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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. 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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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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\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. 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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>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. 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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. 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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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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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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. 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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>You might call April 20 a Bay Area holiday. Every year on 4/20, at 4:20 p.m., thousands of marijuana users honor the drug, 420, with a celebratory smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But where did the term “420” come from anyway?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious listener Jess Lyons grew up in Marin County and always heard the code name had local roots. She asked Bay Curious: \u003cem>Did 420 originate in the Bay Area?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, the answer is yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The History\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The story starts in 1971 with a group of five guys nicknamed the “Waldos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re all good friends and we used to hang out on this wall at San Rafael High School on campus, and that’s why we’re called the Waldos,” says Dave Reddix, better known as Waldo Dave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663134\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 447px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11663134 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosattheMet.jpeg\" alt=\"The young Waldos visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art\" width=\"447\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosattheMet.jpeg 447w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosattheMet-160x108.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosattheMet-240x162.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosattheMet-375x253.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The young Waldos visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Waldos)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Waldos were the jokesters of the school. They were always laughing, playing pranks, impersonating strangers and having a good time. And they got high … a lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were the guys under the high school grandstands during Friday night football games, smoking a doobie,” Reddix says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they weren’t the deadbeat stoners you might be imagining. The Waldos were a curious bunch, who would go on unofficial field trips after school. One time they trekked down to Silicon Valley to see groundbreaking hologram technology. On another trip, they ventured to an off-limits portion of the Golden Gate Bridge. They started calling these adventures “Waldo Safaris.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663135\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11663135 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosSafariMobile.jpg\" alt=\"The Waldos Safari Mobile\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosSafariMobile.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosSafariMobile-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosSafariMobile-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosSafariMobile-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosSafariMobile-520x388.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Waldos’ Safari Mobile \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Waldos)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One day the Waldos got a tip from a high school friend about some marijuana plants ripe for the picking. A few men in the Coast Guard, based out in Point Reyes, were growing the crop but had gotten spooked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They thought that their commanding officer was going to bust them,” says Steve Capper, or Waldo Steve. “They didn’t want to get busted. They decided, ‘We’re going to abandon this growing project.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Coast Guardsmen drew a crude map guiding the way to the plants, and it ended up in the hands of the Waldos. Now the friends had a mission for their next Waldo Safari.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a no-brainer. I mean, we’re 16 years old. We have no money. It’s free weed,” says Reddix.“We decided we’d meet at 4:20 p.m., on the campus of San Rafael High School, in front of the statue of \u003ca href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Pasteur\">Louis Pasteur\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663136\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 337px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11663136 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldoLarry.jpg\" alt=\"Waldo Larry\" width=\"337\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldoLarry.jpg 337w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldoLarry-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldoLarry-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waldo Larry \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Waldos)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They got high, hopped into Waldo Steve’s 1966 Chevy Impala and drove out to Point Reyes to search for the crop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On their first trip they didn’t find any plants. But they kept trying, again and again, for weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We would remind each other in the hallways all day long. We’d say ‘420 Louis.’ It was a private joke,” says Capper. “After a few weeks we dropped ‘Louis.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Waldos eventually abandoned their hunt for the mythical marijuana patch. But the code 420 stuck around. It was useful. After all, smoking pot was a crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We started using 420 as a code for weed,” says Reddix. “We could use it around our teachers, parents, cops, anybody. They didn’t know what it was. It was our own little secret code.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a while, 420 was just a Waldos thing, but soon other students at San Rafael High started to pick up on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663138\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 478px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11663138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/420flag.jpg\" alt=\"A flag made by a friend of the Waldos.\" width=\"478\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/420flag.jpg 478w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/420flag-160x214.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/420flag-240x321.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/420flag-375x501.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flag made by a friend of the Waldos. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Waldos)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eventually it made its way to the Grateful Dead, who were rehearsing in San Rafael at the time. Reddix’s brother was managing Phil Lesh’s side bands, and another Waldo’s dad helped the band with real estate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We used to shoot baskets outside their rehearsal hall, because the doors would be open and they’d be practicing,” says Reddix. “We could listen to them playing music. It was awesome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the Dead started saying 420, it was here to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Proving It\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Finding the origin of a word or slang term can be a murky business, but the Waldos have the documentation to back up their story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are letters that reference 420, postmarked in the 1970s, which was before the term had widespread use. There’s an art project done by a friend of the Waldos that includes the word 420 next to a marijuana leaf. There’s the mention in the high school newspaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year the Oxford English Dictionary took a hard look at all this evidence, and now its online dictionary entry for “420” credits “students from San Rafael.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bay Curious partnered with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/category/the-cooler?gclid=CjwKCAjwiPbWBRBtEiwAJakcpMtaZ26aiuHb2nWS-ZwWr5ZWN7jq_zjtDIRHDP6Un08-ZZUbkClEAhoCzyYQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Cooler podcast\u003c/a> for this story. Be sure to catch their episode, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/103141/how-did-420-become-a-phenomenon-we-tracked-down-the-guys-who-invented-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Did 420 Become a Phenomenon? We Tracked Down the Guys Who Invented It\u003c/a>” for even more about 420.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>You might call April 20 a Bay Area holiday. Every year on 4/20, at 4:20 p.m., thousands of marijuana users honor the drug, 420, with a celebratory smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But where did the term “420” come from anyway?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious listener Jess Lyons grew up in Marin County and always heard the code name had local roots. She asked Bay Curious: \u003cem>Did 420 originate in the Bay Area?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, the answer is yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The History\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The story starts in 1971 with a group of five guys nicknamed the “Waldos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re all good friends and we used to hang out on this wall at San Rafael High School on campus, and that’s why we’re called the Waldos,” says Dave Reddix, better known as Waldo Dave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663134\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 447px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11663134 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosattheMet.jpeg\" alt=\"The young Waldos visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art\" width=\"447\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosattheMet.jpeg 447w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosattheMet-160x108.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosattheMet-240x162.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosattheMet-375x253.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The young Waldos visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Waldos)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Waldos were the jokesters of the school. They were always laughing, playing pranks, impersonating strangers and having a good time. And they got high … a lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were the guys under the high school grandstands during Friday night football games, smoking a doobie,” Reddix says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they weren’t the deadbeat stoners you might be imagining. The Waldos were a curious bunch, who would go on unofficial field trips after school. One time they trekked down to Silicon Valley to see groundbreaking hologram technology. On another trip, they ventured to an off-limits portion of the Golden Gate Bridge. They started calling these adventures “Waldo Safaris.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663135\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11663135 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosSafariMobile.jpg\" alt=\"The Waldos Safari Mobile\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosSafariMobile.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosSafariMobile-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosSafariMobile-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosSafariMobile-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/WaldosSafariMobile-520x388.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Waldos’ Safari Mobile \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Waldos)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One day the Waldos got a tip from a high school friend about some marijuana plants ripe for the picking. A few men in the Coast Guard, based out in Point Reyes, were growing the crop but had gotten spooked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They thought that their commanding officer was going to bust them,” says Steve Capper, or Waldo Steve. “They didn’t want to get busted. They decided, ‘We’re going to abandon this growing project.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KHOKHA:\u003c/strong> Don Mizota’s car club was”Kame,” which means “turtle.” There was even one called “Gohan,” which means “rice ball.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>WANG: \u003c/strong> It was an opportunity for these teenagers to have a creative outlet. And so a lot of them came up with very fanciful names. Other people who I interviewed included a crew out of the Gardena/Torrance area called the Apostles, because they all met in a Baptist Church. There was another club from the same area called the Shoguns, which had this very bloody and violent-looking logo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KHOKHA:\u003c/strong> So there were dozens of these nikkei car clubs in Southern California in the 1950s and 1960s. But I love that in the case of your father-in-law, he was basically souping up his family’s farm pickup [truck].\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11662766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11662766 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/TRUCK-800x583.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/TRUCK-800x583.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/TRUCK-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/TRUCK-1020x743.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/TRUCK-1200x875.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/TRUCK-1180x860.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/TRUCK-960x700.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/TRUCK-240x175.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/TRUCK-375x273.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/TRUCK-520x379.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/TRUCK.jpg 1309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mizota family 1955 Ford half-ton truck with emblems removed and customized with a 1956 grill. (Courtesy of Don Mizota)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>WANG:\u003c/strong> Yes. And partly it’s because a lot of these kids came from working-class families. My father-in-law came from a flower farming family, so the car that he had access to was the family pickup. He was able to do a little bit of customization on it, which was very simple but it set it apart from your standard stock pickup truck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KHOKHA:\u003c/strong> My father-in-law is the same age as your father-in-law and he was also interned in Jerome, Arkansas. What does car culture have to do with finding that sense of belonging after basically being told you’re not American?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>WANG:\u003c/strong> To have a car, especially in the 1950s, was engaging in a very deeply American form of culture because cars symbolized American freedom. To form these clubs was a really important way in which Japanese-American youth were able to form community. So I think the car clubs do very much tap into this larger backdrop of what it means to be an American and trying to reconcile the experiences during the war with trying to rebuild their lives coming out from it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KHOKHA:\u003c/strong> You also interviewed a guy named Howard Igasaki. He was born in L.A. and was a young child in an internment camp in Colorado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11662134\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11662134 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30440_IMG_0651-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30440_IMG_0651-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30440_IMG_0651-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30440_IMG_0651-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30440_IMG_0651-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30440_IMG_0651-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30440_IMG_0651-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30440_IMG_0651-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30440_IMG_0651-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30440_IMG_0651-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30440_IMG_0651-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patch from the Gardena car club, the Apostles. 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"content": "\u003cp>Tens of thousands of marijuana fans are expected to flock to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this Friday, April 20, marking one of the many annual celebrations of cannabis that will take place around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s 420 event comes several months after sales of recreational marijuana \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640572/legal-adult-use-pot-sales-finally-begin-in-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">became legal\u003c/a> in California, and as cannabis advocates and industry leaders push for a growing cultural acceptance of pot use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many who participate in these events will take the time to celebrate their recent victories,” said Paul Armentano, deputy director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). “But there will continue to be a movement afoot to try and bring normalization to the way adult users of cannabis are treated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marijuana advocates want to spread legalization to other states and protect dispensaries from federal enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The passage and enactment of Proposition 64 is not the finish line. In many ways it marks the beginning of the race toward cannabis freedom,” Armentano said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 420 celebrations around the nation have traditionally been used to advocate for marijuana legalization and to celebrate pot.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More of KQED’s Coverage of Legal Marijuana\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11638104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11662332/trump-vows-to-back-law-to-protext-marijuana-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump Vows to Back Law to Protect Marijuana Industry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11656341/pot-tourists-can-smoke-it-where-they-buy-it-in-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pot Tourists Can Smoke it Where They Buy it in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/stateofhealth/362754/now-that-pot-is-legal-should-you-worry-about-secondhand-smoke-california-scientist-says-yes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Now That Pot is Legal, Should You Worry About Secondhand Smoke? California Scientist Says Yes\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11649379/photos-are-pot-themed-weddings-soon-to-be-in-high-demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PHOTOS: Are Pot-Themed Weddings Soon to be in High Demand?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Now we’re at a place where the industry needs to take this holiday to show that the industry is responsible,” said Josh Drayton, a spokesman for the California Cannabis Industry Association. “The evolution of cannabis regulation and culture in California has changed, and I believe the 420 celebrations need to evolve as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change in the law, coupled with the fact that this year’s event falls on a Friday with the weather forecast to be mostly sunny, could bring very large crowds to Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers plan to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on permits, 60 private security guards, more than 180 portable bathrooms and cleanup work in the park and some of the surrounding neighborhood areas, said Alex Aquino, a Haight Street merchant who began producing the 420 event last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A dozen companies, including several cannabis businesses, are \u003ca href=\"https://www.420hippiehill.com/partners/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sponsoring\u003c/a> the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aquino says his goal is to keep the party — which includes a music concert — safe and clean. His team plans to put up a long fence line around portions of the park. Two ambulances will be on-site during the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s probably going to be a bigger celebration because it’s legal,” Aquino said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s not legal is to smoke marijuana in public, but that law will be violated often at Hippie Hill Friday afternoon. In fact, the event’s website features\u003ca href=\"https://www.420hippiehill.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> several photos of smoke\u003c/a> wafting into the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aquino stresses that sponsors will be barred from selling pot at the event as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Recreation and Park officials say working with Aquino last year worked well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The results were a much safer event, a cleaner park and cleaner streets,” said Connie Chan, a Rec and Park spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The party traditionally brings out a significant number of police officers, traffic control officers and public works crews. In all, at least eight city agencies will be involved in helping to put on the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency plans increased Muni service to and from areas around Golden Gate Park for the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll have a lot of people out there and a lot of service to make it as smooth as possible,” said SFMTA director Ed Reiskin. “There are people who are not going to or from 420 but are just trying to get around town, trying to get home at the end of the day, and we’ll do our best to manage for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several streets, including parts of John F. Kennedy Drive, will be closed, starting early Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will be extra city cleanup crews on hand, according to Larry Stringer, San Francisco’s Public Works deputy director for operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve done this for a few years now, so we have a plan that’s pretty well set,” Stringer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor London Breed, who represents the area, plans to announce the city’s plans for handling this year’s event during a press conference on Wednesday, the same day fencing will be installed around the area of the party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday’s event starts at 9 a.m., the music starts at noon, the party’s climax will of course take place at 4:20 p.m, and the event is set to end at 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Muna Danish contributed reporting to this article.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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California Scientist Says Yes\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11649379/photos-are-pot-themed-weddings-soon-to-be-in-high-demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PHOTOS: Are Pot-Themed Weddings Soon to be in High Demand?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Now we’re at a place where the industry needs to take this holiday to show that the industry is responsible,” said Josh Drayton, a spokesman for the California Cannabis Industry Association. “The evolution of cannabis regulation and culture in California has changed, and I believe the 420 celebrations need to evolve as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change in the law, coupled with the fact that this year’s event falls on a Friday with the weather forecast to be mostly sunny, could bring very large crowds to Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers plan to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on permits, 60 private security guards, more than 180 portable bathrooms and cleanup work in the park and some of the surrounding neighborhood areas, said Alex Aquino, a Haight Street merchant who began producing the 420 event last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A dozen companies, including several cannabis businesses, are \u003ca href=\"https://www.420hippiehill.com/partners/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sponsoring\u003c/a> the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aquino says his goal is to keep the party — which includes a music concert — safe and clean. His team plans to put up a long fence line around portions of the park. Two ambulances will be on-site during the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s probably going to be a bigger celebration because it’s legal,” Aquino said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s not legal is to smoke marijuana in public, but that law will be violated often at Hippie Hill Friday afternoon. In fact, the event’s website features\u003ca href=\"https://www.420hippiehill.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> several photos of smoke\u003c/a> wafting into the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aquino stresses that sponsors will be barred from selling pot at the event as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Recreation and Park officials say working with Aquino last year worked well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The results were a much safer event, a cleaner park and cleaner streets,” said Connie Chan, a Rec and Park spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The party traditionally brings out a significant number of police officers, traffic control officers and public works crews. In all, at least eight city agencies will be involved in helping to put on the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency plans increased Muni service to and from areas around Golden Gate Park for the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll have a lot of people out there and a lot of service to make it as smooth as possible,” said SFMTA director Ed Reiskin. “There are people who are not going to or from 420 but are just trying to get around town, trying to get home at the end of the day, and we’ll do our best to manage for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several streets, including parts of John F. 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"content": "\u003cp>Beyoncé was supposed to headline last year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, but had to reschedule for this year because she was pregnant with her twins, Sir and Rumi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was worth the wait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her rousing two-hour set, Beyoncé paid tribute to historically black colleges and universities, performed with her husband Jay-Z and reunited with her old group Destiny’s Child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11662458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11662458\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417964-800x522.jpg\" alt=\"Beyonce's entrance as the headliner at Coachella 2018's first weekend. Her performance had been delayed for a year because of pregnancy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417964-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417964-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417964-1020x666.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417964-1200x784.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417964-1920x1254.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417964-1180x771.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417964-960x627.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417964-240x157.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417964-375x245.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417964-520x340.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beyoncé’s entrance as the headliner at Coachella 2018’s first weekend. Her performance had been delayed for a year because of pregnancy. \u003ccite>(Larry Busacca/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She spent most of her time on stage being backed by marching bands, dance troupes and step teams at HBCUs. She also performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known as the national black anthem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/985499978855534592\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/985576333794099200\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11662457\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11662457\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417950-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Beyoncé Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417950-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417950-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417950-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417950-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417950-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417950-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417950-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417950-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417950-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-946417950-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beyoncé Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jon Caramanica wrote in his \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/arts/music/beyonce-coachella-review.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times review\u003c/a> of the performance that, “There’s not likely to be a more meaningful, absorbing, forceful and radical performance by an American musician this year, or any year soon,” than Beyoncé’s turn as the first black woman to headline Coachella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It was rich with history, potently political and visually grand. By turns uproarious, rowdy, and lush. A gobsmacking marvel of choreography and musical direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And not unimportantly, it obliterated the ideology of the relaxed festival, the idea that musicians exist to perform in service of a greater vibe. That is one of the more tragic side effects of the spread of festival culture over the last two decades. Beyoncé was having none of it. The Coachella main stage, on the grounds of the Empire Polo Club here, was her platform, yes, but her show was in countless ways a rebuke.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams brought back Destiny’s Child for one night as the trio sang their smash “Say My Name,” and husband Jay-Z also came out for a collaboration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/985479101388677120\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyoncé is due to return for her second performance as Coachella returns for its second run next weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyoncé’s fans took to social media to express their love for the performance, with many renaming the event “Beychella” and discussing admission to the “HBeyCU.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/mtfarnsworth/status/985592354227732480\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KarenCivil/status/985519690276454400\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to watch the performance, the official Coachella feed is below. 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"disqusTitle": "A Time-Traveling Map for Rapidly Changing Oakland",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imagine standing along the shores of Oakland’s Lake Merritt, but instead of seeing the downtown skyline you see Native American shellmounds, a roller coaster and grizzly bears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the idea behind a new project called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eastbayyesterday/long-lost-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Long Lost Oakland\u003c/a>. It’s a map of the buildings, plants and animals that \u003cem>used\u003c/em> to be there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661517\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11661517\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close-up of the map shows an old amusement park, called Idora Park. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11661519\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30384_IdoraPark-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30384_IdoraPark-qut-1.jpg 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30384_IdoraPark-qut-1-160x66.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30384_IdoraPark-qut-1-240x99.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30384_IdoraPark-qut-1-375x154.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30384_IdoraPark-qut-1-520x214.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A historic photo of Idora Park. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Liam O'Donoghue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even though he has lived here for only eight years, Liam O'Donoghue knows a lot about Oakland. He's the host of the podcast \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayyesterday.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Bay Yesterday\u003c/a>, and spent the last year buried in historical archives, researching centuries of Oakland’s past to recreate what the city once was, in a beautiful hand-illustrated map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poster-size map is colorful, and the drawings are bold like you’d see in a comic book. But don’t expect this map to give you any directions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that this map actually is useful for navigating,\" he says. \"But it's more about navigating through time, as opposed to navigating through the geography of a city.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that time spans from the 1800s to the mid-1900s, when San Francisco Bay was filled with coho salmon and orchards lined the streets of the Fruitvale District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When streetcars -- part of what was called the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayarearailfan.org/photogal/thumbnails.php?album=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Key System\u003c/a> -- rumbled through downtown and across the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661507\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 601px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11661507\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut.jpg 601w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-375x374.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-520x519.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A historical drawing of a house in today's Fruitvale District, circa 1878. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Liam O'Donoghue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>O'Donoghue says his inspiration for making this map came from the city itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I live on Telegraph Avenue. My desk window looks right out at the city,\" he explains. \"Over the many years I've lived there, I've watched buildings get torn down, I've watched new buildings go up. Part of this project is about sort of understanding the disorientation of living in a city where so much is changing so fast.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this time of rapid change is not unusual for Oakland. O'Donoghue says the Transcontinental Railroad, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the Great Depression are all examples of changes that Oakland faced in a matter of decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Understanding how Oakland dealt with these times of rapid change is helpful for navigating the changes that we're going through now. And it's not about saying that, you know, all the changes happening now are good or OK, but it's like, how did they deal with it and what can we learn from the mistakes?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there are some big mistakes to learn from. Like the treatment of the native \u003ca href=\"http://www.muwekma.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohlone\u003c/a> people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think genocide is too strong of a word to use to describe what happened to the Ohlone civilization,\" O'Donoghue says somberly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[Colonization] destroyed a lot of the habitat. There were invasive species. This is the flip side, like all the wonderful things you see in Oakland right now. It all came at a price.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661509\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11661509\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-800x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-800x640.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-160x128.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-1020x816.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-1180x944.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-960x768.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-240x192.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-375x300.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-520x416.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The map shows an Ohlone shellmound where it would have existed before colonization. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Liam O'Donoghue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>O'Donoghue has set up a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eastbayyesterday/long-lost-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kickstarter\u003c/a> to support the Long Lost Oakland project, but he’s giving the map away to teachers for free, in the hope that it will inspire students of all ages do their own research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, it’s working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Donoghue notes the email he received from a fourth-grade teacher in Fruitvale: \"[She] said that she's inspired by Long Lost Oakland to do a project with her class where she's going to have her students interview their older relatives about Fruitvale history. And she's going to do a long-lost Fruitvale map based on kind of the stories that her students collect from their friends and relatives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11662138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11662138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liam O'Donoghue created Long Lost Oakland, and hosts the podcast East Bay Yesterday. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is exactly what O'Donoghue set out to do with Long Lost Oakland: create something beautiful that gets people to look twice at the streets they walk down every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a time when change seems like the only constant, a map that shows us where we’ve been might be just the thing we need to tell us where to go.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imagine standing along the shores of Oakland’s Lake Merritt, but instead of seeing the downtown skyline you see Native American shellmounds, a roller coaster and grizzly bears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the idea behind a new project called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eastbayyesterday/long-lost-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Long Lost Oakland\u003c/a>. It’s a map of the buildings, plants and animals that \u003cem>used\u003c/em> to be there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661517\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11661517\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30362_IMG_3003-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close-up of the map shows an old amusement park, called Idora Park. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11661519\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30384_IdoraPark-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30384_IdoraPark-qut-1.jpg 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30384_IdoraPark-qut-1-160x66.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30384_IdoraPark-qut-1-240x99.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30384_IdoraPark-qut-1-375x154.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30384_IdoraPark-qut-1-520x214.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A historic photo of Idora Park. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Liam O'Donoghue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even though he has lived here for only eight years, Liam O'Donoghue knows a lot about Oakland. He's the host of the podcast \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayyesterday.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Bay Yesterday\u003c/a>, and spent the last year buried in historical archives, researching centuries of Oakland’s past to recreate what the city once was, in a beautiful hand-illustrated map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poster-size map is colorful, and the drawings are bold like you’d see in a comic book. But don’t expect this map to give you any directions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that this map actually is useful for navigating,\" he says. \"But it's more about navigating through time, as opposed to navigating through the geography of a city.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that time spans from the 1800s to the mid-1900s, when San Francisco Bay was filled with coho salmon and orchards lined the streets of the Fruitvale District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When streetcars -- part of what was called the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayarearailfan.org/photogal/thumbnails.php?album=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Key System\u003c/a> -- rumbled through downtown and across the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661507\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 601px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11661507\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut.jpg 601w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-375x374.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-520x519.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30381_FruitValeManor1878-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A historical drawing of a house in today's Fruitvale District, circa 1878. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Liam O'Donoghue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>O'Donoghue says his inspiration for making this map came from the city itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I live on Telegraph Avenue. My desk window looks right out at the city,\" he explains. \"Over the many years I've lived there, I've watched buildings get torn down, I've watched new buildings go up. Part of this project is about sort of understanding the disorientation of living in a city where so much is changing so fast.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this time of rapid change is not unusual for Oakland. O'Donoghue says the Transcontinental Railroad, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the Great Depression are all examples of changes that Oakland faced in a matter of decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Understanding how Oakland dealt with these times of rapid change is helpful for navigating the changes that we're going through now. And it's not about saying that, you know, all the changes happening now are good or OK, but it's like, how did they deal with it and what can we learn from the mistakes?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there are some big mistakes to learn from. Like the treatment of the native \u003ca href=\"http://www.muwekma.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohlone\u003c/a> people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think genocide is too strong of a word to use to describe what happened to the Ohlone civilization,\" O'Donoghue says somberly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[Colonization] destroyed a lot of the habitat. There were invasive species. This is the flip side, like all the wonderful things you see in Oakland right now. It all came at a price.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661509\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11661509\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-800x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-800x640.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-160x128.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-1020x816.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-1180x944.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-960x768.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-240x192.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-375x300.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30390_LLO-Details-Shellmound-qut-520x416.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The map shows an Ohlone shellmound where it would have existed before colonization. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Liam O'Donoghue)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>O'Donoghue has set up a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eastbayyesterday/long-lost-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kickstarter\u003c/a> to support the Long Lost Oakland project, but he’s giving the map away to teachers for free, in the hope that it will inspire students of all ages do their own research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, it’s working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Donoghue notes the email he received from a fourth-grade teacher in Fruitvale: \"[She] said that she's inspired by Long Lost Oakland to do a project with her class where she's going to have her students interview their older relatives about Fruitvale history. And she's going to do a long-lost Fruitvale map based on kind of the stories that her students collect from their friends and relatives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11662138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11662138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RS30361_IMG_3004-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liam O'Donoghue created Long Lost Oakland, and hosts the podcast East Bay Yesterday. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is exactly what O'Donoghue set out to do with Long Lost Oakland: create something beautiful that gets people to look twice at the streets they walk down every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a time when change seems like the only constant, a map that shows us where we’ve been might be just the thing we need to tell us where to go.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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