of Ventura residents.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We had no idea this killer was connected to so many other crimes,\" Totten said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/help-us-catch-the-east-area-rapist/help-us-catch-the-east-area-rapist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI and California officials renewed their search\u003c/a> for the East Area Rapist and announced a $50,000 reward for his arrest and conviction. He had been linked to a total of more than 175 crimes between 1976 and 1986.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/help-us-catch-the-east-area-rapist/help-us-catch-the-east-area-rapist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI created a robust web page\u003c/a> in June 2016, and solicited the public's help in finding the killer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bErC-Sfz8Jk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1999, Orange County sheriff's homicide detectives were able to use DNA to link the Irvine slaying of Keith and Patrice Harrington to nine other slayings in the 1980s in Orange, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The genetic evidence was later used to connect the same suspect to 50 rapes in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harrington's brother, Bruce, helped bankroll a successful 2004 ballot initiative campaign to take DNA from all convicted felons and some arrestees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To the victims, sleep better tonight, he isn't coming through the window,\" Bruce Harrington said at the news conference announcing the arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jane Carson-Sandler was one of the first victims when she was sexually assaulted in 1976 in her home in Citrus Heights, the same community where DeAngelo was arrested at his home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she received an email Wednesday from a retired detective who worked on the case telling her they have identified the rapist and that he's in custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have just been overjoyed, ecstatic. It's an emotional roller-coaster right now,\" Carson-Sandler, who now lives near Hilton Head, South Carolina, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. \"I feel like I'm in the middle of a dream and I'm going to wake up and it's not going to be true. It's just so nice to have closure and to know he's in jail.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FBI agents and other investigators were gathering evidence at DeAngelo's neatly kept home on Wednesday. Jones said they were looking for mementos that may have been stolen from victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighbors said DeAngelo took meticulous care of his house, which was always perfectly painted and his lawn manicured. But he was known for an explosive temper and loud cursing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/latimes/status/989255597752283137\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Tapia said when he was a teenager, DeAngelo falsely accused him of throwing things over their shared fence, prompting a heated exchange between DeAngelo and his father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No one thinks they live next door to a serial killer,\" Tapia said. \"But at the same time I'm just like, he was a weird guy. He kept to himself. When you start to think about it you're like, I could see him doing something like that, but I would never suspect it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Melley reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press Writers Jonathan J. 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He was dubbed the East Area Rapist after his start in Northern California, the Original Night Stalker after a series of Southern California slayings and the Diamond Knot Killer for using an elaborate binding method on two of his victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was most recently called the Golden State Killer, an appellation \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/24/588101430/patton-oswalt-on-his-late-wifes-search-for-the-golden-state-killer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">given to him by the late writer Michelle McNamara\u003c/a>, whose book \"I'll Be Gone In The Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search For The Golden State Killer\" was published this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McNamara's husband, the comedian Patton Oswalt, discussed his late wife's search for the killer on NPR in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/588101430/588500179\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although it's unusual for serial killers to stop, Jones said they have no reason to think DeAngelo continued to commit crimes after 1986, when the last rape and killing occurred in Orange County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have no indication of any crimes with a similar or at least a close enough link to his MO and other things that he's done in the past to link him to anything from '86 on,\" Jones said. \"We just have nothing at this point.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones said he always thought the rapist was alive, but might be in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the prosecutors and investigators, the arrest not only marked a significant professional achievement but also a personal one that had touched their formative years and early careers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley was a college student volunteering at a rape crisis center and \"sat with survivors who had been assaulted by this guy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wave of horrifying crimes had brought an end to a more innocent era in the Sacramento suburbs when children rode bicycles to school, played outside until dark and people didn't lock their doors, Schubert said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It all changed,\" said Schubert, who was 12 at the time. \"For anyone that lived here in this community, in Sacramento, the memories are very vivid. You can ask anyone who grew up here. Everyone has a story.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Totten said he was a young law clerk in the office during the investigation into the 1980 slayings of Lyman and Charlene Smith that \"struck terror in the hearts of Ventura residents.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We had no idea this killer was connected to so many other crimes,\" Totten said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/help-us-catch-the-east-area-rapist/help-us-catch-the-east-area-rapist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI and California officials renewed their search\u003c/a> for the East Area Rapist and announced a $50,000 reward for his arrest and conviction. He had been linked to a total of more than 175 crimes between 1976 and 1986.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/help-us-catch-the-east-area-rapist/help-us-catch-the-east-area-rapist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI created a robust web page\u003c/a> in June 2016, and solicited the public's help in finding the killer.\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/bErC-Sfz8Jk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/bErC-Sfz8Jk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In 1999, Orange County sheriff's homicide detectives were able to use DNA to link the Irvine slaying of Keith and Patrice Harrington to nine other slayings in the 1980s in Orange, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The genetic evidence was later used to connect the same suspect to 50 rapes in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harrington's brother, Bruce, helped bankroll a successful 2004 ballot initiative campaign to take DNA from all convicted felons and some arrestees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To the victims, sleep better tonight, he isn't coming through the window,\" Bruce Harrington said at the news conference announcing the arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jane Carson-Sandler was one of the first victims when she was sexually assaulted in 1976 in her home in Citrus Heights, the same community where DeAngelo was arrested at his home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she received an email Wednesday from a retired detective who worked on the case telling her they have identified the rapist and that he's in custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have just been overjoyed, ecstatic. 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"content": "\u003cp>Gary Soto is one of California's most prolific Chicano poets and writers. He's published some 40 books, including children's books, novels and musicals, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award, and a Pulitzer. But his roots are as a poet, writing about his experience in the fields near Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Gary Soto’s poems are fast, funny, heartening, and achingly believable, like Polaroid love letters, or snatches of music heard out of a passing car; patches of beauty like patches of sunlight; the very pulse of a life.'\u003ccite>Joyce Carol Oates\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>He was just 23 years old when he released his first book, \"The Elements of San Joaquin,\" back in 1977. Some critics have said it changed the course of Chicano literature: making it less rhetorical, more specific. Now, more than 40 years later, Chronicle Books has re-released \"The Elements of San Joaquin,\" with some new poems Soto found in his garage, and some reflections for a 2018 audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soto talked to The California Report Magazine's host, Sasha Khokha. This interview was edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>These poems include such specific images from your childhood, like licking salt or playing with ants, or things your grandmother said. How do you dredge up those memories when you're writing?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was trying to provide a portrait of these places that surrounded me and the small things from ants to cans to bottle caps embedded in asphalt. As a poet I thought, 'Well I better show this territory that I live in,' either the neighborhood, playground, the fields, the factories around, the house where we grew up. I really wanted to present that world. For one it meant something to me, and it might mean something to someone else as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fresno now has this famous poetry scene that really was scratched out of the dirt there, with a groundbreaking writing program at Fresno State that still serves a lot of kids from farmworker families like you. Kids whose parents may be pressuring them to earn money, not become a writer.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's true. I think that my parents really had no notion that I would ever go to college. Having graduated from high school with a 1.6 GPA, my mom would tell me, 'As long as you stayed out of jail you'll be okay.' That was a low-level expectation. [When you've got] young people coming from small towns outside of Fresno, agricultural towns, towns that are isolated, there's a lot of self-doubt. And that self-doubt can be cured when you find other people who are doing the same thing [like writing poetry.]\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663762\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-800x1201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1201\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-1020x1531.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-1180x1771.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-960x1441.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-520x780.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut.jpg 1799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Soto's 1977 book has been credited with changing the course of Chicano poetry. The newly-released edition features new poems he found in his garage.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Having lived in Fresno myself, I love that you write not only about the rural parts of the Central Valley but also about the very urban grittiness of some of its neighborhoods. You grew up on the west side of Fresno. It's always been a very multiracial place. It's grappled with poverty. It's now very industrial.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People have certain notions about Fresno, and it's a lot richer in people-life and complexities. It's a wonderful place. My wife is from there. I'm from there and I do speak honorably of Fresno at all times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What's it like to look back on this work you produced in your early 20s, nearly four decades later?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm surprised. I was awed how serious I was as a young man. I finished the book when I was 22. My attitude was certainly serious. Over the years, my work would lighten and brighten with comedy, and love angles. I looked at this and I thought, this is a very broody young man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From the title poem \"Elements of San Joaquin\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The wind sprays pale dirt into my mouth\u003cbr>\nThe small, almost invisible scars\u003cbr>\nOn my hands.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pores in my throat and elbows\u003cbr>\nHave taken in a seed of dirt of their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a day in the grape fields near Rolinda\u003cbr>\nA fine silt, washed by sweat,\u003cbr>\nHas settled into the lines\u003cbr>\nOn my wrists and palms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already I am becoming the valley,\u003cbr>\nA soil that sprouts nothing\u003cbr>\nFor any of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From \"Fresno's Westside Blues\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>There's the tinkle of a bell on a store door.\u003cbr>\nThere's laughter coming from Suki's Nails and Feet.\u003cbr>\nAnd look at Javier, with glue and paper,\u003cbr>\nMaking \u003cem>pinatas\u003c/em> behind a chain link fence --\u003cbr>\nThe beer-bellied Superman will take a birthday beating.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A breeze twists through the trees,\u003cbr>\nOne jammed meter throws up its expired red flag.\u003cbr>\nWhen the bell at the Mexican Baptist Church sounds,\u003cbr>\nHuge black birds feed on dropped \u003cem>churros\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThey bow their heads and cast shadows over feral cats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is meant by escape?\u003cbr>\nYou could be any dog hugging an ancient building for shade.\u003cbr>\nWhen you turn the corner, the knife-bright sun ruthlessly cuts\u003cbr>\nThe shadow from your already mangy body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" 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\n",
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And that self-doubt can be cured when you find other people who are doing the same thing [like writing poetry.]\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663762\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-800x1201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1201\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-1020x1531.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-1180x1771.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-960x1441.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut-520x780.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30545_9781452170138-qut.jpg 1799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Soto's 1977 book has been credited with changing the course of Chicano poetry. The newly-released edition features new poems he found in his garage.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Having lived in Fresno myself, I love that you write not only about the rural parts of the Central Valley but also about the very urban grittiness of some of its neighborhoods. You grew up on the west side of Fresno. It's always been a very multiracial place. It's grappled with poverty. It's now very industrial.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People have certain notions about Fresno, and it's a lot richer in people-life and complexities. It's a wonderful place. My wife is from there. I'm from there and I do speak honorably of Fresno at all times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What's it like to look back on this work you produced in your early 20s, nearly four decades later?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm surprised. I was awed how serious I was as a young man. I finished the book when I was 22. My attitude was certainly serious. Over the years, my work would lighten and brighten with comedy, and love angles. I looked at this and I thought, this is a very broody young man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From the title poem \"Elements of San Joaquin\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The wind sprays pale dirt into my mouth\u003cbr>\nThe small, almost invisible scars\u003cbr>\nOn my hands.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pores in my throat and elbows\u003cbr>\nHave taken in a seed of dirt of their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a day in the grape fields near Rolinda\u003cbr>\nA fine silt, washed by sweat,\u003cbr>\nHas settled into the lines\u003cbr>\nOn my wrists and palms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already I am becoming the valley,\u003cbr>\nA soil that sprouts nothing\u003cbr>\nFor any of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From \"Fresno's Westside Blues\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>There's the tinkle of a bell on a store door.\u003cbr>\nThere's laughter coming from Suki's Nails and Feet.\u003cbr>\nAnd look at Javier, with glue and paper,\u003cbr>\nMaking \u003cem>pinatas\u003c/em> behind a chain link fence --\u003cbr>\nThe beer-bellied Superman will take a birthday beating.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A breeze twists through the trees,\u003cbr>\nOne jammed meter throws up its expired red flag.\u003cbr>\nWhen the bell at the Mexican Baptist Church sounds,\u003cbr>\nHuge black birds feed on dropped \u003cem>churros\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThey bow their heads and cast shadows over feral cats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is meant by escape?\u003cbr>\nYou could be any dog hugging an ancient building for shade.\u003cbr>\nWhen you turn the corner, the knife-bright sun ruthlessly cuts\u003cbr>\nThe shadow from your already mangy body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" 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\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Fort Winfield Scott overlooks the Golden Gate Bridge, nestled into the northwest corner of the Presidio in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Better known as Fort Scott, its 10 Mission Revival-style barracks surround a large, grassy parade ground in a horseshoe pattern. It was an active Army base until 1994, but the barracks and other historic buildings on site have been mostly unused and closed to the public since then due to the high cost of renovations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663971\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Jean Fraser is the CEO of the Presidio Trust, which is looking for someone to renovate Fort Winfield Scott.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663971\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jean Fraser is the CEO of the Presidio Trust, which is looking for someone to renovate Fort Winfield Scott. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, the Presidio Trust, the organization that runs the national park, is looking for someone to come in and turn the 30-acre plot into “a place for change,” says Trust CEO Jean Fraser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we need to find is an organization that has the interest as well as the financial means to take on this project and renovate these buildings so that people who are working in the environmental or social justice areas would have a place to do great work in this magnificent setting,” Fraser says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she is talking about some serious financial means. The Trust estimates it will cost around $200 million to renovate Fort Scott and its more than 20 historic buildings. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fraser knows not many environmental and social justice non-profits have that kind of money lying around, so the Trust is looking for foundations, individual philanthropists or a group of organizations who might have greater liquidity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what would a rich do-gooder be getting for their $200 million?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fort Scott, which opened in 1912 to help defend the waters off of San Francisco, has seen its share of history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663969\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"The stockade at Fort Winfield Scott was the scene of a mutiny in 1968 after one of several soldiers who refused to fight in the war was shot by a guard. The Presidio has since lost the keys to the cells.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663969\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stockade at Fort Winfield Scott was the scene of a mutiny in 1968 after one of several soldiers who refused to fight in the war was shot by a guard. The Presidio has since lost the keys to the cells. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1968, the fort’s stockade housed a group of soldiers who refused to fight in the Vietnam War. One of the soldiers tried to flee during a work detail and was shot by a guard, sparking a mutiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the attic of one of the red-roofed barracks, hand-painted murals cover the walls. They were painted by Specialist 3rd Class Perren Gerber between 1956 and 1957, while he was stationed at Fort Scott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perren had been an artist before being drafted and convinced his commanding officers to let him and a few others paint murals on the walls of what was then being used as a classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663968\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Specialist 3rd Class Perren Gerber and at least three other enlisted men painted a series of murals depicting civilian and Army life between 1956 and 1957 while stationed at Fort Scott.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663968\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Specialist 3rd Class Perren Gerber and at least three other enlisted men painted a series of murals depicting civilian and Army life between 1956 and 1957 while stationed at Fort Scott. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663967\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Some of Gerber's murals, like this one, showed vivid scenes of military combat, while others showed more relaxing aspects of military life.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663967\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of Gerber’s murals, like this one, showed vivid scenes of military combat, while others showed more relaxing aspects of military life. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When the Army left, those murals were essentially locked away in the attic and have been preserved somewhat as a time capsule to that period,” says Rob Thompson, the Presidio’s federal preservation officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gerber and his collaborators painted colorful depictions of different aspects of Army life ranging from vivid combat scenes to soldiers preparing meals or playing baseball and basketball. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the attic’s other room, Gerber painted black and white scenes of civilian life, including religious life, family life and musical performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Gerber's black and white scenes of civilian life included images of family life, like this one.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663966\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerber’s black and white scenes of civilian life included images of family life, like this one. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The paintings are in clear need of restoration, and that will be just part of $200 million it will cost to reinvigorate Fort Scott. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groups have until June 29 to \u003ca href=\"https://www.presidio.gov/fort-winfield-scott/rfcp\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">submit their proposals\u003c/a> for consideration by the Presidio Trust’s board, and Fraser says if they don’t get a proposal that works for them, they’re comfortable waiting and reopening the process at a later date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Fraser is optimistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s really no place like Fort Scott in the country,” she says. “You have both these beautiful buildings in a quiet somewhat secluded place, but we’re in the middle of Silicon Valley and minutes away from downtown San Francisco. It’s really a unique setting where you have the ability to contemplate and be reflective while also having access to some of the best minds in the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Presidio is holding a \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-tours-of-the-presidios-historic-fort-winfield-scott-tickets-42329317127\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">public tour\u003c/a> of Fort Scott on Saturday, April 28, where anyone — even if you don’t have $200 million — can experience the fort’s little-seen history.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Fort Winfield Scott overlooks the Golden Gate Bridge, nestled into the northwest corner of the Presidio in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Better known as Fort Scott, its 10 Mission Revival-style barracks surround a large, grassy parade ground in a horseshoe pattern. It was an active Army base until 1994, but the barracks and other historic buildings on site have been mostly unused and closed to the public since then due to the high cost of renovations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663971\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Jean Fraser is the CEO of the Presidio Trust, which is looking for someone to renovate Fort Winfield Scott.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663971\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30562_DSC_1530-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jean Fraser is the CEO of the Presidio Trust, which is looking for someone to renovate Fort Winfield Scott. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, the Presidio Trust, the organization that runs the national park, is looking for someone to come in and turn the 30-acre plot into “a place for change,” says Trust CEO Jean Fraser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we need to find is an organization that has the interest as well as the financial means to take on this project and renovate these buildings so that people who are working in the environmental or social justice areas would have a place to do great work in this magnificent setting,” Fraser says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she is talking about some serious financial means. The Trust estimates it will cost around $200 million to renovate Fort Scott and its more than 20 historic buildings. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fraser knows not many environmental and social justice non-profits have that kind of money lying around, so the Trust is looking for foundations, individual philanthropists or a group of organizations who might have greater liquidity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what would a rich do-gooder be getting for their $200 million?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fort Scott, which opened in 1912 to help defend the waters off of San Francisco, has seen its share of history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663969\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"The stockade at Fort Winfield Scott was the scene of a mutiny in 1968 after one of several soldiers who refused to fight in the war was shot by a guard. The Presidio has since lost the keys to the cells.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663969\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30557_DSC_1560-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stockade at Fort Winfield Scott was the scene of a mutiny in 1968 after one of several soldiers who refused to fight in the war was shot by a guard. The Presidio has since lost the keys to the cells. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1968, the fort’s stockade housed a group of soldiers who refused to fight in the Vietnam War. One of the soldiers tried to flee during a work detail and was shot by a guard, sparking a mutiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the attic of one of the red-roofed barracks, hand-painted murals cover the walls. They were painted by Specialist 3rd Class Perren Gerber between 1956 and 1957, while he was stationed at Fort Scott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perren had been an artist before being drafted and convinced his commanding officers to let him and a few others paint murals on the walls of what was then being used as a classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663968\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Specialist 3rd Class Perren Gerber and at least three other enlisted men painted a series of murals depicting civilian and Army life between 1956 and 1957 while stationed at Fort Scott.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663968\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30558_DSC_1539-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Specialist 3rd Class Perren Gerber and at least three other enlisted men painted a series of murals depicting civilian and Army life between 1956 and 1957 while stationed at Fort Scott. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663967\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Some of Gerber's murals, like this one, showed vivid scenes of military combat, while others showed more relaxing aspects of military life.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663967\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30559_DSC_1540-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of Gerber’s murals, like this one, showed vivid scenes of military combat, while others showed more relaxing aspects of military life. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When the Army left, those murals were essentially locked away in the attic and have been preserved somewhat as a time capsule to that period,” says Rob Thompson, the Presidio’s federal preservation officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gerber and his collaborators painted colorful depictions of different aspects of Army life ranging from vivid combat scenes to soldiers preparing meals or playing baseball and basketball. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the attic’s other room, Gerber painted black and white scenes of civilian life, including religious life, family life and musical performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Gerber's black and white scenes of civilian life included images of family life, like this one.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663966\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30560_DSC_1554-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerber’s black and white scenes of civilian life included images of family life, like this one. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The paintings are in clear need of restoration, and that will be just part of $200 million it will cost to reinvigorate Fort Scott. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groups have until June 29 to \u003ca href=\"https://www.presidio.gov/fort-winfield-scott/rfcp\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">submit their proposals\u003c/a> for consideration by the Presidio Trust’s board, and Fraser says if they don’t get a proposal that works for them, they’re comfortable waiting and reopening the process at a later date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Fraser is optimistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s really no place like Fort Scott in the country,” she says. “You have both these beautiful buildings in a quiet somewhat secluded place, but we’re in the middle of Silicon Valley and minutes away from downtown San Francisco. It’s really a unique setting where you have the ability to contemplate and be reflective while also having access to some of the best minds in the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Presidio is holding a \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-tours-of-the-presidios-historic-fort-winfield-scott-tickets-42329317127\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">public tour\u003c/a> of Fort Scott on Saturday, April 28, where anyone — even if you don’t have $200 million — can experience the fort’s little-seen history.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>A lot of us Californians like to hit the open road, explore miles of highway and venture off onto some back roads. Sometimes, we come across towns with some pretty bizarre and surprising names. For this installment in our series “\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/a-place-called-what/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Place Called What?!\u003c/a>” we head to Happy Camp in Siskiyou County. Know an unusual place name in California? Tell us about it in the comments below, or send a note to calreport@kqed.org.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Claudia East says Happy Camp wasn’t always so happy. In fact, in the early 1850s, the town was known as Murderer’s Bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East, who lives about two hours away from Happy Camp, says there were gold miners in the area who mined through very harsh winters. Then, newcomers came and, according to East, “they didn’t know what the winters were going to be like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663169\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut-800x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut.jpg 805w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut-240x172.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut-375x269.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut-520x373.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Happy Camp from 1941 (during the height of the State of Jefferson Movement). \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Jarvie Eastman Collection, UC Davis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tension and conflict between the resident gold miners and the newcomers quickly grew. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Supplies were fought over,” East says, “as well as perhaps the gold digging areas. There must have been some death.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s how this wild, wild west town got to be named Murderer’s Bar. But only a few years later, East says, things at Murderer’s Bar began to change for the better. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were very happy they didn’t get murdered,” East says. “Local stories also say that it was called Happy Camp because someone said it was a very happy place to be because they found gold.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663171\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11663171\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birds Eye View of Happy Camp, 2014. \u003ccite>(Photographer unknown. Courtesy of Claudia East)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, East says, Happy Camp is very a small town with about 1,200 residents. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is not for people who are looking for great luxury,” East says, “but people who live there don’t want to leave.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>A lot of us Californians like to hit the open road, explore miles of highway and venture off onto some back roads. Sometimes, we come across towns with some pretty bizarre and surprising names. For this installment in our series “\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/a-place-called-what/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Place Called What?!\u003c/a>” we head to Happy Camp in Siskiyou County. Know an unusual place name in California? Tell us about it in the comments below, or send a note to calreport@kqed.org.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Claudia East says Happy Camp wasn’t always so happy. In fact, in the early 1850s, the town was known as Murderer’s Bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East, who lives about two hours away from Happy Camp, says there were gold miners in the area who mined through very harsh winters. Then, newcomers came and, according to East, “they didn’t know what the winters were going to be like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663169\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut-800x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut.jpg 805w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut-240x172.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut-375x269.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG1_RS30243_01-Happy-Camp-1941-qut-520x373.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Happy Camp from 1941 (during the height of the State of Jefferson Movement). \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Jarvie Eastman Collection, UC Davis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tension and conflict between the resident gold miners and the newcomers quickly grew. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Supplies were fought over,” East says, “as well as perhaps the gold digging areas. There must have been some death.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s how this wild, wild west town got to be named Murderer’s Bar. But only a few years later, East says, things at Murderer’s Bar began to change for the better. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were very happy they didn’t get murdered,” East says. “Local stories also say that it was called Happy Camp because someone said it was a very happy place to be because they found gold.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663171\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11663171\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/IMG2_RS30239_06-Happy-Camp-circa-2014-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birds Eye View of Happy Camp, 2014. \u003ccite>(Photographer unknown. Courtesy of Claudia East)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, East says, Happy Camp is very a small town with about 1,200 residents. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is not for people who are looking for great luxury,” East says, “but people who live there don’t want to leave.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Pole dancing has gotten a bad rap over the years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the sport has shed its strip-club stigma and spiked in popularity in the fitness world due to its challenging acrobatics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But pole dancing is more than just a tough workout. On this week’s \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Report Magazine\u003c/a>, we \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11660626/finding-empowerment-through-pole-dancing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">caught up with MaKayla Keating\u003c/a>, a recent transplant from Indiana who found an unlikely new home in the sport’s diverse community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This February, Keating and hundreds of athletes showed off their best moves at the Golden Gate Pole Championships in San Bruno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating, right, and her partner, Cynthia Younes, wait in the wings before their first competitive pole performance. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>MaKayla Keating, 22, transplanted herself from Indiana to San Francisco looking for a fresh start. But she found a new passion instead — for pole dancing. The sport combines high-intensity fitness with artistic expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661600 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many are intimidated from starting pole because of the steep learning curve and potential danger of aerial acrobatics. But through practice, participants quickly experience new confidence in themselves and their body’s capabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think the people who come in looking for the pole — they wanna look sexy, maybe they weren’t feeling that way before, they had low self-esteem,” says MaKayla. “It’s a bit of self-love, I think. We’re all going in there to fall in love with ourselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661595\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661595 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661604\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661604\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For five weeks, MaKayla and her partner, Cynthia Younes, prepared for their first pole dance competition, the Golden Gate Pole Championships in San Bruno, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla and Cynthia stretch before their dress rehearsal with Amy Bond, owner of San Francisco Pole and Dance. They represented the studio by competing in the group category. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Participants squared off solo, in pairs or in groups of up to six. The highly choreographed routines were matched with carefully curated music and costumes. Each performance was sorted by category, ranging from dramatic, where participants added artistic elements like performing to spoken word or embodying animals or demons, to exotic, where performing in 6-inch platform heels is encouraged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661605 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1180x786.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-960x640.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-240x160.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-375x250.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-520x347.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661592 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 5760px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661606 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109.jpg 5760w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After being split into five groups according to skill level, each competitor’s performance was judged based on the difficulty of individual moves, a variety of tricks and spins, and the difficulty of transitions and combinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661591 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More advanced athletes utilized both poles and “low-flow” floor work, and aerials alternated between static and spinning poles for their routines to add additional challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661597 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Backstage, athletes of all abilities stretched, joked and caught up with friends in the hours before show time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 4838px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4838\" height=\"3225\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1.jpg 4838w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4838px) 100vw, 4838px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661601 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661599\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661599 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661594 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amy Bond, owner of San Francisco Pole and Dance, located in SoMa, teaches a variety of pole classes to serve a community of people of different shapes, sizes, gender, ages and backgrounds. Her students’ motivations for taking pole classes are equally as varied. One student was seeking a challenging fitness option, and another lost a bet to his friends. This inclusive environment is a core value of San Francisco Pole and Dance, and Amy’s mission for the pole community is to be for “every body.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661603 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Bond, left, took second place at the Golden Gate Pole Championships. Instead of music, Amy performed to spoken word. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pole athletes still endure the negative stigma associated with the sport due to its traditional ties to stripping and gentlemen’s clubs. But the pole scene continues to embrace new members and provide a crossroads for both beginning and advanced athletes to connect, learn and grow together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Pole dancing has gotten a bad rap over the years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the sport has shed its strip-club stigma and spiked in popularity in the fitness world due to its challenging acrobatics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But pole dancing is more than just a tough workout. On this week’s \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Report Magazine\u003c/a>, we \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11660626/finding-empowerment-through-pole-dancing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">caught up with MaKayla Keating\u003c/a>, a recent transplant from Indiana who found an unlikely new home in the sport’s diverse community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This February, Keating and hundreds of athletes showed off their best moves at the Golden Gate Pole Championships in San Bruno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30416_pole-14-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating, right, and her partner, Cynthia Younes, wait in the wings before their first competitive pole performance. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>MaKayla Keating, 22, transplanted herself from Indiana to San Francisco looking for a fresh start. But she found a new passion instead — for pole dancing. The sport combines high-intensity fitness with artistic expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661600 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30414_pole-12-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many are intimidated from starting pole because of the steep learning curve and potential danger of aerial acrobatics. But through practice, participants quickly experience new confidence in themselves and their body’s capabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30407_pole-5-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think the people who come in looking for the pole — they wanna look sexy, maybe they weren’t feeling that way before, they had low self-esteem,” says MaKayla. “It’s a bit of self-love, I think. We’re all going in there to fall in love with ourselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661595\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661595 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30409_pole-7-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661604\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661604\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30418_pole-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For five weeks, MaKayla and her partner, Cynthia Younes, prepared for their first pole dance competition, the Golden Gate Pole Championships in San Bruno, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30404_pole-2-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla and Cynthia stretch before their dress rehearsal with Amy Bond, owner of San Francisco Pole and Dance. They represented the studio by competing in the group category. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Participants squared off solo, in pairs or in groups of up to six. The highly choreographed routines were matched with carefully curated music and costumes. Each performance was sorted by category, ranging from dramatic, where participants added artistic elements like performing to spoken word or embodying animals or demons, to exotic, where performing in 6-inch platform heels is encouraged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661605 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-1180x786.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-960x640.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-240x160.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-375x250.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/1fX-ECOtqrmmf6_1B_srwlw-520x347.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661592 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30406_pole-4-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 5760px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661606 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109.jpg 5760w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-109-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After being split into five groups according to skill level, each competitor’s performance was judged based on the difficulty of individual moves, a variety of tricks and spins, and the difficulty of transitions and combinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661591 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30405_pole-3-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More advanced athletes utilized both poles and “low-flow” floor work, and aerials alternated between static and spinning poles for their routines to add additional challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661597 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30411_pole-9-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Backstage, athletes of all abilities stretched, joked and caught up with friends in the hours before show time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 4838px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11661607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4838\" height=\"3225\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1.jpg 4838w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/pole_firstedit-111-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4838px) 100vw, 4838px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661601 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30415_pole-13-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661599\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661599 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30413_pole-11-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661594 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30408_pole-6-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cem>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amy Bond, owner of San Francisco Pole and Dance, located in SoMa, teaches a variety of pole classes to serve a community of people of different shapes, sizes, gender, ages and backgrounds. Her students’ motivations for taking pole classes are equally as varied. One student was seeking a challenging fitness option, and another lost a bet to his friends. This inclusive environment is a core value of San Francisco Pole and Dance, and Amy’s mission for the pole community is to be for “every body.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661603 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30417_pole-15-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Bond, left, took second place at the Golden Gate Pole Championships. Instead of music, Amy performed to spoken word. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pole athletes still endure the negative stigma associated with the sport due to its traditional ties to stripping and gentlemen’s clubs. But the pole scene continues to embrace new members and provide a crossroads for both beginning and advanced athletes to connect, learn and grow together.\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\" 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>MaKayla Keating, 22, emerges from the wings of the stage wearing a skintight halter top and skirt — both almost blinding with sequins. She walks up to a vertical metal pole anchored to the ground, just like you’d see in a strip club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s not where we are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Next up in event 401,” an announcer exclaims, “please welcome Team SF Pole representing San Francisco Pole and Dance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a pole dancing competition. And it’s Keating’s first. When she approaches the pole, Keating starts with a staple move called “the dip spin.” In this move, Keating grabs the pole with one hand and then twirls around the pole with one leg extended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pole dancing can be sensual, and for some, it’s hypersexualized. And that’s a bit tricky these days at a time when there’s so much discussion about sexual harassment and unwanted attention to women’s bodies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when Keating discovered pole dancing, she found power and confidence in herself despite the stigma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661497 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating in San Francisco. She started taking pole dancing classes seven months ago. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Keating grew up in rural Indiana in a family of conservative Baptist Christians. Every Sunday, she was obligated to go to church with her family. “I’d just sit there,” she says, “and I was always the one getting in trouble for questioning the Bible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Christmas Day, when Keating was 10 years old, her uncle asked her if she believed in Jesus. She said no. And her aunt, who overhead Keating’s response, told her she was going to hell. “That was pretty traumatizing,” she recalls. “I always felt kinda like the black sheep.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11661532/photos-an-inside-look-at-san-franciscos-pole-dancing-scene\">PHOTOS: An Inside Look at San Francisco’s Pole Dancing Scene\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11661532/photos-an-inside-look-at-san-franciscos-pole-dancing-scene\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30412_pole-10-qut-1038x576.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>And things weren’t much better at school either. Keating was an artistic kid with a big imagination. “It would turn the other kids off from me,” she says, “so there was some isolation and a bit of bullying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many young teenagers, Keating also struggled with her self-image. “I was just an awkward chubby girl who was deemed weird from an early age.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After getting into an argument with her family, Keating decided she was done with Indiana. She moved to San Francisco and started going to college. She saw San Francisco as a place where everyone was free to be themselves. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But during her freshman year, Keating’s insecurities about herself — both physically and mentally — began to creep up on her. One day, she went to a doctor who wrote in his chart that she was overweight. It devastated her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Self confidence-wise, I just didn’t want to go out,” Keating says. “I didn’t want to do anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating struggled with what she was going to do. So she started going to the gym every day — sometimes twice a day — and within a year lost 70 pounds. But something was missing. “I lost all the weight but still mentally I did not feel great about myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660632\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660632\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating showing a before-and-after photo of herself after she lost 70 pounds. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About seven months ago, one of her classmates started raving about a pole dancing class she’d taken. Like a lot of people, Keating thought pole dancing was mostly just for strippers. But she was curious, so she checked it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it was a revelation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re up in the air,” Keating says, “it’s kinda like flying.” On the pole, she discovered she was stronger than she ever knew. Keating says she remembers when doing a pullup seemed impossible. “Now I can just pull myself up no problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating ditched her gym membership and now devotes most of her free time to pole dancing at a studio in San Francisco. One of the most challenging tricks she has learned is called the “Hey Girl.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To start, MaKayla climbs the pole. She then sandwiches the pole into her bicep and squeezes as hard as she can. “I usually get a big bruise after this one,” she says. Then using her arm and abdominal muscles, Keating swings her hips around the pole and spreads her legs open into a straddle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It hurts so bad,” she says, “but it looks really cool so it’s worth it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating is using her skin as a kind of friction brake on the pole. It’s why pole dancers always wear a minimal amount of clothing. It’s not just about sexuality. It’s about technique and safety. A pole dancer’s body is in a constant battle with gravity. You want to climb up. Gravity pushes you down. You want to flip yourself upside-down? Gravity wants to keep you right-side-up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660633\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating (R) and her dance partner practice their routine at San Francisco Pole and Dance. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But when Keating calls her family back in Indiana, she doesn’t talk about pole dancing. “If you were in my shoes, would you tell your mother?” she asks. “If I were just to say, ‘Oh, I’m pole dancing,’ she’s thinking stripper in the club, booty twerking, dollar bills being thrown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pole dancing didn’t become synonymous with sensuality until the 1920s. Dancing with, on or around a pole has been part of many cultures. It actually began hundreds of years earlier, and has roots in 12th century Chinese acrobatics. Poles were covered with rubber instead of metal and performers would do tricks fully clothed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, pole dancing is just one more growing fitness trend — like yoga or pilates — with over 70 studios in California alone. And yes, you can take a “sensual” or “exotic” pole dancing class in a studio. Or you can dance to Broadway show tunes and Disney songs. One San Francisco teacher has even built a routine around a poem about sexual assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSAYPVCupuc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating’s first competition is at a small college in San Bruno. She and her dance partner, Cynthia Younes, practice in front of the mirror. Men and women of all sizes and different levels of pole dancing experience are stretching, putting on their costumes and laughing with their pole mates on the couch. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a welcoming environment, despite the anxiety and tension of the competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660635\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660635\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating (R) and her dance partner Cynthia Younes rehearse their routine backstage at Skyline College in San Bruno. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After they stretch and warm up, Keating and Younes head backstage. “We’re just going to go out there and do our best,” she says. “I’m sure it’ll be great.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The women begin the routine away from the pole with their backs to the crowd. The song “Slice of Heaven” by Melody Sweets begins as the dancers raise their arm over their heads, one at a time, and then they turn to the audience. After a sensual floor sequence, they move to the pole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating says the routine is about the power of sisterhood. They begin the routine together, but eventually each dancer lets the other have the spotlight. So Keating will do her “Hey Girl” spin while Younes does some basic twirls around them both. At the end, the dancers come together. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Two girls. One pole,” Keating says. “It’s a super combination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The performance ends with big applause. The duo doesn’t win anything, but Keating doesn’t care. “We didn’t really know what to expect going out there,” she says, “but we just had fun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660636\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating (L) and her dance partner Cynthia Younes walk on stage for their first pole dancing competition at Skyline College in San Bruno. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A couple of weeks later, MaKayla Keating came out to her mother. As a pole dancer. And it wasn’t as bad as she feared. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her mother was initially concerned about its association with strip clubs. But Keating showed her pole dancing videos from class and her mother accepted her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is just the happiest I’ve been in like so long because of the confidence that pole gives you,” MaKayla says. She added that she’s definitely going to compete again. But next time, she’ll tell her mother about it.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pole dancing can be sensual, and for some, it’s hypersexualized. And that’s a bit tricky these days at a time when there’s so much discussion about sexual harassment and unwanted attention to women’s bodies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when Keating discovered pole dancing, she found power and confidence in herself despite the stigma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661497 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FEATURE_RS30337_000-pole_firstedit-4-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating in San Francisco. She started taking pole dancing classes seven months ago. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Keating grew up in rural Indiana in a family of conservative Baptist Christians. Every Sunday, she was obligated to go to church with her family. “I’d just sit there,” she says, “and I was always the one getting in trouble for questioning the Bible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Christmas Day, when Keating was 10 years old, her uncle asked her if she believed in Jesus. She said no. And her aunt, who overhead Keating’s response, told her she was going to hell. “That was pretty traumatizing,” she recalls. “I always felt kinda like the black sheep.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11661532/photos-an-inside-look-at-san-franciscos-pole-dancing-scene\">PHOTOS: An Inside Look at San Francisco’s Pole Dancing Scene\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11661532/photos-an-inside-look-at-san-franciscos-pole-dancing-scene\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30412_pole-10-qut-1038x576.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>And things weren’t much better at school either. Keating was an artistic kid with a big imagination. “It would turn the other kids off from me,” she says, “so there was some isolation and a bit of bullying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many young teenagers, Keating also struggled with her self-image. “I was just an awkward chubby girl who was deemed weird from an early age.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After getting into an argument with her family, Keating decided she was done with Indiana. She moved to San Francisco and started going to college. She saw San Francisco as a place where everyone was free to be themselves. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But during her freshman year, Keating’s insecurities about herself — both physically and mentally — began to creep up on her. One day, she went to a doctor who wrote in his chart that she was overweight. It devastated her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Self confidence-wise, I just didn’t want to go out,” Keating says. “I didn’t want to do anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating struggled with what she was going to do. So she started going to the gym every day — sometimes twice a day — and within a year lost 70 pounds. But something was missing. “I lost all the weight but still mentally I did not feel great about myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660632\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660632\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/BEFOREAFTER_RS30338_000-pole_firstedit-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating showing a before-and-after photo of herself after she lost 70 pounds. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About seven months ago, one of her classmates started raving about a pole dancing class she’d taken. Like a lot of people, Keating thought pole dancing was mostly just for strippers. But she was curious, so she checked it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it was a revelation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re up in the air,” Keating says, “it’s kinda like flying.” On the pole, she discovered she was stronger than she ever knew. Keating says she remembers when doing a pullup seemed impossible. “Now I can just pull myself up no problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating ditched her gym membership and now devotes most of her free time to pole dancing at a studio in San Francisco. One of the most challenging tricks she has learned is called the “Hey Girl.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To start, MaKayla climbs the pole. She then sandwiches the pole into her bicep and squeezes as hard as she can. “I usually get a big bruise after this one,” she says. Then using her arm and abdominal muscles, Keating swings her hips around the pole and spreads her legs open into a straddle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It hurts so bad,” she says, “but it looks really cool so it’s worth it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating is using her skin as a kind of friction brake on the pole. It’s why pole dancers always wear a minimal amount of clothing. It’s not just about sexuality. It’s about technique and safety. A pole dancer’s body is in a constant battle with gravity. You want to climb up. Gravity pushes you down. You want to flip yourself upside-down? Gravity wants to keep you right-side-up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660633\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ROUTINE_RS30340_000-pole_firstedit-47-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating (R) and her dance partner practice their routine at San Francisco Pole and Dance. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But when Keating calls her family back in Indiana, she doesn’t talk about pole dancing. “If you were in my shoes, would you tell your mother?” she asks. “If I were just to say, ‘Oh, I’m pole dancing,’ she’s thinking stripper in the club, booty twerking, dollar bills being thrown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pole dancing didn’t become synonymous with sensuality until the 1920s. Dancing with, on or around a pole has been part of many cultures. It actually began hundreds of years earlier, and has roots in 12th century Chinese acrobatics. Poles were covered with rubber instead of metal and performers would do tricks fully clothed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, pole dancing is just one more growing fitness trend — like yoga or pilates — with over 70 studios in California alone. And yes, you can take a “sensual” or “exotic” pole dancing class in a studio. Or you can dance to Broadway show tunes and Disney songs. One San Francisco teacher has even built a routine around a poem about sexual assault.\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/MSAYPVCupuc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/MSAYPVCupuc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Keating’s first competition is at a small college in San Bruno. She and her dance partner, Cynthia Younes, practice in front of the mirror. Men and women of all sizes and different levels of pole dancing experience are stretching, putting on their costumes and laughing with their pole mates on the couch. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a welcoming environment, despite the anxiety and tension of the competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660635\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660635\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/REHEARSE_RS30339_000-pole_firstedit-28-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating (R) and her dance partner Cynthia Younes rehearse their routine backstage at Skyline College in San Bruno. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After they stretch and warm up, Keating and Younes head backstage. “We’re just going to go out there and do our best,” she says. “I’m sure it’ll be great.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The women begin the routine away from the pole with their backs to the crowd. The song “Slice of Heaven” by Melody Sweets begins as the dancers raise their arm over their heads, one at a time, and then they turn to the audience. After a sensual floor sequence, they move to the pole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keating says the routine is about the power of sisterhood. They begin the routine together, but eventually each dancer lets the other have the spotlight. So Keating will do her “Hey Girl” spin while Younes does some basic twirls around them both. At the end, the dancers come together. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Two girls. One pole,” Keating says. “It’s a super combination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The performance ends with big applause. The duo doesn’t win anything, but Keating doesn’t care. “We didn’t really know what to expect going out there,” she says, “but we just had fun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11660636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11660636\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/STAGE_RS30342_000-pole_firstedit-135-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaKayla Keating (L) and her dance partner Cynthia Younes walk on stage for their first pole dancing competition at Skyline College in San Bruno. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A couple of weeks later, MaKayla Keating came out to her mother. 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"content": "\u003cp>Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/elmwood-cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elmwood Cafe\u003c/a> has closed abruptly, shutting down its social media pages and posting a brief note on the door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of about 2 a.m. Friday, the windows of the Elmwood neighborhood restaurant at 2900 College Ave. were covered with brown butcher paper, a Berkeleyside reader reported. A sign on the door proclaimed the business has closed for good: “Our sincere gratitude to all in the community,” the note reads. “Thank you for your support through the years.” The cafe had been open for business Thursday, the reader said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a recent wave of negative Yelp reviews accusing the business of racism may have contributed to the sudden closure. The reviews were prompted by news coverage this week drawing a parallel between a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/02/04/new-details-emerge-in-w-kamau-bellelmwood-cafe-storm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 incident at the cafe\u003c/a> and last week’s controversial Starbucks arrest of two black men in Philadelphia. Berkeleyside has asked the Elmwood’s owner for information, but failed to speak with him before publication time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11663589\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A closed sign was posted at the Elmwood Cafe early Friday morning. \u003ccite>(Berkeleyside)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The cafe was thrust into the spotlight Monday when comedian \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/opinions/philadelphia-starbucks-sounds-familiar-to-me-w-kamau-bell-opinion/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W. Kamau Bell posted a blog on CNN\u003c/a> to share thoughts about what he and his wife have said was racism at the Elmwood Cafe in 2015. Bell’s opinion piece, “I know what it’s like to get kicked out for being black,” was featured prominently online as \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/us/starbucks-philadelphia-black-men-arrest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starbucks drew significant criticism\u003c/a> for the April 12 arrest of two black men who sat down without ordering and then would not leave when police were called. The New York Times identified the men as real estate agents there for a meeting. Starbucks has apologized, called the incident “reprehensible,” and pledged to train staff \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/business/starbucks-racial-bias-training.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to be more aware of racial bias\u003c/a>. A video of the arrest on Twitter has been viewed more than 11 million times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his CNN piece, Bell, who is black, said the Starbucks incident \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/opinions/philadelphia-starbucks-sounds-familiar-to-me-w-kamau-bell-opinion/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brought up a lot of memories for him\u003c/a>. In 2015, he had walked up to the cafe to speak with his wife, who is white, and her friends as they sat at a table outside. It was his birthday, and the couple had also eaten breakfast at the Elmwood that morning. But he had left to work on his computer at another coffee spot on College Avenue. When he got back to the Elmwood Cafe and approached his wife and her friends, he said a staff member gestured for him to leave, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/01/29/comedian-w-kamau-bell-reports-being-subject-of-racism-at-berkeleys-elmwood-cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thought he was a stranger\u003c/a> trying to sell something. That person ultimately was fired. Bell asserted on his blog that he was discriminated against because he is black.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Starbucks-racial-apologies-revive-bad-memories-12842822.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://abc7news.com/comedian-w-kamau-bell-recalls-being-kicked-out-of-coffee-shop/3351799/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC 7\u003c/a> both featured Bell’s story this week. The Chronicle said “Starbucks’ racial apologies” had revived “bad memories” for Bell. He told ABC 7 the Elmwood had “let the story go,” and that “the owner of the Elmwood Cafe stopped answering my emails because once they got through the storm, they were able to sort of go back to business as usual.” Bell said the cafe never followed through with promises it had made to launch an \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/03/16/at-community-forum-in-berkeley-w-kamau-bell-and-elmwood-cafe-launch-implicit-bias-training-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ambitious implicit bias initiative\u003c/a> for service workers. The Chronicle said it was unable to reach Elmwood owner Michael Pearce to get his side of the story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some community members have said on social media this week that they were disappointed in the Elmwood, based on what Bell had written. One woman who shared the CNN blog said on Facebook on Tuesday: “Shame on the Elmwood Cafe (College Ave, Berkeley)!! I remember when this happened a few years ago, and I’m further appalled that NOTHING has been done to prevent it from happening again ... and that they’re not kept their promises.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others said the business had done what it needed to do, and had been a big supporter of community efforts over the years: “I do not sit outdoors when I am there because of the panhandling that happens every day. It’s unfortunate that W. Kamal [sic] Bell continues to slam them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was no explanation for the Elmwood Cafe’s closure at the business early Friday morning. But its Facebook page “isn’t available right now,” according to a message reached by clicking the Facebook link on the company website. Its Instagram page is now set to private.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A red banner on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/elmwood-cafe-berkeley?osq=elmwood+cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cafe’s Yelp page\u003c/a> reads, “This business is being monitored by Yelp’s Support team for content related to media reports.” A large red pop-up box, entitled “Active Cleanup Alert,” notes that the Elmwood “recently made waves in the news, which often means that people come to this page to post their views on the news.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11663590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-160x128.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-240x193.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-375x301.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-520x417.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posts on the Elmwood Cafe’s Yelp are under review in the wake of this week’s media coverage. \u003ccite>(Yelp)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday, the Yelp message said, reviews “may be removed as part of our cleanup process” to limit reviews “motivated more by the news coverage itself than the reviewer’s personal consumer experience.” But 15 mostly one-star reviews since Monday, criticizing the business in connection with Bell’s recent opinion piece and other media coverage, are still present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This place is miserable and racist. They are hypocritical. Why bother? There are so many other places to go,” one person wrote. On Friday, a woman who listed Los Angeles as her location wrote, “Get some diversity and race sensitivity training ASAP or close down shop! This is Berkeley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reviewer wrote, “Not gonna go there. I don’t care how ... hip, cozy, whatever it seems to be. They didn’t do the diversity training that they said they would after they threw W. Kamau Bell out for talking to a white woman (his wife), thinking he was trying to sell her something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wrote another, “Darker folks with Afros who go to this place with their ivory skinned wives and their little mixed baby should be able to eat all the overpriced food and drink all the overpriced coffee they want to. It’s time the owner sets the record straight. Apologize and do better. I’ll be back soon if you do. If you don’t I will be counting the days until you are no longer in business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said another reviewer, who signed off “BLM” in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement: “I would have gone here with my family until I learned about you kicking out black folks like Starbucks does. How very Berkeley of you. Now I hope you go out of business. I urge everyone in the East Bay to boycott this cafe immediately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bell’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.wkamaubell.com/blog/2015/01/happy-birthday-have-some-racism-from-elmwood-cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 blog\u003c/a> about his experience at the cafe, called “Happy Birthday! Have some racism from Elmwood Cafe,” continues to be among the top Google search results for the business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the 2015 incident, the Elmwood Cafe has retained many devoted customers. Many fans have lauded the cafe’s program to \u003ca href=\"https://www.elmwoodcafe.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support local and international nonprofits\u003c/a> that are chosen by the community. The Elmwood’s Yelp page shows a four-star rating and nearly 700 reviews. It has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g32066-d3514469-Reviews-Elmwood_Cafe-Berkeley_California.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Certificate of Excellence” from TripAdvisor\u003c/a>, bestowed upon “attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travelers,” according to that website. No reviews appear to have been written on that page since the Bell blog on CNN.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cafe remained busy right up until its closure. Thursday around noon there was a line outside the door of people waiting to place their orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marion Abbott, a co-owner of Mrs. Dalloway’s, the bookstore next door, said she saw a lot of people gathered for a meeting in the cafe Thursday evening after a bookstore event. “Private party or crisis powwow,” she said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeleyside has asked the cafe for further information. This story will be updated if it is provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Follow Berkeleyside on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/berkeleyside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/berkeleyside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook\u003c/a> or get the latest news in your inbox with \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing\u003c/a>. Email us at tips@berkeleyside.com. Keep Berkeleyside running and support independent local journalism by \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/support-berkeleyside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">becoming a member\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He told ABC 7 the Elmwood had “let the story go,” and that “the owner of the Elmwood Cafe stopped answering my emails because once they got through the storm, they were able to sort of go back to business as usual.” Bell said the cafe never followed through with promises it had made to launch an \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/03/16/at-community-forum-in-berkeley-w-kamau-bell-and-elmwood-cafe-launch-implicit-bias-training-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ambitious implicit bias initiative\u003c/a> for service workers. The Chronicle said it was unable to reach Elmwood owner Michael Pearce to get his side of the story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some community members have said on social media this week that they were disappointed in the Elmwood, based on what Bell had written. One woman who shared the CNN blog said on Facebook on Tuesday: “Shame on the Elmwood Cafe (College Ave, Berkeley)!! I remember when this happened a few years ago, and I’m further appalled that NOTHING has been done to prevent it from happening again ... and that they’re not kept their promises.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others said the business had done what it needed to do, and had been a big supporter of community efforts over the years: “I do not sit outdoors when I am there because of the panhandling that happens every day. It’s unfortunate that W. Kamal [sic] Bell continues to slam them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was no explanation for the Elmwood Cafe’s closure at the business early Friday morning. But its Facebook page “isn’t available right now,” according to a message reached by clicking the Facebook link on the company website. Its Instagram page is now set to private.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A red banner on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/elmwood-cafe-berkeley?osq=elmwood+cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cafe’s Yelp page\u003c/a> reads, “This business is being monitored by Yelp’s Support team for content related to media reports.” A large red pop-up box, entitled “Active Cleanup Alert,” notes that the Elmwood “recently made waves in the news, which often means that people come to this page to post their views on the news.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11663590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-160x128.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-240x193.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-375x301.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-520x417.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posts on the Elmwood Cafe’s Yelp are under review in the wake of this week’s media coverage. \u003ccite>(Yelp)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday, the Yelp message said, reviews “may be removed as part of our cleanup process” to limit reviews “motivated more by the news coverage itself than the reviewer’s personal consumer experience.” But 15 mostly one-star reviews since Monday, criticizing the business in connection with Bell’s recent opinion piece and other media coverage, are still present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This place is miserable and racist. They are hypocritical. Why bother? There are so many other places to go,” one person wrote. On Friday, a woman who listed Los Angeles as her location wrote, “Get some diversity and race sensitivity training ASAP or close down shop! This is Berkeley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reviewer wrote, “Not gonna go there. I don’t care how ... hip, cozy, whatever it seems to be. They didn’t do the diversity training that they said they would after they threw W. Kamau Bell out for talking to a white woman (his wife), thinking he was trying to sell her something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wrote another, “Darker folks with Afros who go to this place with their ivory skinned wives and their little mixed baby should be able to eat all the overpriced food and drink all the overpriced coffee they want to. It’s time the owner sets the record straight. Apologize and do better. I’ll be back soon if you do. If you don’t I will be counting the days until you are no longer in business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said another reviewer, who signed off “BLM” in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement: “I would have gone here with my family until I learned about you kicking out black folks like Starbucks does. How very Berkeley of you. Now I hope you go out of business. I urge everyone in the East Bay to boycott this cafe immediately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bell’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.wkamaubell.com/blog/2015/01/happy-birthday-have-some-racism-from-elmwood-cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 blog\u003c/a> about his experience at the cafe, called “Happy Birthday! Have some racism from Elmwood Cafe,” continues to be among the top Google search results for the business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the 2015 incident, the Elmwood Cafe has retained many devoted customers. 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Thursday around noon there was a line outside the door of people waiting to place their orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marion Abbott, a co-owner of Mrs. Dalloway’s, the bookstore next door, said she saw a lot of people gathered for a meeting in the cafe Thursday evening after a bookstore event. “Private party or crisis powwow,” she said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeleyside has asked the cafe for further information. This story will be updated if it is provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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