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"content": "\u003cp>From cannabis cake decorations to custom joint tins, discerning brides and grooms can now infuse their weddings with pot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cannabisweddingexpo.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2nd Annual Cannabis Wedding Expo\u003c/a> took place in San Francisco Sunday, bringing together industry professionals and potential clients. Now that recreational pot sales \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/everything-you-want-to-know-about-legal-weed-in-california-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">are legal\u003c/a> in much of California, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/06/legal-adult-use-pot-sales-finally-begin-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">including San Francisco\u003c/a>, the variety of products on the market has expanded. 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She says she's seen an increase in wedding orders for cookies and ice cream sandwiches infused with cannabidiol (CBD) and THC in the last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There has been a lot of interest and a lot of inquiries in the past month of people who are really interested in having it because it’s a little more open and accepted,\" McCreary said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-10-e1518383739243.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649382\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-10-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Cannabis Wedding Expo took place San Francisco Sunday, highlighting the multitude of customizable options now on the market. 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Stalls selling decorations, plants and more lined a red and gold bedecked street in Chinatown.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649339\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merchandise featured motifs for the Lunar New Year of the Dog. Stalls selling decorations, plants and more lined a red and gold bedecked street in Chinatown. \u003ccite>(Alyssa Jeong Perry/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mascots for the festival walked today's fair. 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The costumes can be seen in action again at the Chinese New Year's Parade on Feb. 24. \u003ccite>(Alyssa Jeong Perry/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The main attraction at today's fair were the flowers. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Red and gold decorations covered stall-lined streets as preparations for the Year of the Dog began this weekend. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chinese New Year isn't until \u003ca href=\"http://www.chineseparade.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Feb. 16\u003c/a>, but the festivities in San Francisco's Chinatown have already started. Saturday kicked off the start of the Flower Market Fair with a procession and performances. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The market gives people a chance to buy flowers, fruit and more to decorate their homes ahead of Chinese New Year. Performances by acrobats, folk dancers and musicians will take place throughout the month, with a parade taking place Feb. 24. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local restaurants are also \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2018/02/07/eight-eateries-to-celebrate-the-lunar-new-year-in-san-francisco/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">serving up special menus\u003c/a> this month. There are a number of other Chinese New Year events \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/04/bay-area-2018-lunar-new-year-festivals-and-events/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">planned around the Bay Area\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649351\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds of people flocked to the Flower Market Fair's last day to pick up supplies for Chinese New Year celebrations. 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Festivities began in San Francisco's Chinatown this weekend and will run until March 4, 2018. \u003ccite>(Alyssa Jeong Perry/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Merchandise featured motifs for the Lunar New Year of the Dog. 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Stalls selling decorations, plants and more lined a red and gold bedecked street in Chinatown. \u003ccite>(Alyssa Jeong Perry/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mascots for the festival walked today's fair. 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"content": "\u003cp>After two years and $9 million dollars of renovations, \u003ca href=\"https://www.randallmuseum.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Randall Museum\u003c/a> reopened its doors on Sunday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The museum, located in San Francisco's Corona Heights neighborhood, will continue its focus on science and art exhibits for kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a place to connect all of you to nature,\" San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department general manager Phil Ginsburg told the dozens of kids and adults who came out for the reopening. \"Welcome to our green world.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The renovated museum is now home to a new STEM lab, an overhauled live animal exhibit and a cafe for parents tired of chasing their kids around the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener called the museum one of San Francisco's hidden jewels, but said after the retrofit, \"more people are going to know about it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649369\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Randall Museum in San Francisco's Corona Heights neighborhood reopened on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, after a two year and $9 million renovation project.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Randall Museum in San Francisco's Corona Heights neighborhood reopened on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, after a two year and $9 million renovation project. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649367\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649367\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The centerpiece of the renovated Randall Museum is the live animal exhibit, which features more than a hundred different native California species.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The centerpiece of the renovated Randall Museum is the live animal exhibit, which features more than a hundred different native California species. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649365\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Stencils rest on a table at the newly renovated Randall Museum in San Francisco. The art, science and nature museum is run by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood cutting stencils rest on a table at the newly renovated Randall Museum in San Francisco. The art, science and nature museum is run by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649363\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='The Randall Museum looks to offer \"opportunities for hands-on learning and recreation.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Randall Museum looks to offer \"opportunities for hands-on learning and recreation.\" \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649362\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Museumgoers of all ages use hot glue guns to assemble their woodworking projects at the Randall Museum in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Museumgoers of all ages use hot glue guns to assemble their woodworking projects at the Randall Museum in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649366\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649366\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Model trains are one of the many exhibits at the newly renovated Randall Museum.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Model trains are one of the many exhibits at the newly renovated Randall Museum. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After two years and $9 million dollars of renovations, \u003ca href=\"https://www.randallmuseum.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Randall Museum\u003c/a> reopened its doors on Sunday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The museum, located in San Francisco's Corona Heights neighborhood, will continue its focus on science and art exhibits for kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a place to connect all of you to nature,\" San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department general manager Phil Ginsburg told the dozens of kids and adults who came out for the reopening. \"Welcome to our green world.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The renovated museum is now home to a new STEM lab, an overhauled live animal exhibit and a cafe for parents tired of chasing their kids around the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener called the museum one of San Francisco's hidden jewels, but said after the retrofit, \"more people are going to know about it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649369\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Randall Museum in San Francisco's Corona Heights neighborhood reopened on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, after a two year and $9 million renovation project.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29360_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-54-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Randall Museum in San Francisco's Corona Heights neighborhood reopened on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, after a two year and $9 million renovation project. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649367\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649367\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The centerpiece of the renovated Randall Museum is the live animal exhibit, which features more than a hundred different native California species.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29357_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-47-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The centerpiece of the renovated Randall Museum is the live animal exhibit, which features more than a hundred different native California species. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649365\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Stencils rest on a table at the newly renovated Randall Museum in San Francisco. The art, science and nature museum is run by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29355_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-49-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood cutting stencils rest on a table at the newly renovated Randall Museum in San Francisco. The art, science and nature museum is run by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649363\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='The Randall Museum looks to offer \"opportunities for hands-on learning and recreation.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29353_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-51-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Randall Museum looks to offer \"opportunities for hands-on learning and recreation.\" \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649362\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Museumgoers of all ages use hot glue guns to assemble their woodworking projects at the Randall Museum in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29351_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-53-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Museumgoers of all ages use hot glue guns to assemble their woodworking projects at the Randall Museum in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649366\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649366\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Model trains are one of the many exhibits at the newly renovated Randall Museum.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29356_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-48-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>A lot of us Californians like to hit the open road, explore miles of highway and venture off onto some back roads. Sometimes, we come across towns with some pretty bizarre and surprising names. For this installment in our series “\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/a-place-called-what/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Place Called What?!\u003c/a>” we head to Fiddletown in Amador County. Know an unusual place name in California? Tell us about it in the comments below, or send a note to calreport@kqed.org.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elaine Zorbas says she fell in love with Fiddletown because of its rolling hills, vineyards and rich history. But that’s not what gave the town its name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The town has always had a lot of music,” says Zorbas, a former librarian who has lived in Fiddletown since 2001, “and fiddles were very common during the Gold Rush because this is a Gold Rush town. It was quite a place in the 1850s.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649296\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 254px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29341_01_Fiddletown_resident_and_Jimmy_Chow.jpg\" alt=\"Fiddletown resident Bob Lawrence and Jimmy Chow.\" width=\"254\" height=\"324\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11649296\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29341_01_Fiddletown_resident_and_Jimmy_Chow.jpg 254w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29341_01_Fiddletown_resident_and_Jimmy_Chow-160x204.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29341_01_Fiddletown_resident_and_Jimmy_Chow-240x306.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiddletown resident Bob Lawrence and Jimmy Chow. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Amador County Archives)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Zorbas, who has written two books on Fiddletown, says an old man heard “people fiddle” and decided the town should be called Fiddletown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now what we don’t know was whether they were playing the fiddle or whether they were fiddling around,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not everyone was a fan. Zorbas says sound found the name embarrassing including one of the town’s wealthier residents. Zorbas says he owned the town’s ditch that brought water into town — an important and lucrative position in a Gold Rush town where you needed water to sift gold from gravel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zorbas says he was so embarrassed about saying he was from Fiddletown that he got the name changed to Oleta in 1878.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649298\" 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/fiddletown-blacksmith-800x547.png\" alt=\"The old blacksmith in Fiddletown , with a facade boasting an 1870 establishment date.\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649298\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-800x547.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-160x109.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-1020x697.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-960x656.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-240x164.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-375x256.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-520x355.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith.png 1137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The old blacksmith in Fiddletown , with a facade boasting an 1870 establishment date. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Fiddleton Preservation Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“But in 1932 during the Depression people needed something to cheer them up and they decided, ‘We really want to restore the name Fiddletown,” Zorbas says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the townspeople got together, signed a petition, and Fiddletown was back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We like it that way,” Zorbas says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says the modern-day Fiddletown still has several buildings from the mid-19th century. Back then, the population was incredibly diverse with residents from Great Britain, Germany, Australia, France, Mexico, as well as Native Americans. But it’s the town’s Chinese and Chinese-American residents who have left a lasting legacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649295\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 490px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29342_02_Young_Jimmy_Chow.jpg\" alt=\"Young Fiddletown resident Jimmy Chow.\" width=\"490\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11649295\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29342_02_Young_Jimmy_Chow.jpg 490w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29342_02_Young_Jimmy_Chow-160x209.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29342_02_Young_Jimmy_Chow-240x313.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29342_02_Young_Jimmy_Chow-375x490.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young Fiddletown resident Jimmy Chow. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Amador County Archives)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://fps.wildapricot.org/Buildings\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Chew Kee Store Museum\u003c/a> reflects over 100 years of Chinese and Chinese-American residents in the town. The town’s last Chinese-American resident, Jimmy Chow, died in 1965, and he is the only person of Chinese descent buried in the community’s public cemetery. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not everyone was a fan. Zorbas says sound found the name embarrassing including one of the town’s wealthier residents. Zorbas says he owned the town’s ditch that brought water into town — an important and lucrative position in a Gold Rush town where you needed water to sift gold from gravel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zorbas says he was so embarrassed about saying he was from Fiddletown that he got the name changed to Oleta in 1878.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649298\" 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/fiddletown-blacksmith-800x547.png\" alt=\"The old blacksmith in Fiddletown , with a facade boasting an 1870 establishment date.\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649298\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-800x547.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-160x109.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-1020x697.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-960x656.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-240x164.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-375x256.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith-520x355.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/fiddletown-blacksmith.png 1137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The old blacksmith in Fiddletown , with a facade boasting an 1870 establishment date. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Fiddleton Preservation Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“But in 1932 during the Depression people needed something to cheer them up and they decided, ‘We really want to restore the name Fiddletown,” Zorbas says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the townspeople got together, signed a petition, and Fiddletown was back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We like it that way,” Zorbas says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says the modern-day Fiddletown still has several buildings from the mid-19th century. Back then, the population was incredibly diverse with residents from Great Britain, Germany, Australia, France, Mexico, as well as Native Americans. But it’s the town’s Chinese and Chinese-American residents who have left a lasting legacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649295\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 490px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29342_02_Young_Jimmy_Chow.jpg\" alt=\"Young Fiddletown resident Jimmy Chow.\" width=\"490\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11649295\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29342_02_Young_Jimmy_Chow.jpg 490w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29342_02_Young_Jimmy_Chow-160x209.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29342_02_Young_Jimmy_Chow-240x313.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29342_02_Young_Jimmy_Chow-375x490.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young Fiddletown resident Jimmy Chow. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Amador County Archives)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://fps.wildapricot.org/Buildings\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Chew Kee Store Museum\u003c/a> reflects over 100 years of Chinese and Chinese-American residents in the town. The town’s last Chinese-American resident, Jimmy Chow, died in 1965, and he is the only person of Chinese descent buried in the community’s public cemetery. \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Lincoln Heights Senior Center is a one-story, brick-and-cement building located a few minutes’ drive from downtown Los Angeles. It opens its doors at 8 a.m. every weekday, welcoming a largely Mexican and Central American community from throughout East LA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It offers all the activities that draw older adults to most senior centers: bingo, computer classes and subsidized meals. But there’s one weekly event that packs the house and gets everyone on their feet: the Thursday dance. So much so, the Center has gotten the reputation of being one of the liveliest places in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11648178\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11648178\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29250_dance-1-GUERRA-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance to the recreation room at the Lincoln Heights Senior Center, where a weekly dance party takes place every Thursday.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29250_dance-1-GUERRA-qut.jpg 1500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29250_dance-1-GUERRA-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29250_dance-1-GUERRA-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29250_dance-1-GUERRA-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29250_dance-1-GUERRA-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29250_dance-1-GUERRA-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29250_dance-1-GUERRA-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29250_dance-1-GUERRA-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29250_dance-1-GUERRA-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to the recreation room at the Lincoln Heights Senior Center, where a weekly dance party takes place every Thursday. \u003ccite>(Roberto (Bear) Guerra/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But you must be 60 years or older to be allowed inside. Starting at noon, a four-person live band starts playing in the big recreation room, and the tables are pushed out of the way to make room for the dancers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For $5 a pop, men and women come every week to dance for four hours straight to \u003cem>bachata\u003c/em>, \u003cem>cumbia\u003c/em>, \u003cem>merengue\u003c/em> and \u003cem>norteño\u003c/em> music. The music is loud. And the dance floor fills up quickly, especially when the band plays Spanish-language oldies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few of the dancers come as part of a couple; others come alone, eager to meet strangers and possible future dates. But Blanca Acosta and Erga Cruz, two longtime female friends, have been coming to the Thursday dance for over five years, and they have no interest in meeting anybody new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They love to gossip about some of the regulars: the ladies who come to the senior center looking for husbands; the men who go to the dances to pick up women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At least I don’t go there looking for men,” says 80-year-old Cruz. “You know what one of the guys told me last week? That he was going to go to the dance with you next time. And I told him, 'I doubt it, no way!' He’s a womanizer, a big womanizer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11648180\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11648180\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29252_dance-3-GUERRA-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Bernabé Diaz, 65, is a native of El Salvador who’s been coming to the dance at the Lincoln Heights Senior Center for almost a decade.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29252_dance-3-GUERRA-qut.jpg 1500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29252_dance-3-GUERRA-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29252_dance-3-GUERRA-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29252_dance-3-GUERRA-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29252_dance-3-GUERRA-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29252_dance-3-GUERRA-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29252_dance-3-GUERRA-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29252_dance-3-GUERRA-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29252_dance-3-GUERRA-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bernabé Diaz, 65, is a native of El Salvador who’s been coming to the dance at the Lincoln Heights Senior Center for almost a decade. \u003ccite>(Roberto (Bear) Guerra/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Acosta, who is 65, says she and Cruz love to go to the dance to get out of the house, to move a bit, and to see their large group of friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes I think about older people who don’t even have the desire to go out,” Acosta says. “Maybe they think they can’t do it, but they don’t even have to dance. 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"content": "\u003cp>With Valentine’s Day just a few days away, love may be in the air for some of us. There are the flowers and the chocolates. But what about being serenaded on a romantic gondola ride?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That pleasure isn’t just reserved for people in Venice, Italy. Since 1999, \u003ca href=\"http://gondolaservizio.com/\">Gondola Servizio\u003c/a> has been offering gondola tours -- complete with opera-singing gondoliers -- on Lake Merritt in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with being a KQED reporter I'm also an incurable romantic, so champagne bottle in hand, I brought my boyfriend, Jim, along for the ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11648670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11648670 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29278_A-toast-to-Valentines-Day-aboard-a-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-1-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29278_A-toast-to-Valentines-Day-aboard-a-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29278_A-toast-to-Valentines-Day-aboard-a-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29278_A-toast-to-Valentines-Day-aboard-a-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29278_A-toast-to-Valentines-Day-aboard-a-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29278_A-toast-to-Valentines-Day-aboard-a-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29278_A-toast-to-Valentines-Day-aboard-a-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29278_A-toast-to-Valentines-Day-aboard-a-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29278_A-toast-to-Valentines-Day-aboard-a-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29278_A-toast-to-Valentines-Day-aboard-a-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Ratcliffe and Chloe Veltman toast to Valentine's Day aboard a gondola on Lake Merritt \u003ccite>(Jim Ratcliffe/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We strolled toward the boathouse on a beautiful Saturday afternoon and met gondolier Zoltan DiBartolo, who helped us into the Venetian vessel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we pushed out onto the glassy water, DiBartolo told me he really loves his job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I just couldn't be more happy to be out here on a boat. It's fresh air, it's exercise and it's singing, which is all my body really wants to do,\" DiBartolo said, before launching into the aria \"Una Furtiva Lagrima\" from Donizetti's \"Elixir of Love.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649119\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-800x796.jpg\" alt=\"Zoltan DiBartolo is a former lounge singer who fell in love with opera. He performs with companies around the Bay Area, when he's not serenading love birds on Oakland's Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-800x796.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-160x159.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-1020x1015.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-1180x1174.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-960x955.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-240x239.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-375x373.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-520x517.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zoltan DiBartolo is a former lounge singer who fell in love with opera. He performs with companies around the Bay Area, when he's not serenading lovebirds on Oakland's Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Jim Ratcliffe/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This former lounge singer fell in love with opera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He performs with companies around the Bay Area. He also has a special place in his heart for Lake Merritt -- even if paddling around the man-made lagoon in the center of Oakland isn’t quite the same as navigating the world-famous Italian canals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked DiBartolo if thinks Lake Merritt has the romance and glamour of Venice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Maybe with enough champagne,\" he laughed, and as if on cue, my boyfriend Jim popped open the bottle we'd brought. The singing gondolier then let rip with another of his favorite romantic arias, \"Quanto e Bella,\" also from Donizetti's \"Elixir of Love.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My boyfriend and I share a toast, and a kiss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And that’s why I like my job,\" DiBartolo exclaimed. \"I make the people kiss!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But sometimes DiBartolo’s customers are deaf to the tenor’s sensual serenade. Like the couple he ferried around recently who spent the whole ride glued to their cellphones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They just had their faces buried,\" DiBartolo recalled. \"I sang them a few songs and at one point they looked up and said, 'Nice singing.' But pretty much, yeah, I ended up just starting to check my emails, too.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11648676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11648676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29280_A-view-from-the-front-of-a-Venetian-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29280_A-view-from-the-front-of-a-Venetian-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29280_A-view-from-the-front-of-a-Venetian-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29280_A-view-from-the-front-of-a-Venetian-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29280_A-view-from-the-front-of-a-Venetian-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29280_A-view-from-the-front-of-a-Venetian-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29280_A-view-from-the-front-of-a-Venetian-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29280_A-view-from-the-front-of-a-Venetian-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29280_A-view-from-the-front-of-a-Venetian-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29280_A-view-from-the-front-of-a-Venetian-gondola-on-Lake-Merritt-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view from the front of a Venetian gondola on Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Jim Ratcliffe/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After we docked, I asked DiBartolo why he thinks gondola rides are so romantic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's like you're being rocked,\" he said. \"Like a babe in arms. ... And it makes people feel held and safe and perhaps more vulnerable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His answer caught me off guard. As the sun sank in a blur of purples and pinks behind the downtown Oakland skyline, I thought about the fragility of the bond that lovers share.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Take a virtual 360-degree ride in a Lake Merritt gondola with KQED's Bay Curious:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QgMw3CTJ8A\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I just couldn't be more happy to be out here on a boat. It's fresh air, it's exercise and it's singing, which is all my body really wants to do,\" DiBartolo said, before launching into the aria \"Una Furtiva Lagrima\" from Donizetti's \"Elixir of Love.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649119\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-800x796.jpg\" alt=\"Zoltan DiBartolo is a former lounge singer who fell in love with opera. He performs with companies around the Bay Area, when he's not serenading love birds on Oakland's Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-800x796.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-160x159.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-1020x1015.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-1180x1174.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-960x955.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-240x239.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-375x373.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-520x517.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Zoltan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zoltan DiBartolo is a former lounge singer who fell in love with opera. He performs with companies around the Bay Area, when he's not serenading lovebirds on Oakland's Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Jim Ratcliffe/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This former lounge singer fell in love with opera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He performs with companies around the Bay Area. He also has a special place in his heart for Lake Merritt -- even if paddling around the man-made lagoon in the center of Oakland isn’t quite the same as navigating the world-famous Italian canals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked DiBartolo if thinks Lake Merritt has the romance and glamour of Venice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Maybe with enough champagne,\" he laughed, and as if on cue, my boyfriend Jim popped open the bottle we'd brought. The singing gondolier then let rip with another of his favorite romantic arias, \"Quanto e Bella,\" also from Donizetti's \"Elixir of Love.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My boyfriend and I share a toast, and a kiss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And that’s why I like my job,\" DiBartolo exclaimed. \"I make the people kiss!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But sometimes DiBartolo’s customers are deaf to the tenor’s sensual serenade. Like the couple he ferried around recently who spent the whole ride glued to their cellphones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They just had their faces buried,\" DiBartolo recalled. \"I sang them a few songs and at one point they looked up and said, 'Nice singing.' 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco has some seriously iconic signs — like the grand marquee above the \u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/timothysallenphotos/15425403366/in/photolist-pv6e1s-S2TQCi-byMZqm-nLYrNm-reCtLa-ec4nmW-hP8mJe-5f73Nb-fmgBXC-hP7NFE-bouLXo-WbprYk-7UNNUX-4MwFkG-hP7Rrj-87P5qP-77A9NR-qYSPDB-qvTbxi-22L5HVa-jNBcdr-ck2ebU-4d2tt8-UWW7cp-hP8qac-bsJda-km21Wu-nHtaAC-agT8hS-5dUhiP-7S1Tji-qLDbhj-WdYxc-doTxpS-5dUgGi-e2VXYP-6pMR3Q-oRbsWY-dT4pmP-hp3cEg-eWAPwG-qmiDzR-ah7aAf-5vpnaQ-rjxLfv-5P4j4x-7H7U2J-iSX49-pTZeLd-5TbhPt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castro Theatre\u003c/a>, the impossible-to-miss martini outside the \u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/inkvision/2592275580/in/photolist-4X56dy-N2P8wr-Mc4xsw-N2P8xt-Mp59x9-7oSNFL-69JJmx-crySMs-7CLYie-okPBjN-5Fkxya-a44392-a77MdT-7h49x-72PBu6-aw2FTz-6xX5k1-b32HvP-fH52GK-72PQRg-82GXmb-7CLYen-7CLXWz-qsywy6-72PR2F-bDBGpp-61utay-3d5yDB-8vJayc-4u5Qvn-7NWVfN-72PB86-8cB6hk-72PAQ4-72PQEn-bDBG2R-72TzAo-5QsRSr-r8czt7-aaHScm-72PADp-2o8PWA-2Eam27-7NSWog-4WZNfe-dNw5AZ-2E5TaK-2Ea1X7-dNw5tz-vGeWPH\">500 Club\u003c/a> or the \u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/brianstechschulte/4374010321/in/photolist-7EvWT4-7dBcRs-9cL63U-7NrwdN-ehKbQw-btfad6-oQPbrW-bheR5T-8BaA7V-4LijgG-i5RhA-e7jfud-dFXHP-4nRTRD-81nqoA-f4Ghhi-eCW3hJ-cQ8kq-8wCeRc-nrxFky-2Sh89-6Tj8YK-CRRYEw-iSrzWg-oWUV3e-cQ8d5-CRSdNm-v4MPNZ-UZDdMo-bJDYiT-DdMHmY-iSvrcA-dwWCM7-Tdb74Q-nAAmjr-nWja9b-rS173-nWj5X5-cQ6NY-fv98tB-ox9epA-8qJECs-bX5cx-zFa2L-72UZVX-7UKQA-cQ8ir-mPx86-5uVuje-6ivnxf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Port of San Francisco sign\u003c/a> glowing above the Ferry Building. 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Market Street alone had hundreds of signs lighting up the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every commercial corridor was just studded with neon,” says art historian and neon aficionado Al Barna. “It’s just amazing the amount of neon that San Francisco had.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11639023\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11639023 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Market-St-1960s-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Market-St-1960s-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Market-St-1960s-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Market-St-1960s-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Market-St-1960s.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Market-St-1960s-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Market-St-1960s-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Market-St-1960s-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Market-St-1960s-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Market-St-1960s-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Market Street in the 1960s. (Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Barna and his wife, Randall Ann Homan, are the authors of \u003ca href=\"http://neonbook.xyz/\">“San Francisco Neon: Survivors and Lost Icons,”\u003c/a> a photo book dedicated to the city’s neon heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the signs were designed for pedestrian traffic, whereas in Los Angeles, they were designed to be seen from automobiles,” says Barna. “So there’s a little more intimacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within the San Francisco city limits, signs in each neighborhood had a distinct look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/bay-curious/2018/02/san-francisco-neon.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Roxie-neon-sign_compressed.jpg\" Title=\"LISTEN: San Francisco Was Once Aglow With Neon\" program=\"Bay Curious\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the Mission, the signs are bigger,” Homan explains. “You have the Mission Theater, the Roxie and the 500 Club.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cow Hollow and the Marina district are on the opposite end of the spectrum, with small signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They fit the scale of the neighborhood and buildings there,” Barna adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lights Out\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the late 1960s, interest in neon began to dim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Neon came to be seen as blight,” Homan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Movies of the era used neon signs to highlight danger. It became associated with gangsters, crime, dodgy bars and strip clubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You always think of the man standing by the window, desperate and alone, with the neon sign flashing in his face,” says Homan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only was neon seen as the light source of seedy places, but it was also viewed as expensive and polluting.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">It was in 1898 when British scientists William Ramsay and Morris Travers filled the first glass tubes with neon gas and lit it with a small electrode. Their invention would go on to give cities around the globe a special glow.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“But that’s far from the truth,” says neon artist Shawna Peterson. “If you properly dispose it, it’s not more toxic than other lights, such as fluorescent lamps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peterson is one of the few remaining neon artists left in the Bay Area. In the past decade, she and her colleagues have had a hard time accessing the materials they need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are buying up old shops that people put on eBay … their old glass stock and equipment. We’re turning into hoarders of neon,” she says. “Our local distributors, that we used to buy everything from, they’re not carrying neon anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11648700\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11648700\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/neonsmallish-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Shawna Peterson in her Oakland workshop.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/neonsmallish-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/neonsmallish-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/neonsmallish-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/neonsmallish-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/neonsmallish-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/neonsmallish-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/neonsmallish-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/neonsmallish-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/neonsmallish-520x293.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/neonsmallish.jpg 1950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shawna Peterson in her Oakland workshop. \u003ccite>(Serginho Roosblad/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is even more frustrating to Peterson, as neon is slowing making a comeback and business is picking up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone is reverting to a historical look, a vintage look. It’s very popular now, but there’s less of us doing it, and we’re all swamped,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has changed its tune on neon signs, too. The tenant facade improvement program that once gave businesses money to remove their neon signs now gives out grants to restore signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11639020\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11639020 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Black-Blue-tattoo-sign-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Black-Blue-tattoo-sign-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Black-Blue-tattoo-sign-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Black-Blue-tattoo-sign-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Black-Blue-tattoo-sign.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Black-Blue-tattoo-sign-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Black-Blue-tattoo-sign-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Black-Blue-tattoo-sign-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Black-Blue-tattoo-sign-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Black-Blue-tattoo-sign-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black & Blue Tattoo on Guerrero Street in the Mission has a smaller neon sign behind its window. (Serginho Roosblad/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Market Street will probably never again look like it did in the 1950s and ’60s, but with more businesses opting to go neon, some of that old glow is returning to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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