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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911415/federal-government-shutdown-looms-large-ahead-of-midnight-deadline\">The federal government shut down\u003c/a> at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, after Congress failed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/government-shutdown\">pass stop-gap government funding\u003c/a> by Tuesday’s deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with hours to go, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-parks-service\">National Park Service\u003c/a> shared a last-minute contingency plan that would keep many park sites open but without full staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to an internal NPS memo obtained by KQED, national park sites that \u003cem>can\u003c/em> be made physically inaccessible to the public will be closed off. But all other NPS sites, including those with roads and trails that are accessible to the public, will now remain open according to the memo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#national-park-closures-bay-area\">What national parks will be closed in the Bay Area?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-09/doi-nps-lapse-plan2025930508.pdf\">An expanded version of the NPS plan\u003c/a> was posted online later Tuesday, with an estimate that over 9,000 staff nationwide — out of a total NPS workforce of 14,500 — are expected to be furloughed in the event of a shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shutdown will see federal workers around the country — including NPS staff — go without pay, with those employees deemed “essential” required to work through the period regardless. Under \u003ca href=\"https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-09/doi-nps-lapse-plan2025930508.pdf\">the NPS shutdown plan posted online\u003c/a>, just over 5,000 NPS staff would be categorized as essential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for America’s national parks have expressed alarm at the last-minute nature of this planning for park closures. Superintendents were only informed during a meeting late Tuesday afternoon about which sites would remain open — followed by the email memo shortly after — according to Jesse Chakrin, executive director of the Fund for People in Parks, an advocacy group that works with small or lesser-known parks in the West.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrin said this is the tightest turnaround for shutdown planning he’s seen by a large margin. “They’re asking for each park unit to make a plan, including staffing numbers and associated costs for a shutdown, which is happening in hours,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029489\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer for the National Park Service welcomes visitors at the Exploration Center in Yosemite Valley, at Yosemite National Park on March 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/AFP via Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This would have been something that would have taken at least all hands, weeks to prepare for in any other administration,” Chakrin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"national-park-closures-bay-area\">\u003c/a>National park closures in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which manages many of the Bay Area’s national park sites, has released a list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/park-status-during-2025-lapse.htm\">which parks are closed as of Wednesday and which will remain open.\u003c/a> They include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Muir Woods National Monument: Closed\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alcatraz Island: Temporarily closed on Wednesday, but “reopening for its regular schedule on October 2 with all facilities OPEN”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fort Point: Interior, parking lot and Long Avenue and Marine Drive closed, with restrooms open\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>China Beach: Closed\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ocean Beach: Sloat Blvd parking lot closed, with bathrooms open\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stinson Beach: Parking lot closed, with bathrooms open\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Muir Beach and Muir Beach Overlook: Parking lot closed, with bathrooms open.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Point Reyes National Seashore is open, but with \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/conditions.htm\">certain bathroom closures\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the Presidio, which is financially independent from NPS, said that site would remain fully open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Morale is already rock bottom’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The NPS’s email memo to staff “sounds to me like it will be a mixture of open and closed with as much open as possible,” Chakrin said. But he expressed concern about the “haphazard” nature of the planning and confusing language contained in the memo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looks like a lot of this was cut and pasted from different plans,” he said, calling the memo “not very well thought out.” KQED has contacted NPS to request comment on its shutdown planning.[aside postID=news_12057777 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GETTYIMAGES-2236770685-KQED_1.jpg']The memo states that parks that collect entrance fees will be staying open to do what they can to collect those fees and use them to run the park during the shutdown, Chakrin explained. Those that don’t collect fees may be able to pull from those same pots of cash to keep extremely limited services going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While peak summer tourism season is over, fall is still a busy time for parks in the Bay Area and across the country. NPS \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/visitor-use-statistics-dashboard.htm#:~:text=The%20National%20Park%20Service%20reported,2%25\">data\u003c/a> shows nearly 30 million people visited parks in October of last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As federal staff, NPS employees will have to wait for backpay after a shutdown ends, while some will be required to work unpaid through the period as “essential” staff. Parks staff have grown increasingly worried, however, that they will be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/24/white-house-firings-shutdown-00579909\">target of firings Trump has proposed\u003c/a> — on top of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npca.org/articles/9551-staffing-crisis-at-national-parks-reaches-breaking-point-new-data-shows-24\">reported 24% reduction in staff \u003c/a>that parks have already seen this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691329\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11691329\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Point Reyes National Seashore. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Morale is already rock bottom with park staff,” said Don Neubacher, former park superintendent for Yosemite and Point Reyes national parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parks advocates warn that keeping parks open with such skeletal resources is a bad idea for both the parks and the people who visit them. Late last week, a group of more than 40 former park superintendents \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057777/with-a-government-shutdown-looming-heres-how-the-bay-area-could-be-affected\">signed a letter\u003c/a> calling on the administration to close parks to avoid damage to fragile ecosystems and harm to visitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last government shutdown over the winter of 2018–19 lasted 35 days, and resulted in vandalism, garbage and long-term damage by visitors to California’s Joshua Tree National Park while most of its park rangers were furloughed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This type of both open and closed type of situation is really confusing,” Chakrin said. “It’s confusing for the folks that are trying to manage parks responsibly and for the public trying to visit them responsibly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it is going to be chaos,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting from KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/abandlamudi\">Adhiti Bandlamudi\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>For more than two decades, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California’s\u003c/a> Clean Air Vehicle Decal Program has allowed certain hybrid, electric and hydrogen-powered cars to use the carpool lane — even when they didn’t meet the passenger minimum that other cars are subject to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/end-californias-clean-air-vehicle-decal-program\">CAV comes to an end\u003c/a>, and drivers who would have otherwise qualified for the program will no longer be able to use the HOV lane if driving without passengers, regardless of whether they have a valid clean-air sticker on their vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the California Highway Patrol has confirmed to KQED that drivers will have a 60-day grace period beginning Oct. 1, “during which drivers with a valid clean-air decal will not be cited for driving alone in the carpool lane.” But CHP added that officers could still pull over drivers during this period for a variety of reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Nov. 30 — once 60 days have passed — CHP confirmed that driving without passengers in the carpool lane will result in a citation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Why is the CAV Decal Program ending?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California officials originally launched CAV in 1999 to encourage drivers to buy low-emission vehicles. But Congress \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/us-ending-electric-vehicle-carpool-lane-access-program-2025-09-10/\">did not approve\u003c/a> an extension of CAV to enable the program to keep running. “The state needs approval to operate [the program] on federal roadways throughout the state,” said Lindsay Buckley, director of communications of the California Air Resources Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#HowcanIkeepusingthecarpoollane\">How can I keep using the carpool lane?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“We’re really disappointed in the federal government’s inaction,” added Buckley. “It’s a really smart, cost-effective thing that has played an important role here in driving adoption of clean air vehicles and making Californians aware that these vehicles even exist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/end-californias-clean-air-vehicle-decal-program\">state data\u003c/a>, this change will affect around half a million vehicles that currently have the CAV sticker. If you’re one of them, keep reading for what you need to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_32945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1948px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32945 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/hybrid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1948\" height=\"1504\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Toyota Prius with a California ‘clean air vehicle’ sticker drives in the carpool lane on Highway 101 on May 6, 2011, in San Rafael, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>I have a CAV decal. What will happen on Oct. 1?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sept. 30 is the last day the CAV program will exist in its current form. State officials previously told KQED that after that date, folks driving solo in the HOV lane could receive a citation from CHP. And misusing the carpool lane could cost you a fine of at least $490.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But CHP recently updated KQED that drivers will have a 60-day grace period starting Oct. 1 where the law enforcement agency will be educating residents about this change. During this 60-day window, however, CHP could still pull over a car with a decal, if officers believe there’s something else the driver is doing wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/end-californias-clean-air-vehicle-decal-program\">You don’t have to remove your decal \u003c/a>if you don’t want to.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does this impact all CAV decal colors?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the past, the California Department of Motor Vehicles would send out decals with different colors depending on the year. Different colors have different expiration dates: Yellow and green decals, for example, will expire on Sept. 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Aug. 30, even if you’ve just purchased the newest EV on the market, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/clean-air-vehicle-decal\">you can no longer order a new CAV decal.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIkeepusingthecarpoollane\">\u003c/a>What can I do if I want to keep using the carpool lane?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carpool with more people\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Different highways have different regulations for how many people need to be inside a vehicle in order to use the carpool lane legally. On most routes, you need at least two people in the vehicle — including the driver — to enter the HOV lane during peak commute hours. But you need \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/programs/traffic-operations/hov\">at least three people\u003c/a> when driving I-80 (including the Bay Bridge) and I-880 in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consider public transit …\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As frustrating as it might feel if you’re one of those people who purchased an EV primarily \u003cem>for \u003c/em>the carpool access, you may have to explore new commute options outside of your car.[aside postID=news_12055461 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250509-BeniciaRefinery-31-BL_qed.jpg']“Folks might want to consider public transit as an alternative due to the additional travel time that they may face out of the carpool lane,” Buckley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you haven’t ridden BART or AC Transit across the Bay in a while, keep in mind that both agencies \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051362/bart-and-ac-transits-new-schedules-and-changes-start-this-week-check-if-your-routes-affected\">updated their schedules and routes in August\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>… or look into casual carpool \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another option for folks commuting from the East Bay to San Francisco is the region’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052422/the-relaunch-of-casual-carpool\">reactivated casual carpool initiative\u003c/a>. Organized informally by riders, two passengers join a driver to form a 3-person carpool. Paused during the pandemic, community members have set up \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/carpool/casual\">more than 20 casual carpool pick-up locations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>See if you qualify for an Express Lanes discount\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are looking for other ways to save time but also money when commuting across the Bay Bridge, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972997/drive-in-the-i-880-express-lanes-you-may-qualify-for-a-cheaper-tollbooth-fee\">you may qualify for Express Lanes START\u003c/a>. This discount program offers drivers who make below a certain income a discount of at least 50% on their tolls when using the I-880 Express Lanes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How effective was the CAV Decal Program?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since CAV was first created, more than a million Californians have received a decal for their car. Multiple academic studies — most of them from the 2010s — show that the initiative succeeded in convincing drivers to switch over to low-emission vehicles. A \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7hw5899j\">2014 UC Davis study\u003c/a> found that 54% of Prius drivers in the nine-county Bay Area said that they chose to purchase a hybrid vehicle primarily for access to the HOV lane. In Los Angeles, that number was 64%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Low-emission vehicles are now everywhere in the state’s highways: per federal data, roughly one in three electric vehicles in the country are registered in the Golden State. Researchers at the University of Southern California in 2023 found that zip codes with a higher percentage of EVs also saw \u003ca href=\"http://keck.usc.edu/news/study-links-adoption-of-electric-vehicles-with-less-air-pollution-and-improved-health/\">lower concentration\u003c/a> in the air of nitrogen dioxide — a pollutant that causes certain respiratory diseases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s still unclear whether any long-term impacts on the state’s air quality can be attributed to the CAV program or other factors. The 2023 USC study also found that zip codes with more EVs were also much wealthier than those with fewer low-emission cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>On Sept. 19, panic struck an evening Emirates flight on the runway at SFO International Airport that was about to depart for India — as news spread in the cabin of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911349/trump-dropped-a-100000-fee-on-h-1b-visas-and-sent-silicon-valley-spinning\">President Donald Trump’s executive order concerning H-1B visas.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-h-1b-visa-fee-silicon-valley-tech-hiring-2025-9\">Business Insider\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/fl360aero/status/1969474540674720093?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">passengers began to stand up\u003c/a> and leave the plane after receiving alerts and calls on their phones. Zarna Joshi, a U.S. citizen on the flight, said passengers had “already been onboard for two hours, and there were no updates — just more people leaving.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restriction-on-entry-of-certain-nonimmigrant-workers/\">Trump’s executive order \u003c/a>had demanded companies pay $100,000 to supplement a single H-1B visa — a type of temporary visa category that allows employers to hire foreign workers in \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/h1b-visa-program-fact-sheet/\">“specialty occupations”\u003c/a> that usually require at least a bachelor’s degree. Previously, companies usually paid around \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/trump-100000-fee-h1b-visa/\">$2,000 to $5,000\u003c/a> per H-1B visa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Companies like Microsoft began \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/read-memos-sent-big-tech-trump-h-1b-changes-2025-9\">sending urgent memos to their employees\u003c/a>, recommending H-1B visa holders cancel any upcoming international travel and remain in the United States, or return immediately if they were currently abroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took a day for \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/20/nx-s1-5548568/h1b-visa-fee-trump-tech\">the White House to clarify\u003c/a> that the $100,000 fee only applied to new visas, and would not actually affect current visa holders or renewals.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Confusion, concern and $100,000\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The White House claimed the measures would address what it called a “large-scale replacement of American workers through systemic abuse” of the H-1B program, which “has undermined both our economic and national security.” Many economists have historically pushed back on this claim, emphasizing that visa restrictions actually encourage companies to \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/h1b-visa-program-fact-sheet/\">expand operations\u003c/a> in other countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, Trump’s order is another part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/immigration\">anti-immigration policies\u003c/a> enacted since his inauguration in January.[aside postID=news_12057638 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-1020x680.jpg']The H-1B visa system is \u003ca href=\"https://www.boundless.com/immigration-resources/the-h-1b-visa-explained/\">notoriously difficult\u003c/a> for applicants to navigate. There is also a limit to the number of visas given out in a year, resulting in long waits and a major backlog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The executive order has already had a major impact in California, a state with the most visa approvals at nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-and-studies/h-1b-employer-data-hub\">62,000 visa beneficiaries\u003c/a> in the current fiscal year. According to the \u003cem>Wall Street Journal, \u003c/em>nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/h1b-visas-workers-charts-cb81493c\">two-thirds of visa holders\u003c/a> work in tech companies like Amazon and Google — with Amazon alone approving over \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-and-studies/h-1b-employer-data-hub\">10,000 visa beneficiaries\u003c/a> in the current fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A vast majority of visa holders also come from India. In 2024, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/h1b-visas-workers-charts-cb81493c\">71% of approved H-1B visa petitions\u003c/a> were for people born in India. In comparison, people from China made up almost 12% of approved applicants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To understand how communities in the Bay are reacting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911349/trump-dropped-a-100000-fee-on-h-1b-visas-and-sent-silicon-valley-spinning\">KQED \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/a> spoke with lawyer Emily Neumann and journalists Pranav Dixit and Tanay Gokhale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The scale and scope of the H-1B program\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Emily Neumann:\u003c/strong> We’re talking about 85,000 visas per year. Every year, that’s the cap: We have 65,000 for regular or bachelor’s degree holders and an extra 20,000 for master’s degree holders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, we do have a larger population than that, because these visas are granted for three-year increments and can be extended for a total of six years. So we have six years’ worth of people in the country on this visa.[aside postID=news_12057368 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS24077_Courthouse-closeup-qut-1180x664.jpg']On top of that, because of green card problems [and] backlogs, because there’s a \u003cem>per-country\u003c/em> cap, we have certain countries where H-1B holders can extend beyond that six-year limit because they’re waiting for their green card. And that is a very large population. There are hundreds of thousands of people in that situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where it seems like there are so many H-1B holders out there, even though we only give out 85,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pranav Dixit:\u003c/strong> There are certain rules that even the H-1Bs are subject to. It’s not just “hire whoever you want on an H-1B.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>H-1B workers still have to be paid what is known as a prevailing wage. They can’t be paid way less than anybody else in that field makes. So there are already checks and balances in the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The central argument that tech companies have always made is: “This kind of visa gives us the freedom to hire for roles that we just cannot find American workers for.” Some of that has been challenged in the last couple of years with the thousands of layoffs across the tech industry. There are certainly lots of Americans who are out of jobs in the tech industry. But [there] has always been the central argument that these visas are used to fill roles that there’s just not enough STEM talent in this country for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tanay Gokhale\u003c/strong>: There \u003cem>are \u003c/em>legitimate problems with the H-1B visa system: the way the lottery is run, the way outsourcing has become a bigger problem over the past few years. In fact, before the current administration’s attack on H-1B started, Bernie Sanders wrote about it in \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/sensanders/status/1874918027982172626?s=46\">a Senate report\u003c/a> in February, speaking about the same issues that the current administration is speaking about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11848802\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1130785257_1_1920x.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11848802\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1130785257_1_1920x.jpg\" alt=\"Biometric passport with visa stamp for United States\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1130785257_1_1920x.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1130785257_1_1920x-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1130785257_1_1920x-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1130785257_1_1920x-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1130785257_1_1920x-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An H-1B visa issued Nov. 30, 2010. KQED’s Forum spoke to experts about how H-1B visa holders in the Bay Area are reacting to the latest White House order. \u003ccite>(iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But on the flip side … if there really is a shortage of domestic workers — and I’ve been hearing that in some cases there is — [it’s] really a sort of supply issue. [If] tomorrow, you just cut off all foreign workers [from] being able to work in these tech companies, these companies will have a hard time. It is really a bigger issue for firms that do not have the resources of the really big tech companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I understand that there are legitimate concerns. But the sheer volume of workers that are staffing firms in the US, the volume of foreign workers … it just demands a little more thought and a little bit more concerted policy changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How the H-1B executive order unfolded\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dixit:\u003c/strong> It definitely came as a big shock, right when everyone was trying to wrap up their week and get ready for the weekend. I think the initial chaos stemmed from the way the proclamation was written originally. Everyone felt that even current visa holders might be banned from reentry unless their employers paid $100,000. It was effectively a travel ban for anybody on an H-1B.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/white-house-clarifies-100k-h-1b-visa-fee-wont-apply-to-existing-holders-as-trump-stirs-anxiety\">Within a day\u003c/a>, the White House clarified that the fee doesn’t apply to anyone with an existing visa or anybody who’s renewing a visa, and then things calmed down a little.[aside postID=news_12055606 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/USImmigrationCustomsEnforcementHQGetty.jpg']\u003cstrong>Neumann:\u003c/strong> The first email I got was from an HR director saying, “Hey, our CEO is hearing something about a $100,000 fee. How is this going to impact us? Is this true?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so then we’re scrambling to find out what is going to be in this executive order. We’re listening live, as he’s signing this order, and we have someone saying that this is going to apply to everyone, every H-1B, every year. And \u003cem>then \u003c/em>a few minutes later, we get the actual text of it, which sounds quite different, but also sounds like it applies to everyone. And \u003cem>then \u003c/em>we start getting these clarifications, coming on Twitter of all places, rather than anything official.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But \u003cem>then \u003c/em>we have three different agencies posting fact sheets and FAQs, and still we have questions. But at least we know: People who are outside the U.S. could still travel back in. And those that were in the U.S., leaving, were still safe to go out and come back in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my mind, what [Trump’s] done just now is just the beginning. This is not the only restriction they have planned. We’ve got more coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Silicon Valley’s reaction\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dixit:\u003c/strong> I thought that \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/reedhastings/status/1969828972688248953\">Reed Hastings’ comment\u003c/a> was really interesting, but I feel like he may also have been a bit of an outlier. [The Netflix chairman and co-founder called the $100,000 fee \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/reedhastings/status/1969828972688248953\">“a great solution”\u003c/a> and said that H-1B will be “used just for very high value jobs.”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>H-1B visas are central to the way that most tech companies have hired international workers for more than three decades at this point, for roles that they say they just can’t fill with American workers alone.[aside postID=news_12056762 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250715-ImmigrationCourtProtests-16-BL_qed.jpg']Most H-1B visas are used by the big tech companies: the Microsofts, the Googles, the Apples, and the Amazons. But also a large chunk of them go to the IT consulting and outsourcing firms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a lot of sentiment in the Valley that, “Hey, there are genuine problems with this program right now.” But in the long term, if this fee sticks, it is going to impact the ability of almost everyone to hire for roles that they may not find American workers for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Neumann:\u003c/strong> The companies I work with constantly talk about how we have these positions that are going unfilled. Not necessarily the big tech companies, but small, mid-sized companies. They do hire engineers, not just in tech, and all the time we hear about, “We can’t find someone to do this work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The process itself, the fact that we’re choosing people based on a lottery … because we have these caps that were set before the internet even existed. We also have this green card backlog that impacts the H-1B, because people are stuck on an H-1B for years and years and years based on their country of birth. There are a lot of problems with the program, but I think companies are not happy about this $100,000 fee for sure. I don’t know of any company I’ve come across that is willing to pay it. I think they will hopefully be looking for an exemption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otherwise, they will look at only sponsoring individuals who are in the U.S., who we think would not be subject to this fee.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The H-1B impact on health care in the US — and who might be exempt\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Neumann:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trumps-h-1b-visa-fee-increase-raises-us-doctor-shortage-concerns-2025-09-24/\">Universities, hospitals, medical facilities tend to sponsor people\u003c/a> who are outside the U.S. Because most of these are cap-exempt institutions, they can file all year round. They don’t have to worry about this lottery in March and filing in April. And so they do bring a lot of people in [who] are outside the country.[aside postID=news_12055552 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/kvcr-mental-health-68c2d0da5f736.jpg']This $100,000 fee applies to \u003cem>any \u003c/em>petition being filed for someone who’s outside the county. The only filings happening right now are going to be these cap-exempt institutions. Which are for our doctors, for our nurses, for our researchers. So it’s really shooting us in the foot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dixit:\u003c/strong> I did hear about an exemption for people like doctors. I think this stuff is changing so rapidly at this point that it’s really hard to tell. I think it’s a wait-and-watch at this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Neumann:\u003c/strong> The Secretary of Homeland Security will get to decide whether an individual is going to be in the national interest, or a particular company, or a particular industry. We have zero information on what factors they will consider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have a little bit of prior experience with these national interest exemptions from the previous travel ban, but we don’t know if they’re going to be the same. We don’t know if maybe the companies that are liking this provision have already been told behind the scenes that they’re going to get an exemption. We don’t know what the factors are going to be, and there’s no guidance yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The legalities — and possible long-term impacts — of the executive order\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Neumann:\u003c/strong> [Trump’s] authority comes from \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/understanding-ina-section-212f-president-authority-suspend-entry-migrants/\">the Immigration and Nationality Act, Section 212F\u003c/a>. That’s an entry ban. He can block anyone from entering if he feels it’s in the national interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He does \u003cem>not \u003c/em>have the ability to impose a $100,000 fee. Fees are set by Congress. And they can be adjusted based on inflation through the regulatory process, but it’s not something the president can unilaterally impose. There’s going to be litigation on that for sure.[aside postID=news_12057569 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/healthcare-68d54870be6a1.jpg']We’re also going to have to see how these exemptions work. If they allow for a lot of exemptions where this isn’t that big of an issue for most U.S. companies, it might be workable. But it definitely impacts the overall path for people who are currently in the U.S., as well as those who might be considering the U.S. as a destination. We saw, during the previous Trump administration, that people were looking to Canada, looking to other countries to make their home because of such uncertainty with the H-1B and the path to the green card. So I think we’re going to see that again, we’re going to start losing talent if we continue these types of restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dixit:\u003c/strong> I think people who would have looked at immigrating as a complete no-brainer are increasingly rethinking that decision. They’re increasingly choosing to spend their lives in Canada or Mexico or India.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tech companies are responding to that. We’ve seen lots of offshoring to these countries in the last few years. I remember it was 2023, when Canada opened a special visa for 10,000 U.S. H-1B workers, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx27lj39e99o\">it filled up in [24] hours\u003c/a>. People are increasingly getting tired of the constant instability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this sticks — and I think there is a big “if” [around] this $100,000 fee, with litigation and everything — I think companies are going to rethink hiring in the U.S. More than hiring locally, it’s going to lead to an offshoring of jobs to Canada, Mexico, India and maybe other places around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The effect on Bay Area communities\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gokhale: \u003c/strong>In the short term, there was obviously panic among visa holders who are outside the country or planning to travel outside the country. And even after the clarification — though there was some amount of relief that “we are not in immediate danger” — the big emotion that has emerged from this is uncertainty and confusion among international workers, [and also] international students, many of whom hope to apply next year for the H-1B.[aside postID=news_12057384 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250905-ADOPTACORNER_00805_TV-KQED.jpg']There is definitely concern about, “Even if they haven’t come for us right now, will they eventually come for us in the next few months, in the next year?” It’s thrown a lot of things into a tailspin for a lot of people who have planned to live their life here, to set up a family, to set up a career in this country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve had conversations in the past few days that signaled to me that there’s a sense of disillusionment with the “H-1B, green card, citizenship” pipeline of the American dream. There just seems to be a massive reevaluation of whether the United States is still a good option to invest your future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I definitely see a lot of anti-Indian hate in general on social media. Reddit, Instagram, TikTok, any social media channel of your choice. There’s a lot of new, sometimes really wild, disturbing stuff coming out about Indians, Indian stereotypes — which I thought were on the way out — are suddenly making a resurgence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve personally covered hate crimes where there’s some \u003ca href=\"https://indiacurrents.com/ca-v-hate-crime-racism-islamophobia-homphobia/\">pretty graphic anti-H-1B graffiti on a public park bathroom\u003c/a>, which is something that I think can only happen in Silicon Valley or in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don’t think the U.S. is the only place where this is happening. 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Consider getting your hands dirty this weekend to celebrate Saturday’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.blm.gov/national-public-lands-day\">National Public Lands Day\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The annual event means all federally managed lands — including properties stewarded by the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — are free to enter on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s also an opportunity to give back by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036573/volunteer-bay-area-non-profits-what-helps-opportunities\">volunteering\u003c/a> — and there is a wealth of National Park Service sites within the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/getinvolved/volunteer.htm\">Golden Gate National Recreation Area\u003c/a> that are \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/volunteer/national-public-lands-day-2025\">hosting their own volunteering events\u003c/a> this weekend in celebration of National Public Lands Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for how to get involved outdoors over the next few days, and remember that some events may require signing up in advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Volunteering opportunities in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Friday: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/events/register?fid=46&eid=30996\">Tend to young trees in the Presidio,\u003c/a> where reforestation efforts are underway, alongside the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/programs/presidio-forest-stewards\">Presidio Forest Stewards\u003c/a> (9 a.m. to noon).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Friday: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/events/register?fid=46&eid=31430\">Head to Fort Mason\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/programs/black-point-historic-gardens\">help cultivate Black Point Historic Gardens\u003c/a>, which has been around since 1850 but is still in need of maintenance. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003ci>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Living in the San Francisco Bay Area means great access to outdoor activities like hiking, camping and boating. But as we enjoy the beautiful weather and incredible natural beauty of our region and state, it’s likely we may encounter some wildlife. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002429/california-camping-tahoe-yosemite-bears-safety-what-to-do-bear-spray\">If you’re camping in Tahoe and a bear enters your camp\u003c/a>, what should you do? Or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052044/what-to-do-if-you-see-a-mountain-lion-while-hiking-in-the-bay-area\">maybe you’ve seen those signs warning of mountain lions in the area\u003c/a> – how worried should you be? Or, perhaps you’ve been strolling along the beach only to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042615/animal-rescue-what-to-do-if-you-find-a-sick-or-lost-critter-in-the-bay-area\">encounter a stranded baby seal\u003c/a> — is it hurt? Does it need help? Who should you call? We’ve got answers for you.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encountering an animal in the wild can be an incredibly special and cool experience if you’re prepared for it. And while it may seem scary, it’s worth remembering that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101907567/coexisting-with-californias-urban-coyotes\">we share these wild spaces with animals\u003c/a> who were here long before us. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/category/guides-and-explainers\">Use these guides from KQED\u003c/a> to arm yourself with the knowledge to keep yourself and the animals safe.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC9055402426&light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I’m Katrina Schwartz, filling in for Olivia Allen-Price. You’re listening to Bay Curious.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nick Auger: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, so I think I should start the story with noting that I have a very, what I would consider healthy fear of bears.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This is Nick Auger, my husband. This story starts on a backpacking trip we went on in Lassen National Park several years ago.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nick Auger: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are on our last night and we’re camping on a peninsula next to a lake where unfortunately there are not a lot of tall trees for us to string our backpacks up into. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> At the time, Lassen didn’t require bear canisters, but recommended bear bagging. We tried, I swear…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nick Auger: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At about 4:30 in the morning, I hear the unmistakable sound of a large animal gnawing on something relatively nearby. And I unzip our tent and look outside, and where our bags were, there are no bags. And instead, I see on the ground a large bear rummaging through and clearly eating our food. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I wake up to Nick shaking me and saying, there’s a bear out there eating our food. That’s when I remembered that I’d forgotten to take a Clif Bar out of my jacket pocket. What if the bear smelled it and came searching for us? Nick was…shall we say…not pleased with me.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nick Auger: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, I get out of the tent and I start just making as much noise as I can. And the bear is probably 100 feet away. And the bear does not respond to my noises. So I get the sleeping pad out from the tent and start shaking it above my head and continue to make loud noises at the bear, which they continue to ignore.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nick keeps getting closer to the bear — yelling and waving the pad above his head like a maniac. But that bear did not care.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nick Auger:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I get within about 25 feet of the bear and it finally acknowledges me. And we kind of just stare at each other and I just take one more hard lunge forward and the bear starts to scamper off.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> But then it kind of looks back at him, as if to say, “Is that all?”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nick Auger: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And I did not wanna deal with the bear anymore. So I continued to chase it down the peninsula until I was convinced that it had scurried away for good. And then returned to my bag and what was left of our food. Notably the only thing that the bear had left was the wasabi flavored trail mix from Berkeley Bowl that apparently was not to the bear’s liking. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz in tape:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And notably, I did not get out of the tent.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nick Auger: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No you did not. You were cheering me on from inside the tent.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you like to camp, or you’ve visited places like Yosemite or Tahoe, you too may have a harrowing bear story. They’re becoming more common, but they don’t have to end badly. Today on the show, we’re talking practical advice about what to do when you encounter wild animals like bears, mountain lions or even seals. Stay with us.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sponsor break\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fall in the Bay Area is some of our best weather. The days are still long, the sun is out and in other parts of the state it’s not quite so hot, so it’s perfect for sneaking in some late season camping and hiking.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here to help us think through how to stay safe out there while we’re enjoying the outdoors are two folks from KQED’s Audience News desk Carly Severn and Sarah Wright. Welcome!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hello, Katrina.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hello.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So good to have you both. Ok, so I know you both like to spend time in the outdoors…which means you’ve likely got a bear story. Give it to me.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> OK, I’m going to start. The short version? Last year, me and a pal went camping on Emerald Bay in Tahoe, not knowing this is basically the campground that you are guaranteed to see a bear in. Lo and behold we are woken up in the middle of the night by pots and pans banging from other campsites where people are yelling “bear, bear” and the sounds are getting closer and closer as this bear moves through the site towards us. The bear loudly stomps past our tents, and in the morning we get up to see that it has swiped the empty tupperware we’d left out off the picnic table, cracking the lid, and there are these huge footprints right near our tent. So, it was super scary, also kind of exciting, and it is basically my origin story for my quest for bear knowledge.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sarah, what about you?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Growing up in Lake Tahoe, bears were kind of a constant concern, we talked about them a lot and saw them a lot. But the biggest deal was when a bear once broke into my high school and caused a lockdown. And one other time, when I was super new to driving as a teenager, a bear broke into my car. It was looking for a single candy bar wrapper I’d left in my car.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Carly, your story is exactly the type of thing we want to help people avoid both because it’s scary… and it’s also not great for bears to be interacting with humans so much as well. Carly, I know bears are a particular obsession of yours. Why is it especially important to be on guard in the fall?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In a nutshell, fall is the greedy season for bears! They know they’re going into winter hibernation soon, so they become eating machines. They want to store up as many food reserves within their bodies as they can. The scientific term is “hyperphagia” … and if you’re familiar with Fat Bear Week in Katmai National Park in Alaska, that’s why that happens in the fall. That’s why the timing. In a place like Tahoe, where bear territory and human activity now overlap so much with tourism like camping there’s tons of food around for bears: in campsites, in dumpsters, it’s in your car. So not only are Tahoe bears extra bold and persistent, cuz they know the food is there, the winter tourism up there is unfortunately actually preventing a lot of bears from even entering hibernation. They know food is gonna be available all year round, why would they sleep? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Does that mean that they are more dangerous?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Except in rare cases, we are not talking about aggressive bears who’ll mow you down to get to your food. We’re talking California black bears. These are not grizzlies. They don’t want to hurt you, they actually don’t really care about you, they just want your snacks! It’s why some people refer to them as big possums.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hard to imagine, really, but OK! So, let’s say I see a bear in my campsite. What should I do?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Well, the idea is that by the time you see the bear, you’ve already done the responsible, smart camper thing of securing all your food away – actually anything that smells, even dish soap, toiletries, lip balm. This means you’re constantly storing that smelly stuff in the bear-proof box in your campsite: not in your car, because a bear will break into your vehicle and trash it just to find a single strawberry that you’ve left out. And don’t put it in “bear proof cooler” either, because as any park ranger will tell you, they don’t actually exist. And they’ve seen enough absolutely destroyed “bear proof coolers” in campgrounds to prove it! Don’t leave an empty cooler out in camp or in your car, either: bears can recognize them and they’ll still go after them. So they think there’s something in there, even though there’s not. And this surprised me, don’t leave beer cans out, or wine bottles, or one can of Lacroix: Nothing but plain water or ice. If you’re actively cooking, have everything neatly gathered so that if you see that bear kind of amble into your camp, you can calmly pick it all up and lock it in the bear box.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I feel like that would be hard for me. I’m one of those campers whose stuff seems to just get everywhere. But what if I do everything right with my food and the bear still comes into my camp looking for it?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This might not be on you! Bears can have a super sharp memory of places where they’ve found food in the past, and will return to them just in case. So maybe the people who stayed in your campsite a month ago just sucked as campers, and left all their food out. They basically provided a buffet for this bear and he’s back for round two. Let’s say the bear comes, you’ve calmly put everything away: now you stand tall, or put your hands over your head to look tall if you’re short, like me. Don’t be aggressive but make a good amount of noise: Shout “Go bear, go!”, bang pots and pans together, set off your car’s alarm if it’s near to hand. And that bear will almost certainly wander away. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What if, like me, you’ve gone to bed and you wake up to the sounds of a bear in your campsite, only to remember that you have a protein bar in your tent? What do you do?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We’ve all been there. Oh no, the Clif Bar! It’s in my jeans. My bette noir is lip balm, I always have it in my jeans. This is exactly the scenario where you definitely want to make loud noises immediately to scare the bear away – basically, make it too much hassle for the bear to pursue that Clif Bar! Get out of your tent, make that noise, walk straight to that bear box calmly but purposefully and chuck that Clif bar in there to lock it up. Don’t do what a lot of people might want to do, unzip the tent and throw the protein bar out! Then you’re just feeding the bear, and teaching him to come back the next night for seconds. And don’t freak if the bear is persistent and doesn’t leave immediately. Match his persistence and you will almost certainly win this one. They will almost certainly leave.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bottom line here is that the bear doesn’t want to hurt you…so if you keep your head and remember to stand your ground, you’ll both end up better off. Now, I want to turn to an animal encounter that’s potentially more common here locally…mountain lions. I have definitely seen those warning signs posted at hikes, especially in the South Bay. Sarah, how common are mountain lions in the Bay Area?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So actually, 40% of California is considered suitable for mountain lion habitat, and the Bay Area is certainly included in that. I personally have never seen a mountain lion, but the wildlife cameras set up around the Bay Area by the Bay Area Puma Project tell a different story: They’re living all around us, they’re just really good at hiding. Experts say that there are a couple thousand moving around the state as a whole at any given time.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Wow, that’s actually really cool. I think people’s fear around mountain lions come from these occasional news stories about kids or pets that were attacked by mountain lions. I know it would be super terrifying to think of your child being taken down by a mountain lion. What are some things people can do to prevent an encounter with a mountain lion?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So there have only ever been 26 total verified mountain lion attacks on humans in California in the past four decades, so you’re right, it \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extremely rare. But you may see them on hikes or in your own neighborhood. But you can avoid running into them on hikes and walks by avoiding the places and times they’re most active – like dawn and dusk and densely vegetated areas. You can also avoid hiking alone if you’d like. If you’re worried about them in your neighborhood, you can clear brush or install motion-detecting lights to alert you of their presence and help you avoid running into them. And don’t ever leave out food for animals, like if you’re feeding a stray cat, that will attract their predators and also mountain lions, which are predators. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You’ll be getting a much bigger cat than you bargained for. Exactly. Ok, so let’s say I’m out hiking and I see a mountain lion. What should I do?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Everyone I talked to for this story told me the same thing – mountain lions don’t want to interact with you. They’ll pretty much do whatever they can to avoid you. If you do run into one, get big, stand your ground and try to scare it away. You can even throw rocks at it. The big thing is don’t ever turn your back or run. And if you have a small child or dog, you might want to pick it up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And is the advice the same for coyotes? I know lots of people have seen coyotes in Golden Gate Park and on Bernal Hill as well as many other places throughout the Bay Area. Any tips for how to interact with these urban wild animals?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I actually just saw a coyote last week when I was biking through the Presidio. It was calmly walking across the road. The thing to remember about coyotes is that they are native to our landscape here and they can actually live and thrive in very small areas and even keep populations of small predators in check, which, in turn, helps bird biodiversity. The biggest likelihood of an encounter with coyotes is when you’re with a dog. That’s because they’re both canines. So they might follow your dog or bare their teeth and growl, a behavior called escorting. Just like with mountain lions, leave the area calmly but don’t run – if the coyote advances, you can yell and get big. And leash your dog!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I’ve run into some coyotes on Bernal Hill and I can tell you do not seem scared of people. Like, I’ve gotten really close accidentally just walking along trails and they were just chillin’ there, not moving.I was like OK, I guess I’ll just go the other way.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OK, so we’ve covered some of the let’s say “scarier” animals people might encounter while out having a nice time in the Bay Area. But, I also wanted to ask you about what to do if you find a sick or stranded animal. One time I was staying at a house up in Sea Ranch and we found a sea lion pup on its own on the beach. Some of the people I was with were really worried about it and wanted to kind of guard it and protect it. But that’s not really the right thing to do is it?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So your story is super common. A lot of people encounter wildlife on local beaches and don’t really know what action to take. I talked to a bunch of local wild rescue groups around the Bay Area and they said, first of all, you need to determin if that animal needs help or is just on the beach resting. If you’re not sure, look for the 5 Cs – cold, crying, coming toward you, covered in bugs or blood, or caught by a cat or dog. And any of those things can indicate that an animal needs help. You can stick around to make sure no one else disturbs the animal, you can do that, but remember to give them space – the Marine Mammal Center recommends 150 feet, and don’t block its escape path toward water, for example. You can take a photo of it to show to dispatchers or write down its behavior.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What happens to the animal after you call a dispatcher?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In the short term, they may be brought to a local animal hospital for rehab, and hopefully, it will be released into the wild. Places like Wildcare and the Marine Mammal Center will even provide updates to you on the animal you rescued if you give them a call. And you may be allowed to attend its release. But remember: The sad reality is that not every animal will survive, but your effort to call in experts to help is important not only to the animal but it adds to the ongoing research those groups are doing on our local wildlife and ecology.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This has been super informative. Any last things about how we interact with wildlife here that either of you want to add about how we interact with wildlife?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I think it can actually be really cool and transformative to see an animal, even if it can be scary in the moment. And we’re sharing this space and in a lot of instances, we’re guests on this space. So, act right and that will keep you safe and the animal safe as well. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What about you, Sarah?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I agree – we’re so lucky to live in a place with so much wildlife – most of which is not dangerous at all. To safely respect animals and their habitats, follow posted signs – if a trail is closed, it’s probably for a good reason – like there may be vulnerable baby seals or a defensive mother coyote nearby. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Carly Severn and Sarah Wright, thank you so much for sharing all of this great stuff you’ve learned with us. I feel a lot more confident about what I should do in these situations now. So, thank you.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thanks for having us.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thank you.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carly and Sarah have written some super helpful guides to all this stuff, which you can find by going to KQED dot org slash explainers. We will also put links to these resources in our show notes. And, I’ll just say, the audience desk where Carly and Sarah work is always looking to provide research and tips that are actually useful to people. So, if you have a topic that you’ve been needing some clear eyed advice on, be sure to let them know by filling out the form at the bottom of any of these stories about the outdoors.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bay Curious is made in San Francisco at member-supported KQED.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our show is produced by Gabriela Glueck, Christopher Beale and me, Katrina Schwartz.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With extra support from Maha Sanad, Katie Sprenger, Jen Chien, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on team KQED.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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This story starts on a backpacking trip we went on in Lassen National Park several years ago.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nick Auger: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are on our last night and we’re camping on a peninsula next to a lake where unfortunately there are not a lot of tall trees for us to string our backpacks up into. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> At the time, Lassen didn’t require bear canisters, but recommended bear bagging. We tried, I swear…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nick Auger: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At about 4:30 in the morning, I hear the unmistakable sound of a large animal gnawing on something relatively nearby. And I unzip our tent and look outside, and where our bags were, there are no bags. And instead, I see on the ground a large bear rummaging through and clearly eating our food. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I wake up to Nick shaking me and saying, there’s a bear out there eating our food. That’s when I remembered that I’d forgotten to take a Clif Bar out of my jacket pocket. What if the bear smelled it and came searching for us? Nick was…shall we say…not pleased with me.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nick Auger: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, I get out of the tent and I start just making as much noise as I can. And the bear is probably 100 feet away. And the bear does not respond to my noises. So I get the sleeping pad out from the tent and start shaking it above my head and continue to make loud noises at the bear, which they continue to ignore.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nick keeps getting closer to the bear — yelling and waving the pad above his head like a maniac. But that bear did not care.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nick Auger:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I get within about 25 feet of the bear and it finally acknowledges me. And we kind of just stare at each other and I just take one more hard lunge forward and the bear starts to scamper off.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> But then it kind of looks back at him, as if to say, “Is that all?”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nick Auger: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And I did not wanna deal with the bear anymore. So I continued to chase it down the peninsula until I was convinced that it had scurried away for good. And then returned to my bag and what was left of our food. Notably the only thing that the bear had left was the wasabi flavored trail mix from Berkeley Bowl that apparently was not to the bear’s liking. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz in tape:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And notably, I did not get out of the tent.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Nick Auger: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No you did not. You were cheering me on from inside the tent.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you like to camp, or you’ve visited places like Yosemite or Tahoe, you too may have a harrowing bear story. They’re becoming more common, but they don’t have to end badly. Today on the show, we’re talking practical advice about what to do when you encounter wild animals like bears, mountain lions or even seals. Stay with us.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sponsor break\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fall in the Bay Area is some of our best weather. The days are still long, the sun is out and in other parts of the state it’s not quite so hot, so it’s perfect for sneaking in some late season camping and hiking.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here to help us think through how to stay safe out there while we’re enjoying the outdoors are two folks from KQED’s Audience News desk Carly Severn and Sarah Wright. Welcome!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hello, Katrina.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hello.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So good to have you both. Ok, so I know you both like to spend time in the outdoors…which means you’ve likely got a bear story. Give it to me.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> OK, I’m going to start. The short version? Last year, me and a pal went camping on Emerald Bay in Tahoe, not knowing this is basically the campground that you are guaranteed to see a bear in. Lo and behold we are woken up in the middle of the night by pots and pans banging from other campsites where people are yelling “bear, bear” and the sounds are getting closer and closer as this bear moves through the site towards us. The bear loudly stomps past our tents, and in the morning we get up to see that it has swiped the empty tupperware we’d left out off the picnic table, cracking the lid, and there are these huge footprints right near our tent. So, it was super scary, also kind of exciting, and it is basically my origin story for my quest for bear knowledge.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sarah, what about you?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Growing up in Lake Tahoe, bears were kind of a constant concern, we talked about them a lot and saw them a lot. But the biggest deal was when a bear once broke into my high school and caused a lockdown. And one other time, when I was super new to driving as a teenager, a bear broke into my car. It was looking for a single candy bar wrapper I’d left in my car.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Carly, your story is exactly the type of thing we want to help people avoid both because it’s scary… and it’s also not great for bears to be interacting with humans so much as well. Carly, I know bears are a particular obsession of yours. Why is it especially important to be on guard in the fall?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In a nutshell, fall is the greedy season for bears! They know they’re going into winter hibernation soon, so they become eating machines. They want to store up as many food reserves within their bodies as they can. The scientific term is “hyperphagia” … and if you’re familiar with Fat Bear Week in Katmai National Park in Alaska, that’s why that happens in the fall. That’s why the timing. In a place like Tahoe, where bear territory and human activity now overlap so much with tourism like camping there’s tons of food around for bears: in campsites, in dumpsters, it’s in your car. So not only are Tahoe bears extra bold and persistent, cuz they know the food is there, the winter tourism up there is unfortunately actually preventing a lot of bears from even entering hibernation. They know food is gonna be available all year round, why would they sleep? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Does that mean that they are more dangerous?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Except in rare cases, we are not talking about aggressive bears who’ll mow you down to get to your food. We’re talking California black bears. These are not grizzlies. They don’t want to hurt you, they actually don’t really care about you, they just want your snacks! It’s why some people refer to them as big possums.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hard to imagine, really, but OK! So, let’s say I see a bear in my campsite. What should I do?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Well, the idea is that by the time you see the bear, you’ve already done the responsible, smart camper thing of securing all your food away – actually anything that smells, even dish soap, toiletries, lip balm. This means you’re constantly storing that smelly stuff in the bear-proof box in your campsite: not in your car, because a bear will break into your vehicle and trash it just to find a single strawberry that you’ve left out. And don’t put it in “bear proof cooler” either, because as any park ranger will tell you, they don’t actually exist. And they’ve seen enough absolutely destroyed “bear proof coolers” in campgrounds to prove it! Don’t leave an empty cooler out in camp or in your car, either: bears can recognize them and they’ll still go after them. So they think there’s something in there, even though there’s not. And this surprised me, don’t leave beer cans out, or wine bottles, or one can of Lacroix: Nothing but plain water or ice. If you’re actively cooking, have everything neatly gathered so that if you see that bear kind of amble into your camp, you can calmly pick it all up and lock it in the bear box.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I feel like that would be hard for me. I’m one of those campers whose stuff seems to just get everywhere. But what if I do everything right with my food and the bear still comes into my camp looking for it?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This might not be on you! Bears can have a super sharp memory of places where they’ve found food in the past, and will return to them just in case. So maybe the people who stayed in your campsite a month ago just sucked as campers, and left all their food out. They basically provided a buffet for this bear and he’s back for round two. Let’s say the bear comes, you’ve calmly put everything away: now you stand tall, or put your hands over your head to look tall if you’re short, like me. Don’t be aggressive but make a good amount of noise: Shout “Go bear, go!”, bang pots and pans together, set off your car’s alarm if it’s near to hand. And that bear will almost certainly wander away. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What if, like me, you’ve gone to bed and you wake up to the sounds of a bear in your campsite, only to remember that you have a protein bar in your tent? What do you do?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We’ve all been there. Oh no, the Clif Bar! It’s in my jeans. My bette noir is lip balm, I always have it in my jeans. This is exactly the scenario where you definitely want to make loud noises immediately to scare the bear away – basically, make it too much hassle for the bear to pursue that Clif Bar! Get out of your tent, make that noise, walk straight to that bear box calmly but purposefully and chuck that Clif bar in there to lock it up. Don’t do what a lot of people might want to do, unzip the tent and throw the protein bar out! Then you’re just feeding the bear, and teaching him to come back the next night for seconds. And don’t freak if the bear is persistent and doesn’t leave immediately. Match his persistence and you will almost certainly win this one. They will almost certainly leave.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bottom line here is that the bear doesn’t want to hurt you…so if you keep your head and remember to stand your ground, you’ll both end up better off. Now, I want to turn to an animal encounter that’s potentially more common here locally…mountain lions. I have definitely seen those warning signs posted at hikes, especially in the South Bay. Sarah, how common are mountain lions in the Bay Area?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So actually, 40% of California is considered suitable for mountain lion habitat, and the Bay Area is certainly included in that. I personally have never seen a mountain lion, but the wildlife cameras set up around the Bay Area by the Bay Area Puma Project tell a different story: They’re living all around us, they’re just really good at hiding. Experts say that there are a couple thousand moving around the state as a whole at any given time.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Wow, that’s actually really cool. I think people’s fear around mountain lions come from these occasional news stories about kids or pets that were attacked by mountain lions. I know it would be super terrifying to think of your child being taken down by a mountain lion. What are some things people can do to prevent an encounter with a mountain lion?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So there have only ever been 26 total verified mountain lion attacks on humans in California in the past four decades, so you’re right, it \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extremely rare. But you may see them on hikes or in your own neighborhood. But you can avoid running into them on hikes and walks by avoiding the places and times they’re most active – like dawn and dusk and densely vegetated areas. You can also avoid hiking alone if you’d like. If you’re worried about them in your neighborhood, you can clear brush or install motion-detecting lights to alert you of their presence and help you avoid running into them. And don’t ever leave out food for animals, like if you’re feeding a stray cat, that will attract their predators and also mountain lions, which are predators. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You’ll be getting a much bigger cat than you bargained for. Exactly. Ok, so let’s say I’m out hiking and I see a mountain lion. What should I do?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Everyone I talked to for this story told me the same thing – mountain lions don’t want to interact with you. They’ll pretty much do whatever they can to avoid you. If you do run into one, get big, stand your ground and try to scare it away. You can even throw rocks at it. The big thing is don’t ever turn your back or run. And if you have a small child or dog, you might want to pick it up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And is the advice the same for coyotes? I know lots of people have seen coyotes in Golden Gate Park and on Bernal Hill as well as many other places throughout the Bay Area. Any tips for how to interact with these urban wild animals?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I actually just saw a coyote last week when I was biking through the Presidio. It was calmly walking across the road. The thing to remember about coyotes is that they are native to our landscape here and they can actually live and thrive in very small areas and even keep populations of small predators in check, which, in turn, helps bird biodiversity. The biggest likelihood of an encounter with coyotes is when you’re with a dog. That’s because they’re both canines. So they might follow your dog or bare their teeth and growl, a behavior called escorting. Just like with mountain lions, leave the area calmly but don’t run – if the coyote advances, you can yell and get big. And leash your dog!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I’ve run into some coyotes on Bernal Hill and I can tell you do not seem scared of people. Like, I’ve gotten really close accidentally just walking along trails and they were just chillin’ there, not moving.I was like OK, I guess I’ll just go the other way.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OK, so we’ve covered some of the let’s say “scarier” animals people might encounter while out having a nice time in the Bay Area. But, I also wanted to ask you about what to do if you find a sick or stranded animal. One time I was staying at a house up in Sea Ranch and we found a sea lion pup on its own on the beach. Some of the people I was with were really worried about it and wanted to kind of guard it and protect it. But that’s not really the right thing to do is it?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So your story is super common. A lot of people encounter wildlife on local beaches and don’t really know what action to take. I talked to a bunch of local wild rescue groups around the Bay Area and they said, first of all, you need to determin if that animal needs help or is just on the beach resting. If you’re not sure, look for the 5 Cs – cold, crying, coming toward you, covered in bugs or blood, or caught by a cat or dog. And any of those things can indicate that an animal needs help. You can stick around to make sure no one else disturbs the animal, you can do that, but remember to give them space – the Marine Mammal Center recommends 150 feet, and don’t block its escape path toward water, for example. You can take a photo of it to show to dispatchers or write down its behavior.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What happens to the animal after you call a dispatcher?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In the short term, they may be brought to a local animal hospital for rehab, and hopefully, it will be released into the wild. Places like Wildcare and the Marine Mammal Center will even provide updates to you on the animal you rescued if you give them a call. And you may be allowed to attend its release. But remember: The sad reality is that not every animal will survive, but your effort to call in experts to help is important not only to the animal but it adds to the ongoing research those groups are doing on our local wildlife and ecology.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This has been super informative. Any last things about how we interact with wildlife here that either of you want to add about how we interact with wildlife?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I think it can actually be really cool and transformative to see an animal, even if it can be scary in the moment. And we’re sharing this space and in a lot of instances, we’re guests on this space. So, act right and that will keep you safe and the animal safe as well. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What about you, Sarah?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I agree – we’re so lucky to live in a place with so much wildlife – most of which is not dangerous at all. To safely respect animals and their habitats, follow posted signs – if a trail is closed, it’s probably for a good reason – like there may be vulnerable baby seals or a defensive mother coyote nearby. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Carly Severn and Sarah Wright, thank you so much for sharing all of this great stuff you’ve learned with us. I feel a lot more confident about what I should do in these situations now. So, thank you.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thanks for having us.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sarah Wright:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thank you.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carly and Sarah have written some super helpful guides to all this stuff, which you can find by going to KQED dot org slash explainers. We will also put links to these resources in our show notes. And, I’ll just say, the audience desk where Carly and Sarah work is always looking to provide research and tips that are actually useful to people. So, if you have a topic that you’ve been needing some clear eyed advice on, be sure to let them know by filling out the form at the bottom of any of these stories about the outdoors.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bay Curious is made in San Francisco at member-supported KQED.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our show is produced by Gabriela Glueck, Christopher Beale and me, Katrina Schwartz.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With extra support from Maha Sanad, Katie Sprenger, Jen Chien, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on team KQED.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>"
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Some experts even say that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/08/29/nx-s1-5521379/trump-administration-forest-roads-roadless-rule-firefighters-wildfire#:~:text=While%20the%20Roadless%20Rule%20prohibits,the%20area%20would%20normally%20have.\">a “surgical” approach\u003c/a> to building new roads could be beneficial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Hotshot Wakeup, a podcast and blog run by wildland firefighters, \u003ca href=\"https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/p/forest-service-chief-applauds-usda\">spoke out in defense of maintaining \u003cem>existing \u003c/em>roads\u003c/a>, saying unmaintained wilderness roads often set back firefighters — but did not weigh in on whether the Roadless Rule should be rescinded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Garnet-Fire-AP.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Garnet-Fire-AP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Garnet-Fire-AP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Garnet-Fire-AP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Garnet-Fire-AP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A plane drops fire retardant on the Garnet Fire on Aug. 26, 2025, in Fresno County, California. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But opponents of the potential repeal say the rule already allows roads to be constructed if one is \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46504\">“needed to protect health and safety in cases of imminent danger, such as wildfire\u003c/a>.” And \u003ca href=\"https://earthjustice.org/feature/timeline-of-the-roadless-rule\">one former Forest Service chief told NPR\u003c/a> that the rule also includes exceptions for small-scale logging in the case of habitat protection or to reduce wildfire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/06/roadless-rule-repeal-california-forests/#:~:text=The%20roadless%20rule%20already%20allows,the%20risk%20of%20severe%20wildfires.\">\u003cem>CalMatters\u003c/em> analysis found\u003c/a> that the California Forestry Association, while in support of the Trump administration’s proposed repeal, doesn’t see the Roadless Rule as a “significant impediment” to fire management.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whathappensnext\">\u003c/a>What happens next, and how can I weigh in?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As part of the public process under the National Environmental Policy Act, the rescission is subject to a public comment period, which ends on Friday, Sept. 19. \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/29/2025-16581/special-areas-roadless-area-conservation-national-forest-system-lands\">Public comments can be submitted via the Federal Register, the federal government’s journal.\u003c/a>[aside postID=news_12055659 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-15-BL-KQED.jpg']Once public comments are in, the Forest Service must prepare an environmental impact statement, which the agency said \u003ca href=\"https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-0001\">it aims to do by March 2026\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Jump straight to:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhydoestheTrump\">Why does the Trump administration want to open up these areas to roads?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Whatpubliclands\">What public lands are at stake?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Isthisreallygoing\">Is this really going to help with wildfire mitigation?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Whathappensnext\">What happens next, and how can I weigh in?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhydoestheTrump\">\u003c/a>What is the Trump administration proposing and why?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Almost a quarter of a century ago, the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule identified nearly 45 million acres of U.S. National Forest land where the construction of roads would be prohibited — effectively making timber logging and harvesting impossible in these spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://clintonwhitehouse5.archives.gov/WH/new/html/Fri_Jan_5_151122_2001.html\">2001 rule was first instituted by former President Bill Clinton\u003c/a>, with the intent of not only preserving national forests but also protecting vital ecosystems and watersheds throughout the country. By bisecting wilderness areas, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/clas/ctip/wildlife_crossing_structures/ch_2.aspx#:~:text=As%20a%20result%2C%20today%20many,may%20be%20blocked%20or%20altered.\">roads are known to be harmful to ecosystems\u003c/a> by separating wildlife, rerouting water and introducing humans and machinery to a landscape that isn’t used to these interruptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2230843397-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12056324 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2230843397-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2230843397-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2230843397-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2230843397-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2230843397-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GettyImages-2230843397-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the Trinity Alps in northern California on June 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, led by Secretary Brooke Rollins, submitted a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/29/2025-16581/special-areas-roadless-area-conservation-national-forest-system-lands\">notice of intent\u003c/a>” to rescind the Roadless Rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change, the administration claims, is to help prevent wildfires — both by opening up access for firefighters in these densely forested areas and also to perform forest management, like forest thinning, to help reduce the fire risk in these forests.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whatpubliclands\">\u003c/a>If the Roadless Rule is rescinded, what lands might be affected?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California alone, 4 million acres would potentially be opened up to roadbuilding. Not all Forest Service land is roadless, but in California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46504\">roadless lands constitute 21% of Forest Service land, and 4% of the whole state overall. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That includes lands surrounding Lake Tahoe, Yosemite National Park and other parts of the Sierra Nevada and Sierra Foothills. Farther north, areas like Mendocino, the Trinity Alps and Castle Crags could be opened up with new roads. The law also covers parts of the Big Sur and the San Gabriel Mountains to the south.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>An analysis by the National Parks Conservation Association found that 30% of the affected lands are within 30 miles of national parks, including along the Pacific Crest Trail in California. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcta.org/2025/scrapping-the-roadless-rule-will-harm-the-pct-96600/\">Pacific Crest Trail Association said around 9% of the trail\u003c/a>, which stretches from Canada to Mexico through some of the West Coast’s most rugged lands, \u003ca href=\"https://pcta.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=39ee0c9dd291447a843a1f9a14d20541\">would be affected\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/06/23/secretary-rollins-rescinds-roadless-rule-eliminating-impediment-responsible-forest-management\">the Trump administration argues\u003c/a> building roads and strategically logging forests could reduce wildfire risks in these areas, public lands advocates like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.outdooralliance.org/roadless\">Outdoor Alliance\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npca.org/articles/10409-hands-off-public-lands-parks-group-decries-proposed-rollback-of-roadless\">National Parks Conservation Association\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2025/08/trump-administration-attempt-repeal-roadless-rule-met-widespread-opposition\">Sierra Club\u003c/a> say the wildfire argument is a red herring for the administration’s real goal: to \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/immediate-expansion-of-american-timber-production/\">open up more public lands for extraction\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates also point to \u003ca href=\"https://www.wilderness.org/sites/default/files/media/file/Summary%20NFS%20roads%20fire%20paper%20-%202025.pdf\">studies\u003c/a> that show \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificbio.org/publications/wildfire_studies/Roads_And_Wildfires_2007.pdf\">fires are much more likely to start in areas with roads\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone who cares for America’s national parks and public lands should be deeply alarmed about attempts to dismantle the roadless rule,” wrote Beau Kiklis, associate director of energy and landscape conservation for the NPCA, in a statement to KQED. “This is nothing short of another brazen attempt to sell off America’s public lands, by opening up these forest lands for industrial logging, roadbuilding and other development.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental advocates also worry that these lands being opened to roads and logging may affect sources of clean water — like freshwater rivers across California — that millions of people rely on for their drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Isthisreallygoing\">\u003c/a>What do wildfire and forestry experts say?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Trump’s proposal say that while \u003ca href=\"https://readyforwildfire.org/prevent-wildfire/\">humans start 95% of wildfires in California and worldwide\u003c/a> — and roads undoubtedly allow people to travel \u003cem>into \u003c/em>the wilderness — roads can also play a part in wildfire mitigation and firefighting. Fires need to be accessed to be fought, and the roadways themselves can often serve as firebreaks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/inside-fs/leadership/its-time-common-sense-roadless-reform\">Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said,\u003c/a> saying 8 million acres of roadless areas have burned since 2001. Some experts even say that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/08/29/nx-s1-5521379/trump-administration-forest-roads-roadless-rule-firefighters-wildfire#:~:text=While%20the%20Roadless%20Rule%20prohibits,the%20area%20would%20normally%20have.\">a “surgical” approach\u003c/a> to building new roads could be beneficial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Hotshot Wakeup, a podcast and blog run by wildland firefighters, \u003ca href=\"https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/p/forest-service-chief-applauds-usda\">spoke out in defense of maintaining \u003cem>existing \u003c/em>roads\u003c/a>, saying unmaintained wilderness roads often set back firefighters — but did not weigh in on whether the Roadless Rule should be rescinded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Garnet-Fire-AP.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Garnet-Fire-AP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Garnet-Fire-AP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Garnet-Fire-AP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Garnet-Fire-AP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A plane drops fire retardant on the Garnet Fire on Aug. 26, 2025, in Fresno County, California. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But opponents of the potential repeal say the rule already allows roads to be constructed if one is \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46504\">“needed to protect health and safety in cases of imminent danger, such as wildfire\u003c/a>.” And \u003ca href=\"https://earthjustice.org/feature/timeline-of-the-roadless-rule\">one former Forest Service chief told NPR\u003c/a> that the rule also includes exceptions for small-scale logging in the case of habitat protection or to reduce wildfire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/06/roadless-rule-repeal-california-forests/#:~:text=The%20roadless%20rule%20already%20allows,the%20risk%20of%20severe%20wildfires.\">\u003cem>CalMatters\u003c/em> analysis found\u003c/a> that the California Forestry Association, while in support of the Trump administration’s proposed repeal, doesn’t see the Roadless Rule as a “significant impediment” to fire management.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whathappensnext\">\u003c/a>What happens next, and how can I weigh in?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As part of the public process under the National Environmental Policy Act, the rescission is subject to a public comment period, which ends on Friday, Sept. 19. \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/29/2025-16581/special-areas-roadless-area-conservation-national-forest-system-lands\">Public comments can be submitted via the Federal Register, the federal government’s journal.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Once public comments are in, the Forest Service must prepare an environmental impact statement, which the agency said \u003ca href=\"https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-0001\">it aims to do by March 2026\u003c/a>. That, too, will be subject to public comment before the administration can fully end the rule by late 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public comment is part of the NEPA process, and environmental reviews can slow down implementation of a policy so much that it never gets implemented, but the comments themselves can’t directly block a proposal like this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-0001\">But past challenges to the rule have succeeded in the courts\u003c/a>, and organizations like \u003ca href=\"https://earthjustice.org/feature/timeline-of-the-roadless-rule\">Earthjustice have vowed to continue their fight to maintain the rule. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the rule has faced legal challenges since its inception in 2001, including pushback by former President George W. Bush’s administration and the first Trump administration, and multiple legal challenges from individual states, which sought to establish their own rules. So far, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has not weighed in on this attempt to rescind the rule or whether California would protect its roadless wilderness in other ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/golden-state-valkyries\">Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a> made WNBA history as the first expansion team to reach the playoffs in their inaugural season. General public tickets and verified resales for \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/valkyries/p/DOfanNsjSSs/\">their first home game\u003c/a> tonight are still available on \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C006325A934574D\">Ticketmaster\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the first new team in the franchise in nearly 20 years, the Valkyries faced high expectations. And by finishing among the league’s top eight, they delivered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Could I be more excited? Impossible,” said San Francisco Valkyries fan Vanessa Hutchinson-Szekely, a teacher and co-host of the podcast \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/valkyriessayless/\">Valkyries Say Less\u003c/a>. “It is amazing, historic, and I am so proud of the journey of these incredible women.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because when we started this, we had no idea where we were going to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Playoffs start on Sunday. Read on to find out where you can follow the game in the coming weeks, whether it is on TV, bars or at San José’s SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’re new to basketball but want to join the Bay Area hype after the team’s big milestone, don’t worry — we’ve got a quick explainer below on what playoffs are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047885/how-to-be-a-valkyries-fan-a-beginners-guide-to-bay-area-wnba-fandom\">a comprehensive guide\u003c/a> to the world of the WNBA and fan culture in the Bay Area for new viewers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1873px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040691\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-53_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1873\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-53_qed.jpg 1873w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-53_qed-800x569.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-53_qed-1020x726.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-53_qed-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-53_qed-1536x1093.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1873px) 100vw, 1873px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans pose for a photo outside of Chase Center, following the WNBA game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Los Angeles Sparks on May 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>So, what \u003cem>are \u003c/em>playoffs?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After a regular season of basketball, the top eight WNBA teams compete in a tournament. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnba.com/standings\">team\u003c/a> standings are:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Minnesota Lynx\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Las Vegas Aces\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Atlanta Dream\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Phoenix Mercury\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>New York Liberty\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Indiana Fever\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Seattle Storm\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Golden State Valkyries\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Dates and times are subject to change — or even canceled altogether — depending on how the games go, but the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnba.com/news/2025-playoffs-and-finals-dates\">tentative schedule\u003c/a> in Pacific Standard Time is \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnba.com/schedule?season=2025&month=all\">as follows\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 1\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>Sunday at 10 a.m. on ESPN: Golden State Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx in Minneapolis\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sunday noon on ABC: Indiana Fever vs. Atlanta Dream\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sunday at 2 p.m. on ESPN: New York Liberty vs. Phoenix Mercury\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sunday at 7 p.m. on ESPN: Seattle Storm vs. Las Vegas Aces\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN: Atlanta Dream vs. Indiana Fever\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN: Las Vegas Aces vs. Seattle Storm\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Wednesday at 5 p.m. on ESPN: Phoenix Mercury vs. New York Liberty\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Wednesday at 7 p.m. on ESPN: Minnesota Lynx vs. Golden State Valkyries in San Jose\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 18 on ESPN2: Seattle Storm vs. Las Vegas Aces\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 18 on ESPN2: Indiana Fever vs. Atlanta Dream\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sept. 19. on ESPN2: Golden State Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx in Minneapolis\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 19. on ESPN2: New York Liberty vs. Phoenix Mercury\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Semifinals\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sept. 21 at 3 p.m. on ABC\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 21 at 5 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 23 at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 26 at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 28 at TBD on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 28 at 3 p.m. on ABC\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 30 at TBD on ESPNU\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 30 at TBD on ESPNU\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Finals\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Finals 1: Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finals 2: Oct. 5 at 3 p.m. on ABC\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finals 3: Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finals 4: Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finals 5: Oct. 12 at 3 p.m. on TBD\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finals 6: Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finals 7: Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“[The] Valkyries have really attracted people [who] have never even watched basketball. And so there’s a learning curve,” said Hutchinson-Szekely’s co-host and fellow teacher, Raina Mast. “Normalize being confused. The structure is confusing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Essentially, Mast and Hutchinson-Szekely explained, each of the eight teams will play their first game on Sunday. In the first round, the highest-seeded teams face the lowest-seeded teams in a best-of-three series. The Valkyries will be facing the Minnesota Lynx, a team they have \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/schedule/_/name/min/minnesota-lynx\">not beaten before\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040673\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1943px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040673\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1943\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed.jpg 1943w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed-1536x1054.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed-1920x1317.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1943px) 100vw, 1943px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden State Valkyries guard Tiffany Hayes (15) advances toward the basket during the Valkyries’ home opener at Chase Center on May 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the second round, the four remaining teams play a best-of-five series. In the finals, the last two teams compete in a best-of-five series for the championship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may see in sports coverage where people refer to a “2-2-1-1” structure. That basically designates where the games are played. So, the first “2” means the first two games are played on the stronger team’s home court. The next “2” means the following two games are played on the weaker team’s home court. And so on.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where can I watch the games?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>ESPN, ESPN2, ESNPU and ABC will be showing the games on TV. You can also get access to the channels through platforms like \u003ca href=\"https://tv.youtube.com/learn/wnba/\">YouTube TV\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.fubo.tv/welcome\">Fubo\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Watch the game in person\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For fans hoping to see the game in person, know that any Valkyries home games will not be played at Chase Center — better known as “Ballhalla” — where every regular-season home game has \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/valkyries/status/1964507585060753897\">sold out\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, the Valkyries will be playing their first playoff home game on Wednesday at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sapcenter.com/news/detail/sap-center-to-host-first-evergolden-state-valkyrieswnba-playoff-game#:~:text=SAP%20Center%20at%20San%20Jose,Harlem%20Globetrotters%20(multiple%20years).\">San José’s SAP Center\u003c/a>. [aside postID=news_12047885 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/golden-state-valkyries.png']Jess Smith, president of the Golden State Valkyries, announced the arena change to season ticket holders after the team won the Sept. 4 game that secured their spot in the playoffs. Smith said that Chase Center was booked for a tennis tournament years in advance, before the Bay was given a WNBA team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re already working to ensure our playoff scheduling is protected going forward to prevent scheduling conflicts for future playoff runs in Ballhalla,” the letter reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news left some fans frustrated, considering that being \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/valkyries-move-first-playoff-game-to-san-jose-21032074.php\">pushed out of their home \u003c/a>arena has happened to WNBA teams in the past. As Breanna Stewart, a player and vice president for the Women’s National Basketball Players Association, said to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/valkyries-move-first-playoff-game-to-san-jose-21032074.php\">SFGate\u003c/a>, “You don’t see it happening with the NBA.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coach Natalie Nakase, for her part, said \u003ca href=\"https://www.si.com/wnba/valkyries/valkyries-coach-opens-up-about-unfortunate-playoff-situation\">in a press conference\u003c/a> that the Valkyries are still playing in their territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if we’re in San José, that’s still considered the Bay. We know that they’re going to travel, our fans are going to come,” she said. “For us, we’re still at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to get to SAP Center\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you have never been to SAP Center, you’re in luck: downtown San José is very well connected by several public transit agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re coming from the city’s Eastside, you can take the light rail VTA from Alum Rock station straight to San José-Diridon, which is only one block away from SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055677\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055677\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/SAPCenterGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/SAPCenterGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/SAPCenterGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/SAPCenterGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The SAP Center sports arena in San José, California, on July 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caltrain — which runs from San Francisco through San Mateo County to the South Bay — also stops at San José-Diridon. According to a Caltrain news release, the #416 southbound will feature a Valkyries-themed car, giving passengers the chance to win free merch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coming in from the East Bay? You can take BART and get off at Berryessa/North San José station and then get on a VTA bus — specifically the Rapid 500 line — which will quickly take you straight to SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind that public transportation in San José does not run the whole night. So if you are getting home through transit, be sure of when the last train or bus runs so you don’t get stranded. You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/trip-planner/view\">trip planners\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">help\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/transit\">mark your route\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Watch the game at a bar\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are unable to make it to a game, there are\u003ca href=\"https://wnbaroughnotes.substack.com/p/rough-notes-guide-to-wnba-watch-parties\"> bars and restaurants in the Bay\u003c/a> that show women’s sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will likely be more parties announced as we get closer to the Valkyries’ first game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>If you can’t get into SAP Center but still want to join the fun, an \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/valkyries/p/DOrhA63kuYt/\">official block party\u003c/a> will take place outside from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kalwpublicmedia/p/DOrp8-AjjSf/\">\u003cstrong>KALW\u003c/strong> in San Francisco\u003c/a> is hosting a watch party, complete with free pizza.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thenewparkway.com/\">\u003cstrong>The New Parkway Theater\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in Oakland is showing Wednesday’s game.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/events/?artist=GSV\">\u003cstrong>Thrive City \u003c/strong>\u003c/a> (the venue connected to Chase Center) hosted a free watch party for Sunday’s game.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13977457/rikkis-first-womens-sports-bar-bay-area-open-castro-sf-valkyries\">\u003cstrong>Rikki’s\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s Castro District (the city’s first bar dedicated to women’s sports)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.zekisbar.com/\">\u003cstrong>Zeki’s Bar\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/whitehorsebar/?hl=en\">\u003cstrong>White Horse\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://line51beer.com/\">\u003cstrong>Line 51 Brewing\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/georgeandwaltsbar/?hl=en\">\u003cstrong>George & Walt’s\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://xingones.com/\">\u003cstrong>Xingones Cantina\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.theacoakland.com/\">\u003cstrong>Athletic Club Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fan groups like the \u003cstrong>Valqueeries\u003c/strong>, which is for queer WNBA fans, often host watch parties for away games at local bars like Mother in the Mission District. You can get updates for the next event on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/valqueeries/\">Valqueeries’ Instagram\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story originally published on Sept. 12, and contains reporting from KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">\u003cem>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Playoffs start on Sunday. Read on to find out where you can follow the game in the coming weeks, whether it is on TV, bars or at San José’s SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’re new to basketball but want to join the Bay Area hype after the team’s big milestone, don’t worry — we’ve got a quick explainer below on what playoffs are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047885/how-to-be-a-valkyries-fan-a-beginners-guide-to-bay-area-wnba-fandom\">a comprehensive guide\u003c/a> to the world of the WNBA and fan culture in the Bay Area for new viewers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1873px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040691\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-53_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1873\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-53_qed.jpg 1873w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-53_qed-800x569.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-53_qed-1020x726.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-53_qed-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-53_qed-1536x1093.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1873px) 100vw, 1873px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans pose for a photo outside of Chase Center, following the WNBA game between the Golden State Valkyries and the Los Angeles Sparks on May 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>So, what \u003cem>are \u003c/em>playoffs?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After a regular season of basketball, the top eight WNBA teams compete in a tournament. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnba.com/standings\">team\u003c/a> standings are:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Minnesota Lynx\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Las Vegas Aces\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Atlanta Dream\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Phoenix Mercury\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>New York Liberty\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Indiana Fever\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Seattle Storm\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Golden State Valkyries\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Dates and times are subject to change — or even canceled altogether — depending on how the games go, but the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnba.com/news/2025-playoffs-and-finals-dates\">tentative schedule\u003c/a> in Pacific Standard Time is \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnba.com/schedule?season=2025&month=all\">as follows\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 1\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>Sunday at 10 a.m. on ESPN: Golden State Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx in Minneapolis\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sunday noon on ABC: Indiana Fever vs. Atlanta Dream\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sunday at 2 p.m. on ESPN: New York Liberty vs. Phoenix Mercury\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sunday at 7 p.m. on ESPN: Seattle Storm vs. Las Vegas Aces\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN: Atlanta Dream vs. Indiana Fever\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN: Las Vegas Aces vs. Seattle Storm\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Wednesday at 5 p.m. on ESPN: Phoenix Mercury vs. New York Liberty\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Wednesday at 7 p.m. on ESPN: Minnesota Lynx vs. Golden State Valkyries in San Jose\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 18 on ESPN2: Seattle Storm vs. Las Vegas Aces\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 18 on ESPN2: Indiana Fever vs. Atlanta Dream\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sept. 19. on ESPN2: Golden State Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx in Minneapolis\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 19. on ESPN2: New York Liberty vs. Phoenix Mercury\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Semifinals\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sept. 21 at 3 p.m. on ABC\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 21 at 5 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 23 at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 26 at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 28 at TBD on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 28 at 3 p.m. on ABC\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 30 at TBD on ESPNU\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 30 at TBD on ESPNU\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Finals\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Finals 1: Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finals 2: Oct. 5 at 3 p.m. on ABC\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finals 3: Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finals 4: Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finals 5: Oct. 12 at 3 p.m. on TBD\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finals 6: Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finals 7: Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. on ESPN\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“[The] Valkyries have really attracted people [who] have never even watched basketball. And so there’s a learning curve,” said Hutchinson-Szekely’s co-host and fellow teacher, Raina Mast. “Normalize being confused. The structure is confusing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Essentially, Mast and Hutchinson-Szekely explained, each of the eight teams will play their first game on Sunday. In the first round, the highest-seeded teams face the lowest-seeded teams in a best-of-three series. The Valkyries will be facing the Minnesota Lynx, a team they have \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/wnba/team/schedule/_/name/min/minnesota-lynx\">not beaten before\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040673\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1943px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040673\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1943\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed.jpg 1943w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed-1536x1054.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250516_ValkyriesHomeOpener_GC-63_qed-1920x1317.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1943px) 100vw, 1943px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden State Valkyries guard Tiffany Hayes (15) advances toward the basket during the Valkyries’ home opener at Chase Center on May 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the second round, the four remaining teams play a best-of-five series. In the finals, the last two teams compete in a best-of-five series for the championship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may see in sports coverage where people refer to a “2-2-1-1” structure. That basically designates where the games are played. So, the first “2” means the first two games are played on the stronger team’s home court. The next “2” means the following two games are played on the weaker team’s home court. And so on.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where can I watch the games?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>ESPN, ESPN2, ESNPU and ABC will be showing the games on TV. You can also get access to the channels through platforms like \u003ca href=\"https://tv.youtube.com/learn/wnba/\">YouTube TV\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.fubo.tv/welcome\">Fubo\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Watch the game in person\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For fans hoping to see the game in person, know that any Valkyries home games will not be played at Chase Center — better known as “Ballhalla” — where every regular-season home game has \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/valkyries/status/1964507585060753897\">sold out\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, the Valkyries will be playing their first playoff home game on Wednesday at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sapcenter.com/news/detail/sap-center-to-host-first-evergolden-state-valkyrieswnba-playoff-game#:~:text=SAP%20Center%20at%20San%20Jose,Harlem%20Globetrotters%20(multiple%20years).\">San José’s SAP Center\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Jess Smith, president of the Golden State Valkyries, announced the arena change to season ticket holders after the team won the Sept. 4 game that secured their spot in the playoffs. Smith said that Chase Center was booked for a tennis tournament years in advance, before the Bay was given a WNBA team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re already working to ensure our playoff scheduling is protected going forward to prevent scheduling conflicts for future playoff runs in Ballhalla,” the letter reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news left some fans frustrated, considering that being \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/valkyries-move-first-playoff-game-to-san-jose-21032074.php\">pushed out of their home \u003c/a>arena has happened to WNBA teams in the past. As Breanna Stewart, a player and vice president for the Women’s National Basketball Players Association, said to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/valkyries-move-first-playoff-game-to-san-jose-21032074.php\">SFGate\u003c/a>, “You don’t see it happening with the NBA.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coach Natalie Nakase, for her part, said \u003ca href=\"https://www.si.com/wnba/valkyries/valkyries-coach-opens-up-about-unfortunate-playoff-situation\">in a press conference\u003c/a> that the Valkyries are still playing in their territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if we’re in San José, that’s still considered the Bay. We know that they’re going to travel, our fans are going to come,” she said. “For us, we’re still at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to get to SAP Center\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you have never been to SAP Center, you’re in luck: downtown San José is very well connected by several public transit agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re coming from the city’s Eastside, you can take the light rail VTA from Alum Rock station straight to San José-Diridon, which is only one block away from SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055677\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055677\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/SAPCenterGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/SAPCenterGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/SAPCenterGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/SAPCenterGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The SAP Center sports arena in San José, California, on July 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caltrain — which runs from San Francisco through San Mateo County to the South Bay — also stops at San José-Diridon. According to a Caltrain news release, the #416 southbound will feature a Valkyries-themed car, giving passengers the chance to win free merch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coming in from the East Bay? You can take BART and get off at Berryessa/North San José station and then get on a VTA bus — specifically the Rapid 500 line — which will quickly take you straight to SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind that public transportation in San José does not run the whole night. So if you are getting home through transit, be sure of when the last train or bus runs so you don’t get stranded. You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/trip-planner/view\">trip planners\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">help\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/transit\">mark your route\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Watch the game at a bar\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are unable to make it to a game, there are\u003ca href=\"https://wnbaroughnotes.substack.com/p/rough-notes-guide-to-wnba-watch-parties\"> bars and restaurants in the Bay\u003c/a> that show women’s sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will likely be more parties announced as we get closer to the Valkyries’ first game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>If you can’t get into SAP Center but still want to join the fun, an \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/valkyries/p/DOrhA63kuYt/\">official block party\u003c/a> will take place outside from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kalwpublicmedia/p/DOrp8-AjjSf/\">\u003cstrong>KALW\u003c/strong> in San Francisco\u003c/a> is hosting a watch party, complete with free pizza.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thenewparkway.com/\">\u003cstrong>The New Parkway Theater\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in Oakland is showing Wednesday’s game.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/events/?artist=GSV\">\u003cstrong>Thrive City \u003c/strong>\u003c/a> (the venue connected to Chase Center) hosted a free watch party for Sunday’s game.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13977457/rikkis-first-womens-sports-bar-bay-area-open-castro-sf-valkyries\">\u003cstrong>Rikki’s\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s Castro District (the city’s first bar dedicated to women’s sports)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.zekisbar.com/\">\u003cstrong>Zeki’s Bar\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/whitehorsebar/?hl=en\">\u003cstrong>White Horse\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://line51beer.com/\">\u003cstrong>Line 51 Brewing\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/georgeandwaltsbar/?hl=en\">\u003cstrong>George & Walt’s\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://xingones.com/\">\u003cstrong>Xingones Cantina\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.theacoakland.com/\">\u003cstrong>Athletic Club Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fan groups like the \u003cstrong>Valqueeries\u003c/strong>, which is for queer WNBA fans, often host watch parties for away games at local bars like Mother in the Mission District. 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"content": "\u003cp>When U.S. National Park Service staff found out this spring that they were being instructed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049405/muir-woods-national-monument-exhibit-removal-trump-executive-order-national-parks-history-under-construction-sticky-notes\">scrub entire parks of any materials that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living”\u003c/a> reactions among workers ranged from disbelief to anger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes I’m raging. Sometimes I’m in denial,” said one park superintendent, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation and losing their job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It had already been a chaotic year for national parks under President Donald Trump’s second administration. First came the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030343/layoffs-have-hit-the-beloved-national-park-service-how-will-it-affect-your-visit\">attempt to fire thousands of employees\u003c/a> of the National Park Service and impose a hiring freeze — followed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-funding-cuts-to-national-parks-may-harm-the-communities-around-them\">threats to cut billions in funding\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12046147/incredibly-short-sighted-land-conservation-groups-rally-against-gop-proposal-to-sell-off-public-lands-like-tahoe\">sell off federal lands\u003c/a>, including some less popular \u003ca href=\"https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-plan-could-offload-hundreds-of-national-park-sites-to-states/\">national parks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in March, Trump issued an executive order called “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049405/muir-woods-national-monument-exhibit-removal-trump-executive-order-national-parks-history-under-construction-sticky-notes\">Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History\u003c/a>.” It ordered staff working at all National Park Service locations to remove any content that casts Americans in a negative light from parks, monuments and memorials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s thrown staff into further chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029489\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer for the National Park Service welcomes visitors at the Exploration Center in Yosemite Valley, at Yosemite National Park on March 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/AFP via Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Things that would normally take us years to do, like exhibit development, we’re trying to figure out how to wholesale make changes that many of us are morally opposed to in weeks,” the anonymous superintendent said. “It’s kind of wild.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many parks staffers are wary of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053078/yosemite-biologist-fired-after-hanging-transgender-pride-flag-from-el-capitan\">speaking up\u003c/a> on the record. “There’s worry and fear that telling the truth can get them in trouble,” said Neal Desai, Pacific regional director for the National Parks Conservation Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the nation, from Yosemite National Park in California to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., staff are now grappling with what the anonymous superintendent called a “Herculean” task: Inspect, document and potentially change or cover up thousands of signs ahead of a looming September deadline from the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, \u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em> reported that the Trump administration has already ordered \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/15/national-parks-slavery-information-removal/\">the removal of exhibits related to slavery at multiple parks\u003c/a>, including at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park in West Virginia and the President’s House Site in Philadelphia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staff and advocates at California’s iconic national parks say they’re especially worried about the potential threat to the state’s cultural memory — and that the very nature of historical truth is now at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#contact-author\">Want to contact this story’s author?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Chaos and confusion\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/\">Trump’s order\u003c/a> addressed what it called a “distorted narrative” about American history — one the White House claimed was permeating the country’s national parks, monuments and other federal institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In demanding the signage review, Trump instructed parks staff to “focus on the greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people” and “the beauty, abundance, and grandeur of the American landscape.”[aside postID=news_12049405 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Muir-Woods-Exhibit-1.png']“Interpretive materials that disproportionately emphasize negative aspects of U.S. history or historical figures, without acknowledging broader context or national progress, can unintentionally distort understanding rather than enrich it,” the National Park Service told KQED in an emailed statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dismay and disbelief among park staff were instantaneous. “This is the fascist playbook,” said one park ranger, who also wished to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation. “You silence the voices that are inconvenient to you, and you control history, you control the narratives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum\u003ca href=\"https://www.doi.gov/document-library/secretary-order/so-3431-restoring-truth-and-sanity-american-history\"> doubled down on Trump’s order in May\u003c/a>, further instructing parks to report on any statues or monuments that had been \u003cem>removed \u003c/em>since 2020 at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, including Confederate monuments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waysigns, interpretive signs, exhibits, brochures, films screened within park buildings, even merchandise sold in park kiosks and bookstores — according to the orders, all of it had to be entered into a federal database for the government’s review. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/06/10/nx-s1-5429773/national-park-service-signs\">Staff were also ordered to post new signs around parks land\u003c/a> urging the public to submit feedback online about parks and their signage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Frankly, it’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen in this country,” California Rep. Jared Huffman, who serves on the House Committee on Natural Resources, told KQED. In August, Huffman \u003ca href=\"https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/doc/FINAL_Format_Opposition%20to%20Censorship%20at%20NPS.pdf\">co-authored a letter\u003c/a> in response to the White House’s orders, requesting the rationale for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056560/north-bay-lawmaker-calls-out-trump-for-whitewashing-national-parks\">“ongoing efforts to rewrite history,”\u003c/a> and asking for more information about \u003cem>who \u003c/em>within the federal government would ultimately decide what can or can’t go in national parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055103\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-04-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055103\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inspiration Point overlook in the Presidio of San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025, looks out over the Bay and Alcatraz. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And in a state with as many parks resources and visitorship as California, the orders required a particularly enormous undertaking. The state has nine major national parks — the most of any state across the country — including Yosemite and Joshua Tree, each of which regularly receives 3 to 4 million visitors annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not to mention \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm?s=CA&ps=21\">the dozens of smaller national historic landmarks, smaller parks, monuments and historic trails\u003c/a> on a scale matched only by Washington, D.C., including Alcatraz, the Presidio and Fort Point just in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Unknown judges, unclear timeline\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Who exactly within the federal government would make the final decisions on thousands of signs — covering hundreds of years of history — remains unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huffman said he has yet to receive any response to the Committee on Natural Resources’ queries. And the NPS did not respond to KQED’s query on who is evaluating submissions, saying only that they are done “manually.”[aside postID=news_12030343 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2-1020x681.jpg']As first \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/climate/national-parks-trump-americans-censorship.html\">reported by \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the federal government originally told parks they’d know which exhibits were slated for removal by Wednesday. The anonymous superintendent said staff were initially told that a panel of subject matter experts would issue a memo on what should ultimately be removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in mid-August, they were told they’d instead only “receive an email that identified which submissions were in conflict, but not tell us what exactly was considered problematic or why,” the superintendent said. And when the emails came, they didn’t make clear exactly \u003cem>when \u003c/em>staff should pull down any material that had been, in the government’s words, “found to be out of conformance.” (The NPS did not respond to KQED’s questions about the timeline for removals.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the confusing rollout has put the onus on parks staff to “determine what someone thought was in conflict” with the order, the superintendent said, and then decide themselves how to move forward in a way they think the federal government wants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Which is really frustrating,” they said. “Do we change a word in a sentence, or do we take down a whole exhibit? Or somewhere in between?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one of the first high-profile examples of such removal has already happened here in California — offering insight into the kind of history that’s being targeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Change already comes for California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With its towering redwoods, Muir Woods National Monument is one of California’s most popular parks, with annual visitorship of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/muwo/planyourvisit/reservations.htm#:~:text=In%20the%20last%20decade%20Muir,thereby%20improving%20the%20visitor%20experience.\">more than a million people.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Muir Woods park rangers developed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049405/muir-woods-national-monument-exhibit-removal-trump-executive-order-national-parks-history-under-construction-sticky-notes\">an exhibit called “History Under Construction,”\u003c/a> which took the form of sticky notes placed on a permanent sign. The sticky notes represented an effort to add context to the park’s history, highlighting the foundational roles of women and Indigenous people in its creation and the oftentimes racist and violent past of its more notable founders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine Lehnertz, president & CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, stands in Muir Woods National Monument on Sept. 12, 2025. The park is home to some of the last remaining stands of old-growth coast redwoods in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Part of our duty in the National Park Service is to tell the full story” of Muir Woods’ stewardship, the exhibit read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in mid-July, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049405/muir-woods-national-monument-exhibit-removal-trump-executive-order-national-parks-history-under-construction-sticky-notes\">Muir Woods staff removed the sticky note exhibit altogether\u003c/a>, with a spokesperson for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area confirming its removal was prompted by Trump’s executive order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The swiftness of the Muir Woods removal was jarring to some observers. “We were surprised that changes happened at Muir Woods so quickly,” said Chris Lehnertz, president and CEO of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/\">Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy\u003c/a>, the nonprofit partner of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/index.htm\">Golden Gate National Recreation Area\u003c/a>, which manages Muir Woods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Muir Woods removal was ordered by a higher-up outside of the park, according to Lehnertz and an anonymous source with knowledge of the exhibit’s development. The National Park Service did not reply to KQED’s request for confirmation of the directive’s source.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government has yet to make widespread directives to parks staff to enact removals. Yet preemptive changes within other national parks have already been witnessed — with apparent anxiety over landing in the White House’s crosshairs even pre-dating the “Restoring Truth and Sanity” executive order.[aside postID=news_12049014 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/S_ElYose1_ENLARGED.jpg']As \u003ca href=\"https://www.resistancerangers.org/rangers-uncensored\">documented by the Resistance Rangers advocacy group\u003c/a>, the website for New York’s \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/diff/20250526052358/20250604180857/https:/www.nps.gov/ston/learn/historyculture.htm\">Stonewall National Monument\u003c/a> was altered in February to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/14/g-s1-48923/stonewall-monument-transgender-park-service\">remove references to transgender people\u003c/a>. Language on other national park websites was removed in February and then restored, including information about \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/politics/national-park-service-harriet-tubman-underground-railroad-dei.html\">abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman\u003c/a> on an NPS webpage about the Underground Railroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://richmondside.org/2025/02/04/rosie-riveter-museum-temporarily-removes-lgbtq-exhibit/\">as reported by \u003cem>Richmondside,\u003c/em>\u003c/a> a handful of staff members at \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/rori/index.htm\">Rosie the Riveter World War II Homefront National Historic Park\u003c/a> briefly removed an exhibit focused on the LGBTQ+ history of the region right after Trump’s inauguration in January, before putting it back up a few days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an anxious time to be a superintendent,” Lehnertz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donna Graves, an independent historian who helped develop the Rosie the Riveter Park back in 2000, said Rosie is the kind of national park site where “inclusive storytelling permeates every aspect of the exhibits in the visitor center, the handouts, the films that are shown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parks staff found themselves in a quandary, said Graves, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053628/richmond-rally-national-parks-trump-white-house-rosie-the-riveter-world-war-ii-homefront\">who organized a rally against the order in August\u003c/a>. Should employees submit every piece of content in the park for federal review, “seeing it as sort of flooding the zone”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Others took the stance of, ‘Well, we’re not ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/\">\u003cem>inappropriately’\u003c/em>\u003c/a> disparaging anybody. We think what we’re doing is appropriate,’” Graves said. “So they did not report any content.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Hard history’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The idea of taking a second look at history isn’t actually new for the National Park Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lehnertz said when Jonathan Jarvis was parks director from 2009 to 2017, he made a sweeping effort to broaden the narratives on display, shifting from a previous focus on military and political history to including individuals’ stories, expanding the timeline to before the country’s founding and “opening up the story” of American history, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNAGE-MD-07_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055735\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNAGE-MD-07_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNAGE-MD-07_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNAGE-MD-07_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNAGE-MD-07_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Jarvis sits outside of his home in Pinole on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jarvis, she said, “helped us understand that the preamble to the Constitution — ‘We, the people’ — means ‘We, \u003cem>all \u003c/em>the people; we, \u003cem>all \u003c/em>the stories.’ And that means hard history sometimes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, the Trump administration’s approach to revisiting history “isn’t an honest exercise,” argued National Parks Conservation Association’s Desai.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s premeditated — there’s a goal in mind at the end,” Desai said. “They’re not really looking at all these things in a critical way or in a scholarly way. It’s about: ‘We want to erase certain parts of history, and clamp down on the Park Service from providing Americans with a full picture.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jarvis — who lives in Contra Costa County after retiring from NPS — agreed. Had he still been at the helm of national parks, Jarvis said, he’d have “gone upstairs and told them this was a really stupid idea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just the task of it in of itself is completely daunting,” he said. “To think that there’s going to be somebody back there with either the intelligence — or the capacity — to somehow give a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to a sign that is in some visitor center in \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/dino/index.htm\">Dinosaur National Monument\u003c/a> that talks about evolution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s absurd,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Going backwards’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The federal government’s orders are forcing national parks around the country to review hundreds of years of history — events that often sharply illustrate the human cost of that state’s development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In states including \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pennsylvania\u003c/span>, Florida, Tennessee and Louisiana, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/trump-national-park-service-history-changes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU8.pD7e.gGRCQPevwA7m&smid=url-share\">staff have been asked to flag mentions of slavery\u003c/a> for possible removal.[aside postID=news_12054083 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1020x681.jpg']In California, where the arrival of white settlers in the 1840s and the subsequent Gold Rush sparked \u003ca href=\"https://www.history.com/articles/native-american-genocide-california-apology\">a decades-long genocide of Native Americans\u003c/a> that killed tens of thousands of people, parks staffers must decide how to deal with this state’s painful history around its Indigenous communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Sharaya Souza, co-founder of the \u003ca href=\"https://americanindianculturaldistrict.org/\">American Indian Cultural District in San Francisco\u003c/a> who previously served on the \u003ca href=\"https://nahc.ca.gov/\">California Native American Heritage Commission\u003c/a>, first heard about the changes National Park Service staff had made to their own Muir Woods “History Under Construction” exhibit, she said she was “sad but not surprised.” (Souza spoke to KQED on her own behalf and not for the organizations she works with.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Souza, who is Taos Pueblo, Ute and Kiowa — in addition to being of both Spanish and Brazilian heritage — also pointed out just how small the additions acknowledging Indigenous history on the NPS sign had been. “That’s all [Native people] got: Post-it notes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Souza has worked to elevate Indigenous history across the Bay Area — including a \u003ca href=\"https://americanindianculturaldistrict.org/indigenizesf\">current partnership with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\u003c/a>, which, via an effort known as placekeeping, aims to identify and reimagine statues, monuments and street names in the city that honor people who contributed to the genocide of Native Americans. This kind of work is “letting people know the full history of what happened here,” Souza said. “And yes, some of it was a hard history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11826151/how-do-we-heal-toppling-the-myth-of-junipero-serra\">The state’s history of violence toward its Native communities\u003c/a> has \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcn.org/issues/51-7/tribal-affairs-indigenous-educators-fight-for-an-accurate-history-of-california-missions/\">long gone ignored in California\u003c/a>, but in recent years, many national parks across California have \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/places/000/yosemite-museum.htm\">begun to acknowledge\u003c/a> that brutal history in their programming or signage — even though Souza said there’s still a long way to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And tribes’ relationships with the parks haven’t always been smooth either, advocate Morning Star Gali said. A member of the Ajumawi band of the Pit River Tribe and the founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.indigenousjustice.org/\">Indigenous Justice\u003c/a>, Gali is also the California Tribal and Community Liaison for the International Indian Treaty Council, coordinating the \u003ca href=\"https://www.iitc.org/2024-indigenous-peoples-day-alcatraz-sunrise-gathering/\">annual Sunrise Gathering for Alcatraz Island\u003c/a>. She has been driving work to \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2022/id/2571917\">remove racist place names\u003c/a> and add signage, particularly to NPS sites like Alcatraz, that acknowledge its Indigenous history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gali said that while staff and leadership at some parks have \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30927\">supported their efforts\u003c/a>, many are limited in the changes they can make — and others have dragged their feet in allowing tribes to access and use their sacred land or have scrutinized their practices and religious expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNS-MD-04-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055805\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNS-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNS-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNS-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNS-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morning Star Gali stands in front of Wahpepah’s Kitchen at Fruitvale Station in Oakland on Sept. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Where do we go when we’re shut out of our sacred places?” she said. “Where do we go when we’re no longer allowed into both state and federal sites?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Souza agreed: “We’ve kind of become \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Indian_in_the_Cupboard\">the Indian in the Cupboard\u003c/a>,” she said. “You take them out when you want to play with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But you put them back in the cupboard when it comes to actually elevating that truth-telling, and it’s out of some sort of fear that it’s going to increase ‘a sense of national shame,’” she said, \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/\">referencing the language used in Trump’s executive order\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a little afraid of the direction that we are going,” Souza said. “That we’re going backwards from all the progress that we’ve made over the years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A white nationalist effort’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another aspect of California history that many worry could be erased: the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These events are commemorated at the National Park Service’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm\">Manzanar National Historic Site\u003c/a> in the Eastern Sierra, where around 11,000 people were incarcerated. Around the country, well over \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/japanese-american-incarceration-during-ww2/asian-americans-video/\">100,000 people were imprisoned\u003c/a> this way.[aside postID=news_12047124 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Sonora-Pass-3-1-2000x1276.jpg']Survivors of Japanese American incarceration have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021919/bay-area-japanese-americans-draw-on-wwii-trauma-resist-deportation-threats\">among the most vocal\u003c/a> against the Trump administration’s detainment and deportation of immigrants, after the president used the same law deployed against them in the 1940s — the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5369579/supreme-court-block-deportations-venezuelans\">to attempt to deport Venezuelans being held at a Texas detention center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, advocates are worried the history they’ve fought so hard to tell \u003ca href=\"https://www.mammothtimes.com/news/never-again-is-now-day-of-action-held-in-defense-of-national-parks-history/article_3de956aa-c1ca-4e9d-b0ea-2ebc99f6031d.html\">will be at risk once again\u003c/a>. The story told at Manzanar is “a cautionary tale,” said Bruce Embrey, who co-chairs the Manzanar Committee that his mother, who was incarcerated at Manzanar, co-founded in 1970.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Embrey, the signage review at parks like Manzanar is “a white nationalist effort to erase our history,” he said — and he believes that “if they cannot rewrite the narrative of the Smithsonian or Manzanar or the various sites around this country, they will close them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lehnertz said it’s stories like those on display at Manzanar that are most needed in parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10614867\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614867\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks.jpg\" alt=\"A reconstructed barrack at the Manzanar National Historic Site, west of Death Valley.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1158\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks-400x241.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks-800x483.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks-1440x869.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks-1400x844.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks-1180x712.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks-960x579.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A reconstructed barrack at the Manzanar National Historic Site, west of Death Valley. \u003ccite>(Susan Valot)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The United States does not put its history into secret boxes,” she said. “It shares its history openly, and that’s what makes America great, is our willingness to sometimes disagree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And our willingness to commit resources to a rigorous understanding of history, even when it disagrees with our family’s experience of history,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An uncertain future\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Regardless of the federal government’s final decisions, many staffers are worried about the degrading effect that any hasty revision of information will have on the parks — and on visitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Normally, the anonymous superintendent said, they would work with historians, biologists and other subject matter experts to help develop park signage.[aside postID=news_12053628 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250825_ROSIE-THE-RIVETER-PROTEST-_-0006_GH-KQED.jpg']Signs also have to be accessible — often featuring braille or sitting at wheelchair height — and parks staff will often consult with tribal communities or descendants of the historical figure they’re writing about. Parks advocates have even argued the changes demanded by the executive order violate their \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/cultural-and-natural-resource-consultation.htm\">legal obligation to consult with tribes\u003c/a> before making significant changes to parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re talking millions of dollars here in terms of process and years of work to do a full exhibit, and the signage, and all the interpretive materials that go with,” former NPS leader Jarvis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the absence of those funds, covered-up signs will likely become a familiar sight to visitors, said Jesse Chakrin, the executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.peopleinparks.org/index.html\">Fund for People in Parks\u003c/a>. Chakrin’s group works with small or lesser-known parks in the West on elements like signage that aren’t typically funded by federal dollars — “a long and slow process,” which can cost up to $5,000 for a single sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an era of reduced staffing, Chakrin said, these signs “may be the only way that a visitor actually better understands the park location that they’re in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Chakrin’s biggest concern is that even if no more sign removal orders ever materialize, the order is so broad — and the penalties so nebulous — that parks staff will simply self-censor out of fear of retribution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-42-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055812\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-42-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-42-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-42-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-42-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to Muir Woods National Monument on Sept. 12, 2025. Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the monument protects one of the last old-growth coast redwood forests in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People will stop telling full and complete stories,” he said. “People will start to think about the ways that they can be careful so as to not offend.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This puts parks staff in a moral quandary, Jarvis said, with many feeling the order runs counter to the park service’s mission “to tell these stories authentically and based on the best scholarship in science.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s essentially a violation of that responsibility,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Visitors speak up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Amid all this turmoil, staff and advocates say that visitors have yet to see the biggest effects of the orders. Nonprofit partners like “friends” groups have been backfilling a lot of public-facing roles, as have seasonal staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Visitors aren’t really seeing the full impact because of this veneer, this facade, of keeping parks ‘open and accessible’,” the superintendent said — referring to \u003ca href=\"https://www.doi.gov/document-library/secretary-order/so-3426-ensuring-national-parks-are-open-and-accessible\">another secretarial order\u003c/a> that mandates parks keep functioning even amid \u003ca href=\"https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/02/what-the-hiring-freeze-means-for-the-national-park-service-as-it-was-just-about-to-start-finding-seasonal-employees/\">severe staffing shortages\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12053078 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/YosemiteTransFlagGetty.jpg']“Meanwhile, everything on the back end is falling apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing that might give parks staff solace: Across California, the federally mandated signs urging the public to join the review of parks signage have so far not borne much fruit for the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a copy of the public submissions received by California parks and provided to KQED by the National Parks Conservation Association, out of around 300 entries across the state’s national parks sites from June and July of this year, just four were elevated for review — all of which critiqued the Muir Woods “History Under Construction” exhibit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A handful of others alerted parks staff to infrastructure issues with bathrooms or fading signs that need replacing. But nearly all of the rest of the submissions were either in praise of rangers and parks staff or offering complimentary views of existing signage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And hundreds of public comments were submitted specifically in protest of the signage order — commending displays at parks that highlighted Indigenous history and climate change. Manzanar, especially, wrote one visitor, “is an example that the beauty and grandeur of our constitution can never be taken for granted,” making reference to \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/\">the language of Trump’s executive order\u003c/a>. Another comment about Yosemite urged parks staff to “continue to educate people about the Native Americans who were displaced in this area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053665\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053665\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250825_ROSIE-THE-RIVETER-PROTEST-_-0002_GH-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250825_ROSIE-THE-RIVETER-PROTEST-_-0002_GH-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250825_ROSIE-THE-RIVETER-PROTEST-_-0002_GH-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250825_ROSIE-THE-RIVETER-PROTEST-_-0002_GH-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters line the walkway with signs spelling “Protect Our Park” during the National Parks Conservation Association’s Day of Action at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, on Aug. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Parks advocates said the results of the public submissions give them hope that, amid everything, park visitors see the value in telling the whole story of American history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“History aims to improve the nation by learning the lessons of the past,” Lehnertz said. “And the openness of any individual American to learning that, in my experience, has been 99% to 1%.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or as Graves put it: “They’ve said over and over — ‘We want to know the whole truth. Don’t dumb down our history.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"contact-author\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Reporter Sarah Wright can be securely reached on Signal: @sarahfbw.153\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in March, Trump issued an executive order called “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049405/muir-woods-national-monument-exhibit-removal-trump-executive-order-national-parks-history-under-construction-sticky-notes\">Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History\u003c/a>.” It ordered staff working at all National Park Service locations to remove any content that casts Americans in a negative light from parks, monuments and memorials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s thrown staff into further chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029489\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer for the National Park Service welcomes visitors at the Exploration Center in Yosemite Valley, at Yosemite National Park on March 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/AFP via Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Things that would normally take us years to do, like exhibit development, we’re trying to figure out how to wholesale make changes that many of us are morally opposed to in weeks,” the anonymous superintendent said. “It’s kind of wild.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many parks staffers are wary of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053078/yosemite-biologist-fired-after-hanging-transgender-pride-flag-from-el-capitan\">speaking up\u003c/a> on the record. “There’s worry and fear that telling the truth can get them in trouble,” said Neal Desai, Pacific regional director for the National Parks Conservation Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the nation, from Yosemite National Park in California to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., staff are now grappling with what the anonymous superintendent called a “Herculean” task: Inspect, document and potentially change or cover up thousands of signs ahead of a looming September deadline from the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, \u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em> reported that the Trump administration has already ordered \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/15/national-parks-slavery-information-removal/\">the removal of exhibits related to slavery at multiple parks\u003c/a>, including at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park in West Virginia and the President’s House Site in Philadelphia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staff and advocates at California’s iconic national parks say they’re especially worried about the potential threat to the state’s cultural memory — and that the very nature of historical truth is now at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#contact-author\">Want to contact this story’s author?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Chaos and confusion\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/\">Trump’s order\u003c/a> addressed what it called a “distorted narrative” about American history — one the White House claimed was permeating the country’s national parks, monuments and other federal institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In demanding the signage review, Trump instructed parks staff to “focus on the greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people” and “the beauty, abundance, and grandeur of the American landscape.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Interpretive materials that disproportionately emphasize negative aspects of U.S. history or historical figures, without acknowledging broader context or national progress, can unintentionally distort understanding rather than enrich it,” the National Park Service told KQED in an emailed statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dismay and disbelief among park staff were instantaneous. “This is the fascist playbook,” said one park ranger, who also wished to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation. “You silence the voices that are inconvenient to you, and you control history, you control the narratives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum\u003ca href=\"https://www.doi.gov/document-library/secretary-order/so-3431-restoring-truth-and-sanity-american-history\"> doubled down on Trump’s order in May\u003c/a>, further instructing parks to report on any statues or monuments that had been \u003cem>removed \u003c/em>since 2020 at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, including Confederate monuments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waysigns, interpretive signs, exhibits, brochures, films screened within park buildings, even merchandise sold in park kiosks and bookstores — according to the orders, all of it had to be entered into a federal database for the government’s review. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/06/10/nx-s1-5429773/national-park-service-signs\">Staff were also ordered to post new signs around parks land\u003c/a> urging the public to submit feedback online about parks and their signage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Frankly, it’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen in this country,” California Rep. Jared Huffman, who serves on the House Committee on Natural Resources, told KQED. In August, Huffman \u003ca href=\"https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/doc/FINAL_Format_Opposition%20to%20Censorship%20at%20NPS.pdf\">co-authored a letter\u003c/a> in response to the White House’s orders, requesting the rationale for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056560/north-bay-lawmaker-calls-out-trump-for-whitewashing-national-parks\">“ongoing efforts to rewrite history,”\u003c/a> and asking for more information about \u003cem>who \u003c/em>within the federal government would ultimately decide what can or can’t go in national parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055103\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-04-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055103\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inspiration Point overlook in the Presidio of San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025, looks out over the Bay and Alcatraz. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And in a state with as many parks resources and visitorship as California, the orders required a particularly enormous undertaking. The state has nine major national parks — the most of any state across the country — including Yosemite and Joshua Tree, each of which regularly receives 3 to 4 million visitors annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not to mention \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm?s=CA&ps=21\">the dozens of smaller national historic landmarks, smaller parks, monuments and historic trails\u003c/a> on a scale matched only by Washington, D.C., including Alcatraz, the Presidio and Fort Point just in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Unknown judges, unclear timeline\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Who exactly within the federal government would make the final decisions on thousands of signs — covering hundreds of years of history — remains unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huffman said he has yet to receive any response to the Committee on Natural Resources’ queries. And the NPS did not respond to KQED’s query on who is evaluating submissions, saying only that they are done “manually.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>As first \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/climate/national-parks-trump-americans-censorship.html\">reported by \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the federal government originally told parks they’d know which exhibits were slated for removal by Wednesday. The anonymous superintendent said staff were initially told that a panel of subject matter experts would issue a memo on what should ultimately be removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in mid-August, they were told they’d instead only “receive an email that identified which submissions were in conflict, but not tell us what exactly was considered problematic or why,” the superintendent said. And when the emails came, they didn’t make clear exactly \u003cem>when \u003c/em>staff should pull down any material that had been, in the government’s words, “found to be out of conformance.” (The NPS did not respond to KQED’s questions about the timeline for removals.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the confusing rollout has put the onus on parks staff to “determine what someone thought was in conflict” with the order, the superintendent said, and then decide themselves how to move forward in a way they think the federal government wants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Which is really frustrating,” they said. “Do we change a word in a sentence, or do we take down a whole exhibit? Or somewhere in between?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one of the first high-profile examples of such removal has already happened here in California — offering insight into the kind of history that’s being targeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Change already comes for California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With its towering redwoods, Muir Woods National Monument is one of California’s most popular parks, with annual visitorship of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/muwo/planyourvisit/reservations.htm#:~:text=In%20the%20last%20decade%20Muir,thereby%20improving%20the%20visitor%20experience.\">more than a million people.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Muir Woods park rangers developed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049405/muir-woods-national-monument-exhibit-removal-trump-executive-order-national-parks-history-under-construction-sticky-notes\">an exhibit called “History Under Construction,”\u003c/a> which took the form of sticky notes placed on a permanent sign. The sticky notes represented an effort to add context to the park’s history, highlighting the foundational roles of women and Indigenous people in its creation and the oftentimes racist and violent past of its more notable founders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine Lehnertz, president & CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, stands in Muir Woods National Monument on Sept. 12, 2025. The park is home to some of the last remaining stands of old-growth coast redwoods in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Part of our duty in the National Park Service is to tell the full story” of Muir Woods’ stewardship, the exhibit read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in mid-July, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049405/muir-woods-national-monument-exhibit-removal-trump-executive-order-national-parks-history-under-construction-sticky-notes\">Muir Woods staff removed the sticky note exhibit altogether\u003c/a>, with a spokesperson for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area confirming its removal was prompted by Trump’s executive order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The swiftness of the Muir Woods removal was jarring to some observers. “We were surprised that changes happened at Muir Woods so quickly,” said Chris Lehnertz, president and CEO of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/\">Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy\u003c/a>, the nonprofit partner of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/index.htm\">Golden Gate National Recreation Area\u003c/a>, which manages Muir Woods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Muir Woods removal was ordered by a higher-up outside of the park, according to Lehnertz and an anonymous source with knowledge of the exhibit’s development. The National Park Service did not reply to KQED’s request for confirmation of the directive’s source.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government has yet to make widespread directives to parks staff to enact removals. Yet preemptive changes within other national parks have already been witnessed — with apparent anxiety over landing in the White House’s crosshairs even pre-dating the “Restoring Truth and Sanity” executive order.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.resistancerangers.org/rangers-uncensored\">documented by the Resistance Rangers advocacy group\u003c/a>, the website for New York’s \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/diff/20250526052358/20250604180857/https:/www.nps.gov/ston/learn/historyculture.htm\">Stonewall National Monument\u003c/a> was altered in February to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/14/g-s1-48923/stonewall-monument-transgender-park-service\">remove references to transgender people\u003c/a>. Language on other national park websites was removed in February and then restored, including information about \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/politics/national-park-service-harriet-tubman-underground-railroad-dei.html\">abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman\u003c/a> on an NPS webpage about the Underground Railroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://richmondside.org/2025/02/04/rosie-riveter-museum-temporarily-removes-lgbtq-exhibit/\">as reported by \u003cem>Richmondside,\u003c/em>\u003c/a> a handful of staff members at \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/rori/index.htm\">Rosie the Riveter World War II Homefront National Historic Park\u003c/a> briefly removed an exhibit focused on the LGBTQ+ history of the region right after Trump’s inauguration in January, before putting it back up a few days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an anxious time to be a superintendent,” Lehnertz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donna Graves, an independent historian who helped develop the Rosie the Riveter Park back in 2000, said Rosie is the kind of national park site where “inclusive storytelling permeates every aspect of the exhibits in the visitor center, the handouts, the films that are shown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parks staff found themselves in a quandary, said Graves, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053628/richmond-rally-national-parks-trump-white-house-rosie-the-riveter-world-war-ii-homefront\">who organized a rally against the order in August\u003c/a>. Should employees submit every piece of content in the park for federal review, “seeing it as sort of flooding the zone”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Others took the stance of, ‘Well, we’re not ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/\">\u003cem>inappropriately’\u003c/em>\u003c/a> disparaging anybody. We think what we’re doing is appropriate,’” Graves said. “So they did not report any content.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Hard history’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The idea of taking a second look at history isn’t actually new for the National Park Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lehnertz said when Jonathan Jarvis was parks director from 2009 to 2017, he made a sweeping effort to broaden the narratives on display, shifting from a previous focus on military and political history to including individuals’ stories, expanding the timeline to before the country’s founding and “opening up the story” of American history, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNAGE-MD-07_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055735\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNAGE-MD-07_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNAGE-MD-07_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNAGE-MD-07_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNAGE-MD-07_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Jarvis sits outside of his home in Pinole on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jarvis, she said, “helped us understand that the preamble to the Constitution — ‘We, the people’ — means ‘We, \u003cem>all \u003c/em>the people; we, \u003cem>all \u003c/em>the stories.’ And that means hard history sometimes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, the Trump administration’s approach to revisiting history “isn’t an honest exercise,” argued National Parks Conservation Association’s Desai.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s premeditated — there’s a goal in mind at the end,” Desai said. “They’re not really looking at all these things in a critical way or in a scholarly way. It’s about: ‘We want to erase certain parts of history, and clamp down on the Park Service from providing Americans with a full picture.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jarvis — who lives in Contra Costa County after retiring from NPS — agreed. Had he still been at the helm of national parks, Jarvis said, he’d have “gone upstairs and told them this was a really stupid idea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just the task of it in of itself is completely daunting,” he said. “To think that there’s going to be somebody back there with either the intelligence — or the capacity — to somehow give a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to a sign that is in some visitor center in \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/dino/index.htm\">Dinosaur National Monument\u003c/a> that talks about evolution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s absurd,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Going backwards’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The federal government’s orders are forcing national parks around the country to review hundreds of years of history — events that often sharply illustrate the human cost of that state’s development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In states including \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pennsylvania\u003c/span>, Florida, Tennessee and Louisiana, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/trump-national-park-service-history-changes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU8.pD7e.gGRCQPevwA7m&smid=url-share\">staff have been asked to flag mentions of slavery\u003c/a> for possible removal.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In California, where the arrival of white settlers in the 1840s and the subsequent Gold Rush sparked \u003ca href=\"https://www.history.com/articles/native-american-genocide-california-apology\">a decades-long genocide of Native Americans\u003c/a> that killed tens of thousands of people, parks staffers must decide how to deal with this state’s painful history around its Indigenous communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Sharaya Souza, co-founder of the \u003ca href=\"https://americanindianculturaldistrict.org/\">American Indian Cultural District in San Francisco\u003c/a> who previously served on the \u003ca href=\"https://nahc.ca.gov/\">California Native American Heritage Commission\u003c/a>, first heard about the changes National Park Service staff had made to their own Muir Woods “History Under Construction” exhibit, she said she was “sad but not surprised.” (Souza spoke to KQED on her own behalf and not for the organizations she works with.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Souza, who is Taos Pueblo, Ute and Kiowa — in addition to being of both Spanish and Brazilian heritage — also pointed out just how small the additions acknowledging Indigenous history on the NPS sign had been. “That’s all [Native people] got: Post-it notes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Souza has worked to elevate Indigenous history across the Bay Area — including a \u003ca href=\"https://americanindianculturaldistrict.org/indigenizesf\">current partnership with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\u003c/a>, which, via an effort known as placekeeping, aims to identify and reimagine statues, monuments and street names in the city that honor people who contributed to the genocide of Native Americans. This kind of work is “letting people know the full history of what happened here,” Souza said. “And yes, some of it was a hard history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11826151/how-do-we-heal-toppling-the-myth-of-junipero-serra\">The state’s history of violence toward its Native communities\u003c/a> has \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcn.org/issues/51-7/tribal-affairs-indigenous-educators-fight-for-an-accurate-history-of-california-missions/\">long gone ignored in California\u003c/a>, but in recent years, many national parks across California have \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/places/000/yosemite-museum.htm\">begun to acknowledge\u003c/a> that brutal history in their programming or signage — even though Souza said there’s still a long way to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And tribes’ relationships with the parks haven’t always been smooth either, advocate Morning Star Gali said. A member of the Ajumawi band of the Pit River Tribe and the founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.indigenousjustice.org/\">Indigenous Justice\u003c/a>, Gali is also the California Tribal and Community Liaison for the International Indian Treaty Council, coordinating the \u003ca href=\"https://www.iitc.org/2024-indigenous-peoples-day-alcatraz-sunrise-gathering/\">annual Sunrise Gathering for Alcatraz Island\u003c/a>. She has been driving work to \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2022/id/2571917\">remove racist place names\u003c/a> and add signage, particularly to NPS sites like Alcatraz, that acknowledge its Indigenous history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gali said that while staff and leadership at some parks have \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30927\">supported their efforts\u003c/a>, many are limited in the changes they can make — and others have dragged their feet in allowing tribes to access and use their sacred land or have scrutinized their practices and religious expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNS-MD-04-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055805\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNS-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNS-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNS-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMP-PARK-SIGNS-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morning Star Gali stands in front of Wahpepah’s Kitchen at Fruitvale Station in Oakland on Sept. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Where do we go when we’re shut out of our sacred places?” she said. “Where do we go when we’re no longer allowed into both state and federal sites?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Souza agreed: “We’ve kind of become \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Indian_in_the_Cupboard\">the Indian in the Cupboard\u003c/a>,” she said. “You take them out when you want to play with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But you put them back in the cupboard when it comes to actually elevating that truth-telling, and it’s out of some sort of fear that it’s going to increase ‘a sense of national shame,’” she said, \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/\">referencing the language used in Trump’s executive order\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a little afraid of the direction that we are going,” Souza said. “That we’re going backwards from all the progress that we’ve made over the years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A white nationalist effort’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another aspect of California history that many worry could be erased: the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These events are commemorated at the National Park Service’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm\">Manzanar National Historic Site\u003c/a> in the Eastern Sierra, where around 11,000 people were incarcerated. Around the country, well over \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/japanese-american-incarceration-during-ww2/asian-americans-video/\">100,000 people were imprisoned\u003c/a> this way.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Survivors of Japanese American incarceration have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021919/bay-area-japanese-americans-draw-on-wwii-trauma-resist-deportation-threats\">among the most vocal\u003c/a> against the Trump administration’s detainment and deportation of immigrants, after the president used the same law deployed against them in the 1940s — the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5369579/supreme-court-block-deportations-venezuelans\">to attempt to deport Venezuelans being held at a Texas detention center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, advocates are worried the history they’ve fought so hard to tell \u003ca href=\"https://www.mammothtimes.com/news/never-again-is-now-day-of-action-held-in-defense-of-national-parks-history/article_3de956aa-c1ca-4e9d-b0ea-2ebc99f6031d.html\">will be at risk once again\u003c/a>. The story told at Manzanar is “a cautionary tale,” said Bruce Embrey, who co-chairs the Manzanar Committee that his mother, who was incarcerated at Manzanar, co-founded in 1970.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Embrey, the signage review at parks like Manzanar is “a white nationalist effort to erase our history,” he said — and he believes that “if they cannot rewrite the narrative of the Smithsonian or Manzanar or the various sites around this country, they will close them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lehnertz said it’s stories like those on display at Manzanar that are most needed in parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10614867\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614867\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks.jpg\" alt=\"A reconstructed barrack at the Manzanar National Historic Site, west of Death Valley.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1158\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks-400x241.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks-800x483.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks-1440x869.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks-1400x844.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks-1180x712.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Barracks-960x579.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A reconstructed barrack at the Manzanar National Historic Site, west of Death Valley. \u003ccite>(Susan Valot)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The United States does not put its history into secret boxes,” she said. “It shares its history openly, and that’s what makes America great, is our willingness to sometimes disagree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And our willingness to commit resources to a rigorous understanding of history, even when it disagrees with our family’s experience of history,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An uncertain future\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Regardless of the federal government’s final decisions, many staffers are worried about the degrading effect that any hasty revision of information will have on the parks — and on visitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Normally, the anonymous superintendent said, they would work with historians, biologists and other subject matter experts to help develop park signage.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Signs also have to be accessible — often featuring braille or sitting at wheelchair height — and parks staff will often consult with tribal communities or descendants of the historical figure they’re writing about. Parks advocates have even argued the changes demanded by the executive order violate their \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/cultural-and-natural-resource-consultation.htm\">legal obligation to consult with tribes\u003c/a> before making significant changes to parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re talking millions of dollars here in terms of process and years of work to do a full exhibit, and the signage, and all the interpretive materials that go with,” former NPS leader Jarvis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the absence of those funds, covered-up signs will likely become a familiar sight to visitors, said Jesse Chakrin, the executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.peopleinparks.org/index.html\">Fund for People in Parks\u003c/a>. Chakrin’s group works with small or lesser-known parks in the West on elements like signage that aren’t typically funded by federal dollars — “a long and slow process,” which can cost up to $5,000 for a single sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an era of reduced staffing, Chakrin said, these signs “may be the only way that a visitor actually better understands the park location that they’re in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Chakrin’s biggest concern is that even if no more sign removal orders ever materialize, the order is so broad — and the penalties so nebulous — that parks staff will simply self-censor out of fear of retribution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-42-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055812\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-42-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-42-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-42-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-42-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to Muir Woods National Monument on Sept. 12, 2025. Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the monument protects one of the last old-growth coast redwood forests in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People will stop telling full and complete stories,” he said. “People will start to think about the ways that they can be careful so as to not offend.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This puts parks staff in a moral quandary, Jarvis said, with many feeling the order runs counter to the park service’s mission “to tell these stories authentically and based on the best scholarship in science.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s essentially a violation of that responsibility,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Visitors speak up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Amid all this turmoil, staff and advocates say that visitors have yet to see the biggest effects of the orders. Nonprofit partners like “friends” groups have been backfilling a lot of public-facing roles, as have seasonal staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Visitors aren’t really seeing the full impact because of this veneer, this facade, of keeping parks ‘open and accessible’,” the superintendent said — referring to \u003ca href=\"https://www.doi.gov/document-library/secretary-order/so-3426-ensuring-national-parks-are-open-and-accessible\">another secretarial order\u003c/a> that mandates parks keep functioning even amid \u003ca href=\"https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/02/what-the-hiring-freeze-means-for-the-national-park-service-as-it-was-just-about-to-start-finding-seasonal-employees/\">severe staffing shortages\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Meanwhile, everything on the back end is falling apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing that might give parks staff solace: Across California, the federally mandated signs urging the public to join the review of parks signage have so far not borne much fruit for the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a copy of the public submissions received by California parks and provided to KQED by the National Parks Conservation Association, out of around 300 entries across the state’s national parks sites from June and July of this year, just four were elevated for review — all of which critiqued the Muir Woods “History Under Construction” exhibit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A handful of others alerted parks staff to infrastructure issues with bathrooms or fading signs that need replacing. But nearly all of the rest of the submissions were either in praise of rangers and parks staff or offering complimentary views of existing signage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And hundreds of public comments were submitted specifically in protest of the signage order — commending displays at parks that highlighted Indigenous history and climate change. Manzanar, especially, wrote one visitor, “is an example that the beauty and grandeur of our constitution can never be taken for granted,” making reference to \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/\">the language of Trump’s executive order\u003c/a>. Another comment about Yosemite urged parks staff to “continue to educate people about the Native Americans who were displaced in this area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053665\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053665\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250825_ROSIE-THE-RIVETER-PROTEST-_-0002_GH-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250825_ROSIE-THE-RIVETER-PROTEST-_-0002_GH-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250825_ROSIE-THE-RIVETER-PROTEST-_-0002_GH-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250825_ROSIE-THE-RIVETER-PROTEST-_-0002_GH-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters line the walkway with signs spelling “Protect Our Park” during the National Parks Conservation Association’s Day of Action at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, on Aug. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Parks advocates said the results of the public submissions give them hope that, amid everything, park visitors see the value in telling the whole story of American history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“History aims to improve the nation by learning the lessons of the past,” Lehnertz said. “And the openness of any individual American to learning that, in my experience, has been 99% to 1%.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or as Graves put it: “They’ve said over and over — ‘We want to know the whole truth. Don’t dumb down our history.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"contact-author\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Reporter Sarah Wright can be securely reached on Signal: @sarahfbw.153\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>You’re not imagining it: The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in 2025 has \u003cem>not\u003c/em> been like previous years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the big thing to know is that despite initial restrictions, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056289/california-law-sets-states-own-vaccine-schedules-deepening-rift-with-cdc\">California has now opened up access to the new vaccines\u003c/a> for everyone age 6 months and older.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How we got here: In late August, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053906/covid-vaccines-booster-2025-fda-cdc-who-can-get-updated-vaccine-novavax-pfizer-moderna-where-find\">the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced\u003c/a> that the agency would be limiting eligibility for the updated shots for the first time. The FDA said this year’s newly approved vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax will be available only to people age 65 and over and to anyone with a health condition that puts them at higher risk from COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, the shots rolled out across California pharmacies only for these groups. On Sept. 15, Kaiser Permanente became the first provider in California to break with the FDA’s restrictions, making \u003ca href=\"https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/northern-california/health-wellness/coronavirus-information/vaccine-appointments\">the new COVID-19 shot available to all their members\u003c/a> age 6 months and older with no limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 17, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056289/california-law-sets-states-own-vaccine-schedules-deepening-rift-with-cdc\">California officials released \u003cem>their\u003c/em> own recommendations\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/public-health-for-all/publichealthforall.aspx#1\">who can get the new COVID-19 vaccine\u003c/a>, breaking with the FDA’s eligibility limits and opening up vaccines for everyone in the state age 6 months and up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#new-california-eligibility-covid-vaccine\">Who is now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine under California’s new rules? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covid-vaccine-near-me\">Where will I be able to now find a COVID-19 vaccine if I wasn’t previously eligible?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covid-vaccine-pharmacy-near-me-walgreens-cvs-safeway\">Where can I find a COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy like Walgreens or CVS?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#kaiser-permanente-covid-vaccines\">How can Kaiser members get their COVID-19 vaccine right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Amid these developments, if you’re confused about how to get your updated COVID-19 shot this year, rest assured you’re not alone. Keep reading for where to find the new shots, how access in California has been opened up and how insurance coverage works this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027284\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027284\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tracy Gage, LVN, prepares a syringe at a flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kaiser Permanente in Pasadena on Oct. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"new-california-eligibility-covid-vaccine\">\u003c/a>Who can now get the new COVID-19 vaccine in California?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to new recommendations by California public health officials around \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/public-health-for-all/publichealthforall.aspx#1\">who can get the new COVID-19 vaccine\u003c/a>, everyone age 6 months and up can get the updated shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056289/california-law-sets-states-own-vaccine-schedules-deepening-rift-with-cdc\">The state is breaking with the FDA’s eligibility limits\u003c/a> and opening up vaccines for “all who choose protection,” while also specifying certain groups among children and adults who’ll particularly benefit from getting the COVID-19 shot. These include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>All children 2-18 years with risk factors or who have never vaccinated against COVID-19\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>All children and adults with close contact with others with risk factors\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>All adults ages 18-64 years with risk factors\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Everyone who is either planning a pregnancy, pregnant, postpartum, or lactating.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Public Health says that\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR25-011.aspx\"> these recommended vaccines will “be covered by health care insurers\u003c/a> regulated by the State of California and can be received at your local pharmacy, from your health care provider, or through other authorized vaccine providers at no cost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shots might take a little while to roll out across providers, but you can jump straight to our information on:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covid-vaccine-pharmacy-near-me-walgreens-cvs-safeway\">How to get your new shot at a pharmacy like Walgreens or CVS\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covid-vaccine-near-me\">Where else you might be able to find your COVID-19 vaccine soon.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you’ve seen headlines that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056934/rfk-jr-s-vaccine-panel-backs-away-from-plan-to-require-an-rx-for-a-covid-shot\">the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel ACIP voted on Sept. 19 to change access to COVID-19 vaccines \u003c/a>— by calling for patients to speak with a clinician about the risks and benefits before getting vaccinated — you should know: a CDPH spokesperson confirmed to KQED that the panel’s guidance “would not impact the recommendations, guidance, or access to COVID vaccine[s] in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As always, we encourage individuals to check with their health plan or health insurer with specific questions,” said CDPH.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did California wind up breaking with the federal government on COVID-19 vaccines?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier in September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the state would be join Oregon and Washington to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054491/in-rebuke-of-rfk-jr-the-west-coast-unites-on-vaccine-policy\">launch a new “West Coast Health Alliance,”\u003c/a> a coalition that has now issued its own state-specific vaccine recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a joint statement, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054491/in-rebuke-of-rfk-jr-the-west-coast-unites-on-vaccine-policy\">the governors said the CDC had “become a political tool\u003c/a> that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science, ideology that will lead to severe health consequences,” adding that “California, Oregon, and Washington will not allow the people of our states to be put at risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dissolved the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-health-chief-kennedy-names-new-members-vaccine-advisory-committee-2025-06-11/\">replaced its members with a number of doctors and researchers \u003c/a>who have repeatedly questioned the safety of commonly used vaccines and ingredients. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/acip/meetings/index.html\">The new panel didn’t meet until Sept. 18,\u003c/a> and voted to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056934/rfk-jr-s-vaccine-panel-backs-away-from-plan-to-require-an-rx-for-a-covid-shot\">change access to COVID-19 vaccines on Sept. 19\u003c/a> by calling for patients to speak with a clinician about the risks and benefits before getting vaccinated. CDPH confirms this decision still doesn’t affect access to vaccines in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056289/california-law-sets-states-own-vaccine-schedules-deepening-rift-with-cdc\">Newsom has also signed a law\u003c/a> which allows the state to act independently from the CDC when it comes to vaccine recommendation, “empowering California to chart its own path and reject corrupted federal guidelines” according to a statement from the governor’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for how California is able to expand beyond the FDA’s eligibility restrictions, that FDA decision affects what’s called the vaccine’s “label.” Essentially, California is now making the shot available to people outside of the FDA’s limitations “off-label.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s absolutely OK for us as doctors, clinicians, providers to use vaccines and medicines” off-label this way, said Dr. Brad Hare, an infectious disease expert at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco. “It’s something that’s very commonly done, it’s very safe to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"covid-vaccine-pharmacy-near-me-walgreens-cvs-safeway\">\u003c/a>Can I get my new COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy right now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Before Sept. 17, appointments for the updated 2025–26 COVID-19 vaccines were already available at pharmacies like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/scheduling/patient-lookup?lob=rximz&flow=vaccine&icid=global-nav\">CVS\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp?ban=immhub_covidinfo\">Walgreens\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.safeway.com/pharmacy/covid-19.html\">Safeway \u003c/a>in California — but only for people who, during the online booking process, said they were either age 65 and older or have a health condition that could make them at higher risk from COVID-19. (Pharmacies take their cue from the federal government, not the states, so they’ve always been the first places that COVID-19 vaccines roll out — before shots become more widely available through providers and public health authorities.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, state health officials say \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR25-011.aspx\">everyone age 6 months and up can find a COVID-19 shot at their local pharmacy\u003c/a>, and it’ll be covered by your insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12028314\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12028314\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1405\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty-800x562.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty-1020x717.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty-1536x1079.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty-1920x1349.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A CVS in Huntington Park on Aug. 28, 2024. \u003ccite>(Christina House/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On the online scheduling tools for COVID-19 vaccination appointments at \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/get-vaccinated\">CVS\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp?ban=immhub_covidinfo\">Walgreens\u003c/a>, previous messaging asking patients to confirm they were either age 65+ or had \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-factors/index.html\">high-risk health conditions\u003c/a> — per the FDA’s eligibility restrictions — has been removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, patients are only asked if they want the COVID-19 vaccine and if they’re “eligible.” While online pharmacy booking pages generally still link to the CDC’s list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-factors/index.html\">conditions that can make a person at higher risk from COVID-19\u003c/a>, no actual criteria for eligibility is specified and Walgreens has confirmed that “eligible” in California means that a patient wants the vaccine and is age 6 months or older.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/get-vaccinated\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at CVS\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp?ban=immhub_covidinfo\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Walgreens \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.safeway.com/pharmacy/covid-19.html\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Safeway\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.costco.com/pharmacy/adult-immunization-program.html\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Costco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.albertsons.com/pharmacy/covid-19.html\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Albertsons \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.walmart.com/cp/covid-19-vaccine/4289766?povid=OMNISRV_D_Cp_HW_AllVaccines_1228302_HW_4289766_TileCardsService_Covid-19Vaccines_LearnMore_1332399668\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Walmart\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ralphs.com/health/schedule-appointment\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Ralph’s \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who still \u003cem>can’t\u003c/em> get the COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001396/where-can-i-get-new-covid-vaccine-near-me-2024#kaisernewcovidvaccine\">If you get your health care through a health system like Kaiser Permanente or Sutter Health\u003c/a>, you usually can’t get the new COVID-19 vaccine fully covered by your insurance at a pharmacy, and have to seek it out from your provider direct. \u003cstrong>Jump straight to \u003ca href=\"#kaiser-permanente-covid-vaccines\">how Kaiser members can get their COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state also says that pharmacies aren’t authorized to vaccinate children age 2 and under. This means that unless your child is age 3 or older, you won’t be able to get their COVID-19 shot at a pharmacy, and should talk to you child’s pediatrician about how best to get their shot. The exception to this is CVS’s MinuteClinics, which are staffed by providers who are permitted to administer a COVID-19 vaccine to kids age 18 months and older.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Remind me: What previously counted as “high risk” to be able to make a COVID-19 vaccine pharmacy appointment? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-factors/index.html\">The CDC’s current list of health conditions\u003c/a> that make increase the risk of severe illness, hospitalization or death from COVID-19 includes cancer, chronic lung, kidney and liver disease, as well as certain disabilities. It also includes factors such as mental health conditions — including depression — obesity and being a current or former smoker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When making an online appointment, patients were asked only to “self-attest” about any health condition that put them at higher risk and therefore makes them eligible for the shot — meaning they \u003cem>weren’t \u003c/em>asked for supporting evidence. Proof of any condition was not required at a pharmacy vaccination appointment either, which is still true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053910\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COVIDGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COVIDGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COVIDGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COVIDGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The FDA has announced who is approved to get their COVID-19 vaccine in 2025. \u003ccite>(Luis Alvarez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003ca id=\"covid-vaccine-near-me\">\u003c/a>So where can I get my COVID-19 vaccine now that California has expanded eligibility?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">While everyone age 6 months and up in California can now \u003ca href=\"#covid-vaccine-pharmacy-near-me-walgreens-cvs-safeway\">find a COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy like Walgreens or CVS\u003c/a>, it may take a little while for vaccination appointments with providers and clinics to roll out across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">Some other places you may be able to find your COVID-19 vaccine soon, in addition to pharmacies:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003cstrong>Through your health care provider, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">If you have health insurance, check with your health care provider to see whether they can offer you an updated COVID-19 vaccine, and when.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">If you don’t have health insurance but get medical care through a city- or county-run provider, you should check with that location to see whether they can offer you the new COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">In addition to trying to talk with your health care provider directly, check the website of your provider to see whether it offers the ability to make appointments and sign up for their vaccine notifications if that’s an option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003cstrong>Through My Turn, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">Throughout the pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn has been the state’s site\u003c/a> for Californians to schedule vaccination appointments or find walk-in locations, regardless of health insurance status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">If you visit the My Turn page\u003c/a>, select “Make an Appointment.” My Turn will ask for your information and the ZIP code or location you’d like to use to search for vaccine appointments. You can give your home location or input other locations to see which sites might be available farther away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">My Turn will ask you to provide a cellphone number and an email address. The state says this is so you can use two-factor authentication to confirm your identity and make your appointment and to prevent bots from automatically scooping up available appointments online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">If you don’t have an email address or a cellphone number, or you have questions, you can call the California COVID-19 hotline at 833-422-4255 (Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.–5 p.m.) and sign up over the phone. Both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking operators are available. Callers needing information in other languages will be connected to a translation service that offers assistance in over 250 languages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003cstrong>Through your county, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">Check your county’s public health website to see if the updated COVID-19 vaccine will soon be available to residents, especially those who are uninsured or underinsured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered#county\">Find your Bay Area county in our list.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"kaiser-permanente-covid-vaccines\">\u003c/a>How can Kaiser members get their COVID-19 vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 15, Kaiser Permanente made\u003ca href=\"https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/northern-california/health-wellness/coronavirus-information/vaccine-appointments\"> the updated COVID-19 shot available to all members\u003c/a>, breaking with the FDA’s restrictions before the state did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Kaiser spokesperson said the health system was making the vaccines available “at no cost” to its members “based on the latest scientific evidence and clinical guidance from our physician experts and many other sources, including leading medical societies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re a Kaiser member, you can \u003ca href=\"https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/ncal/flu-and-covid-19-vaccine-locations/\">look up locations offering the COVID-19 vaccine near you\u003c/a> either by appointment or on a walk-in basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you considering getting your COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy for convenience, keep in mind that if your health care is through a system like Kaiser, you usually \u003cem>can’t\u003c/em> get vaccines fully covered by your insurance. But, according to Kaiser, \u003ca href=\"https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/northern-california/health-wellness/coronavirus-information/vaccine-appointments\">“you may be able to get up to half of the cost reimbursed.” \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bear in mind that right now at CVS \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">the cost of a COVID-19 vaccine is $198.99.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, the shots rolled out across California pharmacies only for these groups. On Sept. 15, Kaiser Permanente became the first provider in California to break with the FDA’s restrictions, making \u003ca href=\"https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/northern-california/health-wellness/coronavirus-information/vaccine-appointments\">the new COVID-19 shot available to all their members\u003c/a> age 6 months and older with no limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 17, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056289/california-law-sets-states-own-vaccine-schedules-deepening-rift-with-cdc\">California officials released \u003cem>their\u003c/em> own recommendations\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/public-health-for-all/publichealthforall.aspx#1\">who can get the new COVID-19 vaccine\u003c/a>, breaking with the FDA’s eligibility limits and opening up vaccines for everyone in the state age 6 months and up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#new-california-eligibility-covid-vaccine\">Who is now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine under California’s new rules? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covid-vaccine-near-me\">Where will I be able to now find a COVID-19 vaccine if I wasn’t previously eligible?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covid-vaccine-pharmacy-near-me-walgreens-cvs-safeway\">Where can I find a COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy like Walgreens or CVS?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#kaiser-permanente-covid-vaccines\">How can Kaiser members get their COVID-19 vaccine right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Amid these developments, if you’re confused about how to get your updated COVID-19 shot this year, rest assured you’re not alone. Keep reading for where to find the new shots, how access in California has been opened up and how insurance coverage works this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027284\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027284\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1720991107-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tracy Gage, LVN, prepares a syringe at a flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kaiser Permanente in Pasadena on Oct. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"new-california-eligibility-covid-vaccine\">\u003c/a>Who can now get the new COVID-19 vaccine in California?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to new recommendations by California public health officials around \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/public-health-for-all/publichealthforall.aspx#1\">who can get the new COVID-19 vaccine\u003c/a>, everyone age 6 months and up can get the updated shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056289/california-law-sets-states-own-vaccine-schedules-deepening-rift-with-cdc\">The state is breaking with the FDA’s eligibility limits\u003c/a> and opening up vaccines for “all who choose protection,” while also specifying certain groups among children and adults who’ll particularly benefit from getting the COVID-19 shot. These include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>All children 2-18 years with risk factors or who have never vaccinated against COVID-19\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>All children and adults with close contact with others with risk factors\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>All adults ages 18-64 years with risk factors\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Everyone who is either planning a pregnancy, pregnant, postpartum, or lactating.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Public Health says that\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR25-011.aspx\"> these recommended vaccines will “be covered by health care insurers\u003c/a> regulated by the State of California and can be received at your local pharmacy, from your health care provider, or through other authorized vaccine providers at no cost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shots might take a little while to roll out across providers, but you can jump straight to our information on:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covid-vaccine-pharmacy-near-me-walgreens-cvs-safeway\">How to get your new shot at a pharmacy like Walgreens or CVS\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covid-vaccine-near-me\">Where else you might be able to find your COVID-19 vaccine soon.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you’ve seen headlines that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056934/rfk-jr-s-vaccine-panel-backs-away-from-plan-to-require-an-rx-for-a-covid-shot\">the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel ACIP voted on Sept. 19 to change access to COVID-19 vaccines \u003c/a>— by calling for patients to speak with a clinician about the risks and benefits before getting vaccinated — you should know: a CDPH spokesperson confirmed to KQED that the panel’s guidance “would not impact the recommendations, guidance, or access to COVID vaccine[s] in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As always, we encourage individuals to check with their health plan or health insurer with specific questions,” said CDPH.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did California wind up breaking with the federal government on COVID-19 vaccines?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier in September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the state would be join Oregon and Washington to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054491/in-rebuke-of-rfk-jr-the-west-coast-unites-on-vaccine-policy\">launch a new “West Coast Health Alliance,”\u003c/a> a coalition that has now issued its own state-specific vaccine recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a joint statement, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054491/in-rebuke-of-rfk-jr-the-west-coast-unites-on-vaccine-policy\">the governors said the CDC had “become a political tool\u003c/a> that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science, ideology that will lead to severe health consequences,” adding that “California, Oregon, and Washington will not allow the people of our states to be put at risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dissolved the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-health-chief-kennedy-names-new-members-vaccine-advisory-committee-2025-06-11/\">replaced its members with a number of doctors and researchers \u003c/a>who have repeatedly questioned the safety of commonly used vaccines and ingredients. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/acip/meetings/index.html\">The new panel didn’t meet until Sept. 18,\u003c/a> and voted to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056934/rfk-jr-s-vaccine-panel-backs-away-from-plan-to-require-an-rx-for-a-covid-shot\">change access to COVID-19 vaccines on Sept. 19\u003c/a> by calling for patients to speak with a clinician about the risks and benefits before getting vaccinated. CDPH confirms this decision still doesn’t affect access to vaccines in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056289/california-law-sets-states-own-vaccine-schedules-deepening-rift-with-cdc\">Newsom has also signed a law\u003c/a> which allows the state to act independently from the CDC when it comes to vaccine recommendation, “empowering California to chart its own path and reject corrupted federal guidelines” according to a statement from the governor’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for how California is able to expand beyond the FDA’s eligibility restrictions, that FDA decision affects what’s called the vaccine’s “label.” Essentially, California is now making the shot available to people outside of the FDA’s limitations “off-label.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s absolutely OK for us as doctors, clinicians, providers to use vaccines and medicines” off-label this way, said Dr. Brad Hare, an infectious disease expert at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco. “It’s something that’s very commonly done, it’s very safe to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"covid-vaccine-pharmacy-near-me-walgreens-cvs-safeway\">\u003c/a>Can I get my new COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy right now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Before Sept. 17, appointments for the updated 2025–26 COVID-19 vaccines were already available at pharmacies like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/scheduling/patient-lookup?lob=rximz&flow=vaccine&icid=global-nav\">CVS\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp?ban=immhub_covidinfo\">Walgreens\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.safeway.com/pharmacy/covid-19.html\">Safeway \u003c/a>in California — but only for people who, during the online booking process, said they were either age 65 and older or have a health condition that could make them at higher risk from COVID-19. (Pharmacies take their cue from the federal government, not the states, so they’ve always been the first places that COVID-19 vaccines roll out — before shots become more widely available through providers and public health authorities.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, state health officials say \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR25-011.aspx\">everyone age 6 months and up can find a COVID-19 shot at their local pharmacy\u003c/a>, and it’ll be covered by your insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12028314\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12028314\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1405\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty-800x562.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty-1020x717.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty-1536x1079.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/FluGetty-1920x1349.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A CVS in Huntington Park on Aug. 28, 2024. \u003ccite>(Christina House/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On the online scheduling tools for COVID-19 vaccination appointments at \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/get-vaccinated\">CVS\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp?ban=immhub_covidinfo\">Walgreens\u003c/a>, previous messaging asking patients to confirm they were either age 65+ or had \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-factors/index.html\">high-risk health conditions\u003c/a> — per the FDA’s eligibility restrictions — has been removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, patients are only asked if they want the COVID-19 vaccine and if they’re “eligible.” While online pharmacy booking pages generally still link to the CDC’s list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-factors/index.html\">conditions that can make a person at higher risk from COVID-19\u003c/a>, no actual criteria for eligibility is specified and Walgreens has confirmed that “eligible” in California means that a patient wants the vaccine and is age 6 months or older.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/get-vaccinated\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at CVS\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp?ban=immhub_covidinfo\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Walgreens \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.safeway.com/pharmacy/covid-19.html\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Safeway\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.costco.com/pharmacy/adult-immunization-program.html\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Costco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.albertsons.com/pharmacy/covid-19.html\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Albertsons \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.walmart.com/cp/covid-19-vaccine/4289766?povid=OMNISRV_D_Cp_HW_AllVaccines_1228302_HW_4289766_TileCardsService_Covid-19Vaccines_LearnMore_1332399668\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Walmart\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ralphs.com/health/schedule-appointment\">Make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Ralph’s \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who still \u003cem>can’t\u003c/em> get the COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001396/where-can-i-get-new-covid-vaccine-near-me-2024#kaisernewcovidvaccine\">If you get your health care through a health system like Kaiser Permanente or Sutter Health\u003c/a>, you usually can’t get the new COVID-19 vaccine fully covered by your insurance at a pharmacy, and have to seek it out from your provider direct. \u003cstrong>Jump straight to \u003ca href=\"#kaiser-permanente-covid-vaccines\">how Kaiser members can get their COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state also says that pharmacies aren’t authorized to vaccinate children age 2 and under. This means that unless your child is age 3 or older, you won’t be able to get their COVID-19 shot at a pharmacy, and should talk to you child’s pediatrician about how best to get their shot. The exception to this is CVS’s MinuteClinics, which are staffed by providers who are permitted to administer a COVID-19 vaccine to kids age 18 months and older.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Remind me: What previously counted as “high risk” to be able to make a COVID-19 vaccine pharmacy appointment? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-factors/index.html\">The CDC’s current list of health conditions\u003c/a> that make increase the risk of severe illness, hospitalization or death from COVID-19 includes cancer, chronic lung, kidney and liver disease, as well as certain disabilities. It also includes factors such as mental health conditions — including depression — obesity and being a current or former smoker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When making an online appointment, patients were asked only to “self-attest” about any health condition that put them at higher risk and therefore makes them eligible for the shot — meaning they \u003cem>weren’t \u003c/em>asked for supporting evidence. Proof of any condition was not required at a pharmacy vaccination appointment either, which is still true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053910\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COVIDGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COVIDGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COVIDGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COVIDGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The FDA has announced who is approved to get their COVID-19 vaccine in 2025. \u003ccite>(Luis Alvarez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003ca id=\"covid-vaccine-near-me\">\u003c/a>So where can I get my COVID-19 vaccine now that California has expanded eligibility?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">While everyone age 6 months and up in California can now \u003ca href=\"#covid-vaccine-pharmacy-near-me-walgreens-cvs-safeway\">find a COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy like Walgreens or CVS\u003c/a>, it may take a little while for vaccination appointments with providers and clinics to roll out across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">Some other places you may be able to find your COVID-19 vaccine soon, in addition to pharmacies:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003cstrong>Through your health care provider, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">If you have health insurance, check with your health care provider to see whether they can offer you an updated COVID-19 vaccine, and when.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">If you don’t have health insurance but get medical care through a city- or county-run provider, you should check with that location to see whether they can offer you the new COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">In addition to trying to talk with your health care provider directly, check the website of your provider to see whether it offers the ability to make appointments and sign up for their vaccine notifications if that’s an option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003cstrong>Through My Turn, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">Throughout the pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn has been the state’s site\u003c/a> for Californians to schedule vaccination appointments or find walk-in locations, regardless of health insurance status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">If you visit the My Turn page\u003c/a>, select “Make an Appointment.” My Turn will ask for your information and the ZIP code or location you’d like to use to search for vaccine appointments. You can give your home location or input other locations to see which sites might be available farther away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">My Turn will ask you to provide a cellphone number and an email address. The state says this is so you can use two-factor authentication to confirm your identity and make your appointment and to prevent bots from automatically scooping up available appointments online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">If you don’t have an email address or a cellphone number, or you have questions, you can call the California COVID-19 hotline at 833-422-4255 (Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.–5 p.m.) and sign up over the phone. Both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking operators are available. Callers needing information in other languages will be connected to a translation service that offers assistance in over 250 languages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003cstrong>Through your county, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">Check your county’s public health website to see if the updated COVID-19 vaccine will soon be available to residents, especially those who are uninsured or underinsured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered#county\">Find your Bay Area county in our list.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"kaiser-permanente-covid-vaccines\">\u003c/a>How can Kaiser members get their COVID-19 vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 15, Kaiser Permanente made\u003ca href=\"https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/northern-california/health-wellness/coronavirus-information/vaccine-appointments\"> the updated COVID-19 shot available to all members\u003c/a>, breaking with the FDA’s restrictions before the state did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Kaiser spokesperson said the health system was making the vaccines available “at no cost” to its members “based on the latest scientific evidence and clinical guidance from our physician experts and many other sources, including leading medical societies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re a Kaiser member, you can \u003ca href=\"https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/ncal/flu-and-covid-19-vaccine-locations/\">look up locations offering the COVID-19 vaccine near you\u003c/a> either by appointment or on a walk-in basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you considering getting your COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy for convenience, keep in mind that if your health care is through a system like Kaiser, you usually \u003cem>can’t\u003c/em> get vaccines fully covered by your insurance. But, according to Kaiser, \u003ca href=\"https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/northern-california/health-wellness/coronavirus-information/vaccine-appointments\">“you may be able to get up to half of the cost reimbursed.” \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bear in mind that right now at CVS \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">the cost of a COVID-19 vaccine is $198.99.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Franciscans have been on a recall frenzy over the last five years, from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916212/chesa-boudin-recall-sf-voters-on-track-to-oust-district-attorney\">ousting a progressive district attorney\u003c/a> and removing three members from the Board of Education to weighing in on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s unsuccessful recall attempt in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, it’s residents in the city’s westside district who are up in arms over a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035795/sunset-dunes-san-franciscos-controversial-new-park-officially-opens\">beachside park\u003c/a> and the local supervisor, Joel Engardio, who supported closing a portion of the Great Highway to cars to create it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Election day is Tuesday, Sept. 16. Here’s what else to know about how to vote in San Francisco’s latest recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can I vote in this San Francisco special election?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Only registered voters in District 4 can participate in the special election. Ballots have already been mailed to about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041124/sunset-residents-weigh-recall-of-supervisor-engardio-over-great-highway-closure\">50,000 District 4 voters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I vote in the recall?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you prefer to vote in person on election day, you can fill out or drop off completed ballots at one of 20 different polling places in the city that are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/return-your-ballot\">Click here to find your local polling place and accessibility information\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055249\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055249\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-16_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-16_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-16_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-16_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Joel Engardio, center, and other community leaders participate in the ribbon cutting during the Sunset Dunes Park grand opening on the Upper Great Highway in San Francisco on April 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you prefer to drop off your ballot during early voting, you have a few options:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Mail in your ballot, which must be postmarked by Sept. 16 and received no more than a week after election day.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Drop off at one of three official ballot drop boxes:\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Ortega Branch Library (3223 Ortega St)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Parkside Branch Library (1200 Taraval St)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City Hall (1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ballots may also be returned directly to the Department of Elections office inside City Hall.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Don’t forget to sign your ballot!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is on the ballot?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Proposition A, the measure to recall Engardio, is the only item on this special election ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters are asked a single question: “Shall Joel Engardio be recalled (removed) from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A “yes” vote means you want to remove Engardio.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A “no” vote means you want him to remain in office.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What’s the backstory to this recall effort?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the city closed parts of the Great Highway and other streets to provide open space for social distancing and recreation. Residents from across the city began using the open road for biking, rollerblading, strolling and other activities, and many pushed to make it permanent. Environmentalists joined the effort and noted that the road faces coastal erosion, and parts are already closed to cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio, meanwhile, gained political support by backing multiple recalls in San Francisco in 2022, against \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916212/chesa-boudin-recall-sf-voters-on-track-to-oust-district-attorney\">District Attorney Chesa Boudin\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11904879/sf-school-board-recall-results-alison-collins-gabriela-lopez-and-faauuga-moliga-headed-for-recall\">several school board members\u003c/a>. That year, Engardio won his seat, beating incumbent Gordon Mar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014721\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Great Highway is closed to vehicles between Sloat Boulevard and Lincoln Way on Friday at noon for the current weekend closure in San Francisco on Nov. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2024, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995077/yes-on-k-declares-victory-on-san-franciscos-proposition-k\">voters citywide passed Proposition K\u003c/a>, which officially closed the upper portion of the Great Highway to cars. The strip of highway between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035185/sfs-new-park-closed-great-highway-about-get-name\">an oceanfront park called Sunset Dunes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio faced criticism for supporting the measure, even though the majority of District 4 voters, who live closest to the Great Highway, opposed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunset residents, angry about losing the thoroughfare, continued fighting the road closure in conversations with neighbors and \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2025/03/prop-k-opponents-to-sue-city-five-supervisors-over-great-highway-closure/\">in court\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On May 29, 2025, the Department of Elections certified that recall organizers had gathered enough signatures to qualify for the ballot for a special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are recall backers saying?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Residents who want Engardio recalled say they feel “betrayed” by their supervisor for failing to listen to the majority of District 4 residents who opposed removing cars from the Great Highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some say traffic has worsened, though \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/reports/outer-sunset-traffic-report-spring-2025\">a recent study\u003c/a> on the road closure shows little impact.[aside postID=news_12053978 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-15_qed-1020x680.jpg']“He’s taken away our highway,” said Jen, a Sunset resident who spoke during public comment at a recent Democratic Party meeting. “I live on La Playa and Lincoln, where it’s a nightmare. We have bumper-to-bumper traffic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others point to the money flowing into Engardio’s campaign from wealthy donors, including tech billionaires and developers. The campaign to defeat the recall has collected over $822,000 from donors, including cryptocurrency billionaire Chris Larsen, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman and John Wolthuis, co-founder of communications software company Twilio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Joel has nearly taken half a million dollars from wealthy tech donors like Chris Larsen, Jeremy Stoppelman and John Wolthuis – people who don’t live here and don’t share our struggles,”” said Julia Quon, a member of the Chinese American Democratic Club. “This means that he answers to them, not us who live in the district.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group, which is not chartered with the local Democratic Party, donated $27,000 to the effort to recall Engardio.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are Engardio’s supporters saying?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Engardio in the Sunset said they enjoy the park and what it offers both the neighborhood and the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I 100% support Sunset Dunes being open. Being part of nature is necessary for human well-being. It’s necessary for mental health. It’s also a really great way to build community, to meet your neighbors, being able to take your kids out, to have safe places to ride your bikes, to safe places for recreation without fear of car accidents,” said Karen Trinidad, a florist and Sunset resident. “With my business specifically, I mainly sell through pop-ups in collaboration with brick and mortar businesses in the sunset. And I have been seeing a lot more folks walking by.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035808\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035808\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Individuals attend the Sunset Dunes Park grand opening on the Upper Great Highway in San Francisco on April 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other residents like Engardio’s stances on homelessness and public safety, saying he’s brought the neighborhood more policing resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since he’s been in office, he’s been improving the whole city on homelessness and crime. And he’s actually promoting the Sunset Night Market … and he’s been good on education,” another Engardio supporter said at the Democratic Party meeting. She was referring to the district’s night market and a ballot measure Engardio supported that voters passed to promote eighth-grade Algebra in San Francisco public schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio has endorsements from five fellow supervisors, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, state Sen. Scott Wiener and San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m out there door-knocking every day making the case that what I did was I joined four other supervisors to put something on the ballot for democracy, to give people a choice of what to do with their coast,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911119/san-francisco-voters-decide-once-again-whether-to-recall-an-elected-official\">Engardio said on KQED Forum\u003c/a> last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio stands by his decision to support the park, but said he still believes in residents’ right to recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sunset Dunes has the potential to become a transformational space that in a few years from now, not even that long from now, we won’t be able to imagine San Francisco without an oceanside park,” he said. “Traffic is going to get where it needs to go, it already is, and we’re going to see immense benefit from this park for the environment and for the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If the recall is successful, what happens next?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mayor Daniel Lurie would appoint a temporary replacement to represent District 4 until the next election in June 2026. Lurie, who opposed Proposition K, has not endorsed either side in the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Importantly, recalling Engardio would not immediately reopen the Upper Great Highway to cars. That would require a new ballot measure to undo Proposition K. Supervisor Connie Chan has said she might explore such a measure if the recall succeeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035824\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children play on a tree branch at the Sunset Dunes Park grand opening on the Upper Great Highway in San Francisco on April 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear who Lurie might appoint if Engardio is removed, but political observers say it would likely be someone open to revisiting the highway closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The mayor is under a lot of pressure to appoint a moderate Chinese, or conservative Chinese American, who’s at least going to say, ‘I agree with Connie Chan. Let’s bring back the ballot measure and let the voters decide,’” political consultant David Ho said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What happens if the recall does not succeed?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If the recall fails, Engardio will serve out his term through January 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When will the results of this recall be available?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Preliminary results will be posted on election night, Sept. 16, at 8:45 p.m. on \u003ca href=\"http://sfelections.gov/results\">sfelections.gov/results\u003c/a>. Vote-counting will continue until the election is certified, no later than Oct. 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recall needs a simple majority (50% plus one “yes” vote) to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can I vote in this San Francisco special election?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Only registered voters in District 4 can participate in the special election. Ballots have already been mailed to about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041124/sunset-residents-weigh-recall-of-supervisor-engardio-over-great-highway-closure\">50,000 District 4 voters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I vote in the recall?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you prefer to vote in person on election day, you can fill out or drop off completed ballots at one of 20 different polling places in the city that are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/return-your-ballot\">Click here to find your local polling place and accessibility information\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055249\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055249\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-16_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-16_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-16_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-16_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Joel Engardio, center, and other community leaders participate in the ribbon cutting during the Sunset Dunes Park grand opening on the Upper Great Highway in San Francisco on April 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you prefer to drop off your ballot during early voting, you have a few options:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Mail in your ballot, which must be postmarked by Sept. 16 and received no more than a week after election day.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Drop off at one of three official ballot drop boxes:\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Ortega Branch Library (3223 Ortega St)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Parkside Branch Library (1200 Taraval St)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City Hall (1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ballots may also be returned directly to the Department of Elections office inside City Hall.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Don’t forget to sign your ballot!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is on the ballot?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Proposition A, the measure to recall Engardio, is the only item on this special election ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters are asked a single question: “Shall Joel Engardio be recalled (removed) from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A “yes” vote means you want to remove Engardio.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A “no” vote means you want him to remain in office.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What’s the backstory to this recall effort?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the city closed parts of the Great Highway and other streets to provide open space for social distancing and recreation. Residents from across the city began using the open road for biking, rollerblading, strolling and other activities, and many pushed to make it permanent. Environmentalists joined the effort and noted that the road faces coastal erosion, and parts are already closed to cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio, meanwhile, gained political support by backing multiple recalls in San Francisco in 2022, against \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916212/chesa-boudin-recall-sf-voters-on-track-to-oust-district-attorney\">District Attorney Chesa Boudin\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11904879/sf-school-board-recall-results-alison-collins-gabriela-lopez-and-faauuga-moliga-headed-for-recall\">several school board members\u003c/a>. That year, Engardio won his seat, beating incumbent Gordon Mar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014721\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241115-PropKFolo-18-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Great Highway is closed to vehicles between Sloat Boulevard and Lincoln Way on Friday at noon for the current weekend closure in San Francisco on Nov. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2024, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995077/yes-on-k-declares-victory-on-san-franciscos-proposition-k\">voters citywide passed Proposition K\u003c/a>, which officially closed the upper portion of the Great Highway to cars. The strip of highway between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035185/sfs-new-park-closed-great-highway-about-get-name\">an oceanfront park called Sunset Dunes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio faced criticism for supporting the measure, even though the majority of District 4 voters, who live closest to the Great Highway, opposed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunset residents, angry about losing the thoroughfare, continued fighting the road closure in conversations with neighbors and \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2025/03/prop-k-opponents-to-sue-city-five-supervisors-over-great-highway-closure/\">in court\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On May 29, 2025, the Department of Elections certified that recall organizers had gathered enough signatures to qualify for the ballot for a special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are recall backers saying?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Residents who want Engardio recalled say they feel “betrayed” by their supervisor for failing to listen to the majority of District 4 residents who opposed removing cars from the Great Highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some say traffic has worsened, though \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/reports/outer-sunset-traffic-report-spring-2025\">a recent study\u003c/a> on the road closure shows little impact.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“He’s taken away our highway,” said Jen, a Sunset resident who spoke during public comment at a recent Democratic Party meeting. “I live on La Playa and Lincoln, where it’s a nightmare. We have bumper-to-bumper traffic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others point to the money flowing into Engardio’s campaign from wealthy donors, including tech billionaires and developers. The campaign to defeat the recall has collected over $822,000 from donors, including cryptocurrency billionaire Chris Larsen, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman and John Wolthuis, co-founder of communications software company Twilio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Joel has nearly taken half a million dollars from wealthy tech donors like Chris Larsen, Jeremy Stoppelman and John Wolthuis – people who don’t live here and don’t share our struggles,”” said Julia Quon, a member of the Chinese American Democratic Club. “This means that he answers to them, not us who live in the district.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group, which is not chartered with the local Democratic Party, donated $27,000 to the effort to recall Engardio.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are Engardio’s supporters saying?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Engardio in the Sunset said they enjoy the park and what it offers both the neighborhood and the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I 100% support Sunset Dunes being open. Being part of nature is necessary for human well-being. It’s necessary for mental health. It’s also a really great way to build community, to meet your neighbors, being able to take your kids out, to have safe places to ride your bikes, to safe places for recreation without fear of car accidents,” said Karen Trinidad, a florist and Sunset resident. “With my business specifically, I mainly sell through pop-ups in collaboration with brick and mortar businesses in the sunset. And I have been seeing a lot more folks walking by.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035808\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035808\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Individuals attend the Sunset Dunes Park grand opening on the Upper Great Highway in San Francisco on April 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other residents like Engardio’s stances on homelessness and public safety, saying he’s brought the neighborhood more policing resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since he’s been in office, he’s been improving the whole city on homelessness and crime. And he’s actually promoting the Sunset Night Market … and he’s been good on education,” another Engardio supporter said at the Democratic Party meeting. She was referring to the district’s night market and a ballot measure Engardio supported that voters passed to promote eighth-grade Algebra in San Francisco public schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio has endorsements from five fellow supervisors, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, state Sen. Scott Wiener and San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m out there door-knocking every day making the case that what I did was I joined four other supervisors to put something on the ballot for democracy, to give people a choice of what to do with their coast,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911119/san-francisco-voters-decide-once-again-whether-to-recall-an-elected-official\">Engardio said on KQED Forum\u003c/a> last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio stands by his decision to support the park, but said he still believes in residents’ right to recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sunset Dunes has the potential to become a transformational space that in a few years from now, not even that long from now, we won’t be able to imagine San Francisco without an oceanside park,” he said. “Traffic is going to get where it needs to go, it already is, and we’re going to see immense benefit from this park for the environment and for the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If the recall is successful, what happens next?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mayor Daniel Lurie would appoint a temporary replacement to represent District 4 until the next election in June 2026. Lurie, who opposed Proposition K, has not endorsed either side in the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Importantly, recalling Engardio would not immediately reopen the Upper Great Highway to cars. That would require a new ballot measure to undo Proposition K. Supervisor Connie Chan has said she might explore such a measure if the recall succeeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035824\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-18_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children play on a tree branch at the Sunset Dunes Park grand opening on the Upper Great Highway in San Francisco on April 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear who Lurie might appoint if Engardio is removed, but political observers say it would likely be someone open to revisiting the highway closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The mayor is under a lot of pressure to appoint a moderate Chinese, or conservative Chinese American, who’s at least going to say, ‘I agree with Connie Chan. Let’s bring back the ballot measure and let the voters decide,’” political consultant David Ho said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What happens if the recall does not succeed?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If the recall fails, Engardio will serve out his term through January 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When will the results of this recall be available?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Preliminary results will be posted on election night, Sept. 16, at 8:45 p.m. on \u003ca href=\"http://sfelections.gov/results\">sfelections.gov/results\u003c/a>. Vote-counting will continue until the election is certified, no later than Oct. 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recall needs a simple majority (50% plus one “yes” vote) to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Tequila has become the darling of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/category/california\">California’s\u003c/a> cocktail culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/issue/brand-champions-2024/\">According to industry data\u003c/a>, more than 50 million cases of tequila were sold in the United States in 2023, a 7.6% increase from the previous year. And California is \u003ca href=\"https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2023/04/tequila-sales-grew-by-17-in-california/\">the biggest market for the spirit\u003c/a> produced from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.academiapatron.com/making-tequila/agave-growth-and-harvesting/planting-selection-harvesting\">blue Weber agave\u003c/a> plant grown exclusively in a handful of states in Mexico — a demand \u003ca href=\"https://just-drinks.nridigital.com/just_drinks_magazine_nov22/tequila_us_market_forecast\">boosted by the state’s sizable Latino population\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A handle of tequila can range up to $100 and beyond, depending on the brand, with many premium labels promoting that their liquor is made up of “100% agave.” This kind of tequila usually costs more because it “takes more agave to make,” said Mike Morales, Los Angeles-based executive editor and tasting director of the industry magazine \u003cem>Tequila Aficionado\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a big status symbol.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a series of legal battles has begun this summer that could shake up the entire industry — one of them in the very state that has embraced tequila the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Diageo-Class-Action-072025-1.pdf\">A San Francisco resident\u003c/a> has filed a class action suit in federal court against spirits giant Diageo — parent company of well-known tequila brands Don Julio and Casamigos — alleging the company intentionally misled consumers about the agave content in its tequila products labeled “100% agave” in order to profit from this deception.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘An earthquake in the industry’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The class action — filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California — claims to represent anyone “who purchased Diageo Premium Tequila Products” with the goal of recovering “financial losses sustained by consumers who were misled by [Diageo’s] false and misleading advertising.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is actually the third lawsuit that Diageo faces from consumers regarding the agave content in their Don Julio and Casamigos brands, with one class action filed by consumers in New York in May and another in Florida shortly after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-9-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053055\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Moose” arranges bottles along the towering tequila wall inside San Francisco Tequila Shop in Bernal Heights on Aug. 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Out of all three states where Diageo is being sued, California has some of the strongest consumer protection laws — and the beverage company has recently requested that this particular lawsuit be moved to the same New York court overseeing the first case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs joining the San Francisco resident in the lawsuit are represented by Baron & Budd and Hagens Berman, two consumer rights firms with extensive records of \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/Business/ny-man-sues-volkswagen-emissions-scandal-reason-bought/story?id=33951902\">wrestling with major corporations in court\u003c/a>. Neither firm returned KQED’s requests for an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Diageo told KQED that “claims of adulteration are outrageous and categorically false,” and that the company will defend the quality and integrity of its tequilas in court “and against anyone who is spreading misinformation and lies about our products.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers for both Diageo and the California plaintiffs will meet in San Francisco’s courthouse on Oct. 3. Regardless of what the courts decide, said David Suro Piñera, a Philadelphia-based tequila entrepreneur and historian, the lawsuits “are an earthquake in the industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why \u003cem>is \u003c/em>the agave content inside a tequila bottle so crucial when it comes to selling this liquor that’s only becoming more popular? And what does this lawsuit say about how U.S. consumers shape an industry that started thousands of miles away in Mexico?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Evolution in the public eye\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Covered floor to ceiling with colorful and intricately decorated bottles, the San Francisco Tequila Shop on the steep streets of Bernal Heights is an oasis for lovers of spirits derived from the agave plant. It was here in the backroom one August afternoon that owner Moose Malhi hosted Suro Piñera for a tasting event featuring some blanco, some reposado and plenty of conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suro Piñera told the assembled tequila enthusiasts about how, back in 1986, he opened a restaurant called Tequilas in downtown Philadelphia with the goal of bringing high-end Mexican cuisine to that city. But other local restaurateurs were confused about the name, he said.[aside postID=news_11999014 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240628-Junk-Fees-Law-MD-02_qed-1020x680.jpg']“They would hear ‘tequila’ and imagine something else — not high quality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the following decades, the way American consumers think about this liquor has changed significantly, Suro Piñera said. “To see right now the passion, the commitment, the interest in tequila, is a dream come true,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Families have been producing tequila primarily in the Mexican state of Jalisco for centuries, blending European distillation techniques with Indigenous agricultural knowledge. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.crt.org.mx/en/about-us/\">Tequila Regulatory Council\u003c/a> is the independent body that establishes the rules for the industry, which includes where tequila can be produced, who can sell it and \u003ca href=\"https://www.crt.org.mx/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/NOM-006-SCFI-2012%20-%20INGLES.pdf\">defining what goes into it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anything marked as “tequila” must include at least 51% alcohol derived from blue agave. The other 49% \u003cem>can \u003c/em>come from other sources, like caña (sugar cane) or grain alcohol, which are typically cheaper. This type of tequila, that’s a mixture of alcohols from different sources, is called “mixto.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Diageo lawsuit said that 100% agave “is a powerful marketing tool that shapes consumer expectations” and then accuses the company of tricking consumers into buying tequila that actually has “cheaper, non-agave alcohol.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mislabeling their tequila products is a violation of consumer protection law, the lawsuit claims. “For dominant players like Diageo, this is not just deceptive — it is a calculated, strategic misuse of market power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A pleasant burn’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Regulatory details aside, how does being 100% agave affect the way your tequila actually tastes? If you rarely drink tequila because of its strong flavor, don’t expect 100% agave tequila to be any easier on you, the San Francisco Tequila Shop’s Malhi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People drink tequila that’s been sweetened by additives, and they think it’s smooth,” he said. “If all you drink is tequila that’s been sweetened, and then you try something with no additives, that’s such a big jump.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053056\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-13-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053056\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view inside San Francisco Tequila Shop in Bernal Heights on Aug. 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A good tequila is going to give you a pleasant burn,” said Marcos Higareda, a tequila entrepreneur based out of Riverside County. “This comes from the ground. The soil nurtured that agave for the last seven, eight years. Then it went through a process to convert it into tequila.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also a lot of variation between the distilleries that provide tequila labels with their product. Some are run by the same families that first opened them decades ago, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/nx-s1-5188663/author-ted-genoways-new-book-tequila-wars\">long-held distillation traditions becoming industry secrets\u003c/a>. And while some of these factors are dependent on humans, others — like rain and drought — are ultimately out of our control, Higareda said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with 100% agave tequila, it’s normal for there to be slight variations in color, taste or aroma in the same batch. “Not all tequilas are going to be the same,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Agave under strain\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.crt.org.mx/en/2025/03/27/2025-begins-with-an-increase-in-tequila-exports/\">world’s thirst for tequila grows\u003c/a>, Higareda said that big brands are responding with a product that seeks to smell, taste and look the same regardless of where you go. One way to do that: adding sweeteners and colorants to achieve this uniformity, as permitted by the Tequila Regulatory Council’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.crt.org.mx/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/NOM-006-SCFI-2012%20-%20INGLES.pdf\">rulebook for tequila production, \u003c/a>also known as the “Normas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want to go to the shelf and you want to see that your product has the same consistent color every single time and the same flavor every single time,” a Jose Cuervo executive \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkell/2025/03/24/jose-cuervo-says-the-additive-free--movement-is-damaging-to-tequila/\">recently told Forbes Magazine\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12054153 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/BrownEggsGetty.jpg']And globalization is being felt all the way through the supply chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first time that Morales of \u003cem>Tequila Aficionado\u003c/em> visited Jalisco, almost two decades ago, he remembers how bright the fields of agave were in the sunlight: “I had to look at them with my sunglasses on because they were so blue and bright against the red soil,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On recent trips, however, he’s seen: “it’s not like that anymore,” he said. “The plants aren’t big enough. They don’t let them grow long enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, the tequila industry has followed \u003ca href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/be3f48a5-d5d7-40af-a9e7-3ebff98741b3\">a cycle of boom and bust\u003c/a>. When the price of tequila goes up, growers rush to grow and harvest agave as fast as possible, and when the price goes down, “everybody leaves their plants to rot,” Morales said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry data shows that U.S. tequila sales \u003ca href=\"https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/issue/brand-champions-2024/\">are growing faster\u003c/a> than vodka, whisky and all other spirits combined — and the giants of the beverage industry have noticed this surge. In the past decade, multinational corporations have snatched up some of the most famous tequila brands: London-based Diageo bought Don Julio in 2015 and then Casamigos in 2017; Sauza was taken over by Suntory, a Japanese company, in 2014; and rum giant Bacardi purchased Patrón in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These brands are well-funded and want a return on their investment,” Morales said. That could mean depending more on non-agave sources for alcohol content, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any tequila that’s being mass-marketed and charging a lot of money is probably lawyering up,” Morales said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What now for the industry — and in court?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Back at the San Francisco Tequila Shop, after Suro Piñera’s tasting event, Malhi rang up his customers — and pointed to a photo behind the register of his grandfather, Nirmal Singh Malhi, standing next to family friend Ernie Sánchez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1993, Malhi’s family opened a liquor store in Modesto, next to the Sánchez family. Over the years, they all developed a strong bond and learned about each other’s culture: the Sánchezes hailing from Jalisco, Mexico and the Malhi from Punjab, India.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-5-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053054\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-5-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-5-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-5-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amandip Singh Malhi, known as “Moose,” proprietor of San Francisco Tequila Shop, stands in the back of his Bernal Heights store on Aug. 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Sánchez family would frequently travel to Jalisco and bring back tequila brands that weren’t available in the U.S. yet. It was the Sánchez family that taught him, Malhi said, “that in each bottle, there’s a lot of tears, sweat and hard work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you really understand all the work and tradition that goes into making a quality spirit … that’s when you will appreciate more of what you taste when you drink tequila,” Malhi said. And he — like so many who’ve made tequila their lives — will be paying close attention to the case against Diageo as it unfolds at San Francisco’s federal courthouse, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What most likely will decide the outcome of this legal battle is the evidence that each camp presents, said Deborah Hensler, professor of dispute resolution at Stanford Law School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The verdict could also hinge on emerging technology. The defendants include data from two types of chemical tests — nuclear magnetic resonance and isotope testing — designed to measure the composition of alcohol derived from tequila. According to several industry experts that KQED spoke to for this story, these tests are fairly new in the world of tequila and have not yet been universally adopted by tequila producers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The defendant would have to bring in their \u003cem>own \u003c/em>experts that counter [this data],” Hensler said — so that the judge can adequately consider whether the plaintiff’s evidence is credible and scientifically valid.[aside postID=news_12047129 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/55950722_qed.jpg']If the case stays in California — and is not transferred to New York as Diageo has requested — the Golden State’s robust consumer protection laws could also come into play. The lawsuit claims the beverage company is in violation of the state’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act, which prohibits companies from misrepresenting the source of the goods they are selling, said Ted Mermin, consumer law professor at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t advertise something if you know — or should know — that what you are saying isn’t true,” he said. “You do not need a law that’s called ‘the tequila purity law.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And say the court finds that Diageo \u003cem>did \u003c/em>mislead consumers about the agave content in its products? It would be the smaller players in the supply chain that pay the consequences, Suro Piñera said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, farmworkers and environmental activists \u003ca href=\"https://elpais.com/mexico/2023-07-13/la-sobreproduccion-de-agave-en-mexico-genera-una-alerta-climatica.html\">have warned that greater demand for agave\u003c/a> could have \u003ca href=\"https://daily.sevenfifty.com/americans-love-of-tequila-and-beer-is-deepening-mexicos-water-crisis/\">serious long-term consequences on the drinking water\u003c/a> and agricultural land used by the very families that make this liquor possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this [spirits] category collapses and the external corporate interests just go to the next country — the next trending liquor — they’ll be leaving us with a damaged ecosystem and greater inequality,” he said. “It’s a cultural and ecological expropriation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with that, Suro Piñera added, wiping away “the reputation and recognition that we have worked so hard to build.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a series of legal battles has begun this summer that could shake up the entire industry — one of them in the very state that has embraced tequila the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Diageo-Class-Action-072025-1.pdf\">A San Francisco resident\u003c/a> has filed a class action suit in federal court against spirits giant Diageo — parent company of well-known tequila brands Don Julio and Casamigos — alleging the company intentionally misled consumers about the agave content in its tequila products labeled “100% agave” in order to profit from this deception.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘An earthquake in the industry’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The class action — filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California — claims to represent anyone “who purchased Diageo Premium Tequila Products” with the goal of recovering “financial losses sustained by consumers who were misled by [Diageo’s] false and misleading advertising.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is actually the third lawsuit that Diageo faces from consumers regarding the agave content in their Don Julio and Casamigos brands, with one class action filed by consumers in New York in May and another in Florida shortly after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-9-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053055\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Moose” arranges bottles along the towering tequila wall inside San Francisco Tequila Shop in Bernal Heights on Aug. 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Out of all three states where Diageo is being sued, California has some of the strongest consumer protection laws — and the beverage company has recently requested that this particular lawsuit be moved to the same New York court overseeing the first case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs joining the San Francisco resident in the lawsuit are represented by Baron & Budd and Hagens Berman, two consumer rights firms with extensive records of \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/Business/ny-man-sues-volkswagen-emissions-scandal-reason-bought/story?id=33951902\">wrestling with major corporations in court\u003c/a>. Neither firm returned KQED’s requests for an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Diageo told KQED that “claims of adulteration are outrageous and categorically false,” and that the company will defend the quality and integrity of its tequilas in court “and against anyone who is spreading misinformation and lies about our products.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers for both Diageo and the California plaintiffs will meet in San Francisco’s courthouse on Oct. 3. Regardless of what the courts decide, said David Suro Piñera, a Philadelphia-based tequila entrepreneur and historian, the lawsuits “are an earthquake in the industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why \u003cem>is \u003c/em>the agave content inside a tequila bottle so crucial when it comes to selling this liquor that’s only becoming more popular? And what does this lawsuit say about how U.S. consumers shape an industry that started thousands of miles away in Mexico?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Evolution in the public eye\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Covered floor to ceiling with colorful and intricately decorated bottles, the San Francisco Tequila Shop on the steep streets of Bernal Heights is an oasis for lovers of spirits derived from the agave plant. It was here in the backroom one August afternoon that owner Moose Malhi hosted Suro Piñera for a tasting event featuring some blanco, some reposado and plenty of conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suro Piñera told the assembled tequila enthusiasts about how, back in 1986, he opened a restaurant called Tequilas in downtown Philadelphia with the goal of bringing high-end Mexican cuisine to that city. But other local restaurateurs were confused about the name, he said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“They would hear ‘tequila’ and imagine something else — not high quality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the following decades, the way American consumers think about this liquor has changed significantly, Suro Piñera said. “To see right now the passion, the commitment, the interest in tequila, is a dream come true,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Families have been producing tequila primarily in the Mexican state of Jalisco for centuries, blending European distillation techniques with Indigenous agricultural knowledge. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.crt.org.mx/en/about-us/\">Tequila Regulatory Council\u003c/a> is the independent body that establishes the rules for the industry, which includes where tequila can be produced, who can sell it and \u003ca href=\"https://www.crt.org.mx/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/NOM-006-SCFI-2012%20-%20INGLES.pdf\">defining what goes into it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anything marked as “tequila” must include at least 51% alcohol derived from blue agave. The other 49% \u003cem>can \u003c/em>come from other sources, like caña (sugar cane) or grain alcohol, which are typically cheaper. This type of tequila, that’s a mixture of alcohols from different sources, is called “mixto.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Diageo lawsuit said that 100% agave “is a powerful marketing tool that shapes consumer expectations” and then accuses the company of tricking consumers into buying tequila that actually has “cheaper, non-agave alcohol.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mislabeling their tequila products is a violation of consumer protection law, the lawsuit claims. “For dominant players like Diageo, this is not just deceptive — it is a calculated, strategic misuse of market power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A pleasant burn’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Regulatory details aside, how does being 100% agave affect the way your tequila actually tastes? If you rarely drink tequila because of its strong flavor, don’t expect 100% agave tequila to be any easier on you, the San Francisco Tequila Shop’s Malhi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People drink tequila that’s been sweetened by additives, and they think it’s smooth,” he said. “If all you drink is tequila that’s been sweetened, and then you try something with no additives, that’s such a big jump.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053056\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-13-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053056\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250819_TEQUILA101_GH-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view inside San Francisco Tequila Shop in Bernal Heights on Aug. 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A good tequila is going to give you a pleasant burn,” said Marcos Higareda, a tequila entrepreneur based out of Riverside County. “This comes from the ground. The soil nurtured that agave for the last seven, eight years. Then it went through a process to convert it into tequila.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also a lot of variation between the distilleries that provide tequila labels with their product. Some are run by the same families that first opened them decades ago, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/nx-s1-5188663/author-ted-genoways-new-book-tequila-wars\">long-held distillation traditions becoming industry secrets\u003c/a>. And while some of these factors are dependent on humans, others — like rain and drought — are ultimately out of our control, Higareda said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with 100% agave tequila, it’s normal for there to be slight variations in color, taste or aroma in the same batch. “Not all tequilas are going to be the same,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Agave under strain\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.crt.org.mx/en/2025/03/27/2025-begins-with-an-increase-in-tequila-exports/\">world’s thirst for tequila grows\u003c/a>, Higareda said that big brands are responding with a product that seeks to smell, taste and look the same regardless of where you go. One way to do that: adding sweeteners and colorants to achieve this uniformity, as permitted by the Tequila Regulatory Council’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.crt.org.mx/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/NOM-006-SCFI-2012%20-%20INGLES.pdf\">rulebook for tequila production, \u003c/a>also known as the “Normas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want to go to the shelf and you want to see that your product has the same consistent color every single time and the same flavor every single time,” a Jose Cuervo executive \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkell/2025/03/24/jose-cuervo-says-the-additive-free--movement-is-damaging-to-tequila/\">recently told Forbes Magazine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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