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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/profiles/richard-flory-308449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Flory\u003c/a> is senior director of research and evaluation at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The popular view of California is of a liberal, godless region, a land of possibilities that is open to experimentation in all things. As novelist Wallace Stegner \u003ca href=\"http://www.unz.org/Pub/SaturdayRev-1967sep23-00028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote in 1967\u003c/a>, the California motto is:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Why not? It might work.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>This is true even in an otherwise conventional field as religion, with perhaps the most illustrative example being that of the state’s \u003ca href=\"http://hirr.hartsem.edu/megachurch/megachurches.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">megachurches\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, \u003ca href=\"https://factsandtrends.net/2017/06/09/where-are-all-the-megachurches/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California has more megachurches\u003c/a> than any other state. There are over 200 Protestant, theologically conservative churches with at least 2,000 weekly attenders. And while \u003ca href=\"http://crcc.usc.edu/california-megachurches/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most\u003c/a> are in major metropolitan areas, megachurches can be seen in the Inland Empire and the Central Valley, on up through Sacramento and as far north as Redding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my multiple \u003ca href=\"https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/finding-faith/9780813542737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research\u003c/a> projects conducted over the last 25 years, I have seen that California megachurches have played a significant role in how millions of people – Christian or not – understand Christianity.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Adapting Church to Culture\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Large churches \u003ca href=\"https://global.oup.com/academic/product/when-church-became-theatre-9780195143416?cc=us&lang=en&\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have been around\u003c/a> since the industrialization and urbanization of the U.S. in the 19th century. But it was only in the \u003ca href=\"http://hirr.hartsem.edu/megachurch/definition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the mid-20th century\u003c/a> that megachurches became a phenomenon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond their large size - which can range from the threshold 2,000 regular weekly attenders up to 25,000 to 50,000 attenders at U.S. megachurches - it is the \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20160514173618/http://hirr.hartsem.edu/megachurch/definition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">number of different activities\u003c/a>, outreach programs and suburban locations that characterize these churches. In my view, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/finding-faith/9780813542737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most important characteristic of megachurches\u003c/a> is their ability to “appropriate” elements from the larger culture, be it popular music, performances or even dress styles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While they are found in major cities across the U.S. and globally, it is in California that megachurches led the way in merging larger cultural trends into people’s religious lives. Two important examples illustrate their impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-robert-schullers-california-brand-christianity-20150402-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crystal Cathedral\u003c/a>. Founded in 1955, this church became famous for its weekly television show, \u003ca href=\"http://hourofpower.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“The Hour of Power”\u003c/a> and glitzy holiday productions at Christmas and Easter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Televising the morning service from the Crystal Cathedral both extended the reach of the church and allowed people to enjoy Sunday worship service from the comfort of their living rooms. The holiday productions, complete with performances from live animals and actors, were aimed at bringing people into the church to see, hear and experience biblical stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/embed/e06WkQ3V7Mg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, the Christmas story from the New Testament Gospels was reenacted in the main sanctuary of the church with Jesus, Mary and Joseph in the stable, along with the wise men, angels, and even camels and donkeys. The Easter story was similarly reenacted with a depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus, Roman soldiers, weeping followers and an empty tomb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, perhaps more important than those costume dramas, was founding \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/us/rev-robert-h-schuller-hour-of-power-evangelist-dies-at-88.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pastor Robert Schuller’s\u003c/a> idea to use a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/06/reel-faith-how-the-drive-in-movie-theater-helped-create-the-megachurch/258248/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local drive-in movie theater\u003c/a> for Sunday services. Motivated at least in part by the lack of availability of other venues, Schuller turned the necessity of meeting in a drive-in theater into a cultural adaptation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the post-World War II jobs and housing boom, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520073951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schuller capitalized\u003c/a> on a Southern Californian’s dependence on and familiarity with the automobile. People could come to church and never have to leave their car. Thus, partly out of necessity, partly out of vision, Schuller combined the car culture of Southern California and the more casual vibe of the region, by linking church with what people did in their everyday lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11641361\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-1020x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-1020x555.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-160x87.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-800x435.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-960x522.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-240x131.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-375x204.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-520x283.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garden Grove community drive-in church. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A6207-GardenGroveCommunityDriveInChurch.jpg\">Robert J. Boser, Editor ASC (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>, \u003ca class=\"license\" href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\">CC BY\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Informal attire and music\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The second example is \u003ca href=\"https://calvarychapel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calvary Chapel\u003c/a>, best known in evangelical Christian circles as the epicenter of the emerging Christian youth culture in the late 1960s and early 1970s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calvary Chapel was \u003ca href=\"https://calvarychapel.com/about/calvary-chapel-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">founded by pastor Chuck Smith\u003c/a> in 1965 with 25 members in the Orange County city of Costa Mesa. Exhibiting a similar vision as Schuller, Smith created a church that embraced the surrounding culture by accepting young hippies and surfers into its fold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/embed/aW-2tbSiCWM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People came to church \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520218116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wearing\u003c/a> jeans, shorts, T-shirts, beach slippers and even barefoot. There was no need to “dress up.” Once there, they heard a traditional, “Bible-based” sermon from Chuck Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what really differentiated Calvary Chapel was its inclusion of music that sounded just like the popular rock and folk music of the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/embed/6yZWnjuMH9g\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calvary Chapel became a hub of activity for young people in the \u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/jesus-people-a-movement-born-from-the-summer-of-love-82421\">“Jesus Movement,”\u003c/a> that combined a conservative evangelical Christianity with the look of the countercultural hippie style. Calvary Chapel sponsored concerts of “Jesus music” which was essentially folk and rock music with Christian lyrics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/embed/cQHDDtlTbiM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These concerts \u003ca href=\"https://global.oup.com/academic/product/gods-forever-family-9780195326451?q=God%27s%20Forever%20Family&lang=en&cc=us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attracted scores of young people\u003c/a>. Rather than Sunday services being characterized by organ and choir music, guitars and folksy music with Christian lyrics became the norm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calvary Chapel institutionalized and popularized the music through the creation of the \u003ca href=\"https://maranathamusic.com/pages/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maranatha Music\u003c/a>, a record label that soon gained immense popularity. Along with other Christian music labels that followed, this music reached a much larger population of evangelical Christians than any concert or church worship service could. Indeed the music proved to be so popular, that it \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=zr02DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT413&lpg=PT413&dq=maranatha+music+evangelicals&source=bl&ots=Lz3UYQq2ek&sig=3kXk5sD5hH96sCOf2u1YePot0Qg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB97uB1MvYAhUD_IMKHTC2CSIQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=maranatha%20music%20evangelicals&f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quickly moved beyond\u003c/a> the Calvary Chapel and the Jesus People, replacing more traditional “organ and choir” music in most evangelical and charismatic churches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, this music \u003ca href=\"http://www.abingdonpress.com/product/9781426795138#.WlPhO2Q-f-Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found its way\u003c/a> into the Protestant mainline and Catholic worship services, transforming the way that Christians in these other traditions experienced Sunday worship services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today there is a worldwide association of over 1,700 Calvary Chapel congregations, \u003ca href=\"https://calvarychapel.com/church-locator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all traceable\u003c/a> to its Orange County origins.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California Soul\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Current iterations of California megachurches, such as \u003ca href=\"http://mosaic.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mosaic\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.oasisla.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oasis\u003c/a> in Los Angeles, C3 (now \u003ca href=\"https://vivechurch.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VIVE Church\u003c/a>) in the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeed.com/nitashatiku/c3-silicon-valley-church?utm_term=.iivZMZ184#.teym5mlEw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">among others,\u003c/a> follow a similar script and arguably build on elements of California culture: the promise of a comfortable experience in church, the opportunity to feel good about oneself, and participation in a community of like-minded people that doesn’t require any deeper commitments unless one so desires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://counter.theconversation.com/content/77777/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic\" alt=\"The Conversation\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">Across the country, the broader impact of the California churches can be seen in the different ways that megachurches, such as \u003ca href=\"https://churchome.org/gather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Church\u003c/a> in Seattle, which caters to young Christian hipsters, or the more family-oriented programming at \u003ca href=\"https://www.willowcreek.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Willow Creek\u003c/a> in Chicago, have adapted their purpose and programming to specific cultural currents in order to create their own unique identity – an approach pioneered in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article originally appeared in \u003ca href=\"http://theconversation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Conversation\u003c/a>, an online publication that features academics writing about their research and ideas for the public. KQED and The Conversation are partners in the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/californiadream/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Dream\u003c/a> project, a collaboration looking at the Golden State's promise, whether we are achieving it, and the future of California.\u003c/em>\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>[ad floatright]\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",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/profiles/richard-flory-308449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Flory\u003c/a> is senior director of research and evaluation at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The popular view of California is of a liberal, godless region, a land of possibilities that is open to experimentation in all things. As novelist Wallace Stegner \u003ca href=\"http://www.unz.org/Pub/SaturdayRev-1967sep23-00028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote in 1967\u003c/a>, the California motto is:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Why not? It might work.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>This is true even in an otherwise conventional field as religion, with perhaps the most illustrative example being that of the state’s \u003ca href=\"http://hirr.hartsem.edu/megachurch/megachurches.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">megachurches\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, \u003ca href=\"https://factsandtrends.net/2017/06/09/where-are-all-the-megachurches/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California has more megachurches\u003c/a> than any other state. There are over 200 Protestant, theologically conservative churches with at least 2,000 weekly attenders. And while \u003ca href=\"http://crcc.usc.edu/california-megachurches/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most\u003c/a> are in major metropolitan areas, megachurches can be seen in the Inland Empire and the Central Valley, on up through Sacramento and as far north as Redding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my multiple \u003ca href=\"https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/finding-faith/9780813542737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research\u003c/a> projects conducted over the last 25 years, I have seen that California megachurches have played a significant role in how millions of people – Christian or not – understand Christianity.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Adapting Church to Culture\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Large churches \u003ca href=\"https://global.oup.com/academic/product/when-church-became-theatre-9780195143416?cc=us&lang=en&\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have been around\u003c/a> since the industrialization and urbanization of the U.S. in the 19th century. But it was only in the \u003ca href=\"http://hirr.hartsem.edu/megachurch/definition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the mid-20th century\u003c/a> that megachurches became a phenomenon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond their large size - which can range from the threshold 2,000 regular weekly attenders up to 25,000 to 50,000 attenders at U.S. megachurches - it is the \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20160514173618/http://hirr.hartsem.edu/megachurch/definition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">number of different activities\u003c/a>, outreach programs and suburban locations that characterize these churches. In my view, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/finding-faith/9780813542737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most important characteristic of megachurches\u003c/a> is their ability to “appropriate” elements from the larger culture, be it popular music, performances or even dress styles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While they are found in major cities across the U.S. and globally, it is in California that megachurches led the way in merging larger cultural trends into people’s religious lives. Two important examples illustrate their impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-robert-schullers-california-brand-christianity-20150402-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crystal Cathedral\u003c/a>. Founded in 1955, this church became famous for its weekly television show, \u003ca href=\"http://hourofpower.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“The Hour of Power”\u003c/a> and glitzy holiday productions at Christmas and Easter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Televising the morning service from the Crystal Cathedral both extended the reach of the church and allowed people to enjoy Sunday worship service from the comfort of their living rooms. The holiday productions, complete with performances from live animals and actors, were aimed at bringing people into the church to see, hear and experience biblical stories.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/e06WkQ3V7Mg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/e06WkQ3V7Mg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>For example, the Christmas story from the New Testament Gospels was reenacted in the main sanctuary of the church with Jesus, Mary and Joseph in the stable, along with the wise men, angels, and even camels and donkeys. The Easter story was similarly reenacted with a depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus, Roman soldiers, weeping followers and an empty tomb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, perhaps more important than those costume dramas, was founding \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/us/rev-robert-h-schuller-hour-of-power-evangelist-dies-at-88.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pastor Robert Schuller’s\u003c/a> idea to use a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/06/reel-faith-how-the-drive-in-movie-theater-helped-create-the-megachurch/258248/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local drive-in movie theater\u003c/a> for Sunday services. Motivated at least in part by the lack of availability of other venues, Schuller turned the necessity of meeting in a drive-in theater into a cultural adaptation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the post-World War II jobs and housing boom, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520073951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schuller capitalized\u003c/a> on a Southern Californian’s dependence on and familiarity with the automobile. People could come to church and never have to leave their car. Thus, partly out of necessity, partly out of vision, Schuller combined the car culture of Southern California and the more casual vibe of the region, by linking church with what people did in their everyday lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11641361\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-1020x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-1020x555.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-160x87.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-800x435.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-960x522.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-240x131.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-375x204.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu-520x283.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/cali-drivein-file-20171213-27568-bbipnu.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garden Grove community drive-in church. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A6207-GardenGroveCommunityDriveInChurch.jpg\">Robert J. Boser, Editor ASC (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>, \u003ca class=\"license\" href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\">CC BY\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Informal attire and music\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The second example is \u003ca href=\"https://calvarychapel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calvary Chapel\u003c/a>, best known in evangelical Christian circles as the epicenter of the emerging Christian youth culture in the late 1960s and early 1970s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calvary Chapel was \u003ca href=\"https://calvarychapel.com/about/calvary-chapel-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">founded by pastor Chuck Smith\u003c/a> in 1965 with 25 members in the Orange County city of Costa Mesa. Exhibiting a similar vision as Schuller, Smith created a church that embraced the surrounding culture by accepting young hippies and surfers into its fold.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/aW-2tbSiCWM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/aW-2tbSiCWM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>People came to church \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520218116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wearing\u003c/a> jeans, shorts, T-shirts, beach slippers and even barefoot. There was no need to “dress up.” Once there, they heard a traditional, “Bible-based” sermon from Chuck Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what really differentiated Calvary Chapel was its inclusion of music that sounded just like the popular rock and folk music of the day.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/6yZWnjuMH9g'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/6yZWnjuMH9g'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Calvary Chapel became a hub of activity for young people in the \u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/jesus-people-a-movement-born-from-the-summer-of-love-82421\">“Jesus Movement,”\u003c/a> that combined a conservative evangelical Christianity with the look of the countercultural hippie style. Calvary Chapel sponsored concerts of “Jesus music” which was essentially folk and rock music with Christian lyrics.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/cQHDDtlTbiM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/cQHDDtlTbiM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>These concerts \u003ca href=\"https://global.oup.com/academic/product/gods-forever-family-9780195326451?q=God%27s%20Forever%20Family&lang=en&cc=us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attracted scores of young people\u003c/a>. Rather than Sunday services being characterized by organ and choir music, guitars and folksy music with Christian lyrics became the norm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calvary Chapel institutionalized and popularized the music through the creation of the \u003ca href=\"https://maranathamusic.com/pages/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maranatha Music\u003c/a>, a record label that soon gained immense popularity. Along with other Christian music labels that followed, this music reached a much larger population of evangelical Christians than any concert or church worship service could. Indeed the music proved to be so popular, that it \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=zr02DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT413&lpg=PT413&dq=maranatha+music+evangelicals&source=bl&ots=Lz3UYQq2ek&sig=3kXk5sD5hH96sCOf2u1YePot0Qg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB97uB1MvYAhUD_IMKHTC2CSIQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=maranatha%20music%20evangelicals&f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quickly moved beyond\u003c/a> the Calvary Chapel and the Jesus People, replacing more traditional “organ and choir” music in most evangelical and charismatic churches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, this music \u003ca href=\"http://www.abingdonpress.com/product/9781426795138#.WlPhO2Q-f-Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found its way\u003c/a> into the Protestant mainline and Catholic worship services, transforming the way that Christians in these other traditions experienced Sunday worship services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today there is a worldwide association of over 1,700 Calvary Chapel congregations, \u003ca href=\"https://calvarychapel.com/church-locator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all traceable\u003c/a> to its Orange County origins.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California Soul\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Current iterations of California megachurches, such as \u003ca href=\"http://mosaic.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mosaic\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.oasisla.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oasis\u003c/a> in Los Angeles, C3 (now \u003ca href=\"https://vivechurch.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VIVE Church\u003c/a>) in the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeed.com/nitashatiku/c3-silicon-valley-church?utm_term=.iivZMZ184#.teym5mlEw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">among others,\u003c/a> follow a similar script and arguably build on elements of California culture: the promise of a comfortable experience in church, the opportunity to feel good about oneself, and participation in a community of like-minded people that doesn’t require any deeper commitments unless one so desires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://counter.theconversation.com/content/77777/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic\" alt=\"The Conversation\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">Across the country, the broader impact of the California churches can be seen in the different ways that megachurches, such as \u003ca href=\"https://churchome.org/gather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Church\u003c/a> in Seattle, which caters to young Christian hipsters, or the more family-oriented programming at \u003ca href=\"https://www.willowcreek.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Willow Creek\u003c/a> in Chicago, have adapted their purpose and programming to specific cultural currents in order to create their own unique identity – an approach pioneered in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article originally appeared in \u003ca href=\"http://theconversation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Conversation\u003c/a>, an online publication that features academics writing about their research and ideas for the public. KQED and The Conversation are partners in the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/californiadream/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Dream\u003c/a> project, a collaboration looking at the Golden State's promise, whether we are achieving it, and the future of California.\u003c/em>\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>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The fourth annual \u003ca href=\"http://sfmlkday.org/bcafcon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Comix Arts Festival\u003c/a> is underway across several venues in San Francisco this weekend. It’s like comic-con, but instead of celebrating superheroes like Batman, Superman and Wonderman… think more along the lines of Black Panther, Powerman or Storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comics, graphic novels, films and, of course, cosplay events featuring African-American artists and writers, are all on tap. The event is part of the city’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Day celebrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641965\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641965\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Love demos some of his work at the de Young museum.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Love demos some of his work at the de Young museum. \u003ccite>(Tiffany Camhi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sacramento-based comic book illustrator Robert Love is one of the featured artists at the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was growing up there weren’t that many superhero characters to look up to,” says Love. “That made me create my own.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Now Love illustrates for comic book publishers like Dark Horse and Image Comics. But Love says, even today, minorities are still grossly underrepresented in the comics industry. That’s why it’s important for him to be a role model for young black artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641964\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641964\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Thunder is a superhero character Love created with his brother.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thunder is a superhero character Love created with his brother. \u003ccite>(Tiffany Camhi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m just trying to inspire young minority artists and let them know that anyone can do what I’m doing,” says Love. “This is what Dr. Martin Luther King fought for, equality everywhere and in every industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what does Love think of the new hyped-up Black Panther movie released by Marvel this weekend?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very excited; the movie looks hot,” says Love. “I just want to see more of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641966\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641966\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28875_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-8-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Another character created and drawn by Love.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28875_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-8-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28875_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-8-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28875_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-8-qut-1020x1361.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28875_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-8-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28875_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-8-qut-1180x1574.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28875_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-8-qut-960x1281.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28875_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-8-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28875_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-8-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28875_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-8-qut-520x694.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another character created and drawn by Love. \u003ccite>(Tiffany Camhi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The fourth annual \u003ca href=\"http://sfmlkday.org/bcafcon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Comix Arts Festival\u003c/a> is underway across several venues in San Francisco this weekend. It’s like comic-con, but instead of celebrating superheroes like Batman, Superman and Wonderman… think more along the lines of Black Panther, Powerman or Storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comics, graphic novels, films and, of course, cosplay events featuring African-American artists and writers, are all on tap. The event is part of the city’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Day celebrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641965\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641965\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Love demos some of his work at the de Young museum.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28874_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Love demos some of his work at the de Young museum. \u003ccite>(Tiffany Camhi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sacramento-based comic book illustrator Robert Love is one of the featured artists at the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was growing up there weren’t that many superhero characters to look up to,” says Love. “That made me create my own.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Now Love illustrates for comic book publishers like Dark Horse and Image Comics. But Love says, even today, minorities are still grossly underrepresented in the comics industry. That’s why it’s important for him to be a role model for young black artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641964\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641964\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Thunder is a superhero character Love created with his brother.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28873_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thunder is a superhero character Love created with his brother. \u003ccite>(Tiffany Camhi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m just trying to inspire young minority artists and let them know that anyone can do what I’m doing,” says Love. “This is what Dr. Martin Luther King fought for, equality everywhere and in every industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But given that, it explores my autobiography up until 1992. So it’s a nostalgic look at early Silicon Valley. It introduces virtual reality technology one sense organ at a time and it does those things together so it’s kind of unfolding the human sensorium at the same time that it tries to explore one’s own character and memory and also the unfolding of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not a kind of a quick book that’s easy to summarize. It’s more like this mansion or maze for you to explore. And I know the fashion these days is for little things that are easy to read. It’s not like that. This is a book to really get into. It will take some effort to read, and I certainly hope that you’ll be rewarded if you put in the effort to explore it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not hard like a text book. It’s hard like a fantasy novel. Like if you’re into “Infinite Jest” or a Pynchon book, you might like it. It’s a little closer to that sort of book perhaps. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Jaron Lanier is known as the founding father of virtual reality. In his new book, “\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2018/01/03/virtual-realitys-founding-father-on-silicon-valley-early-inspirations/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality\u003c/a>,” he recounts his own early life, along with the early lives of Silicon Valley and virtual reality technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But VR isn’t the only thing in Lanier’s life. He’s also a passionate music fan and musician who can play “really a lot” of instruments. He recently sat down to talk about why we should still care about virtual reality and why it’s a sin to rank pieces of music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Describe your book in 10 words or fewer.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Well I’m not counting, and saying I’m not counting can’t count for the word count. But given that, it explores my autobiography up until 1992. So it’s a nostalgic look at early Silicon Valley. It introduces virtual reality technology one sense organ at a time and it does those things together so it’s kind of unfolding the human sensorium at the same time that it tries to explore one’s own character and memory and also the unfolding of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not a kind of a quick book that’s easy to summarize. It’s more like this mansion or maze for you to explore. And I know the fashion these days is for little things that are easy to read. It’s not like that. This is a book to really get into. It will take some effort to read, and I certainly hope that you’ll be rewarded if you put in the effort to explore it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not hard like a text book. It’s hard like a fantasy novel. Like if you’re into “Infinite Jest” or a Pynchon book, you might like it. It’s a little closer to that sort of book perhaps. [12.4]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why should we still be reading about virtual reality?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Virtual reality is in some ways the ultimate digital technology. It pushes it as far as it can go to synthesize reality. So if you understand virtual reality, you can then understand other kinds of digital technology more easily. Virtual reality is potentially both the creepiest and the most beautiful form of digital technology. I think it’s easily the most fun form of digital technology. I certainly have had more fun with it than anything else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don’t think you can create a wonderful world without creating a beautiful world. And if the world is going to be partially digital, we have to find digital beauty, and virtual reality is probably the most beautiful thing we can do with computers. So for all of those reasons I think you need to understand it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What’s the coolest thing you’ve experienced in virtual reality?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The most interesting thing to do in virtual reality is to change your own body. It turns out rather by surprise that you can turn into different creatures or all kinds of things in virtual reality. You can learn to occupy a body that’s very different from the mammalian plan, and you can still operate it. And when you change your body, you change the way you perceive the world in really interesting ways. You can also have social experiences in virtual reality that are rather radical and interesting like sharing bodies with other people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What’s the creepiest thing you’ve experienced in virtual reality?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A colleague of mine named Jeremy Bailenson at Stanford can play with your avatar and make you more or less racist and you don’t even realize it’s happened. He can change the outcome of a negotiation or who you vote for in a simulation and all kinds of things like that. So it’s potentially very creepy, and you might say well shouldn’t we outlaw it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I think the solution is for people to become literate in things like this so they can tell that they’re being manipulated, so they understand it. I think what we need is a new form of informed populace right now. The way to enjoy the technology is not to trust it. And there’s no contradiction in that. We have to learn to be skeptical technology users, and that’ll make good technology users and that’ll effectively make the technology better. So I want people to become literate in things like for virtual reality so they aren’t fooled by it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What do you like to do on the weekends?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I have an 11-year-old-daughter which is the best thing in the world. So I love doing things with her. And like I’m probably three seconds away from her being less interested in that. I love just grabbing whatever moments I have. I love playing music. I love playing music with friends around the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What are your favorite music venues?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I like little places. To me there’s something about playing in a small venue to a small audience that’s almost sacred. I’m not trying to be a musical star at all. I just love this sort of magic that happens when a little musical event works. I also just think the people who are willing to devote themselves to making these venues work are like saints. In Berkeley where I live we have \u003ca href=\"https://backroommusic.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Back Room\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.thefreight.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freight & Salvage\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.ashkenaz.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashkenaz\u003c/a> and many others. We have these amazing smaller venues and they are so precious. The Internet killed a lot of our bookstores and other things, but so far the venues are somehow surviving, and I hope they’ll continue to.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How does your love of music influence your work in virtual reality?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For me, musical instruments are not only the best user interfaces that have ever existed, they might be the only good ones that have ever existed for controlling a complicated system. So I just can’t imagine being interested in the future of computation without being fascinated with musical instruments.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What’s the most inspirational piece of music for you?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cb>\"Dear Bodie... I'm sorry that I took this piece of metal from the town. I thought it was all a joke but it wasn't at all. Things are happening that are very hard to explain.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>From a letter to Bodie, 2003\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"curse letters\" arrive at Bodie State Historic Park about once a week. They're usually handwritten, often anonymous, with an object rattling in the envelope. And the writers are all very, very sorry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legend has it that any visitor who dares to take anything -- even a rock -- from this Gold Rush ghost town, isolated beyond the eastern Sierra, \u003cem>will\u003c/em> be punished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the decades, \"the curse of Bodie\" has been the subject of rumor, ghost-hunter lore and online chatter, and it promises bad luck, health problems and even mysterious accidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2018/01/Bodie.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28805_DSC_0861-qut.jpg\" Title=\"This Ghost Town’s 'Curse' Isn't What You Think\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, guilty souvenir-takers have been sending those letters to the park staff, detailing the misfortune they believe has plagued them ever since -- and desperately sending their “cursed” items back. Yet the most curious thing about this so-called curse isn’t even how deeply people believe in it: It's how it began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This myth did not originate with superstitious Gold Rush prospectors, or credulous ghost hunters. It was started by the California Department of Parks and Recreation itself -- and it's had an effect the state parks service didn't expect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cb>\"Fair warning for anyone that thinks this is just folklore -- my life has never seen such turmoil. Please take my warning and do not remove even a speck of dust.\"\u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>From a letter to Bodie, 2002\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bodie -- established in 1859, claimed by the state parks service in 1962 -- lies hidden in the hills east of Yosemite, south of Lake Tahoe and north of Mono Lake. It’s over 15 miles from the nearest town, connected by a narrow winding highway that turns into an unpaved dirt road. When the winter snows come, this place often becomes impassable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641766\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-800x573.jpg\" alt=\"A view of Bodie in 1880.\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-800x573.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-160x115.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-1180x844.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-960x687.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-240x172.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-375x268.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-520x372.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Bodie in 1880. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of California State Parks, Image 090-9021)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the late 19th century, Bodie was the archetypal Gold Rush boomtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gold and silver found in these hills by New York prospector W.S. Bodey -- who died in a blizzard before ever seeing the town that took (but misspelled) his name -- drew people from across the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641768\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641768\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-800x502.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Bodie including the Occidental Hotel, circa 1905.\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-800x502.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-160x100.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-1020x640.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-1180x740.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-960x602.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-240x151.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-375x235.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-520x326.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown Bodie, including the Occidental Hotel, circa 1905. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of California State Parks, Image 090-14535)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Standing in the middle of the eerily silent Main Street here, it’s impossible not to imagine what Bodie must have been like in its heyday: a noisy, thriving, hardscrabble town of almost 10,000 souls that boasted over 60 saloons. Here, “gunfights were common,” according to Catherine Jones, the park interpreter who works with the Bodie rangers to show people around this strange spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like most of the towns in the Wild West in the late 1800s,\" she adds with some understatement, Bodie “probably didn't have the kind of law that we’re used to nowadays.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11640728 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dechambeau Hotel and Odd Fellows Hall in Bodie \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California State Parks maintains Bodie in what they call “arrested decay” -- the rot repaired, but not replaced. While some buildings are little more than ruins and tumbledown shacks, a glance through the windows of the better preserved structures reveals interiors that could have been left just yesterday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one family home, the kitchen’s surfaces are stacked with dishes. In the town morgue, peeled wallpaper sways in ribbons from the ceilings, above the empty caskets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640722\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior of the bar in Bodie's Swasey Hotel \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In this particular ghost town, it’s hard \u003cem>not\u003c/em> to think about ghosts, or feel unusually disposed toward legends of vengeful Gold Rush spirits. Which is how this whole curse tale got started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cb>\"You can have these godforsaken rocks back. I've never had so much rotten luck in my life. Please forgive me for ever testing the curse of Bodie.\"\u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>From a letter to Bodie, 2004\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Years back,” says Jones, a single park ranger at Bodie apparently invented the notion that misfortune would befall anyone who took something from the park. “That maybe if we started this idea that you'd have bad luck if you took artifacts from Bodie, it would try to keep people from stealing artifacts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640721\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Park interpreter Catherine Jones approaches Bodie's Methodist Church, built in 1882, and the only church left standing in the town. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Theft has always been a problem in Bodie, even before it was claimed by the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ghosting of this town was gradual: Mining actually continued up until 1942, but by then what had once been a crowded, bustling town had faded into an increasing collection of vacated homes. Many of them were -- and are -- still filled with the possessions of those who’d up and left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For locals and visitors alike, Bodie was that strange, sort-of-empty town out in the hills back then, where you could wander around and perhaps pick up a freebie or two. Someone once even took a piano from a house in Bodie, says Jones -- just loaded it onto the back of a truck, and drove it away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640724\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior of the Miller House on Green Street in Bodie. In 1900 Tom Miller, a Teamster for the Bodie Railway, lived here with his wife, Jessie, and two children. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even as a state historic park, with signs and constant staffing, light-fingered visitors apparently continued to be tempted to take souvenirs. So, Bodie conjured its own boogeyman: the story of a curse, shared with tourists over the years to discourage them from filling their pockets with ghost town trinkets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, staff here no longer really talk about their curse with visitors, and we'll get to the reason for that. But still the curse letters keep coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cb>\"Please find enclosed one weatherbeaten old shoe. The shoe was removed from Bodie during the month of August 1978... My trail of misfortune is so long and depressing it can't be listed here.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>Letter to Bodie, undated\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letters, Jones says, arrive with such regularity that the staff here recognize them on sight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pretty much every time the ranger goes to the post office to pick up our mail,” says Jones, “there's a cursed artifact in there.” They’ve received so many of these letters over the years that they’re now collected, on display, in the Bodie museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640730\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Park interpreter Catherine Jones looks at several \"curse letters\" in the Bodie rangers' office \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From rambling multi-page narratives to one-sentence apologies and Post-its, they confess to taking nails, glass shards, ceramic fragments, coins, flowers and more. Some writers claim to have had no clue taking anything from a state park was forbidden, despite the multiple signs. Others admit they knew, and just couldn’t resist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some, the curse is explicitly supernatural: ghostly apparitions, poltergeist-like disturbances. For the majority, it has taken the form of plain bad luck: accidents, auto trouble, job losses. Some report experiencing the curse’s effects instantly on the drive home. Others perceive them only in hindsight. One letter is from a young person so terrified at the thought of removing anything from Bodie that they returned items their family purchased in the park’s gift store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640731\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One anonymous \"curse letter,\" returning a nail to Bodie \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some are almost comical. One young correspondent blames getting grounded by his parents on the curse. Another child simply writes: “Sorry I took the glass pieces. I thought they are pretty. My fish died the day after.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet others are far more serious in tone. In one heartfelt letter from 2017, a young woman blames the rock she took from Bodie for the breakdown of not only her relationship, but her parents’ marriage, too. Another writer says she’s losing all her loved ones to cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11640732 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A row of beer bottles gathers dust in the Bodie Odd Fellows Hall. Despite prohibitions on removing anything from the park, items are still taken regularly. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, it’s not just the letters. These people are sending their cursed items \u003ci>back\u003c/i>, because they think it’ll help, and this is the reason that staff no longer talks about the legend much to visitors. Because by inventing a curse -- one that haunts you until you make things right -- the folks at Bodie State Park unwittingly created a whole new problem for themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cb>\"This nail was taken from the town of Bodie… Nothing should leave Bodie. Also, who wants bad luck. Please put it back for me.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>From a letter to Bodie, 2017\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every time an item is returned, the staff at Bodie have to treat it for what it is -- a stolen object. That means filing a law enforcement report for every single one, no matter how big or small.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640733\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640733\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An isolated home in Bodie, California. The trails throughout the town house many artifacts -- some of which are removed by visitors. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Red tape notwithstanding, it may seem like no big deal to pick up a rock from Bodie and then remorsefully return it. Yet to the parks service, these aren’t just trinkets. They’re artifacts that carry a very real historic and cultural value -- “even the broken glass and the nails that are strewn about the ground,” as Jones puts it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When these are picked up and taken from the park, they’re instantly divorced from their place and context. The minute they’re put in someone’s pocket, so much of the story they can tell is lost for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Returning an artifact doesn’t actually solve this problem either. When these envelopes arrive back at Bodie’s door, it’s not as if the rangers can just empty out their contents on Main Street. Take the “beautiful piece of obsidian rock” one letter writer confesses to taking “to remember my amazing trip” -- the rock she blames for her subsequent romantic pain and career trouble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640735\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A car abandoned in Bodie \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jones and her colleagues now have no way of knowing exactly where in the park it originated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It potentially could have come from a prehistoric site, a Native American site. But now we don't know, because now it's out of context,\" she says. \"\u003ci>That's\u003c/i> what's unfortunate about this stuff being removed from its true place.” The worst-case scenario here, she says, is that artifacts like this “will probably live in a box forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider that piano, too. Jones says it was eventually returned to Bodie, after its owners heard about the curse (“health problems, car troubles” this time). Where once it might have sat in a family's living room, or been played in one of the saloons, it now sits silent in the town hall. It's in Bodie’s own version of Collections Purgatory -- unknown, unaccessioned -- and the staff here will never know its true story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640723\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The piano stolen from Bodie before it became a state historic park in 1962. It was later returned and sits in Bodie's Odd Fellows Hall. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cb>\"So sorry for picking these up. I love antiques and being a Christian I felt so guilty for taking these on Monday. Not to mention Tuesday we got a flat tire and my husband hit his head on a rock.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>From a letter to Bodie, 1998\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inventing a thief's curse has undoubtedly been a mixed blessing for Bodie State Historic Park. It has drawn attention to what continues to be a very real problem with theft here, and almost certainly deterred many would-be souvenir hunters. Yet it has also ensured a steady supply of returned, orphaned artifacts with no way home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather than harp on the curse to visitors, Jones says she and her colleagues hope “that that we can get a better message out to people that visit Bodie that they should leave everything in its place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kids nearly always ask her about the curse on tours, but she prefers instead to explain to them why taking something from a state park is wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bodie,\" as she puts it, \"is a giant outdoor museum, and everything should be treated like it is when you go inside an indoor museum. You wouldn't steal from an artifact exhibit in a museum, so it's hard to know why anybody would steal from Bodie.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640736\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640736\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Standard Consolidated Mining Company's Stamp Mill, the most successful of 30 mining companies operating in the Bodie Mining District. This mill was built in 1899 after a fire the previous year destroyed in original building. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yet much in the way that their invented curse proved almost too effective, perhaps what's at work is the park’s very success in maintaining Bodie in \"arrested decay\" -- the thing that makes visiting this remote place so compelling. Away from those glimpsed interiors, wandering through Bodie feels more like exploring some kind of deserted world than visiting a museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe that's why people feel so inclined to just ... pick stuff up. Just like the letters say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640726\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two very different modes of transportation sink into the ground off Fuller Street in Bodie \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That “stuff,\" of course, is actually California heritage. But then, so much about Bodie is not what it seems. It’s a golden boomtown that now lies silent, with a curse that isn’t, but people believe in anyway. And the fact that it endures says a lot about our desire to believe in the otherworldly in places like this. Or perhaps just the power of a guilty conscience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\"\u003cem>I send the purloined goods, along with my deepest apologies to whatever spirit I have offended... I feel better already. Confession really is good for the soul.\"\u003c/em>\u003c/b>\u003cem>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>From a letter to Bodie, 1996\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This myth did not originate with superstitious Gold Rush prospectors, or credulous ghost hunters. It was started by the California Department of Parks and Recreation itself -- and it's had an effect the state parks service didn't expect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cb>\"Fair warning for anyone that thinks this is just folklore -- my life has never seen such turmoil. Please take my warning and do not remove even a speck of dust.\"\u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>From a letter to Bodie, 2002\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bodie -- established in 1859, claimed by the state parks service in 1962 -- lies hidden in the hills east of Yosemite, south of Lake Tahoe and north of Mono Lake. It’s over 15 miles from the nearest town, connected by a narrow winding highway that turns into an unpaved dirt road. When the winter snows come, this place often becomes impassable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641766\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-800x573.jpg\" alt=\"A view of Bodie in 1880.\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-800x573.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-160x115.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-1180x844.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-960x687.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-240x172.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-375x268.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/BodieFromHill-520x372.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Bodie in 1880. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of California State Parks, Image 090-9021)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the late 19th century, Bodie was the archetypal Gold Rush boomtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gold and silver found in these hills by New York prospector W.S. Bodey -- who died in a blizzard before ever seeing the town that took (but misspelled) his name -- drew people from across the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641768\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641768\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-800x502.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown Bodie including the Occidental Hotel, circa 1905.\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-800x502.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-160x100.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-1020x640.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-1180x740.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-960x602.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-240x151.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-375x235.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/090-14535_CalStateParks-520x326.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown Bodie, including the Occidental Hotel, circa 1905. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of California State Parks, Image 090-14535)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Standing in the middle of the eerily silent Main Street here, it’s impossible not to imagine what Bodie must have been like in its heyday: a noisy, thriving, hardscrabble town of almost 10,000 souls that boasted over 60 saloons. Here, “gunfights were common,” according to Catherine Jones, the park interpreter who works with the Bodie rangers to show people around this strange spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like most of the towns in the Wild West in the late 1800s,\" she adds with some understatement, Bodie “probably didn't have the kind of law that we’re used to nowadays.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11640728 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28801_DSC_0832-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dechambeau Hotel and Odd Fellows Hall in Bodie \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California State Parks maintains Bodie in what they call “arrested decay” -- the rot repaired, but not replaced. While some buildings are little more than ruins and tumbledown shacks, a glance through the windows of the better preserved structures reveals interiors that could have been left just yesterday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one family home, the kitchen’s surfaces are stacked with dishes. In the town morgue, peeled wallpaper sways in ribbons from the ceilings, above the empty caskets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640722\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28787_DSC_0820-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior of the bar in Bodie's Swasey Hotel \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In this particular ghost town, it’s hard \u003cem>not\u003c/em> to think about ghosts, or feel unusually disposed toward legends of vengeful Gold Rush spirits. Which is how this whole curse tale got started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cb>\"You can have these godforsaken rocks back. I've never had so much rotten luck in my life. Please forgive me for ever testing the curse of Bodie.\"\u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>From a letter to Bodie, 2004\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Years back,” says Jones, a single park ranger at Bodie apparently invented the notion that misfortune would befall anyone who took something from the park. “That maybe if we started this idea that you'd have bad luck if you took artifacts from Bodie, it would try to keep people from stealing artifacts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640721\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Park interpreter Catherine Jones approaches Bodie's Methodist Church, built in 1882, and the only church left standing in the town. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Theft has always been a problem in Bodie, even before it was claimed by the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ghosting of this town was gradual: Mining actually continued up until 1942, but by then what had once been a crowded, bustling town had faded into an increasing collection of vacated homes. Many of them were -- and are -- still filled with the possessions of those who’d up and left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For locals and visitors alike, Bodie was that strange, sort-of-empty town out in the hills back then, where you could wander around and perhaps pick up a freebie or two. Someone once even took a piano from a house in Bodie, says Jones -- just loaded it onto the back of a truck, and drove it away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640724\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior of the Miller House on Green Street in Bodie. In 1900 Tom Miller, a Teamster for the Bodie Railway, lived here with his wife, Jessie, and two children. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even as a state historic park, with signs and constant staffing, light-fingered visitors apparently continued to be tempted to take souvenirs. So, Bodie conjured its own boogeyman: the story of a curse, shared with tourists over the years to discourage them from filling their pockets with ghost town trinkets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, staff here no longer really talk about their curse with visitors, and we'll get to the reason for that. But still the curse letters keep coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cb>\"Please find enclosed one weatherbeaten old shoe. The shoe was removed from Bodie during the month of August 1978... My trail of misfortune is so long and depressing it can't be listed here.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>Letter to Bodie, undated\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letters, Jones says, arrive with such regularity that the staff here recognize them on sight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pretty much every time the ranger goes to the post office to pick up our mail,” says Jones, “there's a cursed artifact in there.” They’ve received so many of these letters over the years that they’re now collected, on display, in the Bodie museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640730\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28773_DSC_0620-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Park interpreter Catherine Jones looks at several \"curse letters\" in the Bodie rangers' office \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From rambling multi-page narratives to one-sentence apologies and Post-its, they confess to taking nails, glass shards, ceramic fragments, coins, flowers and more. Some writers claim to have had no clue taking anything from a state park was forbidden, despite the multiple signs. Others admit they knew, and just couldn’t resist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some, the curse is explicitly supernatural: ghostly apparitions, poltergeist-like disturbances. For the majority, it has taken the form of plain bad luck: accidents, auto trouble, job losses. Some report experiencing the curse’s effects instantly on the drive home. Others perceive them only in hindsight. One letter is from a young person so terrified at the thought of removing anything from Bodie that they returned items their family purchased in the park’s gift store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640731\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28803_DSC_0844-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One anonymous \"curse letter,\" returning a nail to Bodie \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some are almost comical. One young correspondent blames getting grounded by his parents on the curse. Another child simply writes: “Sorry I took the glass pieces. I thought they are pretty. My fish died the day after.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet others are far more serious in tone. In one heartfelt letter from 2017, a young woman blames the rock she took from Bodie for the breakdown of not only her relationship, but her parents’ marriage, too. Another writer says she’s losing all her loved ones to cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11640732 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28785_DSC_0746-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A row of beer bottles gathers dust in the Bodie Odd Fellows Hall. Despite prohibitions on removing anything from the park, items are still taken regularly. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, it’s not just the letters. These people are sending their cursed items \u003ci>back\u003c/i>, because they think it’ll help, and this is the reason that staff no longer talks about the legend much to visitors. Because by inventing a curse -- one that haunts you until you make things right -- the folks at Bodie State Park unwittingly created a whole new problem for themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cb>\"This nail was taken from the town of Bodie… Nothing should leave Bodie. Also, who wants bad luck. Please put it back for me.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>From a letter to Bodie, 2017\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every time an item is returned, the staff at Bodie have to treat it for what it is -- a stolen object. That means filing a law enforcement report for every single one, no matter how big or small.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640733\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640733\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28797_DSC_0818-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An isolated home in Bodie, California. The trails throughout the town house many artifacts -- some of which are removed by visitors. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Red tape notwithstanding, it may seem like no big deal to pick up a rock from Bodie and then remorsefully return it. Yet to the parks service, these aren’t just trinkets. They’re artifacts that carry a very real historic and cultural value -- “even the broken glass and the nails that are strewn about the ground,” as Jones puts it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When these are picked up and taken from the park, they’re instantly divorced from their place and context. The minute they’re put in someone’s pocket, so much of the story they can tell is lost for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Returning an artifact doesn’t actually solve this problem either. When these envelopes arrive back at Bodie’s door, it’s not as if the rangers can just empty out their contents on Main Street. Take the “beautiful piece of obsidian rock” one letter writer confesses to taking “to remember my amazing trip” -- the rock she blames for her subsequent romantic pain and career trouble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640735\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28791_DSC_0789-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A car abandoned in Bodie \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jones and her colleagues now have no way of knowing exactly where in the park it originated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It potentially could have come from a prehistoric site, a Native American site. But now we don't know, because now it's out of context,\" she says. \"\u003ci>That's\u003c/i> what's unfortunate about this stuff being removed from its true place.” The worst-case scenario here, she says, is that artifacts like this “will probably live in a box forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider that piano, too. Jones says it was eventually returned to Bodie, after its owners heard about the curse (“health problems, car troubles” this time). Where once it might have sat in a family's living room, or been played in one of the saloons, it now sits silent in the town hall. It's in Bodie’s own version of Collections Purgatory -- unknown, unaccessioned -- and the staff here will never know its true story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640723\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28784_DSC_0742-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The piano stolen from Bodie before it became a state historic park in 1962. It was later returned and sits in Bodie's Odd Fellows Hall. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cb>\"So sorry for picking these up. I love antiques and being a Christian I felt so guilty for taking these on Monday. Not to mention Tuesday we got a flat tire and my husband hit his head on a rock.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>From a letter to Bodie, 1998\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inventing a thief's curse has undoubtedly been a mixed blessing for Bodie State Historic Park. It has drawn attention to what continues to be a very real problem with theft here, and almost certainly deterred many would-be souvenir hunters. Yet it has also ensured a steady supply of returned, orphaned artifacts with no way home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather than harp on the curse to visitors, Jones says she and her colleagues hope “that that we can get a better message out to people that visit Bodie that they should leave everything in its place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kids nearly always ask her about the curse on tours, but she prefers instead to explain to them why taking something from a state park is wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bodie,\" as she puts it, \"is a giant outdoor museum, and everything should be treated like it is when you go inside an indoor museum. You wouldn't steal from an artifact exhibit in a museum, so it's hard to know why anybody would steal from Bodie.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640736\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640736\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28775_DSC_0655-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Standard Consolidated Mining Company's Stamp Mill, the most successful of 30 mining companies operating in the Bodie Mining District. This mill was built in 1899 after a fire the previous year destroyed in original building. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yet much in the way that their invented curse proved almost too effective, perhaps what's at work is the park’s very success in maintaining Bodie in \"arrested decay\" -- the thing that makes visiting this remote place so compelling. Away from those glimpsed interiors, wandering through Bodie feels more like exploring some kind of deserted world than visiting a museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe that's why people feel so inclined to just ... pick stuff up. Just like the letters say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11640726\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28799_DSC_0827-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two very different modes of transportation sink into the ground off Fuller Street in Bodie \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That “stuff,\" of course, is actually California heritage. But then, so much about Bodie is not what it seems. It’s a golden boomtown that now lies silent, with a curse that isn’t, but people believe in anyway. And the fact that it endures says a lot about our desire to believe in the otherworldly in places like this. Or perhaps just the power of a guilty conscience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>For anyone who has taken a Lyft ride, the signature bell sound announcing the driver’s arrival might be the only sound they hear for the duration of the trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ride-hailing can be a silent and somewhat awkward experience. But one Bay Area driver seeks to establish a human connection with everyone who steps into his white Prius, with some spontaneous entertainment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641436\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-800x507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-800x507.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-1020x646.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-960x608.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-240x152.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-375x237.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-520x329.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut.jpg 1137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashel Eldridge has a YouTube channel called the Legend of the Lyft Rapper. \u003ccite>(Ashel Eldridge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland-based Ashel Eldridge calls himself The Lyft Rapper. He asks his passengers to come up with a topic and a style of music, and he makes up a song, on the spot, while driving to the destination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riders often make goofy requests — asking for songs about deli sandwiches, pizza or popcorn — but Eldridge’s freestyle flows often gravitate into more complex commentary about social issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he loves it when riders request songs about immigration, gentrification or community health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDA1N2Y3gag\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elridge, who also goes by the emcee name Seasunz, says his mission is to elevate the consciousness of his community by helping people understand the forces that may be manipulating them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His passengers say they’re startled at first when their Lyft driver begins rapping to them. But after the song, they admit the Lyft Rapper has turned a typically mundane trip into an unforgettable experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Clearly I got to witness a very high level of creativity and being able to think on the spot,” said Tom Cheng, a UC Berkeley student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheng, who was on his way to take the GRE, asked Eldridge to rap about anxiety and uncertainty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641433\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641433\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Cheng was on his way to take the GRE when he met — and was sung to by — the Lyft Rapper. \u003ccite>(Allen Young/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think everyone has a very interesting life story, and [the Lyft Rapper] is definitely one that should be heard,” said Cheng.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eldridge said he started rapping for his ride-hailing passengers a few years ago as a way to pass the time behind the wheel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, he decided to turn it into a show for his YouTube channel called \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDc1Jp-2EIDmYsA7q1r-9lQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Legend of the Lyft Rapper\u003c/a>. The beats are all copyright-free. After the song, passengers give their consent to be recorded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641440\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641440\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28833_12801194_10153934628935270_8627821588379718627_n-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28833_12801194_10153934628935270_8627821588379718627_n-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28833_12801194_10153934628935270_8627821588379718627_n-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28833_12801194_10153934628935270_8627821588379718627_n-qut.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28833_12801194_10153934628935270_8627821588379718627_n-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28833_12801194_10153934628935270_8627821588379718627_n-qut-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28833_12801194_10153934628935270_8627821588379718627_n-qut-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28833_12801194_10153934628935270_8627821588379718627_n-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28833_12801194_10153934628935270_8627821588379718627_n-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28833_12801194_10153934628935270_8627821588379718627_n-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28833_12801194_10153934628935270_8627821588379718627_n-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28833_12801194_10153934628935270_8627821588379718627_n-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28833_12801194_10153934628935270_8627821588379718627_n-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eldridge grew up in Chicago, where his grandfather was a preacher. \u003ccite>(Ashel Eldridge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eldridge draws inspiration from his family, starting with his grandfather, who was a minister. As a boy growing up in Chicago, Eldridge would sit in church each week and listen to his grandfather preach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s poetry,” said Eldridge, describing his grandfather. “How he [starts] the sermon, how he ends it, what he says and doesn’t say, his pausing, how he raises his voice, all that I was attracted to. … It was the storytelling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eldridge said he hopes the stories he’s telling through his songs provide his passengers with a greater awareness of the forces that impact their stress and well-being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641441\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-800x373.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-800x373.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-160x75.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-1020x476.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-1180x551.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-960x448.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-240x112.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-375x175.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-520x243.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670.png 1665w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eldridge is part of a nonprofit called Hip Hop is Green, which uses live hip hop to raise awareness about community health. \u003ccite>(Ashel Eldridge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His activism extends beyond the driver’s seat: Eldridge is part of a nonprofit called Hip Hop is Green, which hosts dinners and uses live hip-hop to raise awareness about community health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he learned about the importance of healthy eating from his grandmother, who died of diabetes, and his aunt, Geraldine Eldridge, who was a former member of the Black Panther Party. The Panthers are known in part for creating an array of community social programs, including free breakfasts for school kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PJIt4vp1BU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eldridge believes that new forms of in-person performance art will naturally emerge as workers are replaced by machines, including drivers for ride-hailing companies as companies convert to driverless cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While machines can replace drivers, Eldridge argues that companies won’t be able to replace the human connection that people crave to avoid loneliness throughout the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something inherently human to create art, which is based off the moment,” Eldridge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s based off of the bumps in the road, the left turn or right turn, what we ate today. What’s going in the news, what’s going on in people’s personal lives. All those things are playing into the music.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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But after the song, they admit the Lyft Rapper has turned a typically mundane trip into an unforgettable experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Clearly I got to witness a very high level of creativity and being able to think on the spot,” said Tom Cheng, a UC Berkeley student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheng, who was on his way to take the GRE, asked Eldridge to rap about anxiety and uncertainty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641433\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641433\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Cheng was on his way to take the GRE when he met — and was sung to by — the Lyft Rapper. \u003ccite>(Allen Young/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think everyone has a very interesting life story, and [the Lyft Rapper] is definitely one that should be heard,” said Cheng.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eldridge said he started rapping for his ride-hailing passengers a few years ago as a way to pass the time behind the wheel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, he decided to turn it into a show for his YouTube channel called \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDc1Jp-2EIDmYsA7q1r-9lQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Legend of the Lyft Rapper\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco residents joined Christians around the world in celebrating \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/01/05/575919244/new-three-kings-day-traditions-after-hurricane-maria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Kings Day on Saturday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also known as Epiphany, the holiday is celebrated every Jan. 6 to commemorate when the Magi, or wise men from the East, brought gifts to the infant Jesus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In many Latin American cultures, a big part of the holiday is eating a \u003cem>rosca de reyes\u003c/em>, or \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2018/01/05/u-s-bakeries-grab-a-slice-of-a-latin-american-tradition-3-kings-cake/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Kings cake\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640587\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/28756_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11640587 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/28756_transform-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/28756_transform-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/28756_transform-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/28756_transform-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/28756_transform-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/28756_transform-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/28756_transform-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/28756_transform-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/28756_transform-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/28756_transform-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">La Mejor Bakery in San Francisco's Mission District advertises its Rosca de Reyes, or Three Kings Cake, on Jan. 6, 2018. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At bakeries across San Francisco's Mission District on Saturday, the display windows were filled with the colorful kings cakes -- big, oval shaped cakes with a hole in the middle, topped with candied fruit and strips of pink and yellow sugar paste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What you can't see is the figurine of a baby Jesus hidden inside the cake. Tradition holds that whoever ends up with the baby in their slice of cake has to throw a party on Feb. 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Louie Gutierrez, who owns La Reyna Bakery with his family, says in the U.S., it's mostly immigrants who celebrate the holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're the ones that make this day thrive,\" Gutierrez said. \"Without the immigrant population in the Mission or California in general, Mexican bakeries would be obsolete.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gutierrez says when the bakery closes, he and the staff share a \u003cem>rosca de reyes\u003c/em> together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28759_IMG_4963-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11640585 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28759_IMG_4963-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Customers purchase Three Kings Cake at La Reyna Bakery in San Francisco's Mission District on Jan. 6, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28759_IMG_4963-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28759_IMG_4963-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28759_IMG_4963-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28759_IMG_4963-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28759_IMG_4963-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28759_IMG_4963-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28759_IMG_4963-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28759_IMG_4963-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28759_IMG_4963-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customers purchase Three Kings Cake at La Reyna Bakery in San Francisco's Mission District on Jan. 6, 2018. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Suburbia: The very word conjures up rows and rows of cookie-cutter houses, laid out on a vast, grim grid of blah. At the time they were built, after World War II, the nation was desperate for new housing. But \u003ci>some\u003c/i> of those homes are considered architectural treasures today, especially if they were made by one\u003ci> particular\u003c/i> Silicon Valley real estate developer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Birth of the Eichler\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Let’s travel back in time to the 1940s, when a Bay Area businessman named Joseph Eichler rented the \u003ca href=\"http://www.eichlernetwork.com/article/bazett-house-hillsborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bazett house\u003c/a> in Hillsborough, designed by rock star architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Eichler fell in love. 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After renting it, Joseph Eichler was so impressed, he launchd into a new career as a design-savvy tract house developer. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of David Weinstein)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He was looking around for something to do. A lot of people at that time from other professions were going into homebuilding,” says David Weinstein, who writes for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eichlernetwork.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eichler Network\u003c/a>, a website for Eichler enthusiasts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eichler’s vision developed gradually, and the homes he built initially in Sunnyvale weren’t much to look at.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His very first subdivisions don’t look like Eichlers at all,” Weinstein says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then Robert Anshen convinced Eichler to use architects and designers for his \u003ci>tract houses\u003c/i>, too — something that \u003ca href=\"http://www.eichlernetwork.com/blog/dave-weinstein/why-joe-wouldn%E2%80%99t-%E2%80%98scrap-architects%E2%80%99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most developers\u003c/a> were not doing at the time. That’s what pushed Eichler homes onto a different plane of development: the people he had working for him. If that makes him sound a little like Steve Jobs at Apple, well, that would be an apt comparison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635769\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635769\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-800x507.png\" alt=\"Ads like this one enticed young families to scrimp and save for something better than your average tract house.\" width=\"800\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-800x507.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-160x101.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-1020x646.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-1180x748.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-960x608.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-240x152.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-375x238.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-520x329.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM.png 1269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ads like this one enticed young families to scrimp and save for something better than your average tract house. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Page & Turnbull)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They were always innovating, coming up with new ways for space arrangement. It’s really the spirit of Silicon Valley. These were experimental houses,” says Weinstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 1949 and 1974, when Eichler died, his group built roughly 11,000 homes in California, mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll find them north, east and south of San Francisco, but Palo Alto is home to more Eichlers than anyplace else: \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/56865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 2,700 houses\u003c/a>, packing the tightly curving streets and cul-de-sacs Eichler preferred because they encourage people to hang out with each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two of Palo Alto’s Eichler neighborhoods, Green Gables and Greenmeadow, are historic districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635763\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11635763\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/6a00d8341c796653ef01156ed30e77970c.jpg\" alt=\"As blogger Stephen Coles points out on The Midcentury Modernist, when the Pixar team wanted an mid-century modern home for Bob and Helen Parr in “The Incredibles,” they opted for an Eichler. \" width=\"500\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/6a00d8341c796653ef01156ed30e77970c.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/6a00d8341c796653ef01156ed30e77970c-160x67.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/6a00d8341c796653ef01156ed30e77970c-240x101.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/6a00d8341c796653ef01156ed30e77970c-375x158.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As blogger Stephen Coles points out on The Mid-Century Modernist, when the Pixar team wanted a midcentury modern home for Bob and Helen Parr in “The Incredibles,” they opted for an Eichler. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Pixar Animation Studios)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Eichler Look\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>From the outside, Eichlers appear modest, crisp, angular. But step inside, and your attention is drawn to floor-to-ceiling windows that look out onto the backyard, taking full advantage of California’s year-round sunshine. You know that phrase “indoor/outdoor living”? This is that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The openness, the airiness, looking up from a window and seeing the sky when you’re in the house,” says Bonnie Borton, an Eichler owner who moved in right after the neighborhood in Palo Alto was built in 1959-1960.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635765\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635765\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The exterior of Edita Donnelly's remodeled Eichler home in Palo Alto.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The exterior of Edita Donnelly’s remodeled Eichler home in Palo Alto. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If your parents — or grandparents — subscribed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sunset.com/home-garden/idea-houses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>Sunset Magazine\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, you’ve seen an Eichler, because for more than two decades, Sunset’s vision of the California Dream House looked like an Eichler: open floor plans, clean lines stretching in every direction. It’s a style that has come to be known as midcentury modern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even today, when people buy Eichlers and remodel them, they often use Sunset for inspiration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11639898\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11639898\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-800x572.jpg\" alt='Eichler homes makes the most of \"indoor/outdoor living.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-800x572.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-160x114.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-1920x1374.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-1180x844.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-960x687.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-240x172.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-375x268.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-520x372.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eichler homes makes the most of “indoor/outdoor living.” \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We replaced everything,” says Edita Donnelly of Palo Alto, who wanted her Eichler to look even more “Eichler-esque” if you will, than it was when she bought it. That is to say, she did things like raise the ceiling in the living room, and she added sliding glass doors to every room in the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We designed it so that every room has access to the outside, and I think that idea came from a \u003ci>Sunset Magazine\u003c/i> model house for me,” Donnelly says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635766\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Floor-to-ceiling windows in Edita Donnelly's Palo Alto living room draw the eye to the backyard. This is what "indoor/outdoor" living means.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floor-to-ceiling windows in Edita Donnelly’s Palo Alto living room draw the eye to the backyard. This is what “indoor/outdoor” living means. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>They Used to Be Affordable\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When Bonnie Borton bought her Eichler in 1960, she paid $19,500. Let that sink in for a moment. Today in Palo Alto, one of these homes can sell for up to $3 million. Eichlers in less affluent cities aren’t quite as pricey, but it’s all a far cry from the days when these homes were sold to people in the middle class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Lovely side note: Eichler also had a nondiscrimination policy and insisted on selling to people of all ethnicities and religions — a progressive attitude that wasn’t matched by many other tract home developers at the time.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in even wealthier neighborhoods, like Atherton and Hillsborough, some people have bought the property and \u003ca href=\"http://www.eichlernetwork.com/article/slipping-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bulldozed the Eichler\u003c/a> to make way for something bigger, newer, \u003ci>whatever\u003c/i>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So in recent years, a number of Eichler-rich neighborhoods in Silicon Valley have developed \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/pln/special_projects/eichler_neighborhood_design_guidelines_.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">design guidelines\u003c/a>, zoning overlays or even historic districts in an attempt to keep their neighborhoods aesthetically cohesive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635764\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635764\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-800x529.png\" alt=\"Palo Alto is home to more Eichlers than anyplace else: more than 2,700 homes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-800x529.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-160x106.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-1020x675.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-1180x781.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-960x635.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-240x159.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-375x248.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-520x344.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palo Alto is home to more Eichlers than anyplace else: more than 2,700 homes. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Page & Turnbull)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People who like the Eichlers aren’t saying the wealthy shouldn’t have big houses. They should just do it someplace else,” Weinstein says drolly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Thompson, another Palo Alto Eichler owner, explains that something as ostensibly simple as adding another story can negatively affects the neighbors, even if tastefully done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because our homes have these floor-to-ceiling windows in the primary living areas, in the master bedroom, in the kitchen, in the living room. Most people don’t have blinds,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most Eichlers are only one story. If you have to install drapes or blinds to block the neighbor’s view, you lose that “indoor/outdoor” space you bought your house to enjoy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the flip side, you might be thinking: Why would someone who can \u003ci>afford\u003c/i> to buy an Eichler in Silicon Valley these days \u003ci>want\u003c/i> to buy one? After all, they’re modestly sized, aging tract homes — some of which now come with zoning restrictions. I asked Thompson, who moved from Seattle to Palo Alto with her husband about eight years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11635770 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Indoor atriums like this one in the home of Dorene Loew and Jennifer Brown of Palo function as a second living room, outdoors. Californians may take it for granted, but for those who move here, this is jaw-droppingly desirable.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indoor atriums like this one in the home of Dorene Loew and Jennifer Brown of Palo function as a second living room, outdoors. Californians may take it for granted, but for those who move here, this is jaw-droppingly desirable. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Most people, if they move here from elsewhere, they downsize, because the cost of living is so much more expensive. So we downsized into a smaller house than we had in Seattle. However, we gained access to a large atrium, a front yard, a backyard that we could use for most months out of the year. So we really don’t miss the extra space,” Thompson says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But over the years, Thompson adds, it’s the neighbors they’ve come to appreciate most: the block parties, book clubs, not to mention shared Rolodexes of plumbers, electricians and interior decorators who specialize in Eichlers. “This is something that doesn’t exist as much anymore in this country. You don’t just buy a home. You’re buying into a community!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be fair, a lot of tract developers thought they were building communities back in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. What’s different about Eichlers? Distinctive design and that definite sense, if you live in one, that you’re living the California Dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Special thanks to Palo Alto real estate agent \u003ca href=\"http://Desireedocktor.com\">Desiree Docktor\u003c/a> for her invaluable help in producing this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635771\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635771\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28397_Photo-Sep-06-11-13-53-AM-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"If you sense a Japanese aesthetic to Eichlers, you're not imagining things. Joseph Eichler was originally inspired by a rock star American architect who loved Japanese art and design, Frank Lloyd Wright.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28397_Photo-Sep-06-11-13-53-AM-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28397_Photo-Sep-06-11-13-53-AM-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28397_Photo-Sep-06-11-13-53-AM-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28397_Photo-Sep-06-11-13-53-AM-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28397_Photo-Sep-06-11-13-53-AM-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28397_Photo-Sep-06-11-13-53-AM-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28397_Photo-Sep-06-11-13-53-AM-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28397_Photo-Sep-06-11-13-53-AM-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28397_Photo-Sep-06-11-13-53-AM-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you sense a Japanese aesthetic to Eichlers, you’re not imagining things. Joseph Eichler was originally inspired by a rock star American architect who loved Japanese art and design, Frank Lloyd Wright. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Suburbia: The very word conjures up rows and rows of cookie-cutter houses, laid out on a vast, grim grid of blah. At the time they were built, after World War II, the nation was desperate for new housing. But \u003ci>some\u003c/i> of those homes are considered architectural treasures today, especially if they were made by one\u003ci> particular\u003c/i> Silicon Valley real estate developer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Birth of the Eichler\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Let’s travel back in time to the 1940s, when a Bay Area businessman named Joseph Eichler rented the \u003ca href=\"http://www.eichlernetwork.com/article/bazett-house-hillsborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bazett house\u003c/a> in Hillsborough, designed by rock star architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Eichler fell in love. He hired the Wright-loving architecture firm of Anshen and Allen to make him something along the same lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Eichler started thinking about making homes for other people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635825\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635825\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28401_Bazett-house-1-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Bazett house of Hillsborough was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. After renting it, Joseph Eichler was so impressed, he launchd into a new career as a design-savvy tract house developer.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28401_Bazett-house-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28401_Bazett-house-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28401_Bazett-house-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28401_Bazett-house-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28401_Bazett-house-1-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28401_Bazett-house-1-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28401_Bazett-house-1-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28401_Bazett-house-1-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28401_Bazett-house-1-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bazett house of Hillsborough was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. After renting it, Joseph Eichler was so impressed, he launchd into a new career as a design-savvy tract house developer. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of David Weinstein)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He was looking around for something to do. A lot of people at that time from other professions were going into homebuilding,” says David Weinstein, who writes for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eichlernetwork.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eichler Network\u003c/a>, a website for Eichler enthusiasts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eichler’s vision developed gradually, and the homes he built initially in Sunnyvale weren’t much to look at.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His very first subdivisions don’t look like Eichlers at all,” Weinstein says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then Robert Anshen convinced Eichler to use architects and designers for his \u003ci>tract houses\u003c/i>, too — something that \u003ca href=\"http://www.eichlernetwork.com/blog/dave-weinstein/why-joe-wouldn%E2%80%99t-%E2%80%98scrap-architects%E2%80%99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most developers\u003c/a> were not doing at the time. That’s what pushed Eichler homes onto a different plane of development: the people he had working for him. If that makes him sound a little like Steve Jobs at Apple, well, that would be an apt comparison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635769\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635769\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-800x507.png\" alt=\"Ads like this one enticed young families to scrimp and save for something better than your average tract house.\" width=\"800\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-800x507.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-160x101.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-1020x646.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-1180x748.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-960x608.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-240x152.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-375x238.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM-520x329.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-7.19.28-AM.png 1269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ads like this one enticed young families to scrimp and save for something better than your average tract house. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Page & Turnbull)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They were always innovating, coming up with new ways for space arrangement. It’s really the spirit of Silicon Valley. These were experimental houses,” says Weinstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 1949 and 1974, when Eichler died, his group built roughly 11,000 homes in California, mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll find them north, east and south of San Francisco, but Palo Alto is home to more Eichlers than anyplace else: \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/56865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 2,700 houses\u003c/a>, packing the tightly curving streets and cul-de-sacs Eichler preferred because they encourage people to hang out with each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two of Palo Alto’s Eichler neighborhoods, Green Gables and Greenmeadow, are historic districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635763\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11635763\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/6a00d8341c796653ef01156ed30e77970c.jpg\" alt=\"As blogger Stephen Coles points out on The Midcentury Modernist, when the Pixar team wanted an mid-century modern home for Bob and Helen Parr in “The Incredibles,” they opted for an Eichler. \" width=\"500\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/6a00d8341c796653ef01156ed30e77970c.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/6a00d8341c796653ef01156ed30e77970c-160x67.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/6a00d8341c796653ef01156ed30e77970c-240x101.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/6a00d8341c796653ef01156ed30e77970c-375x158.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As blogger Stephen Coles points out on The Mid-Century Modernist, when the Pixar team wanted a midcentury modern home for Bob and Helen Parr in “The Incredibles,” they opted for an Eichler. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Pixar Animation Studios)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Eichler Look\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>From the outside, Eichlers appear modest, crisp, angular. But step inside, and your attention is drawn to floor-to-ceiling windows that look out onto the backyard, taking full advantage of California’s year-round sunshine. You know that phrase “indoor/outdoor living”? This is that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The openness, the airiness, looking up from a window and seeing the sky when you’re in the house,” says Bonnie Borton, an Eichler owner who moved in right after the neighborhood in Palo Alto was built in 1959-1960.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635765\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635765\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The exterior of Edita Donnelly's remodeled Eichler home in Palo Alto.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28399_Photo-Sep-06-11-12-12-AM-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The exterior of Edita Donnelly’s remodeled Eichler home in Palo Alto. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If your parents — or grandparents — subscribed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sunset.com/home-garden/idea-houses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>Sunset Magazine\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, you’ve seen an Eichler, because for more than two decades, Sunset’s vision of the California Dream House looked like an Eichler: open floor plans, clean lines stretching in every direction. It’s a style that has come to be known as midcentury modern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even today, when people buy Eichlers and remodel them, they often use Sunset for inspiration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11639898\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11639898\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-800x572.jpg\" alt='Eichler homes makes the most of \"indoor/outdoor living.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-800x572.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-160x114.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-1920x1374.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-1180x844.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-960x687.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-240x172.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-375x268.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Photo-Oct-04-2-11-25-PM-520x372.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eichler homes makes the most of “indoor/outdoor living.” \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We replaced everything,” says Edita Donnelly of Palo Alto, who wanted her Eichler to look even more “Eichler-esque” if you will, than it was when she bought it. That is to say, she did things like raise the ceiling in the living room, and she added sliding glass doors to every room in the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We designed it so that every room has access to the outside, and I think that idea came from a \u003ci>Sunset Magazine\u003c/i> model house for me,” Donnelly says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635766\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Floor-to-ceiling windows in Edita Donnelly's Palo Alto living room draw the eye to the backyard. This is what "indoor/outdoor" living means.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28398_Photo-Sep-06-11-14-28-AM-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floor-to-ceiling windows in Edita Donnelly’s Palo Alto living room draw the eye to the backyard. This is what “indoor/outdoor” living means. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>They Used to Be Affordable\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When Bonnie Borton bought her Eichler in 1960, she paid $19,500. Let that sink in for a moment. Today in Palo Alto, one of these homes can sell for up to $3 million. Eichlers in less affluent cities aren’t quite as pricey, but it’s all a far cry from the days when these homes were sold to people in the middle class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Lovely side note: Eichler also had a nondiscrimination policy and insisted on selling to people of all ethnicities and religions — a progressive attitude that wasn’t matched by many other tract home developers at the time.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in even wealthier neighborhoods, like Atherton and Hillsborough, some people have bought the property and \u003ca href=\"http://www.eichlernetwork.com/article/slipping-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bulldozed the Eichler\u003c/a> to make way for something bigger, newer, \u003ci>whatever\u003c/i>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So in recent years, a number of Eichler-rich neighborhoods in Silicon Valley have developed \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/pln/special_projects/eichler_neighborhood_design_guidelines_.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">design guidelines\u003c/a>, zoning overlays or even historic districts in an attempt to keep their neighborhoods aesthetically cohesive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635764\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635764\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-800x529.png\" alt=\"Palo Alto is home to more Eichlers than anyplace else: more than 2,700 homes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-800x529.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-160x106.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-1020x675.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-1180x781.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-960x635.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-240x159.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-375x248.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM-520x344.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-08-at-6.23.20-AM.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palo Alto is home to more Eichlers than anyplace else: more than 2,700 homes. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Page & Turnbull)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People who like the Eichlers aren’t saying the wealthy shouldn’t have big houses. They should just do it someplace else,” Weinstein says drolly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Thompson, another Palo Alto Eichler owner, explains that something as ostensibly simple as adding another story can negatively affects the neighbors, even if tastefully done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because our homes have these floor-to-ceiling windows in the primary living areas, in the master bedroom, in the kitchen, in the living room. Most people don’t have blinds,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most Eichlers are only one story. If you have to install drapes or blinds to block the neighbor’s view, you lose that “indoor/outdoor” space you bought your house to enjoy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the flip side, you might be thinking: Why would someone who can \u003ci>afford\u003c/i> to buy an Eichler in Silicon Valley these days \u003ci>want\u003c/i> to buy one? After all, they’re modestly sized, aging tract homes — some of which now come with zoning restrictions. I asked Thompson, who moved from Seattle to Palo Alto with her husband about eight years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11635770 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Indoor atriums like this one in the home of Dorene Loew and Jennifer Brown of Palo function as a second living room, outdoors. Californians may take it for granted, but for those who move here, this is jaw-droppingly desirable.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28396_Photo-Oct-04-2-14-22-PM-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indoor atriums like this one in the home of Dorene Loew and Jennifer Brown of Palo function as a second living room, outdoors. Californians may take it for granted, but for those who move here, this is jaw-droppingly desirable. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Most people, if they move here from elsewhere, they downsize, because the cost of living is so much more expensive. So we downsized into a smaller house than we had in Seattle. However, we gained access to a large atrium, a front yard, a backyard that we could use for most months out of the year. So we really don’t miss the extra space,” Thompson says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But over the years, Thompson adds, it’s the neighbors they’ve come to appreciate most: the block parties, book clubs, not to mention shared Rolodexes of plumbers, electricians and interior decorators who specialize in Eichlers. “This is something that doesn’t exist as much anymore in this country. You don’t just buy a home. 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"content": "\u003cp>For fans of the blockbuster Star Wars series, swinging a lightsaber around the backyard was probably a fond childhood memory. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, thanks to the progression of technology and a burgeoning local combat community, some Bay Area fans get to learn to fight like their favorite characters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a kid you throw around a lightsaber, playing around with it. As an adult, you find something like this, and it’s like you’ve found it,\" says Michael Masangkay about finding lightsaber combat classes. \"It’s just a pure joy, a pure enthusiasm. And it’s very infectious.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637728\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1318-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Gate Knight instructors Steven Steffen and Lee Thomason demonstrate the next moves in the sequence the class is learning. Though costumes are not required for the class, many feel create their own. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1318-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1318-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1318-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1318-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1318-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1318-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1318-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1318-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1318-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden Gate Knight instructors Steven Steffen and Lee Thomason demonstrate the next moves in the sequence the class is learning. Though costumes are not required for the class, many create their own. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Masangkay is an instructor at \u003ca href=\"https://www.ludosport.net/en/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LudoSport\u003c/a> in San Francisco, one of several places in the Bay Area that teaches kids and adults how to use a lightsaber, or rather, the closest option they can get to the real thing. The sabers used in these classes aren't something someone can pick up at a store. They're made to be durable and safe to fight with, and they can usually only be found online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The technology has gotten a lot simpler, and it’s a lot easier for someone to actually build their own lightsaber than it was 10 years ago,\" says Erich Bitonia, who builds his own lightsabers and uses them at lightsaber combat classes in the South Bay. \"What's cooler than walking around with a lightsaber?\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The handles are commonly made from aluminum, often customized to look like something seen in the movies. The blades are a polycarbonate tube affixed to the handle for safety. Some sabers are fancier than others -- made to be lighter or have extra color options for the blade -- while others can be much simpler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637732\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Combat-ready sabers are used in classes like the one held by Golden Gate Knights. The specially made hilt and blade are made to be durable, but easy to fight with. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Combat-ready sabers are used in classes like the one held by Golden Gate Knights. The specially made hilt and blade are made to be durable, but easy to fight with. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Each lightsaber combat class has its own spin, appealing to the wide spectrum of fans. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LudoSport, where Masangkay is an instructor, is more technical and teaches students a system that is reminiscent of fencing. All the students learn a fighting system, and many of them compete at tournaments. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.goldengateknights.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Gate Knights\u003c/a>, also in San Francisco, focuses on choreography. This gives students, who often create costumes of their favorite Star Wars characters to perform in, a way to mimic the fights seen on screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I first started wanting to go to these classes because I was cosplaying Star Wars characters and wanted to know how to pose and play around with a lightsaber,\" says Jin di Giordano, who is now working on choreography for her favorite character in the Golden Gate Knights class. \"A lot of people don't even know this kind of thing exists.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637730\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Members of LudoSport learn a system that can be used in class or in competition. The program exists internationally, but San Francisco was one of the first cities in the U.S. to get a LudoSport class. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of LudoSport learn a system that can be used in class or in competition. The program exists internationally, but San Francisco was one of the first cities in the U.S. to get a LudoSport class. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the South Bay, there is \u003ca href=\"http://www.lightsaberteam.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lightsaber Team\u003c/a>, a combat choreography and fitness group, offering fans who want a workout a chance to learn moves and stay fit. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also in the South and East Bay, the local \u003ca href=\"http://saberguild.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saber Guild\u003c/a> chapter offers classes that teaches choreography. Guild members have to create a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/10/photos-bay-area-fans-get-first-look-at-last-jedi/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">costume that meets certain standards\u003c/a> since the group is Lucasfilm-sanctioned, but non-members with no costumes can still go to lightsaber classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637777\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637777\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1559-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Lightsabers light up the night as students wrap up a Saber Guild class. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1559-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1559-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1559-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1559-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1559-1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1559-1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1559-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1559-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1559-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lightsabers light up the night as students wrap up a Saber Guild class. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Masangkay says that the movies and lightsabers bring people in, but something else keeps them coming back. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What keeps them here is the sportsmanship, the evolution of your skills, the challenge and the friendships people build,\" he says. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The handles are commonly made from aluminum, often customized to look like something seen in the movies. The blades are a polycarbonate tube affixed to the handle for safety. Some sabers are fancier than others -- made to be lighter or have extra color options for the blade -- while others can be much simpler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637732\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Combat-ready sabers are used in classes like the one held by Golden Gate Knights. The specially made hilt and blade are made to be durable, but easy to fight with. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1296-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Combat-ready sabers are used in classes like the one held by Golden Gate Knights. The specially made hilt and blade are made to be durable, but easy to fight with. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Each lightsaber combat class has its own spin, appealing to the wide spectrum of fans. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LudoSport, where Masangkay is an instructor, is more technical and teaches students a system that is reminiscent of fencing. All the students learn a fighting system, and many of them compete at tournaments. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.goldengateknights.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Gate Knights\u003c/a>, also in San Francisco, focuses on choreography. This gives students, who often create costumes of their favorite Star Wars characters to perform in, a way to mimic the fights seen on screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I first started wanting to go to these classes because I was cosplaying Star Wars characters and wanted to know how to pose and play around with a lightsaber,\" says Jin di Giordano, who is now working on choreography for her favorite character in the Golden Gate Knights class. \"A lot of people don't even know this kind of thing exists.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637730\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Members of LudoSport learn a system that can be used in class or in competition. The program exists internationally, but San Francisco was one of the first cities in the U.S. to get a LudoSport class. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1250-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of LudoSport learn a system that can be used in class or in competition. The program exists internationally, but San Francisco was one of the first cities in the U.S. to get a LudoSport class. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the South Bay, there is \u003ca href=\"http://www.lightsaberteam.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lightsaber Team\u003c/a>, a combat choreography and fitness group, offering fans who want a workout a chance to learn moves and stay fit. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also in the South and East Bay, the local \u003ca href=\"http://saberguild.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saber Guild\u003c/a> chapter offers classes that teaches choreography. 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