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"content": "\u003cp>The third annual San Francisco History Days is taking place at the \u003ca href=\"http://thesanfranciscomint.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Mint\u003c/a> this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/03/01/2018-san-francisco-history-days-old-mint/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History Days\u003c/a> features 90 different history groups from across the Bay Area. People were there to talk about every aspect of local history including transit, silent film and the Gold Rush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People were dressed as soldiers and Victorian dancers. Even Emperor Norton was wandering the vaults. But the Old Mint itself is an integral part of California history that people rarely get to see from the inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/bookhoarding/status/970040131590615040\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mint was completed in 1874 to help house federal gold reserves. It survived the 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires, and it’s easy to see why once inside. It’s built like a fortress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is one of the only times during the year that the public can get in for free and really see the history that’s written on the walls to really experience this building,\" said Jason Herrington, from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Historical Society\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Historical Society is working with the city to rehabilitate the building and convert it into a cultural use historical center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653681\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653681\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Dressed in historical garb, people stood on the steps of the Old Mint trying to entice people to come in for the event. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dressed in historical garb, people stood on the steps of the Old Mint trying to entice people to come in for the event. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653683\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Along with lectures and tables, there were old vaults set up to screen movies and historical footage.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Along with lectures and tables, there were old vaults set up to screen movies and historical footage. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653696\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653696\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Two women dressed in Victorian attire greeted people as they came into the Old Mint for San Francisco History Days. The woman on the right is emulating Lola Montez and her famous spider dance. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two women dressed in Victorian attire greeted people as they came into the Old Mint for San Francisco History Days. The woman on the right is emulating Lola Montez and her famous spider dance. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653695\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A volunteer from the Wells Fargo History Museum explains how code books were used to send confidential information about money transfers via the telegraph.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer from the Wells Fargo History Museum explains how code books were used to send confidential information about money transfers via the telegraph. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernanez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653694\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Banners from the Daughters of the Golden West were on display. The two banners on the left are at least 100 years old and adored with poppies and Minerva, to represent California. They are used in ritualistic initiation ceremonies. The banner on the right represents the Piedmont chapter of the organization. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banners from the Daughters of the Golden West were on display. The two banners on the left are at least 100-years-old and adorned with poppies and Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, to represent California. They are used in ritualistic initiation ceremonies. The banner on the right represents the Piedmont chapter of the organization. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653697\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653697\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Silent Film Museum in Niles showcased the history of the entertainment industry in the Bay Area. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Silent Film Museum in Niles showcased the history of the entertainment industry in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653691\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Friends of Civil War Alcatraz had toys from the era on display. Volunteers showed off how the toys were used.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Friends of Civil War Alcatraz had toys from the era on display. Volunteers showed off how the toys were used. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653688\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653688\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Buffalo Soldiers live on in these volunteers. Part of a national organization, Bernard Ivey (left) and Bill Terrell (right) help share the oral history of the Buffalo Soldiers. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Buffalo Soldiers live on in these volunteers. Part of a national organization, Bernard Ivey (left) and Bill Terrell (right) help share the oral history of the Buffalo Soldiers. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653689\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653689\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Buffalo Soldier table had historical items for people to interact with. The hats, mess kit, rations and bale hooks would have all been used by the soldiers. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Buffalo Soldier table had historical items for people to interact with. The hats, mess kit, rations and bale hooks would have all been used by the soldiers. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653686\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653686\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees could roam the dark, cold vaults in the Old Mint. Many organizations had tables set up in the vaults to educate the public about local history. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees could roam the dark, cold vaults in the Old Mint. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The third annual San Francisco History Days is taking place at the \u003ca href=\"http://thesanfranciscomint.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Mint\u003c/a> this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/03/01/2018-san-francisco-history-days-old-mint/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History Days\u003c/a> features 90 different history groups from across the Bay Area. People were there to talk about every aspect of local history including transit, silent film and the Gold Rush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People were dressed as soldiers and Victorian dancers. Even Emperor Norton was wandering the vaults. But the Old Mint itself is an integral part of California history that people rarely get to see from the inside.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The Mint was completed in 1874 to help house federal gold reserves. It survived the 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires, and it’s easy to see why once inside. It’s built like a fortress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is one of the only times during the year that the public can get in for free and really see the history that’s written on the walls to really experience this building,\" said Jason Herrington, from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Historical Society\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Historical Society is working with the city to rehabilitate the building and convert it into a cultural use historical center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653681\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653681\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Dressed in historical garb, people stood on the steps of the Old Mint trying to entice people to come in for the event. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dressed in historical garb, people stood on the steps of the Old Mint trying to entice people to come in for the event. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653683\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Along with lectures and tables, there were old vaults set up to screen movies and historical footage.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Along with lectures and tables, there were old vaults set up to screen movies and historical footage. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653696\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653696\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Two women dressed in Victorian attire greeted people as they came into the Old Mint for San Francisco History Days. The woman on the right is emulating Lola Montez and her famous spider dance. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two women dressed in Victorian attire greeted people as they came into the Old Mint for San Francisco History Days. The woman on the right is emulating Lola Montez and her famous spider dance. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653695\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A volunteer from the Wells Fargo History Museum explains how code books were used to send confidential information about money transfers via the telegraph.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer from the Wells Fargo History Museum explains how code books were used to send confidential information about money transfers via the telegraph. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernanez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653694\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Banners from the Daughters of the Golden West were on display. The two banners on the left are at least 100 years old and adored with poppies and Minerva, to represent California. They are used in ritualistic initiation ceremonies. The banner on the right represents the Piedmont chapter of the organization. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banners from the Daughters of the Golden West were on display. The two banners on the left are at least 100-years-old and adorned with poppies and Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, to represent California. They are used in ritualistic initiation ceremonies. The banner on the right represents the Piedmont chapter of the organization. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653697\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653697\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Silent Film Museum in Niles showcased the history of the entertainment industry in the Bay Area. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Silent Film Museum in Niles showcased the history of the entertainment industry in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653691\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Friends of Civil War Alcatraz had toys from the era on display. Volunteers showed off how the toys were used.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Friends of Civil War Alcatraz had toys from the era on display. Volunteers showed off how the toys were used. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653688\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653688\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Buffalo Soldiers live on in these volunteers. Part of a national organization, Bernard Ivey (left) and Bill Terrell (right) help share the oral history of the Buffalo Soldiers. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Buffalo Soldiers live on in these volunteers. Part of a national organization, Bernard Ivey (left) and Bill Terrell (right) help share the oral history of the Buffalo Soldiers. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653689\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653689\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Buffalo Soldier table had historical items for people to interact with. The hats, mess kit, rations and bale hooks would have all been used by the soldiers. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Buffalo Soldier table had historical items for people to interact with. The hats, mess kit, rations and bale hooks would have all been used by the soldiers. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653686\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653686\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees could roam the dark, cold vaults in the Old Mint. Many organizations had tables set up in the vaults to educate the public about local history. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees could roam the dark, cold vaults in the Old Mint. 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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>[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here’s a new book out about California that’s selling faster than Berkeley’s Heyday Books can print it. It’s called “\u003ca href=\"https://heydaybooks.com/book/the-california-field-atlas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Field Atlas\u003c/a>,” and it’s a thick book of maps. Not road maps, but hand-drawn watercolor renderings of wild California, with descriptions and reflections on its mountains, rivers, and creatures. It’s a kind of love letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was lost in a swoon for California,” says author \u003ca href=\"https://coyoteandthunder.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obi Kaufmann\u003c/a>. He’s an Oakland-based artist who’s walked thousands of miles of trail, from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/california/carrizo-plain-national-monument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carrizo Plain\u003c/a> to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/srnf/recarea/?recid=11476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siskiyou Wilderness.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one of his favorite spots is the mountain where he spent his childhood: \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Diablo State Park\u003c/a>, on the edge of the Contra Costa County suburbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653149\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11653149 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-800x1115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1115\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-800x1115.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-160x223.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-1020x1422.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-1180x1645.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-960x1338.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-240x335.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-375x523.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-520x725.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut.jpg 1492w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Diablo is depicted in one of the paintings in Obi Kaufmann’s new atlas of wild California, published by Heyday Books. Kaufmann grew up exploring Mount Diablo, close to his childhood home in Danville. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a little gem of biodiversity, a little jewel of wilderness right here among all the sprawling humanity that surrounds it,” says Kaufmann as we begin our hike along a creek at the base of the mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mount Diablo, he tells me, rises at the point where the Central Valley meets the San Francisco Bay Area. Because of wind patterns, it captures seeds blowing from all over the state. So you’ll find plants here that are usually found only on the Central Coast or way up by the Oregon border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we set off on the hike, Kaufmann warns me of the “fearsome four” we might encounter: scorpions, mountain lions, rattlesnakes and tarantulas. But he’s not personally afraid of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, I’ve taken so many naps unwittingly next to tarantulas,” he says. “They climb on me. I don’t know if they’re looking for dryness, or warmth, or just love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One creature that does scare him: wild pigs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> “If you see one, look for a tree, and climb it, ’cuz they have a bad attitude,” he warns. “They’ll bite. They’ll charge. They’ll hurt you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, one of the maps in this book shows all the California locales wild pigs roam — 56 of the state’s 58 counties. The book’s other stylized maps include one showing the fir trees of California, one depicting wildfire hotspots, and yet another locating the state’s dozens of wildflower gardens. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-800x925.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"925\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653148\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-800x925.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-160x185.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-1020x1179.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-1180x1364.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-960x1110.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-240x277.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-375x434.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-520x601.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut.jpg 1391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map showing what Obi Kaufmann calls California’s ‘oak gardens.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m less and less interested as I go in years as a naturalist and as a painter in one specific thing, in one specific species,” says Kaufmann. “I spent the last several decades trying to figure out the names for all the flowers, the names of the trees and shrubs, rocks and birds. Now I’m much more interested in the way it fits together in these larger systems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His watercolor maps depict the familiar California outline, filled in in unexpected ways. A California without roads. A map just of California’s rocks. Another of its rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653150\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653150\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obi Kaufmann fills his field atlas with watercolor paintings of California’s natural features, flora, and fauna. \u003ccite>(Paul Collins)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]K[/dropcap]aufmann began making maps as a child during outings on Mount Diablo. He sketched out the tiny trails traveled by coyotes. He gave many of the trees he encountered individual names — taken from the names of the angels in Milton’s epic poem “\u003ca href=\"http://www.paradiselost.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paradise Lost\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it was some sort of basic childhood reaction to lots of time,” reflects Kaufmann. “Loneliness, even, in the pre-Internet era. I’d come up here to enjoy the quiet and the birds and the coyotes. I thought that was more rock n’roll than anything going on in the city. I thought nature was where my voice was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaufmann moved to L.A. from the town of Danville, in the shadow of Mount Diablo, when he was 5 years old. His father, \u003ca href=\"https://aas.org/obituaries/william-j-kaufmann-iii-1942-1994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William J. Kaufmann III\u003c/a>, was a world-renowned astronomer who headed the \u003ca href=\"http://griffithobservatory.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Griffith Observatory\u003c/a> and passed away suddenly in 1994, at the age of 51.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He gave me my biggest perspective,” says Obi Kaufmann. “So even though I’m 20 years from the death of my father, I’m grateful to be afforded his opportunity to continue that conversation with the greatest scale of things. You know, that for me is California. For him it was the universe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaufmann’s wearing a big straw hat and has a scraggly beard like \u003ca href=\"https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/life/muir_biography.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Muir.\u003c/a> But, he says, guys like Muir weren’t really his big influences when he fell in love with nature as a teen in the late 1980s. It was more like “Lord of the Rings” and Metallica. Obi was a geek, a loner, a city kid who prefers sleeping out under the stars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people say, ‘Oh, you’re living the John Muir lifestyle, eating berries and sleeping in trees,’” laughs Kaufmann. “It’s like, yeah, I do that, but I also live in an apartment in downtown Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He likes his hipster coffee. He worked as a tattoo artist and designed graphics for a \u003ca href=\"https://juniperridge.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">natural fragrance company\u003c/a> before turning his attention to writing the book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653165\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653165\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut.jpg 975w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obi Kaufmann has also worked as a tattoo artist and a graphic designer. \u003ccite>(Paul Collins)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s we climb the mountain, Kaufmann talks about how observing things at a walking pace is more interesting than what you can see driving. He likes how trails follow the natural topography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some contour, some feature of the topography that you can read,” he explains. “Looking from here, from the buckeyes and the blue oaks, coastal sage brush, up into the valley oaks and the gray pines. I think that kind of narrative, that really subtle story, only unfolds at a walking pace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653152\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653152\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-800x1205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1205\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-800x1205.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-160x241.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-1020x1537.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-1180x1778.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-960x1446.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-240x362.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-375x565.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-520x783.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Douglas iris. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kaufmann says his book, with its layers of watercolor wash, is trying to spell out that kind of narrative in a visual form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s geographic literacy,” he says. “We have to know what there is to conserve in order to conserve it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I ask him about the most unexpected thing encountered during his years of walking California. He tells me about an usually quiet moment in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.hikelospadres.com/san-rafael-wilderness.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Rafael Wilderness\u003c/a> area of Los Padres National Forest when he spotted something bright red and freshly killed in a stream bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looked like someone had taken the fur off this baby bear, and removed it like a jacket, in one fell swoop,” he recalls. “There’s only one animal that does that: the mountain lion. That’s why the forest was quiet. The one thing about every single encounter I’ve ever had with a mountain lion is that she is control. You are not control, which is a very humbling experience for a human.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653155\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653155\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-800x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-800x662.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-160x132.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-1020x844.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-1180x977.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-960x795.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-240x199.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-375x310.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-520x430.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mountain lion. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think the process of writing this book and remembering that experience infuses the whole thing with a different sense of what it means to be in a natural participant in a wild system,” he said. “To let go of this facile need to own it and control it, because you can’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kaufmann insists his field guide is not an environmental treatise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are getting so entrenched in their beliefs. I think it’s time to throw away all of what it is to be left, what it is to be right,” he says. “All that old language needs to go away. I don’t even like the word ‘environmentalist.’ I’m trying to figure out some other word, like ‘restorationist.’ Let’s keep what we have here. Let’s restore these habitats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]B[/dropcap]y the time we reach the summit of Mount Diablo and take in the breathtaking panorama stretching from the Sierra Nevada to the Farallon Islands, I am starting to see things from Kaufmann’s point of view. The watercolor view of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653156\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653156\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-800x1041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1041\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-800x1041.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-160x208.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-1020x1327.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-1920x2498.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-1180x1535.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-960x1249.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-240x312.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-375x488.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-520x677.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California condor. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re up here in the crow’s nest of California,” says Kaufmann, pointing to the 400-mile-long granite spine of the Sierra Nevada. “It’s sort of breathtaking up here. It’s sort of like mind-breakingly beautiful. I always find when I get up here California makes sense. You can kind of see the whole thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s true. On a clear day, you can see across to the Farallones, down to the Tehachapi Mountains, even all the way to Mount Shasta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obi Kaufmann’s field atlas renders the state more beautiful by filtering out the urban stuff, so you only see its wildness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a 500-page book, maybe a little heavy to take with you on a hike. It’s not practical as a trail map, and it won’t point the way home. But it does open your eyes to a new way of seeing California.\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\" 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>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">T\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>here’s a new book out about California that’s selling faster than Berkeley’s Heyday Books can print it. It’s called “\u003ca href=\"https://heydaybooks.com/book/the-california-field-atlas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Field Atlas\u003c/a>,” and it’s a thick book of maps. Not road maps, but hand-drawn watercolor renderings of wild California, with descriptions and reflections on its mountains, rivers, and creatures. It’s a kind of love letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was lost in a swoon for California,” says author \u003ca href=\"https://coyoteandthunder.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obi Kaufmann\u003c/a>. He’s an Oakland-based artist who’s walked thousands of miles of trail, from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/california/carrizo-plain-national-monument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carrizo Plain\u003c/a> to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/srnf/recarea/?recid=11476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siskiyou Wilderness.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one of his favorite spots is the mountain where he spent his childhood: \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Diablo State Park\u003c/a>, on the edge of the Contra Costa County suburbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653149\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11653149 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-800x1115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1115\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-800x1115.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-160x223.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-1020x1422.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-1180x1645.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-960x1338.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-240x335.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-375x523.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-520x725.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut.jpg 1492w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Diablo is depicted in one of the paintings in Obi Kaufmann’s new atlas of wild California, published by Heyday Books. Kaufmann grew up exploring Mount Diablo, close to his childhood home in Danville. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a little gem of biodiversity, a little jewel of wilderness right here among all the sprawling humanity that surrounds it,” says Kaufmann as we begin our hike along a creek at the base of the mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mount Diablo, he tells me, rises at the point where the Central Valley meets the San Francisco Bay Area. Because of wind patterns, it captures seeds blowing from all over the state. So you’ll find plants here that are usually found only on the Central Coast or way up by the Oregon border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we set off on the hike, Kaufmann warns me of the “fearsome four” we might encounter: scorpions, mountain lions, rattlesnakes and tarantulas. But he’s not personally afraid of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, I’ve taken so many naps unwittingly next to tarantulas,” he says. “They climb on me. I don’t know if they’re looking for dryness, or warmth, or just love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One creature that does scare him: wild pigs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> “If you see one, look for a tree, and climb it, ’cuz they have a bad attitude,” he warns. “They’ll bite. They’ll charge. They’ll hurt you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, one of the maps in this book shows all the California locales wild pigs roam — 56 of the state’s 58 counties. The book’s other stylized maps include one showing the fir trees of California, one depicting wildfire hotspots, and yet another locating the state’s dozens of wildflower gardens. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-800x925.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"925\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653148\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-800x925.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-160x185.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-1020x1179.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-1180x1364.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-960x1110.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-240x277.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-375x434.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-520x601.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut.jpg 1391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map showing what Obi Kaufmann calls California’s ‘oak gardens.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m less and less interested as I go in years as a naturalist and as a painter in one specific thing, in one specific species,” says Kaufmann. “I spent the last several decades trying to figure out the names for all the flowers, the names of the trees and shrubs, rocks and birds. Now I’m much more interested in the way it fits together in these larger systems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His watercolor maps depict the familiar California outline, filled in in unexpected ways. A California without roads. A map just of California’s rocks. Another of its rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653150\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653150\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obi Kaufmann fills his field atlas with watercolor paintings of California’s natural features, flora, and fauna. \u003ccite>(Paul Collins)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">K\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>aufmann began making maps as a child during outings on Mount Diablo. He sketched out the tiny trails traveled by coyotes. He gave many of the trees he encountered individual names — taken from the names of the angels in Milton’s epic poem “\u003ca href=\"http://www.paradiselost.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paradise Lost\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it was some sort of basic childhood reaction to lots of time,” reflects Kaufmann. “Loneliness, even, in the pre-Internet era. I’d come up here to enjoy the quiet and the birds and the coyotes. I thought that was more rock n’roll than anything going on in the city. I thought nature was where my voice was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaufmann moved to L.A. from the town of Danville, in the shadow of Mount Diablo, when he was 5 years old. His father, \u003ca href=\"https://aas.org/obituaries/william-j-kaufmann-iii-1942-1994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William J. Kaufmann III\u003c/a>, was a world-renowned astronomer who headed the \u003ca href=\"http://griffithobservatory.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Griffith Observatory\u003c/a> and passed away suddenly in 1994, at the age of 51.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He gave me my biggest perspective,” says Obi Kaufmann. “So even though I’m 20 years from the death of my father, I’m grateful to be afforded his opportunity to continue that conversation with the greatest scale of things. You know, that for me is California. For him it was the universe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaufmann’s wearing a big straw hat and has a scraggly beard like \u003ca href=\"https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/life/muir_biography.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Muir.\u003c/a> But, he says, guys like Muir weren’t really his big influences when he fell in love with nature as a teen in the late 1980s. It was more like “Lord of the Rings” and Metallica. Obi was a geek, a loner, a city kid who prefers sleeping out under the stars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people say, ‘Oh, you’re living the John Muir lifestyle, eating berries and sleeping in trees,’” laughs Kaufmann. “It’s like, yeah, I do that, but I also live in an apartment in downtown Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He likes his hipster coffee. He worked as a tattoo artist and designed graphics for a \u003ca href=\"https://juniperridge.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">natural fragrance company\u003c/a> before turning his attention to writing the book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653165\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653165\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut.jpg 975w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obi Kaufmann has also worked as a tattoo artist and a graphic designer. \u003ccite>(Paul Collins)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">A\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>s we climb the mountain, Kaufmann talks about how observing things at a walking pace is more interesting than what you can see driving. He likes how trails follow the natural topography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some contour, some feature of the topography that you can read,” he explains. “Looking from here, from the buckeyes and the blue oaks, coastal sage brush, up into the valley oaks and the gray pines. I think that kind of narrative, that really subtle story, only unfolds at a walking pace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653152\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653152\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-800x1205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1205\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-800x1205.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-160x241.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-1020x1537.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-1180x1778.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-960x1446.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-240x362.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-375x565.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-520x783.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Douglas iris. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kaufmann says his book, with its layers of watercolor wash, is trying to spell out that kind of narrative in a visual form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s geographic literacy,” he says. “We have to know what there is to conserve in order to conserve it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I ask him about the most unexpected thing encountered during his years of walking California. He tells me about an usually quiet moment in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.hikelospadres.com/san-rafael-wilderness.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Rafael Wilderness\u003c/a> area of Los Padres National Forest when he spotted something bright red and freshly killed in a stream bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looked like someone had taken the fur off this baby bear, and removed it like a jacket, in one fell swoop,” he recalls. “There’s only one animal that does that: the mountain lion. That’s why the forest was quiet. The one thing about every single encounter I’ve ever had with a mountain lion is that she is control. You are not control, which is a very humbling experience for a human.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653155\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653155\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-800x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-800x662.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-160x132.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-1020x844.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-1180x977.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-960x795.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-240x199.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-375x310.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-520x430.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mountain lion. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think the process of writing this book and remembering that experience infuses the whole thing with a different sense of what it means to be in a natural participant in a wild system,” he said. “To let go of this facile need to own it and control it, because you can’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kaufmann insists his field guide is not an environmental treatise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are getting so entrenched in their beliefs. I think it’s time to throw away all of what it is to be left, what it is to be right,” he says. “All that old language needs to go away. I don’t even like the word ‘environmentalist.’ I’m trying to figure out some other word, like ‘restorationist.’ Let’s keep what we have here. Let’s restore these habitats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">B\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>y the time we reach the summit of Mount Diablo and take in the breathtaking panorama stretching from the Sierra Nevada to the Farallon Islands, I am starting to see things from Kaufmann’s point of view. The watercolor view of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653156\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653156\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-800x1041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1041\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-800x1041.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-160x208.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-1020x1327.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-1920x2498.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-1180x1535.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-960x1249.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-240x312.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-375x488.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-520x677.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California condor. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re up here in the crow’s nest of California,” says Kaufmann, pointing to the 400-mile-long granite spine of the Sierra Nevada. “It’s sort of breathtaking up here. It’s sort of like mind-breakingly beautiful. I always find when I get up here California makes sense. You can kind of see the whole thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s true. On a clear day, you can see across to the Farallones, down to the Tehachapi Mountains, even all the way to Mount Shasta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obi Kaufmann’s field atlas renders the state more beautiful by filtering out the urban stuff, so you only see its wildness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The 90th annual Oscars ceremony kicks off this Sunday. And, as Hollywood prepares for its closeup, there's no doubt going to be a bit of heartburn beneath the gowns and tuxedos of those hoping to put some distance between the industry and a cascade of sex abuse scandals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week the street artists \u003ca href=\"http://www.plasticjesus.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plastic Jesus\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GKidbBsnsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joshua “Ginger” Monroe\u003c/a> unveiled a life size sidewalk sculpture of a corpulent Harvey Weinstein lounging on a gold casting couch in a shall we say, skin- revealing bathrobe - all but daring passersby to slide in beside him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653241\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11653241 size-medium\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-800x519.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-800x519.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-1020x661.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-1180x765.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-960x623.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-240x156.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-375x243.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-520x337.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman walks past a gold sculpture of Harvey Weinstein on his infamous casting couch holding an Oscar statue beside Elvis Presley's Walk of Fame Star in Hollywood, California on March 1, 2018, where artists Plastic Jesus and Joshua Monroe displayed their creation days before the 90th Oscars Awards on Sunday, March 4. \u003ccite>(FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The piece was installed at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, a 5-minute stroll from the Dolby Theatre where the awards ceremony will be held.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Actress \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/rosemcgowan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rose McGowan\u003c/a> was among the first to go public with allegations of sexual abuse by the movie mogul Weinstein. Many people in Hollywood knew of Weinstein’s behavior, but did not speak up. Some even protected him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why McGowan is openly questioning the sincerity of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.timesupnow.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time’s Up Now \u003c/a>campaign when it’s endorsed by certain celebrities and industry executives .\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653170\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-800x505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-800x505.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-1020x644.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-1180x745.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-960x606.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-240x152.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-375x237.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-520x328.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actress Rose McGowan recently appeared on ABC’s The View to discuss her new memoir “Brave” and sexual misconduct in Hollywood. \u003ccite>(YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It is fake, I wish it weren’t, I wish everyone was good,\" McGowan said in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW3KD4kqqug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appearance on the ABC daytime show “The View”\u003c/a> last month. \"I’m sorry to puncture your heroes. But sometimes these heroes need to be better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She didn’t mince words about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.caa.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Artists Agency \u003c/a>during that appearance either. CAA is one of the biggest talent managers in Hollywood. Name the box office star and there’s a good chance they are currently or have been a CAA client.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some CAA agents are alleged to have known of Weinstein’s predatory ways but continued to steer young actresses in his direction for private, one-on-one meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now CAA is instrumental in helping organize the Time’s Up campaign through its philanthropic arm and a steering group of A-list actresses, agents and other public figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653179\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653179\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-800x891.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"891\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-800x891.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-160x178.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-1020x1136.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-1180x1314.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-960x1069.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-240x267.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-375x418.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-520x579.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A manifesto of sorts announced the creation of Time’s Up Now in January. \u003ccite>(Time's Up Now)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The intentions are good. But I know the people behind it you know,” McGowan said. “It’s four CAA agents who needed good PR, and I hope desperately that they help these women.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Report reached out to CAA and eventually one of the executive involved in the Time’s Up effort agreed to talk as long as she wasn't quoted directly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the small group of female CAA executives was inspired by the Me Too movement and wanted to use their clout and connections to create a mechanism where victims of sexual abuse and harassment can find support and justice. And they want to stop such misconduct in the future. And not just in Hollywood, but across a wide swath of industries, professions and institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To that end CAA banded together with a core group of fellow female executives from two powerful Hollywood public relations firms, Sunshine Sachs and \u003ca href=\"http://42west.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">42 West\u003c/a>, to help launch Time’s Up in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All three firms have also done businesses with Harvey Weinstein or his company at one time or another. And there were other clients whose names have surfaced as alleged abusers as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as numerous people pointed out during interviews for this story, Hollywood is a pretty small ‘factory town.’ And the air is even more rarefied at the upper tiers of the business where one might find oneself representing, working for or with the likes of a Harvey Weinstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well in terms of real clout, it’s a small community and people pretty much know each other,” says Kim Masters, editor-at-large at \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter\u003c/a>. She’s reported on the film and TV industry for nearly 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653256\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 219px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11653256\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/times-up-KIM-MASTERS-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/times-up-KIM-MASTERS-1.jpg 219w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/times-up-KIM-MASTERS-1-160x113.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hollywood Reporter's Kim Masters \u003ccite>(The Hollywood Reporter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people were looking at CAA especially, because so many of the stars who were in Harvey Weinstein movies, were CAA clients,” Masters said. “There was a feeling that there was a pipeline between Harvey and CAA. I also think they know what good PR is, and this (Time’s Up) is good PR.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CAA’s involvement with Time’s Up fits with the 43-year old company’s years-long tradition of philanthropy and championing a range of social causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It established a philanthropic arm, the CAA Foundation led by the agency’s Chief Innovation Officer Michelle Kydd Lee, and the foundation helped kick start a multi-million dollar Time’s Up legal defense fund to benefit less privileged women outside the entertainment industry who’ve been sexually assaulted and harassed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Masters says CAA and the two PR firms involved in the effort may also have other motivations; the bottom-line for one. The sex abuse cases roiling Hollywood are bad for businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think CAA felt quite vulnerable because of that and they wanted to somewhat wrap themselves around the #MeToo\u003cem> \u003c/em>movement,\" Masters said. \"And I think the other (talent) agencies look at them kind of with a little bit of an eye roll and say; ‘really CAA? Are you really so up in this cause, or is this a business proposition at the same time’?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Harvey Weinstein was \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/10/10/harvey_weinstein_confessed_to_groping_model_in_cringe_worthy_audio_recording.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused of sexually assaulting an Italian model\u003c/a> in New York a few years ago, he \u003ca href=\"https://bigleaguepolitics.com/top-cuomo-adviser-helped-harvey-weinstein-beat-sexual-assault-case/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recruited Ken Sunshine\u003c/a> as a kind of crisis spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653239\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653239\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-800x555.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-1180x818.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-960x666.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-240x166.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-375x260.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-520x360.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Sunshine (R) attends Center for Reproductive Rights: Unite Tonight New York on September 25, 2013 in New York City. \u003ccite>((Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Center for Reproductive Rights))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sunshine, a powerful show businesses publicist who’s also represented Barbara Streisand, Ben Affleck and the Michael Jackson estate, was later accused of launching a media smear campaign against the woman, a charge he’s denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in 2015 Sunshine \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/business/media/a-pr-firm-alters-the-wiki-reality-of-its-star-clients.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted that his firm had purposely edited clients Wikipedia pages\u003c/a> to remove what it saw as negative content. A couple of executives from Sunshine’s PR firm, Sunshine-Sachs are now helping coordinate Time’s Up efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those executive agreed to talk, but she too did not want to be quoted directly. She said the firms involved prefer to put the focus on the celebrities and activists who’ve now become the public face of Time’s Up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the women involved in the Time’s Up campaign, including some female executives, have also publicly divulged their own personal stories of workplace misogyny, harassment and assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know it’s difficult to get to the top if you’re a women in Hollywood, I’m sure they’ve been affected too,” said British born actress Sabra Williams. She was a longtime fixture of actor-director Tim Robin’s theater group \u003ca href=\"http://theactorsgang.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Actor’s Gang\u003c/a> and spearheaded the organization’s \u003ca href=\"http://theactorsgang.com/prison-project/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prison Project\u003c/a> acting program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams is hopeful that the actresses and women executives behind Time’s Up will make a lasting difference in Hollywood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But the question is; are they making actual changes? Are the writer’s rooms reflective of our community,” Williams said. “Are the people who have had least access able to have access? And if they are taking those actions I don’t care if they believe (in the campaign) or not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams came to Hollywood about 15 years ago and she too has been mistreated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I haven’t been raped. But like, the everyday misogyny, the everyday racism. (Producers and agents) finding out that I am married and then never hearing from them again,” Williams said. “But no one ever thought about reporting because you knew you’d never be believed by anybody. So that has already changed. There is a chance you will now be taken seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 571px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11653246\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUpLogo_WCopy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUpLogo_WCopy.png 571w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUpLogo_WCopy-160x66.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUpLogo_WCopy-240x98.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUpLogo_WCopy-375x154.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUpLogo_WCopy-520x213.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time's Up Now Legal Defense Fund logo \u003ccite>(Time's Up Now)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Women are at least feeling more emboldened to speak out said The Hollywood Reporter’s Kim Masters. In the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein scandal the newspaper was able to break stories about alleged sexual \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-lasseters-pattern-alleged-misconduct-detailed-by-disney-pixar-insiders-1059594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">harassment by John Lasseter\u003c/a> the chief executive of animation for Disney and Pixar studios. And in a separate case; Amazon’s chief of programming \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/amazon-studios-roy-price-inside-fall-a-top-executive-whats-next-1049859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roy Price\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the stories hit Price resigned. Lasseter is on what’s being described as a 6-month “sabbatical”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But two years ago when the Hollywood Reporter published an essay about Woody Allen’s alleged sexual abuse of his daughter, Dylan, \u003ca href=\"http://fortune.com/2016/05/12/thr-woody-allen-cannes-farrow/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the publication was barred\u003c/a> from an Allen press conference at the Cannes Film Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allen’s longtime publicist Leslee Dart told the paper that the ban was “only natural” after the paper went “out of its way to be harmful to my client.” Dart is co-founder of \u003ca href=\"http://42west.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">42 West\u003c/a>, the other PR firm behind the Time's Up campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think this is a moment that’s really (landed) not just in Hollywood,” Masters said. “There are just ripple effects from this. And that’s why I do hope that people will continue to find the courage to come forward.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The 90th annual Oscars ceremony kicks off this Sunday. And, as Hollywood prepares for its closeup, there's no doubt going to be a bit of heartburn beneath the gowns and tuxedos of those hoping to put some distance between the industry and a cascade of sex abuse scandals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week the street artists \u003ca href=\"http://www.plasticjesus.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plastic Jesus\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GKidbBsnsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joshua “Ginger” Monroe\u003c/a> unveiled a life size sidewalk sculpture of a corpulent Harvey Weinstein lounging on a gold casting couch in a shall we say, skin- revealing bathrobe - all but daring passersby to slide in beside him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653241\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11653241 size-medium\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-800x519.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-800x519.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-1020x661.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-1180x765.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-960x623.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-240x156.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-375x243.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-926038258-1-520x337.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman walks past a gold sculpture of Harvey Weinstein on his infamous casting couch holding an Oscar statue beside Elvis Presley's Walk of Fame Star in Hollywood, California on March 1, 2018, where artists Plastic Jesus and Joshua Monroe displayed their creation days before the 90th Oscars Awards on Sunday, March 4. \u003ccite>(FREDERIC J. 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Some even protected him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why McGowan is openly questioning the sincerity of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.timesupnow.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time’s Up Now \u003c/a>campaign when it’s endorsed by certain celebrities and industry executives .\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653170\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-800x505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-800x505.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-1020x644.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-1180x745.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-960x606.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-240x152.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-375x237.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan-520x328.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUp-Rose-McGowan.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actress Rose McGowan recently appeared on ABC’s The View to discuss her new memoir “Brave” and sexual misconduct in Hollywood. \u003ccite>(YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It is fake, I wish it weren’t, I wish everyone was good,\" McGowan said in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW3KD4kqqug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appearance on the ABC daytime show “The View”\u003c/a> last month. \"I’m sorry to puncture your heroes. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She didn’t mince words about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.caa.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Artists Agency \u003c/a>during that appearance either. CAA is one of the biggest talent managers in Hollywood. Name the box office star and there’s a good chance they are currently or have been a CAA client.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some CAA agents are alleged to have known of Weinstein’s predatory ways but continued to steer young actresses in his direction for private, one-on-one meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now CAA is instrumental in helping organize the Time’s Up campaign through its philanthropic arm and a steering group of A-list actresses, agents and other public figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653179\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653179\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-800x891.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"891\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-800x891.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-160x178.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-1020x1136.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-1180x1314.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-960x1069.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-240x267.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-375x418.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TIMES-UP-LetterOfSolidarity-1-520x579.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A manifesto of sorts announced the creation of Time’s Up Now in January. \u003ccite>(Time's Up Now)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The intentions are good. But I know the people behind it you know,” McGowan said. “It’s four CAA agents who needed good PR, and I hope desperately that they help these women.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Report reached out to CAA and eventually one of the executive involved in the Time’s Up effort agreed to talk as long as she wasn't quoted directly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the small group of female CAA executives was inspired by the Me Too movement and wanted to use their clout and connections to create a mechanism where victims of sexual abuse and harassment can find support and justice. And they want to stop such misconduct in the future. And not just in Hollywood, but across a wide swath of industries, professions and institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To that end CAA banded together with a core group of fellow female executives from two powerful Hollywood public relations firms, Sunshine Sachs and \u003ca href=\"http://42west.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">42 West\u003c/a>, to help launch Time’s Up in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All three firms have also done businesses with Harvey Weinstein or his company at one time or another. And there were other clients whose names have surfaced as alleged abusers as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as numerous people pointed out during interviews for this story, Hollywood is a pretty small ‘factory town.’ And the air is even more rarefied at the upper tiers of the business where one might find oneself representing, working for or with the likes of a Harvey Weinstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well in terms of real clout, it’s a small community and people pretty much know each other,” says Kim Masters, editor-at-large at \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter\u003c/a>. She’s reported on the film and TV industry for nearly 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653256\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 219px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11653256\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/times-up-KIM-MASTERS-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/times-up-KIM-MASTERS-1.jpg 219w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/times-up-KIM-MASTERS-1-160x113.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hollywood Reporter's Kim Masters \u003ccite>(The Hollywood Reporter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people were looking at CAA especially, because so many of the stars who were in Harvey Weinstein movies, were CAA clients,” Masters said. “There was a feeling that there was a pipeline between Harvey and CAA. I also think they know what good PR is, and this (Time’s Up) is good PR.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CAA’s involvement with Time’s Up fits with the 43-year old company’s years-long tradition of philanthropy and championing a range of social causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It established a philanthropic arm, the CAA Foundation led by the agency’s Chief Innovation Officer Michelle Kydd Lee, and the foundation helped kick start a multi-million dollar Time’s Up legal defense fund to benefit less privileged women outside the entertainment industry who’ve been sexually assaulted and harassed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Masters says CAA and the two PR firms involved in the effort may also have other motivations; the bottom-line for one. The sex abuse cases roiling Hollywood are bad for businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think CAA felt quite vulnerable because of that and they wanted to somewhat wrap themselves around the #MeToo\u003cem> \u003c/em>movement,\" Masters said. \"And I think the other (talent) agencies look at them kind of with a little bit of an eye roll and say; ‘really CAA? Are you really so up in this cause, or is this a business proposition at the same time’?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Harvey Weinstein was \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/10/10/harvey_weinstein_confessed_to_groping_model_in_cringe_worthy_audio_recording.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused of sexually assaulting an Italian model\u003c/a> in New York a few years ago, he \u003ca href=\"https://bigleaguepolitics.com/top-cuomo-adviser-helped-harvey-weinstein-beat-sexual-assault-case/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recruited Ken Sunshine\u003c/a> as a kind of crisis spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653239\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653239\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-800x555.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-1180x818.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-960x666.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-240x166.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-375x260.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/K-SUNSHINE-2013-520x360.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Sunshine (R) attends Center for Reproductive Rights: Unite Tonight New York on September 25, 2013 in New York City. \u003ccite>((Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Center for Reproductive Rights))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sunshine, a powerful show businesses publicist who’s also represented Barbara Streisand, Ben Affleck and the Michael Jackson estate, was later accused of launching a media smear campaign against the woman, a charge he’s denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in 2015 Sunshine \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/business/media/a-pr-firm-alters-the-wiki-reality-of-its-star-clients.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted that his firm had purposely edited clients Wikipedia pages\u003c/a> to remove what it saw as negative content. A couple of executives from Sunshine’s PR firm, Sunshine-Sachs are now helping coordinate Time’s Up efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those executive agreed to talk, but she too did not want to be quoted directly. She said the firms involved prefer to put the focus on the celebrities and activists who’ve now become the public face of Time’s Up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the women involved in the Time’s Up campaign, including some female executives, have also publicly divulged their own personal stories of workplace misogyny, harassment and assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know it’s difficult to get to the top if you’re a women in Hollywood, I’m sure they’ve been affected too,” said British born actress Sabra Williams. She was a longtime fixture of actor-director Tim Robin’s theater group \u003ca href=\"http://theactorsgang.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Actor’s Gang\u003c/a> and spearheaded the organization’s \u003ca href=\"http://theactorsgang.com/prison-project/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prison Project\u003c/a> acting program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams is hopeful that the actresses and women executives behind Time’s Up will make a lasting difference in Hollywood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But the question is; are they making actual changes? Are the writer’s rooms reflective of our community,” Williams said. “Are the people who have had least access able to have access? And if they are taking those actions I don’t care if they believe (in the campaign) or not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams came to Hollywood about 15 years ago and she too has been mistreated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I haven’t been raped. But like, the everyday misogyny, the everyday racism. (Producers and agents) finding out that I am married and then never hearing from them again,” Williams said. “But no one ever thought about reporting because you knew you’d never be believed by anybody. So that has already changed. There is a chance you will now be taken seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 571px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11653246\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUpLogo_WCopy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUpLogo_WCopy.png 571w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUpLogo_WCopy-160x66.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUpLogo_WCopy-240x98.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUpLogo_WCopy-375x154.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/TimesUpLogo_WCopy-520x213.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time's Up Now Legal Defense Fund logo \u003ccite>(Time's Up Now)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Women are at least feeling more emboldened to speak out said The Hollywood Reporter’s Kim Masters. In the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein scandal the newspaper was able to break stories about alleged sexual \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-lasseters-pattern-alleged-misconduct-detailed-by-disney-pixar-insiders-1059594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">harassment by John Lasseter\u003c/a> the chief executive of animation for Disney and Pixar studios. And in a separate case; Amazon’s chief of programming \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/amazon-studios-roy-price-inside-fall-a-top-executive-whats-next-1049859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roy Price\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the stories hit Price resigned. Lasseter is on what’s being described as a 6-month “sabbatical”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But two years ago when the Hollywood Reporter published an essay about Woody Allen’s alleged sexual abuse of his daughter, Dylan, \u003ca href=\"http://fortune.com/2016/05/12/thr-woody-allen-cannes-farrow/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the publication was barred\u003c/a> from an Allen press conference at the Cannes Film Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allen’s longtime publicist Leslee Dart told the paper that the ban was “only natural” after the paper went “out of its way to be harmful to my client.” Dart is co-founder of \u003ca href=\"http://42west.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">42 West\u003c/a>, the other PR firm behind the Time's Up campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Growing up in Oakland, Jeffrey Cheung felt like he lived in two different worlds: in one, he was gay, and in the other, he was a skateboarder. It was clear to him that the two didn’t mix. Nobody else knew he was gay, but when he went to the skatepark, other skaters threw around the word ‘gay’ as an insult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would get called like ‘faggot’ a lot, or like ‘that’s so gay’ and like ‘you’re gay’,” Cheung tells me. “It’s very homophobic. And not very welcoming. And I remember feeling very ashamed about myself and sexuality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when Cheung was 18, he decided to stop skating. It was just too hard to live in both worlds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653059\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11653059\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-160x159.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-240x239.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-375x374.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-520x518.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unity founder Jeffrey Cheung is also an artist. He paints skateboard decks with inclusive images of genders and sexualities. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Unity Skateboard)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gabriel Ramirez grew up in Southern California, but he also lived in those two worlds. In high school he \u003ci>wanted\u003c/i> to try skateboarding, but says he was “too afraid to experience what would happen” if anyone found out he was gay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramirez remembers the day he met Cheung at UC Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Finding out that he was gay and skateboarded, my mind was blown!” Ramirez laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramirez and Cheung started dating. They moved to Oakland, where they skated, played music and made ‘zines. At the end of 2016, their worlds were rocked: first by the presidential election. And then they lost a friend in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire. As their queer and artist communities grieved, they felt pushed to act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheung pulled out a sharpie and made a flyer for a queer skateboarding meetup at a parking lot. It was low-tech and low-expectations, just bring your board and show up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653056\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 586px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11653056\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer.png 586w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-160x164.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-240x246.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-375x384.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-520x532.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flyer for one of Unity’s queer skate days. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Unity Skateboards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The first one was just amazing, so many people came,” Cheung recalls. “And it was just a space where everyone could just feel welcome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It went so well, they decided to do them monthly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, a year later, this monthly meetup has a name: Unity Skateboards. Ramirez and Cheung continue to organize queer skate days in the Bay Area and up to 60 people show up each month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653042\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 599px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11653042 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut.jpg 599w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut-160x146.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut-240x218.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut-375x341.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut-520x473.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unity’s queer skate days draw up to 60 people each month. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Unity Skateboards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cheung stresses how unique the Unity atmosphere is compared to other places he has skated. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes it’s just like ridiculous how positive and supporting it is. I’ve never been in a place where everyone is just so happy and just supportive. People are like bringing food, like ‘here’s water’, and…it’s unbelievable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What started as a casual meetup in a parking lot is now a community of people — skaters and non-skaters, queer and straight — who all want to shred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BWqPkXYDwUp/?taken-by=unityskateboarding\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, they actually have a place to come together indoors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With money earned from their full-time jobs, Jeffrey and Gabriel are renting the top floor of a bookstore downtown Oakland. Jeffrey says it’s important to have a permanent safe space for their community. The walls of the wooden loft are covered with skateboards and artwork. There’s a printing press in one corner, a couch in the other. It reminds me of a clubhouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653052\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653052\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29192_P1022357-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People crowd into Unity Skateboards’ new loft space for the opening party. \u003ccite>(Nadine Sebai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The tiny shop is packed for the opening party. Louise Alban has been skating with Unity for almost two years, and she says it has helped her learn to love all of her identities: “I’m a skateboarder and I’m a queer, and then I’m also female and… I can do all of those things and there’s other people like me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alban started skating when she was 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom like hated it,” she says. “She thought girls shouldn’t be skating and I was like that young defiant little kid, and I was like ‘I’m going to skate anyway.’ So I did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653053\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louise Alban started skating she was 11. Her mom didn’t think that girls should skate. \u003ccite>(Nadine Sebai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alban found out about Unity Skateboards on Instagram. She sent Cheung a video of herself skating. He mailed her back a skateboard, an invitation to come skate with them. Louise moved from her home in Yucaipa a few months later to attend her first queer skate day, and she’s been in Oakland ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unity’s founder, Jeffrey Cheung, says now, he has the most queer friends he’s ever had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also says that if there was something like this when he was younger, it would have changed his life entirely. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Growing up in Oakland, Jeffrey Cheung felt like he lived in two different worlds: in one, he was gay, and in the other, he was a skateboarder. It was clear to him that the two didn’t mix. Nobody else knew he was gay, but when he went to the skatepark, other skaters threw around the word ‘gay’ as an insult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would get called like ‘faggot’ a lot, or like ‘that’s so gay’ and like ‘you’re gay’,” Cheung tells me. “It’s very homophobic. And not very welcoming. And I remember feeling very ashamed about myself and sexuality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when Cheung was 18, he decided to stop skating. It was just too hard to live in both worlds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653059\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11653059\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-160x159.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-240x239.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-375x374.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-520x518.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29716_skateboards-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unity founder Jeffrey Cheung is also an artist. He paints skateboard decks with inclusive images of genders and sexualities. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Unity Skateboard)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gabriel Ramirez grew up in Southern California, but he also lived in those two worlds. In high school he \u003ci>wanted\u003c/i> to try skateboarding, but says he was “too afraid to experience what would happen” if anyone found out he was gay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramirez remembers the day he met Cheung at UC Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Finding out that he was gay and skateboarded, my mind was blown!” Ramirez laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramirez and Cheung started dating. They moved to Oakland, where they skated, played music and made ‘zines. At the end of 2016, their worlds were rocked: first by the presidential election. And then they lost a friend in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire. As their queer and artist communities grieved, they felt pushed to act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheung pulled out a sharpie and made a flyer for a queer skateboarding meetup at a parking lot. It was low-tech and low-expectations, just bring your board and show up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653056\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 586px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11653056\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer.png 586w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-160x164.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-240x246.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-375x384.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-520x532.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/queer-skate-day-flyer-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flyer for one of Unity’s queer skate days. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Unity Skateboards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The first one was just amazing, so many people came,” Cheung recalls. “And it was just a space where everyone could just feel welcome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It went so well, they decided to do them monthly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, a year later, this monthly meetup has a name: Unity Skateboards. Ramirez and Cheung continue to organize queer skate days in the Bay Area and up to 60 people show up each month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653042\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 599px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11653042 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut.jpg 599w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut-160x146.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut-240x218.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut-375x341.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29715_Unity-qut-520x473.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unity’s queer skate days draw up to 60 people each month. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Unity Skateboards)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cheung stresses how unique the Unity atmosphere is compared to other places he has skated. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes it’s just like ridiculous how positive and supporting it is. I’ve never been in a place where everyone is just so happy and just supportive. People are like bringing food, like ‘here’s water’, and…it’s unbelievable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What started as a casual meetup in a parking lot is now a community of people — skaters and non-skaters, queer and straight — who all want to shred.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Louise Alban has been skating with Unity for almost two years, and she says it has helped her learn to love all of her identities: “I’m a skateboarder and I’m a queer, and then I’m also female and… I can do all of those things and there’s other people like me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alban started skating when she was 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom like hated it,” she says. “She thought girls shouldn’t be skating and I was like that young defiant little kid, and I was like ‘I’m going to skate anyway.’ So I did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653053\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29166_P1022327-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louise Alban started skating she was 11. Her mom didn’t think that girls should skate. \u003ccite>(Nadine Sebai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alban found out about Unity Skateboards on Instagram. She sent Cheung a video of herself skating. He mailed her back a skateboard, an invitation to come skate with them. Louise moved from her home in Yucaipa a few months later to attend her first queer skate day, and she’s been in Oakland ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unity’s founder, Jeffrey Cheung, says now, he has the most queer friends he’s ever had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also says that if there was something like this when he was younger, it would have changed his life entirely. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/profiles/leo-braudy-298056\" rel=\"noopener\">Leo Braudy\u003c/a> is Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature at the \u003ca href=\"http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-southern-california-dornsife-college-of-letters-arts-and-sciences-2669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every year at the Oscars, the cameras pan to the famed Hollywood sign and its bold white letters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ask someone today what the sign symbolizes, and the same words will likely crop up: \u003cem>Movies. Stardom. 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The state’s temperate climate and natural springs, \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=zm5oBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=california+health+destination+19th+century&source=bl&ots=gFkRyLbfW1&sig=5hWBgDNks80_z2mnZvn7ITx1a-o&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjW0tesscnZAhUBMqwKHcnRANAQ6AEITzAF#v=onepage&q=california%20health%20destination%2019th%20century&f=false\" rel=\"noopener\">guidebooks claimed\u003c/a>, possessed “restorative powers for weakened dispositions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s gold has since been drained, and the quest for perfect health has spread to rest of the country. 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Heavy winds could easily rip the letters away, and by the late 1940s, there had been so much deterioration that the city of Los Angeles proposed to tear it down, calling it a dangerous public nuisance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652983\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652983\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS27116_Hollywood-TC-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Color photo of the Hollywood sign with blue sky above\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS27116_Hollywood-TC-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS27116_Hollywood-TC-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS27116_Hollywood-TC-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS27116_Hollywood-TC-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS27116_Hollywood-TC-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS27116_Hollywood-TC-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS27116_Hollywood-TC-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS27116_Hollywood-TC-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS27116_Hollywood-TC-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hollywood Sign after a 2005 refurbishment \u003ccite>(Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That dismissive view of the sign began to change in 1949, when the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hollywood-sign-sold-for-450k/\">told the city that it would take over its ownership and maintenance\u003c/a>. With that exchange, the “land” suffix was dropped. We could say that this is the point that the Hollywood sign we know today was actually born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, improvements and maintenance occurred in fits and starts. By the early 1970s, committees were being formed to “save” the sign in order to restore it beyond shoddy paint jobs and patchwork repairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, in 1978 a committee headed by Hugh Hefner and Alice Cooper collected the funds – about $27,000 per letter – to not simply repair, \u003ca href=\"https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/09/hugh-hefner-hollywood-sign\" rel=\"noopener\">but rebuild the sign\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today the big white letters are a permanent fixture in the Los Angeles landscape, and it’s even withstood the attempts of adventurous vandals to emulate \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/01/us/hollywood-hollyweed-sign/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">the art student\u003c/a> who, in 1976, tweaked the sign to read “\u003ca href=\"http://www.trbimg.com/img-58694e84/turbine/la-lnelson-1483296437-snap-photo\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollyweed\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://counter.theconversation.com/content/78584/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic\" alt=\"The Conversation\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">In their own way, these vandals are trying to carve out their own slice of the Hollywood dream – a quest not for gold or for health, but for recognition and fame, whether by talent, ambition or selfie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/californiadream/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Dream series\u003c/a> is a statewide media collaboration of CALmatters, KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the James Irvine Foundation and the College Futures Foundation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11660142\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-800x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-800x219.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-160x44.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-1020x280.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-1180x324.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-960x263.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-240x66.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-375x103.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-520x143.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"title": "America's Emperor, San Francisco's Treasure: Who Was Emperor Norton?",
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"content": "\u003cp>If you’ve taken a walking tour of San Francisco, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the name Emperor Norton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was how Bay Curious listener and Oakland resident Jennifer Jacobs first learned about the beloved San Francisco eccentric after she moved to the Bay Area from Michigan in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was just like, ‘Wow, this is a whole other world. They have their own emperor here in San Francisco,’ ” Jennifer says.\u003cbr>\n[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003cbr>\nEver since, Jennifer has wanted to know more. Who was Emperor Norton? How was he seen in his own time? And why is he still remembered and revered today, almost 140 years after his death?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not much is known about Emperor Norton’s early life, according to John Lumea, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.emperorsbridge.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emperor’s Bridge Campaign\u003c/a>, which focuses on researching Norton’s life and sharing it with the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what we do know.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The rise and fall of a Gold Rush businessman\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Emperor Norton was born Joshua Abraham Norton in 1818 to Jewish parents in present-day London. At age 2, he moved with his parents to South Africa, where his dad set up a successful ship supplies business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 21, with help from his father, Norton opened his own ship supplies business, but it went bankrupt within 18 months. Things went from bad to worse over the next few years, and by 1848, both of Norton’s parents and two of his siblings had died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following year, Norton left South Africa, and after a short stop in South America, landed in San Francisco in late 1849.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton arrived in a lawless, Wild West version of San Francisco. The Gold Rush transformed a small town of a few hundred people to a bustling metropolis of 25,000 within a few years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was also a town of constant rebirth. People were making and losing their fortunes in the blink of an eye. The city was almost \u003ca href=\"https://thebolditalic.com/5-times-san-francisco-was-almost-destroyed-the-bold-italic-san-francisco-697dcf1177b8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">destroyed by fires\u003c/a> seven times between 1849 and 1851.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton, who had already built and lost a business in South Africa, fit right into this boom-and-bust town. He established himself as a successful businessman selling commodities like rice and flour. He invested in real estate, erecting buildings on three of the four corners of Sansome and Jackson streets — one of the most popular intersections in town — plus plots in North Beach and a lucrative waterfront property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10981646\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10981646\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay-400x321.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay-800x643.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco waterfront in 1851. (San Francisco Maritime Museum National Historical Park)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He made a great amount of money and was very influential,” Lumea says of Norton’s early days in the city. “He was in with all the right people, attended all the right clubs and all the right restaurants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riding high, Norton planned his next business move. With a rice famine underway in China, Norton was presented with a chance to corner the rice market by buying up a shipload of Peruvian rice. Expecting rice prices to soar, Norton went in with a couple of business partners in 1852 and staked $25,000 on the venture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then it all went wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Within a [few] days, ship after ship after ship of rice comes in, and so the bottom falls out of the market,” Lumea says. “This idea, which at one point seemed so great, now isn’t so great.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal, and the subsequent years of legal wrangling, ruined Norton. By the time Norton was 38, in 1856, he was bankrupt for the second time.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>An imperial transformation\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>After his financial ruin, Norton went quiet for a few years. He moved out of his prestigious home, and fell out of favor with some members of the social elite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He re-emerged on Sept. 17, 1859, on the pages on the San Francisco Evening Bulletin newspaper. Earlier in the day, he had walked into the paper’s offices and presented the editor with a short notice he asked to have published in that day’s edition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the peremptory request of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the last nine years and ten months past of San Francisco, California, declare and proclaim myself Emperor of these United States,” the notice began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652849\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 411px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11652849 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The proclamation in the September 17, 1859, edition of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin that transformed Joshua Abraham Norton into Emperor Norton.\" width=\"411\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut.jpg 411w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut-160x187.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut-240x281.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut-375x439.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proclamation in the September 17, 1859, edition of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin that transformed Joshua Abraham Norton into Emperor Norton. \u003ccite>(San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At age 41, three years after losing everything, Norton christened himself Emperor of the United States. When France’s Napoleon III invaded Mexico in 1861, Norton added “Protector of Mexico” to his imperial title.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This astonishing transformation has always fascinated Bay Curious listener Jacobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I majored in psychology, so I couldn’t help thinking he must have had some kind of a nervous breakdown or something happened in those few years,” she says. “I was thinking schizophrenia or bipolar disorder maybe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are no sure answers about Norton’s mental health before or after his imperial declaration, but some people think his money troubles led him into a deep depression and that becoming Emperor Norton was a coping mechanism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652931\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11652931\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike.jpg\" alt=\"A snarky caption is scrawled below this image of Norton on a bicycle.\" width=\"400\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike.jpg 522w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-160x221.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-240x331.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-375x517.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-520x717.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A snarky caption is scrawled below this image of Norton on a bicycle. \u003ccite>(California State Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s a sense in which the persona of the Emperor actually saved him in a way,” Lumea says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in his declaration, Norton called on representatives of all the states to assemble the following February to establish his empire and “to make such alterations in the existing laws of the Union to ameliorate the evils under which the country is laboring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly, nobody showed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that didn’t stop Norton. He had declared himself emperor. And he was going to act like it for the next 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Norton continued issuing imperial proclamations on items big, like calling for the end of presidential elections, and small, like chastising the skating rink operator who wouldn’t let him use a pair of skates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though he was Emperor of the United States, his proclamations were often very local in nature. He didn’t hesitate to call out San Francisco’s police and elected officials. Perhaps his most well-known proclamations were the ones calling for the construction of a bridge connecting Oakland and San Francisco through Yerba Buena Island — what we recognize today as the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"11652859,11652858,11652857,11652856\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton also adopted an imperial wardrobe. He started with either a blue or gray military jacket, switching between the two early in his “reign” to maintain his neutrality in the ongoing Civil War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the war, he settled on a blue officer’s jacket furnished with large, fringed, golden shoulder epaulets. His balding head was almost always covered with a hat, most often a small military kepi or a garish beaver fur top hat with a cascade of colorful feathers pinned to the front.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Being emperor did not pay very well. Norton spent most of his reign subsisting off the generosity of the public and the support of a few wealthy friends from his high society days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1870, with the newly-completed transcontinental railroad bringing more tourists to San Francisco from across the country, Norton helped fill his coffers by selling “imperial bonds” for 50 cents each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652847\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652847\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I-800x1212.jpg\" alt=\"Emperor Norton in his traditional imperial outfit around 1875.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1212\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I-800x1212.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I-160x242.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I-240x364.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I-375x568.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I-520x788.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I.jpg 866w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emperor Norton in his traditional imperial outfit around 1875. \u003ccite>(Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He didn’t need much money. His lodgings on Commercial Street cost him only 50 cents a night, and he spent most of his day reading the newspapers, talking with other forty-niners in Portsmouth Square and writing proclamations at the Mechanics’ Institute Library on Post Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For lunch, Norton could go to almost any tavern in town and for the price of a drink, no more than 25 cents, get access to a full lunch spread of salmon, roast beef, tomatoes and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He really makes himself part of the life of the city,” Lumea says. “He goes to political meetings. He goes to the theater. He goes to the saloons. He makes himself a public presence. He’s in the streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s newspapers saw Norton as a bit of a buffoon and regularly published fake proclamations with his name attached. So, in 1870, he started publishing his genuine proclamations almost exclusively in an African-American-owned and operated abolitionist weekly, The Pacific Appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" ids=\"11652840,11652839,11652838,11652837,11652836,11652835,11652834,11652833,11652832,11652831,11652830,11652829,11652828,11652827,11652826,11652825,11652824\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Norton’s proclamations, especially those in The Pacific Appeal, were surprisingly progressive for his time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s talking about how African-Americans should have the right to attend public schools, ride public streetcars. How the Chinese should be able to have their testimony heard in court,” Lumea says. Norton also argued for the rights of Native Americans and against political corruption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So he’s really making himself into an early champion of the values of fairness and tolerance and the common good that really later become a great symbol of San Francisco,” Lumea says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Le roi est mort’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jan. 8, 1880, was a cold and rainy night in San Francisco. Norton left his room on Commercial Street to walk the few short blocks to a debate at the Academy of Natural Sciences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his way there, he collapsed on the street and died of a suspected stroke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652860\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652860\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Emperor Norton's grave, which was moved from the Masonic Cemetery in San Francisco to Colma.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emperor Norton’s grave, which was moved from the Masonic Cemetery in San Francisco to Colma. \u003ccite>(Joshua Neff/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ten thousand people came to Norton’s funeral. The headline of his obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle read, “Le roi est mort.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton died with just a few dollars in his pockets and would have been sent to a pauper’s grave, if not for the intercession of his old friends in business, who paid for a fancy rosewood coffin adorned with silver and a burial plot in the Masonic Cemetery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though often in the official world of journalism or politics he was somewhat seen as a figure of ridicule,” Lumea says, “to the people in the streets who saw him on a day-to-day basis for 20 years, he was known as a very kind person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Norton at 200\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Almost 140 years after his death, Norton continues to captivate San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lumea started the Emperor’s Bridge Campaign in 2013 to try to get the Bay Bridge renamed for Emperor Norton, in recognition of him publishing the idea decades before it came to be. The Board of Supervisors designated February 2018 as \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EmperorsBridge/status/960568176013541376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Emperor Norton Month,”\u003c/a> and City Hall and Coit Tower were lit up gold on Feb. 4, 2018, in honor of Norton’s 200th birthday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody really encompasses the spirit of San Francisco better than Emperor Norton,” says Joseph Amster, one of two men who walk the streets of San Francisco as official Emperor Norton impersonators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amster and his fellow Norton, Rick Saber, both showed up in full imperial regalia at Norton’s 200th birthday party in February at one of Norton’s favorite spots, the Mechanics’ Institute Library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Jacobs stands with Rick Saber (L) and Joseph Amster (R), two official Emperor Norton impersonators at Emperor Norton's 200th birthday party at the Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco on Feb. 7, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Jacobs stands with Rick Saber (L) and Joseph Amster (R), two official Emperor Norton impersonators, at Emperor Norton’s 200th birthday party at the Mechanics’ Institute Library in San Francisco on Feb. 7, 2018. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Guests came dressed in their 19th century finest, from Wild West leather chaps to Victorian dresses, to honor Norton. Kazuo Sayama came all the way from Japan to attend the party. He first learned about Norton decades ago while he was doing research for a book about San Francisco, and he was so enthralled by his story that he dedicated an entire book to just Norton and is working on a second.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have so many presidents,” Sayama says of the United States, “but no emperor in history. But people admire him as emperor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many at the party and across the city, Norton represents the best of the Bay Area: an advocate of fairness and tolerance, a kind person and a bit of an oddball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s kind of a symbol of why this isn’t New York or why this isn’t Florida or why this isn’t Seattle,” says Tito Young, who came to the party dressed as a Wild West cowboy in brown leather chaps. “I think there’s something wonderfully eccentric about this gentleman, which I can very much identify with.”\u003cbr>\n[baycuriousbug]\u003cbr>\n“I’m glad there’s a strong personality in my family tree,” says Julie Driver, Norton’s great-great-great-great-niece. She lives in Ontario, Canada, and learned about her famous relative from her dad. “He found a way to make a name for himself after he lost his fortune, and I think that’s something that we should learn from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious listener Jennifer Jacobs was blown away by the sustained love and attention the city continues to give Emperor Norton, and she can’t imagine it happening in any other city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco is a quirky town in a lot of ways,” she says, “and he kind of embodies that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you’ve taken a walking tour of San Francisco, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the name Emperor Norton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was how Bay Curious listener and Oakland resident Jennifer Jacobs first learned about the beloved San Francisco eccentric after she moved to the Bay Area from Michigan in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was just like, ‘Wow, this is a whole other world. They have their own emperor here in San Francisco,’ ” Jennifer says.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \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>\u003cbr>\nEver since, Jennifer has wanted to know more. Who was Emperor Norton? How was he seen in his own time? And why is he still remembered and revered today, almost 140 years after his death?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not much is known about Emperor Norton’s early life, according to John Lumea, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.emperorsbridge.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emperor’s Bridge Campaign\u003c/a>, which focuses on researching Norton’s life and sharing it with the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what we do know.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The rise and fall of a Gold Rush businessman\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Emperor Norton was born Joshua Abraham Norton in 1818 to Jewish parents in present-day London. At age 2, he moved with his parents to South Africa, where his dad set up a successful ship supplies business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The city was almost \u003ca href=\"https://thebolditalic.com/5-times-san-francisco-was-almost-destroyed-the-bold-italic-san-francisco-697dcf1177b8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">destroyed by fires\u003c/a> seven times between 1849 and 1851.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton, who had already built and lost a business in South Africa, fit right into this boom-and-bust town. He established himself as a successful businessman selling commodities like rice and flour. He invested in real estate, erecting buildings on three of the four corners of Sansome and Jackson streets — one of the most popular intersections in town — plus plots in North Beach and a lucrative waterfront property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10981646\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10981646\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay-400x321.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay-800x643.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco waterfront in 1851. (San Francisco Maritime Museum National Historical Park)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He made a great amount of money and was very influential,” Lumea says of Norton’s early days in the city. “He was in with all the right people, attended all the right clubs and all the right restaurants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riding high, Norton planned his next business move. With a rice famine underway in China, Norton was presented with a chance to corner the rice market by buying up a shipload of Peruvian rice. Expecting rice prices to soar, Norton went in with a couple of business partners in 1852 and staked $25,000 on the venture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then it all went wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Within a [few] days, ship after ship after ship of rice comes in, and so the bottom falls out of the market,” Lumea says. “This idea, which at one point seemed so great, now isn’t so great.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal, and the subsequent years of legal wrangling, ruined Norton. By the time Norton was 38, in 1856, he was bankrupt for the second time.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>An imperial transformation\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>After his financial ruin, Norton went quiet for a few years. He moved out of his prestigious home, and fell out of favor with some members of the social elite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He re-emerged on Sept. 17, 1859, on the pages on the San Francisco Evening Bulletin newspaper. Earlier in the day, he had walked into the paper’s offices and presented the editor with a short notice he asked to have published in that day’s edition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the peremptory request of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the last nine years and ten months past of San Francisco, California, declare and proclaim myself Emperor of these United States,” the notice began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652849\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 411px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11652849 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The proclamation in the September 17, 1859, edition of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin that transformed Joshua Abraham Norton into Emperor Norton.\" width=\"411\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut.jpg 411w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut-160x187.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut-240x281.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut-375x439.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proclamation in the September 17, 1859, edition of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin that transformed Joshua Abraham Norton into Emperor Norton. \u003ccite>(San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At age 41, three years after losing everything, Norton christened himself Emperor of the United States. When France’s Napoleon III invaded Mexico in 1861, Norton added “Protector of Mexico” to his imperial title.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This astonishing transformation has always fascinated Bay Curious listener Jacobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I majored in psychology, so I couldn’t help thinking he must have had some kind of a nervous breakdown or something happened in those few years,” she says. “I was thinking schizophrenia or bipolar disorder maybe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are no sure answers about Norton’s mental health before or after his imperial declaration, but some people think his money troubles led him into a deep depression and that becoming Emperor Norton was a coping mechanism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652931\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11652931\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike.jpg\" alt=\"A snarky caption is scrawled below this image of Norton on a bicycle.\" width=\"400\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike.jpg 522w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-160x221.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-240x331.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-375x517.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-520x717.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A snarky caption is scrawled below this image of Norton on a bicycle. \u003ccite>(California State Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s a sense in which the persona of the Emperor actually saved him in a way,” Lumea says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in his declaration, Norton called on representatives of all the states to assemble the following February to establish his empire and “to make such alterations in the existing laws of the Union to ameliorate the evils under which the country is laboring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly, nobody showed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that didn’t stop Norton. He had declared himself emperor. And he was going to act like it for the next 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Norton continued issuing imperial proclamations on items big, like calling for the end of presidential elections, and small, like chastising the skating rink operator who wouldn’t let him use a pair of skates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though he was Emperor of the United States, his proclamations were often very local in nature. He didn’t hesitate to call out San Francisco’s police and elected officials. Perhaps his most well-known proclamations were the ones calling for the construction of a bridge connecting Oakland and San Francisco through Yerba Buena Island — what we recognize today as the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Norton’s proclamations, especially those in The Pacific Appeal, were surprisingly progressive for his time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s talking about how African-Americans should have the right to attend public schools, ride public streetcars. How the Chinese should be able to have their testimony heard in court,” Lumea says. Norton also argued for the rights of Native Americans and against political corruption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So he’s really making himself into an early champion of the values of fairness and tolerance and the common good that really later become a great symbol of San Francisco,” Lumea says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Le roi est mort’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jan. 8, 1880, was a cold and rainy night in San Francisco. Norton left his room on Commercial Street to walk the few short blocks to a debate at the Academy of Natural Sciences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his way there, he collapsed on the street and died of a suspected stroke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652860\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652860\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Emperor Norton's grave, which was moved from the Masonic Cemetery in San Francisco to Colma.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emperor Norton’s grave, which was moved from the Masonic Cemetery in San Francisco to Colma. \u003ccite>(Joshua Neff/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ten thousand people came to Norton’s funeral. The headline of his obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle read, “Le roi est mort.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton died with just a few dollars in his pockets and would have been sent to a pauper’s grave, if not for the intercession of his old friends in business, who paid for a fancy rosewood coffin adorned with silver and a burial plot in the Masonic Cemetery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though often in the official world of journalism or politics he was somewhat seen as a figure of ridicule,” Lumea says, “to the people in the streets who saw him on a day-to-day basis for 20 years, he was known as a very kind person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Norton at 200\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Almost 140 years after his death, Norton continues to captivate San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lumea started the Emperor’s Bridge Campaign in 2013 to try to get the Bay Bridge renamed for Emperor Norton, in recognition of him publishing the idea decades before it came to be. The Board of Supervisors designated February 2018 as \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EmperorsBridge/status/960568176013541376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Emperor Norton Month,”\u003c/a> and City Hall and Coit Tower were lit up gold on Feb. 4, 2018, in honor of Norton’s 200th birthday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody really encompasses the spirit of San Francisco better than Emperor Norton,” says Joseph Amster, one of two men who walk the streets of San Francisco as official Emperor Norton impersonators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amster and his fellow Norton, Rick Saber, both showed up in full imperial regalia at Norton’s 200th birthday party in February at one of Norton’s favorite spots, the Mechanics’ Institute Library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Jacobs stands with Rick Saber (L) and Joseph Amster (R), two official Emperor Norton impersonators at Emperor Norton's 200th birthday party at the Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco on Feb. 7, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Jacobs stands with Rick Saber (L) and Joseph Amster (R), two official Emperor Norton impersonators, at Emperor Norton’s 200th birthday party at the Mechanics’ Institute Library in San Francisco on Feb. 7, 2018. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Guests came dressed in their 19th century finest, from Wild West leather chaps to Victorian dresses, to honor Norton. 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"content": "\u003cp>Author Myriam Gurba’s latest work, \"Mean,\" is a memoir about coming of age as a queer, mixed-race Chicana on the Central Coast. It’s funny and honest, but it also has a brutal edge to it: The book opens with the rape and murder of a young woman. Gurba's connection to this violent attack is part of the unconventional path through her book. She talked to \u003cem>The California Report's\u003c/em> Sasha Khokha.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This interview was edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So this book has a lot of biting humor in it and in some ways ... it's a love letter to Santa Maria and your childhood there. But one of the through lines of the book is something really painful, which is that you were raped and attacked in Santa Maria by a stranger. What made you decide to revisit that assault some 20 years later?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Myriam Gurba: I was interested in writing about rape in ways that I hadn't read before. And so I approached writing about my experience of rape experimentally, and that was what largely motivated the creation of the book. I was also interested in trying to find some sort of meaning in my survival. One of the other women who was attacked by the man who attacked me was murdered by him, and for 20 years I carried around a lot of survivor guilt because I share a lot in common with the other victim that didn't survive. But one of the things we don't share in common is survival. 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In some ways I wanted to make her somebody, at least in death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do you see writing about your assault as a way to take back power or be able to tell your side of the story?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gurba: Not necessarily. I don't treat writing as something that's particularly cathartic. In fact, it was really painful and really difficult and I think I actually retraumatized myself at times, because I had to visit certain legal documents that detailed the murder of Sophia Torres. There were details that I did not know about her murder that now live in my memory, that I now have to reconcile and reckon with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Talk about the title of the book, \"Mean.\" The word can translate into vicious or aggressive. Why did you decide to call the book \"Mean\"?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gurba: I like really biting short direct titles. And the book is, in some senses, a celebration of feminine meanness and girlish pettiness and malice. Quite frequently there are anecdotes in the book where girls are engaging in recreational meanness to bond. But in addition to referring to that sort of meanness, I'm also using the word \"mean\" as a shorthand for cruelty. Because the book is also largely a meditation on the nature of cruelty. And on the impact of cruelty. The book is also a meditation on meaning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The structure of the book is so interesting, because some of the chapters are just a few words or sentences long. Also the arc of \"Mean\"\u003cem> \u003c/em>doesn't follow a literal timeline.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gurba: The structure is meant to give just enough chronology to the reader so that they can trace the vestiges of a linear narrative. But the linear narrative has been disrupted by something: violence. In particular, [this is evident] by beginning the book with such a violent story. I don't inform the reader what my connection to this story is and that's intended to reflect the symptoms of PTSD, particularly the intrusive symptoms where one feels as if they're being ambushed by flashbacks and memories. And so that story is intended to sort of serve as a haunting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Your book is coming out right at the time when this #MeToo movement is gaining steam. How do you feel about the fact that some people are connecting your book with that movement?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gurba: I have very mixed feelings about those connections. On the one hand, I understand why those connections would be drawn because my book focuses largely on misogny and it focuses quite a bit on sexual abuse and sexual violence. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics concluded Sunday evening in South Korea. The closing ceremony saw fewer athletes than the opening event 17 days ago — some Olympians have already gone home — but didn’t stint on pageantry, K-pop and expressions of hope for peace between the two Koreas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ivanka Trump, daughter of the U.S. president, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in sat near a visiting North Korean general, Kim Yong Chol, believed to be a former spy chief, whose delegation had earlier been met with a sit-in by conservative South Korean lawmakers near the border crossing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652161\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-800x572.jpg\" alt=\"South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (left), his wife Kim Jung-sook (second left), Ivanka Trump (second right) and North Korean Gen. Kim Yong Chol (back right) attend the closing ceremony.\" width=\"800\" height=\"572\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652161\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-800x572.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-1020x729.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-1920x1373.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-1180x844.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-960x686.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-240x172.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-375x268.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-520x372.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in (left), his wife Kim Jung-sook (second left), Ivanka Trump (second right) and North Korean Gen. Kim Yong Chol (back right) attend the closing ceremony. \u003ccite>(Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Although parting is sad, we will remember Pyeongchang with beautiful memories. Athletes, you are true champions,” said Lee Hee-beom, the Pyeongchang Olympics organizing committee president. “The seed of peace you have planted here in Pyeongchang will grow as a big tree in the not-distant future. The hope and aspirations of South and North Korean athletes together with cheerleaders will definitely serve as a cornerstone of the unification of the Korean Peninsula.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas Bach, the head of the International Olympic Committee, said North and South Korea “have shown how sport brings people together in our very fragile world. You have shown how sport builds bridges.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the Olympic flame extinguished in Pyeongchang, the torch has been passed to Beijing. In 2022, the Chinese capital will host the next Winter Games. In the meantime, we have the Summer Olympics to look forward to in Tokyo in 2020. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652162\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Dancers perform during the closing ceremony.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652162\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf-1180x884.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf.jpg 1745w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers perform during the closing ceremony.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652163\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924030148_custom-56125e4e09f8e438b09520ec632a040a4647fab1-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"Figure skaters Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres of France march in the Parade of Athletes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652163\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924030148_custom-56125e4e09f8e438b09520ec632a040a4647fab1-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924030148_custom-56125e4e09f8e438b09520ec632a040a4647fab1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924030148_custom-56125e4e09f8e438b09520ec632a040a4647fab1-1020x684.jpg 1020w, 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Cipres of France march in the Parade of Athletes.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652160\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021048_custom-9587b0d04f0cb21e21f269716947ba2f63cc6bad-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Flags are projected on the stands as athletes enter the stadium.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652160\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021048_custom-9587b0d04f0cb21e21f269716947ba2f63cc6bad-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021048_custom-9587b0d04f0cb21e21f269716947ba2f63cc6bad-160x107.jpg 160w, 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https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021048_custom-9587b0d04f0cb21e21f269716947ba2f63cc6bad-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flags are projected on the stands as athletes enter the stadium.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Francois Xavier-Marit/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652164\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924046390_custom-b427c37163925c2031201e7355447e7e10bff89a-800x355.jpg\" alt=\"Performers hold LED balls.\" width=\"800\" height=\"355\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652164\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924046390_custom-b427c37163925c2031201e7355447e7e10bff89a-800x355.jpg 800w, 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gold medalist Lindsey Vonn.\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652167\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-1180x791.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-960x643.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-240x161.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-520x348.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tongan cross country skier Pita Taufatofua (left) once again marched bare-chested in frigid temperatures, and met onstage with China’s silver medalist snowboarder Liu Jiayu and U.S. gold medalist Lindsey Vonn.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Fireworks are set off.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652169\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-1180x789.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-960x642.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-520x348.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks are set off.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Francois Xavier-Marit/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-800x538.jpg\" alt=\"Four-time Olympian Arianna Fontana of Italy, celebrating in the Parade of Athletes, won gold, silver and bronze in Pyeongchang.\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652170\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-1020x686.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-1180x793.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-960x645.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-240x161.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-375x252.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-520x350.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four-time Olympian Arianna Fontana of Italy, celebrating in the Parade of Athletes, won gold, silver and bronze in Pyeongchang.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(David Ramos/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652171\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-800x1080.jpg\" alt=\"The Olympic flame is extinguished amid fireworks.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652171\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-800x1080.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-160x216.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-1020x1377.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-1180x1593.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-960x1296.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-240x324.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-375x506.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-520x702.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Olympic flame is extinguished amid fireworks.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Florian Choblet/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-800x775.jpg\" alt=\"Dancers perform in Pyeongchang.\" width=\"800\" height=\"775\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652172\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-800x775.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-160x155.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-1020x988.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-1180x1143.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-960x930.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-240x232.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-375x363.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-520x504.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers perform in Pyeongchang.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652173\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-800x539.jpg\" alt=\"France's biathlon champion Martin Fourcade (center), who won three gold medals in Pyeongchang, poses for a selfie with athletes and volunteers during the closing ceremony.\" width=\"800\" height=\"539\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652173\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-1180x795.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-960x647.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-240x162.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-375x253.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-520x350.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">France’s biathlon champion Martin Fourcade (center), who won three gold medals in Pyeongchang, poses for a selfie with athletes and volunteers during the closing ceremony.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652174\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-800x538.jpg\" alt=\"The Olympic flame is extinguished in the cauldron.\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652174\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-1180x794.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-960x646.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-240x162.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-375x252.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-520x350.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Olympic flame is extinguished in the cauldron.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Members of Olympic Athletes from Russia walk in the Parade of Athletes during the closing ceremony.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652175\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-520x346.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Olympic Athletes from Russia walk in the Parade of Athletes during the closing ceremony.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652176\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics concluded Sunday evening in South Korea. The closing ceremony saw fewer athletes than the opening event 17 days ago — some Olympians have already gone home — but didn’t stint on pageantry, K-pop and expressions of hope for peace between the two Koreas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ivanka Trump, daughter of the U.S. president, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in sat near a visiting North Korean general, Kim Yong Chol, believed to be a former spy chief, whose delegation had earlier been met with a sit-in by conservative South Korean lawmakers near the border crossing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652161\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-800x572.jpg\" alt=\"South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (left), his wife Kim Jung-sook (second left), Ivanka Trump (second right) and North Korean Gen. Kim Yong Chol (back right) attend the closing ceremony.\" width=\"800\" height=\"572\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652161\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-800x572.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-1020x729.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-1920x1373.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-1180x844.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-960x686.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-240x172.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-375x268.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924018072_custom-04864a8329e8214955f364fafb81b058354879b1-520x372.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in (left), his wife Kim Jung-sook (second left), Ivanka Trump (second right) and North Korean Gen. Kim Yong Chol (back right) attend the closing ceremony. \u003ccite>(Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Although parting is sad, we will remember Pyeongchang with beautiful memories. Athletes, you are true champions,” said Lee Hee-beom, the Pyeongchang Olympics organizing committee president. “The seed of peace you have planted here in Pyeongchang will grow as a big tree in the not-distant future. The hope and aspirations of South and North Korean athletes together with cheerleaders will definitely serve as a cornerstone of the unification of the Korean Peninsula.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas Bach, the head of the International Olympic Committee, said North and South Korea “have shown how sport brings people together in our very fragile world. You have shown how sport builds bridges.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the Olympic flame extinguished in Pyeongchang, the torch has been passed to Beijing. In 2022, the Chinese capital will host the next Winter Games. In the meantime, we have the Summer Olympics to look forward to in Tokyo in 2020. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652162\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Dancers perform during the closing ceremony.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652162\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/dandeliondone-8e3c40e242cd19a166fb4509cb55e0dafc90a0cf-1020x765.jpg 1020w, 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https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924046390_custom-b427c37163925c2031201e7355447e7e10bff89a-375x167.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924046390_custom-b427c37163925c2031201e7355447e7e10bff89a-520x231.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performers hold LED balls.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"Tongan cross country skier Pita Taufatofua (left) once again marched bare-chested in frigid temperatures, and met onstage with China's silver medalist snowboarder Liu Jiayu and U.S. gold medalist Lindsey Vonn.\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652167\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-1180x791.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-960x643.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-240x161.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85-520x348.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044038_custom-d28c00e93e0b33aaa62c3b6291835ccf350f1d96-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tongan cross country skier Pita Taufatofua (left) once again marched bare-chested in frigid temperatures, and met onstage with China’s silver medalist snowboarder Liu Jiayu and U.S. gold medalist Lindsey Vonn.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Fireworks are set off.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652169\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-1180x789.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-960x642.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85-520x348.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044518_custom-d4b502bdf34a2aeb56ba3fe59aa8dce8ab1b4890-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks are set off.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Francois Xavier-Marit/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-800x538.jpg\" alt=\"Four-time Olympian Arianna Fontana of Italy, celebrating in the Parade of Athletes, won gold, silver and bronze in Pyeongchang.\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652170\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-1020x686.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-1180x793.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-960x645.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-240x161.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-375x252.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85-520x350.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924021304_custom-def647d91141d430211c5118f87ca13fa2efe34a-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four-time Olympian Arianna Fontana of Italy, celebrating in the Parade of Athletes, won gold, silver and bronze in Pyeongchang.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(David Ramos/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652171\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-800x1080.jpg\" alt=\"The Olympic flame is extinguished amid fireworks.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652171\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-800x1080.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-160x216.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-1020x1377.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-1180x1593.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-960x1296.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-240x324.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-375x506.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85-520x702.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051748_custom-09a34b90835cf260edea7b882f2a9eed4ce6dfc9-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Olympic flame is extinguished amid fireworks.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Florian Choblet/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-800x775.jpg\" alt=\"Dancers perform in Pyeongchang.\" width=\"800\" height=\"775\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652172\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-800x775.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-160x155.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-1020x988.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-1180x1143.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-960x930.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-240x232.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-375x363.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-520x504.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/pandadone_custom-f70f45e7bd7ac46ec6c2f3275fd034d351fc8b3c-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers perform in Pyeongchang.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652173\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-800x539.jpg\" alt=\"France's biathlon champion Martin Fourcade (center), who won three gold medals in Pyeongchang, poses for a selfie with athletes and volunteers during the closing ceremony.\" width=\"800\" height=\"539\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652173\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-1180x795.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-960x647.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-240x162.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-375x253.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85-520x350.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924053398_custom-e7b6555b4162dc71836cb8fa4535f164d101b72f-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">France’s biathlon champion Martin Fourcade (center), who won three gold medals in Pyeongchang, poses for a selfie with athletes and volunteers during the closing ceremony.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652174\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-800x538.jpg\" alt=\"The Olympic flame is extinguished in the cauldron.\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652174\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-1180x794.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-960x646.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-240x162.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-375x252.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85-520x350.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924044574_custom-6748f71028433b0f6a70b6e4de78ba1ee71ba2de-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Olympic flame is extinguished in the cauldron.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Members of Olympic Athletes from Russia walk in the Parade of Athletes during the closing ceremony.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652175\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85-520x346.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924051362_custom-79a7dc7f41071afd061f067e63e2b2dbede75532-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Olympic Athletes from Russia walk in the Parade of Athletes during the closing ceremony.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652176\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924025022_custom-6b7c22c4da4575ab309959de3e63ae42dfb111e0-s1300-c85-960x676.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924025022_custom-6b7c22c4da4575ab309959de3e63ae42dfb111e0-s1300-c85-240x169.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924025022_custom-6b7c22c4da4575ab309959de3e63ae42dfb111e0-s1300-c85-375x264.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924025022_custom-6b7c22c4da4575ab309959de3e63ae42dfb111e0-s1300-c85-520x366.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924025022_custom-6b7c22c4da4575ab309959de3e63ae42dfb111e0-s1300-c85.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drones light up the sky in the shape of Soohorang, the white tiger Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games mascot.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652177\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924022138_custom-8dbac56367090f0b7de9441056e74f5c342f3d5a-s1300-c85-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Performers deliver a South Korean flag.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652177\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924022138_custom-8dbac56367090f0b7de9441056e74f5c342f3d5a-s1300-c85-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924022138_custom-8dbac56367090f0b7de9441056e74f5c342f3d5a-s1300-c85-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gettyimages-924022138_custom-8dbac56367090f0b7de9441056e74f5c342f3d5a-s1300-c85-1020x679.jpg 1020w, 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performers deliver a South Korean flag.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2018 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cp>Last night’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.chineseparade.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese New Year Parade\u003c/a> held in San Francisco is considered one of the largest Chinese New Year celebrations outside of China. The parade has taken place since the 1860s and attracts millions of spectators in person and on TV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on the lunar calendar, the 2018 Chinese New Year started on Feb. 16. Celebrations have already been underway across the Bay Area, with \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/11/photos-chinese-new-year-preparations-underway-at-flower-market-fair/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">markets\u003c/a>, lunar festivals and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2018/02/07/eight-eateries-to-celebrate-the-lunar-new-year-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">culinary delights\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last night’s event is one of the few remaining illuminated parades in the country. It featured floats, costumes, lion dances, firecrackers and the newly crowned Miss Chinatown USA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652107\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Chinatown's shop owners welcomed crowds of tourists and locals alike during the two week festival. In Lunar New Year tradition, giving fruit, like apples or oranges, as a gift for a host or hostess brings health and prosperity.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinatown’s shop owners welcomed crowds of tourists and locals alike during the two week festival. In Lunar New Year tradition, giving fruit, like apples or oranges, as a gift for a host or hostess brings health and prosperity. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652108\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade participants carry flags with symbols of the Chinese Zodiac in the Lunar New Year parade in San Francisco. The new year ended the Year of the Rooster in favor of the Year of the Dog. The Chinese Zodiac consists of 12 animals that rotate in 12-year cycles, and the animal that pertains to your birth year is said to reveal your future fortune, personality and career.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade participants carry flags with symbols of the Chinese Zodiac in the Lunar New Year parade in San Francisco. The new year ended the Year of the Rooster in favor of the Year of the Dog. The Chinese Zodiac consists of 12 animals that rotate in 12-year cycles, and the animal that pertains to your birth year is said to reveal your future fortune, personality and career. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652109\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652109\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade participants march down Market Street alongside thousands of spectators to kick off the annual Lunar New Year Parade on February 24, 2018 in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade participants march down Market Street alongside thousands of spectators to kick off the annual Lunar New Year Parade on February 24, 2018 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652110\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A float resembling a BART train car rolls down Market leaving a trail of bubbles to celebrate the Year of the Dog.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A float resembling a BART train car rolls down Market leaving a trail of bubbles to celebrate the Year of the Dog. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The bass drums of marching bands boomed down Market at the height of the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco, revving up the the crowd despite cold temperatures.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bass drums of marching bands boomed down Market at the height of the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco, revving up the the crowd despite cold temperatures. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652113\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Boys dressed as the Eight Immortals, popular mythological figures in Chinese custom, towered above the crowds as they waited their turn to join the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boys dressed as the Eight Immortals, popular mythological figures in Chinese custom, towered above the crowds as they waited their turn to join the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652114\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Students from the Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy show off their best moves to the crowd while marching in the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students from the Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy show off their best moves to the crowd while marching in the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Ribbon dancers prance down Market Street in synchronization, entertaining a crowd of thousands of spectators.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ribbon dancers prance down Market Street in synchronization, entertaining a crowd of thousands of spectators. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652116\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl observes the crowd below on a float decorated with illuminated red and gold lanterns. In traditional Chinese culture, red and gold signify luck and prosperity for the upcoming year.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young girl observes the crowd below on a float decorated with illuminated red and gold lanterns. In traditional Chinese culture, red and gold signify luck and prosperity for the upcoming year. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11652117 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade spectators visit Chinatown's many shops and street vendors to shop for souvenirs after the parade.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade spectators visit Chinatown’s many shops and street vendors to shop for souvenirs after the parade. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652118\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11652118 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade spectators battled crowds and cold temperatures to ring in the Lunar New Year.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade spectators battled crowds and cold temperatures to ring in the Lunar New Year. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652119\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"After the parade, participants of all ages lit up the streets of Chinatown by lighting sparklers and firecrackers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After the parade, participants of all ages lit up the streets of Chinatown by lighting sparklers and firecrackers. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652120\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652120\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The chilly weather had parade onlookers lining up for hot noodle soup like malatang and other Chinese staples.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chilly weather had parade onlookers lining up for hot noodle soup like malatang and other Chinese staples. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Firecracker debris litters the ground of Chinatown after a successful Lunar New Year celebration in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Last night’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.chineseparade.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese New Year Parade\u003c/a> held in San Francisco is considered one of the largest Chinese New Year celebrations outside of China. The parade has taken place since the 1860s and attracts millions of spectators in person and on TV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on the lunar calendar, the 2018 Chinese New Year started on Feb. 16. Celebrations have already been underway across the Bay Area, with \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/11/photos-chinese-new-year-preparations-underway-at-flower-market-fair/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">markets\u003c/a>, lunar festivals and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2018/02/07/eight-eateries-to-celebrate-the-lunar-new-year-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">culinary delights\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last night’s event is one of the few remaining illuminated parades in the country. It featured floats, costumes, lion dances, firecrackers and the newly crowned Miss Chinatown USA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652107\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Chinatown's shop owners welcomed crowds of tourists and locals alike during the two week festival. In Lunar New Year tradition, giving fruit, like apples or oranges, as a gift for a host or hostess brings health and prosperity.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinatown’s shop owners welcomed crowds of tourists and locals alike during the two week festival. In Lunar New Year tradition, giving fruit, like apples or oranges, as a gift for a host or hostess brings health and prosperity. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652108\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade participants carry flags with symbols of the Chinese Zodiac in the Lunar New Year parade in San Francisco. The new year ended the Year of the Rooster in favor of the Year of the Dog. The Chinese Zodiac consists of 12 animals that rotate in 12-year cycles, and the animal that pertains to your birth year is said to reveal your future fortune, personality and career.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade participants carry flags with symbols of the Chinese Zodiac in the Lunar New Year parade in San Francisco. The new year ended the Year of the Rooster in favor of the Year of the Dog. The Chinese Zodiac consists of 12 animals that rotate in 12-year cycles, and the animal that pertains to your birth year is said to reveal your future fortune, personality and career. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652109\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652109\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade participants march down Market Street alongside thousands of spectators to kick off the annual Lunar New Year Parade on February 24, 2018 in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade participants march down Market Street alongside thousands of spectators to kick off the annual Lunar New Year Parade on February 24, 2018 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652110\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A float resembling a BART train car rolls down Market leaving a trail of bubbles to celebrate the Year of the Dog.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A float resembling a BART train car rolls down Market leaving a trail of bubbles to celebrate the Year of the Dog. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The bass drums of marching bands boomed down Market at the height of the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco, revving up the the crowd despite cold temperatures.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bass drums of marching bands boomed down Market at the height of the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco, revving up the the crowd despite cold temperatures. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652113\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Boys dressed as the Eight Immortals, popular mythological figures in Chinese custom, towered above the crowds as they waited their turn to join the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boys dressed as the Eight Immortals, popular mythological figures in Chinese custom, towered above the crowds as they waited their turn to join the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652114\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Students from the Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy show off their best moves to the crowd while marching in the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students from the Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy show off their best moves to the crowd while marching in the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Ribbon dancers prance down Market Street in synchronization, entertaining a crowd of thousands of spectators.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ribbon dancers prance down Market Street in synchronization, entertaining a crowd of thousands of spectators. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652116\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl observes the crowd below on a float decorated with illuminated red and gold lanterns. In traditional Chinese culture, red and gold signify luck and prosperity for the upcoming year.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young girl observes the crowd below on a float decorated with illuminated red and gold lanterns. In traditional Chinese culture, red and gold signify luck and prosperity for the upcoming year. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11652117 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade spectators visit Chinatown's many shops and street vendors to shop for souvenirs after the parade.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade spectators visit Chinatown’s many shops and street vendors to shop for souvenirs after the parade. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652118\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11652118 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade spectators battled crowds and cold temperatures to ring in the Lunar New Year.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade spectators battled crowds and cold temperatures to ring in the Lunar New Year. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652119\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"After the parade, participants of all ages lit up the streets of Chinatown by lighting sparklers and firecrackers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After the parade, participants of all ages lit up the streets of Chinatown by lighting sparklers and firecrackers. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652120\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652120\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The chilly weather had parade onlookers lining up for hot noodle soup like malatang and other Chinese staples.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chilly weather had parade onlookers lining up for hot noodle soup like malatang and other Chinese staples. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Firecracker debris litters the 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