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"content": "\u003cp>Election Day is Nov. 5. And your mail-in ballot will be arriving in your mailbox up to a month before that — as long your voter registration is up-to-date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if you’re wondering, “How do I know if I’m registered to vote?” whether election officials have your correct mailing address and when voter registration ends? What if you want to register to vote for the very first time and need to know the requirements for registration? And what if you’re registered to vote with a particular political party but you’re considering voting for another party’s presidential candidate?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for everything you need to know about registering to vote or jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#change-address-voter-registration\">What should I do if I’ve moved to a new address?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#change-name-voter-registration\">I changed my name — how do I update my voter registration?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#register-to-vote-first-time\">I want to register for the first time\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#when-will-my-ballot-arrive\">When will my ballot arrive?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#vote-for-president\">I’m registered to vote with a specific political party. Do I have to vote for their presidential candidate?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>I’m pretty sure I’m already registered to vote, but how can I check?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can check your voter registration status at \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\u003c/a>. This will show whether you’re actually registered to vote and to which address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your voter registration shows as active, and your address and name are all up-to-date, great: You can rest easy in the knowledge that your mail-in ballot will be arriving in several weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closer to the election, you can also use \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\u003c/a> to check if your ballot was mailed out. You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">the Where’s My Ballot? Tool\u003c/a> to check whether your ballot has been sent.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are some reasons I might need to update my voter registration?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Updating your voter registration is also known as “re-registering” to vote — because to update elements of your voter record at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a>, you’ll need to register to vote \u003cem>again\u003c/em> as if you were making a new application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a general rule, you’ll definitely need to re-register if your name or address has changed. But if registering to vote when you know you’re already registered feels weird, don’t worry: this won’t be seen as you trying to fraudulently register to vote twice or anything like that. Because your voter registration is tied to your social security number and your driver’s license/state ID card number, your new voter registration will be matched with your \u003cem>existing\u003c/em> voter registration and your details will be updated that way. There will also be a section on the form where you can provide any previous addresses and names you’ve been registered to vote under.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to change your party preference, you’ll also need to re-register to do that — but remember that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974134/no-party-preference-how-to-vote-california-presidential-primary\">unlike the primary elections earlier this year,\u003c/a> you can vote for any presidential candidate in a general election — not just the candidate with the party you’re registered with.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974134/no-party-preference-how-to-vote-california-presidential-primary\"> \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For smaller changes, your county may allow you to submit a Voter Action Form by mail or online. For example, if San Francisco residents want to make minor changes to their voter registration, they can use \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfelections.org/tools/regupdate/regupd.php\">a form from the San Francisco Department of Elections\u003c/a> to determine whether they can do so online. \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">Find your Bay Area county elections office’s website and contact details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should update your voter registration if:\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"change-address-voter-registration\">\u003c/a>If you have moved to a new address within California\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your old address is on your voter registration, then your mail-in ballot will automatically be sent to that address — not your new one. Your voter registration will only reflect your new address if you’ve manually updated it or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">if you’ve updated your address with the DMV.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Register to vote with your new address at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state says that you can also send a signed letter to your current county elections official to let them know you’ve moved, along with your date of birth and current address. \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">Find your Bay Area county elections office’s website and contact details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"change-name-voter-registration\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>If you have legally changed your name\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this case, you’ll need to re-register to vote with your current (new) name. One important thing: Before you do that, the Secretary of State recommends that you \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">update your California driver’s license or identification card with the DMV \u003cem>first.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is because when you register to vote online, your county elections office electronically requests a copy of the signature the DMV currently has for you. And if you haven’t updated your signature with the DMV, the signature the agency sends to your county elections office will be the signature for your previous name, not your new one, and your registration will be rejected. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/updating-information-on-your-driver-license-or-identification-dl-id-card/\">Read how to update your signature with the DMV.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you aren’t able to update your details with the DMV first? Then, the state recommends you select “decline” on the application when asked to use your DMV signature to register to vote — but you’ll have to hit “print” and sign the paper application, which you’ll mail it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Register to vote with your new name at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you haven’t voted in a while\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In general,” says the state, you’ll stay registered to vote for as long as you remain at the same address you’re registered with — but “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">there are cases in which voter registration can be canceled\u003c/a> if a voter has not voted in several consecutive general elections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if your ballot doesn’t arrive in October, and you suspect it might be because you haven’t voted in many years, contact your county’s elections office ASAP. \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">Jump straight to our list of Bay Area county elections offices\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When is my last chance to update my voter registration?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you forget to re-register with your new address or name, and your ballot is sent out in October to the wrong address or without your current name, don’t worry. As long as you update your voter registration online at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov \u003c/a>before the Oct. 21 deadline, your county will just cancel the ballot that went to your old address and send you a new one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if things get hectic in October and you miss that Oct. 21 to re-register online, you can still update your voter registration — you’ll just have to do it in person at that stage. Go to \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">your county elections office \u003c/a>or an open voting location and ask to register in person via Same Day Registration (also called conditional registration). You can do this up until when polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"register-to-vote-first-time\">\u003c/a>How can I register to vote for the first time?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can register to vote if you’re:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A United States citizen and a resident of California,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>18 years old or older on Election Day\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>People who are currently serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony cannot vote or register to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can register to vote online at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov \u003c/a>before the Oct. 21 deadline. After that, you can register to vote in person at\u003ca href=\"#countylist\"> your county elections office \u003c/a>or an open voting location, where you can register through Same Day Registration (also called conditional registration). You can do this up until when polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re unhoused or have no fixed address, you can still register to vote by providing a description of the place where you spend most of your time if you don’t have a street address, including cross streets. You can \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">register to vote this way via online application\u003c/a> before Oct. 21 or on the paper voter registration application you can pick up at any Department of Motor Vehicles field office, or many post offices, public libraries, government offices or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">your county elections office\u003c/a> by request (where you can also use Same Day Registration in person.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>My voter registration is fine, but do I have to request a mail-in ballot for Election 2024?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No — every registered voter in California will automatically receive a ballot in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can use that ballot to cast your vote or you can forget that ballot and request a fresh one at a voting location. The one that arrived in the mail will be canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"when-will-my-ballot-arrive\">\u003c/a>When will my ballot arrive?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Oct. 7 is the deadline for Bay Area counties to start mailing out ballots, but many counties will get started several days before that. This means your ballot will most likely be arriving in early-mid October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can use both \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\u003c/a> and the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">Where’s My Ballot? Tool\u003c/a> to check whether your ballot has been sent out.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"vote-for-president\">\u003c/a>When voting for president, do I have to vote for the party I’m registered with?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a general election, you can vote for any candidate — not just the candidate with the party you’re registered with.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974134/no-party-preference-how-to-vote-california-presidential-primary\"> Unlike in the primary elections earlier this year,\u003c/a> this means that even if you’re a registered Republican, you can vote for the Democratic candidate or vice versa. Same for if you’re a “no party preference” voter (also known as an independent): you can vote for any presidential candidate on your ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"countylist\">\u003c/a>How can I contact my county directly about voting?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Across the Bay Area, elections officials are encouraging voters to reach out — early — with any questions or concerns. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Election Day is Nov. 5. And your mail-in ballot will be arriving in your mailbox up to a month before that — as long your voter registration is up-to-date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if you’re wondering, “How do I know if I’m registered to vote?” whether election officials have your correct mailing address and when voter registration ends? What if you want to register to vote for the very first time and need to know the requirements for registration? And what if you’re registered to vote with a particular political party but you’re considering voting for another party’s presidential candidate?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for everything you need to know about registering to vote or jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#change-address-voter-registration\">What should I do if I’ve moved to a new address?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#change-name-voter-registration\">I changed my name — how do I update my voter registration?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#register-to-vote-first-time\">I want to register for the first time\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#when-will-my-ballot-arrive\">When will my ballot arrive?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#vote-for-president\">I’m registered to vote with a specific political party. Do I have to vote for their presidential candidate?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>I’m pretty sure I’m already registered to vote, but how can I check?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can check your voter registration status at \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\u003c/a>. This will show whether you’re actually registered to vote and to which address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your voter registration shows as active, and your address and name are all up-to-date, great: You can rest easy in the knowledge that your mail-in ballot will be arriving in several weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closer to the election, you can also use \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\u003c/a> to check if your ballot was mailed out. You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">the Where’s My Ballot? Tool\u003c/a> to check whether your ballot has been sent.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are some reasons I might need to update my voter registration?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Updating your voter registration is also known as “re-registering” to vote — because to update elements of your voter record at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a>, you’ll need to register to vote \u003cem>again\u003c/em> as if you were making a new application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a general rule, you’ll definitely need to re-register if your name or address has changed. But if registering to vote when you know you’re already registered feels weird, don’t worry: this won’t be seen as you trying to fraudulently register to vote twice or anything like that. Because your voter registration is tied to your social security number and your driver’s license/state ID card number, your new voter registration will be matched with your \u003cem>existing\u003c/em> voter registration and your details will be updated that way. There will also be a section on the form where you can provide any previous addresses and names you’ve been registered to vote under.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to change your party preference, you’ll also need to re-register to do that — but remember that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974134/no-party-preference-how-to-vote-california-presidential-primary\">unlike the primary elections earlier this year,\u003c/a> you can vote for any presidential candidate in a general election — not just the candidate with the party you’re registered with.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974134/no-party-preference-how-to-vote-california-presidential-primary\"> \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For smaller changes, your county may allow you to submit a Voter Action Form by mail or online. For example, if San Francisco residents want to make minor changes to their voter registration, they can use \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfelections.org/tools/regupdate/regupd.php\">a form from the San Francisco Department of Elections\u003c/a> to determine whether they can do so online. \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">Find your Bay Area county elections office’s website and contact details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should update your voter registration if:\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"change-address-voter-registration\">\u003c/a>If you have moved to a new address within California\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your old address is on your voter registration, then your mail-in ballot will automatically be sent to that address — not your new one. Your voter registration will only reflect your new address if you’ve manually updated it or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">if you’ve updated your address with the DMV.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Register to vote with your new address at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state says that you can also send a signed letter to your current county elections official to let them know you’ve moved, along with your date of birth and current address. \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">Find your Bay Area county elections office’s website and contact details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"change-name-voter-registration\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>If you have legally changed your name\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this case, you’ll need to re-register to vote with your current (new) name. One important thing: Before you do that, the Secretary of State recommends that you \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">update your California driver’s license or identification card with the DMV \u003cem>first.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is because when you register to vote online, your county elections office electronically requests a copy of the signature the DMV currently has for you. And if you haven’t updated your signature with the DMV, the signature the agency sends to your county elections office will be the signature for your previous name, not your new one, and your registration will be rejected. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/updating-information-on-your-driver-license-or-identification-dl-id-card/\">Read how to update your signature with the DMV.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you aren’t able to update your details with the DMV first? Then, the state recommends you select “decline” on the application when asked to use your DMV signature to register to vote — but you’ll have to hit “print” and sign the paper application, which you’ll mail it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Register to vote with your new name at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you haven’t voted in a while\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In general,” says the state, you’ll stay registered to vote for as long as you remain at the same address you’re registered with — but “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">there are cases in which voter registration can be canceled\u003c/a> if a voter has not voted in several consecutive general elections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if your ballot doesn’t arrive in October, and you suspect it might be because you haven’t voted in many years, contact your county’s elections office ASAP. \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">Jump straight to our list of Bay Area county elections offices\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When is my last chance to update my voter registration?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you forget to re-register with your new address or name, and your ballot is sent out in October to the wrong address or without your current name, don’t worry. As long as you update your voter registration online at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov \u003c/a>before the Oct. 21 deadline, your county will just cancel the ballot that went to your old address and send you a new one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if things get hectic in October and you miss that Oct. 21 to re-register online, you can still update your voter registration — you’ll just have to do it in person at that stage. Go to \u003ca href=\"#countylist\">your county elections office \u003c/a>or an open voting location and ask to register in person via Same Day Registration (also called conditional registration). You can do this up until when polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"register-to-vote-first-time\">\u003c/a>How can I register to vote for the first time?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can register to vote if you’re:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A United States citizen and a resident of California,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>18 years old or older on Election Day\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>People who are currently serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony cannot vote or register to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can register to vote online at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov \u003c/a>before the Oct. 21 deadline. After that, you can register to vote in person at\u003ca href=\"#countylist\"> your county elections office \u003c/a>or an open voting location, where you can register through Same Day Registration (also called conditional registration). You can do this up until when polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re unhoused or have no fixed address, you can still register to vote by providing a description of the place where you spend most of your time if you don’t have a street address, including cross streets. You can \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">register to vote this way via online application\u003c/a> before Oct. 21 or on the paper voter registration application you can pick up at any Department of Motor Vehicles field office, or many post offices, public libraries, government offices or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">your county elections office\u003c/a> by request (where you can also use Same Day Registration in person.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>My voter registration is fine, but do I have to request a mail-in ballot for Election 2024?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No — every registered voter in California will automatically receive a ballot in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can use that ballot to cast your vote or you can forget that ballot and request a fresh one at a voting location. 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"content": "\u003cp>This week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-s1-5101890/apalachee-high-school-shooting-charges-investigation\">a 14-year-old Georgia high school student was charged as an adult\u003c/a> with four counts of felony murder for allegedly using an assault-style rifle to kill two students and two teachers in the hallway outside his algebra classroom, according to authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, about an hour’s drive from Atlanta, is \u003ca href=\"https://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/mass-killings/index.html\">the latest among dozens of school shootings across the U.S. in recent years\u003c/a>, including especially deadly ones in Newtown, Connecticut; Parkland, Florida; and Uvalde, Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The media coverage of these events are once again prompting conversations about how to talk with kids about the news — especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996268/gun-violence-mental-health-support-compensation-bay-area\">gun violence.\u003c/a> Such acts of violence are disturbing for children to witness, but kid also are exposed to scary-sounding news and alarming imagery when similar traumatic events occur around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools in the United States have become more prepared for mass shootings in recent years, which has meant learning how to talk with kids about active shooters and “bad guys” on school campuses. While \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/08/27/640323347/the-school-shootings-that-werent\">the incidence of on-campus shootings is extremely low\u003c/a>, they’re something many teachers and parents have prepared for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most helpful thing for parents to share with their kids is that these events are rare and that adults are there to protect them,” said Stephen Brock, professor of psychology at CSU Sacramento. “We can’t deny the reality of these things, but kids need to be reassured with these facts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some kids find out about the news by seeing it themselves or hearing it discussed at school, at home or in their communities. Young children can especially be harmed by this exposure, so experts recommend restricting their access to traumatic news. Kids old enough to have smartphones will likely get misinformation on the internet and social media, so it’s even more important for parents and caregivers to support their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some key steps parents and caregivers can take:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Remind kids that they are safe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Children need to be reassured by their caregivers that they are safe. \u003ca href=\"https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/talking-to-children\">The American Psychological Association says, above all, reassure\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ … reassure your children that you will do everything you know how to do to keep them safe and to watch out for them. Reassure them that you will be available to answer any questions or talk about this topic again in the future. Reassure them that they are loved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Limit young children’s exposure to traumatic news\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Young children have less developed skills to separate facts from fears, so psychologists recommend minimizing a child’s exposure to traumatic news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When kids see the news, even if they are not a resident of [the affected place], they have the mistaken perception that they could be shot at any time,” said Brock. “For little ones, turn [the news] off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And sometimes, that fear is transferred to children through adult behavior. If adults are behaving in an anxious or fearful manner, kids will pick up on that, especially those in primary grades and younger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kids will look to adults to see how scared they should be,” said Brock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Observe your kids for verbal and nonverbal cues\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A parent might overhear a child talking about a traumatic news event, or the child might ask about it. If it looks like the child is curious, engage the child in conversation, said Brock, adding, “Let their questions be your guide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all kids can verbalize what they’re feeling, so look for changes in behavior. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">the “Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers” report\u003c/a> from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), caregivers are advised to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Watch for clues that they may want to talk, such as hovering around while you do the dishes or yard work. Some children prefer writing, playing music, or doing an art project as an outlet. Young children may need concrete activities (such as drawing, looking at picture books, or imaginative play) to help them identify and express their feelings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if the child is not aware or expressing any interest in a traumatic event, it’s best to not bring it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t want to interject traumatic events into a child,” said Brock, who co-authored the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Talk with your kids in a way that’s developmentally appropriate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Parents can talk with kids about anything, but it must be developmentally appropriate. Communicating with a 15-year-old is going to be different from talking with a 4-year-old. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">NASP\u003c/a> has this advice on how to explain traumas, especially in schools, to different age groups:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Early elementary school children\u003c/strong> need brief, simple information that should be balanced with reassurances that their schools and homes are safe and that adults are there to protect them. Give simple examples of school safety like reminding children about exterior doors being locked, child monitoring efforts on the playground, and emergency drills practiced during the school day.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Upper elementary and early middle school children\u003c/strong> will be more vocal in asking questions about whether they truly are safe and what is being done at their school. They may need assistance separating reality from fantasy. Discuss efforts of school and community leaders to provide safe schools.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Upper middle school and high school students\u003c/strong> will have strong and varying opinions about the causes of violence in schools and society. They will share concrete suggestions about how to make school safer and how to prevent tragedies in society. Emphasize the role that students have in maintaining safe schools by following school safety guidelines (e.g., not providing building access to strangers, reporting strangers on campus, reporting threats to the school safety made by students or community members, etc.), communicating any personal safety concerns to school administrators, and accessing support for emotional needs.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teens need guidance from their parents, too, especially since they’re absorbing the chatter on social media networks and direct messages from friends. Kids with phones will likely see graphic images through friends and news updates, which can create added trauma and anxiety. \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/explaining-the-news-to-our-kids\">Common Sense Media advises parents to check in\u003c/a> on their teens:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since, in many instances, teens will have absorbed the news independently of you, talking with them can offer great insights into their developing politics and their senses of justice and morality. It will also help you get a sense of what they already know or have learned about the situation from their own social networks. It will also give you the opportunity to throw your own insights into the mix (just don’t dismiss theirs, since that will shut down the conversation immediately).”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Maintain a normal routine\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Brock said, to the extent that it’s possible, maintain a normal routine. This will be helpful for the kid who’s frightened or anxious about a traumatic event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more typical the routine, the more reassuring it can be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting by the Associated Press, and KQED’s Carly Severn and Spencer Whitney also contributed to this story. A previous version of this story was published on July 15, 2024.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Earth baked under its hottest July in recorded history, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.noaa.gov/news/earth-just-had-its-warmest-july-on-record#:~:text=The%20average%20July%20global%20surface,high%20temperatures%20for%20the%20planet.\">the latest data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u003c/a> (NOAA). That same agency also confirmed that \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/july-was-californias-hottest-month-ever\">July was the warmest month on record for California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But heat does not impact everybody the same way. In a state as unequal as California — where families at the top 10th percentile \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/income-inequality-in-california/#:~:text=The%20gap%20between%20high%20and,%2429%2C000%2C%20respectively).\">make ten times more than families at the bottom 10th percentile\u003c/a> — there’s also a striking inequality at play when it comes to which Californians are bearing the brunt of rising temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve reported on how workers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11918317/blacklisted-for-speaking-up-how-california-farmworkers-fighting-abuses-are-vulnerable-to-retaliation\">experience extreme heat\u003c/a> — both \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999014/working-inside-during-a-heat-wave-what-to-know-about-californias-new-protections\">indoors\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886628/feeling-the-heat-how-workers-can-advocate-for-safer-working-conditions-under-the-sun\">outdoors\u003c/a> — but in conversation after conversation with folks, the obvious kept coming up: where we work is only one place where we experience heat. Excessive heat follows us where we live, eat, play and rest. Place helps define our relationship with heat. But we all don’t have access to the same places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a region as expensive — \u003ca href=\"https://belonging.berkeley.edu/segregationinthebay\">and historically segregated\u003c/a> — as the Bay Area, how much economic, political and social power each of us has gives us access to different spaces. The way our cities are built reflects that and as human-made climate change intensifies, certain cities and neighborhoods — along with their residents — will experience heat more intensely than others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To better understand what’s in store for the future, I spoke to researchers, community organizers and residents to learn how heat is unevenly impacting the Bay Area now. What Bay Area cities and neighborhoods are feeling more of the heat now? And what actions are residents and officials taking to make these communities more heat resilient as we approach a much hotter future?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Searching for heat islands\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Researchers use the term “urban heat island” to describe when urban areas experience warmer temperatures than what’s around them. The heat island “effect” is defined as “the difference between the temperature of the air in the city and some reference that you have outside,” said Ronnen Levinson, a Lawrence Berkeley National Lab scientist who has studied the impact of heat in cities for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities absorb heat from the sun. Miles and miles of concrete soak up heat during the day and release it at night. During heat waves, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/03/los-angeles-is-becoming-too-hot-to-bear-can-it-design-its-way-cooler\">places like Los Angeles\u003c/a> or Houston clearly show much higher temperatures than surrounding areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of that is due to exposed concrete surfaces like highways, parking lots and large-scale developments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001708\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001708\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1298826306.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1298826306.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1298826306-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1298826306-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1298826306-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People use clothes and bags to keep cool while applying sunblock as they wait in line for the cable car in extremely hot weather on Sept. 1, 2017 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, Levinson said that just comparing the air temperature inside and outside an urban area doesn’t always give us a complete picture of how heat builds up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the region’s geography — cities freckled with hills, year-round fog rolling in from the Pacific Ocean, and the Bay itself — naturally produces different microclimates. It wouldn’t make sense to compare the air temperature in San José, a very developed urban area located in a valley, to that of a coastal forest somewhere in San Mateo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In my mind, the question is really: Is the temperature inside the city higher than you want it to be?” Levinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why researchers have started to zoom in: instead of comparing metro areas with what’s outside, they’re now looking at the temperature differences between different neighborhoods — and even street blocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How heat moves within Bay Area cities\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2018, NOAA began a multi-year campaign to map out urban heat islands across major U.S. cities, including \u003ca href=\"https://osf.io/s9at3\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, San José, \u003ca href=\"https://osf.io/7scw2\">Oakland, along with parts of the East Bay\u003c/a>. Researchers weren’t comparing these cities to each other. Instead, in each city, they recruited residents and asked them on a hot summer day to drive around at different points with special sensors on top of their cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sensors were consistently measuring the air temperature — what’s called a “temperature transect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By collecting temperature transects, researchers identified which neighborhoods experience warmer temperatures in comparison to other parts of the same city. NOAA published the results \u003ca href=\"https://www.heat.gov/pages/nihhis-urban-heat-island-mapping-campaign-cities\">as separate Heat Watch reports for each city\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001709\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1421418993.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1421418993.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1421418993-800x519.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1421418993-1020x661.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1421418993-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A construction worker drinks water while working on a highway project along Highway 101 during a major heatwave in the San Francisco Bay Area on Sept. 6, 2022 in Novato, Marin County. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If you were to look at a city from afar and you see that it’s got a lot of green spaces, that’s probably a good thing.” said Levinson from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab who has reviewed the Heat Watch reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are seeing a lot of pavement, almost all pavement is quite hot. The same goes for roofs,” he added, “especially on flat buildings if you see dark roofs. With a few exceptions, those are all quite hot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In each Bay Area city included in the study, we see how heat responds to both geography and human activity — both past and present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the East Bay, volunteers drove different routes that crossed Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont and Albany. Neighborhoods between International Boulevard and the 580 freeway, such as Saint Elizabeth, Jefferson and Maxwell Park were consistently the warmest areas in Oakland, in comparison to the rest of the city. Meanwhile residential areas at higher elevations, like Montclair, stayed much cooler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below is a map that uses NOAA data to visualize temperature ranges collected by volunteers in the afternoon of September 17, 2019. Neighborhoods that are shown to be warmer are also home to thousands of Black and Latino families and also have less available tree canopy than the rest of Oakland, according to city data. West Oakland and neighborhoods near the Coliseum still have a lot of industry present, which means large tracts of exposed concrete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%\" align=\"center\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=191901b1b22744c9b08c463e397b67a5\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Source: NOAA Climate Program Office and CAPA Strategies/University of Richmond.\u003cbr>Map Produced by Matthew Green\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How historic racism parallels heat outcomes today\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s current demographic distribution has roots in\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/lowdown/18486/redlining\"> an urban segregation policy that began in the 1930s known as redlining\u003c/a>, where banks would deny mortgages to families of color — specifically Black families — in certain neighborhoods of U.S. cities. Families of color were then only able to buy homes in different areas, usually near freeways, industrial zones or airports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to University of Richmond researchers who created the spatial data project, \u003ca href=\"https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/about\">Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America\u003c/a>, we have access to maps created by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) in the 1930s that divide many American cities into areas by colors — with blue representing places that were “best” for investment and red meaning “hazardous,” usually defined as neighborhoods where it was in fact possible for families of color to secure a housing loan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In all the maps of Bay Area cities included in this story, we’ve added the option to see which neighborhoods were redlined and how that compares to heat distribution in these cities — just choose between the different layers listed on the upper left side of the maps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over in the South Bay, volunteers crisscrossed San José on August 26, 2020 and tracked higher temperatures in the northern and eastern half of the city during the morning commute, while in the afternoon, they found warmer temperatures in southern and eastern neighborhoods, like Alum Rock, Evergreen, Edenvale and Santa Teresa. The report points out that neighborhoods with more roads, highways and parking lots “appear to create hotspots that affect nearby residential developments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%\" align=\"center\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=7813597069c342f0bda2fc86ad928310\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Source: NOAA Climate Program Office and CAPA Strategies/University of Richmond.\u003cbr>Map Produced by Matthew Green\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we compare this Heat Watch Report to 2020 Census data available for San José, we find that the warmest neighborhoods are also the ones with some of the highest levels of Latino and Asian residents. According to city data, some of the neighborhoods with the highest levels of poverty \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/83642/637837331099770000\">are also those with the lowest levels of canopy cover\u003c/a> — most of them located east of Highway 101.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 1937 redlining map for the city is also available but it only shows central San José, and unlike Oakland, the parallels between past urban planning decisions and current heat outcomes aren’t as clearcut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also important to point out the role geography plays in the way heat moves through the South Bay. San José sits in a valley — the Santa Clara Valley, or also known by the industry that calls this place home, Silicon Valley — where the Santa Cruz Mountains sit on the west and the Diablo Range on the east. With the Pacific Ocean flanking its side, the Santa Cruz Mountains take in a lot more humidity, which helps keep communities on the western side of the valley cooler than those on the east.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%\" align=\"center\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=6d116ac4ab5b42b881bc8befa5db58ca\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Source: NOAA Climate Program Office and CAPA Strategies/University of Richmond.\u003cbr>Map Produced by Matthew Green\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years later, on September 2, 2022, neighborhoods in San Francisco found warmer afternoon temperatures in the eastern half of the city, including the Tenderloin, Chinatown, Mission, Bayview, South of Market, Mission Bay and Treasure Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like in the East Bay and San José, San Francisco’s warmer neighborhoods are home to very diverse communities, including the bulk of the city’s Black and Latino populations. San Francisco’s Heat Watch Report points out that the built environment, like having large amounts of impervious surfaces exposed to the sun, is a factor in these communities being warmer — after all, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/resource/zoning-use-districts\">still has industrial areas\u003c/a>, and they’re overwhelmingly concentrated in the Bayview District, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects/bayview-hunters-point-express\">where one in five of the city’s Black residents live\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We can also compare the Heat Watch data to San Francisco’s own 1937 redlining map. Almost all areas marked favorable for white residents are located in the city’s westside and northern neighborhoods immediately near the Presidio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And similarly to San José, geography is also a factor to the way heat moves around the city. While western neighborhoods like the Sunset or Richmond District don’t have large industrial areas, they do have four very large parks — Golden Gate, the Presidio, Lincoln and Lake Merced — nearby and are the most exposed to the fog that rolls in from the Pacific Ocean, which helps cool these parts significantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What heat island maps don’t tell us\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At a quick glance, San Francisco’s Heat Watch Report seems to tell a straightforward story: eastern neighborhoods are hotter than western ones due to differences in their built environment. But like all things in the Bay Area, things are more complicated than what they seem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you take the Heat Watch Report and put it on top of health impact data, it’s not necessarily one to one,” said Matt Wolff, who manages the climate and health program with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. He, along with city staff from different agencies, developed San Francisco’s very first \u003ca href=\"https://onesanfrancisco.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/HAQR-230522.pdf\">Heat and Air Quality Resilience (HAQR) Project (PDF)\u003c/a>, which defines potential strategies the city can take to adapt to more intense heat and wildfire smoke brought upon by climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of that project, Wolff and his team looked at the temperature differences between different neighborhoods, but also at other factors, like data on heat-related 911 calls and emergency room visits. The team soon realized that just mapping out heat islands wasn’t the best way to identify who is the most vulnerable to extreme heat.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11993192,science_1993644,news_11999014\"]“There are vulnerable people in every neighborhood,” said Alex Morrison, who’s a geographic information system analyst with the city’s Office of Resilience and Capital Planning and along with Wolff, helped lead the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, Morrison said, looking at a map through too many different layers of information can oversimplify where vulnerable populations are. “If you have a map that shows vulnerability is concentrated in this [one] neighborhood, what you’re doing is you’re not telling the story of the older adult who maybe lives alone in the Sunset District and is vulnerable because they live in a house without air conditioning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The one day it gets to 100 degrees, that person’s vulnerable too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it’s really hot around us, it becomes harder for our body to regulate its internal temperature. Our body has certain tools, like sweating, to help deal with excess heat but there is a point when it becomes overwhelmed — that’s called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\">heat illness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Painful muscle cramps and fainting are both symptoms of heat illness, which could potentially lead to heatstroke, where the body’s internal temperature continues to rise causing serious damage to the brain and other vital organs. Anyone can develop heat illness, but there’s factors, like age and pre-existing medical conditions, that put certain folks at greater risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One more element the team looked at, Wolff said, is a person’s capacity to adapt to extreme heat. “Do you have access to the economic, political and social power to prepare for and respond to heat?” he explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How do we close the heat gap?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There isn’t just one solution to heat inequality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their report, San Francisco’s team \u003ca href=\"https://onesanfrancisco.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/HAQR-230522.pdf\">makes several recommendations for city leadership (PDF)\u003c/a>, which include setting up incentives for property owners to adapt their buildings for stronger heat waves. Of San Franciscans, \u003ca href=\"https://default.sfplanning.org/publications_reports/Housing-Needs-and-Trends-Report-2018.pdf\">65% rent their homes (PDFs)\u003c/a> and the report acknowledges that in many situations, tenants don’t have the capacity to install things like heat pumps or \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/heatislands/using-cool-roofs-reduce-heat-islands\">high albedo roofs\u003c/a> that help cool down a building’s temperature by reflecting back sunlight. By covering the costs of these improvements, officials may be able to encourage hesitant landlords.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a saying in the field that ‘every heat death is a preventable death,’” Morrison said. If someone is experiencing extreme heat, city officials have the responsibility to make sure that they are taken care of as soon as possible, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The ability of our public health sector in emergency response to scale with these [extreme heat] events is essential to preventing a lot of those potential deaths,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001492\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001492\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family buys ice cream after school in Concord on Sept. 8, 2022, as the temperature soared to 108 degrees. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One more tool cities have to help cool down warmer neighborhoods: green infrastructure. If things like large parking lots, freeways and industrial areas — what comes to mind when we talk about infrastructure — absorb heat really well, cities can move away from this type of development and push for structures that reflect off heat instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the heat watchmaps for San Francisco, the East Bay and San José, neighborhoods with more green areas tended to stay cooler throughout the day than other parts of the city. With this in mind, Bay Area cities are heavily investing in developing stronger urban forests and giving priority to neighborhoods that have less trees and parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trees are green infrastructure,” said David Moore, senior tree supervisor with Oakland’s Department of Public Works. Moore and his team have been working for a few years on developing the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/projects/oakland-urban-forest-plan\">Draft Urban Forest Plan\u003c/a>, which acknowledges that factors like historical redlining policies and income inequality across the city are why street trees are not evenly distributed throughout the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trees are also infrastructure that appreciates value over time,” he said. “Instead of building something that soon after starts rusting and falling apart, you plant this little thing and it gets bigger and bigger and provides more value over time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The draft plan states that having more tree canopy cover and green spaces in areas where people live and work \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/projects/oakland-urban-forest-plan\">can help close the gap in which neighborhoods experience more heat\u003c/a>, along with providing relief to those who are most at risk during heat waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The cliché would be, ‘Well, the government should just plant more trees in these areas,’” Moore said. But something important to keep in mind, Moore said, is that when the city plants a tree in front of a family’s house, that family is now responsible for maintaining it. And as the tree grows, that responsibility also grows with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008, Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/tree-services#:~:text=The%20City%20of%20Oakland%20will,pollarding%20services%20were%20all%20eliminated.\">eliminated its street tree pruning and watering program due to budget cuts\u003c/a>. There are now trees that the city planted in front of homes that the city hasn’t given care to in over 15 years, Moore added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a feeling of frustration that the city hasn’t taken responsibility for these amazing trees — which could be great assets — but end up getting a bad rap when we look at them,” he said. “So we can’t assume that people necessarily want a street tree in front of their house, and if they do want it, it might not be from us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials have partnered with local nonprofits \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonvision.org/\">Common Vision\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandparks.org/\">Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation\u003c/a> in order to identify community members interested in having trees planted by their homes and deciding, as a collective, what type of tree to plant and how to share the responsibility of caring for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s money to back up these efforts: Last year, the U.S. Forest Service awarded the city $8 million \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forests/ucf/2023-grant-funding\">as part of the agency’s Urban & Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act Grants\u003c/a>. The funds will be used to increase tree canopy on public and private land, boost maintenance for existing trees and create jobs to support these efforts — all of this in \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/oakdot-geographic-equity-toolbox\">priority neighborhoods in the city’s downtown, east side and Fruitvale\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several other cities in the region, including San Francisco, San José, Berkeley, Vallejo, Petaluma, Hayward and Concord, have also been awarded grants from the Forest Service. In San José, $5.5 million will be designated for existing tree management and plant thousands of new trees in disadvantaged census tracts, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/83642/637837331099770000\">most of them located in the city’s east side\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an engineered environment and we have the ability to engineer it so that it is lush and has a canopy cover across the whole city,” said Colin Heyne, public information officer for the San José Department of Transportation, which created the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/transportation/landscaping/trees/community-forest-management-plan\">Community Forest Management Plan\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The power community has to resist heat\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Every public official KQED spoke to for this story agreed on one thing: heat mitigation strategies are most effective when community members take the lead and cities follow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco’s Mission District, In Chan Kaajal Park is one clear example of how residents in a neighborhood with greater exposure to heat organized to transform their built environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001701\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001701\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Chan Kaajal Park in the Mission District on Aug. 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2008, the corner of 17th and South Van Ness streets \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/1436/In-Chan-Kaajal-Park\">was a parking lot\u003c/a>. Families in the area, with the support of environmental justice group \u003ca href=\"https://podersf.org/\">PODER\u003c/a>, had pushed the city for a new park in that part of the neighborhood for years — and community members wanted to transform this space \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HniBRzzecXw\">with affordable housing alongside it\u003c/a>. In 2012, the city finally approved a plan for the park, while at the same time, residents worked with PODER and the Mission Economic Development Agency \u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/chan-kaajal-park-opens-will-serve-parkside-porch-people-medas-2060-folsom-affordable-housing-development/\">on a fully affordable housing development next door\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost a decade later, In Chan Kaajal — which translates to “My Little Town” in Maya Yucateco, spoken by many of the Indigenous families in the area — opened in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In our organizing work, so much of it is about stopping gentrification, displacement, speculation,” said Jacqui Gutiérrez, organizer and educator with PODER. She herself was not involved directly in the push for In Chan Kaajal, but those efforts have served as a blueprint for other organizing efforts she’s helped lead to expand green spaces in the rest of the Mission and Excelsior District. “We also need to envision and build what we need to thrive. Green space is non-negotiable in a climate crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In Chan Kaajal is a result of that. It’s a tangible kind of win in environmental justice because people use the park every single day,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizing for more green spaces and protections against extreme heat can happen anywhere, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“First map out where the existing gathering places in your community already are, whether they’re inside or outdoors, whether they’re green or not,” she said. “Often the list of resources available for our communities don’t exist. When we know what we have, and don’t have, that’s our starting point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001702\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001702\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kids from La Scuola International School play at In Chan Kaajal Park’s playground during their lunch recess on August 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Understanding your own heat risks — and the protections you have\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Before\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\"> the next heat wave\u003c/a> rolls through California, take some time to assess where extreme heat impacts you and your loved ones the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find out: Is your family’s health particularly vulnerable to heat?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s heat team found that it’s indoors where many residents experience heat — given the fact that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-lacks-air-conditioning-17685873.php\">San Francisco has the lowest rate of air conditioning in the country\u003c/a>. Certain types of homes in San Francisco and the rest of the Bay Area are very effective at trapping heat during the day, but aren’t as well designed to let that heat out at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s several chronic health conditions \u003ca href=\"https://heatreadyca.com/tips-to-stay-cool/chronic-health-conditions/\">that can intensify during a heat wave\u003c/a>, including diabetes, certain types of heart disease, asthma and other lung conditions, and even some mental health disorders. State officials have created an interactive guide that helps you\u003ca href=\"https://heatreadyca.com/make-a-plan/\"> create your own extreme heat plan\u003c/a>, which also points out which risk factors you should take into account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Remember: your workplace should be protecting you from high temperatures\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another place where many Californians experience extreme heat during the day: \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WRA1386-1.html\">their workplace\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you work indoors and your job doesn’t have a working A/C system, state officials announced earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999014/working-inside-during-a-heat-wave-what-to-know-about-californias-new-protections\">new heat protections for indoor workers\u003c/a>. Once it’s 82 degrees or hotter in your workplace, your employer needs to provide you and all your coworkers with water, cool-down breaks and training to prevent heat illness. This includes restaurants, office buildings, warehouses and almost every other indoor workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you work outdoors — whether that’s in agriculture, construction, deliveries or another job where you’re exposed to the sun — your employer is also required \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886628/feeling-the-heat-how-workers-can-advocate-for-safer-working-conditions-under-the-sun\">to provide you with similar protections during heat waves\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any person in California is entitled to these rights, regardless of immigration or contract status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a region as expensive — \u003ca href=\"https://belonging.berkeley.edu/segregationinthebay\">and historically segregated\u003c/a> — as the Bay Area, how much economic, political and social power each of us has gives us access to different spaces. The way our cities are built reflects that and as human-made climate change intensifies, certain cities and neighborhoods — along with their residents — will experience heat more intensely than others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To better understand what’s in store for the future, I spoke to researchers, community organizers and residents to learn how heat is unevenly impacting the Bay Area now. What Bay Area cities and neighborhoods are feeling more of the heat now? And what actions are residents and officials taking to make these communities more heat resilient as we approach a much hotter future?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Searching for heat islands\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Researchers use the term “urban heat island” to describe when urban areas experience warmer temperatures than what’s around them. The heat island “effect” is defined as “the difference between the temperature of the air in the city and some reference that you have outside,” said Ronnen Levinson, a Lawrence Berkeley National Lab scientist who has studied the impact of heat in cities for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities absorb heat from the sun. Miles and miles of concrete soak up heat during the day and release it at night. During heat waves, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/03/los-angeles-is-becoming-too-hot-to-bear-can-it-design-its-way-cooler\">places like Los Angeles\u003c/a> or Houston clearly show much higher temperatures than surrounding areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of that is due to exposed concrete surfaces like highways, parking lots and large-scale developments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001708\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001708\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1298826306.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1298826306.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1298826306-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1298826306-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1298826306-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People use clothes and bags to keep cool while applying sunblock as they wait in line for the cable car in extremely hot weather on Sept. 1, 2017 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, Levinson said that just comparing the air temperature inside and outside an urban area doesn’t always give us a complete picture of how heat builds up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the region’s geography — cities freckled with hills, year-round fog rolling in from the Pacific Ocean, and the Bay itself — naturally produces different microclimates. It wouldn’t make sense to compare the air temperature in San José, a very developed urban area located in a valley, to that of a coastal forest somewhere in San Mateo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In my mind, the question is really: Is the temperature inside the city higher than you want it to be?” Levinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why researchers have started to zoom in: instead of comparing metro areas with what’s outside, they’re now looking at the temperature differences between different neighborhoods — and even street blocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How heat moves within Bay Area cities\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2018, NOAA began a multi-year campaign to map out urban heat islands across major U.S. cities, including \u003ca href=\"https://osf.io/s9at3\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, San José, \u003ca href=\"https://osf.io/7scw2\">Oakland, along with parts of the East Bay\u003c/a>. Researchers weren’t comparing these cities to each other. Instead, in each city, they recruited residents and asked them on a hot summer day to drive around at different points with special sensors on top of their cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sensors were consistently measuring the air temperature — what’s called a “temperature transect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By collecting temperature transects, researchers identified which neighborhoods experience warmer temperatures in comparison to other parts of the same city. NOAA published the results \u003ca href=\"https://www.heat.gov/pages/nihhis-urban-heat-island-mapping-campaign-cities\">as separate Heat Watch reports for each city\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001709\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1421418993.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1421418993.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1421418993-800x519.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1421418993-1020x661.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1421418993-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A construction worker drinks water while working on a highway project along Highway 101 during a major heatwave in the San Francisco Bay Area on Sept. 6, 2022 in Novato, Marin County. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If you were to look at a city from afar and you see that it’s got a lot of green spaces, that’s probably a good thing.” said Levinson from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab who has reviewed the Heat Watch reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are seeing a lot of pavement, almost all pavement is quite hot. The same goes for roofs,” he added, “especially on flat buildings if you see dark roofs. With a few exceptions, those are all quite hot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In each Bay Area city included in the study, we see how heat responds to both geography and human activity — both past and present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the East Bay, volunteers drove different routes that crossed Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont and Albany. Neighborhoods between International Boulevard and the 580 freeway, such as Saint Elizabeth, Jefferson and Maxwell Park were consistently the warmest areas in Oakland, in comparison to the rest of the city. Meanwhile residential areas at higher elevations, like Montclair, stayed much cooler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below is a map that uses NOAA data to visualize temperature ranges collected by volunteers in the afternoon of September 17, 2019. Neighborhoods that are shown to be warmer are also home to thousands of Black and Latino families and also have less available tree canopy than the rest of Oakland, according to city data. West Oakland and neighborhoods near the Coliseum still have a lot of industry present, which means large tracts of exposed concrete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%\" align=\"center\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=191901b1b22744c9b08c463e397b67a5\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Source: NOAA Climate Program Office and CAPA Strategies/University of Richmond.\u003cbr>Map Produced by Matthew Green\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How historic racism parallels heat outcomes today\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s current demographic distribution has roots in\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/lowdown/18486/redlining\"> an urban segregation policy that began in the 1930s known as redlining\u003c/a>, where banks would deny mortgages to families of color — specifically Black families — in certain neighborhoods of U.S. cities. Families of color were then only able to buy homes in different areas, usually near freeways, industrial zones or airports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to University of Richmond researchers who created the spatial data project, \u003ca href=\"https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/about\">Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America\u003c/a>, we have access to maps created by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) in the 1930s that divide many American cities into areas by colors — with blue representing places that were “best” for investment and red meaning “hazardous,” usually defined as neighborhoods where it was in fact possible for families of color to secure a housing loan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In all the maps of Bay Area cities included in this story, we’ve added the option to see which neighborhoods were redlined and how that compares to heat distribution in these cities — just choose between the different layers listed on the upper left side of the maps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over in the South Bay, volunteers crisscrossed San José on August 26, 2020 and tracked higher temperatures in the northern and eastern half of the city during the morning commute, while in the afternoon, they found warmer temperatures in southern and eastern neighborhoods, like Alum Rock, Evergreen, Edenvale and Santa Teresa. The report points out that neighborhoods with more roads, highways and parking lots “appear to create hotspots that affect nearby residential developments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%\" align=\"center\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=7813597069c342f0bda2fc86ad928310\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Source: NOAA Climate Program Office and CAPA Strategies/University of Richmond.\u003cbr>Map Produced by Matthew Green\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we compare this Heat Watch Report to 2020 Census data available for San José, we find that the warmest neighborhoods are also the ones with some of the highest levels of Latino and Asian residents. According to city data, some of the neighborhoods with the highest levels of poverty \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/83642/637837331099770000\">are also those with the lowest levels of canopy cover\u003c/a> — most of them located east of Highway 101.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 1937 redlining map for the city is also available but it only shows central San José, and unlike Oakland, the parallels between past urban planning decisions and current heat outcomes aren’t as clearcut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also important to point out the role geography plays in the way heat moves through the South Bay. San José sits in a valley — the Santa Clara Valley, or also known by the industry that calls this place home, Silicon Valley — where the Santa Cruz Mountains sit on the west and the Diablo Range on the east. With the Pacific Ocean flanking its side, the Santa Cruz Mountains take in a lot more humidity, which helps keep communities on the western side of the valley cooler than those on the east.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%\" align=\"center\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=6d116ac4ab5b42b881bc8befa5db58ca\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Source: NOAA Climate Program Office and CAPA Strategies/University of Richmond.\u003cbr>Map Produced by Matthew Green\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years later, on September 2, 2022, neighborhoods in San Francisco found warmer afternoon temperatures in the eastern half of the city, including the Tenderloin, Chinatown, Mission, Bayview, South of Market, Mission Bay and Treasure Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like in the East Bay and San José, San Francisco’s warmer neighborhoods are home to very diverse communities, including the bulk of the city’s Black and Latino populations. San Francisco’s Heat Watch Report points out that the built environment, like having large amounts of impervious surfaces exposed to the sun, is a factor in these communities being warmer — after all, San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/resource/zoning-use-districts\">still has industrial areas\u003c/a>, and they’re overwhelmingly concentrated in the Bayview District, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects/bayview-hunters-point-express\">where one in five of the city’s Black residents live\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We can also compare the Heat Watch data to San Francisco’s own 1937 redlining map. Almost all areas marked favorable for white residents are located in the city’s westside and northern neighborhoods immediately near the Presidio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And similarly to San José, geography is also a factor to the way heat moves around the city. While western neighborhoods like the Sunset or Richmond District don’t have large industrial areas, they do have four very large parks — Golden Gate, the Presidio, Lincoln and Lake Merced — nearby and are the most exposed to the fog that rolls in from the Pacific Ocean, which helps cool these parts significantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What heat island maps don’t tell us\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At a quick glance, San Francisco’s Heat Watch Report seems to tell a straightforward story: eastern neighborhoods are hotter than western ones due to differences in their built environment. But like all things in the Bay Area, things are more complicated than what they seem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you take the Heat Watch Report and put it on top of health impact data, it’s not necessarily one to one,” said Matt Wolff, who manages the climate and health program with the San Francisco Department of Public Health. He, along with city staff from different agencies, developed San Francisco’s very first \u003ca href=\"https://onesanfrancisco.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/HAQR-230522.pdf\">Heat and Air Quality Resilience (HAQR) Project (PDF)\u003c/a>, which defines potential strategies the city can take to adapt to more intense heat and wildfire smoke brought upon by climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of that project, Wolff and his team looked at the temperature differences between different neighborhoods, but also at other factors, like data on heat-related 911 calls and emergency room visits. The team soon realized that just mapping out heat islands wasn’t the best way to identify who is the most vulnerable to extreme heat.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“There are vulnerable people in every neighborhood,” said Alex Morrison, who’s a geographic information system analyst with the city’s Office of Resilience and Capital Planning and along with Wolff, helped lead the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, Morrison said, looking at a map through too many different layers of information can oversimplify where vulnerable populations are. “If you have a map that shows vulnerability is concentrated in this [one] neighborhood, what you’re doing is you’re not telling the story of the older adult who maybe lives alone in the Sunset District and is vulnerable because they live in a house without air conditioning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The one day it gets to 100 degrees, that person’s vulnerable too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it’s really hot around us, it becomes harder for our body to regulate its internal temperature. Our body has certain tools, like sweating, to help deal with excess heat but there is a point when it becomes overwhelmed — that’s called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\">heat illness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Painful muscle cramps and fainting are both symptoms of heat illness, which could potentially lead to heatstroke, where the body’s internal temperature continues to rise causing serious damage to the brain and other vital organs. Anyone can develop heat illness, but there’s factors, like age and pre-existing medical conditions, that put certain folks at greater risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One more element the team looked at, Wolff said, is a person’s capacity to adapt to extreme heat. “Do you have access to the economic, political and social power to prepare for and respond to heat?” he explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How do we close the heat gap?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There isn’t just one solution to heat inequality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their report, San Francisco’s team \u003ca href=\"https://onesanfrancisco.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/HAQR-230522.pdf\">makes several recommendations for city leadership (PDF)\u003c/a>, which include setting up incentives for property owners to adapt their buildings for stronger heat waves. Of San Franciscans, \u003ca href=\"https://default.sfplanning.org/publications_reports/Housing-Needs-and-Trends-Report-2018.pdf\">65% rent their homes (PDFs)\u003c/a> and the report acknowledges that in many situations, tenants don’t have the capacity to install things like heat pumps or \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/heatislands/using-cool-roofs-reduce-heat-islands\">high albedo roofs\u003c/a> that help cool down a building’s temperature by reflecting back sunlight. By covering the costs of these improvements, officials may be able to encourage hesitant landlords.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a saying in the field that ‘every heat death is a preventable death,’” Morrison said. If someone is experiencing extreme heat, city officials have the responsibility to make sure that they are taken care of as soon as possible, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The ability of our public health sector in emergency response to scale with these [extreme heat] events is essential to preventing a lot of those potential deaths,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001492\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001492\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQED_HeatWaveConcord_09082022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family buys ice cream after school in Concord on Sept. 8, 2022, as the temperature soared to 108 degrees. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One more tool cities have to help cool down warmer neighborhoods: green infrastructure. If things like large parking lots, freeways and industrial areas — what comes to mind when we talk about infrastructure — absorb heat really well, cities can move away from this type of development and push for structures that reflect off heat instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the heat watchmaps for San Francisco, the East Bay and San José, neighborhoods with more green areas tended to stay cooler throughout the day than other parts of the city. With this in mind, Bay Area cities are heavily investing in developing stronger urban forests and giving priority to neighborhoods that have less trees and parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trees are green infrastructure,” said David Moore, senior tree supervisor with Oakland’s Department of Public Works. Moore and his team have been working for a few years on developing the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/projects/oakland-urban-forest-plan\">Draft Urban Forest Plan\u003c/a>, which acknowledges that factors like historical redlining policies and income inequality across the city are why street trees are not evenly distributed throughout the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trees are also infrastructure that appreciates value over time,” he said. “Instead of building something that soon after starts rusting and falling apart, you plant this little thing and it gets bigger and bigger and provides more value over time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The draft plan states that having more tree canopy cover and green spaces in areas where people live and work \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/projects/oakland-urban-forest-plan\">can help close the gap in which neighborhoods experience more heat\u003c/a>, along with providing relief to those who are most at risk during heat waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The cliché would be, ‘Well, the government should just plant more trees in these areas,’” Moore said. But something important to keep in mind, Moore said, is that when the city plants a tree in front of a family’s house, that family is now responsible for maintaining it. And as the tree grows, that responsibility also grows with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008, Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/tree-services#:~:text=The%20City%20of%20Oakland%20will,pollarding%20services%20were%20all%20eliminated.\">eliminated its street tree pruning and watering program due to budget cuts\u003c/a>. There are now trees that the city planted in front of homes that the city hasn’t given care to in over 15 years, Moore added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a feeling of frustration that the city hasn’t taken responsibility for these amazing trees — which could be great assets — but end up getting a bad rap when we look at them,” he said. “So we can’t assume that people necessarily want a street tree in front of their house, and if they do want it, it might not be from us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials have partnered with local nonprofits \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonvision.org/\">Common Vision\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandparks.org/\">Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation\u003c/a> in order to identify community members interested in having trees planted by their homes and deciding, as a collective, what type of tree to plant and how to share the responsibility of caring for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s money to back up these efforts: Last year, the U.S. Forest Service awarded the city $8 million \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forests/ucf/2023-grant-funding\">as part of the agency’s Urban & Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act Grants\u003c/a>. The funds will be used to increase tree canopy on public and private land, boost maintenance for existing trees and create jobs to support these efforts — all of this in \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/oakdot-geographic-equity-toolbox\">priority neighborhoods in the city’s downtown, east side and Fruitvale\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several other cities in the region, including San Francisco, San José, Berkeley, Vallejo, Petaluma, Hayward and Concord, have also been awarded grants from the Forest Service. In San José, $5.5 million will be designated for existing tree management and plant thousands of new trees in disadvantaged census tracts, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/83642/637837331099770000\">most of them located in the city’s east side\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an engineered environment and we have the ability to engineer it so that it is lush and has a canopy cover across the whole city,” said Colin Heyne, public information officer for the San José Department of Transportation, which created the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/transportation/landscaping/trees/community-forest-management-plan\">Community Forest Management Plan\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The power community has to resist heat\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Every public official KQED spoke to for this story agreed on one thing: heat mitigation strategies are most effective when community members take the lead and cities follow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco’s Mission District, In Chan Kaajal Park is one clear example of how residents in a neighborhood with greater exposure to heat organized to transform their built environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001701\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001701\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-20-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Chan Kaajal Park in the Mission District on Aug. 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2008, the corner of 17th and South Van Ness streets \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/1436/In-Chan-Kaajal-Park\">was a parking lot\u003c/a>. Families in the area, with the support of environmental justice group \u003ca href=\"https://podersf.org/\">PODER\u003c/a>, had pushed the city for a new park in that part of the neighborhood for years — and community members wanted to transform this space \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HniBRzzecXw\">with affordable housing alongside it\u003c/a>. In 2012, the city finally approved a plan for the park, while at the same time, residents worked with PODER and the Mission Economic Development Agency \u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/chan-kaajal-park-opens-will-serve-parkside-porch-people-medas-2060-folsom-affordable-housing-development/\">on a fully affordable housing development next door\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost a decade later, In Chan Kaajal — which translates to “My Little Town” in Maya Yucateco, spoken by many of the Indigenous families in the area — opened in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In our organizing work, so much of it is about stopping gentrification, displacement, speculation,” said Jacqui Gutiérrez, organizer and educator with PODER. She herself was not involved directly in the push for In Chan Kaajal, but those efforts have served as a blueprint for other organizing efforts she’s helped lead to expand green spaces in the rest of the Mission and Excelsior District. “We also need to envision and build what we need to thrive. Green space is non-negotiable in a climate crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In Chan Kaajal is a result of that. It’s a tangible kind of win in environmental justice because people use the park every single day,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizing for more green spaces and protections against extreme heat can happen anywhere, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“First map out where the existing gathering places in your community already are, whether they’re inside or outdoors, whether they’re green or not,” she said. “Often the list of resources available for our communities don’t exist. When we know what we have, and don’t have, that’s our starting point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001702\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001702\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240823_HEATISLANDS_GC-26-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kids from La Scuola International School play at In Chan Kaajal Park’s playground during their lunch recess on August 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Understanding your own heat risks — and the protections you have\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Before\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\"> the next heat wave\u003c/a> rolls through California, take some time to assess where extreme heat impacts you and your loved ones the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find out: Is your family’s health particularly vulnerable to heat?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s heat team found that it’s indoors where many residents experience heat — given the fact that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-lacks-air-conditioning-17685873.php\">San Francisco has the lowest rate of air conditioning in the country\u003c/a>. Certain types of homes in San Francisco and the rest of the Bay Area are very effective at trapping heat during the day, but aren’t as well designed to let that heat out at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s several chronic health conditions \u003ca href=\"https://heatreadyca.com/tips-to-stay-cool/chronic-health-conditions/\">that can intensify during a heat wave\u003c/a>, including diabetes, certain types of heart disease, asthma and other lung conditions, and even some mental health disorders. State officials have created an interactive guide that helps you\u003ca href=\"https://heatreadyca.com/make-a-plan/\"> create your own extreme heat plan\u003c/a>, which also points out which risk factors you should take into account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Remember: your workplace should be protecting you from high temperatures\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another place where many Californians experience extreme heat during the day: \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WRA1386-1.html\">their workplace\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you work indoors and your job doesn’t have a working A/C system, state officials announced earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999014/working-inside-during-a-heat-wave-what-to-know-about-californias-new-protections\">new heat protections for indoor workers\u003c/a>. Once it’s 82 degrees or hotter in your workplace, your employer needs to provide you and all your coworkers with water, cool-down breaks and training to prevent heat illness. This includes restaurants, office buildings, warehouses and almost every other indoor workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you work outdoors — whether that’s in agriculture, construction, deliveries or another job where you’re exposed to the sun — your employer is also required \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886628/feeling-the-heat-how-workers-can-advocate-for-safer-working-conditions-under-the-sun\">to provide you with similar protections during heat waves\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any person in California is entitled to these rights, regardless of immigration or contract status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Looking for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055165/where-can-i-find-new-updated-2025-covid-vaccine-near-me-moderna-pfizer-cvs-walgreens-safeway-vaccinations-health-insurance-cost\">where to find your 2025 COVID-19 vaccine instead\u003c/a>? See our new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055165/where-can-i-find-new-updated-2025-covid-vaccine-near-me-moderna-pfizer-cvs-walgreens-safeway-vaccinations-health-insurance-cost\">guide on how to get vaccinated in 2025\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nUpdated 6:20 p.m. on Sept. 1\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Have you been wondering, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001344/when-are-new-covid-vaccines-coming-2024\">“When will the new 2024 COVID-19 vaccine be available?” \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The short answer is: It’s here. But even though the “fall vaccine” has been approved much earlier this year than the 2023 COVID-19 vaccine was, just like last year, it may take a while for these shots to become widely available to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When will the new COVID vaccines become available?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 22, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/covid19-vaccines-virus-pfizer-moderna-fb542f97096e9759059c0bdd82a48a74\">the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signed off on these updated COVID-19 vaccines\u003c/a> from Moderna and Pfizer (also known as Comirnaty), which should roll out across the United States in the coming weeks as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11973108/how-long-to-isolate-with-covid-in-2024-california-now-says-that-depends-on-symptoms\">the 2024 summer wave of infections continues around the country. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 30, \u003ca href=\"https://www.statnews.com/2024/08/30/novavax-covid-vaccine-fda-authorization/\">the FDA also signed off on the updated Novavax COVID vaccine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that the updated shots be available to everyone age 6 months and older through pharmacies like CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid and Safeway, as well as health care providers, county public health departments and community clinics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These COVID-19 vaccines usually become available at pharmacies first because pharmacies take their cue from the federal government and not the state — but with vaccines needing to be shipped, it might still be a while before vaccinations are available. For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">CVS is currently offering appointments for the new COVID-19 vaccine\u003c/a> starting no earlier than late August, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/schedule-vaccine\">Walgreens is similarly offering appointments \u003c/a>that begin Sept. 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ll keep updating the guide below as vaccines start to roll out, so consider bookmarking this link.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#where\">Where can I get the new COVID vaccine near me when it’s available?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#novavax-covid-vaccine\">Is the new Novavax vaccine now available too?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#doihavetopayfornewcovidvaccine\">Why do COVID vaccines now involve health insurance? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#kaisernewcovidvaccine\">Why can’t I get a new COVID vaccine at a pharmacy if I have Kaiser health insurance?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Remember: Unlike previous rounds of the vaccine, the FDA and the CDC stopped calling these updated shots “boosters” in 2023 — so you won’t see that language online around appointments. Instead, they refer to these annual fall vaccines as “new” or “updated” vaccines that have been reformulated to better target a more recent strain of the coronavirus. This time around, Moderna and Pfizer’s vaccines target the omicron variant known as KP.2 that was common earlier this year, and Novavax’s new vaccine targets KP.2’s parent strain, JN.1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what you need to know about the new COVID-19 shots from Pfizer and Moderna — and now Novavax too —and how to find a free COVID-19 vaccine near you \u003cem>when\u003c/em> it becomes available. Or jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#delay-covid-vaccine\">The vaccine is available early this year. Should I wait to get it?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#howsoonaftercovidgetvaccine\">I got COVID this summer. How soon can I get the new COVID vaccine?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#shouldigetfluandcovidvaccine\">Should I get my 2024 flu shot at the same time as my new COVID vaccine?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covidvaccine-no-insurance\">How do I find a COVID vaccine if I’m uninsured?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"doihavetopayfornewcovidvaccine\">\u003c/a>Why do the new COVID vaccine rollouts seem different than they used to?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’re wondering why the new COVID-19 vaccine seems to take so long to become widely available now, why you can no longer walk into any vaccination location to get an updated shot and why health insurance matters now, it’s because of the major change that came into effect last year: The federal government has stopped footing the bill for COVID-19 vaccines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/05/09/fact-sheet-end-of-the-covid-19-public-health-emergency.html\">These shots have now transitioned into the traditional health care market, like many other kinds of vaccines\u003c/a>. So, for most people with health insurance, insurers will now cover the cost of getting the new COVID-19 vaccine directly, much like your plan might cover your flu shot. This is why you’ll hear many county public health officials urging people to first seek out the new vaccine via their health care provider (and also why those county-run vaccination sites that were so common at the height of the pandemic now don’t exist at least on the same scale.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#delay-covid-vaccine\">The vaccine is available early this year. Should I wait to get it?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>However, COVID-19 vaccines now being purchased and distributed through the health care market also means it’s far less simple for people without health insurance to find a free shot. Jump to “\u003ca href=\"#covidvaccine-no-insurance\">How do I find a COVID vaccine if I’m uninsured?”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"novavax-covid-vaccine\">\u003c/a>Is the Novavax COVID vaccine available, as well as Moderna and Pfizer’s new vaccines?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The new Novavax vaccine was approved by the FDA on Aug. 30, so expect appointment availability for this particular shot to be a little behind Moderna and Pfizer’s vaccines, which were approved over a week earlier. Right now, our guide to where to find a new vaccine appointment below reflects the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, as they’re the shots that are currently available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike Pfizer and Moderna’s new COVID-19 shots, the Novavax vaccine is a non-mRNA, protein-based vaccine. One reason some people choose the Novavax vaccine is based on aftereffects from getting the shot — as \u003cem>Science\u003c/em> has reported,\u003ca href=\"https://www.science.org/content/article/should-you-pick-novavax-s-covid-19-shot-over-mrna-options\"> Novavax “appeared less likely than mRNA shots to cause side effects like headache and fatigue”\u003c/a> in clinical trials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#where\">Where can I find the new COVID vaccine near me when it’s available?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How effective are the new COVID vaccines against the current strains?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Much like the flu shot, COVID-19 vaccines have now become annual shots offered in the fall — and their “recipe” gets updated each year in the hope of maximum efficacy against current strains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new 2024–25 COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer is an updated shot that supersedes and replaces the 2023–2024 shot, which you should now consider outdated. The recipe for this new vaccine will address a newer target: The KP.2 subvariant of omicron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>COVID-19 strains are a moving target, and as you can see from the \u003ca href=\"https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions\">CDC’s COVID Variant Tracker\u003c/a>, KP.2 is no longer the dominant subvariant in the U.S. — that’s currently KP.3.1.1. But this family of omicron subvariants is closely enough related that the vaccines promise cross-protection. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/covid19-vaccines-virus-pfizer-moderna-fb542f97096e9759059c0bdd82a48a74\">A Pfizer spokesman said the company submitted data to the FDA\u003c/a> showing its updated vaccine “generates a substantially improved response” against multiple virus subtypes compared to last fall’s vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The vaccine is not intended to be perfect. It’s not going to absolutely prevent COVID-19,” said Dr. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-organization/peter-marks\">Peter Marks\u003c/a>, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, in a statement announcing the approval decision. “But if we can prevent people from getting serious cases that end them up in emergency rooms, hospitals or worse — dead — that’s what we’re trying to do with these vaccines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new vaccines should cut the risk of getting COVID-19 by 60% to 70% and reduce the risk of getting seriously ill by 80% to 90%, Marks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need information about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"eligiblebooster\">\u003c/a>Who can get the new COVID vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As of Aug. 22, anyone aged 6 months and up who got their last COVID-19 vaccine shot at least two months ago — whether that was their primary vaccination series or their last booster shot — can get an updated COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer or Moderna, as soon as \u003ca href=\"#where\">vaccination appointments become available. \u003c/a>As in 2023, appointments may not become immediately widespread, depending on your location. \u003ca href=\"#where\">Jump straight to where you can find a new COVID-19 vaccine near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Vaccination continues to be the cornerstone of COVID-19 prevention,” Marks said. “Given waning immunity of the population from previous exposure to the virus and from prior vaccination, we strongly encourage those who are eligible to consider receiving an updated COVID-19 vaccine to provide better protection against currently circulating variants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no specific guidance for certain age groups, but, as with other vaccines, children under 12 will be offered a pediatric (smaller) dose of this vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11961117 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/013_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A nurse gives a little boy a shot while his mother gives him encouragement.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/013_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/013_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/013_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/013_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/013_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">COVID-19 shots are transitioning to the traditional health care market and will be increasingly considered the way that other preventative vaccines, like flu shots, are. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"delay-covid-vaccine\">\u003c/a>This ‘fall’ vaccine is available pretty early this year. Who should get it straight away?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The FDA’s Marks said that, for his part, “when this gets into pharmacies, I will probably be online as soon as it gets rolled out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, we’re in a wave, so you’d like to get protection against what’s going on right now,” he said. “So I would probably get vaccinated in as timely a manner as possible. Because right now, the match is reasonably close. You’re probably going to get the most benefit you’re going to get from this vaccine against what’s currently circulating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at UCSF, said that older folks (age 65 and over) or people who are immunocompromised who have neither had a COVID-19 vaccine in the last year nor had a COVID-19 infection should seek out their new vaccine as soon as they can. These were the “folks I saw in the hospital very ill with COVID in the past few months,” Chin-Hong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, for Chin-Hong, the best vaccine is the one you actually get, so “at the end of the day, convenience trumps everything,” he said. “If you are motivated to get the updated COVID shot when it comes out sooner rather than later, just do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Getting it in your arm when you are motivated trumps being strategic about the whole thing,” Chin-Hong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who should consider waiting a little while to get the new vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Delaying getting the updated vaccine may be right for …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Those who want the best possible immunity for a winter wave — and over the holidays\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marks also said that even though he personally will be getting his vaccine straightaway, others might consider waiting until September or October if they’re particularly focused on having maximal protection through the anticipated winter COVID-19 wave, as well as over the holidays. “Getting vaccinated sometime in the September to early October time frame seems like a pretty reasonable thing to do to help bring you protection through the December/January time frame,” Marks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Chin-Hong, the “sweet spot” for getting the new COVID-19 vaccine, if you’re not in that higher-risk group above, “is still some time in October so that antibodies peak in the winter when things are expected to be worse than the summer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is going to apply to most people,” he said. And while “the vaccine’s superpower is protection against serious disease, hospitalization and death,” the updated shot “does have the bonus of increasing the force field against getting infected as well,” Chin-Hong said. “Because there are so many events after October (Thanksgiving, holiday get-togethers, Christmas, New Year’s), you may also want your antibodies to peak then for that bonus of lowering infection risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"#howsoonaftercovidgetvaccine\">\u003c/a>People who’ve had a COVID vaccine — or a COVID infection — recently\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reason you’d want to wait to seek the new vaccine is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/downloads/COVID-19-immunization-schedule-ages-6months-older.pdf\">if you got your last COVID-19 shot less than two months ago or you had a COVID-19 infection less than three months ago. (PDF)\u003c/a> (If your case was asymptomatic, use the date of your positive test instead of the onset of your symptoms.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have received a vaccine over the summer or got infected over the summer, there is no need to rush out and get the new vaccine as you will be well protected,” Chin-Hong said. “Wait until October and get both flu and COVID shots at the same time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>People who are uninsured and need a free vaccine\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0914-uninsured-vaccination.html\">Bridge Access Program\u003c/a>, which was launched in September 2023 to provide free COVID-19 vaccinations to uninsured people, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000297/uninsured-experts-explain-how-to-get-your-free-covid-shot-before-the-money-runs-out\">forecast to last until December — but is instead ending this month\u003c/a>. And while a CDC spokesperson said that the agency will be making “$62 million of unused vaccine contract money” available to states to help vaccinate people without health insurance, right now, it’s still unclear how that will work practically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waiting for your fall COVID-19 shot, Chin-Hong said, will “give it more time for that system to be put into place so you won’t be charged if you don’t have insurance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"shouldigetfluandcovidvaccine\">\u003c/a>Should I get my 2024 flu shot at the same time as my new COVID vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s totally fine and safe to get your flu shot at the same time as your new COVID-19 vaccine, and when appointments roll out more widely, you’ll often find that COVID-19 vaccine appointments will prompt you to “add on” a flu shot at the same session — especially at pharmacies. Although, if you’re trying to schedule your kid’s vaccinations, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/09/13/1198803134/covid-boosters-updated-vaccines-fda-cdc\">the CDC advised in 2023 that you first talk to your pediatrician\u003c/a> about the best schedule for the COVID-19 and flu vaccines (and now the RSV — respiratory syncytial virus — preventive treatment, too).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the recommendations medical professionals make about when to get a flu shot are based on the fact that, like with your COVID-19 vaccine, it takes about two weeks after you get vaccinated for antibodies to develop and provide protection against the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/vaccination/vax-summary.htm\">The CDC said that September and October “are generally good times” to get your flu shot.\u003c/a> In 2023, UCSF’s Chin-Hong told KQED that his “optimal sweet point” for getting this shot is “sometime before Halloween” — but notes that this is based on traditional predictions of flu season starting in November and peaking around January or February. If flu cases start to rise earlier, you should seek out your flu shot sooner, he said. And ultimately, in the spirit of any vaccine being better than no vaccine, “do what is most convenient,” he advised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890214\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11890214\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A man sitting on a large porch lifts up his sleeve as he awaits his vaccine, beside a woman in an orange safety vest preparing the vaccine.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nurse prepares a first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for Jose Luis Sánchez at a clinic in Pasadena on Aug. 19, 2021. The clinic was one of the first in the city to offer ‘supplemental’ third coronavirus shots to people with immunological conditions, according to organizers. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"where\">\u003c/a>Where can I find a new COVID vaccine this fall when it becomes available?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Don’t assume you’ll be proactively contacted about getting the new COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember that a certain location may only be offering a certain brand of the new vaccine, whether that’s Moderna or Pfizer (or soon, Novavax). So be sure that the location you’re walking into or making an appointment for offers the type of updated vaccine you need or want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, make sure the appointment you schedule for your new vaccine is at least two months after your last COVID-19 vaccine shot or three months after your last COVID-19 infection. (When you’re making an appointment for a new vaccine, you’ll likely be asked for the date of your last COVID-19 vaccine dose or booster dose for this reason, to ensure you’re not getting your shot too soon.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have health insurance, jump to \u003ca href=\"#covidvaccine-no-insurance\">what we know about COVID-19 vaccination for uninsured folks.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890217\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"#mix\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11890217 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of a hand gripping a vaccination card and writing on it with a pen.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nurse marks a coronavirus vaccination card with a third booster dose of Pfizer at a vaccine clinic in Pasadena on Aug. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Find a new COVID vaccine through a local pharmacy, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For future reference, pharmacies are usually the first place new vaccine shots become available when announced because pharmacies take their cue from the federal government, not the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">CVS’s COVID-19 vaccination homepage\u003c/a> says that the pharmacy chain is now “waiting on the arrival of the new 2024–25 COVID-19 vaccines” and that “you can schedule an appointment online now for a date in the near future.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/schedule-vaccine?ban=RI22_covidvaccine_landing_hero_scheduler&vaccineType=covid\">Walgreens is also offering appointments for the new vaccine starting Sept. 6\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember that pharmacies can’t vaccinate kids under 3, except for CVS MinuteClinics, who are permitted to vaccinate kids as young as 18 months old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have health insurance, you should be able to give your insurer’s details at a pharmacy vaccination appointment to have the cost of your shot billed to them. One big exception to this: If you get your health care through a health system like Kaiser Permanente, you almost certainly \u003cem>won’t\u003c/em> be able to get your new COVID-19 vaccine for free (i.e., covered by your insurance) at a pharmacy like CVS or Walgreens, the way you can’t get your flu shot covered by Kaiser at a pharmacy either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, \u003ca href=\"#kaisernewcovidvaccine\">if you are a member of a health system like Kaiser \u003c/a>and are unsure about what your health insurance covers, reach out to your provider to check if you will need to obtain your new COVID-19 vaccine through them in order to have it covered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine?icid=cvs-home-hero1-banner-1-link2-coronavirus-vaccine\">CVS COVID vaccine appointments. \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/vaccination/covid-19?ban=covid_vaccine_landing_schedule\">Walgreens COVID vaccine appointments\u003c/a>, or call 800-WALGREENS/800-925-4733.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/covid-qualifier?utm_source=state&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=Covid19&utm_content=Covid19scheduler_CA_2_12_21\">Rite Aid COVID vaccine appointments.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mhealthappointments.com/covidappt\">Safeway (Albertsons) COVID vaccine appointments.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Find a new COVID vaccine through your health care provider, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have health insurance, check with your health care provider to see whether they can offer you an updated COVID-19 vaccine. The San Francisco Department of Public Health stresses that “Health care providers are the first place to go for COVID-19 and flu health care.” That said, you could still be looking at a wait for supplies to reach your health care provider, even after the new shots were first authorized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>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>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>\u003cstrong>3. Find a new COVID vaccine through vaccines.gov, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visit the federal government’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.vaccines.gov/\">vaccines.gov\u003c/a> website to see when appointments for the new updated COVID-19 vaccine in or near your zip code become available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A message on the site states that the CDC is updating this tool, “including replacing the vaccine locator with a pharmacy lookup tool to help people find a pharmacy near them, and this “lookup tool will be added once 2024–25 flu and COVID-19 vaccines become widely available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Find a new Moderna or Pfizer COVID vaccine through My Turn, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn has been the state’s site\u003c/a> for all Californians to schedule vaccination appointments or find walk-in locations, regardless of health insurance status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the new COVID-19 vaccines are now being distributed through the traditional health care market, My Turn’s services have now been geared primarily toward uninsured people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\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>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you can’t travel to a clinic for your new COVID-19 vaccine because of health or transportation issues, you can note this when registering on My Turn, and a representative from the CDPH is supposed to call you to arrange an in-home visit or transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>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>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. PDT) 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\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889661\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11889661\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/michigan_shot_gettyimages-1234850852-8f2a1402d5a0ab808313f55bdac52f950c8ad974-scaled-e1632414475184.jpg\" alt=\"Blue-gloved hands administer a vaccine into a shoulder.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rufus Peoples receives his booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine during an Oakland County Health Department vaccination clinic at the Southfield Pavilion on Aug. 24, 2021, in Southfield, Michigan. \u003ccite>(Emily Elconin/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Find a new COVID vaccine through your county, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered#county\">Visit your county’s public health website \u003c/a>to learn if your county will soon be offering the new updated COVID-19 vaccine to its residents, particularly those who are uninsured or under-insured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\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=\"covidvaccine-no-insurance\">\u003c/a>Where can I find a new COVID vaccine near me if I’m uninsured?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The CDC’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0914-uninsured-vaccination.html\">Bridge Access Program\u003c/a>, which was launched in September 2023 to provide free COVID-19 vaccinations to uninsured people, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000297/uninsured-experts-explain-how-to-get-your-free-covid-shot-before-the-money-runs-out\">forecast to last until December — but is instead ending this month\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A CDC spokesperson told KQED that the agency will now supply states with “$62 million of unused vaccine contract money” to support state and local health departments this respiratory virus season “and help improve access for uninsured and underinsured Americans to COVID vaccines.” Right now, details of how this will practically work for folks without insurance in California are unclear, so we’ll keep updating this section as we find out new information relating to how people without health insurance can find a free or low-cost vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uninsured children ages 18 and under can still get free COVID-19 vaccines — and other free immunizations — as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/index.html\">Vaccines for Children Program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"kaisernewcovidvaccine\">\u003c/a>Why can’t I get my new COVID vaccine at a pharmacy if I have Kaiser health insurance?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Something to watch for this fall: If you get your health care through a health system like Kaiser Permanente, you’ll be asked to pay out-of-pocket if you try to get your new COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy like CVS or Walgreens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why? Usually, if you have health insurance, you should be able to give your insurer’s details at a pharmacy vaccination appointment to have the cost of your shot billed to them. Health systems like Kaiser are the exception to this, and so you almost certainly won’t be able to get your new COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy like CVS or Walgreens, the way you can’t get your flu shot covered by Kaiser at a pharmacy either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, last year, Kaiser recommended that its members receive their updated COVID-19 shot at a Kaiser facility. The health system’s website says that \u003ca href=\"https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/northern-california/health-wellness/coronavirus-information/vaccine-appointments\">“when provided by Kaiser Permanente, COVID-19 vaccines are covered at no cost,”\u003c/a> but that “most California members” apart from Medi-Cal members will need to pay for the shot if obtained elsewhere. (KP.com also states that \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” from Kaiser\u003c/a> if you do.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This meant that in 2023, people with health insurance through Kaiser faced a longer wait for their new COVID-19 vaccine than folks with other types of insurance unless they were prepared to pay these large costs up-front.\u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">CVS, for example, charges $190.99 for the new COVID-19 vaccine\u003c/a> “if CVS is not in network with your insurance plan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ll keep updating this guide with information as we get it.\u003ca href=\"https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/ncal/covid-19-vaccine-locations/\"> Find a Kaiser location near you that may offer the new COVID-19 vaccine when it’s available.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2024. We’ve published everything from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, practical explainers and guides about COVID-19 \u003c/a>to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? What questions didn’t you have answered in this guide? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger and help us decide what to cover here on our site and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10483\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting from The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Looking for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055165/where-can-i-find-new-updated-2025-covid-vaccine-near-me-moderna-pfizer-cvs-walgreens-safeway-vaccinations-health-insurance-cost\">where to find your 2025 COVID-19 vaccine instead\u003c/a>? See our new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055165/where-can-i-find-new-updated-2025-covid-vaccine-near-me-moderna-pfizer-cvs-walgreens-safeway-vaccinations-health-insurance-cost\">guide on how to get vaccinated in 2025\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nUpdated 6:20 p.m. on Sept. 1\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Have you been wondering, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001344/when-are-new-covid-vaccines-coming-2024\">“When will the new 2024 COVID-19 vaccine be available?” \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The short answer is: It’s here. But even though the “fall vaccine” has been approved much earlier this year than the 2023 COVID-19 vaccine was, just like last year, it may take a while for these shots to become widely available to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When will the new COVID vaccines become available?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 22, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/covid19-vaccines-virus-pfizer-moderna-fb542f97096e9759059c0bdd82a48a74\">the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signed off on these updated COVID-19 vaccines\u003c/a> from Moderna and Pfizer (also known as Comirnaty), which should roll out across the United States in the coming weeks as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11973108/how-long-to-isolate-with-covid-in-2024-california-now-says-that-depends-on-symptoms\">the 2024 summer wave of infections continues around the country. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 30, \u003ca href=\"https://www.statnews.com/2024/08/30/novavax-covid-vaccine-fda-authorization/\">the FDA also signed off on the updated Novavax COVID vaccine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that the updated shots be available to everyone age 6 months and older through pharmacies like CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid and Safeway, as well as health care providers, county public health departments and community clinics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These COVID-19 vaccines usually become available at pharmacies first because pharmacies take their cue from the federal government and not the state — but with vaccines needing to be shipped, it might still be a while before vaccinations are available. For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">CVS is currently offering appointments for the new COVID-19 vaccine\u003c/a> starting no earlier than late August, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/schedule-vaccine\">Walgreens is similarly offering appointments \u003c/a>that begin Sept. 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ll keep updating the guide below as vaccines start to roll out, so consider bookmarking this link.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#where\">Where can I get the new COVID vaccine near me when it’s available?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#novavax-covid-vaccine\">Is the new Novavax vaccine now available too?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#doihavetopayfornewcovidvaccine\">Why do COVID vaccines now involve health insurance? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#kaisernewcovidvaccine\">Why can’t I get a new COVID vaccine at a pharmacy if I have Kaiser health insurance?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Remember: Unlike previous rounds of the vaccine, the FDA and the CDC stopped calling these updated shots “boosters” in 2023 — so you won’t see that language online around appointments. Instead, they refer to these annual fall vaccines as “new” or “updated” vaccines that have been reformulated to better target a more recent strain of the coronavirus. This time around, Moderna and Pfizer’s vaccines target the omicron variant known as KP.2 that was common earlier this year, and Novavax’s new vaccine targets KP.2’s parent strain, JN.1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what you need to know about the new COVID-19 shots from Pfizer and Moderna — and now Novavax too —and how to find a free COVID-19 vaccine near you \u003cem>when\u003c/em> it becomes available. Or jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#delay-covid-vaccine\">The vaccine is available early this year. Should I wait to get it?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#howsoonaftercovidgetvaccine\">I got COVID this summer. How soon can I get the new COVID vaccine?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#shouldigetfluandcovidvaccine\">Should I get my 2024 flu shot at the same time as my new COVID vaccine?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#covidvaccine-no-insurance\">How do I find a COVID vaccine if I’m uninsured?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"doihavetopayfornewcovidvaccine\">\u003c/a>Why do the new COVID vaccine rollouts seem different than they used to?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’re wondering why the new COVID-19 vaccine seems to take so long to become widely available now, why you can no longer walk into any vaccination location to get an updated shot and why health insurance matters now, it’s because of the major change that came into effect last year: The federal government has stopped footing the bill for COVID-19 vaccines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/05/09/fact-sheet-end-of-the-covid-19-public-health-emergency.html\">These shots have now transitioned into the traditional health care market, like many other kinds of vaccines\u003c/a>. So, for most people with health insurance, insurers will now cover the cost of getting the new COVID-19 vaccine directly, much like your plan might cover your flu shot. This is why you’ll hear many county public health officials urging people to first seek out the new vaccine via their health care provider (and also why those county-run vaccination sites that were so common at the height of the pandemic now don’t exist at least on the same scale.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#delay-covid-vaccine\">The vaccine is available early this year. Should I wait to get it?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>However, COVID-19 vaccines now being purchased and distributed through the health care market also means it’s far less simple for people without health insurance to find a free shot. Jump to “\u003ca href=\"#covidvaccine-no-insurance\">How do I find a COVID vaccine if I’m uninsured?”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"novavax-covid-vaccine\">\u003c/a>Is the Novavax COVID vaccine available, as well as Moderna and Pfizer’s new vaccines?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The new Novavax vaccine was approved by the FDA on Aug. 30, so expect appointment availability for this particular shot to be a little behind Moderna and Pfizer’s vaccines, which were approved over a week earlier. Right now, our guide to where to find a new vaccine appointment below reflects the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, as they’re the shots that are currently available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike Pfizer and Moderna’s new COVID-19 shots, the Novavax vaccine is a non-mRNA, protein-based vaccine. One reason some people choose the Novavax vaccine is based on aftereffects from getting the shot — as \u003cem>Science\u003c/em> has reported,\u003ca href=\"https://www.science.org/content/article/should-you-pick-novavax-s-covid-19-shot-over-mrna-options\"> Novavax “appeared less likely than mRNA shots to cause side effects like headache and fatigue”\u003c/a> in clinical trials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#where\">Where can I find the new COVID vaccine near me when it’s available?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How effective are the new COVID vaccines against the current strains?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Much like the flu shot, COVID-19 vaccines have now become annual shots offered in the fall — and their “recipe” gets updated each year in the hope of maximum efficacy against current strains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new 2024–25 COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer is an updated shot that supersedes and replaces the 2023–2024 shot, which you should now consider outdated. The recipe for this new vaccine will address a newer target: The KP.2 subvariant of omicron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>COVID-19 strains are a moving target, and as you can see from the \u003ca href=\"https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions\">CDC’s COVID Variant Tracker\u003c/a>, KP.2 is no longer the dominant subvariant in the U.S. — that’s currently KP.3.1.1. But this family of omicron subvariants is closely enough related that the vaccines promise cross-protection. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/covid19-vaccines-virus-pfizer-moderna-fb542f97096e9759059c0bdd82a48a74\">A Pfizer spokesman said the company submitted data to the FDA\u003c/a> showing its updated vaccine “generates a substantially improved response” against multiple virus subtypes compared to last fall’s vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The vaccine is not intended to be perfect. It’s not going to absolutely prevent COVID-19,” said Dr. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-organization/peter-marks\">Peter Marks\u003c/a>, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, in a statement announcing the approval decision. “But if we can prevent people from getting serious cases that end them up in emergency rooms, hospitals or worse — dead — that’s what we’re trying to do with these vaccines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new vaccines should cut the risk of getting COVID-19 by 60% to 70% and reduce the risk of getting seriously ill by 80% to 90%, Marks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need information about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"eligiblebooster\">\u003c/a>Who can get the new COVID vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As of Aug. 22, anyone aged 6 months and up who got their last COVID-19 vaccine shot at least two months ago — whether that was their primary vaccination series or their last booster shot — can get an updated COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer or Moderna, as soon as \u003ca href=\"#where\">vaccination appointments become available. \u003c/a>As in 2023, appointments may not become immediately widespread, depending on your location. \u003ca href=\"#where\">Jump straight to where you can find a new COVID-19 vaccine near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Vaccination continues to be the cornerstone of COVID-19 prevention,” Marks said. “Given waning immunity of the population from previous exposure to the virus and from prior vaccination, we strongly encourage those who are eligible to consider receiving an updated COVID-19 vaccine to provide better protection against currently circulating variants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no specific guidance for certain age groups, but, as with other vaccines, children under 12 will be offered a pediatric (smaller) dose of this vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11961117 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/013_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A nurse gives a little boy a shot while his mother gives him encouragement.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/013_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/013_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/013_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/013_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/013_SanFrancisco_UnitedinHealthKidsCOVIDVaccination_11092021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">COVID-19 shots are transitioning to the traditional health care market and will be increasingly considered the way that other preventative vaccines, like flu shots, are. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"delay-covid-vaccine\">\u003c/a>This ‘fall’ vaccine is available pretty early this year. Who should get it straight away?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The FDA’s Marks said that, for his part, “when this gets into pharmacies, I will probably be online as soon as it gets rolled out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, we’re in a wave, so you’d like to get protection against what’s going on right now,” he said. “So I would probably get vaccinated in as timely a manner as possible. Because right now, the match is reasonably close. You’re probably going to get the most benefit you’re going to get from this vaccine against what’s currently circulating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at UCSF, said that older folks (age 65 and over) or people who are immunocompromised who have neither had a COVID-19 vaccine in the last year nor had a COVID-19 infection should seek out their new vaccine as soon as they can. These were the “folks I saw in the hospital very ill with COVID in the past few months,” Chin-Hong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, for Chin-Hong, the best vaccine is the one you actually get, so “at the end of the day, convenience trumps everything,” he said. “If you are motivated to get the updated COVID shot when it comes out sooner rather than later, just do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Getting it in your arm when you are motivated trumps being strategic about the whole thing,” Chin-Hong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who should consider waiting a little while to get the new vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Delaying getting the updated vaccine may be right for …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Those who want the best possible immunity for a winter wave — and over the holidays\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marks also said that even though he personally will be getting his vaccine straightaway, others might consider waiting until September or October if they’re particularly focused on having maximal protection through the anticipated winter COVID-19 wave, as well as over the holidays. “Getting vaccinated sometime in the September to early October time frame seems like a pretty reasonable thing to do to help bring you protection through the December/January time frame,” Marks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Chin-Hong, the “sweet spot” for getting the new COVID-19 vaccine, if you’re not in that higher-risk group above, “is still some time in October so that antibodies peak in the winter when things are expected to be worse than the summer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is going to apply to most people,” he said. And while “the vaccine’s superpower is protection against serious disease, hospitalization and death,” the updated shot “does have the bonus of increasing the force field against getting infected as well,” Chin-Hong said. “Because there are so many events after October (Thanksgiving, holiday get-togethers, Christmas, New Year’s), you may also want your antibodies to peak then for that bonus of lowering infection risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"#howsoonaftercovidgetvaccine\">\u003c/a>People who’ve had a COVID vaccine — or a COVID infection — recently\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reason you’d want to wait to seek the new vaccine is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/downloads/COVID-19-immunization-schedule-ages-6months-older.pdf\">if you got your last COVID-19 shot less than two months ago or you had a COVID-19 infection less than three months ago. (PDF)\u003c/a> (If your case was asymptomatic, use the date of your positive test instead of the onset of your symptoms.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have received a vaccine over the summer or got infected over the summer, there is no need to rush out and get the new vaccine as you will be well protected,” Chin-Hong said. “Wait until October and get both flu and COVID shots at the same time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>People who are uninsured and need a free vaccine\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0914-uninsured-vaccination.html\">Bridge Access Program\u003c/a>, which was launched in September 2023 to provide free COVID-19 vaccinations to uninsured people, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000297/uninsured-experts-explain-how-to-get-your-free-covid-shot-before-the-money-runs-out\">forecast to last until December — but is instead ending this month\u003c/a>. And while a CDC spokesperson said that the agency will be making “$62 million of unused vaccine contract money” available to states to help vaccinate people without health insurance, right now, it’s still unclear how that will work practically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waiting for your fall COVID-19 shot, Chin-Hong said, will “give it more time for that system to be put into place so you won’t be charged if you don’t have insurance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"shouldigetfluandcovidvaccine\">\u003c/a>Should I get my 2024 flu shot at the same time as my new COVID vaccine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s totally fine and safe to get your flu shot at the same time as your new COVID-19 vaccine, and when appointments roll out more widely, you’ll often find that COVID-19 vaccine appointments will prompt you to “add on” a flu shot at the same session — especially at pharmacies. Although, if you’re trying to schedule your kid’s vaccinations, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/09/13/1198803134/covid-boosters-updated-vaccines-fda-cdc\">the CDC advised in 2023 that you first talk to your pediatrician\u003c/a> about the best schedule for the COVID-19 and flu vaccines (and now the RSV — respiratory syncytial virus — preventive treatment, too).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the recommendations medical professionals make about when to get a flu shot are based on the fact that, like with your COVID-19 vaccine, it takes about two weeks after you get vaccinated for antibodies to develop and provide protection against the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/vaccination/vax-summary.htm\">The CDC said that September and October “are generally good times” to get your flu shot.\u003c/a> In 2023, UCSF’s Chin-Hong told KQED that his “optimal sweet point” for getting this shot is “sometime before Halloween” — but notes that this is based on traditional predictions of flu season starting in November and peaking around January or February. If flu cases start to rise earlier, you should seek out your flu shot sooner, he said. And ultimately, in the spirit of any vaccine being better than no vaccine, “do what is most convenient,” he advised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890214\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11890214\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A man sitting on a large porch lifts up his sleeve as he awaits his vaccine, beside a woman in an orange safety vest preparing the vaccine.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768670-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nurse prepares a first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for Jose Luis Sánchez at a clinic in Pasadena on Aug. 19, 2021. The clinic was one of the first in the city to offer ‘supplemental’ third coronavirus shots to people with immunological conditions, according to organizers. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"where\">\u003c/a>Where can I find a new COVID vaccine this fall when it becomes available?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Don’t assume you’ll be proactively contacted about getting the new COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember that a certain location may only be offering a certain brand of the new vaccine, whether that’s Moderna or Pfizer (or soon, Novavax). So be sure that the location you’re walking into or making an appointment for offers the type of updated vaccine you need or want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, make sure the appointment you schedule for your new vaccine is at least two months after your last COVID-19 vaccine shot or three months after your last COVID-19 infection. (When you’re making an appointment for a new vaccine, you’ll likely be asked for the date of your last COVID-19 vaccine dose or booster dose for this reason, to ensure you’re not getting your shot too soon.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have health insurance, jump to \u003ca href=\"#covidvaccine-no-insurance\">what we know about COVID-19 vaccination for uninsured folks.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890217\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"#mix\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11890217 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of a hand gripping a vaccination card and writing on it with a pen.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nurse marks a coronavirus vaccination card with a third booster dose of Pfizer at a vaccine clinic in Pasadena on Aug. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Find a new COVID vaccine through a local pharmacy, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For future reference, pharmacies are usually the first place new vaccine shots become available when announced because pharmacies take their cue from the federal government, not the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">CVS’s COVID-19 vaccination homepage\u003c/a> says that the pharmacy chain is now “waiting on the arrival of the new 2024–25 COVID-19 vaccines” and that “you can schedule an appointment online now for a date in the near future.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/schedule-vaccine?ban=RI22_covidvaccine_landing_hero_scheduler&vaccineType=covid\">Walgreens is also offering appointments for the new vaccine starting Sept. 6\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember that pharmacies can’t vaccinate kids under 3, except for CVS MinuteClinics, who are permitted to vaccinate kids as young as 18 months old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have health insurance, you should be able to give your insurer’s details at a pharmacy vaccination appointment to have the cost of your shot billed to them. One big exception to this: If you get your health care through a health system like Kaiser Permanente, you almost certainly \u003cem>won’t\u003c/em> be able to get your new COVID-19 vaccine for free (i.e., covered by your insurance) at a pharmacy like CVS or Walgreens, the way you can’t get your flu shot covered by Kaiser at a pharmacy either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, \u003ca href=\"#kaisernewcovidvaccine\">if you are a member of a health system like Kaiser \u003c/a>and are unsure about what your health insurance covers, reach out to your provider to check if you will need to obtain your new COVID-19 vaccine through them in order to have it covered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine?icid=cvs-home-hero1-banner-1-link2-coronavirus-vaccine\">CVS COVID vaccine appointments. \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/vaccination/covid-19?ban=covid_vaccine_landing_schedule\">Walgreens COVID vaccine appointments\u003c/a>, or call 800-WALGREENS/800-925-4733.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/covid-qualifier?utm_source=state&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=Covid19&utm_content=Covid19scheduler_CA_2_12_21\">Rite Aid COVID vaccine appointments.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mhealthappointments.com/covidappt\">Safeway (Albertsons) COVID vaccine appointments.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Find a new COVID vaccine through your health care provider, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have health insurance, check with your health care provider to see whether they can offer you an updated COVID-19 vaccine. The San Francisco Department of Public Health stresses that “Health care providers are the first place to go for COVID-19 and flu health care.” That said, you could still be looking at a wait for supplies to reach your health care provider, even after the new shots were first authorized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>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>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>\u003cstrong>3. Find a new COVID vaccine through vaccines.gov, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visit the federal government’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.vaccines.gov/\">vaccines.gov\u003c/a> website to see when appointments for the new updated COVID-19 vaccine in or near your zip code become available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A message on the site states that the CDC is updating this tool, “including replacing the vaccine locator with a pharmacy lookup tool to help people find a pharmacy near them, and this “lookup tool will be added once 2024–25 flu and COVID-19 vaccines become widely available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Find a new Moderna or Pfizer COVID vaccine through My Turn, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn has been the state’s site\u003c/a> for all Californians to schedule vaccination appointments or find walk-in locations, regardless of health insurance status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the new COVID-19 vaccines are now being distributed through the traditional health care market, My Turn’s services have now been geared primarily toward uninsured people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you can’t travel to a clinic for your new COVID-19 vaccine because of health or transportation issues, you can note this when registering on My Turn, and a representative from the CDPH is supposed to call you to arrange an in-home visit or transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>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>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. PDT) 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\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889661\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11889661\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/michigan_shot_gettyimages-1234850852-8f2a1402d5a0ab808313f55bdac52f950c8ad974-scaled-e1632414475184.jpg\" alt=\"Blue-gloved hands administer a vaccine into a shoulder.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rufus Peoples receives his booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine during an Oakland County Health Department vaccination clinic at the Southfield Pavilion on Aug. 24, 2021, in Southfield, Michigan. \u003ccite>(Emily Elconin/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Find a new COVID vaccine through your county, when available\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered#county\">Visit your county’s public health website \u003c/a>to learn if your county will soon be offering the new updated COVID-19 vaccine to its residents, particularly those who are uninsured or under-insured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\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=\"covidvaccine-no-insurance\">\u003c/a>Where can I find a new COVID vaccine near me if I’m uninsured?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The CDC’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0914-uninsured-vaccination.html\">Bridge Access Program\u003c/a>, which was launched in September 2023 to provide free COVID-19 vaccinations to uninsured people, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000297/uninsured-experts-explain-how-to-get-your-free-covid-shot-before-the-money-runs-out\">forecast to last until December — but is instead ending this month\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A CDC spokesperson told KQED that the agency will now supply states with “$62 million of unused vaccine contract money” to support state and local health departments this respiratory virus season “and help improve access for uninsured and underinsured Americans to COVID vaccines.” Right now, details of how this will practically work for folks without insurance in California are unclear, so we’ll keep updating this section as we find out new information relating to how people without health insurance can find a free or low-cost vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uninsured children ages 18 and under can still get free COVID-19 vaccines — and other free immunizations — as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/index.html\">Vaccines for Children Program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"kaisernewcovidvaccine\">\u003c/a>Why can’t I get my new COVID vaccine at a pharmacy if I have Kaiser health insurance?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Something to watch for this fall: If you get your health care through a health system like Kaiser Permanente, you’ll be asked to pay out-of-pocket if you try to get your new COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy like CVS or Walgreens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why? Usually, if you have health insurance, you should be able to give your insurer’s details at a pharmacy vaccination appointment to have the cost of your shot billed to them. Health systems like Kaiser are the exception to this, and so you almost certainly won’t be able to get your new COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy like CVS or Walgreens, the way you can’t get your flu shot covered by Kaiser at a pharmacy either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, last year, Kaiser recommended that its members receive their updated COVID-19 shot at a Kaiser facility. The health system’s website says that \u003ca href=\"https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/northern-california/health-wellness/coronavirus-information/vaccine-appointments\">“when provided by Kaiser Permanente, COVID-19 vaccines are covered at no cost,”\u003c/a> but that “most California members” apart from Medi-Cal members will need to pay for the shot if obtained elsewhere. (KP.com also states that \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” from Kaiser\u003c/a> if you do.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This meant that in 2023, people with health insurance through Kaiser faced a longer wait for their new COVID-19 vaccine than folks with other types of insurance unless they were prepared to pay these large costs up-front.\u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">CVS, for example, charges $190.99 for the new COVID-19 vaccine\u003c/a> “if CVS is not in network with your insurance plan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ll keep updating this guide with information as we get it.\u003ca href=\"https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/ncal/covid-19-vaccine-locations/\"> Find a Kaiser location near you that may offer the new COVID-19 vaccine when it’s available.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2024. We’ve published everything from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, practical explainers and guides about COVID-19 \u003c/a>to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? What questions didn’t you have answered in this guide? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger and help us decide what to cover here on our site and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Given waning immunity of the population from previous exposure to the virus and from prior vaccination, we strongly encourage those who are eligible to consider receiving an updated COVID-19 vaccine to provide better protection against currently circulating variants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines expected to get the go-ahead this week target the \u003ca href=\"https://www.idsociety.org/covid-19-real-time-learning-network/diagnostics/covid-19-variant-update/#/+/0/publishedDate_na_dt/desc/\">KP.2 variant\u003c/a>. The Novavax vaccine, which is based on an older technology, targets an earlier strain called JN.1.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>An imperfect vaccine can still provide protection\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Both target strains have already been overtaken by even newer variants, but they’re all still part of the omicron group. The hope is the vaccines are close enough to boost immunity and protect people through the rest of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987343/covid-bay-area-wastewater-variant-symptoms-isolation-guidance\">the surprisingly big summer wave\u003c/a> and the surge expected this winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The vaccine is not intended to be perfect. It’s not going to absolutely prevent COVID-19,” Marks says. “But if we can prevent people from getting serious cases that end them up in emergency rooms, hospitals or worse — dead — that’s what we’re trying to do with these vaccines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new vaccines should cut the risk of getting COVID by 60% to 70% and reduce the risk of getting seriously ill by 80% to 90%, Marks says. The shots are expected to become available as soon as this weekend to anyone age 6 months and older.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Vaccination timing could be a personal decision\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“Right now we’re in a wave, so you’d like to get protection against what’s going on right now,” Marks says. “So I would probably get vaccinated in as timely a manner as possible. Because right now the match is reasonably close. You’re probably going to get the most benefit you’re going to get from this vaccine against what’s currently circulating. So when this gets into pharmacies I will probably be on line as soon as it gets rolled out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To maximize the chances of getting the best protection, people should wait at least two or three months since their last bout of COVID or their last shot to get one of the new vaccines, Marks says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people could consider waiting until September or October if they’re especially concerned about maximizing protection through the winter surge and over the holidays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Getting vaccinated sometime in the September to early October time frame seems like a pretty reasonable thing to do to help bring you protection through the December/January time frame,” says Marks. “It doesn’t, like, suddenly stop. This is not like something that suddenly cuts off at three or four months. It’s just that the immunity will decrease with time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Vaccination can help slow COVID’s spread\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“In my opinion, everyone should get one of the new vaccines,” says Dr. \u003ca href=\"https://www.providence.org/doctors/infectious-diseases/wa/everett/george-diaz-1164523130\">George Diaz\u003c/a>, chief of medicine at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett in Everett, Wash., and a spokesperson for the Infectious Disease Society of America. “Being vaccinated yourself will prevent transmission to other people. So that will help reduce the spread of the disease in the community, especially to the most vulnerable people. So you’re not just helping yourself but also helping others.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, getting vaccinated reduces the risk for long COVID, Diaz adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others question whether everyone necessarily needs another shot, arguing most younger healthy people still probably have enough immunity from all the shots and infections they’ve already gotten to protect them from getting really sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anyone who wants to get this vaccine should get it,” says Dr. \u003ca href=\"https://www.chop.edu/doctors/offit-paul-a\">Paul Offit\u003c/a>, a vaccine expert at the University of Pennsylvania who advises the FDA. “It certainly makes sense why someone would want to get it because it lessens your chance of getting a mild or moderate infection for about four to six months and to some extent lessens your chances of spreading the virus.” But the calculation could be different for younger people. “Were I a 35-year-old healthy adult who’d already had several doses of vaccine and one or two natural infections I wouldn’t feel compelled to get it,” Offit says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And regardless of the public health advice, it’s far from clear how many people will want one of the new shots. Only about 22% of eligible adults got one of the last ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for anyone who does want the COVID vaccine, they can \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/s-t0627-vaccine-recommendations.html\">\u003cu>get the flu shot at the same time\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. In addition, federal officials are recommending anyone age 75 and older also get one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/s-0626-vaccination-adults.html\">new vaccines to protect against the respiratory syncytial virus\u003c/a>, or RSV. Same goes for pregnant people and those ages 65 to 74 who are at high risk of getting seriously ill from RSV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Older at-risk people will probably be able to get a second shot with the new COVID vaccines in the spring or early summer to help protect them against another wave next summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insured people can get all three vaccines for free if they get their shot from an in-network provider. 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"content": "\u003cp>After a years-long fight, 16 and 17-year-olds in Berkeley and Oakland will be able to vote in school board \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/alameda/school\">elections\u003c/a> this fall, the first two districts in the state to give young people a say in who governs their public schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the Alameda County Registrar of Voters announced technology for printing and counting youth ballots is ready for the November election. Berkeley passed Measure Y1, giving young people the right to vote in school board elections in 2016. Oakland followed suit with Measure QQ four years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ixchel Arista, an Oakland High School graduate, joined the campaign for the Oakland measure as a high school freshman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are the main constituents and recipients of the decisions made at the school board level, and it only makes sense in my mind that 16-17 year-olds are able to decide who they feel is going to best represent their interests,” Arista says, adding that the challenge now is making sure young people have the information they need to cast their vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there is a lot to learn. Chances are, if you are 16 or 17, you have never voted in an election before. If that’s the case, don’t worry; this is new to everyone. Even the county registrar has had a hard time figuring it out and spent months designing and building a new voting system for young people. Below, you’ll find information about how to register, how to learn about candidates, and where to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Did we miss something? If you have other questions about how to vote, please send us your questions by \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2Acbz9vp9kYjW_zXntoPd3AGmn4q3A57lVKLQ-oInhMdzXg/viewform\">filling out this form\u003c/a>. If you’d like to email me directly, \u003ca href=\"mailto:afinney@kqed.org\">click here.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000542\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Photo3_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Photo3_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Photo3_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Photo3_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Photo3_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Photo3_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Photo3_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This November, 16- and 17-year-olds in Oakland will have four school board seats to consider on the ballot, while those in Berkeley will have two. \u003ccite>(Aaron Mendelson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How do I register to vote?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To cast a ballot, people who are 16 or 17 need to register with the Secretary of State using a process called “pre-registration.” You can pre-register \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">online\u003c/a> or in person at the Alameda County Registrar’s office in the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse near Lake Merritt in Oakland at 1225 Fallon St., room G1. Paper forms are also available at some public libraries and DMV locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you register online, make sure you select the “pre-register” option on the Secretary of State’s website. If you are using a paper form, check the box at the top of the page that says you are 16 or 17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To pre-register to vote in Berkeley or Oakland school board elections, you’ll need to meet all of the state’s regular voting requirements, other than being 18, and be a Berkeley or Oakland resident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The online application will ask you for the following information, so it’s good to have it ready when you go online to fill out the form:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Your home address\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The last four digits of your social security number or a state driver’s license or ID card number. If you don’t have a state ID, the registrar will need a copy of your signature to have on file. The registrar will compare that signature with the signature on your ballot to make sure it came from you. If you register on paper, the registrar will ask you to sign a legal document called an affidavit. If you register online, you will have to print a form, sign it and mail it to the registrar’s office.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>After you register, you can check to make sure it was received using the Secretary of State’s \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/\">registration voter status page\u003c/a>. The Alameda County Registrar is encouraging young people to register before Oct. 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I learn about what I’ll be voting on?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Eligible voters who are 16 and 17 are only allowed to vote in their school board elections. In Oakland, there are four school board seats on the ballot in November, two in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, only eligible youth voters living in school board Districts 1, 3, 5 and 7 will vote this year. In 2026, Districts 2, 4 and 6, will be up for election. You can look up which Oakland school board district you live in using this \u003ca href=\"https://gisapps1.mapoakland.com/ousd/\">Oakland Unified School District District map\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_12000525 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/016_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Berkeley, school board members serve the entire city, so all eligible youth voters will be able to vote regardless of where they live in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School boards are a group of people elected to make decisions about how local public schools operate. They vote on what schools teach, how schools are kept safe and how to spend money set aside by the state for schools. There is a lot to say about what school boards do. For more check out \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2020/09/17/what-do-oakland-school-board-members-do-exactly/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiOy1BhDCARIsADGvQnCmKEjAinyYWO727WdG7ixHUEAarQxP6O4ATBxpFpKrnRgV6P8YPVMaAiy1EALw_wcB\">this 2020 article\u003c/a> from \u003cem>The Oaklandside\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School board directors in Oakland and Berkeley are up for election every four years. Leading up to elections, people interested in becoming school board members file official paperwork, start raising money, make campaign websites, print advertisements like lawn signs (if you keep an eye out, you’ll probably see some around your city) and host campaign events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To find out what candidates support, you can search online for their campaign websites, go to local campaign events or candidate forums, read local reporting about how candidates have voted in the past and research candidates in voter information guides. 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"content": "\u003cp>In campaign mode, Kamala Harris doesn’t refer to herself as a politician but as a prosecutor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her rise in Democratic politics began in California’s courtrooms. Voters elected her first as San Francisco’s district attorney and then as the state’s attorney general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She battled multinational corporations on behalf of Californians but also oversaw the wrongful conviction of someone who was later stabbed in prison. As the state’s lawyer, she refused to defend California’s gay marriage ban but did the opposite on the death penalty, defending the state’s policy despite her personal opposition to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she first ran for president five years ago, in a time of rising skepticism about policing, she pitched herself to Democratic primary voters as not merely a prosecutor but a \u003cem>progressive \u003c/em>prosecutor. Today, in a general election campaign that may hinge on winning over independents concerned about crime, she’s largely dropped the modifier. Her record as a prosecutor draws criticism from both sides: The left has \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/opinion/kamala-harris-criminal-justice.html\">criticized her for having been too tough\u003c/a>, even as the Trump campaign charges that she was “\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/TheStevenCheung/status/1816148262908293360\">soft as CHARMIN\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These nine cases — some successes, some stumbles — helped define the complicated law enforcement legacy of the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. Harris faces first test when a cop is killed\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The shooting of a police officer on a poorly lit street in San Francisco in 2004 would haunt Harris for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officer \u003ca href=\"https://www.odmp.org/officer/17277-police-officer-isaac-anthony-espinoza\">Isaac Espinoza\u003c/a> and his partner were in plainclothes when they approached a man in their unmarked vehicle on April 10. Espinoza, 29, stepped out and flashed a light at David Hill, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/gang-member-guilty-of-officer-s-murder/article_0ffd1f81-386a-5cb4-ba7f-826ebff0b185.html\">accounts of trial testimony\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hill fired several rounds from an AK-47. Two struck Espinoza, killing him. Espinoza’s partner was injured, and Hill was accused of first-degree murder, along with other charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The newly elected DA, Harris, declined to pursue the death penalty against Hill – consistent with her position while she campaigned for the office, but offensive to many who attended Espinoza’s funeral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000425\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Isaac-Espinoza_CM_01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000425\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Isaac-Espinoza_CM_01.jpg\" alt=\"An image of a man dressed in a police uniform.\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Isaac-Espinoza_CM_01.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Isaac-Espinoza_CM_01-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Isaac-Espinoza_CM_01-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Police Officer Isaac Espinoza was shot and killed while working undercover in 2004. \u003ccite>(Photo via San Francisco Police Officers Association’s X account, the platform formerly known as Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is not only the definition of tragedy, it’s the special circumstance called for by the death penalty law,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-Police-mourn-hero-who-refused-to-2766747.php\">former Sen. Dianne Feinstein told the mourners\u003c/a>, provoking a resounding standing ovation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision immediately pitted Harris — the first woman, first Black and first Asian American district attorney in San Francisco history — against the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Isaac paid the ultimate price,” said San Francisco Police Officers Association President Gary Delagnes \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-Police-mourn-hero-who-refused-to-2766747.php%5C\">at the funeral\u003c/a>. “And I speak for all officers in demanding that his killer also pay the ultimate price.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After eight weeks of testimony, jurors convicted Hill of second-degree murder and attempted murder. They rejected the charge of first-degree murder, not finding the act premeditated, and Hill’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Court-upholds-conviction-for-killing-S-F-cop-2462026.php\">conviction and life sentence\u003c/a> were upheld in 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her 2009 book “Smart on Crime,” Harris wrote: “The broadly held assumption that simply increasing the penalty for any crime will automatically deter more people from committing the crime is a myth. We have to understand why long sentences alone are not sufficient to rock the crime pyramid for many types of crimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. Harris’ office convicts the wrong man — a $13 million mistake\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Actor Jamal Trulove was a contestant on VH1’s “I Love New York 2,” a “Bachelor”-style dating show in which 20 men competed for the affections of a failed reality show contestant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A viewer who happened to have witnessed a fatal July 2007 shooting at San Francisco’s Sunnydale housing project \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4658\">saw the show\u003c/a> and told police she was convinced: \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4658\">Trulove\u003c/a>, she said, had been the shooter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The witness, Priscilla Lualemaga, had initially identified a different man as the shooter. When police showed her a photo lineup and told her the shooter in that lineup, Lualemaga said \u003ca href=\"http://trulove/\">Trulove\u003c/a> “looks like the guy who could have shot” the victim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after the show aired, Lualemaga said she was certain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the \u003ca href=\"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/09/viral-image/harris-didnt-frame-and-prosecute-man-murder/\">case went to trial\u003c/a> in 2010, the DA’s office put both Lualemaga and her sister in witness protection, citing alleged threats. The jury convicted Trulove of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to 50 years to life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000422\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000422\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man wearing sun glasses and a black leather jacket sits down inside a building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamal Trulove during an interview on the music podcast The Art of Dialogue. \u003ccite>(Image via screenshot of The Art of Dialogue’s YouTube Channel)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But on appeal, a ballistics expert testified that Lualemaga — \u003ca href=\"https://casetext.com/case/people-v-trulove\">the only eyewitness\u003c/a> to testify that Trulove was at the scene — could not have observed the shooting from the direction she was facing, given the rounds’ trajectory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The prosecutor wove these points into the very fabric of her closing argument, going so far as to urge the jury to have the same ‘courage’ as Lualemaga and find defendant guilty,” \u003ca href=\"https://casetext.com/case/people-v-trulove\">wrote appellate court judges\u003c/a>. “There was no evidence of any threats or other actual danger presented by defendant, his friends, or his family to Lualemaga or her family…”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trulove was acquitted in March 2015 and went on to a role in the film “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/document/415119960/Trulove-Complaint\">federal lawsuit he filed after his release\u003c/a> — noting he was stabbed in prison when he failed to give his cell’s bottom bunk to a gang leader — cost the city and county of San Francisco $13 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a new \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gGA4VGj9Qw\">podcast interview\u003c/a>, he recounted his conviction: “I’ll never forget, when I turned around, and I looked, and I seen Kamala Harris — we locked eyes this one time, and she laughed — she literally just kinda busted out laughing,” said Trulove, who’s endorsed, Donald Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. Harris vs. the mentally ill woman shot by police, then prosecuted\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Espinoza case left Harris on shaky ground with the San Francisco Police Department — tension she sought to soothe via a monthly spot in the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/09/kamala-harris-prosecuted-mentally-ill-woman-police-shot-democratic-presidential-campaign-san-francisco/\">police union newsletter.\u003c/a> In October 2008, here’s how her office \u003ca href=\"https://sfpoa.org/journal_archives/Vol_40_No_10_October_2008.pdf\">presented\u003c/a> a case in which police responded to a mentally ill woman in crisis:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When police were called to the defendant’s home, she allegedly attempted to assault the responding officers with a knife. The police subdued the defendant by shooting her several times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Put another way: Police repeatedly shot a schizophrenic woman. And then Harris prosecuted her — but the jury balked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August 2008, Teresa Sheehan, then 56, was living in a group home for people with mental illness. When one of the home’s workers attempted to check on her, Sheehan replied with threats and \u003ca href=\"https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/575/600/#tab-opinion-3407052\">said she had a knife\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A worker summoned police. Two officers knocked on Sheehan’s private room and eventually used a key to open her door. She grabbed a knife with a five-inch blade, the officers would later testify and said, “I am going to kill you. I don’t need help. Get out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000423\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1934px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000423\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing glasses and a black shirt sits down at a kitchen table.\" width=\"1934\" height=\"1289\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM.jpg 1934w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1934px) 100vw, 1934px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Sheehan during Christmas in 2013 \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Patricia Sheehan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The officers later testified that they retreated but, worried that Sheehan might climb out of her window and to a fire escape, they opened the door again. One pepper-sprayed Sheehan, and when she didn’t drop the knife, the other shot her twice. The first officer also shot her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She survived, and a jury acquitted her of making criminal threats and deadlocked on assault, though \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/09/kamala-harris-prosecuted-mentally-ill-woman-police-shot-democratic-presidential-campaign-san-francisco/\">11 of 12 jurors\u003c/a> voted for acquittal. Sheehan sued San Francisco, settling for $1 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If (Harris) actually looked at it and said, ‘This is a righteous case, I want to go after a mentally ill woman who was shot,’ then you question that decision,” Laurie Levenson, a criminal law professor at LA’s Loyola Law School \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/09/kamala-harris-prosecuted-mentally-ill-woman-police-shot-democratic-presidential-campaign-san-francisco/\">told CalMatters\u003c/a>. “If she didn’t know about it, then you question her management skills.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. Harris vs. a ‘predatory’ for-profit college\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When a 2013 U.S. Justice Department investigation turned up evidence that the for-profit Corinthian Colleges were \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2013-oct-10-la-fi-mo-corinthian-colleges-kamala-harris-lawsuit-20131010-story.html\">targeting “isolated” people\u003c/a> who were “unable to see and plan well for the future” while falsely promising prospective students job placement rates as high as 100%, it caught the eye of Kamala Harris. As California’s new attorney general, she sued them, alleging false advertising and deceptive marketing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Ana-based company had purchased several private for-profit colleges that were in financial trouble, including at least three in California. By 2010, it had enrolled more than 110,000 students at 105 campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, a number of Corinthian students told the U.S. Education Department that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-education-and-attorney-general-kamala-harris-announce-findings-investigation-wyotech-and-everest-programs\">schools weren’t placing them in jobs\u003c/a> at the rates Corinthian had promised, leaving them saddled with student debt. The Office of Federal Student Aid forced the schools to stop any mergers, purchases of new schools or offering new programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris said the schools were targeting some of California’s most vulnerable prospective students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The predatory scheme devised by executives at Corinthian Colleges, Inc. is unconscionable,” Harris \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-files-suit-alleged-profit-college-predatory\">said in 2013\u003c/a>. “Designed to rake in profits and mislead investors, they targeted some of our state’s most particularly vulnerable people—including low-income, single mothers and veterans returning from combat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March 2016, Harris won a default judgment against Corinthian for $1.1 billion; the company never answered Harris’ legal complaint, and its lawyers \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press_releases/Corinthian%20Final%20Judgment_1.pdf\">didn’t appear in court on the day of the verdict.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, the U.S. Department of Education discharged \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/education-department-approves-58-billion-group-discharge-cancel-all-remaining-loans-560000-borrowers-who-attended-corinthian-colleges\">$5.8 billion in student loan debt\u003c/a> to 560,000 borrowers who paid to attend Corinthian Colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. Harris vs. big banks in the mortgage meltdown\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Harris’ entry into the national spotlight came at the tail end of the Great Recession in 2011, when, as California’s attorney general, she rejected a settlement offer from five major mortgage lenders — one other states agreed to.[aside postID=\"news_11996875,news_11996883,news_11996704\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could have jeopardized the deal, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/california-to-receive-more-than-20-billion-from-mortgage-settlement/\">but her brinkmanship\u003c/a> worked: The banks kicked in a lot more, allowing California to collect about $20 billion from \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-secures-18-billion-california-commitment\">an initial settlement offer of $4 billion.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement meant Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co., Citigroup Inc. and Ally Financial Inc. collectively reduced $12 billion in principal on loans or offered short sales to about 250,000 California homeowners who owed more on their mortgages than their houses were worth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story of that negotiation and settlement became \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/world/kamala-harris-stood-up-to-big-banks-with-mixed-results-for-consumers-in-crisis-idUSKCN1SF0Z4/\">a key part\u003c/a> of Harris’ political narrative, especially during her first candidacy for president in the 2020 Democratic primaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the shine has somewhat worn off that victory in the years since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/finance/harris-says-she-rescued-california-homeowners-hurt-by-the-financial-crisis-the-reality-is-more-complex-0b38ffbc\">Wall Street Journal analysis\u003c/a> of the settlement found that, though Harris wanted to use the settlement money to reduce mortgage principals, about half the settlement went to banks that wrote off the mortgages on homes that had already been abandoned. Each Californian with a defaulted mortgage got a check for $1,400, which the state suggested it could use to help pay a month’s worth of rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another $4.7 billion was used to reduce debt on second mortgages, often home equity credit lines. Only about $4.5 billion was used to lower debt on primary mortgages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, Harris \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/business/how-kamala-harris-finessed-a-foreclosure-deal-for-california.html\">told the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that in a homicide case, “you’re talking about something where the body’s cold. So the conversation is about punishment, it’s about restitution. This was not that. Every day, there are homeowners in California who will either receive relief so they can stay in their home or will be in the foreclosure process and potentially lose their home. And that always weighed heavily on my mind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>6. When Harris defended the death penalty she opposes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When Julia Miller’s husband found her body on Aug. 25, 1992, she had been bound with a telephone cord and stabbed to death. She had two knives still in her neck. There were pieces of three other knives near her body. There was a rag stuffed in her mouth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evidence immediately pointed to \u003ca href=\"https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-jones-ernest-33266\">Miller’s daughter’s boyfriend\u003c/a>, Ernest Dewayne Jones, who had already served six years in state prison for raping his previous girlfriend’s mother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pamela Miller, Juila’s daughter, told the court, “That bastard needs to be sentenced to death.” A judge agreed, and Jones was sent to California’s death row. But Pamela Miller told an\u003cem> LA Times\u003c/em> reporter that the sentencing was pointless because of how rarely executions were carried out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 20 years later, while Jones awaited execution, \u003ca href=\"https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/CarneyOrder.pdf\">a federal judge overturned the sentence, declaring\u003c/a> California’s death penalty was unconstitutional because of the “inordinate and unpredictable period of delay” before execution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris — despite her own personal opposition to the death penalty and \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-death-penalty-appeal-20140821-story.html\">over the objections of death penalty opponents\u003c/a> — went to court to defend it. “I am appealing the court’s decision because it is not supported by the law,” \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-issues-statement-appeal-court-ruling-california\">Harris said in 2014\u003c/a>, “and it undermines important protections that our courts provide to defendants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She prevailed, and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/world/uk/us-appeals-court-rejects-challenge-to-california-death-penalty-idUSKCN0T12B9/\">reinstated Jones’ death sentence\u003c/a>. In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/03/gavin-newsom-halts-executions-california/\">moratorium on executions\u003c/a>, shuttering San Quentin’s death chamber.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>7. When Harris refused to defend a same-sex marriage ban\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For 29 days in early 2004, San Francisco issued more than 4,000 marriage licenses. Then-mayor Newsom had decided to allow same-sex couples to marry three weeks into his first term; the number of people \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Newsom-was-central-to-same-sex-marriage-saga-3186381.php\">calling City Hall\u003c/a> temporarily knocked out its phone lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weddings were, technically, against the law. Newsom’s office expected an immediate injunction after the first wedding, but it didn’t come for a month. Among those who officiated weddings during that 29-day blitz was the city’s district attorney, Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the most joyful (moments of my career) was performing the marriages in 2004. Truly joyful,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/kamala-harris-marks-20-years-122723615.html\">Harris told The Advocate\u003c/a> earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5685429\">nullified all of the marriages\u003c/a> in April 2004, and voters then approved Proposition 8, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When same-sex couples challenged the ballot measure all the way to the nation’s highest court, then-Attorney General Harris \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-issues-statement-prop-8-arguments\">refused to defend it\u003c/a>, saying it was unconstitutional. “The Supreme Court has described marriage as a fundamental right 14 times since 1888,” Harris said in 2013. “The time has come for this right to be afforded to every citizen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that year, when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-xpm-2013-jun-28-la-me-ln-gay-marriage-resumes-20130628-story.html\">Harris officiated the first wedding\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>8. Cheap prison labor, defended by Harris’ office\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Harris read a news story one day in 2014 and discovered that attorneys at the state Justice Department she was heading had \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ff-federal-judges-order-state-to-release-more-prisoners-20141114-story.html\">argued against the release\u003c/a> of minimum-security prisoners because of their value to the state labor pool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That, at least, is how she explained it in an interview with Buzzfeed News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will be very candid with you because I saw that article this morning, and I was shocked, and I’m looking into it to see if the way it was characterized in the paper is actually how it occurred in court,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adamserwer/some-lawyers-just-want-to-see-the-world-burn\">Harris told BuzzFeed News in a 2014 interview\u003c/a>. “I was very troubled by what I read. I just need to find out what did we actually say in court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The inmates working in prisons as groundskeepers, janitors and cooks earned between \u003ca href=\"https://documents.latimes.com/inmate-wages/\">8 and 37 cents per hour\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal judicial panel overseeing California’s overcrowded prison system had ordered the state to increase the sentence reductions minimum-security inmates earned for participating in rehabilitation and education programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, California Justice Department attorneys had a different view, arguing that prisons needed cheap inmate labor to keep functioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Extending 2-for-1 credits to all minimum custody inmates at this time would severely impact fire camp participation — a dangerous outcome while California is in the middle of a difficult fire season and severe drought,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adamserwer/some-lawyers-just-want-to-see-the-world-burn\">Justice Department attorneys wrote\u003c/a> in a September 2014 filing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The argument, later disavowed by Harris, was part of her office’s frequent conflicts with the three-judge panel overseeing the prison system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris’ attorney general’s office “continually equivocated regarding the facts and the law,” the three-judge panel \u003ca href=\"https://prospect.org/justice/how-kamala-harris-fought-to-keep-nonviolent-prisoners-locked-up/\">wrote in 2013\u003c/a>. “This court would, therefore, be within its rights to issue an order to show cause and institute contempt proceedings immediately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judges said they didn’t do so because that might further delay the state’s release of nonviolent prisoners.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>9. Harris, her lawyers and a fake confession\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A Kern County prosecutor invented two lines of incriminating testimony in a defendant’s 2013 deposition and sent the faked transcript to the defendant’s public defender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The phony lines read like a confession from defendant Efrain Velasco-Palacios and would have changed the potential charges of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child to penetrative sex with a child — meaning a conviction could trigger a life sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the public defender discovered the fabrication, he successfully \u003ca href=\"https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1695398.html\">argued to get the case dismissed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, Harris’ Justice Department appealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their argument: The charges shouldn’t have been dismissed because, while the prosecutor did fake the lines, he didn’t physically assault Velasco-Palacios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dismissal is an appropriate sanction for government misconduct that is egregious enough to prejudice a defendant’s constitutional rights,” the California Court of Appeals found in 2015. “On appeal, however, the People dispute that (the prosecutor’s) misconduct was outrageous or conscience shocking in a constitutional sense, as it was not physically brutal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The appellate court justices said it found “no support” for that argument.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000424\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2193px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000424\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a business suit outfit expresses herself with her hands behind a podium with the California flag in the background.\" width=\"2193\" height=\"1461\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839.jpg 2193w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2193px) 100vw, 2193px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former California Attorney General Kamala Harris gives her first news conference in Los Angeles on Nov. 30, 2010. \u003ccite>(Damian Dovarganes/The Associated Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If Harris really thinks that knowingly producing a fraudulent document to secure an illicit advantage isn’t ‘outrageous,’ then perhaps she slept through her legal ethics courses,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/03/08/justice-honesty-government-prosecutor-column/24611623/\">wrote Glenn Harlan Reynolds\u003c/a>, a University of Tennessee law professor, in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/228691\">Robert Murray\u003c/a>, the prosecutor who filed the false transcript, \u003ca href=\"https://www.statebarcourt.ca.gov/Portals/2/documents/opinions/Murray.doc\">would later describe\u003c/a> his actions to the State Bar Court as a joke and a prank. It recommended a two-year suspension. Murray now works at the Office of the Inspector General and has had an active law license since 2018, according to the state bar website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her 2009 autobiography, in which she recounted her years as a prosecutor, Harris wrote about the kind of crimes that motivated her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In nearly twenty years as a prosecutor, the last six as the elected District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco, I have spent a lot of time moving between the bright spotlight that shines on certain aspects of our criminal justice system and the darker places that the public doesn’t see,” she wrote. “I have prosecuted the manipulative predators who commit sexual assaults on children. I have prosecuted conduct that is so destructive that my first and only priority has been to remove the perpetrator from free society for as long as humanly possible. Sometimes, forever.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In campaign mode, Kamala Harris doesn’t refer to herself as a politician but as a prosecutor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her rise in Democratic politics began in California’s courtrooms. Voters elected her first as San Francisco’s district attorney and then as the state’s attorney general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She battled multinational corporations on behalf of Californians but also oversaw the wrongful conviction of someone who was later stabbed in prison. As the state’s lawyer, she refused to defend California’s gay marriage ban but did the opposite on the death penalty, defending the state’s policy despite her personal opposition to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she first ran for president five years ago, in a time of rising skepticism about policing, she pitched herself to Democratic primary voters as not merely a prosecutor but a \u003cem>progressive \u003c/em>prosecutor. Today, in a general election campaign that may hinge on winning over independents concerned about crime, she’s largely dropped the modifier. Her record as a prosecutor draws criticism from both sides: The left has \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/opinion/kamala-harris-criminal-justice.html\">criticized her for having been too tough\u003c/a>, even as the Trump campaign charges that she was “\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/TheStevenCheung/status/1816148262908293360\">soft as CHARMIN\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These nine cases — some successes, some stumbles — helped define the complicated law enforcement legacy of the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. Harris faces first test when a cop is killed\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The shooting of a police officer on a poorly lit street in San Francisco in 2004 would haunt Harris for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officer \u003ca href=\"https://www.odmp.org/officer/17277-police-officer-isaac-anthony-espinoza\">Isaac Espinoza\u003c/a> and his partner were in plainclothes when they approached a man in their unmarked vehicle on April 10. Espinoza, 29, stepped out and flashed a light at David Hill, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/gang-member-guilty-of-officer-s-murder/article_0ffd1f81-386a-5cb4-ba7f-826ebff0b185.html\">accounts of trial testimony\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hill fired several rounds from an AK-47. Two struck Espinoza, killing him. Espinoza’s partner was injured, and Hill was accused of first-degree murder, along with other charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The newly elected DA, Harris, declined to pursue the death penalty against Hill – consistent with her position while she campaigned for the office, but offensive to many who attended Espinoza’s funeral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000425\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Isaac-Espinoza_CM_01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000425\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Isaac-Espinoza_CM_01.jpg\" alt=\"An image of a man dressed in a police uniform.\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Isaac-Espinoza_CM_01.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Isaac-Espinoza_CM_01-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Isaac-Espinoza_CM_01-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Police Officer Isaac Espinoza was shot and killed while working undercover in 2004. \u003ccite>(Photo via San Francisco Police Officers Association’s X account, the platform formerly known as Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is not only the definition of tragedy, it’s the special circumstance called for by the death penalty law,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-Police-mourn-hero-who-refused-to-2766747.php\">former Sen. Dianne Feinstein told the mourners\u003c/a>, provoking a resounding standing ovation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision immediately pitted Harris — the first woman, first Black and first Asian American district attorney in San Francisco history — against the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Isaac paid the ultimate price,” said San Francisco Police Officers Association President Gary Delagnes \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-Police-mourn-hero-who-refused-to-2766747.php%5C\">at the funeral\u003c/a>. “And I speak for all officers in demanding that his killer also pay the ultimate price.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After eight weeks of testimony, jurors convicted Hill of second-degree murder and attempted murder. They rejected the charge of first-degree murder, not finding the act premeditated, and Hill’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Court-upholds-conviction-for-killing-S-F-cop-2462026.php\">conviction and life sentence\u003c/a> were upheld in 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her 2009 book “Smart on Crime,” Harris wrote: “The broadly held assumption that simply increasing the penalty for any crime will automatically deter more people from committing the crime is a myth. We have to understand why long sentences alone are not sufficient to rock the crime pyramid for many types of crimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. Harris’ office convicts the wrong man — a $13 million mistake\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Actor Jamal Trulove was a contestant on VH1’s “I Love New York 2,” a “Bachelor”-style dating show in which 20 men competed for the affections of a failed reality show contestant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A viewer who happened to have witnessed a fatal July 2007 shooting at San Francisco’s Sunnydale housing project \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4658\">saw the show\u003c/a> and told police she was convinced: \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4658\">Trulove\u003c/a>, she said, had been the shooter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The witness, Priscilla Lualemaga, had initially identified a different man as the shooter. When police showed her a photo lineup and told her the shooter in that lineup, Lualemaga said \u003ca href=\"http://trulove/\">Trulove\u003c/a> “looks like the guy who could have shot” the victim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after the show aired, Lualemaga said she was certain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the \u003ca href=\"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/09/viral-image/harris-didnt-frame-and-prosecute-man-murder/\">case went to trial\u003c/a> in 2010, the DA’s office put both Lualemaga and her sister in witness protection, citing alleged threats. The jury convicted Trulove of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to 50 years to life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000422\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000422\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man wearing sun glasses and a black leather jacket sits down inside a building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Jamal-Trulove-YT-CM-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamal Trulove during an interview on the music podcast The Art of Dialogue. \u003ccite>(Image via screenshot of The Art of Dialogue’s YouTube Channel)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But on appeal, a ballistics expert testified that Lualemaga — \u003ca href=\"https://casetext.com/case/people-v-trulove\">the only eyewitness\u003c/a> to testify that Trulove was at the scene — could not have observed the shooting from the direction she was facing, given the rounds’ trajectory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The prosecutor wove these points into the very fabric of her closing argument, going so far as to urge the jury to have the same ‘courage’ as Lualemaga and find defendant guilty,” \u003ca href=\"https://casetext.com/case/people-v-trulove\">wrote appellate court judges\u003c/a>. “There was no evidence of any threats or other actual danger presented by defendant, his friends, or his family to Lualemaga or her family…”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trulove was acquitted in March 2015 and went on to a role in the film “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/document/415119960/Trulove-Complaint\">federal lawsuit he filed after his release\u003c/a> — noting he was stabbed in prison when he failed to give his cell’s bottom bunk to a gang leader — cost the city and county of San Francisco $13 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a new \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gGA4VGj9Qw\">podcast interview\u003c/a>, he recounted his conviction: “I’ll never forget, when I turned around, and I looked, and I seen Kamala Harris — we locked eyes this one time, and she laughed — she literally just kinda busted out laughing,” said Trulove, who’s endorsed, Donald Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. Harris vs. the mentally ill woman shot by police, then prosecuted\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Espinoza case left Harris on shaky ground with the San Francisco Police Department — tension she sought to soothe via a monthly spot in the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/09/kamala-harris-prosecuted-mentally-ill-woman-police-shot-democratic-presidential-campaign-san-francisco/\">police union newsletter.\u003c/a> In October 2008, here’s how her office \u003ca href=\"https://sfpoa.org/journal_archives/Vol_40_No_10_October_2008.pdf\">presented\u003c/a> a case in which police responded to a mentally ill woman in crisis:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When police were called to the defendant’s home, she allegedly attempted to assault the responding officers with a knife. The police subdued the defendant by shooting her several times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Put another way: Police repeatedly shot a schizophrenic woman. And then Harris prosecuted her — but the jury balked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August 2008, Teresa Sheehan, then 56, was living in a group home for people with mental illness. When one of the home’s workers attempted to check on her, Sheehan replied with threats and \u003ca href=\"https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/575/600/#tab-opinion-3407052\">said she had a knife\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A worker summoned police. Two officers knocked on Sheehan’s private room and eventually used a key to open her door. She grabbed a knife with a five-inch blade, the officers would later testify and said, “I am going to kill you. I don’t need help. Get out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000423\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1934px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000423\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing glasses and a black shirt sits down at a kitchen table.\" width=\"1934\" height=\"1289\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM.jpg 1934w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081424-Teresa-A-Sheehan-Christmas-2013-Photo-Courtesy-of-Patricia-Sheehan-CM-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1934px) 100vw, 1934px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Sheehan during Christmas in 2013 \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Patricia Sheehan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The officers later testified that they retreated but, worried that Sheehan might climb out of her window and to a fire escape, they opened the door again. One pepper-sprayed Sheehan, and when she didn’t drop the knife, the other shot her twice. The first officer also shot her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She survived, and a jury acquitted her of making criminal threats and deadlocked on assault, though \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/09/kamala-harris-prosecuted-mentally-ill-woman-police-shot-democratic-presidential-campaign-san-francisco/\">11 of 12 jurors\u003c/a> voted for acquittal. Sheehan sued San Francisco, settling for $1 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If (Harris) actually looked at it and said, ‘This is a righteous case, I want to go after a mentally ill woman who was shot,’ then you question that decision,” Laurie Levenson, a criminal law professor at LA’s Loyola Law School \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/09/kamala-harris-prosecuted-mentally-ill-woman-police-shot-democratic-presidential-campaign-san-francisco/\">told CalMatters\u003c/a>. “If she didn’t know about it, then you question her management skills.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. Harris vs. a ‘predatory’ for-profit college\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When a 2013 U.S. Justice Department investigation turned up evidence that the for-profit Corinthian Colleges were \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2013-oct-10-la-fi-mo-corinthian-colleges-kamala-harris-lawsuit-20131010-story.html\">targeting “isolated” people\u003c/a> who were “unable to see and plan well for the future” while falsely promising prospective students job placement rates as high as 100%, it caught the eye of Kamala Harris. As California’s new attorney general, she sued them, alleging false advertising and deceptive marketing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Ana-based company had purchased several private for-profit colleges that were in financial trouble, including at least three in California. By 2010, it had enrolled more than 110,000 students at 105 campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, a number of Corinthian students told the U.S. Education Department that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-education-and-attorney-general-kamala-harris-announce-findings-investigation-wyotech-and-everest-programs\">schools weren’t placing them in jobs\u003c/a> at the rates Corinthian had promised, leaving them saddled with student debt. The Office of Federal Student Aid forced the schools to stop any mergers, purchases of new schools or offering new programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris said the schools were targeting some of California’s most vulnerable prospective students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The predatory scheme devised by executives at Corinthian Colleges, Inc. is unconscionable,” Harris \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-files-suit-alleged-profit-college-predatory\">said in 2013\u003c/a>. “Designed to rake in profits and mislead investors, they targeted some of our state’s most particularly vulnerable people—including low-income, single mothers and veterans returning from combat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March 2016, Harris won a default judgment against Corinthian for $1.1 billion; the company never answered Harris’ legal complaint, and its lawyers \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press_releases/Corinthian%20Final%20Judgment_1.pdf\">didn’t appear in court on the day of the verdict.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, the U.S. Department of Education discharged \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/education-department-approves-58-billion-group-discharge-cancel-all-remaining-loans-560000-borrowers-who-attended-corinthian-colleges\">$5.8 billion in student loan debt\u003c/a> to 560,000 borrowers who paid to attend Corinthian Colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. Harris vs. big banks in the mortgage meltdown\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Harris’ entry into the national spotlight came at the tail end of the Great Recession in 2011, when, as California’s attorney general, she rejected a settlement offer from five major mortgage lenders — one other states agreed to.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could have jeopardized the deal, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/california-to-receive-more-than-20-billion-from-mortgage-settlement/\">but her brinkmanship\u003c/a> worked: The banks kicked in a lot more, allowing California to collect about $20 billion from \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-secures-18-billion-california-commitment\">an initial settlement offer of $4 billion.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement meant Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co., Citigroup Inc. and Ally Financial Inc. collectively reduced $12 billion in principal on loans or offered short sales to about 250,000 California homeowners who owed more on their mortgages than their houses were worth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story of that negotiation and settlement became \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/world/kamala-harris-stood-up-to-big-banks-with-mixed-results-for-consumers-in-crisis-idUSKCN1SF0Z4/\">a key part\u003c/a> of Harris’ political narrative, especially during her first candidacy for president in the 2020 Democratic primaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the shine has somewhat worn off that victory in the years since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/finance/harris-says-she-rescued-california-homeowners-hurt-by-the-financial-crisis-the-reality-is-more-complex-0b38ffbc\">Wall Street Journal analysis\u003c/a> of the settlement found that, though Harris wanted to use the settlement money to reduce mortgage principals, about half the settlement went to banks that wrote off the mortgages on homes that had already been abandoned. Each Californian with a defaulted mortgage got a check for $1,400, which the state suggested it could use to help pay a month’s worth of rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another $4.7 billion was used to reduce debt on second mortgages, often home equity credit lines. Only about $4.5 billion was used to lower debt on primary mortgages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, Harris \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/business/how-kamala-harris-finessed-a-foreclosure-deal-for-california.html\">told the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that in a homicide case, “you’re talking about something where the body’s cold. So the conversation is about punishment, it’s about restitution. This was not that. Every day, there are homeowners in California who will either receive relief so they can stay in their home or will be in the foreclosure process and potentially lose their home. And that always weighed heavily on my mind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>6. When Harris defended the death penalty she opposes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When Julia Miller’s husband found her body on Aug. 25, 1992, she had been bound with a telephone cord and stabbed to death. She had two knives still in her neck. There were pieces of three other knives near her body. There was a rag stuffed in her mouth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evidence immediately pointed to \u003ca href=\"https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-jones-ernest-33266\">Miller’s daughter’s boyfriend\u003c/a>, Ernest Dewayne Jones, who had already served six years in state prison for raping his previous girlfriend’s mother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pamela Miller, Juila’s daughter, told the court, “That bastard needs to be sentenced to death.” A judge agreed, and Jones was sent to California’s death row. But Pamela Miller told an\u003cem> LA Times\u003c/em> reporter that the sentencing was pointless because of how rarely executions were carried out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 20 years later, while Jones awaited execution, \u003ca href=\"https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/CarneyOrder.pdf\">a federal judge overturned the sentence, declaring\u003c/a> California’s death penalty was unconstitutional because of the “inordinate and unpredictable period of delay” before execution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris — despite her own personal opposition to the death penalty and \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-death-penalty-appeal-20140821-story.html\">over the objections of death penalty opponents\u003c/a> — went to court to defend it. “I am appealing the court’s decision because it is not supported by the law,” \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-issues-statement-appeal-court-ruling-california\">Harris said in 2014\u003c/a>, “and it undermines important protections that our courts provide to defendants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She prevailed, and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/world/uk/us-appeals-court-rejects-challenge-to-california-death-penalty-idUSKCN0T12B9/\">reinstated Jones’ death sentence\u003c/a>. In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/03/gavin-newsom-halts-executions-california/\">moratorium on executions\u003c/a>, shuttering San Quentin’s death chamber.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>7. When Harris refused to defend a same-sex marriage ban\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For 29 days in early 2004, San Francisco issued more than 4,000 marriage licenses. Then-mayor Newsom had decided to allow same-sex couples to marry three weeks into his first term; the number of people \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Newsom-was-central-to-same-sex-marriage-saga-3186381.php\">calling City Hall\u003c/a> temporarily knocked out its phone lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weddings were, technically, against the law. Newsom’s office expected an immediate injunction after the first wedding, but it didn’t come for a month. Among those who officiated weddings during that 29-day blitz was the city’s district attorney, Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the most joyful (moments of my career) was performing the marriages in 2004. Truly joyful,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/kamala-harris-marks-20-years-122723615.html\">Harris told The Advocate\u003c/a> earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5685429\">nullified all of the marriages\u003c/a> in April 2004, and voters then approved Proposition 8, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When same-sex couples challenged the ballot measure all the way to the nation’s highest court, then-Attorney General Harris \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-issues-statement-prop-8-arguments\">refused to defend it\u003c/a>, saying it was unconstitutional. “The Supreme Court has described marriage as a fundamental right 14 times since 1888,” Harris said in 2013. “The time has come for this right to be afforded to every citizen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that year, when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-xpm-2013-jun-28-la-me-ln-gay-marriage-resumes-20130628-story.html\">Harris officiated the first wedding\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>8. Cheap prison labor, defended by Harris’ office\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Harris read a news story one day in 2014 and discovered that attorneys at the state Justice Department she was heading had \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ff-federal-judges-order-state-to-release-more-prisoners-20141114-story.html\">argued against the release\u003c/a> of minimum-security prisoners because of their value to the state labor pool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That, at least, is how she explained it in an interview with Buzzfeed News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will be very candid with you because I saw that article this morning, and I was shocked, and I’m looking into it to see if the way it was characterized in the paper is actually how it occurred in court,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adamserwer/some-lawyers-just-want-to-see-the-world-burn\">Harris told BuzzFeed News in a 2014 interview\u003c/a>. “I was very troubled by what I read. I just need to find out what did we actually say in court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The inmates working in prisons as groundskeepers, janitors and cooks earned between \u003ca href=\"https://documents.latimes.com/inmate-wages/\">8 and 37 cents per hour\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal judicial panel overseeing California’s overcrowded prison system had ordered the state to increase the sentence reductions minimum-security inmates earned for participating in rehabilitation and education programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, California Justice Department attorneys had a different view, arguing that prisons needed cheap inmate labor to keep functioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Extending 2-for-1 credits to all minimum custody inmates at this time would severely impact fire camp participation — a dangerous outcome while California is in the middle of a difficult fire season and severe drought,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adamserwer/some-lawyers-just-want-to-see-the-world-burn\">Justice Department attorneys wrote\u003c/a> in a September 2014 filing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The argument, later disavowed by Harris, was part of her office’s frequent conflicts with the three-judge panel overseeing the prison system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris’ attorney general’s office “continually equivocated regarding the facts and the law,” the three-judge panel \u003ca href=\"https://prospect.org/justice/how-kamala-harris-fought-to-keep-nonviolent-prisoners-locked-up/\">wrote in 2013\u003c/a>. “This court would, therefore, be within its rights to issue an order to show cause and institute contempt proceedings immediately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judges said they didn’t do so because that might further delay the state’s release of nonviolent prisoners.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>9. Harris, her lawyers and a fake confession\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A Kern County prosecutor invented two lines of incriminating testimony in a defendant’s 2013 deposition and sent the faked transcript to the defendant’s public defender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The phony lines read like a confession from defendant Efrain Velasco-Palacios and would have changed the potential charges of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child to penetrative sex with a child — meaning a conviction could trigger a life sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the public defender discovered the fabrication, he successfully \u003ca href=\"https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1695398.html\">argued to get the case dismissed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, Harris’ Justice Department appealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their argument: The charges shouldn’t have been dismissed because, while the prosecutor did fake the lines, he didn’t physically assault Velasco-Palacios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dismissal is an appropriate sanction for government misconduct that is egregious enough to prejudice a defendant’s constitutional rights,” the California Court of Appeals found in 2015. “On appeal, however, the People dispute that (the prosecutor’s) misconduct was outrageous or conscience shocking in a constitutional sense, as it was not physically brutal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The appellate court justices said it found “no support” for that argument.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000424\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2193px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000424\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a business suit outfit expresses herself with her hands behind a podium with the California flag in the background.\" width=\"2193\" height=\"1461\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839.jpg 2193w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24216054883839-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2193px) 100vw, 2193px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former California Attorney General Kamala Harris gives her first news conference in Los Angeles on Nov. 30, 2010. \u003ccite>(Damian Dovarganes/The Associated Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If Harris really thinks that knowingly producing a fraudulent document to secure an illicit advantage isn’t ‘outrageous,’ then perhaps she slept through her legal ethics courses,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/03/08/justice-honesty-government-prosecutor-column/24611623/\">wrote Glenn Harlan Reynolds\u003c/a>, a University of Tennessee law professor, in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/228691\">Robert Murray\u003c/a>, the prosecutor who filed the false transcript, \u003ca href=\"https://www.statebarcourt.ca.gov/Portals/2/documents/opinions/Murray.doc\">would later describe\u003c/a> his actions to the State Bar Court as a joke and a prank. It recommended a two-year suspension. Murray now works at the Office of the Inspector General and has had an active law license since 2018, according to the state bar website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her 2009 autobiography, in which she recounted her years as a prosecutor, Harris wrote about the kind of crimes that motivated her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 10:15 a.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988079/2024-mpox-vaccine-formerly-monkeypox-symptoms-rash\">mpox\u003c/a> outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/what-is-mpox-monkey-pox-congo-emergency-415d11f9e62d104b4c40dd8fe8e80b47\">a global emergency\u003c/a> last week on August 14, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and resulting in more than 500 deaths in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier that week, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the outbreaks of mpox — \u003ca href=\"https://www.ems1.com/infectious-diseases/articles/monkeypox-gets-new-name-after-racist-and-stigmatizing-language-health-officials-say-i1djjhzOPR7VCJrC/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWhen%20the%20outbreak%20of%20monkeypox,monkeypox%20worldwide%20as%20of%20Nov.\">formerly known as monkeypox\u003c/a> — were a public health emergency, calling for international help to stop the virus’ spread. The Africa CDC said mpox has been detected in 13 countries this year, and more than 96% of all cases and deaths are in Congo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#mpox-wastewater\">Why the mpox detected in Bay Area wastewater is a less dangerous strain\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Mpox mostly spreads via close contact with infected people, including through sex. There is a \u003ca href=\"#mpox-vaccine-near-me\">vaccine \u003c/a>for the disease, but few doses are available on the African continent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is something that should concern us all … The potential for further spread within Africa and beyond is very worrying,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC recommends that any person who has traveled to Congo or any bordering countries in the last 21 days and who develops a new, unexplained skin rash should seek medical evaluation and avoid physical contact with others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/thailand-confirms-its-mpox-case-is-clade-1b-strain-first-country-2024-08-22/\">Thailand’s Department of Disease Control confirmed\u003c/a> that an mpox case detected in that country was the more infectious form of the virus first seen in Congo. This case in Thailand is now the second such confirmed detection outside of the African continent, after \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mpox-sweden-congo-9923d0ee8deb362b2af5416bb273d629\">Swedish health officials announced Aug. 15 that they’d identified a case of a person with this more dangerous form of mpox.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11919070/monkeypox-in-the-bay-area-from-symptoms-to-how-to-find-a-vaccine-heres-what-we-know\">The Bay Area experienced its own mpox outbreak in 2022\u003c/a>, but the strain of the virus now spreading from Congo is different in several ways. Keep reading for what you need to know about mpox in 2024, including the \u003ca href=\"#mpox-symptoms\">the symptoms of mpox\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#mpox-vaccine-near-me\">where to find an mpox vaccine in the Bay Area\u003c/a> and understanding this global emergency declaration.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"mpox-wastewater\">\u003c/a>Understanding the two different strains of mpox\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2022, WHO declared mpox to be a global emergency after it spread to more than 70 countries that had not previously reported mpox, mostly affecting gay and bisexual men. In that outbreak, fewer than 1% of people died. Before this outbreak, the disease had mostly been seen in sporadic outbreaks in central and West Africa when people came into close contact with infected wild animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#mpox-vaccine-near-me\">Where to find an mpox vaccine in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11919070/monkeypox-in-the-bay-area-from-symptoms-to-how-to-find-a-vaccine-heres-what-we-know\">The 2022 mpox global outbreak in the United States \u003c/a>— which particularly affected gay and bisexual men as well as trans and nonbinary people who have sex with men — was caused by a version of the mpox virus known as “clade II.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mpox outbreak spreading from Congo is caused by another type of the virus, called “clade I,” which causes more severe illness and higher fatality rates than the clade II type that’s been circulating in the U.S. — albeit at low levels — since the 2022 outbreak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data from Stanford University’s WastewaterSCAN project, which monitors the presence of viruses including mpox in human sewage across the U.S., shows that two years after the initial 2022 outbreak, this clade II strain of mpox is still occasionally detected in the Bay Area’s wastewater. Most recently, \u003ca href=\"https://data.wastewaterscan.org/tracker/?charts=CjEQASABSABSBmU5ZTg3ZVIGMzc0MzBhWgpNUFhWX0cyUl9HeIkBigEGNDViZDBlwAEB&selectedChartId=45bd0e\">clade II mpox has been detected as recently as Aug. 18 at San Francisco’s two wastewater plants\u003c/a>, but WastewaterSCAN’s Ali Boehm confirmed that these detections were “low level” and not related to the the clade I outbreak spreading in Congo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#mpox-symptoms\">What are the symptoms of mpox?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>So far, in 2024,\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mpox-africa-outbreak-vaccines-health-congo-3f79d757e7666600c06cbdad39613bc8\"> there have been almost 19,000 cases of clade I from the Congo outbreak, and over 500 people have died.\u003c/a> Cases are up 160% and deaths are up 19% compared with the same period last year. Salim Abdool Karim, a South African infectious diseases expert who chairs the Africa CDC emergency group, said the new version of mpox spreading from Congo appears to have a death rate of about 3%-4%.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where has clade I mpox spread globally?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So far there have been only two clade I cases detected outside of the African continent, and none of them are in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/thailand-confirms-its-mpox-case-is-clade-1b-strain-first-country-2024-08-22/\">Thailand’s Department of Disease Control confirmed\u003c/a> that an mpox case detected in that country was the more infectious form of the virus first seen in Congo. Thai health officials said that the patient was a European man who had arrived in Thailand last week from an unnamed African country where the disease was spreading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 15, the Swedish public health agency said that \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mpox-sweden-congo-9923d0ee8deb362b2af5416bb273d629\">the clade I case identified in that country\u003c/a> was a patient who recently sought health care in Stockholm after traveling to “the part of Africa where there is a major outbreak,” according to the agency. Officials said the risk to the general public was considered “very low” and that they expected sporadic imported cases to continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individual cases of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-says-recent-mpox-case-is-mild-clade-2-variant-2024-08-21/\">mpox reported in the Philippines\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/one-case-mpox-detected-pakistan-2024-08-19/\">Pakistan\u003c/a> were confirmed this week to in fact be the less dangerous clade II mpox.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Understanding mpox in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to data from multiple local health departments, the overwhelming majority of mpox cases in the Bay Area during the 2022 outbreak were reported among gay men and other men who have sex with men. At the peak of the 2022 outbreak, San Francisco health officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/resource/2022/mpox-data-and-reports\">saw dozens of new mpox cases each week in July of that year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the same time, the city \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11919070/monkeypox-in-the-bay-area-from-symptoms-to-how-to-find-a-vaccine-heres-what-we-know\">declared a public health emergency\u003c/a> — the first city in the country to do so. The White House soon followed suit and declared mpox a public health emergency in August, when more than 6,000 cases had been confirmed in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, organizers from the LGBTQ+ community \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11919070/monkeypox-in-the-bay-area-from-symptoms-to-how-to-find-a-vaccine-heres-what-we-know\">quickly mobilized to pressure public health officials\u003c/a> at every level of government to make vaccines and treatment widely available to this vulnerable population. The San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF) helped spearhead these efforts and has continued to provide free mpox vaccines. \u003cstrong>(Jump straight to\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#mpox-vaccine-near-me\">where to find an mpox vaccine in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are aware of the mpox health emergency in Africa, and although mpox rates in the Bay Area are currently at low levels, we know that infection rates can change or increase — sometimes rapidly,” said Jorge Roman, senior director of clinical services at SFAF in a statement to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon after the WHO declared the global emergency on Wednesday, San Francisco public health officials confirmed that the risk of this new strain remains relatively low in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) said that “the overall risk to the general population in the United States is considered to be very low.” The agency said it will continue “to closely monitor the situation alongside our federal and state partners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/resource/2022/mpox-data-and-reports\">Cases of clade II mpox “remain low” in San Francisco\u003c/a>, SFDPH said, “and we will continue to update the community if further actions are needed to protect health.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/resource/2022/mpox-data-and-reports\">The current rolling 7-day average of new mpox cases per day in San Francisco is zero.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A failure of the global community’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Officials at the Africa CDC said nearly 70% of cases in Congo are in children younger than 15, who also accounted for 85% of deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacques Alonda, an epidemiologist working in Congo with international charities, said he and other experts were particularly worried about the spread of mpox in camps for refugees in the country’s conflict-ridden east.[aside postID='news_11988079,news_11973108' label='Related Stories]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The worst case I’ve seen is that of a 6-week-old baby who was just two weeks old when he contracted mpox,” Alonda said, adding the baby has been in their care for a month. “He got infected because hospital overcrowding meant he and his mother were forced to share a room with someone else who had the virus, which was undiagnosed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, scientists also reported the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mpox-congo-outbreak-who-fda17cea128f46e48110ad7adcd9e5de\">emergence of a new form\u003c/a> of the deadlier clade I form of mpox, which can kill up to 10% of people in a Congolese mining town that they feared might spread more easily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike in previous mpox outbreaks, where lesions were mostly seen on the chest, hands and feet, the new form causes milder symptoms and lesions on the genitals. That makes it harder to spot, meaning people might also sicken others without knowing they’re infected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Marks, a professor of medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said declaring these latest mpox outbreaks in Africa an emergency is warranted if that might lead to more support to contain them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a failure of the global community that things had to get this bad to release the resources needed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.N. health agency said mpox was recently identified for the first time in four East African countries: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. All of those outbreaks are linked to the one in Congo. In Ivory Coast and South Africa, health authorities have reported outbreaks of the less dangerous clade II version of mpox that spread worldwide in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"mpox-symptoms\">\u003c/a>What to know about mpox symptoms and how the virus spreads\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The mpox virus spreads through close contact with someone who is infected. This could be direct contact with the infectious rashes or scabs someone with mpox develops, scabs, having intimate physical contact with someone who has mpox, such as kissing, cuddling or sex. Coming into contact with infected bodily fluids or items that have been touched by rashes or fluids from an infected person can also expose you to the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mpox symptoms often start as flu-like conditions, SFPDH said — which is worth bearing in mind during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987343/covid-bay-area-wastewater-variant-symptoms-isolation-guidance\">this current COVID-19 surge\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mpox virus also appears as a rash or sores or spots that can resemble pimples or blisters on the skin anywhere on the body, including the face, inside the mouth, hands, feet, chest, genitals and anus. These spots often start as red, flat spots that then become bumps before the bumps become filled with pus and turn into scabs when they break. These symptoms can be extremely painful. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/symptoms/index.html\">If you’re unsure about recognizing an mpox rash, the CDC has a photo guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/symptoms/index.html\">Mpox can have a long incubation period\u003c/a> — that is, the time between when you’re exposed to mpox and when you start to develop symptoms — that can range from three to 17 days, according to the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you suspect you might have mpox symptoms — even if they’re subtle — see your health care provider right away or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/get-mpox-vaccines-testing-and-medicine\">consult one of SFPDH’s clinics for mpox testing\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/mpox\">See more on what to do if you suspect you have mpox.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"mpox-vaccine-near-me\">\u003c/a>Where you can find an mpox vaccine in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The two-dose mpox vaccine is available to anybody in the Bay Area, with no eligibility requirements to meet. (In the early days of the 2022 outbreak, public health officials were originally only offering vaccines to people who’d been exposed to mpox or were categorized as being in a specific group more at risk from mpox, but rest assured that those criteria are no longer in effect.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement that people who have received both doses of the mpox vaccine — along with people who have already had clade II mpox — “are \u003ca href=\"https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/08/14/united-states-governments-response-clade-i-mpox-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-other-countries-region.html\">expected to be protected against severe illness from clade I mpox\u003c/a>” as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We recommend that all people who may be at risk of mpox receive both doses of the Jynneos mpox vaccine,” Roman of the San Francisco Aids Foundation said. “Vaccines are plentiful and easily available at this point in time, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation and other City and community partners.” Mpox vaccination is not recommended at this time for those who have previously been infected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who is recommended to get the mpox vaccine?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFDPH said that previous mpox outbreaks have predominantly affected communities of gay and bisexual men and men who have sex with men (MSM), as well as trans and nonbinary people who have sex with men. City health officials also especially recommend the mpox vaccine for all people living with HIV and anyone taking or eligible to take HIV PrEP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public health officials also recommend that sex workers, people who’ve been diagnosed with a bacterial sexually transmitted disease (like chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis) in the last three months and folks with certain job-related risks of mpox seek the free vaccine. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/get-mpox-vaccines-testing-and-medicine\">See SFDPH’s full list of people who may be at higher risk of getting mpox.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mpox vaccine was also originally only available for people aged 18 and older, but in 2022 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency-use authorization that allows providers to also give the vaccine to young people aged under 18 who are “determined to be at high risk” of infection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vaccine currently available in the U.S. (brand name: Jynneos) is a two-dose series, with roughly a month between doses. Maximal immunity will build two weeks after your second dose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>If you’ve already had both doses of the mpox vaccine, even back in 2022:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re all up to date — and you don’t need to get another mpox vaccine in 2024. There’s no recommendation at this time to get an mpox booster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>If you \u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003ci>haven’t \u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cb>already had the mpox vaccine:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Go ahead and get your first dose as soon as possible, then get your second dose around 28 days later. But if you forget or get overwhelmed by events, don’t stress too much about timing: Just go get your mpox vaccine when you can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you already have your first dose but forgot to get your second, go get that last dose as soon as possible — even if you got Dose 1 back in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Locations offering the mpox vaccine in the Bay Area\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Your mpox vaccine will be 100% free, and you don’t need health insurance to receive one. As with the COVID-19 vaccine, receiving an mpox vaccine won’t make you \u003ca href=\"https://documentedny.com/2021/04/04/public-charge-rule-explained/\">a public charge\u003c/a> or affect any future immigration processes you may enter into, and you won’t be asked about your immigration status to receive the mpox vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have a regular health care provider, SFDPH recommends you ask them first about getting the mpox vaccine. Your vaccine will be free, but you may be charged a regular copay for seeing your provider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have a regular health care provider or insurance, you can find the mpox vaccine free at clinics around the Bay Area. You can opt to schedule an appointment or choose a walk-in clinic, depending on what works best for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>If you live in or near San Francisco:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/mpox-vaccine\">a full list of mpox vaccine sites near you in San Francisco\u003c/a>. SFDPH confirms that you don’t have to be a city resident to get vaccinated for mpox in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Mpox vaccination sites elsewhere in the Bay Area and California:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find an mpox vaccine clinic near you using \u003ca href=\"https://npin.cdc.gov/DynWidgets/index.html?chost=www.cdc.gov&cpath=/lgbthealth/summer/index.html&csearch=&chash=&ctitle=Get%20Healthy%20and%20Ready%20for%20Summer%20%7C%20LGBT%20Health%20%7C%20CDC&wn=DynWidgets&wf=/DynWidgets/&wid=DynWidgets1&mMode=widget&mPage=&mChannel=&componentName=MpoxLocator#/\">the CDC’s Vaccine Locator\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find an mpox vaccine clinic near you using \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">the state’s myturn.ca.gov site\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>SFAF will also administer free first and second doses of the vaccine at the upcoming Castro Street Fair on Oct. 6, with no appointment needed. You can find the SFAF booth at 470 Castro St., San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can I get my mpox vaccine at a pharmacy?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some pharmacies offer mpox vaccination appointments online, along with other vaccines like COVID and flu. But if you choose this route, you’ll be asked for insurance details — and it’s important to verify with your insurer first that they’ll cover you receiving the mpox vaccine at a pharmacy like CVS or Walgreens, as the out-of-pocket costs you’ll be quoted may be steep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you get your health care through a health system like Kaiser Permanente, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to get your mpox vaccine covered by insurance at a pharmacy — the way you can’t get your COVID or flu shot covered by Kaiser at a pharmacy either — and may have to seek it directly from a Kaiser provider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re able to make an appointment online at a pharmacy for your mpox vaccine, you should consider calling that location ahead of time to verify that they do indeed have supply in stock. A CVS spokesperson told KQED by email that in San Francisco, CVS pharmacies have “limited supply of the monkeypox vaccine in our pharmacies, but a pharmacist can order the vaccine if requested by a patient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writers Gerald Imray in Cape Town, South Africa, Christina Malkia in Kinshasa, Congo and Mark Banchereau in Dakar, Senegal contributed to this report, as well as KQED’s Nisa Khan.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 10:15 a.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988079/2024-mpox-vaccine-formerly-monkeypox-symptoms-rash\">mpox\u003c/a> outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/what-is-mpox-monkey-pox-congo-emergency-415d11f9e62d104b4c40dd8fe8e80b47\">a global emergency\u003c/a> last week on August 14, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and resulting in more than 500 deaths in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier that week, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the outbreaks of mpox — \u003ca href=\"https://www.ems1.com/infectious-diseases/articles/monkeypox-gets-new-name-after-racist-and-stigmatizing-language-health-officials-say-i1djjhzOPR7VCJrC/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWhen%20the%20outbreak%20of%20monkeypox,monkeypox%20worldwide%20as%20of%20Nov.\">formerly known as monkeypox\u003c/a> — were a public health emergency, calling for international help to stop the virus’ spread. The Africa CDC said mpox has been detected in 13 countries this year, and more than 96% of all cases and deaths are in Congo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#mpox-wastewater\">Why the mpox detected in Bay Area wastewater is a less dangerous strain\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Mpox mostly spreads via close contact with infected people, including through sex. There is a \u003ca href=\"#mpox-vaccine-near-me\">vaccine \u003c/a>for the disease, but few doses are available on the African continent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is something that should concern us all … The potential for further spread within Africa and beyond is very worrying,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC recommends that any person who has traveled to Congo or any bordering countries in the last 21 days and who develops a new, unexplained skin rash should seek medical evaluation and avoid physical contact with others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/thailand-confirms-its-mpox-case-is-clade-1b-strain-first-country-2024-08-22/\">Thailand’s Department of Disease Control confirmed\u003c/a> that an mpox case detected in that country was the more infectious form of the virus first seen in Congo. This case in Thailand is now the second such confirmed detection outside of the African continent, after \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mpox-sweden-congo-9923d0ee8deb362b2af5416bb273d629\">Swedish health officials announced Aug. 15 that they’d identified a case of a person with this more dangerous form of mpox.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11919070/monkeypox-in-the-bay-area-from-symptoms-to-how-to-find-a-vaccine-heres-what-we-know\">The Bay Area experienced its own mpox outbreak in 2022\u003c/a>, but the strain of the virus now spreading from Congo is different in several ways. Keep reading for what you need to know about mpox in 2024, including the \u003ca href=\"#mpox-symptoms\">the symptoms of mpox\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#mpox-vaccine-near-me\">where to find an mpox vaccine in the Bay Area\u003c/a> and understanding this global emergency declaration.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"mpox-wastewater\">\u003c/a>Understanding the two different strains of mpox\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2022, WHO declared mpox to be a global emergency after it spread to more than 70 countries that had not previously reported mpox, mostly affecting gay and bisexual men. In that outbreak, fewer than 1% of people died. Before this outbreak, the disease had mostly been seen in sporadic outbreaks in central and West Africa when people came into close contact with infected wild animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#mpox-vaccine-near-me\">Where to find an mpox vaccine in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11919070/monkeypox-in-the-bay-area-from-symptoms-to-how-to-find-a-vaccine-heres-what-we-know\">The 2022 mpox global outbreak in the United States \u003c/a>— which particularly affected gay and bisexual men as well as trans and nonbinary people who have sex with men — was caused by a version of the mpox virus known as “clade II.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mpox outbreak spreading from Congo is caused by another type of the virus, called “clade I,” which causes more severe illness and higher fatality rates than the clade II type that’s been circulating in the U.S. — albeit at low levels — since the 2022 outbreak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data from Stanford University’s WastewaterSCAN project, which monitors the presence of viruses including mpox in human sewage across the U.S., shows that two years after the initial 2022 outbreak, this clade II strain of mpox is still occasionally detected in the Bay Area’s wastewater. Most recently, \u003ca href=\"https://data.wastewaterscan.org/tracker/?charts=CjEQASABSABSBmU5ZTg3ZVIGMzc0MzBhWgpNUFhWX0cyUl9HeIkBigEGNDViZDBlwAEB&selectedChartId=45bd0e\">clade II mpox has been detected as recently as Aug. 18 at San Francisco’s two wastewater plants\u003c/a>, but WastewaterSCAN’s Ali Boehm confirmed that these detections were “low level” and not related to the the clade I outbreak spreading in Congo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#mpox-symptoms\">What are the symptoms of mpox?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>So far, in 2024,\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mpox-africa-outbreak-vaccines-health-congo-3f79d757e7666600c06cbdad39613bc8\"> there have been almost 19,000 cases of clade I from the Congo outbreak, and over 500 people have died.\u003c/a> Cases are up 160% and deaths are up 19% compared with the same period last year. Salim Abdool Karim, a South African infectious diseases expert who chairs the Africa CDC emergency group, said the new version of mpox spreading from Congo appears to have a death rate of about 3%-4%.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where has clade I mpox spread globally?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So far there have been only two clade I cases detected outside of the African continent, and none of them are in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/thailand-confirms-its-mpox-case-is-clade-1b-strain-first-country-2024-08-22/\">Thailand’s Department of Disease Control confirmed\u003c/a> that an mpox case detected in that country was the more infectious form of the virus first seen in Congo. Thai health officials said that the patient was a European man who had arrived in Thailand last week from an unnamed African country where the disease was spreading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 15, the Swedish public health agency said that \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mpox-sweden-congo-9923d0ee8deb362b2af5416bb273d629\">the clade I case identified in that country\u003c/a> was a patient who recently sought health care in Stockholm after traveling to “the part of Africa where there is a major outbreak,” according to the agency. Officials said the risk to the general public was considered “very low” and that they expected sporadic imported cases to continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individual cases of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-says-recent-mpox-case-is-mild-clade-2-variant-2024-08-21/\">mpox reported in the Philippines\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/one-case-mpox-detected-pakistan-2024-08-19/\">Pakistan\u003c/a> were confirmed this week to in fact be the less dangerous clade II mpox.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Understanding mpox in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to data from multiple local health departments, the overwhelming majority of mpox cases in the Bay Area during the 2022 outbreak were reported among gay men and other men who have sex with men. At the peak of the 2022 outbreak, San Francisco health officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/resource/2022/mpox-data-and-reports\">saw dozens of new mpox cases each week in July of that year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the same time, the city \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11919070/monkeypox-in-the-bay-area-from-symptoms-to-how-to-find-a-vaccine-heres-what-we-know\">declared a public health emergency\u003c/a> — the first city in the country to do so. The White House soon followed suit and declared mpox a public health emergency in August, when more than 6,000 cases had been confirmed in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, organizers from the LGBTQ+ community \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11919070/monkeypox-in-the-bay-area-from-symptoms-to-how-to-find-a-vaccine-heres-what-we-know\">quickly mobilized to pressure public health officials\u003c/a> at every level of government to make vaccines and treatment widely available to this vulnerable population. The San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF) helped spearhead these efforts and has continued to provide free mpox vaccines. \u003cstrong>(Jump straight to\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#mpox-vaccine-near-me\">where to find an mpox vaccine in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are aware of the mpox health emergency in Africa, and although mpox rates in the Bay Area are currently at low levels, we know that infection rates can change or increase — sometimes rapidly,” said Jorge Roman, senior director of clinical services at SFAF in a statement to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon after the WHO declared the global emergency on Wednesday, San Francisco public health officials confirmed that the risk of this new strain remains relatively low in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) said that “the overall risk to the general population in the United States is considered to be very low.” The agency said it will continue “to closely monitor the situation alongside our federal and state partners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/resource/2022/mpox-data-and-reports\">Cases of clade II mpox “remain low” in San Francisco\u003c/a>, SFDPH said, “and we will continue to update the community if further actions are needed to protect health.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/resource/2022/mpox-data-and-reports\">The current rolling 7-day average of new mpox cases per day in San Francisco is zero.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The worst case I’ve seen is that of a 6-week-old baby who was just two weeks old when he contracted mpox,” Alonda said, adding the baby has been in their care for a month. “He got infected because hospital overcrowding meant he and his mother were forced to share a room with someone else who had the virus, which was undiagnosed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, scientists also reported the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mpox-congo-outbreak-who-fda17cea128f46e48110ad7adcd9e5de\">emergence of a new form\u003c/a> of the deadlier clade I form of mpox, which can kill up to 10% of people in a Congolese mining town that they feared might spread more easily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike in previous mpox outbreaks, where lesions were mostly seen on the chest, hands and feet, the new form causes milder symptoms and lesions on the genitals. That makes it harder to spot, meaning people might also sicken others without knowing they’re infected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Marks, a professor of medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said declaring these latest mpox outbreaks in Africa an emergency is warranted if that might lead to more support to contain them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a failure of the global community that things had to get this bad to release the resources needed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.N. health agency said mpox was recently identified for the first time in four East African countries: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. All of those outbreaks are linked to the one in Congo. In Ivory Coast and South Africa, health authorities have reported outbreaks of the less dangerous clade II version of mpox that spread worldwide in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"mpox-symptoms\">\u003c/a>What to know about mpox symptoms and how the virus spreads\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The mpox virus spreads through close contact with someone who is infected. This could be direct contact with the infectious rashes or scabs someone with mpox develops, scabs, having intimate physical contact with someone who has mpox, such as kissing, cuddling or sex. Coming into contact with infected bodily fluids or items that have been touched by rashes or fluids from an infected person can also expose you to the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mpox symptoms often start as flu-like conditions, SFPDH said — which is worth bearing in mind during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987343/covid-bay-area-wastewater-variant-symptoms-isolation-guidance\">this current COVID-19 surge\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mpox virus also appears as a rash or sores or spots that can resemble pimples or blisters on the skin anywhere on the body, including the face, inside the mouth, hands, feet, chest, genitals and anus. These spots often start as red, flat spots that then become bumps before the bumps become filled with pus and turn into scabs when they break. These symptoms can be extremely painful. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/symptoms/index.html\">If you’re unsure about recognizing an mpox rash, the CDC has a photo guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/symptoms/index.html\">Mpox can have a long incubation period\u003c/a> — that is, the time between when you’re exposed to mpox and when you start to develop symptoms — that can range from three to 17 days, according to the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you suspect you might have mpox symptoms — even if they’re subtle — see your health care provider right away or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/get-mpox-vaccines-testing-and-medicine\">consult one of SFPDH’s clinics for mpox testing\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/mpox\">See more on what to do if you suspect you have mpox.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"mpox-vaccine-near-me\">\u003c/a>Where you can find an mpox vaccine in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The two-dose mpox vaccine is available to anybody in the Bay Area, with no eligibility requirements to meet. (In the early days of the 2022 outbreak, public health officials were originally only offering vaccines to people who’d been exposed to mpox or were categorized as being in a specific group more at risk from mpox, but rest assured that those criteria are no longer in effect.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement that people who have received both doses of the mpox vaccine — along with people who have already had clade II mpox — “are \u003ca href=\"https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/08/14/united-states-governments-response-clade-i-mpox-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-other-countries-region.html\">expected to be protected against severe illness from clade I mpox\u003c/a>” as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We recommend that all people who may be at risk of mpox receive both doses of the Jynneos mpox vaccine,” Roman of the San Francisco Aids Foundation said. “Vaccines are plentiful and easily available at this point in time, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation and other City and community partners.” Mpox vaccination is not recommended at this time for those who have previously been infected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who is recommended to get the mpox vaccine?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFDPH said that previous mpox outbreaks have predominantly affected communities of gay and bisexual men and men who have sex with men (MSM), as well as trans and nonbinary people who have sex with men. City health officials also especially recommend the mpox vaccine for all people living with HIV and anyone taking or eligible to take HIV PrEP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public health officials also recommend that sex workers, people who’ve been diagnosed with a bacterial sexually transmitted disease (like chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis) in the last three months and folks with certain job-related risks of mpox seek the free vaccine. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/get-mpox-vaccines-testing-and-medicine\">See SFDPH’s full list of people who may be at higher risk of getting mpox.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mpox vaccine was also originally only available for people aged 18 and older, but in 2022 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency-use authorization that allows providers to also give the vaccine to young people aged under 18 who are “determined to be at high risk” of infection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vaccine currently available in the U.S. (brand name: Jynneos) is a two-dose series, with roughly a month between doses. Maximal immunity will build two weeks after your second dose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>If you’ve already had both doses of the mpox vaccine, even back in 2022:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re all up to date — and you don’t need to get another mpox vaccine in 2024. There’s no recommendation at this time to get an mpox booster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>If you \u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003ci>haven’t \u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003cb>already had the mpox vaccine:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Go ahead and get your first dose as soon as possible, then get your second dose around 28 days later. But if you forget or get overwhelmed by events, don’t stress too much about timing: Just go get your mpox vaccine when you can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you already have your first dose but forgot to get your second, go get that last dose as soon as possible — even if you got Dose 1 back in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Locations offering the mpox vaccine in the Bay Area\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Your mpox vaccine will be 100% free, and you don’t need health insurance to receive one. As with the COVID-19 vaccine, receiving an mpox vaccine won’t make you \u003ca href=\"https://documentedny.com/2021/04/04/public-charge-rule-explained/\">a public charge\u003c/a> or affect any future immigration processes you may enter into, and you won’t be asked about your immigration status to receive the mpox vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have a regular health care provider, SFDPH recommends you ask them first about getting the mpox vaccine. Your vaccine will be free, but you may be charged a regular copay for seeing your provider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have a regular health care provider or insurance, you can find the mpox vaccine free at clinics around the Bay Area. You can opt to schedule an appointment or choose a walk-in clinic, depending on what works best for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>If you live in or near San Francisco:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/mpox-vaccine\">a full list of mpox vaccine sites near you in San Francisco\u003c/a>. SFDPH confirms that you don’t have to be a city resident to get vaccinated for mpox in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Mpox vaccination sites elsewhere in the Bay Area and California:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find an mpox vaccine clinic near you using \u003ca href=\"https://npin.cdc.gov/DynWidgets/index.html?chost=www.cdc.gov&cpath=/lgbthealth/summer/index.html&csearch=&chash=&ctitle=Get%20Healthy%20and%20Ready%20for%20Summer%20%7C%20LGBT%20Health%20%7C%20CDC&wn=DynWidgets&wf=/DynWidgets/&wid=DynWidgets1&mMode=widget&mPage=&mChannel=&componentName=MpoxLocator#/\">the CDC’s Vaccine Locator\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find an mpox vaccine clinic near you using \u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">the state’s myturn.ca.gov site\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>SFAF will also administer free first and second doses of the vaccine at the upcoming Castro Street Fair on Oct. 6, with no appointment needed. You can find the SFAF booth at 470 Castro St., San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can I get my mpox vaccine at a pharmacy?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some pharmacies offer mpox vaccination appointments online, along with other vaccines like COVID and flu. But if you choose this route, you’ll be asked for insurance details — and it’s important to verify with your insurer first that they’ll cover you receiving the mpox vaccine at a pharmacy like CVS or Walgreens, as the out-of-pocket costs you’ll be quoted may be steep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you get your health care through a health system like Kaiser Permanente, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to get your mpox vaccine covered by insurance at a pharmacy — the way you can’t get your COVID or flu shot covered by Kaiser at a pharmacy either — and may have to seek it directly from a Kaiser provider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re able to make an appointment online at a pharmacy for your mpox vaccine, you should consider calling that location ahead of time to verify that they do indeed have supply in stock. A CVS spokesperson told KQED by email that in San Francisco, CVS pharmacies have “limited supply of the monkeypox vaccine in our pharmacies, but a pharmacist can order the vaccine if requested by a patient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writers Gerald Imray in Cape Town, South Africa, Christina Malkia in Kinshasa, Congo and Mark Banchereau in Dakar, Senegal contributed to this report, as well as KQED’s Nisa Khan.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The federal program that funds free COVID-19 vaccines for people without health insurance is ending several months earlier than expected — and uninsured people are now being told it could be their last chance to seek out a free shot before the money runs out for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0914-uninsured-vaccination.html\">The Bridge Access Program was launched\u003c/a> by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in September 2023 to provide free COVID-19 vaccinations to the estimated 25 million to 30 million adults in the U.S. without health insurance. The funds were previously forecast to last until December and would have made COVID-19 vaccines accessible to uninsured people through the brunt of another winter respiratory virus season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, after March \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/this-covid-vaccine-program-offered-a-bridge-to-uninsured-adults-and-then-the-funding-crumbled\">negotiations in Congress resulted in $4.3 billion being withdrawn from the Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 fund\u003c/a>, the program is instead ending this month, months ahead of schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#location\">Jump to: Where can I still find a free COVID vaccine if I’m uninsured?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The CDC has not given a firm deadline for the end of the program beyond “August 2024” and has yet to respond to KQED’s request for more specific details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, in a statement, the California Department of Public Health said that the program is \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/updated-covid-19-vaccines-use-united-states-beginning-fall-2024\">“scheduled to end when the new 2024–25 COVID-19 vaccines are approved by the federal government.\u003c/a>” According to drug manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna, these updated fall COVID-19 vaccines, which will be targeted to the latest variants, \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/08/05/updated-covid-vaccines-are-coming-effectiveness-whos-eligible-and-more/\">could be ready as early as this month\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding locations that offer free COVID-19 shots has also become more difficult for those without insurance, even though the Bridge Access Program funding is technically still in place. The CDC’s online vaccine locator tool, which previously offered people a way to search for nearby vaccination sites and filter by whether they were participating in the program, has now been removed from \u003ca href=\"http://vaccines.gov\">vaccines.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A message on that site now states that the vaccine locator will be replaced with a pharmacy lookup tool that “will be added once 2024–25 flu and COVID-19 vaccines become widely available.” However, the site does not currently appear to offer any way to find free vaccination locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what to know about COVID-19 shots for uninsured people, or\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#location\"> jump straight to how to find a free vaccine if you don’t have health insurance.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>As funding dries up, clinics are left scrambling \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t get any specific advance notice of exactly when it was going to be happening,” said Dr. Michael Stacey, chief medical officer at LifeLong Medical Care — one of the community clinics that’s been offering free COVID-19 shots to uninsured people through the Bridge Access Program. “Our notification came along with the rest of the rest of the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal program launched when the commercial health care market began taking over COVID-19 vaccine distribution from the federal government, which had until then made the vaccines free to everyone, regardless of insurance. This means that, like the flu shot, a person’s COVID-19 vaccine is now either paid for under their health insurance plan if they have one or through a sizable out-of-pocket payment. At CVS, for instance, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">a COVID-19 vaccine costs $190.99 if you don’t have any insurance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bridge Access Program was one of the few remaining sources of pandemic-era funding to offer COVID-19 care to “the most vulnerable in the community,” said Stacey, who noted that the timing is particularly unfortunate due to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987343/covid-bay-area-wastewater-variant-symptoms-isolation-guidance\">the ongoing nationwide summer surge in infections\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uninsured children, ages 18 and under, can still get free COVID-19 vaccines and other free immunizations as part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-for-children/about/index.html\">the Vaccines for Children Program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a visit this week to the Petaluma Health Center — one of the clinics still offering free COVID-19 shots for uninsured people — U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said he “believe[d] the clinics, the community health centers will continue to have shots” after the program’s funding ends. However, he did not offer any specifics on how the clinics could continue to offer them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Locations like the Petaluma Health Center say they are now seeking grants, along with county and state funding, to make sure they can keep offering free vaccines.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Should uninsured people seek a free shot ASAP before the funding runs out?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Stacey, of Lifelong Medical Care, the answer is simple: Yes. “For those that don’t have insurance, try to get the vaccine now before the [Bridge Access] program ends,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re plugging ahead in these last days that we have to be able to vaccinate the uninsured as much as we can before the program actually shuts off,” Stacey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UCSF, echoed that, telling KQED by email that it’s “100% true that uninsured people should try to get the vaccine now, given the uncertainty of what will happen in the fall” regarding the program’s funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"More on covid treatment\" postID=\"news_11973108,news_11987343,news_11968709\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11960630/free-new-covid-vaccine-near-me-2023\">The COVID-19 vaccine that’s currently available\u003c/a> has been around since September 2023 (and this spring, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11977786/a-new-covid-vaccine-dose-is-now-available-for-people-age-65-and-older-where-can-you-find-a-shot-near-you\">an extra shot of the vaccine formulation\u003c/a> was recommended for people age 65 and older.) The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/updated-covid-19-vaccines-use-united-states-beginning-fall-2024\">new, updated COVID-19 vaccine targeted to the latest variants\u003c/a> is scheduled for release this fall, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/08/05/updated-covid-vaccines-are-coming-effectiveness-whos-eligible-and-more/\">Pfizer and Moderna both saying their vaccines could be ready as early as this month\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Chin-Hong said that just because a new vaccine is expected soon, uninsured people shouldn’t be dissuaded from getting the current vaccine for free now — not just because the money for free shots is about to run out, but also because it’s not necessarily the best idea to get the new shot the minute it’s released anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the CDC recommends waiting two months between COVID-19 shots, “you won’t want to get the vaccine when it comes out immediately anyway as it is meant for the expected onslaught of cases in the winter,” Chin-Hong said. “Get it too soon, and your maximal antibodies will peak before you need it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And amid current high infection rates, there’s data to indicate that the available COVID-19 vaccine still offers good protection against the latest variants causing this surge, even though it was originally targeted to older variants, Chin-Hong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The superpower of the vaccine is to protect against serious disease, hospitalization and death,” he said. “And for that, even the [current] XBB.1.5 booster will perform spectacularly well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting the current COVID-19 vaccine now for free might also buy uninsured people some time — and extra immunity — as public health agencies work out how to continue extending access to them, Chin-Hong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Uninsured people who get the vaccine now can rest assured that the vaccine will likely protect against serious disease for at least a year,” he said. “So even if there are problems with getting the new vaccine in the fall, I feel comfortable that many of those can take this immune system reminder to carry them through the winter reasonably well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"location\">\u003c/a>How can I find a free COVID shot ASAP if I’m uninsured?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Like many aspects of finding COVID-19 care at this stage of the pandemic, even finding a location that offers free COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured people through the Bridge Access Program has become more difficult — especially since the CDC removed its online vaccine locator tool, which showed all Bridge Access Program sites from \u003ca href=\"http://vaccines.gov\">vaccines.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, if you’re uninsured and want to find a free COVID-19 shot as soon as possible before the program funding runs out, here’s a selection of options. Unfortunately, a number of them now require proactive research and action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Use the state’s My Turn Vaccine Locator\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/vaccinelocator.html\">This online tool from the California Department of Public Health\u003c/a> allows you to filter by vaccine type and insurance status. However, this tool does not show every single vaccination site that may offer free shots through the Bridge Access Program for those without insurance. For example, it only returns two clinics that offer COVID-19 shots to uninsured people within 50 miles of San Francisco (in Napa and San Jose).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find a community health center through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/\">HHS has a map tool showing community health centers \u003c/a>that \u003cem>may \u003c/em>offer free COVID-19 shots for uninsured people. After you search for a nearby location, contact that center directly to ask if it’s offering no-insurance COVID-19 shots for free through the Bridge Access Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) also said that\u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/get-vaccinated-against-covid-19-flu-and-rsv\"> its AITC Immunization and Travel Clinic provides the COVID-19 vaccine to uninsured people\u003c/a>, although the agency notes that “people outside of San Francisco are encouraged to contact their local health department to find a vaccine near them.” The clinic is located at 101 Grove Street, Room 102, and appointments are required: call 415-554-2625 for hours and availability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFDPH also recommends that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/get-vaccinated-against-covid-19-flu-and-rsv\">uninsured people visit the appointment-only San Francisco Free Clinic \u003c/a>(4900 California St.; call 415-750-9894 for hours and availability). But when you call, check if you need to be an SF resident to receive a free COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reach out to your local pharmacy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the California Department of Public Health and SFDPH recommend you directly contact pharmacies near you to ask if they have COVID-19 vaccines in stock and whether they’re offering those shots for free through the Bridge Access Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember to be \u003cem>really \u003c/em>careful and confirm repeatedly that any shot will actually be free, as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">out-of-pocket cost can be steep. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reach out to your local health department\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contact your city or county’s public health department to ask if they’re still offering free COVID-19 vaccines to people without insurance through the Bridge Access Program or otherwise. The following links may also provide information on community clinics offering vaccines — just be sure to stress you don’t have insurance and are looking for free shots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/vaccines\">Alameda County COVID-19 vaccination \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/covid19-vaccine/\">City of Berkeley COVID-19 vaccination \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cchealth.org/health-and-safety-information/communicable-disease-program/covid-19/covid-vaccine\">Contra Costa COVID-19 vaccination\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/vaccinefinder\">Marin County COVID-19 vaccination\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/3096/Vaccination\">Napa County COVID-19 vaccination\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/get-vaccinated-against-covid-19-flu-and-rsv\">San Francisco COVID-19 vaccination\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smchealth.org/coronavirus\">San Mateo County COVID-19 vaccination\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/programs-and-services/pharmacy-and-vaccination-services/covid-testing-vaccines-and-treatment\">Santa Clara County COVID-19 vaccination\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://solanocounty.com/depts/ph/default.asp\">Solano County COVID-19 vaccination\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/health-and-human-services/health-services/divisions/public-health/disease-control/covid-19/vaccines\">Sonoma County COVID-19 vaccination\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What will happen with free COVID vaccinations for uninsured people in the long run?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s still unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a recent statement, the California Department of Public Health said they are “exploring options to continue to support COVID-19 vaccine access after the end of the BAP program for uninsured and underinsured adults, including limited federal and state funding sources,” and that vaccine manufacturers “may also develop patient assistance programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency, it said, “remains committed to monitoring vaccine access options for vulnerable populations, including uninsured adults and will share relevant information as it becomes available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stacey, of Lifelong Medical Care, said that in the absence of official guidance, clinics like his are “going to work on seeing what we can do to get funding and get resources to be able to continue, hopefully in the near future, to be able to provide the vaccines to the uninsured again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are trying to figure out how we can get funding or be able to purchase at least a limited supply of vaccines that we can use for those who are experiencing homelessness,” he said. “We don’t have a solution to that right now. Not only are the vaccines not being provided to us through this program, but the cost of the vaccines has also gone up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin-Hong, of UCSF, is optimistic that in the fall, Bay Area and statewide public health officials “will likely find a way to get the new COVID vaccine into uninsured arms” since he’s found those agencies “generally more forward-thinking” and willing to “provide more safety net programs than many other areas in the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“However,” he said, “it will take some time for these programs to roll out smoothly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED’s Spencer Whitney and Danielle Venton. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding locations that offer free COVID-19 shots has also become more difficult for those without insurance, even though the Bridge Access Program funding is technically still in place. The CDC’s online vaccine locator tool, which previously offered people a way to search for nearby vaccination sites and filter by whether they were participating in the program, has now been removed from \u003ca href=\"http://vaccines.gov\">vaccines.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A message on that site now states that the vaccine locator will be replaced with a pharmacy lookup tool that “will be added once 2024–25 flu and COVID-19 vaccines become widely available.” However, the site does not currently appear to offer any way to find free vaccination locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what to know about COVID-19 shots for uninsured people, or\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#location\"> jump straight to how to find a free vaccine if you don’t have health insurance.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>As funding dries up, clinics are left scrambling \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t get any specific advance notice of exactly when it was going to be happening,” said Dr. Michael Stacey, chief medical officer at LifeLong Medical Care — one of the community clinics that’s been offering free COVID-19 shots to uninsured people through the Bridge Access Program. “Our notification came along with the rest of the rest of the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal program launched when the commercial health care market began taking over COVID-19 vaccine distribution from the federal government, which had until then made the vaccines free to everyone, regardless of insurance. This means that, like the flu shot, a person’s COVID-19 vaccine is now either paid for under their health insurance plan if they have one or through a sizable out-of-pocket payment. At CVS, for instance, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine\">a COVID-19 vaccine costs $190.99 if you don’t have any insurance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bridge Access Program was one of the few remaining sources of pandemic-era funding to offer COVID-19 care to “the most vulnerable in the community,” said Stacey, who noted that the timing is particularly unfortunate due to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987343/covid-bay-area-wastewater-variant-symptoms-isolation-guidance\">the ongoing nationwide summer surge in infections\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uninsured children, ages 18 and under, can still get free COVID-19 vaccines and other free immunizations as part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-for-children/about/index.html\">the Vaccines for Children Program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a visit this week to the Petaluma Health Center — one of the clinics still offering free COVID-19 shots for uninsured people — U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said he “believe[d] the clinics, the community health centers will continue to have shots” after the program’s funding ends. However, he did not offer any specifics on how the clinics could continue to offer them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Locations like the Petaluma Health Center say they are now seeking grants, along with county and state funding, to make sure they can keep offering free vaccines.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Should uninsured people seek a free shot ASAP before the funding runs out?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Stacey, of Lifelong Medical Care, the answer is simple: Yes. “For those that don’t have insurance, try to get the vaccine now before the [Bridge Access] program ends,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re plugging ahead in these last days that we have to be able to vaccinate the uninsured as much as we can before the program actually shuts off,” Stacey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UCSF, echoed that, telling KQED by email that it’s “100% true that uninsured people should try to get the vaccine now, given the uncertainty of what will happen in the fall” regarding the program’s funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Unfortunately, a number of them now require proactive research and action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Use the state’s My Turn Vaccine Locator\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/vaccinelocator.html\">This online tool from the California Department of Public Health\u003c/a> allows you to filter by vaccine type and insurance status. However, this tool does not show every single vaccination site that may offer free shots through the Bridge Access Program for those without insurance. For example, it only returns two clinics that offer COVID-19 shots to uninsured people within 50 miles of San Francisco (in Napa and San Jose).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find a community health center through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/\">HHS has a map tool showing community health centers \u003c/a>that \u003cem>may \u003c/em>offer free COVID-19 shots for uninsured people. 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You can now register online at the California Secretary of State’s website,” part of the message reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donna Johnston, Sutter County’s clerk-recorder, said that the messages appear to be coming from \u003ca href=\"https://fixcalifornia.com/\">Fix California\u003c/a>, an organization led by former Trump administration Cabinet member Ric Grenell that is “committed to pursuing long-term solutions that advance conservative ideas and causes throughout the state,” according to its \u003ca href=\"https://fixcalifornia.com/\">website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Meade, the executive director of Fix California, said that the organization aims to “identify and assist Californians who are eligible but not yet registered to vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fix California adheres to stringent standards, ensuring full compliance with all pertinent state laws governing voter registration; recent claims falsely labeling our organization as a scam are wholly unfounded and distort our true mission,” he said via email. “More, Fix California advises anyone with concerns about their voter registration to verify their status directly via the California Secretary of State’s official website.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how the group is gathering voter information, but multiple county clerk recorder’s offices said that many of the people who reported getting the messages were registered to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to safely check your voter registration\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most municipalities have their own websites for checking voter registration and information. Bay Area residents should refer to \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostavote.gov/\">Contra Costa\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.acvote.org/voting/register-to-vote\">Alameda\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/register-vote\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://smcacre.gov/elections/voter-registration\">San Mateo\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://vote.santaclaracounty.gov/home\">Santa Clara\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/voter-registration\">Marin\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/399/About-Voter-Registration\">Napa\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/voter_registration/voter_registration_information.asp\">Solano\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/clerk-recorder-assessor-registrar-of-voters/registrar-of-voters/general-information/register-to-vote\">Sonoma\u003c/a> counties’ specific election information websites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Secretary of State also has a site — \u003ca href=\"http://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\">voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\u003c/a> — where any California voter can check their registration, get information about upcoming elections and polling places and find out how to contact their local elections office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scams targeting voters are more common during election years, but it is not common practice for elections offices to contact people via text message, Contra Costa County deputy clerk-recorder Tommy Gong told KQED. 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"content": "\u003cp>As a major proponent of the joy of regularly visiting flea markets, I love doing U-turns for chanced-upon garage sales and stepping into the dustiest and most cluttered of second-hand stores. Nothing beats an unexpected find. I love an object that unlocks a memory of a place or a particularly well-negotiated deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you share these compulsions, you’ll know that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960097/alemany-flea-market-san-francisco-city-budget-cuts\">the Bay Area is home to a number of flea markets\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.theyesco.com/\">multiple companies do brisk business in estate sales\u003c/a>. But between regularly scheduled events and the impromptu stoop sale is a bargain hunter’s sweet spot: city or neighborhood-wide garage sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organized by community nonprofits, city departments or residents themselves, these coordinated events provide people living in a particular place with the incentive to finally go through those boxes — and for avid thrifters to reap the benefits. Generally scheduled once or twice a year, these sales take place across the Bay Area, usually on set weekends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve put together a handy guide to upcoming community-wide garage sales — the first of which is coming up this weekend — along with events to look out for in 2025. Not only are these great cheap date destinations, but community-wide garage sales are a stellar reason to finally take a day trip to a lesser-known part of the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if I’ve left out your favorite citywide garage sale, you can use the comment box at the bottom to suggest an update to this guide.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Before you go to a citywide garage sale\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Be prepared to carry your goods — bring an empty backpack or tote bag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re driving, remember to keep your purchases out of sight in your car to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">avoid potential break-ins. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most importantly, bring cash, especially small denominations. While many have embraced the PayPal/Venmo/Zelle/Cash App era, nothing is as convenient for a seller as good old dollar bills. (Cash can also provide a great haggling prop: “I only have $5!”)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Upcoming citywide garage sales\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://hillwide.com/\">\u003cstrong>Hillwide Garage Sale\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nBernal Heights, San Francisco\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Saturday, Aug. 10, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bernal Heights Hillwide Garage Sale has been a San Francisco institution for over 20 years, a rare neighbor-organized event in the world of community garage sales. In 2013, the annual event became a fundraiser for the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, a nonprofit that develops and preserves affordable housing in the area. Hillwide has since raised over $30,000 for the center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sellers pay a sliding-scale donation to list their addresses on \u003ca href=\"https://hillwide.com/the-official-2024-hillwide-garage-sale-map/\">the Hillwide map\u003c/a>, noting what they’ll have in stock — sometimes all the way down to specific clothing sizes. By the afternoon, the whole thing turns into a delightfully cheery neighborhood-wide party, with houses offering up free treats and giveaways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lynn Pearce, a “hardcore” Hillwide organizer with Edie Williams, says they’ve gotten flak in the past about holding the sale on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999085/outside-lands-2024-tickets-parking-closures-food-bart-muni-bag-rules\">the same weekend as Outside Lands\u003c/a>. Pearce countered, with a laugh, that people have to get their act together: they have three whole days to get themselves to Golden Gate Park. The Hillwide sale isn’t shifting for anyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You \u003cem>do \u003c/em>know it’s National Garage Sale Day?” Pearce says. “And we’ve been around a lot longer than Outside Lands!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaraca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/96561/41\">\u003cstrong>Santa Clara Spring Citywide Garage Sale\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Saturday, Aug. 10, times vary by participant\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Depending on where you live, you may be able to hit both Bernal and Santa Clara’s annual citywide garage sale on the same day. Santa Clara’s event is organized as part of the city’s environmental initiatives since it helps redirect usable items into new homes and away from landfills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The truly organized shopper can plot their route through the city with \u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-g-z/public-works/environmental-programs/citywide-garage-sale/citywide-garage-sale-registration\">a map of registered households\u003c/a> (including “open hours” and types of wares). My suggestion: simply park in a central location at your first opportunity and start wandering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.niles.org/annual-events/antique-faire-and-flea-market\">\u003cstrong>Niles Antique Faire and Flea Market\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sunday, Aug. 25\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arguably the longest-running event on this list, the Niles Antique Faire and Flea Market celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Held on the last Sunday of every August, the event includes hundreds of vendors from all over the Bay Area and boasts an attendance of “several thousand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local businesses and nonprofits also get in the mix. One stop worth mentioning is the Dharma Drum Mountain San Francisco Bay Area Center, which allows people to drop off donations throughout the month and then, over the course of the weekend, sells the goods as a fundraiser for the Buddhism center. Stop by to learn about tea meditation or if you’re looking for more of the garage-sale feel amid the bustle of the antique fair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/departments/public-works/recycling-zero-waste/events/citywide-garage-sale\">\u003cstrong>Mountain View\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 14–15, 8 a.m.–2 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain View’s annual citywide garage sale is trying out a new (hopefully non-rainy) weekend this year, shifting from May to September. The event has been ongoing since 2002 and usually involves between 100 and 153 sellers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a fun way for people to meet their neighbors,” says Jennifer Cutter, the city’s solid waste program manager. The top offerings, based on last year’s participant listings, Cutter says, were clothes, books, kids and kitchen items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.el-cerrito.org/943/Citywide-Garage-Sale\">\u003cstrong>El Cerrito\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 12, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Cerrito is home to not just one but \u003cem>two \u003c/em>annual citywide garage sales, taking place in spring and fall. Carlos Hernandez, an environmental specialist with the city, says that an average of 40–60 households participate in each event, which the Operations & Environmental Services Division helps organize and promote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city had coordinated garage sales since 1990 when El Cerrito resident Marianne Hegeman proposed the idea to the city council in the wake of the Loma Prieta earthquake. It turns out that holding on to too much stuff isn’t just psychically bad for you; people’s crowded garages were preventing them from getting their foundations inspected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for those of you thinking way ahead, El Cerrito’s spring citywide garage sale last took place in mid-May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What’s missing from our list?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Mark your calendars: 2025 citywide yard sales\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sausalito.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/events/city-wide-yard-sale\">\u003cstrong>Sausalito\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Late April, as of 2024\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike dispersed citywide sales, the Sausalito version is centrally located, making it much easier for visitors to attend. Over 80 sellers (residents and non-residents alike) register for booths in the MLK Gym parking lot just a few blocks from the waterfront. Goodwill sets up a station at the end of the day so that unsold goods can be easily donated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.crockettcalifornia.com/twys\">\u003cstrong>Crockett\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Early May, as of 2024\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nestled under the Carquinez Bridge and known for its C&H Sugar Factory, which dominates its skyline, Crockett claims to host the longest-running town-wide yard sale in the Bay Area. (We did not fact-check this.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While you’re there, don’t miss the \u003ca href=\"https://www.crockettmuseum.org/\">Crockett Historical Society\u003c/a>, located in an old rail station and packed to the gills with vitrines on local history, or the incredible installations by the \u003ca href=\"https://cmrstrainclub.org/\">Carquinez Model Railroad Society\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://packratandpeddler.com/\">\u003cstrong>Port Costa\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Late May, as of 2024\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next door to Crockett is Port Costa, whose town-wide yard sale doesn’t boast the same longevity but does have a certain legendary status. With a population of around 200, the “waterfront Victorian ghost town” is just a handful of streets ending at a motorcycle bar and the Carquinez Strait. Once a year, those streets turn out with antiques, clothes, food, drinks and music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mix of centralized areas with stalls and true stoop sales, the Port Costa event is just an added incentive to visit this strange little place. And if you get parched, \u003cem>do not\u003c/em> miss the Warehouse, that aforementioned motorcycle bar, which is home to not one but two stuffed bears. Just make sure you arrive early enough in the day to find parking, as such a small town gets truly congested with cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://yardsale.paloaltoonline.com/\">\u003cstrong>Palo Alto\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Late May, as of 2024\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ll only say that garage sales in tonier places often contain unexpected and deeply affordable delights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/3034/Citywide-Yard-Sale\">\u003cstrong>San Mateo\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Early June, as of 2024\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Please see the note above re: toniness. Also! The San Mateo event has previously taken place over three whole days, so there’s plenty of time to factor it into your weekend schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fostercity.org/parksrec/page/city-wide-yard-sale\">\u003cstrong>Foster City\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Mid-July, as of 2024\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the great joys of perusing citywide garage sale listings is trying to visualize the household from which these items are coming. A favorite from Foster City’s 2024 listings: “Bean bags, bar stools, firewood, dollhouse, printer.” Another simply reads: “Bowflex.” Yet another: “Hand-made candles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You never know what you’ll find.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>What’s your favorite community-wide garage sale that we missed?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Whether it’s your local sale or just one you’ve enjoyed in the past somewhere in the Bay Area, use the comment box below to tell us about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10483\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve put together a handy guide to upcoming community-wide garage sales — the first of which is coming up this weekend — along with events to look out for in 2025. Not only are these great cheap date destinations, but community-wide garage sales are a stellar reason to finally take a day trip to a lesser-known part of the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if I’ve left out your favorite citywide garage sale, you can use the comment box at the bottom to suggest an update to this guide.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Before you go to a citywide garage sale\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Be prepared to carry your goods — bring an empty backpack or tote bag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re driving, remember to keep your purchases out of sight in your car to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">avoid potential break-ins. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most importantly, bring cash, especially small denominations. While many have embraced the PayPal/Venmo/Zelle/Cash App era, nothing is as convenient for a seller as good old dollar bills. (Cash can also provide a great haggling prop: “I only have $5!”)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Upcoming citywide garage sales\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://hillwide.com/\">\u003cstrong>Hillwide Garage Sale\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nBernal Heights, San Francisco\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Saturday, Aug. 10, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bernal Heights Hillwide Garage Sale has been a San Francisco institution for over 20 years, a rare neighbor-organized event in the world of community garage sales. In 2013, the annual event became a fundraiser for the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, a nonprofit that develops and preserves affordable housing in the area. Hillwide has since raised over $30,000 for the center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sellers pay a sliding-scale donation to list their addresses on \u003ca href=\"https://hillwide.com/the-official-2024-hillwide-garage-sale-map/\">the Hillwide map\u003c/a>, noting what they’ll have in stock — sometimes all the way down to specific clothing sizes. By the afternoon, the whole thing turns into a delightfully cheery neighborhood-wide party, with houses offering up free treats and giveaways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lynn Pearce, a “hardcore” Hillwide organizer with Edie Williams, says they’ve gotten flak in the past about holding the sale on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999085/outside-lands-2024-tickets-parking-closures-food-bart-muni-bag-rules\">the same weekend as Outside Lands\u003c/a>. Pearce countered, with a laugh, that people have to get their act together: they have three whole days to get themselves to Golden Gate Park. The Hillwide sale isn’t shifting for anyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You \u003cem>do \u003c/em>know it’s National Garage Sale Day?” Pearce says. “And we’ve been around a lot longer than Outside Lands!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaraca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/96561/41\">\u003cstrong>Santa Clara Spring Citywide Garage Sale\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Saturday, Aug. 10, times vary by participant\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Depending on where you live, you may be able to hit both Bernal and Santa Clara’s annual citywide garage sale on the same day. Santa Clara’s event is organized as part of the city’s environmental initiatives since it helps redirect usable items into new homes and away from landfills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The truly organized shopper can plot their route through the city with \u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-g-z/public-works/environmental-programs/citywide-garage-sale/citywide-garage-sale-registration\">a map of registered households\u003c/a> (including “open hours” and types of wares). My suggestion: simply park in a central location at your first opportunity and start wandering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.niles.org/annual-events/antique-faire-and-flea-market\">\u003cstrong>Niles Antique Faire and Flea Market\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sunday, Aug. 25\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arguably the longest-running event on this list, the Niles Antique Faire and Flea Market celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Held on the last Sunday of every August, the event includes hundreds of vendors from all over the Bay Area and boasts an attendance of “several thousand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local businesses and nonprofits also get in the mix. One stop worth mentioning is the Dharma Drum Mountain San Francisco Bay Area Center, which allows people to drop off donations throughout the month and then, over the course of the weekend, sells the goods as a fundraiser for the Buddhism center. Stop by to learn about tea meditation or if you’re looking for more of the garage-sale feel amid the bustle of the antique fair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/departments/public-works/recycling-zero-waste/events/citywide-garage-sale\">\u003cstrong>Mountain View\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 14–15, 8 a.m.–2 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain View’s annual citywide garage sale is trying out a new (hopefully non-rainy) weekend this year, shifting from May to September. The event has been ongoing since 2002 and usually involves between 100 and 153 sellers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a fun way for people to meet their neighbors,” says Jennifer Cutter, the city’s solid waste program manager. The top offerings, based on last year’s participant listings, Cutter says, were clothes, books, kids and kitchen items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.el-cerrito.org/943/Citywide-Garage-Sale\">\u003cstrong>El Cerrito\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 12, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Cerrito is home to not just one but \u003cem>two \u003c/em>annual citywide garage sales, taking place in spring and fall. Carlos Hernandez, an environmental specialist with the city, says that an average of 40–60 households participate in each event, which the Operations & Environmental Services Division helps organize and promote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city had coordinated garage sales since 1990 when El Cerrito resident Marianne Hegeman proposed the idea to the city council in the wake of the Loma Prieta earthquake. It turns out that holding on to too much stuff isn’t just psychically bad for you; people’s crowded garages were preventing them from getting their foundations inspected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for those of you thinking way ahead, El Cerrito’s spring citywide garage sale last took place in mid-May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What’s missing from our list?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Mark your calendars: 2025 citywide yard sales\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sausalito.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/events/city-wide-yard-sale\">\u003cstrong>Sausalito\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Late April, as of 2024\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike dispersed citywide sales, the Sausalito version is centrally located, making it much easier for visitors to attend. Over 80 sellers (residents and non-residents alike) register for booths in the MLK Gym parking lot just a few blocks from the waterfront. Goodwill sets up a station at the end of the day so that unsold goods can be easily donated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.crockettcalifornia.com/twys\">\u003cstrong>Crockett\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Early May, as of 2024\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nestled under the Carquinez Bridge and known for its C&H Sugar Factory, which dominates its skyline, Crockett claims to host the longest-running town-wide yard sale in the Bay Area. 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